Gospel song writers biography
Compiled by Mrs. J.R. (Ma) Baxter and Videt Polk
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| Arnold, Cora | gospel songwriter |
| Bartlett, Eugene Monroe (b. 1884 d. 1941) | gospel songwriter |
| Baxter, J.R. | publisher |
| Baxter, Jesse Randal (b. 1887 d. 1960) | music publisher |
| Baygents, Eubert M. (b. 1910) | gospel songwriter |
| Beasley, Les (b. 1928) | gospel songwriter |
| Beazley, Samuel W. (b. 1873 d. 1944) | gospel songwriter |
| Beck, Leon (b. 1896 d. 1969) | gospel songwriter |
| Benson, John Thomas (b. 1904) | gospel songwriter |
| Bliss, Philip Paul (b. 1838 d. 1876) | itinerant Baptist music teacher, hymn composer |
| Boone, Evie | gospel songwriter |
| Boone, Oliver C. | gospel songwriter |
| Brock, Dwight Moddy (b. 1907) | gospel songwriter |
| Brumley, Albert Edward (b. 1905) | composer, gospel songwriter |
| Burnett, Bobby Jean (b. 1932) | gospel songwriter |
| Cavens, Rupert Thompson (b. 1911) | gospel songwriter |
| Cline, B.I. | gospel songwriter |
| Coats, James B. (b. 1901 d. 1961) | gospel songwriter |
| Cockerham, Daniel T. (b. 1911) | gospel songwriter |
| Combs, Lonnie B. | gospel songwriter |
| Combs, Myrtle | gospel songwriter |
| Combs, William Walker (b. 1883) | gospel songwriter |
| Crosby, Fanny Jane (b. 1820 d. 1915) | poet, hymn writer |
| Culbreth, Charlie H. (b. 1901) | gospel songwriter |
| Dalton, Marvin Price (b. 1906) | gospel songwriter |
| Day, Thomas W. (b. 1924) | gospel songwriter |
| Deaton, Otis (b. 1891) | gospel songwriter |
| Doane, William Howard (b. 1832 d. 1915) | psalmodist |
| Doss, Curtis (b. 1922) | gospel songwriter |
| Easterling, Marion Wesley (b. 1910) | gospel songwriter |
| Edmiaston, Bernard Bates (b. 1881 d. 1964) | gospel songwriter |
| Ellis, Leon H. (b. 1929) | gospel songwriter |
| Ellis, Vesphew Benton (Vep) (b. 1917) | gospel songwriter |
| Fossett, Vernine O. (d. 1964) | gospel songwriter |
| Frye, Harkins (b. 1894 d. 1958) | gospel songwriter |
| Gaither, William Jones (b. 1936) | composer, performer of gospel hymns |
| Hall, Connor Brandon (b. 1916) | gospel songwriter |
| Henson, John Melvin (b. 1887) | gospel songwriter |
| Higgins, William Lee (b. 1898 d. 1953) | gospel songwriter |
| Hopper, William L. (b. 1915) | gospel songwriter |
| Huffstutler, Leonard D. (b. 1887) | gospel songwriter |
| Hunter, Floyd Earl (b. 1903 d. 1965) | gospel songwriter |
| Hutchins, Luther Marvin (b. 1908) | gospel songwriter |
| Kirkpatrick, William James (b. 1838 d. 1921) | composer, compiler of gospel hymn collections |
| Knight, Ezra Harlin (b. 1928) | gospel songwriter |
| Lefevre, Alphus (b. 1912) | gospel songwriter |
| Lister, Thomas Mosie (b. 1921) | gospel songwriter |
| Lovett, Luther L. (b. 1892) | gospel songwriter |
| Marsh, James Edward (b. 1890 d. 1970) | gospel songwriter |
| Mason, Lowell (b. 1792 d. 1872) | composer, anthologist |
| Mason, Orgel T. (b. 1916) | gospel songwriter |
| Massengale, Sanford Jesse (b. 1904) | gospel songwriter |
| McCammon, Edwin Eugene (b. 1938) | gospel songwriter |
| McClung, John Alexander (b. 1894 d. 1942) | gospel songwriter |
| McCoy, Otis Leon (b. 1897) | gospel songwriter |
| McKinney, Baylus Benjamin (b. 1886 d. 1952) | gospel songwriter |
| Mercer, W. Elmo (b. 1932) | composer, lyricist |
| Morris, Homer Franklin (b. 1875 d. 1955) | gospel songwriter |
| Mosley, Thomas Benjamin (b. 1872 d. 1927) | gospel songwriter |
| Pace, Adger McDavid (b. 1882 d. 1959) | gospel songwriter |
| Parks, Joe E. (b. 1927) | gospel songwriter |
| Parris, Oren A. (b. 1897 d. 1966) | gospel songwriter |
| Peterson, John Willard (b. 1921) | composer of gospel hymns |
| Pillow, Otto Terry (b. 1918) | gospel songwriter |
| Polk, Videt | gospel songwriter |
| Presley, Glen Travis (b. 1934) | gospel songwriter |
| Presley, Luther G. (b. 1887) | gospel songwriter |
| Presley, Rena | gospel songwriter |
| Rainwater, Howard Dempsey (b. 1919) | gospel songwriter |
| Ramsey, William Morgan (b. 1872 d. 1939) | gospel songwriter |
| Sankey, Ira David (b. 1840 d. 1908) | evangelist singer, song leader |
| Shelton, Harry J. | publisher |
| Short, Ellis (b. 1924) | gospel songwriter |
| Short, Wanda (b. 1926) | gospel songwriter |
| Showalter, A.J. [Anthony Johnson] (b. 1858 d. 1924) | composer, tunebook compiler |
| Shrader, John L. (b. 1893) | gospel songwriter |
| Singleton, James Bennett (b. ERR4>) | gospel songwriter |
| Sisk, Theodore Roosevelt (b. 1906) | gospel songwriter |
| Smith, Isaiah (b. 1916) | gospel songwriter |
| Smith, Morris Lynwood (b. 1924) | gospel songwriter |
| Speer, Ben Lacey (b. 1930) | gospel songwriter |
| Speer, George Thomas [Dad] (b. 1891 d. 1966) | gospel songwriter |
| Speer, Lena Brock [Mom] (b. 1900 d. 1967 a. 1920) | gospel songwriter |
| Stafford, Christopher Columbus (b. 1893) | gospel songwriter |
| Stamps, V.O. [Virgil Oliver] (b. 1892 d. 1940) | music publisher |
| Stanphill, Ira Forrest (b. 1914) | gospel songwriter |
| Stebbins, George Coles (b. 1846 d. 1945) | evangelistic song leader, composer |
| Sterling, Robert (b. 1905) | gospel songwriter |
| Sumner, J.D. | gospel songwriter |
| Sweney, John R. (b. 1837 d. 1899) | evangelistic song leader, composer of gospel hymns |
| Taylor, Jack W. | gospel songwriter |
| Teddlie, Tillit Sydney (b. 1885) | gospel songwriter |
| Thompson, Henry Lewis (b. 1903) | gospel songwriter |
| Triplett, Bennie Stevnes (b. 1929) | gospel songwriter |
| Vaughan, Charles Wesley (b. 1875 d. 1965) | gospel songwriter |
| Vaughan, Glenn Kieffer (b. 1893 d. 1969) | gospel songwriter |
| Vaughan, James David (b. 1864 d. 1941) | music publisher, compiler of songbooks |
| Walbert, James David (b. 1917) | gospel songwriter |
| Walbert, William Burton (b. 1886 d. 1959) | gospel songwriter |
| White, Benjamin Franklin (b. 1893) | gospel songwriter |
| White, Frank (b. 1902) | gospel songwriter |
| Whitt, Eugene Horton (b. 1902) | gospel songwriter |
| Williams, Clyde Brandon (b. 1927) | gospel songwriter |
| Williams, John Daniel (b. 1895) | gospel songwriter |
| Wilson, Ola Belle | gospel songwriter |
| Wilson, Wilbur (b. 1905) | gospel songwriter |
| Winsett, Harold | publisher |
| Winsett, Robert Emmett (b. 1876 d. 1952) | gospel songwriter |
| Winsett, Ruth | publisher |
| Woodard, M.H. | gospel songwriter |
| Wright, Eugene Hilton (b. 1907 d. 1943) | gospel songwriter |
| Wycuff, Charles B. (b. 1925) | gospel songwriter |