Introduction

Biography

Vesphew was the son of Ev­an Man­son El­lis and Ol­lie Ma­ry Dress­er Camp­bell, and hus­band of Es­sie Mae Hard­in.

He sang and wrote songs for Or­al Ro­berts Min­is­tries, and Gai­ther Home­com­ing videos. Ellis is said to have writ­ten ov­er 500 songs, and re­cord­ed 200 of them.

He was in­duc­ted in­to the Sou­thern Gos­pel Mu­sic As­so­cia­tion’s Hall of Fame in 2001.

Works

• Christian Joy (Clev­eland, Ten­nes­see: Ten­nes­see Music & Print­ing, 1946)
• Encore: A Col­lect­ion of Tried and Prov­en Songs (Clev­eland, Ten­nes­see: Ten­nes­see Mu­sic & Print­ing, 1946)
• Sing of Cal­va­ry (Clev­eland, Ten­nes­see: Ten­nes­see Mu­sic & Print­ing, 1947)
• Gold­en Notes (Cleve­land, Ten­nes­see: Ten­nes­see Mu­sic & Print­ing, 1953)
• Gospel Songs of Ins­pir­a­tion (Cleve­land, Ten­nes­see: Ten­nes­see Mu­sic & Print­ing, 1954)
• Forward in Faith (Cleve­land, Ten­nes­see: Ten­nes­see Mu­sic & Print­ing, 1959)