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Pennar Davies

1911 - 1996 Person Name: William Thomas Pennar Davies (1911-1996) Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12 Author, st. 2 of "All Poor Folk and Humble" in Common Praise (1998) b. Wales 1911; Ph. D. Yale 1944; prof. of church history, Wales; author (writes in Welsh

Frances Chesterton

Person Name: Frances Alice Chesterton, 1869-1938 Scripture: Matthew 2:9-11 Author of "How Far Is It to Bethlehem?" in Community of Christ Sings

R. Fisher Boyce

1887 - 1968 Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12 Author of "O Beautiful Star of Bethlehem" in Voices Together R. Fisher Boyce was born in the tiny community of Link, located in southern Rutherford County, in November 1887. The third of six children, Boyce loved music and was singing solo and in quartets by the early 1900s. In the spring of 1910, he married Cora Carlton from the Rockvale community. He later traveled to Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, where he attended one of the annual music normal schools conducted by the James D. Vaughan Publishing Company, a publisher of shape note hymnals. After completing his studies, Boyce went on to teach shape note "singing schools" through-out the area. From http://www.notsba.org/Newsletters/December2004Newsletter.htm

Adger M. Pace

1882 - 1959 Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12 Harmonizer of "BEAUTIFUL STAR OF BETHLEHEM" in Voices Together Born: August 13, 1882, Pelzer, South Carolina. Died: February 12, 1959, Lawrence County Hospital, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Buried: Dunn Methodist Church Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Pseudonyms: Millard A. Glenn; Charles H. Huff; Audalene Mayfield; Fay Wallington. Born August 13, 1882 near Pelzer, South Carolina, Adger M. Pace soon gained a love and appreciation for music that characterized the remainder of his life. He sang bass for seventeen years as a member of the Vaughan Radio Quartet, singing over WOAN--one of the South's first radio stations. He was also active in singing conventions, serving as one of the organizers and the first president of the National Singing Convention in 1937. Pace's most significant contribution was as a teacher of gospel music. He taught harmony, counterpoint and composition in the Vaughan School of Music in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, educating the first generation of Southern gospel Music leaders. Beginning in 1920, he served for 37 years as Music Editor for all Vaughan publications. He was also a notable songwriter--composing more than a thousand songs in his career. Among his many popular contributions were "That Glad Reunion Day," "Jesus Is All I Need," "The Home-coming Week," "The Happy Jubilee," and "Beautiful Star of Bethlehem." www.sgma.org/inductee_bios

Jeffrey Judge

Person Name: Jeffery Judge Scripture: Matthew 2 Translator of "Night of Silence (Noche de Silencio)" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song

Thomas W. Talley

1870 - 1952 Person Name: Thomas W. Talley, 1870-1942 Scripture: Matthew 2:10-11 Author of "Behold the Star" in One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism

Norah Duncan

Person Name: Norah Duncan IV, b. 1952 Scripture: Matthew 2:10-11 Arranger of "BEHOLD THE STAR" in One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism

Michael Fleming

1928 - 2006 Person Name: Michael Fleming (1928-) Scripture: Matthew 2 Harmonizer of "ST. VENANTIUS" in Common Praise (1998)

Hezekiah Brinson

Person Name: Hezekiah Brinson, Jr., b. 1958 Scripture: Matthew 2:10-11 Composer of "[King Jesus rides a milk-white horse]" in This Far By Faith

Katharine Lee Bates

1859 - 1929 Person Name: Katharine L Bates Scripture: Matthew 2:12 Author of "The Kings of the East Are Riding" in Scripture Song Database Katharine Lee Bates was born in Falmouth, Mass., August 12, 1859. Her father was a pastor in the Congregational Church; he died when she was an infant. Her mother moved the family to Wellesley. She received a B.A. (1880) and M.A. (1891) from Wellesley College. She taught high school from 1880-1885 and then was a professor of English literature at Wellesley. She wrote poetry, children's stories, textbooks and travel books. In the summer if 1893 when she was lecturing at Colorado College she went to the top of Pike's Peak. Inspired by the beauty of the view she wrote all four verses of "America the Beautiful" which was an instant hit when it was published. She had an intimate relationship with Katharine Coman, dean of Wellesley, who she lived with for 25 years, until Coman's death. "Yellow Clover: A Book of Remembrance" celebrates their love and partnership.She enjoyed traveling, the out of doors, reading and friends, Dianne Shapiro from Woman's Who's who in America, 1914-1915 by John William Leonard, New York: The American Commonwealth Company and Harvard Square Library, Digital Library of Unitarian Universalist Biographies, History, Books and Media (http://harvardsquarelibrary.org/cambridge-harvard/katharine-lee-bates/) (accessed 7-4-2018