1865 - 1951 Hymnal Number: 486 Author of "Don't Let it Be Said, Too Late" in Celestial Songs Ida Lilliard Reed (Smith), 1865-1951
Born: November 30, 1865, near Arden, Barbour County, West Virginia.
Died: July 8, 1951, Arden, West Virginia.
Buried: Ebenezer Methodist Church, Arden, West Virginia.
Reed is said to have written 2,000 hymns in her lifetime. In 1939, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers recognized her "substantial contribution to American music" by awarding her a small "weekly bonus."
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