Stanphill, Ira F.
(1914–1993)
Stanphill, Ira F. (February 4, 1914; December 30, 1993) The composer of more than five hundred gospel songs, Ira F. Stanphill was born in Bellview, New Mexico, where his schoolteacher parents were homesteaders, having traveled from Arkansas in a covered wagon. When Ira was eight years old, his family moved to Coffeyville, Kansas, where he remained for fourteen years. There he attended Coffeyville Junior College and also had a daily program on radio station KGGF from 1930 to 1934. Then, in 1936…