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John F. Starcher

Hymnal Number: 12 Author of "Hid Away with Jesus" in Songs of the Evening Light

George P. Keeling

Person Name: Geo. P. Keeling Hymnal Number: 19 Author of "The Love of God" in Songs of the Evening Light

Birdie E. Fink

Person Name: B. E. F. Hymnal Number: 182 Author of "Only One Narrow Way" in Songs of the Evening Light

Lucy M. Lewis

Hymnal Number: 118 Author of "The Cross" in Songs of the Evening Light

1852 - 1938 Person Name: W. B. B. Hymnal Number: 105 Author of "Room at the Cross" in Songs of the Evening Light William Burdine Blake, 1852-1938. William B. Blake, Sr., was born January 21, 1852, in London, Ohio; went to Virginia in the early 1870s and became connected with the music publishing house of the Ruebush-Kieffer Company, and remaining with this firm until 1889, when he moved to Ronceverte. He married Miss Alice Mary Horne, of Augusta county, Virginia, a daughter of Strother P. and Sarah Home. (Strother P. Horne was a Confederate soldier throughout the Civil war.) To this union were born seven children: Charles Stanley Blake, Bessie Mabel, William B,. Jr.. Henry St. John, Robert Russell, Mary Ellen and Edward Lester. At Ronceverte, Mr. Blake, Sr., associated himself in partnership with J. W. Hess in the publication of the Ronceverte News, a newly-established paper in the new lumber town, buying out the interest of Richard Burke, who had been a prominent figure in West Virginia journalism for a number of years. Burke had been the publisher of a vigorous newspaper at Union, Monroe county. About the year 1891, Mr. Blake bought out the interest of Mr. Hess and became the sole proprietor of the enterprise, changing the name of the paper to the Valley Messenger and News. This publication continued until April 21, 1901. Several years prior to this, in December, 1897, The West Virginia News had been established with Mr. Blake as publisher, and from one newspaper plant two newspapers were issued until April 21, 1901, when the latter publication, which covered a more extensive field, absorbed the Valley Messenger. This consolidation brought to the newer paper the good will of the older and the growth of the West Virginia News has been steady and continuous to this day. At the present time and for a number of years the News has enjoyed a larger circulation than any other weekly newspaper published in the State. History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole, Lewisburg, WV, 1917 (accessed 12/25/2023 from http://www.leighlarson.com/william_burdine_blake.htm)

Maggie Woody

Hymnal Number: 147 Author of "The Christian's Guide" in Songs of the Evening Light

Allie R. Fisher

Hymnal Number: 134 Composer of "[See the great king of Babel in these latter days of time]" in Songs of the Evening Light

J. B. Vaughan

1862 - 1918 Hymnal Number: 54 Composer of "[Hear the tidings, loud and clear]" in Songs of the Evening Light John B. Vaughan (sometimes misspelled Vaughn), 1862-1918 Born: June 16, 1862, Elbert County, Georgia. Died: July 18, 1918, Athens, Georgia. Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia. Vaughan was a Gospel song writer and music publisher. At one time he taught at the Southern Development Normal music school in Waco, Texas. Lyrics-- Beautiful Home Somewhere There’ll Be Room Enough ’Twill Be Glory By and By We Shall See the King --http://www.hymntime.com --http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23551328