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- Fawcett, James (Jim)
James Fawcett was a worker in U.S.A. but was from Northern Ireland originally. 1904 Fawcett, James (aka Faucett) - Born 1886 – Died Aug. 10, 1958, aged 72. He spent his last days in Tallassee, Alabama. and came from Fermanagh County, N. Ireland. He was the Uncle of George Walker. He is in a 1911 photo of Blossburg, Alabama, so he may have been the first worker to go to Alabama. During his last year, in 1958, he was trying to hold a few tent meetings without the help of a companion and it was when he passed away. Apparently he had done a lot of physical work on that particular day, and was sitting visiting with one of the friends on her veranda. He mentioned the manner in which his mother had passed away suddenly, and expressed the opinion that something like that would likely happen to him sometime... and at that moment, having spoken those words, he died. He wrote hymns (1951 ed) 173, 215, 221, 326, 239-Cease Not - Tom young-older--300dpi
Tom Turner as an older man. Thomas M. Turner comes from the North of Ireland; he was a school teacher in County Galway, when he heard the truth and also went forth in 1900 for a time in Ireland, and was one of the first to go to Australia. He wrote hymns 202, 236 and 265. Regarding No. 236, at one Convention someone said that would be a good subject for a hymn —"The Approval of God" — within a short time, the next meeting or so, the hymn was produced and sung. Tom was 81 years old when he died April, 1959. - Tom Turner young-& older--300dpi
Tom Turner - younger and older Tom Turner as an older man. Thomas M. Turner comes from the North of Ireland; he was a school teacher in County Galway, when he heard the truth and also went forth in 1900 for a time in Ireland, and was one of the first to go to Australia. He wrote hymns 202, 236 and 265. Regarding No. 236, at one Convention someone said that would be a good subject for a hymn —"The Approval of God" — within a short time, the next meeting or so, the hymn was produced and sung. Tom was 81 years old when he died April, 1959.