BREWSTER, W. HERBERT

BREWSTER, W. HERBERT. Gospel songwriter (2 July 1899 in Somerville, Tennessee). He obtained his education at Roger Williams College. He settled in Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1920s, where he became minister of the East Trigg Baptist Church. Later he served as the Corresponding Executive Secretary of the Educational Board of the National Baptist Convention. Although a singer (bass-baritone), he was best known as a gospel songwriter. His songs were first widely performed by Queen Candace Anderso, ...