Introduction

Biography

Thomas was the son of John Grif­fith Mos­ley and Het­tie Jane White, and hus­band of Nan­cy Eli­za­beth Vi­ola Par­tain.

His first song, For Me, was pub­lished in Re­gal Sing­ers in 1889. He taught his first sing­ing nor­mal in Mar­shall Coun­ty, Ala­ba­ma, in 1896.

For some time he con­duct­ed sing­ing nor­mals an­nu­al­ly at Sand Mount­ain, Ala­ba­ma. His sing­ing schools drew stu­dents from all ov­er the south­east Unit­ed States, in­clud­ing Jes­se Bax­ter, Ver­nie Fos­sett, John L. Shra­der, Eu­gene Hor­ton Whitt and Troy Dan­iel.

He worked for the A. J. Sho­walter pub­lish­ing house for 30 years as an as­so­ci­ate ed­it­or, di­rect­or, and af­ter An­tho­ny Sho­wal­ter’s death in 1924, ed­it­or-in-chief of the Mu­sic De­part­ment.

Works

• The Song Serv­ice, No.1, with Hen­ry Sho­wal­ter & S. J. Per­ry (Bo­az, Ala­ba­ma: Nor­mal Pub­lish­ing, 1900)
• Morning Sun­beams, Nos. 1 and 2 Com­bined (Bo­az, Ala­ba­ma: T. B. Mos­ley, 1907)
• Choice Gos­pel Hymns, with C. M. Pul­li­as and S. K. Pit­tman (Gos­pel Ad­vo­cate, 1923)