Inducted 2003

Fred C. Maples set an indelible and distinctive mark of excellence in Southern Gospel Music. 

He served an apprenticeship at Tennessee Music and Printing Company under noted gospel music instructor Otis McCoy before embarking on his own distinguished gospel music career. 

Acclaimed for his accomplished baritone voice, Maples' first singing circuit experience came with the Cleveland Quartet. He later sang with the first Homeland Harmony Quartet and the Vaughan Victory Quartet, before organizing the Harmoneers Quartet in 1938. 

Under Maples astute direction as quartet manager, the Harmoneers rose to national prominence with a polished vocal style that packed auditoriums across America. The Harmoneers Quartet received extensive radio and television exposure and was inducted into Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2002. 

Maples retired from the Harmoneers in 1956 and then served as Minister of Music at several churches in Georgia.