1898–1962

Introduction

Born: Ap­ril 4, 1898, Payne, Georg­ia.

Died: De­cem­ber 20, 1962, Ful­ton Coun­ty, Georg­ia.

Buried: Haynes Creek Pri­mi­tive Bap­tist Church Ce­me­te­ry, Lo­gan­ville, Georg­ia.

Biography

Byron was the son of Will­iam Ro­bert Whit­worth and Ma­ry Eli­za­beth Har­per, and hus­band of Ophe­lia Ber­tha Bak­er.

His song The King of Life and Glo­ry was pub­lished in Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia, in 1907.

Sources

Lyrics

Music

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Whit­worth (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),