Jellico, Tennessee
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Jellico is a city in Campbell County, Tennessee, United States, on the state border with Kentucky, 58 miles by road north of Knoxville. As of the 2020 census, Jellico had a population of 2,154.
North Main Street
A child laborer at Proctor Coal near Jellico, 1910, photo by Lewis Hine
North Main Street blocks, viewed from the railroad tracks
First Baptist Church
Homer Rodeheaver
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Homer Alvan Rodeheaver was an American evangelist, music director, music publisher, composer of gospel songs, and pioneer in the recording of sacred music.
Jellico, Tennessee
…a holiness Pentecostal Christian denomination. Jellico was the childhood home of Grace Moore, soprano star of opera, musical theatre, and film, and Homer Rodeheaver, hymn-writer, trombonist, and pioneer in the recording of sacred music. Official website…
Homer Rodeheaver, circa 1910–1915
"H. A. Rodeheaver training chorus girls"