“He finished the first part of the song after he got to work. He told me he was driving into work and looked up at the sun, and it made him think of an old gospel hymn his dad used to sing, and that ...

The sheet music for “Sweet Beulah Land” by Squire Parsons. (Photo Courtesy: Dr. John R. Carlisle, Hannan High School) Parsons composed many other well-known Gospel songs, including “The Mast ...

famous for writing the classic Gospel song “Sweet Beulah Land,” has died. He was 77 years old. Parsons was born in the Roane County community of Newton and, after getting his Bachelor of ...