Andrew Jenkins

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The Reverend Andrew Jenkins of Atlanta (pictured here in 1954) was a leading composer of songs popular among southern gospel singers. He has been credited with more than 800 compositions, of which more than two-thirds are sacred songs.

Courtesy of Mary Lee Eskew Bowen

Andrew Jenkins

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