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Thread #76413   Message #2898127
Posted By: GUEST,Verna Kay Fossett
01-May-10 - 01:57 PM
Thread Name: VO Fossett (music editor of Stamps-Baxter)
Subject: RE: VO Fossett
Dad wrote many songs during those years. Several years ago, he was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. On the inscription, it mentions "I Shall Not Be Moved." Songs would be sent in to him when he was the music editor of Stamps-Baxter Music Publishing Co. located in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, Tx. Sometimes he would only get a few lines of music (little correct partwriting) and maybe words. He re-wrote, or wrote out the songs. He didn't get the credit then, but more and more people are finding out that he wrote many songs. My mother, Katherine, recently passed away at age 89, in NC. She traveled with him across the country teaching the "singing schools" in churches far and wide. I have precious memories of those days.