Jesse Randall (Pap) Baxter, Jr. (1887-1960)
Born: December 8, 1887, Lebanon, Alabama.
Died: January 21, 1960.
Baxter grew up in DeKalb County, Alabama. In 1926, he bought part of Virgil Stamps’ Gospel music firm, which became the Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Company, one of the most successful Gospel music publishers of the early 20th Century. Baxter ran the company’s Chattanooga, Tennessee, office until Stamps’ death in 1940, then moved to Dallas, Texas, to run the main office. After Baxter’s death, his wife, Clarice, ran the business until she died; it was then sold to Zondervan. Baxter was inducted into the Southern Gospel Mus… Go to person page >
Display Title: Help Me Live for the LordFirst Line: Help me live each day on the pilgrim wayTune Title: [Help me live each day on the pilgrim way]Author: J. R. Baxter, Jr.Date: 1956
Display Title: Let Me Live My Life for HimFirst Line: Let me live my life each dayTune Title: [Let me live my life each day]Author: J. R. Baxter, Jr.Date: 1949