1882–1962

Introduction

portrait

Born:Feb­ru­ary 15, 1882, Coo­sa Coun­ty, Ala­ba­ma.

Died: No­vem­ber 10, 1962, Sy­la­cau­ga, Ala­ba­ma.

Buried: Chest­nut Creek Ce­me­tery, Coop­er, Ala­ba­ma.

Biography

William was the hus­band of Cla­ra May De­Vaughn.

He is re­mem­bered as a sing­ing school in­struct­or, quar­tet lead­er, and Gos­pel mu­sic com­pos­er.

Copyright state­ments show him liv­ing in Ver­be­na, Ala­ba­ma, in 1925.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Beautiful Home, Just ov­er the Sea
  2. Blessed Je­sus, Hold My Hand
  3. Darkness Was on the Road
  4. Happy Am I Along the Way
  5. Happy in Je­sus
  6. He Is Ve­ry Near
  7. Here We Press Along
  8. I Am Await­ing for Je­sus to Come
  9. I Am Think­ing To­day of a Beau­ti­ful Home
  10. I Have a Friend in Whom I Trust
  11. I Have a Pre­cious, Lov­ing Friend
  12. I Know My Lord Will Nev­er Leave Me
  13. I Want to Dwell on Earth Be­low
  14. If You Are Feel­ing Sad and Blue
  15. I’ll Lift Up My Voice
  16. I’ll Trust His Grace
  17. I’ll Trust His Word
  18. I’m Go­ing Home
  19. I’m Liv­ing for Jesus
  20. Keep Look­ing Above
  21. More Like Thee
  22. O How I’ll Sing
  23. That Won­der­ful Day
  24. Thinking of Home
  25. We’ll Soon Be at Home
  26. Wonderful Man­sions
  27. Working, Pray­ing

Music

  1. All My Time and All My Tal­ents

Help Needed

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