Marion W. Easterling

Marion W. Easterling
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Short Name: Marion W. Easterling
Full Name: Easterling, Marion Wesley, 1910-1989
Birth Year: 1910
Death Year: 1989

Born: March 12, 1910, Clanton, Alabama.
Died: December 10, 1989, Birmingham, Alabama.
Buried: Martin Memorial Cemetery, Clanton, Alabama.

Marion W. Easterling, composed over 300 southern gospel songs. He received his music education in various singing schools, being taught by Ocie Lee DeVaughan, Dad Speer and others. In 1938, he was the youngest composer to sign a five year contract with the Stamps-Baxter Publishing Company. He has been listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for his long career as the programmer for the WKLF Radio stations's gospel program "America's Favorites". The program began in December 1947 and continued for 39 years, during which time, he broadcast over 20,000 shows.

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Texts by Marion W. Easterling (59)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Behold a land of joy and blissM. W. E. (Author)English2
Christ the Lord has been a precious friendMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
Come on, ye reapers, to the harvest fieldMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
Earthly life is but a spanMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
Far above the din I'll be listening in some happy morning bright and fairM. W. E. (Author)English2
For many years I've traveled hereMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
Goodbye to pleasures of sin, fair heaven I want to winMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
Here I stand beside death's chilly waters waiting for my final callM. W. E. (Author (Chorus))4
Here I travel a rough thorny roadM. W. E. (Author)English2
I climbed up the mountain and looked over the Jordan wideM. W. E. (Author)English2
I dare not walk alone the pathMarion W. Easterling (Author)3
I find no joy in living here in this sinful landM. W. E. (Author)2
I have just a short while, on my pilgrimage hereM. W. E. (Author (Chorus))English2
I may not own a mansionMarion W. Easterling (Author)English4
I was lost in sin, the Savior took me inMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
I will press along, sing a happy songMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
I will take my flight somedayMarion W. Easterling (Author)English4
If you will live for ChristMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
In the Bible we read how they treated my LordMarion W. Easterling (Author)3
In this vale of trouble and sorrowM. W. E. (Author)English5
I've a home of jeweled splendorM. W. E. (Author (Chorus))English2
I've been listening on the radioMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
I've been wadin' through the deepMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
Jesus lifted my soul from the tempter's controlMarion W. Easterling (Author)3
Live out Thy life within me, O Jesus, King of kings!Marion W. Easterling (Author)English1
Many lives are lost every night and dayMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
My boat will sail over the river some dayM. W. E. (Author (Chorus))English2
My heart is sad, my soul is wearyMarion W. Easterling (Author)English5
My heart was made sad, such sorrow I hadMarion W. Easterling (Author)5
Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down, O yes, Lord!Marion W. Easterling (Author)English2
Often we read in God's holy wordMarion W. Easterling (Author (Chorus))2
Once from my Savior I wanderedMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
Once I was sinking deep in sin, the Savior sweetlyMarion W. Easterling (Author)3
Seems that Christians are somewhat confusedMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
Shining every day, all along the wayMarion W. Easterling (Author)9
Some day my soul shall takeMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
Testify for Jesus, of His love so full and freeM. W. E. (Author)English2
The angels came down and took mother away, to liveMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
The flowers that flourish and blossomM. W. E. (Author)3
The pleasures of this worldMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
There is a city grand somewhere on a distant strandM. W. E. (Author)2
There's a garden up in heavenMarion W. Easterling (Author)3
There's a picture that I often seeMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
There's a valley dark and drearM. W. E. (Author)English2
Well, I'm saved and sanctified, and He's keepingMarion W. Easterling (Author)3
What a glad thought some wonderful morning, I shall hear Gabriel's trumpet soundMarion W. Easterling (Author)English3
What a glad time waiting over yonderM. W. E. (Author)English2
When battles are all overMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
When I reach that happy homeMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
When I saw that I was lost in darkness I began to prayMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
When I was wandering in the pathways of sinMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
When my labor here is done and I see life's evening sunMarion W. Easterling (Author)English3
When the way seems dark and longM. W. E. (Author)English17
When you see the shadows fallingMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
While traveling over life's rugged way, I want to do my best each dayMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
With a love sweet and fond, I am looking beyondMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
Wonderful gladness is now filling my soulMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
Won't it be a happy morning over the seaMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
You may hear some people say they're saved by graceMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
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