Great Redeemer, We Adore Thee

Author: John Roy Harris

Died: March 5, 1987. Buried: Sunset Memorial Gardens, Lawton, Oklahoma. Harris was a music and education director at Baptist churches in Oklahoma, starting at Bristow in 1922. He later served in Ardmore, Shawnee, Lawton, and Ada (1939-55). He also taught music at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee for seven years. Afterward, he engaged in city mission work in Lawton, Oklahoma, and retired in 1980. --www.hymntime.com/tch  Go to person page >