Luther G. Presley

Luther G. Presley (March 6, 1887 – December 6, 1974) was a songwriter, musician, and Southern gospel music composer who is credited with writing more than 1,100 hymns.

However, he is most closely associated with the Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Company, with whom Presley worked for the majority of his professional life spanning from 1930 until his death in 1974.

Presley composed hymns for Stamps-Baxter while running a music supply store out of his home in Pangburn, Arkansas.

For the decade following his death, his wife continued to operate the Stamps-Baxter Music store out of their home in Pangburn.

Other works for which he is known include "God's Wonderful Book Divine," "Getting Ready to Leave This World," "In Mother's Way," "I'll Have a New Body," and "He Wills It So.