Almeda J. Pearce

Almeda Pearce and her husband, Rev. Rowan Pearce, "conducted a devotional radio program broadcast by WCAM radio in Camden [NJ] for 33 years. A native of Carlisle, Pa., Mrs. Pearce and her husband shared the Bible Conference Ministry, a Christian ministry widely known in South Jersey. Early pioneers in religious broadcasting, their radio program, titled 'Christian Voices,' began airing in 1930. It had roots in the First Methodist Church of Collingswood. Mrs. Pearce was also an accomplished musician and hymn writer. Among her compositions was 'When He Shall Come,' a hymn now sung throughout the Christian world. She was a member of the Calvary Independent Church, Lancaster, Pa."

(quotations from the obituary published in the Camden Post, on July 24, 1986).