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Will M. Ramsey

1872 - 1939 Person Name: W. M. R. Hymnal Number: 73 Author of "He Whispers Sweet Peace to Me" in Abiding Faith William Morgan Ramsey Born: August 24, 1872, Belton, Texas. Died: March 12, 1939, Little Rock, Arkansas. Buried: Roselawn Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas. Will was the son of Charles Crump Ramsey and Martha Ann Frances Burns. He married twice, to Virgie Celemma Statton and Willie Mannasas Lawing. Ramsey moved with his family to northwest Arkansas as a child. He studied music in Normal schools under Ephraim Hildebrand, Stephen Oslin, and Benjamin Unseld. He began teaching shape notes and singing while still a teenager, and became well known in singing schools throughout the American South. He went on to become president and owner of the Central Music Company in Little Rock. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

F. A. Clark

1868 - 1948 Hymnal Number: 143 Arranger of "[When the storms of life are raging]" in Abiding Faith F. A. Clark (Francis A.) was a respected Black musician and composer from Philadelphia. Dianne Shapiro, from "Charles Albert Tindley: Progenitor of Black-American Gospel Music," by Horace Clarence Boyer, in The Black Perspective in Music Vol. 11, No. 2 (Autumn, 1983), pp. 103-132 (retrieved online from JSTOR, 8/27/2020)

A. P. Bland

Hymnal Number: 21 Composer of "[We read of a place that's called heaven]" in Abiding Faith

George W. Sebren

1882 - 1940 Person Name: Geo. W. S. Hymnal Number: 148 Author of "Fill My Way with Love" in Abiding Faith Sebren, George Washington. (Belmont, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, March 8, 1882--January 26, 1940, Asheville, North Carolina). He was the son of Richard Henry and Sarah Jane Sebren. As a small boy he attended singing schools taught by T.J. Lites. He moved with this family to Sabine County, Texas, before he was twelve years old. He attended two sessions of Southern Development Normal, with F.L. Eiland as principal, also one normal under J.L. Moore and one under J.B. Vaughan. He later attended three sessions of the Southern Development Normal at Waco, Texas, under Dr. J.B. Herbert and his associates, graduating from that school in 1906. He also studied at Landon Conservatory of Music, Dallas, Texas, and under D.A. Clippinger, eminent voice teacher of Chicago. He was first principal and teacher of the vocal department of the Southern Development Normal College of Music. He wrote hundreds of songs--both words and music--which have been published in many different books and sung throughout the South. His activities as a singer and teacher took him into every state in the South. He trained and led the first Vaughan Quartet, was teacher of voice and other subjects in the first six annual sessions of The Vaughan School of Music (founded 1909), in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. In his teaching work he was associated with Dr. J.B. Herbert, Emmet S. Dean, B.C. Unseld, E.T. Hilderbrand, and others. Among the songs he written are "My Song of Praise" (better known as "I'm Going Along O'erflowing with Song"), "Be Cheerful All Along," and "I'm on the Right Side Now." He edited and published twelve gospel song books, one quartet book and two books on rudiments of music. He is the author of Ten Lessons in Singing, incorporated in Vaughan's School Songs, used in the public schools in the state of Tennessee. At the time of his death he was active in broadcasting gospel quartets, teaching singing and continuing his composing of sacred songs while operating a bookstore at the same time. He had a thriving business in school books. He was also tenor soloist and music director at several churches in the area. He is buried at Calvary Church, Fletcher, N.C., near Asheville. --Knippers, Ottis. (1937). Who's Who Among Southern Singers and Composers. Lawrenceburg, Tenn.: James D. Vaughan; and a letter from Dr. Herbert Sebren (son) to William J. Reynolds, 22 September 1985. DNAH Archives.

Virgil O. Stamps

1892 - 1940 Person Name: V. O. S. Hymnal Number: 58 Arranger of "Just as the Sun Went Down" in Abiding Faith

Lizzie Edwards

Hymnal Number: 43 Author of "In the Morning" in Abiding Faith Pseudonym. See also Crosby, Fanny, 1820-1915

LeRoy Carver

Person Name: L. R. C. Hymnal Number: 10 Author of "Don't Put Off Salvation Too Long" in Abiding Faith

Homer A. Hammontree

1884 - 1965 Person Name: Homer Hammontree Hymnal Number: 17 Composer of "[Fill all my vision, Savior, I pray]" in Abiding Faith Homer Hammontree was born March 3, 1884, to Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Hammontree of Greenback, Tennessee. He graduated from nearby Maryville College in 1909 and, after teaching for a short time at local institutions, attended Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois. During World War I, Hammontree served as evangelist Mel Trotter's song leader, as together they toured U.S. army camps. They continued to work together for the next nineteen years. He also worked with Billy Sunday and Homer Rodeheaver. In 1936, Hammontree returned to Moody as head of the Music Department. He remained in this post until 1942. The same year he received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from his old alma mater, Maryville College. During World War II, he again toured the army camps and sang at evangelistic services. After the war, he both conducted his own evangelistic services and worked with other ministers, such as Paul Beckwith and Howard Hermansen. He left Chicago in 1958 and moved back to Tennessee, where he died February 2, 1965. --www2.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/GUIDES/sc040.htm

R. E. Winsett Music Co.

Person Name: R. E. Winsett Publisher of "" in Abiding Faith

M. H. McKee

1879 - 1955 Hymnal Number: 78 Composer of "[Away over yonder in that home on high]" in Abiding Faith Martin Hall McKee, known as Mark, born in Texas, died in Texas Dianne Shapiro, from Find a Grave website (accessed 6/20/2022)