| Event Name | Name | Date | Description |
| Other | Leaves music business |
1971
| Brother Tommy commits suicide and Joe leaves music business |
| Award | Hall of Fame |
1979
| Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame |
| Performance | Concerts in England |
1994
| Joe plays a number of concerts in England |
| Award | Hall of Fame |
Sep 2003
| Joe was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame |