Born: July 16, 1881, Bennetts, Baxter County, Arkansas.
Died: December 2, 1964, Bronte, Texas.
Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Bronte, Texas.
Bernard was the son of David Wilson Edmiaston and Georgia Ann Fluty, and husband of Ella Allen.
He studied music under Rufus Turner, Franklin Eiland, W. H. Lawson, Berry McGee, Emmett Dean, G. W. Fields, John Herbert, and many others, and taught singing schools for at least 38 years.
He wrote and published songs through the Trio Music Company, Waco, Texas, and was director of the Southern Development Normal School of Music in Waco.
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