Composer - Lyricist: Leona von Brethorst
From HymnsWithoutWords
The Hymns of Leona von Brethorst (b. 1923)
Biography
Leona von Brethorst (b. 1923) born in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, Brethorst was apparently raised in abject poverty. "We didn't know we were poor," she says, because "everyone else was like us." She remembers going to school without shoes while she and her sister shared three dresses. She and her ten siblings also shared the arms-length attention of a harsh father.
Brethorst now lives in Long Beach, California, still active in her community and at her home church, Calvary Fellowship.
