ASHEVILLE, NC (WOWK) — Well-known southern gospel singer Squire Parsons, famous for writing the classic “Sweet Beulah Land,” has died, as confirmed by personal friends. He was 77 years old. Parsons ...

Squire Parsons, 72, was born in 1948 in Newton, W. Va., and was introduced to music by his grandfather, Will, and father, Squire, Sr., a choir director, who both taught him to sing using shaped noted.

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