Introduction

Biography

Homer was the son of Al­ex­an­der Lou­is Ham­mon­tree and Cle­men­tine Thomp­son.

He gra­du­at­ed from Mar­y­ville Col­lege, near Green­back, Ten­nes­see, in 1909. He taught for a while, then stu­died at Moody Bi­ble In­sti­tute, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois.

In World War I, he toured ar­my camps with ev­an­gel­ist Mel Trot­ter. He worked with Trot­ter for al­most 20 years there­af­ter, and with Bil­ly Sun­day and Ho­mer Ro­de­hea­ver.

He went on to di­rect the Moody Bi­ble In­sti­tute mu­sic de­part­ment (1936–42), and tour ar­my camps once again in World War II.

Following the war, he worked with min­is­ters such as Paul Beck­with and How­ard Her­man­sen.