J. Bazzel Mull

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J. Bazzel Mull
Birth nameJacob Bazzel Mull
Born(1914-10-04)October 4, 1914
Burke County, North Carolina United States
DiedSeptember 5, 2006(2006-09-05) (aged 91)
GenresChristian
Occupationsminister
religious broadcaster
Years active1942 (1942) – 2006 (2006)

Jacob Bazzel Mull ((1914-10-04)October 4, 1914 in Valdese, North Carolina – (2006-09-05)September 5, 2006) was a Christian minister and religious broadcaster in East Tennessee.

Biography

Mull was the grandson of Wallace B. Mull, a circuit riding preacher in the 1800s. His parents and siblings had formed a Gospel music group, The Valdese Sacred Band, and Mull played banjo in the group as a child.

He had been legally blind since the age of 11 months, after an accidental fall into a fireplace had damaged his eyesight. He memorized verses from the Bible as someone read them aloud.

Mull began preaching in 1932. In 1939, Mull began preaching on radio stations in

Nashville
, which in the public mind was probably more identified with the musical style.

Mull branched into television in the 1950s. He hosted an hour-long Gospel music program, The Mull Singing Convention, on Knoxville television, first on

WRGP-TV when that station went on the air in 1956. Mull's show moved to WTVC when it began broadcasting in 1959. He also used the Mull Singing Convention name on shape note hymnals, still published today.[2]

Mull was a staunch

John J. "Jimmy" Duncan Jr., who said that Mull's most famous line was "Ain't that right, Mrs. Mull?"[4]

Mull was inducted into the

Southern Gospel Hall of Fame
in 2003.

References

  1. Dave Emery
    to sing with the Gang.
  2. ^ "Mull Songbooks – Your home for Mull Songbooks". Mull Songbooks. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  3. ^ "The Panama Canal and J. Bazzel Mull". 11 July 2008.
  4. ^ "U.S. Rep. Jimmy Duncan's House eulogy of J. Bazzel Mull".

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