Albert E. Brumley - wikipedia Albert E. Brumley This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. ( July 2013 ) Albert E. Brumley Birth name Albert Edward Brumley ( 1905 - 10 - 29 ) October 29, 1905 near Spiro, Oklahoma, United States November 15, 1977 ( 1977 - 11 - 15 ) ( aged 72 ) Powell, Missouri, United States Genres Christian Albert Edward Brumley ( October 29, 1905 -- November 15, 1977 ) was an American shape note music composer and publisher, prolific in the genre of southern gospel Biography Brumley was born near Spiro, Oklahoma on October 29, 1905. Pre-Dustbowl Oklahoma was primarily made up of sparse agricultural communities ; Brumley 's family was no different. He spent much of his early life chopping and picking cotton on his family 's farm. In 1926, he enrolled in the Hartford Musical Institute of Hartford, Arkansas, and studied there through 1931. The Institute was led by Eugene Monroe Bartlett ( 1884 -- 1941 ), owner of the Hartford Music Company and composer of the well - known gospel song `` Victory in Jesus ''. Brumley purchased Hartford Music Company in 1948. Brumley married Goldie Edith Schell in 1931. They lived on the banks of Big Sugar Creek in Powell, Missouri, where they raised six children. `` I 'll Fly Away, '' `` Turn Your Radio On, '' `` If We Never Meet Again ( This Side of Heaven ), '' `` I 'll Meet You In The Morning, '' and `` He Set Me Free '' are among a host of favorites written by Albert E. Brumley. He wrote over 800 songs. He established the Albert E. Brumley Sundown to Sunup Gospel Sing ( now Albert E. Brumley Gospel Sing ) in 1969 in Springdale, Arkansas. Brumley has been inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame. Albert Brumley was a member of the Church of Christ and is buried at Fox Church of Christ Cemetery near Powell, Missouri. He died November 15, 1977. Brumley 's son Tom, who would die in 2009, later became a respected steel guitarist in country music and songleader in the Church of Christ in Powell. Notes Jump up ^ Freeman, Greg ( 2013 - 02 - 21 ). `` E.M. Bartlett ( 1885 1941 ) ''. Encyclopedia of Arkansas history & culture ( Southern ed. ). Retrieved 2013 - 07 - 11. Jump up ^ Wolfe, Charles ( 1998 ). `` Albert E. Brumley ''. In Paul Kingsbury. Encyclopedia of Country Music. New York : Oxford University Press. pp. 62 -- 63. External links Biography portal `` Albert E. Brumley ''. Find a Grave. Retrieved September 3, 2010. Biographical Sketch on the Life of Albert E. Brumley Brumley Music Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Brumley, Albert VIAF : 41042758 LCCN : n92116113 MusicBrainz : 169262bf - 4d97 - 408c - b108 - deb588ae7730 IATH : w6xx9zpg Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albert_E._Brumley&oldid=798676720 '' Categories : 1905 births 1977 deaths American male composers American composers American gospel singers American members of the Churches of Christ People from Spiro, Oklahoma Songwriters from Oklahoma Southern gospel 20th - century American singers Singers from Oklahoma Hidden categories : Articles lacking in - text citations from July 2013 All articles lacking in - text citations Articles with hCards Pages using Template : Infobox musical artist with unknown parameters Find a Grave template with ID same as Wikidata Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC - ID identifiers Talk About Wikipedia Català Nederlands Edit links This page was last edited on 3 September 2017, at 07 : 19. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote if we never meet again this side of heaven
Answer: Albert E. Brumley