1896–1968

Introduction

Born: Feb­ru­ary 15, 1896, Ala­ba­ma.

Died: March 3, 1968, Ala­ba­ma.

Buried: Pro­vi­dence Ce­me­te­ry, Law­rence Coun­ty, Ala­ba­ma.

Biography

Beck stu­died mu­sic at the Eu­re­ka Nor­mal School and un­der R. L. Page, S. O. Ma­nor and oth­er in­struct­ors.

He went on to teach at some 75 schools hims­elf, and serve at sing­ing con­ven­tions for de­cades.

Sources

Lyrics

Help Needed

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