Shea, George Beverly

Shea, George Beverly (February 1, 1909) The man largely responsible for the current popularity of “ How Great Thou Art ” was born the son of a Wesleyan Methodist minister in Winchester, Ontario, Canada, and he grew up in parsonages in New York and New Jersey. Both parents encouraged his musical interests, and, as a youth, he frequently sang in his father’s church and other local churches. After high school, he attended Houghton College in New York, but due to family financial problems he had to…