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Robert Edward Ray

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Robert Edward Ray

Birth
DeKalb County, Georgia, USA
Death
15 Dec 1943 (aged 72)
Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Clarkston, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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Son of John P. Ray and Annie Anchors; married Mattie M. Brown

R. E. Ray worked as a farmer and cabinet maker, but was also a singer and songwriter. He served on the revision committee of The Sacred Harp by J. L. White,1909-1911. He composed NEARER HOME circa 1909, a song which appears on page 60 of The Sacred Harp Fourth Edition with Supplement.
Son of John P. Ray and Annie Anchors; married Mattie M. Brown

R. E. Ray worked as a farmer and cabinet maker, but was also a singer and songwriter. He served on the revision committee of The Sacred Harp by J. L. White,1909-1911. He composed NEARER HOME circa 1909, a song which appears on page 60 of The Sacred Harp Fourth Edition with Supplement.


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