VINTAGE MOVIE STAR FROM EAST TENNESSEE Wilma Wyatt (aka Dixie Lee Crosby) was born in Harriman, Tennessee in 1911 and her family moved to Knoxville shortly after. "Dixie Lee" is her stage name and is believed to originate from the Dixie Lee Junction, which was in Knoxville, or from the Dixie and Lee highways. Her father, Evan E. Wyatt, was a street car driver in Knoxville and a singer. Her grandfather, Jim Wyatt, was also a well known singing teacher throughout Knox County and the East Tennessee