Joe Beasley Memorial Singing

Concord Primitive Baptist Church
Winfield, Alabama
Saturday, December 7, 2019 and Sunday, December 8, 2019

Used both days: The Sacred Harp, 1991 edition. Used on Saturday: The B. F. White Sacred Harp (Cooper Book), 2012 Revision, The Christian Harmony, 2010 edition, The Primitive Hymns: Spiritual Songs and Sacred Poems (Lloyd's).

Saturday, December 7

The 25th annual session of the Joe Beasley Memorial Sacred Harp Singing was held on the second Sunday and Saturday before in December. The class was called to order by Marlin Beasley leading 82t, Bound For Canaan.
Butch White offered the opening prayer.

Leaders:
33b, Abbeville - Marlin Beasley
111b, To Die No More - Ricky Beasley
101t, Canaan's Land
77b, Holcombe - Richard Schmeidler
66, Jordan (First)
565, The Hill of Zion - Beth Branscome
32t, Corinth.

In a business session, the following officers were elected or appointed to serve: Chairman—Ricky Beasley; Vice Chairman—Richard Schmeidler; Secretary and Arranging—Nicholas Thompson.

Leaders:
86, Poland - Butch White
535, Shawmut
329, Vain World Adieu - Nicholas Thompson
318, Present Joys
31b, Webster - Stephen Huffman
354t, Lebanon
30t, Love Divine - Cora Sweatt
49b, Mear
569b, Sacred Throne - Brenda Peña
68b, Ortonville.

RECESS

Ricky Beasley led 457, Wayfaring Stranger, to bring the class back to order.
Leaders:
81t, Beach Spring - Mary Huffman
566, Hebron
503, Lloyd - Louise Yeager
480, Redemption
235, Long Sought Home - Tom Booth
35, Saints Bound for Heaven
117 (CH10), Angel Band - Sarah Beasley
572 (CB), We Will Sing with Angels There
571 (CB), Not Made With Hands - Linda Booth
78 (CB), Calvary
108t, Weeping Sinners - Becky Briggs
317, Jackson.
Marlin Beasley asked a blessing before the noon meal.

LUNCH

The afternoon session began with Ricky Beasley leading 492 (LD).
Leaders:
175 (CB), Star in the East - Nicholas Thompson
38t (CB), Sessions - Richard Schmeidler
45b (CB), Supplication - Mary Huffman
306, Oxford - Linda Booth
145b, Sweet Affliction - Cora Sweatt
54 (CH10), My Trust - Stephen Huffman
408 (LD) - Butch White
505 (CB), Cleansing Fountain - Beth Branscome
333 (LD) - Sarah Beasley and Becky Briggs and Bunk Beasley and Cora Sweatt and Marlin Beasley and Ricky Beasley
393 (CB), I'm Wandering To and Fro - Brenda Peña
61, Sweet Rivers - Tom Booth (for Juanita Beasley)
72b, Bellevue - Bunk Beasley.

Announcements were made. Ricky Beasley led 45t, New Britain, as the closing song.
Marlin Beasley dismissed the class with prayer.

Sunday, December 8

The Sunday session of the Joe Beasley Memorial Singing began with Ricky Beasley leading 348b, Fleeting Days.
Marlin Beasley offered the opening prayer. Leaders:
335, Return Again - Ricky Beasley
192, Schenectady - Betty Baccus
166, Still Better
467, Lisbon - Butch White
77t, The Child of Grace
48t, Devotion - Loretta Whitman
129, Heavenly Armor
75, I Would See Jesus - Earl Ballinger
127, Green Fields
73t, Cusseta - Cora Sweatt
59, Holy Manna
567, The Great Day - Isaac Green
419, Melancholy Day (for Ozella Blackmon)
189, Montgomery - Henry Guthery
269, Bear Creek
49t, Old Hundred - Roma Rice
566, Hebron
32b, Distress - Warren Steel
211, Whitestown.

RECESS

Ricky Beasley led 74b, King of Peace, to bring the class together.
Leaders:
223, Portuguese Hymn - Will Gatewood
159, Wondrous Love
49b, Mear - Brenda Peña
73b, Arlington
306, Oxford - Larry Ballinger
81b, Cookham
340, Odem (Second) - Sarah Beasley
61, Sweet Rivers
39b, Sharpsburg - David Jackson
235, Long Sought Home
155, Northfield - Richard Schmeidler
474, Mount Desert
179, The Christian Warfare - Becky Briggs
176b, Blooming Youth.

The memorial lesson was held at this time. Butch White spoke for the following sick and shut-ins:
Jerry Kitchens, Velton Chafin, Judy Mincey, Roy Davis, Desmond O'Flynn, Juanita Beasley, and Richard Mauldin. He led 86, Poland.

Marlin Beasley spoke in memory of the following deceased: Ottis Sides, John Beasley, Joyce Hubbert, Eugene Forbes, Wilda Holmes, Patsy Beasley, Wayne Wakefield, and Allene Wakefield—Alabama; Charlene Wallace and Norma Mincey—Georgia; Concetta Branson—Oregon; Paul Luther Wilson—Minnesota; Mary Chrestman—Mississippi. Marlin led 111b, To Die No More, in memory of the deceased.
Earl Ballinger closed the memorial service with prayer.

Leaders:
475, A Thankful Heart - Glenn Keeton
216, Delight
274t, The Golden Harp - Buell Cobb
42, Clamanda
186, Sherburne - Lisa Geist (in memory of Hamilton Ballinger)
472, Akin.
David Jackson asked a blessing before the noon meal.

LUNCH

The afternoon session began with Ricky Beasley leading 47b, Idumea.
Leaders:
354b, Happy Land - Seth Holloway
388, The Happy Sailor (in memory of Freddie Briggs)
38b, Windham - Henry McGuire
298, Providence
314, Cleburne - Marlin Beasley
460, Sardis
100, The Bower of Prayer - Louise Yeager
480, Redemption
45t, New Britain - Bunk Beasley
81t, Beach Spring
422, Burdette - Isaac Green
498, The Resurrection Day (for Ozella Blackmon)
522, Ye Heedless Ones - Warren Steel (for Margaret Keeton)
145b, Sweet Affliction - Will Gatewood
203, Florida (for Julia Poston)
111b, To Die No More - Marlin Beasley (for Chug Beasley)
146, Hallelujah - Sarah Beasley and Becky Briggs and Cora Sweatt and Bunk Beasley and Richard Schmeidler and Ricky Beasley
571 (CB), Not Made With Hands.

Ricky Beasley led 267, Parting Friends (First), as the closing song, and then dismissed the class with prayer.

Chairman—Ricky Beasley; Vice Chairman—Marlin Beasley; Secretaries—Nicholas Thompson and Lisa Geist.