Born in Alabama, William Lee Higgins was first instructed in music by T.B. Mosley and J.R. Baxter. He served as music editor for the Showalter company for a few years, but spent the remainder of his career with Stamps-Baxter. He served as a field representative and a singing school teacher, as for a time was the manager of the company's Chattanooga office. He was a Baptist and was married to the former Ethel Drennon.
David Hamrick from Mrs. J.R. Baxter & Videt Polk, Gospel Song Writers Biography (Dallas: Stamps-Baxter, 1971), pp. 281-282. Go to person page >
Jesse Randall (Pap) Baxter, Jr. (1887-1960)
Born: December 8, 1887, Lebanon, Alabama.
Died: January 21, 1960.
Baxter grew up in DeKalb County, Alabama. In 1926, he bought part of Virgil Stamps’ Gospel music firm, which became the Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Company, one of the most successful Gospel music publishers of the early 20th Century. Baxter ran the company’s Chattanooga, Tennessee, office until Stamps’ death in 1940, then moved to Dallas, Texas, to run the main office. After Baxter’s death, his wife, Clarice, ran the business until she died; it was then sold to Zondervan. Baxter was inducted into the Southern Gospel Mus… Go to person page >
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