Marvin V. Frey - West Barre Cemetery, New York
N 43° 09.248 W 078° 15.109
17T E 723444 N 4781597
You may not recognize the name, but have you ever sung "Kum Ba Yah"???
Waymark Code: WM6HMW
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 06/07/2009
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"Kum Ba Yah" stands for Come By Here. We have all learned of this song as a child growing up and sang it around summer campfires. But did you ever know who composed this spiritual hymn?
The Rev. Marvin V. Frey, an evangelical minister wrote many well-known songs of faith, more than 2,000 of them, in his lifetime. He wrote Kum Ba Yah at the age of 17 while attending a Christian Crusade camp. He wrote the song as "Come By Here", but a youth at the camp took it to his parents, who used it in their missionary work in Angola, where it acquired its more popular title.
Although he was originally from Oregon, He lived in this area when he passed, and he and his wife Helen, are buried in West Barre, NY.
Description:
"Mr. Frey, a native of Sherwood, Ore., was active in evangelical ministry work for the nondenominational Independent Assemblies of God at an early age. During the 1930's, he played piano on many occasions for the evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. In 1956, he founded the Children's Fund of New York, which ministers to needy children throughout the city."
Date of birth: 12/19/1918
Date of death: 11/28/1992
Area of notoriety: Religion
Marker Type: Headstone
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Dawn to Dusk
Fee required?: No
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