1864–1937

Introduction

Born: Ja­nu­ary 4, 1864, Free­stone Coun­ty, Tex­as.

Died: Au­gust 1, 1937, George­town, Tex­as.

Buried: Odd Fel­lows Ce­me­te­ry, George­town, Tex­as.

Biography

James was the son of Bar­ton War­ren Acuff and Se­re­na J. Ran­dolph, and hus­band of Lei­la Bird Ed­ney.

He was a well known sing­er and song writ­er among the Church­es of Christ in Tex­as. He wrote sev­er­al po­pu­lar Gos­pel songs, of­ten led the sing­ing for pro­tract­ed meet­ings, and helped com­pile hym­nals for the Firm Foun­da­tion Com­pa­ny of Aus­tin, Tex­as.

Before mov­ing to George­town, he lived for sev­er­al years in Gran­ger, Tex­as.

His ca­reer as a sing­er and song writ­er spanned near­ly 50 years.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Just Ov­er in the Gl­ory Land
  2. Christ Died up­on the Cross
  3. I Love to Sing of That Blest Home Above
  4. In That Ci­ty Bright and Fair
  5. In the Bless­ed Light of Je­sus
  6. Just ov­er the Shin­ing Strand
  7. Let Us Go Out in the Har­vest
  8. My Sav­ior Has Gone a Blest Home to Pre­pare
  9. There’s a Bat­tle Rag­ing Now
  10. There’s a Beau­ti­ful Ci­ty Where Pil­grims Are
  11. There’s a Home Be­yond Death’s Tide
  12. We Are March­ing on To­ward Zi­on
  13. Weary Sin­ner, Heed the Call
  14. We’re Here to Preach, to Sing and Pray
  15. When Je­sus Calls Us Home
  16. When the Har­vest Time Is End­ed

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Acuff (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),