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Clyde Williams

b. 1927 Person Name: C. W. Hymnal Number: 29 Arranger of "Amazing Grace" in Songs of Joy

1881 - 1955 Person Name: B. B. E. Hymnal Number: 73 Author of "Dreaming" in Songs of Joy Benard Bates Edmiaston Born: July 16, 1881, Bennetts, Baxter County, Arkansas. Died: December 2, 1964, Bronte, Texas. Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Bronte, Texas. Bernard was the son of David W. Edmiaston and Georgia Ann Fluty, and husband of Ella Allen. He studied music under Rufus Turner, Franklin Eiland, W. H. Lawson, Berry McGee, Emmett Dean, G. W. Fields, John Herbert, and many others, and taught singing schools for at least 38 years. He wrote and published songs through the Trio Music Company, Waco, Texas, and was director of the Southern Development Normal School of Music in Waco. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

G. W. Lyon

1838 - 1903 Hymnal Number: 69 Composer of "[He knows the bitter, weary way]" in Songs of Joy George Washington Lyon, born August 12, 1838 in DeKalb County, Georgia, was a musician, composer and music publisher and teacher; He died April 8, 1903 in Atlanta, Georgia. Dianne Shapiro, from Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14155468/george-washington-lyon) and obituary, Atlantic Constitution, April 9, 1903 (https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/34121111/) (accessed 7/5/2018)

Virgil O. Stamps

1892 - 1940 Person Name: V. O. S. Composer of "[Here we have sorrow]" in Songs of Joy

Lonnie B. Combs

Hymnal Number: 83 Composer of "[Gone is the load of sin that bound me, I am glad and free]" in Songs of Joy

Theodore Sisk

1906 - 1979 Hymnal Number: 8 Composer of "Alone In the Garden" in Songs of Joy Theodore Roosevelt Sisk was born in Hall County, Georgia, July 15, 1906. He studied singing under his father, Jesse Lovell, and continued studying under other teachers. He wrote for or five hundred songs and was the music editor and member of The Sisk Music Company, publisher of gospel song books in Toccoa, Georgia. He died 1979 in Lexington, Ky. Dianne Shapiro from Who's Who among southern singers and composers by Otis J. Knippers; James D. Vaughan, Lawrenceburg, Tenn., 1937