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[Beyond the stars we'll meet again]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Mrs. J. R. Baxter, Jr. Incipit: 51353 23134 41235 Used With Text: Not Dead, But Sleeping

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Not Dead But Sleeping

Author: J. R. Baxter, Jr. Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Beyond the stars we'll meet again Refrain First Line: Not dead, but sleeping for a while Used With Tune: [Beyond the stars we'll meet again]

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Not Dead, But Sleeping

Author: J. R. Baxter, Jr. Hymnal: Peaceful Echoes #83 (1948) First Line: Beyond the stars we'll meet again Refrain First Line: Not dead, but sleeping for awhile Languages: English Tune Title: [Beyond the stars we'll meet again]

Not Dead But Sleeping

Author: J. R. Baxter, Jr. Hymnal: Super Specials No. 3 #107 (1941) First Line: Beyond the stars we'll meet again Refrain First Line: Not dead, but sleeping for a while Languages: English Tune Title: [Beyond the stars we'll meet again]

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J. R. Baxter

1887 - 1960 Person Name: J. R. Baxter, Jr. Author of "Not Dead But Sleeping" in Super Specials No. 3 Jesse Randall (Pap) Baxter, Jr. (1887-1960) Born: December 8, 1887, Lebanon, Alabama. Died: January 21, 1960. Baxter grew up in De­Kalb Coun­ty, Al­a­ba­ma. In 1926, he bought part of Vir­gil Stamps’ Gos­pel mu­sic firm, which be­came the Stamps-Bax­ter Mu­sic and Print­ing Com­pa­ny, one of the most suc­cess­ful Gos­pel mu­sic pub­lish­ers of the ear­ly 20th Century. Bax­ter ran the com­pa­ny’s Chat­ta­noo­ga, Ten­nes­see, of­fice un­til Stamps’ death in 1940, then moved to Dall­as, Tex­as, to run the main of­fice. Af­ter Bax­ter’s death, his wife, Clarice, ran the bus­i­ness un­til she died; it was then sold to Zon­der­van. Bax­ter was in­duct­ed in­to the South­ern Gos­pel Music As­so­ci­a­tion Hall of Fame in 1997. Lyrics-- After the Sun­rise Farther Along God Shall Wipe Away All Tears (© 1940) He Bore It All I Have Peace in My Soul I Hold His Hand (© 1929) I Love My Sav­ior, Too I Want to Help Some Wea­ry Pil­grim I’m Liv­ing in Ca­naan Now Living Grace Praise the Lamb of God Something Hap­pens Travel the Sun­lit Way Try Je­sus When He Blessed My Soul When We Meet to Part No More © Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

Clarice (Howard) Baxter

1897 - 1972 Person Name: Mrs. J. R. Baxter, Jr. Composer of "[Beyond the stars we'll meet again]" in Super Specials No. 3 Clarice Howard Baxter, known as "Ma" Baxter, was the wife of J. R. Baxter, Jr., She was born in DeKalb County, Georgia on October 1, 1897. She was a teacher, but left the teaching profession when she got married. She was active in the Stamps-Baxter Music Co., based in Dallas, Texas. Stamps-Baxter, a southern music company publishing shape-note music also promoted singing schools and the training of music teachers. The company also sponsored gospel quartets to sing the company's music in churches. Clarice also participated in the quartets. After her husband died she took over the management of the Stamps-Baxter Music Co. She was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1997. Dianne Shapiro, from "Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame" (www.sgma.org), "Ben Speer's Stamps-Baxter School of Music" (www.stampsbaxterschool.com) and "History of the Stamps Baxter Singing Schools and Normal School of Music" by Jeannette Fresne Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, October 2008, XXX:1, p. 21

Mrs. J. R. Baxter

Person Name: Mrs. J. R. Baxter, Jr. Composer of "[Beyond the stars we'll meet again]" in Peaceful Echoes See Baxter, Clarice (Howard)
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