<P> Richard Eugene Blanchard Sr. (Mar. 14, 1925--April 19, 2004) was a songwriter who was widely known for writing the popular "Fill My Cup, Lord" (gospel song). </P> <P> He was born in 1925 in Chungking, China, to Methodist missionary parents Ralph and Grace Kipka Blanchard . When the Blanchard family returned home to the United States, Richard grew up as a child and youth in Indiana and North Carolina . Rev. Ralph Blanchard moved from Wolcottville, Indiana, to Tryon, North Carolina, in 1942, bringing his family with him . Blanchard was a senior in high school and graduated from Tryon High School in 1943 . During that year, he worked at a Tryon bank, putting his income into war bonds . This financial tactic eventually enabled him to buy lakefront property at Lake Conway, Orange County, Florida, in 1953 . </P>

Who wrote the hymn fill my cup lord