Person Name: Effie Smith Ely, b. 1879 Author of "Forever" in Worship and Service Hymnal Ely, Effie Smith. Wife of a Methodist minister, Rev. Joseph B. Ely, with whom she shared the work of rural parishes in the vicinity of Morristown, Tennessee. Born in Hawkins County, Tenn.; educated at Sullins College, Bristol, Tenn., and in Peabody Normal College, Nashville.
--The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives
Effie Smith Ely