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James Clyde Davis

Person Name: James C. Davis Hymnal Number: d2 Author of "For the lift of your life take Jesus" in Campaign Specials

1889 - 1986 Hymnal Number: d6 Author of "The answer" in Campaign Specials Smith, Oswald Jeffrey. (Odessa, Ontario, November 8, 1889--January 25, 1986, Toronto, Canada). Presbyterian. Attended Manitoba College, Winnipeg, 1909-1910; Toronto Bible College, 1907-1908, 1910-1912; McCormick Theological Seminary, 1912-1915; further study at Knox College, Toronto; several honorary doctorates. Pastorates in Toronto, 1915-1958; frequently conducted evangelistic meetings and crusades elsewhere. In 1928 he organized the virtually autonomous People's Church, which combines a vigorous evangelistic program in Toronto with an enviable overseas missionary network; in 1958 he relinquished its guidance to his son Paul, but remained its highly active minister emeritus. He published some 35 devotional and inspirational books, which he eventually combined into fourteen; most of his 1200 hymns and poems first appeared in church-connected magazines, but many are found in Poems of a Lifetime (London: Marshall, 1962). --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives

John C. Hallett

1917 - 2000 Hymnal Number: d1 Author of "How could I live without Jesus" in Campaign Specials John Hallett was Music Directr at Northeastern Bible College in Essex Falls, New Jersey. He was the husband Ruth Hallett, the co-writer of "Thank You, Jesus." Dianne Shapiro

Jimmie Davis

1899 - 2000 Editor of "" in Campaign Specials Jimmie Davis (James Houston Davis) was born in Quitman, Louisiana, one of eleven children born to a sharecroppers. His father saw education as a way out of poverty. Jimmie attended high school in Winfield, business school in New Orleans, Louisiana College in Pineville, and earned a Masters degree from Louisiana State University. He served two terms as governor of Louisiana, from 1944 to 1948 and from 1960-1964. He also wrote the song "You Are My Sunshine," acted in B westerns, and taught history, as well as yodeling, at Dodd College in Shreveport for a year. He then took a job as court clerk in Shreveport, where he remained through most of the 1930's. He also began to write music during the 1930's. He was able to pick out music on his guitar and sang on the radio station KWKH, where a talent scout heard him and launched his career. Davis became public safety commissioner in 1938, public service commissioner in 1942, and launched his campaign for governor in 1944. When asked about his views on contentious issues, he would sing one of his songs. After his first term he concentrated on his music and also purchased 450 acres of farmland near Shreveport. He wrote hundreds of songs, both sacred and secular. In 1959 he decided to run again for governor. At that time the federal government was launching desegregationist initiatives. The segregationists supported William Rainach, but when it became clear that Rainach was not popular in Louisiana, they backed Davis. When asked late in life how he wanted to be remembered, he said "as someone who scattered a little sunshine along his path." Dianne Shapiro, from "Jimmie Davis, Louisiana's Singing Governor, Is Dead." by Richard Severo, New York Times, Nov. 6, 2000 (accessed online 8/17/2020)