Elizabeth Handy

American composer, singer, pianist and W. C. Handy’s third and youngest daughter. Graduated from the Textile High School of New York in 1930, she worked as a copyist in her father’s publishing house and demonstrated the Handy production. As a musician, she recorded the duo "Stay" with Fats Waller in 1936, which remained unissued at the time. Was married to guitarist Morris White from early 1934 to 1937. Died aged 28 after an operation. b.: Nov. 17, 1910 in Memphis, TN d.: Mar. 26, 1939