Patsy Ann Bruce (née Smithson; March 8, 1940 – May 16, 2021) was an American country-western songwriter, music artist manager, and casting agent and businesswoman.
She is best known for songs co-written with her then-husband, singer Ed Bruce, during the late 1970s and early 1980s, including the country-western standard "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys," which was recorded by Waylon Jennings with Willie Nelson and went to No.
[9] The Bruces had another songwriting hit with Tanya Tucker's 1978 cover of Texas (When I Die), which Patsy co-wrote with her husband and singer Bobby Borchers.
[7][8] She served a stint as president of the Nashville Songwriters Association International in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Brown, convicted of the murder of singer, musician, and Grand Ole Opry member David "Stringbean" Akeman; the Green Hills rapist; and Gaile Owens.