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J. B. F. Wright
1877 - 1959 Person Name: J. B. F. W. Author of "Precious Memories" in Church Hymnal Wright, John Braselton Fillmore (Tennessee, February 21, 1877--October 13, 1959, Brownwood, Texas). Church of God. Son of George W. and Casandra (Coley) Wright; educated in the public schools of Limestone County, Texas (at Groesbeck, Prairie Point and old Box Church); studied music in one eighteen-day singing school near Hamlin, Jones County, Texas. Married Fannie Jackson, February 13, 1898; children Harvey, Myrtle, Calvin, Carey, Leonard, Grace and Dudley.
Wrote over 200 songs, both music and poetry. Began writing at about fifteen years of age; stated that "I write by inspiration, only when the mood comes on the words and melody flow from my soul like the water from a babbling brook; without this inspiration I could not write; 'Precious Memories' was born in the midnight hours as I bathed by pillow with tears, likewise all my songs came through life's severest tests."
--William J. Reynolds, DNAH Archives
The source of Wright's tears mentioned above was the memory of the death of his son, Everett Jackson Wright, at the age of 3 1/2 in 1922. A detailed account of this and the writing of "Precious Memories" can be found in the May 1952 edition of the Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Alabama), a copy of which is located in the DNAH Archives.
J. B. F. Wright
John W. Peterson
1921 - 2006 Arranger of "[Precious mem'ries, unseen angels]" in 50 Sacred Favorites
John W. Peterson
Ellis J. Crum
1928 - 2011 Arranger (stanzas 3-4) of "Precious Memories" in Sacred Selections for the Church
Ellis J. Crum
Lonnie B. Combs
Author of "Precious Memories" in The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition)
Lonnie B. Combs
Alton H. Howard
1925 - 2006 Person Name: Alton Howard Composer (descant) of "PRECIOUS MEMORIES" in Songs of Faith and Praise
Alton H. Howard
R. J. Hughes
Arranger of "[Precious mem'ries, unseen angels sent from]" in Western Style Songs. Vol. 1
R. J. Hughes
Pam Stephenson
Composer (descant) of "PRECIOUS MEMORIES" in Songs of Faith and Praise
Pam Stephenson
