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Heaven Will Surely Be Worth It All Wendell Oliver Cooper was born October 24, 1885 in Meriwether County, Georgia. He received his music education in schools of Oklahoma and Tennessee. He was known for singing in a quartet over the radio in Birmingham, AL. It is estimated he wrote some 1,500 hymns. Hhis hymn, “Heaven Shall Surely Be Worth It All”, is far and away the most popular among churches of Christ; however, his most published hymn was “Here Among the Shadows Living In A Lonely Land”. He was musical editor for Hartford Song Books. He worked on the faculty of the Hartford Music Institute. He was married to Cammella W. Cooper, but she passed away in 1929 at the age of 38. He lived in Cullman County, Alabama when he passed away in October 24, 1963, on his birthday, at the age of 78 years old. He is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery near the Mt. Hope Baptist Church in Crane Hill, Cullman County, Alabama. His tombstone reads “Death Is Only The Gateway To Glory”. The music was composed by Minzo C. Jones is scarce. One source states Jones was born July 27, 1888 and died June 1977. There is a reference to Jones being a resident in Bessemer, AL, but as of this writing there is no more information available to this researcher.
Lyrics by Wendell Oliver Cooper
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