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B. R. Hanby

1833 - 1867 Person Name: Benjamin R. Hanby Scripture: Mark 5:22-34 Author of "Es Jesús ¡Qué bella historia!" in Celebremos Su Gloria Benjamin Russell Hanby was born July 22, 1833, the oldest of eight children, to Bishop William Hanby in Rushville, OH. The family moved to Westerville,OH where Bishop Hanby was a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. In his short life Benjamin graduated from Otterbein, taught school, became a United Brethren minister, started a singing school, was editor for John Church publishers in Cincinnati and composed many songs and hymns before he died of tuberculosis March 15, 1867. His home in Westerville was Ohio's first memorial to a composer. It was a stop on the Underground Railroad for slaves escaping to Canada and is a national historic site, a Methodist church Landmark and a Network to Freedom site for the National Park Service. There is a Hanby Residence Hall at Otterbein University. Best known for "Up on the housetop" and "Darling Nellie Gray," Hanby published many hymns including "Little Eyes" and "Who is He? Mary Louise VanDyke

Stockwell Massamba

Scripture: Mark 5:21-43 Author of "Kombo na Yesu (The Name of Jesus)" in Voices Together

Stuart DeVane

Person Name: Stuart Devane Scripture: Mark 5:27 Author of "Draw me closer" in Songs of Fellowship

Glenn Gore

Scripture: Mark 5:27 Author of "Draw me closer" in Songs of Fellowship

Ruth Watson Henderson

b. 1932 Person Name: Ruth Watson Henderson (1932-) Scripture: Mark 5:21-43 Composer of "ISLINGTON" in Common Praise (1998) Henderson, Ruth Watson; b. Nov. 23, 1932, Toronto; Canadian organist, pianist, accompanist

William Rowan

b. 1951 Person Name: William P. Rowan Scripture: Mark 5:24-34 Composer of "SIMMONS" in Glory to God

Diana Wilcox

Scripture: Mark 5:21-43 Composer of "PIPER DOON" in More Voices

Jane Marshall

1924 - 2019 Person Name: Jane Marshall, 1924- Scripture: Mark 5:21-43 Composer of "HEALER" in Singing the New Testament Jane Marshall, was born Jane Anne Manton in Dallas in 1924. She became a pianist and organist and composed music as a teenager. She earned a music degree in 1945 from SMU. She married Elbert Marshall. She went on to write more than 200 hymns and other sacred music works. She later earned a Masters degree in 1968 from SMU in choral conducting and composition. She taught at SMU's Perkins School of Theology and tis Church Music Summer School from 1975-2010. She attended Northaven United Methodist Church in Dallas for many years, collaborated often with other hymn writers, and encouraged many students. Dianne Shapiro, from UM News article , May 30, 2019 by Sam Hodges (accessed 6-7-2019)