1910–1989

Introduction

Born: March 12, 1910, Clan­ton, Ala­ba­ma.

Died: De­cem­ber 10, 1989, Birm­ing­ham, Ala­ba­ma.

Buried: Mar­tin Me­mo­ri­al Ce­me­te­ry, Clan­ton, Ala­ba­ma.

Biography

Marion was the son of Ge­ne­ral Francis Ma­ri­on East­er­ling and Do­ra Jane John­son, and hus­band of Ag­nes Hughes.

He wrote ov­er 300 Gos­pel songs. John­ny Cash re­cord­ed When He Reached Down His Hand for Me on his last CD (My Ma­ma’s Hymn Book) be­fore his death.

When I Wake Up to Sleep No More was one of the most po­pu­lar songs in the Unit­ed States in the 1970’s. It was twice nom­in­at­ed for the Dove Award, once in the Gos­pel field and lat­er in the Blue­grass ca­te­go­ry.

Sources

Lyrics

Music

Help Needed

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