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John B. Vaughan

1862 - 1918 Person Name: J. B. V. Hymnal Number: 123 Author of "When All Redeemed Singers Get Home" in Portals of Glory John B. Vaughan (sometimes misspelled Vaughn), 1862-1918 Born: June 16, 1862, Elbert County, Georgia. Died: July 18, 1918, Athens, Georgia. Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia. Vaughan was a Gospel song writer and music publisher. At one time he taught at the Southern Development Normal music school in Waco, Texas. Lyrics-- Beautiful Home Somewhere There’ll Be Room Enough ’Twill Be Glory By and By We Shall See the King --http://www.hymntime.com --http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23551328

Charles E. Moody

Person Name: C. E. M. Hymnal Number: 1 Author of "Let Us Hope and Pray" in Portals of Glory

M. Lynwood Smith

1924 - 2007 Hymnal Number: 80 Author of "My Lord Will Call" in Portals of Glory Morris Lynwood Smith (1924-2007) was a preacher for Churches of Christ. He preached and held gospel meetings throughout Oklahoma, Alabama, and elsewhere. He helped initiate a special annual gathering of one-cup congregations on July 4 and New Year's Day that met in a different Oklahoma town each year. His interest in music led him to attend the Stamps Quartet School of Music in 1947. He sang with "The Zita Boys," a quartet composed of Johnny Elmore, Billy Smith, C. A. Smith, and himself. Smith wrote and published several songs, often writing a song for the annual meetings. In his lifetime, Smith published 16 songbooks of his and others' songs and hymns. He published over 700 songs and helped publish the songs of many other hymn and song writers. - M. Lynn; Source: Elmore, Johnny. "M. Lynwood Smith: His Life and Work." In Smith, M. Lynwood. "Passing It On": A Book of Sermons. Ardmore, OK: Johnny Elmore, Pathway Books and Bibles.

Minzo C. Jones

Hymnal Number: 87 Composer of "[Often I'm hindered on my way]" in Portals of Glory 20th Century

Malcom Jones

Person Name: M. J. Hymnal Number: 106 Author of "Who Knows My Heart" in Portals of Glory

Dan Ward Milam

Hymnal Number: 2 Composer of "[There was room at the cross for a sinner like me]" in Portals of Glory

Vida Munden Nixon

b. 1894 Hymnal Number: 42 Author of "We'll Be Happy All the Time" in Portals of Glory

J. M. Henson Music Co.

Person Name: The J. M. Henson Music Co. Publisher of "" in Portals of Glory

Curtis B. Doss

1922 - 2011 Person Name: Curtis Doss Hymnal Number: 20 Author of "Jesus Is Everywhere" in Portals of Glory Born: July 4, 1922, McGhee, Arkansas. Died: January 29, 2011, Crossett, Arkansas. Buried: Crossroads Cemetery, Crossett, Arkansas. Curtis Benson Doss, born on July 4, 1922, in McGehee to Clyde Doss and Estelle Boone Clayton, was a retired accounting office employee of Georgia-Pacific Corporation in Crossett. Following his retirement, he served as minister of music for Baptist churches in Crossett, Hazen, North Little Rock, Hot Springs Village and Bastrop, LA. He was a gospel music songwriter of many years, publishing songs for Jeffress Music Co. and Stamps Quartet Music Co. of Dallas, TX. He was a member of the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and First Baptist Church of Crossett. He and his wife, Norma, formed the Wonder State Quartet in 1947, traveling the South performing at conventions and churches. --www.findagrave.com