Country Star Rodney Atkins Helps Chevy Honor Solidier and His Family on Live TV

Posted by Lisa L. Rollins Nov 11, 2009

"Chevy Salutes America’s Heroes” contest winner Master Sgt. Bubba Beason of the U.S. Air Force was awarded a 2010 Chevy Equinox on Nov. 10 during the live broadcast of ABC-TV's Good Morning America.

Country artist Rodney Atkins presented Beason and his family with the car. Beason's son, Christopher, entered his father in the contest and he was chosen over thousands of entries. The concert was presented by Chevy and took place on the Sommet Center Plaza in downtown Nashville.

Beason, a member of the 305th Maintenance Squadron, 305th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., and his family will attend The 43rd Annual CMA Awards. which will be broadcast live Nov. 11, Veteran's Day, on ABC at 8-11 p.m. (ET).

To learn more about this year's CMA Awards and its nominees, please access A Look at the 2009 CMA Awards Artist Categories and An Overview of 2009 CMA Awards' Top Nominees: Brad Paisley Leads 43rd Annual CMA Contest with Seven Nominations.

FYI: In the photo below, from left, Chevy National Promotions Manager Phil Caruso; Curb recording artist Rodney Atkins; 8-year-old Christopher Beason; Master Sgt. Bubba Beason; and ABC News correspondent Bill Weir gather as Beason is presented with a new car, compliments of Chevy.