Merrill Womach Explained

Merrill Womach
Background:solo_singer
Birth Date:7 February 1927
Birth Place:Spokane, Washington
Death Place:Spokane, Washington

Merrill Womach (February 7, 1927 – December 28, 2014) was an American undertaker, organist and gospel singer, notable both for founding National Music Service (now Global Distribution Network, Inc.[1]), which provided recorded music to funeral homes across America, and for surviving a Thursday, November 23, 1961 plane crash in Beaver Marsh, Oregon that left him disfigured with third degree burns on his hands and his entire head.[2]

Womach authorized an autobiography of his recovery titled Tested by Fire, co-authored with his former wife Virginia with help from Mel and Lyla White. A documentary film titled He Restoreth My Soul was also made about Womach's accident and subsequent recovery.[3]

He died in his sleep on December 28, 2014.[4]

Discography

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gdni.biz/Merrill.aspx Honoring a Dreamer
  2. Jack Fincher, "Brutally Burned in a Plane Crash, Merrill Womach Lives to Sing the Praises of the Lord", People, Retrieved 03 May 2013
  3. Web site: Womach. Tim. He Restoreth My Soul. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211217/vgLZlZYNtUY . 2021-12-17 . live. Youtube. 12 April 2013.
  4. Web site: Gospel singer, Merrill Womach dies at age 87. 2023-09-27. (not in EU)

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