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G. W. Lyon

1838 - 1903 Person Name: George W. Lyon Hymnal Number: d9 Author of "Why not be saved tonight" in The Gospel Garner 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)

George P. Hott

Hymnal Number: d149 Author of "To them that love the Lord" in The Gospel Garner 20th Century Hott, a minister in the United Brethren Church, was Principal of Shenandoah Collegiate Institute (now Shenandoah University), Winchester, Virginia (1887-96). His works include: Christ the Teacher (Dayton, Ohio: United Brethren Publishing House, 1900) --www.hymntime.com ================= Hott, George P.: Residence, Dayton; clergyman, educator, author; a frequent contributor to magazines, and a writer of a number of excellent hymns; author of “Christ the Teacher.” --www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

C. E. Orr

1861 - 1933 Person Name: Charles E. Orr Hymnal Number: d45 Author of "O, angel sweet, thy face I greet" in The Gospel Garner

A. Bunyan Little

1873 - 1955 Hymnal Number: d13 Author of "Don't you know he cares" in The Gospel Garner Born: 1873, Cleveland, Arkansas. Died: 1955, Waco, Texas. Little was the son of Thomas Bunyon Little and Nancy Adeline Tolson, and husband to Willie Maud Little. His works include: Sacred Chimes: A Book of New and Old Hymns and Tunes, with John C. F. Kyger (Waco, Texas: Kyger Music, 1900) http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/i/t/little_ab.htm

Mrs. W. J. Kennedy

1842 - 1900 Person Name: W. J. Kennedy Hymnal Number: d109 Author of "Rest securely on thy Savior" in The Gospel Garner Full name: Mary Maria Kiernan Kennedy

J. F. Mayfield

Hymnal Number: d62 Author of "Don't you want to go" in The Gospel Garner

G. H. Ramsey

1858 - 1915 Hymnal Number: d113 Author of "Behold what wondrous love" in The Gospel Garner George Henry Ramsey, died in Fort Worth, Texas. Dianne Shapiro, from Find a Grave website accessed 6/17/2022

W. C. Hafley

1839 - 1904 Hymnal Number: d174 Author of "When the clouds begin to lower" in The Gospel Garner W. C. Hafley, author, composer and teacher; born in McMinn County, Tenn., Sept. 28th, 1839; educated in the common schools of his native county, but being a great lover of books, earnestly sought to improve himself by the reading of books, spending his evenings studying "Kirkam's Grammar" and the Bible, while listening to his father playing "Arkansaw Traveler," "Fisher's Hornpipe," etc., on a well-worn violin; served in the Confederate Army, but so well had he spent his time with his books in his tent that on his return he was called to take charge of a school, which profession he followed for fifteen years, and in 1883 was elected superintendent of schools in his native county; attended a session of the S.N.M.I., held at Dalton, Ga., the year after the principal of the school located there; has contributed to many song books, and is one of the associate authors of "Hymns of Glory" and "Gospel Melodies;" his "Sketches by the Wayside," a prose and poetical work, is very popular; resides in Atlanta, Ga. He married Elizabeth Frances Blevins in 1868 in McMinn County, Tennessee; died May 4, 1904, in Atlanta, Georgia and is buried at the Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. The Best Gospel Songs and Their Composers, by A. J. Showalter, 1904; and funeral notice from The Atlanta Constitution, May 10, 1904, p. 12

William I. Feazell

Hymnal Number: d52 Author of "The home of the soul" in The Gospel Garner Early 20th Century Currently, our only data on Feazell is that he was a minister. --www.hymntime.com/tch/