<P> Brumley was born near Spiro, Oklahoma on October 29, 1905 . Pre-Dustbowl Oklahoma was primarily made up of sparse agricultural communities; Brumley's family was no different . He spent much of his early life chopping and picking cotton on his family's farm . In 1926, he enrolled in the Hartford Musical Institute of Hartford, Arkansas, and studied there through 1931 . The Institute was led by Eugene Monroe Bartlett (1884--1941), owner of the Hartford Music Company and composer of the well - known gospel song "Victory in Jesus". Brumley purchased Hartford Music Company in 1948 . </P> <P> Brumley married Goldie Edith Schell in 1931 . They lived on the banks of Big Sugar Creek in Powell, Missouri, where they raised six children . </P> <P> "I'll Fly Away," "Turn Your Radio On," "If We Never Meet Again (This Side of Heaven)," "I'll Meet You In The Morning," and "He Set Me Free" are among a host of favorites written by Albert E. Brumley . He wrote over 800 songs . He established the Albert E. Brumley Sundown to Sunup Gospel Sing (now Albert E. Brumley Gospel Sing) in 1969 in Springdale, Arkansas . Brumley has been inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame . </P> <P> Albert Brumley was a member of the Church of Christ and is buried at Fox Church of Christ Cemetery near Powell, Missouri . He died November 15, 1977 . Brumley's son Tom, who would die in 2009, later became a respected steel guitarist in country music and songleader in the Church of Christ in Powell . </P>

Who wrote if we never meet again this side of heaven