On December 28, 2001 Hovie Lister, founder of the Statesmen Quartet, passed away.
The Statesmen in 1979:
Rosie Rozell, Jack Toney, Hovie, Ed Hill and Tommy Thompson
I want to know that Jesus welcomes me there
I do not want to be denied
Let me live in that city so fair
That's enough for me to know
I want to know that Jesus welcomes me there
I do not want to be denied
Let me live in that city so fair
That's enough for me to know
I do not know the day my saviour will come
I must be prepared to go
If I may die knowing he'll call me, oh Lord
That's enough for me to know
I want to know that Jesus welcomes me there
I do not want to be denied
Let me live in that city so fair
That's enough for me to know
I want to know, know, know that he will welcome me there
I do not want, want, want to be denied
Let me liiiiiiive in that city so fair
That's enough for meeeeee, me to knoooooooow
The Statesmen in the mid-1950s:
Hovie, Denver Crumpler, Jake Hess, Doy Ott, and Jim "Big Chief" Wetherington
