1907–1943

Introduction

Born: Sep­tem­ber 16, 1907, Walk­er Coun­ty, Ala­ba­ma.

Died: July 2, 1943, Jas­per, Ala­ba­ma.

Buried: New Pros­pect Bap­tist Church Ce­me­te­ry, Jas­per, Ala­ba­ma.

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Biography

Eugene was the son of James Lou­is Wright and Ida Es­tes, and hus­band of No­ra Eli­za­beth Crump Gold­en.

He taught sing­ing schools for a de­cade, and was a staff writ­er for the Stamps-Bax­ter Mu­sic Com­pa­ny. He wrote ov­er 200 hymns and Gos­pel songs.

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Lyrics

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