J. Edwin McConnell

J. Edwin McConnell
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Short Name: J. Edwin McConnell
Full Name: McConnell, J. Edwin
Birth Year: 1892
Death Year: 1954

McConnell attended the Webb Preparatory School in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, and William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri. He worked with his father (former pastor of the First Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) in evangelism meetings for some time, playing the piano, singing, and directing the choir. In 1922 he began broadcasting his "Hymn Time" program on the radio, and was known as "Smilin’ Ed McConnell."

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