Died: December 20, 1964.
Buried: Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas.
A native of DeKalb County, Alabama, Fossett attended his first Gospel Music School at age 12. At age 16, he attended Thomas Mosley’s Normal School. By age 19, he began singing and playing in a quartet. By 1937, he was teaching in High Point, North Carolina, where he married Katherine Strother. Three years later, he joined the Chattanooga, Tennessee, office of the Stamps-Baxter music publishers. Fossett’s works include:
Fossett’s Inspirational Melodies (Dallas, Texas: Stamps-Baxter Music & Printing Company, 1952)
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Tune Title: [I was lost in sin and shame till in mercy He came]First Line: I was lost in sin and shame till in mercy He cameComposer: V. O. FossettIncipit: 12332 23332 16556Date: 1950