Fairfield Four

Fairfield Four The Fairfield Four was formed as a child group in 1921 at the Nashville, Tennessee, Fairfield Baptist Church. The group was formed by J. R. Statton . The early members included John Battle , Samuel McCrary , Willie Love , and bass Rufus Caruthers . Samuel McCrary, tenor and lead singer, became pastor of the Mark Baptist Church in Nashville. Willie Love sang with the Fairfield Four; he married Dorothy Love Coates, the leader of the Original Gospel Harmonettes of Birmingham. The…