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[Men may doubt the story of the cross]

[Men may doubt the story of the cross]

Composer: V. O. Fossett
Published in 3 hymnals


Composer: V. O. Fossett

Died: December 20, 1964. Buried: Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas. A native of DeKalb County, Alabama, Fossett attended his first Gospel Music School at age 12. At age 16, he attended Thomas Mosley’s Normal School. By age 19, he began singing and playing in a quartet. By 1937, he was teaching in High Point, North Carolina, where he married Katherine Strother. Three years later, he joined the Chattanooga, Tennessee, office of the Stamps-Baxter music publishers. Fossett’s works include: Fossett’s Inspirational Melodies (Dallas, Texas: Stamps-Baxter Music & Printing Company, 1952) --www.hymntime.com/tch/ Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: [Men may doubt the story of the cross]
Composer: V. O. Fossett
Incipit: 17615 35552 17652
Copyright: © 1949 by Stamps-Baxter Music & Printing Co. in "Morning Light"
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Instances

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Fossett's Inspirational Melodies #111

Fossett's Inspirational Melodies #111

Morning Light #112

Morning Light #112

Songs of Cheer #112

Songs of Cheer #112
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