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Charles T. Bailey

Hymnal Number: 42 Author of "He Will Pilot Me" in Radio Favorites

Mrs. J. G. Wilson

Hymnal Number: 102 Author of "When We All Get to Heaven" in Radio Favorites See Wilson, Emily D. (Emily Divine), 1865-1942.

1844 - 1907 Person Name: J. S. Norris Hymnal Number: 114 Composer of "[I can hear my Savior calling] (Norris)" in Radio Favorites Rv John Samuel Norris United Kingdom/USA 1844-1907. Born at West Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK, he emigrated to the US when young and attended school in Canada. He was ordained a Methodist minister in Oshawa, ON, in 1868. Over the next decade he pastored at churches in Canada, NY, and WI. He switched to the Congregationalist denomination in 1878, serving churches in Mondovi, Shullsburg, and Hixton, WI, and Grand Rapids, MI. From 1882 -1901 he held pastorates at Ames, Webster City, Parkersburg, Peterson, and Tripoli, IA.. He died in Chicago, IL. John Perry

Mrs. A. S. Bridgewater

1873 - 1957 Hymnal Number: 101 Author of "How Beautiful Heaven Must Be" in Radio Favorites Bridgewater, Cordie. (North Carolina, ca.1873-ca.1957). Baptist. According to J. Wiegand, was living in Alabama (age 36) at the time of the 1910 census. Wife of A. Samuel Bridgewater. Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives

Charles E. Moody

Hymnal Number: 109 Author of "Kneel At the Cross" in Radio Favorites

Emmett S. Dean

1876 - 1951 Person Name: Emmet S. Dean Hymnal Number: 12 Composer of "IN THE GLORYLAND" in Radio Favorites Born: June 29, 1876, Conecuh County, Alabama. Died: October 8, 1951, Waco, Texas. Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas. A Methodist, Dean taught singing schools for 40 years, wrote some 500 songs, and for four years headed the Trio Music Company. With Franklin Eiland and Homer Elliott, he founded the Southern Development Normal Music School in Waco, Texas. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Marvin P. Dalton

1906 - 1987 Hymnal Number: 47 Composer of "[Here among the shadows (living) in a lonely land]" in Radio Favorites Marvin Price Dalton born in Arkansas, died in Oklahoma Dianne Shapiro, from Find a Grave website (accessed 6/20/2022)

J. W. Acuff

1864 - 1937 Person Name: James W. Acuff Hymnal Number: 12 Author of "Just Over In the Glory-Land" in Radio Favorites Born: January 4, 1864, Freestone County, Texas. Died: August 1, 1937, Georgetown, Texas. Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Georgetown, Texas. James was a well known singer and song writer among the Churches of Christ in Texas. He wrote several popular Gospel songs, often led the singing for protracted meetings, and helped compile hymnals for the Firm Foundation Company of Austin. His career as a singer and song writer spanned nearly 50 years. http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/a/c/u/acuff_jw.htm

Homer F. Morris

Hymnal Number: 85 Composer of "[When with the Savior we enter the gloryland]" in Radio Favorites Born in Georgia, died in Texas. Dianne Shapiro, from Find a Grave website (accessed 6/17/2022)