1865–1945

Introduction

Born: Jan­ua­ry 27, 1865, Hunt Coun­ty, Tex­as.

Died: De­cem­ber 13 1945, Green­ville, Tex­as.

Buried: East Mount Ce­me­te­ry, Green­ville, Tex­as.

Biography

William was the son of Jeff­er­son A. Graves and Sar­ah Na­bors, and hus­band of Gertrude Sims.

Works

His Beau­ti­ful Ci­ty of Gold was co­py­right­ed in 1926 by the West­ern Mu­sic Com­pa­ny (lo­ca­tion un­known).

Remembered as a mu­sic teach­er and com­pos­er, he wrote songs for many pub­lishing com­pa­nies.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Beautiful Ci­ty of Gold
  2. Jesus, Close to Thee I’d Be
  3. Savior Would Wel­come You Now, The
  4. When I Reach the Gates of Gold

Music

  1. Dare to Be a Da­ni­el

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