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 Virgil Oliver “V.O.” Stamps

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Virgil Oliver “V.O.” Stamps Famous memorial

Birth
Upshur County, Texas, USA
Death
19 Aug 1940 (aged 47)
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Burial
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Memorial ID
28806103 View Source

Singer, writer, publisher, and gospel music pioneer. Stamps founded the V.O. Stamps Music Company in 1924 in Jacksonville, Texas and soon published "Harbor Bells", his first songbook. Two years later, he merged the company with J. R. Baxter, Jr. to form the Stamps-Baxter Music Company, based in Dallas, Texas. He sang bass with the Stamps Quartet. He arranged the music of "When the Saints Go Marching In" in 1937. Mr. Stamps is a member of the Texas Gospel Music Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1997.

Singer, writer, publisher, and gospel music pioneer. Stamps founded the V.O. Stamps Music Company in 1924 in Jacksonville, Texas and soon published "Harbor Bells", his first songbook. Two years later, he merged the company with J. R. Baxter, Jr. to form the Stamps-Baxter Music Company, based in Dallas, Texas. He sang bass with the Stamps Quartet. He arranged the music of "When the Saints Go Marching In" in 1937. Mr. Stamps is a member of the Texas Gospel Music Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1997.

Bio by: The Dash


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When all of God's singers get Home.
The man with a million friends whose theme was "Give the world a smile" and whose motto was
"Keep on Keeping on"


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  • Originally Created by: The Dash
  • Added: 5 Aug 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID: 28806103
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28806103/virgil-oliver-stamps: accessed ), memorial page for Virgil Oliver “V.O.” Stamps (18 Sep 1892–19 Aug 1940), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28806103, citing Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.