William Burton Walbert

William Burton Walbert (May 18, 1886 – December 2, 1959) was an American Southern gospel songwriter, singer, composer, and editor. He (co-)wrote many songs, and he was the director of the Vaughan School of Music in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Early life Walbert was born in Barren County, Kentucky on May 18, 1886. He attended the Vaughan School of Music in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Career Walbert worked for the James D. Vaughan Music Company, where he taught shape note singing schools. After James D. Vaughan’s death, Walbert took charge of the school. From 1923 to the 1930s, Walbert was a member of the Vaughan Radio Quartet, a band whose members included Pace, Hilman Barnard, and Otis Leon McCoy. Personal life and death Walbert married Mable Grace Vaughan, James David Vaughan’s daughter, in 1915. They had a son, James D. Walbert, Walbert died of a stroke on December 2, 1959, in Birmingham, Alabama, at age 72. His funeral was held in Lawrenceburg. He was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1959. References