1849–1934
Mrs. E. Greer Floyd

Introduction

Born: March 24, 1849, Un­ion Coun­ty, South Ca­ro­li­na.

Died: Jan­ua­ry 5, 1934, Gil­mer, Tex­as.

Buried: Gil­mer Ci­ty Ce­me­te­ry, Gil­mer, Tex­as.

Biography

Eugenia was the daugh­ter of Spen­cer Greer and Ade­line Jef­fer­ies, wife of John W. Floyd, Jr., and sis­ter of Tex­as state sen­at­or Will­iam Jef­fries Greer.

She moved with her fa­mi­ly from South Ca­ro­li­na to Tex­as around 1864. She was liv­ing in Gil­mer in 1913, ac­cord­ing to the obi­tu­ary of her bro­ther, Will­iam Jef­fries Greer. She taught at the first school es­tab­lished in near­by Glen­wood, Tex­as.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Beautiful
  2. Across Life’s Wide, Un­ev­en Plain
  3. Are You Wait­ing at the Sta­tion?
  4. As Fades the Sun­light from the Clouds
  5. Beside Life’s Way
  6. Beyond the Threat­en­ing Clouds That Roll
  7. Blessed Sav­ior, Ev­er Keep Me
  8. Can I For­get Thee?
  9. Far Be­yond This Land of Sor­row
  10. Fear Not, He Said, Ye Wea­ry Ones
  11. From the Mys­tic World Above Us
  12. Hark, the Voice of Je­sus Calls Me
  13. Hide Me
  14. How Shall We Know the Way?
  15. I Ask Thee Not, Dear Lord
  16. I Can Feel the Cold Wa­ters Around Me
  17. I Can See the Lights Agleam­ing in the Ci­ty
  18. I Soon Shall Reach That Hap­py Place
  19. I Thank Thee, Lord, for Life and Light
  20. I’m Go­ing to a Ci­ty Whose Streets
  21. In Doubt and Fear
  22. In Je­sus Put Your Trust
  23. In the Hour of Pain and Grief
  24. In Thy Right­eous­ness, Dear Sav­ior
  25. I’ve Oft­en Heard the Sto­ry Told
  26. Jesus Hath My Sins For­giv­en
  27. Jesus, in Pi­ty Look on Me
  28. Jesus Is Call­ing My Spir­it Away
  29. Jesus Is Call­ing Poor Wan­der­ers Home
  30. Jesus Is Call­ing the Wan­der­ers Home
  31. Let Je­sus Come in­to Your Heart
  32. Light on the Hills
  33. Light Thou My Way
  34. Lord My Faith­ful Shep­herd Is, The
  35. Lost Are the Chums
  36. Many Souls Along the Line
  37. Mid Fair Scenes of Joy
  38. My Soul O’er­flows with Joy and Peace
  39. My Soul with Glad­ness Ov­er­flows
  40. Night Draws Near, the Ev­en­ing Star, The
  41. Now Gird the Chris­tian’s Ar­mor On
  42. O Hea­ven, Sweet Hea­ven
  43. O Ho­ly New Je­ru­sa­lem
  44. O Sing with Me My Mak­er’s Praise
  45. O Won­drous Love, to Bleed and Die
  46. Over Life’s Stormy Sea
  47. Praise God for All His Love to Me
  48. Praise the Lord, O, Pil­grim Wea­ry
  49. Remember Me, O God of Truth
  50. Ring, Ye Sweet Bells
  51. Sacred Star, Shine on Us
  52. See the Yel­low Har­vest Ri­pen­ing
  53. Soon Death Alike Must Come to All
  54. Spirit Foot­steps, Lin­ger Near Me
  55. There Is a Ci­ty Built of God
  56. There Is Rest for the Wea­ry Above
  57. Though to Earth Ut­most Bounds I Roam
  58. Travelers on Time’s Ocean
  59. ’Twas in Un­rest, I’d Tar­ried Long
  60. Walk Close to the Mas­ter
  61. We Saw Him Laid With­in the Tomb
  62. We’re Near­ing the Gates of the Ci­ty So Fair
  63. What Won­drous Love That Je­sus Came
  64. When Tem­pests o’er Your Path­way
  65. When the Cares of the Day Are All Ov­er
  66. When Wea­ry Here of Fruit­less Toil
  67. While Tra­vel­ing Through De­sert Bleak and Drear
  68. While Tra­vel­ing Through Time’s De­sert Bleak
  69. Will You Miss Me?
  70. With Long­ing I Look to the Ci­ty Afar
  71. Ye Who Would Know the Sav­ior’s Love

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