1876 - 1951 Composer of "[When the trump of God shall sound]" in The Crown 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.
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Emmett S. Dean