10 Christian ministry leaders, influencers who died in 2019
Jane Marshall – May 29, 2019
Jane Marshall, a prolific musical composer and longtime music teacher at Southern Methodist University’s Perkins School of Theology, died at age 94.
A native of Dallas, Texas, Marshall began composing music as a teenager and is credited with approximately 200 different songs and anthems.
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Her most famous anthem, “My Eternal King,” has been performed in churches across the United States, including by the Crystal Cathedral Choir of the famed California-based megachurch.
“I rank her as the most sensitive and text-oriented hymn tune composer of the late 20th century,” said the Rev. Carlton Young, editor of The United Methodist Hymnal. “She was that good.”
