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A. P. Bland

Hymnal Number: 101 Composer of "[We read of a place that's called heaven]" in Radio Favorites

J. W. Dennis

1866 - 1947 Hymnal Number: 82 Composer of "[They tried my Lord and Master]" in Radio Favorites Born: October 8, 1866, Lebanon, Missouri. Buried: Erick, Oklahoma.

1878 - 1953 Hymnal Number: 15 Author of "I'll Live On" in Radio Favorites Thomas Jesse Laney Born: May 17, 1878, Carroll County, Georgia. Died: January 5, 1953, Jefferson County, Alabama. Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama. --www.hymntime.com/tch

Brantley C. George

1886 - 1963 Hymnal Number: 71 Author of "Hide Me, Rock of Ages" in Radio Favorites Born: August 12, 1886, Georgia. Died: December 26, 1963. Buried: George Cemetery, Early County, Georgia. Brantley was a farmer and gospel song writer of the Primitive Baptist faith. His most well known is "Hide Me, Rock of Ages" (© 1946), recorded originally by The Stamps Quartet, then later by well known groups such as The Chuck Wagon Gang, The Statesmen, and the Gatlin Brothers. It has even been translated and sang in Navaho. The orginal composition was written on a brown paper bag with pencil. I have held it in my hands. Not being an educated man, he supposedly sold the rights to it for the measly sum of $25. Though "Hide Me Rock Of Ages" is the most well known, he also wrote "I'm Going Home Some Morning", "Sailing on Life's Restless Ocean" and "Beyond The Blue." His parents were Levi Brantley George and Susie Mann. Levi died when Brantley was just an infant. He was raised by his paternal grandparents, William Riley George and Louisa T. Holly George. Susie remarried to Samuel Houston and had 7 other children. He was called "Big Daddy" by his grandchildren and great grandchildren. My daddy told me his true cause of death was simply grief, having lost his wife and one of his sons in a short period of time. He was the father of 6 children. --www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/

J. S. Torbett

1868 - 1941 Hymnal Number: 55 Author of "The Glory-Land Way" in Radio Favorites James Samuel Torbett Born in Georgia in 1868. He was a gospel song writer. He died in Texas. Dianne Shapiro, from obituary on Find a Grave memorial website (accessed 1/29/2020)

J. A. McClung

Hymnal Number: 63 Author of "Just A Rose Will Do" in Radio Favorites John A. McClung

Elsie Osborn

Person Name: Elsie Hymnal Number: 121 Author of "Where the Roses Never Fade" in Radio Favorites

Donald S. McCrossan

Hymnal Number: 106 Author of "On the Jericho Road" in Radio Favorites The Rev. Don McCrossan (1908-1989) was an evangelist who in 1943 became director of the Victory Service Club, an outreach ministry to military personnel established the previous year by the Union Rescue Mission in Los Angeles. As his obituary explains, “Through World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars, [the VSC] was a place where young men and women in a strange city could gather for food and friendship. It also was a place of faith, McCrossan said in a 1961 interview, a place where tens of thousands formally accepted Christ and hundreds more were inspired to enter various ministries.” (LA Times, April 15, 1989). According to the URM website, the Victory Service Club was “a spiritual haven and gathering place for nearly two million servicemen during the war years.” McCrossan served as director until his retirement in 1975. McCrossan was also a singer and a composer of gospel songs and held down a side job as radio announcer on station KGER in Long Beach, California. He copyrighted “On the Jericho Road” in 1928 when he was only 20. Contributed by David Clyde Jones, Professor of systematic theology and ethics, emeritus, Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Mo.