1932–2008

Introduction

Born: Jan­ua­ry 28, 1932, on a farm near Al­ex­an­der Ci­ty, Ala­ba­ma.

Died: March 13, 2008, Ba­ton Rouge, Lou­isi­ana.

Buried: Green­oaks Me­mo­ri­al Park, Ba­ton Rouge, Lou­isi­ana.

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Biography

Bobby was the son of Ru­ben Jack­son Bur­nett and Mol­lie New­man. and hus­band of No­bie Ruth O’Neal.

He served as pas­tor of the Tem­ple Bap­tist Church, Ba­ton Rouge, Lou­isi­ana, for 45 years. In 1957, the same year he es­tab­lished the church, he and Vi­det Polk found­ed the Gos­pel Sing­ers of America. He is re­mem­bered as an ac­comp­lished pi­an­ist and song writ­er.

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Lyrics