Inducted 2001

Few songwriters contributed more inspirational work to Southern gospel than Ira Stanphill. 

Born February 14, 1914 in Bellview, New Mexico, Stanphill distinguished himself as a young man after becoming a singing evangelist in the Assemblies of God denominational. He ultimately preached and sang the Gospel in all sections of the United States and in forty other nations. 

Along the way, his tremendous songwriting ability earned him a place among the truly unique stylists of southern Gospel Music. Among his more 400 gospel compositions are "Mansion Over the Hilltop", "Room at the Cross", "Suppertime", "Follow Me", and "I Know Who Holds Tomorrow."