1866–1935

Introduction

Born: Jan­ua­ry 19, 1866, Car­roll Coun­ty, Geor­gia.

Died: May 10, 1935, Rome, Georg­ia.

Buried: East View Ce­me­te­ry, Rome, Geor­gia.

portrait

Biography

James was the son of Phil­lip H. Vines and Ma­ry B. Bar­ron. He mar­ried twice: to Mar­tha A. Reeves of Clay­ton Coun­ty, Geor­gia (Feb­ru­ary 24, 1883, Car­roll Coun­ty, Georg­ia), and, af­ter Mol­lie’s death in 1914, Ol­lie B. Chand­ler.

He be­gan stu­dy­ing mu­sic when quite young. His prin­ci­pal teach­ers were C. R. Mul­lins and Ben­ja­min B. Beall, both of whom had stu­died at An­tho­ny Sho­wal­ter’s South­ern Nor­mal Mu­sic­al In­sti­tute.

Vines start­ed teach­ing at age 24 (the 1910 cen­sus list­ed him as a mu­sic teach­er). He was liv­ing in Car­rol­lton, Geor­gia, in 1904.

Lyrics

  1. Going Home
  2. Beau­ti­ful Home Up There
  3. Blessed Be His Name!
  4. Hallelujah! I’m Sup­port­ed by His Word
  5. Hallelujah! We Shall Sing
  6. I Long to See My Mo­ther
  7. I Love My Re­deem­er
  8. I Want to Go Home
  9. Keep Walk­ing with Je­sus
  10. Like a Beau­ti­ful Ri­ver
  11. Mercy Flows
  12. Never Step the Dan­ger Way
  13. No Tears in Hea­ven
  14. O What Must It Be to Be There!
  15. Room Among the An­gels
  16. Savior’s Love, The
  17. She’s Wait­ing (al­ter­er)
  18. Songs of Pa­ra­dise
  19. There Will Be a Great Re­un­ion
  20. ’Twill Be Glo­ry ov­er Yon­der
  21. Walking by His Side
  22. We Are Trust­ing in the Sav­ior
  23. We Have Our Pre­cious Ones in Glo­ry
  24. Who Can Love Us Like a Mo­ther?
  25. Will There Be for Me a Wel­come?

Music

  1. Gulati
  2. Out from the Hedg­es of This Life

Sources