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Beautiful Star of Bethlehem written in Rutherford County

Frank Caperton, Rutherford County Historical Society, December 24, 2015

Rutherford County (TN) Christmas Tree lighting, December 4, 2015

Perhaps my favorite Christmas song is an old gospel/Bluegrass song titled ‘Beautiful Star of Bethlehem’.  I’m certain you’ve heard this song hundreds of times and never realized the song’s connection with Rutherford County.

Please click below and listen and you too will agree – ‘Beautiful Star of Bethlehem’ is simply beautiful.

 

 

OK – now for the story of Rutherford County’s very own Robert Fisher Boyce of the Link community:

In an article in the Old-Time Times from 2004, Patsy Weiler writes,
The Hillbilly at Harvard, WHRB Radio, Boston, MA

Also, please click on the link below to learn more about Robert Fisher Boyce:

Robert Fisher Boyce was born in the southern Rutherford County community of Link November 25, 1887.  Boyce was raised The third of six children, Boyce loved music and was singing solo an

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Robert Fisher Boyce (1887 - 1968)

RobertFisherBoyce

Born in Rutherford, Tennessee, United States
Ancestors

Son of Benjamin Franklin Boyce and Nancy Jane (Smotherman) Boyce

[sibling(s) unknown]

Descendants

Father of Nannie Lou (Boyce) Taylor, B C Boyce, Willie Ruth (Boyce) Eads, Sammie Elizabeth (Boyce) Gross and Franklin Newton Boyce

Died at age 80in Rutherford, Tennessee, United States

Profile last modified | Created 19 Jul 2015

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Biography

Robert was born in 1887.

~ The Story Behind the Song ~ Few people today realize the popular Christmas song “Beautiful Star of Bethlehem” was written by the late R. Fisher Boyce in a Middle Tennessee milk barn in the early part of the 20th century. It would go on to become a seasonal standard performed by a variety of artists, and it would eventually be sung in the White House by The Judds during a nationally televised Bob Hope Christmas special. Boyce was born in the tiny community of Link, located in southern Rutherford County, in November 1887. The third of six children, Boyc

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