Will M. Ramsey

American hymnwriter, songwriter (mostly lyricist), teacher and publisher. Born Au­gust 24, 1872, Bel­ton, Tex­as, USA. Died: March 12, 1939, Lit­tle Rock, Ar­kan­sas, USA. Ramsey be­gan teach­ing shape notes and sing­ing while a teen­ag­er. He be­came well known in sing­ing schools through­out the Am­er­i­can South. His earliest copyrighted song was 1894 when he was CEO and co-owner with David Moore of the Central Music Co., Hartford Arkansas. In 1913, he bought out David Moore and moved the company from Hartford, to Little Rock, Arkansas, maintaining the business name. As a songwriter, best known for songs writing "He Whispers Sweet Peace to Me" and co-writing "Sweetest Mother" with Gertrude S. Ramsey (aka Gertrude Stoddard Dennstedt).