In the rural Smyrna Baptist Church, midway between Courtland and Moulton, Alabama, a trio rose to sing a song that was literally sweeping the South. The year was 1948, and the occasion was the funeral of my grandfather, James Terry. The song, which greatly effected the audience, was written 17 years earlier by one of our nation's leading Christian songwriters, Albert E. Brumley.

It was in 1929 that Brumley actually composed "I'll Fly Away." He recalled that he was picking cotton and singing a popular song, "If I Had the Wings of an Angel." Suddenly, he thought about flying away.

He later said, "Actually, I was dreaming of flying away from that cotton field when I wrote 'I'll Fly Away.'" However, the song took on a spiritual meaning.

Classy And Grassy

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