A hometown newspaper, the Northeast Mississippi Journal, of Tupelo, is all but celebrating and counting the days until the Music Icons stamp is issued.

Country star Tammy Wynette died in 1998 at the age of 55 of either a blood clot in her lung or cardiac arrhythmia. She is considered one of the most influential female singers in Country Music history. Her signature song was “Stand By Your Man.”

According to the Journal, a committee has been formed to coordinate hometown activities. “While there wasn’t enough information available about the release of the stamp to formalize any plans, the main goal of the meeting was accomplished: set up a committee to handle event planning when the date of the stamp’s first day of issue is finally announced.”

A Music Icon: Tammy Wynette stamp is on a list of potential stamp subjects leaked to the Washington Post last January. Music Icon subjects are penciled in through 2015; she is listed in the “unassigned” section, along with Fats Waller, John Lennon, Bill Monroe and others. The article does actually that being on the list does not guarantee there will be a Tammy Wynette stamp.

And if the stamp is issued, Tremont, Miss., her hometown, may not be chosen for the primary launch (or “first-day”) ceremony.

“There’s no doubt that we’ll have it,” committee chair Holly Ford said. “We’ll definitely have the stamp unveiling in Tammy’s hometown … As soon as they realize we’re really putting our heart and soul in it, things will start popping.”