Joe Beasley Memorial Singing (mixed-book)

Concord Primitive Baptist Church
Winfield, Alabama
Saturday, December 9, 2006 and Sunday, December 10, 2006

Saturday, December 9

The twelfth annual Joe Beasley Memorial Singing was called to order by John Beasley leading 31b, Webster.
Marlin Beasley offered the morning prayer.

The Sacred Harp, 1991 edition; The B. F. White Sacred Harp (Cooper Book), 2006 Revision; The Christian Harmony ('Alabama book', Deason-Parris revision, 2002 printing); New Harp of Columbia, Restored Edition, 2001; and The Primitive Hymns: Spiritual Songs and Sacred Poems (Lloyd's) were the books used for the singing.

A business meeting was held with the following officers elected or appointed: Chairman—John Beasley; Vice Chairman—Richard Schmeidler; Secretary—Sandie Scott.

Leaders:
68b, Ortonville - John Beasley
66, Jordan (First) - Richard Schmeidler
270, Confidence - Regina Bayer
63, Coronation - Marlin Beasley
186, Sherburne - Sandie Scott
266, Kingwood - Josie Hyde
77b, Holcombe - Diane Mennella
106, Ecstasy - Jubal Bayer
480, Redemption - Brenda Pena
312b, Restoration (First) - Cora Sweatt
163b, China - Patsy Frascatore
300, Calvary - John Bayer
566, Hebron - Elizabeth Keeton
101t, Canaan's Land - Eugene Forbes
350, Nativity - Charlotte Ehrman
282, I'm Going Home - Alex Chandler
73t, Cusseta - Sarah Smith
59, Holy Manna - Hans Bayer
138t, Adoration - Margaret Keeton
317, Jackson - Wilton Donaldson
203, Florida - Loraine Bayer.

RECESS

Henry Schuman brought the class back to order leading 32t, Corinth.
Leaders:
340, Odem (Second) - Nellie Alexander
463, Our Humble Faith - Velton Chafin
460, Sardis - Becky Briggs
475, A Thankful Heart - Glenn Keeton (for Flarce Creel)
38b, Windham - Virginia Douglas
565, The Hill of Zion - Gary Smith
567, The Great Day - Marilyn Burchett
39b, Sharpsburg - J.C. Rutledge
482, Mulberry Grove - Travis Keeton
235, Long Sought Home - Chug Beasley
93, Frozen Heart - Jeremy Shipp
149, The Trumpet - Henry Guthery
254, Rose of Sharon - Diane Mennella and Marilyn Burchett.

LUNCH

Marlin Beasley began the Cooper Book session with 199, City of Light.
Leaders:
511t, Brown - John Bayer
507t, Jackson - Sandie Scott
133, John 4:14 - Alex Chandler
571, Not Made With Hands - Becky Briggs and Chug Beasley
140, Chicago - Jubal Bayer
505, Cleansing Fountain - Glenn Keeton
519, My Mother's Gone - Sarah Smith
175, Star in the East - Jeremy Shipp
81, Jesus Is Willing (Beach Spring) - Diane Mennella
522, Shades of Night - Eugene Forbes
54t, Palmetto - Regina Bayer
464, Hocutt - Velton Chafin
49b, Will God Forever Cast Us Off? (Mear) - Virginia Douglas
137, Liberty - Richard Schmeidler
484, My Country 'Tis of Thee (America) - Marilyn Burchett
500, Sweet By and By - J.C. Rutledge
393, ('t'op or 'b'ottom?) - Brenda Pena
450, Leaning on Jesus' Breast - Henry Guthery
411, The Finest Flower - Loraine Bayer
507b, The Glory of the Cross - Gary Smith and Patsy Frascatore
39, Eden of Love - Hans Bayer
32t, I'm Not Ashamed of Jesus (Corinth) - Nellie Alexander
229, The Great Roll Call - Dorothea McCowan.

RECESS

Marlin Beasley began the Christian Harmony session leading 225b, Martin.
Leaders:
346, Star in the East - Jeremy Shipp
120, Home in the Sky - Henry Guthery
89, Northfield - Virginia Douglas
117, Angel Band - Richard Schmeidler
77, How Beautiful Heaven Must Be - Josie Hyde.

Songs led from the New Harp of Columbia were as follows:
144, Rowley - Cora Sweatt and Jeremy Shipp
73, ('t'op or 'b'ottom?) - Diane Mennella
41, ('t'op or 'b'ottom?) - Jeremy Shipp.

Songs led from the Lloyd's Hymnal were as follows:
333 - Marlin Beasley and Dorothea McCowan
687 - Freddy Briggs
109 - Thomas Mitchell
188 - Eugene Forbes.

Alex Chandler led 103, as the closing song, and Glenn Keeton dismissed the class with prayer.

Saturday, December 10

The Sunday session was called to order by John Beasley with 31t, Ninety-Third Psalm.
Harrison Creel offered the morning prayer.

Leaders:
34b, St. Thomas - Richard Schmeidler
408, Weeping Mary - Sandie Scott
75, I Would See Jesus - Marlon Beasley
73b, Arlington - Diane Mennella
30t, Love Divine - Ricky Beasley
39b, Sharpsburg
273, Milford - Elene Stovall
182, Newburgh
225t, Reynolds - Gary Smith
203, Florida - Jennifer Allred
61, Sweet Rivers - Juanita Beasley
111b, To Die No More - Harrison Creel
101t, Canaan's Land - Steve Adams
358, Murillo's Lesson - Marilyn Burchett
49t, Old Hundred (for the Clayton Ezell family and for Dick Mauldin)
125, Expression - Jeremy Shipp
46, Let Us Sing - Cora Sweatt
229, Irwinton - Wilton Donaldson
336, Eternal Home - Brenda Merritt
300, Calvary - Gravis Ballinger
85, The Morning Trumpet - Virginia Douglas
45t, New Britain - David Beasley.

RECESS

Marlin Beasley brought the class to order with 317, Jackson.
Leaders:
33b, Abbeville - Buell Cobb
388, The Happy Sailor - Ashley Cook
507, Sermon on the Mount - Guy Bankes
216, Delight - Julietta Haynes
211, Whitestown - Warren Steel
460, Sardis - Johnny Humber
198, Green Street - Patsy Frascatore
288, White - Kermit Adams.

Emily Creel and Judy Caudle conducted the memorial lesson. Emily Creel spoke and led 546, My Brightest Days, for the following deceased:
Elsie Beasley, Robie Hallmark, John Hyde, and Teddy Creel—Alabama, Betty Blankers, Hibberd Thatcher, and Herbert Cox, Jr.—Tennessee; Philip Dodson and Donnie McGraw—Georgia; Norma Koenig—Pennsylvania; Marcia Tucker—California; Mark Seiler—Maine; Lee R. Wise—Mississippi.

Judy Caudle led 129, Heavenly Armor, in honor of the sick and shut-ins:
Herby Bailey, Flarce Creel, Dick Mauldin, Milton Oliver, and Jimmie Gilmore—Alabama; Emily Boswell—Mississippi; Pauline Childers—Michigan; Edith Tate—Florida. The memorial lesson was concluded.

Leaders:
302, Logan - Bridgett Hill
384, Panting for Heaven - Becky Briggs
186, Sherburne - Alex Chandler
218, Mount Pleasant - Dorothea McCowan
86, Poland - Carolyn Thompson.

LUNCH

Marlin Beasley called the class to order leading 192, Schenectady.
Leaders:
475, A Thankful Heart - Emily Creel (for Flarce Creel)
187, Protection - Earl Ballinger
225b, Christmas Anthem - Josie Hyde and Sharon Spiller
532, Peace and Joy - Lisa Geist
349, A Cross for Me - Cecil Wakefield
222, Ocean - Beth O'Dell
224, Save, Lord, or We Perish - Beth O'Dell and Amelia O'Dell
110, Mount Vernon - Hugh Bill McGuire
81b, Cookham - Judy Caudle
306, Oxford - Amanda Denson and Elene Stovall
112, The Last Words of Copernicus - Chuck Howell
77t, The Child of Grace - Charlotte Ehrman
354b, Happy Land - Bunk Beasley and Haley Beasley
108t, Weeping Sinners - Samantha Spiller
109, Carnsville - Larry Ballinger
290, Victoria - Sarah Smith
   “Nothing But the Blood of Jesus” - John Merritt and Charlotte Ehrman
108b, The Traveler - John Merritt
390, New Prospect - Ann Ballard
497, Natick - Lena Keeton
490, My Shepherd Guides - Brenda Pena
280, Westford - Max Berueffy
276, Bridgewater - Margaret Keeton
341, The Lone Pilgrim - Travis Keeton
528, Showers of Blessings - Henry Schuman
146, Hallelujah - Cora Sweatt and Marlin Beasley and Sarah Beasley Smith and Ann Ballard and Bunk Beasley and Becky Briggs and John Beasley.

Announcements were made. John Beasley and Richard Schmeidler led 62, Parting Hand, as the closing song.
Hugh Bill McGuire dismissed the class with prayer.

Chairman—John Beasley; Vice Chairman—Richard Schmeidler; Secretary—Sandie Scott.