The son of Leroy 'Lee' Orville Erwin born Georgia and Mary Estelle Shaver born New York, who married Sep 18, 1907, Madison County, Alabama.
Joseph A Erwin 7 appears on the 1930 census, Huntsville, Alabama with his parents Lee O Erwin 53 owner of a cotton mill, Mary E 46 and siblings Thelma M 18, Sarah E 15, Mary L 9, also his widowed grandmother Cornelia C Shaver, 73 born New York.
His father's name also found Leander and he was General Manager of Erwin Manufacturing Company.
In his youth, Joseph delivered the Birmingham paper to half the town!
His education included the Cincinnati Conservatory, Julliard School of Music, New York, and Royal School of Church Music in London.
To let you know, by this paraphrase of Thomas Wolf which he had set to beautiful music, that Joseph A. Erwin "left the world he knew for greater knowing" on June 1, 2017.
Joseph's understanding of and ability to communicate to so many, the meaning he saw in great music will be his heritage.
Joseph and his wife, Kathleen, came to Tryon, NC, from Englewood, NJ where in 1976, built their house on Rondo Ridge and had lived there ever since.
As organist and choir director at the Congregational Church for 29 years and director of the Christmas programs of the Community Chorus for more than half that time, he has contributed much to the musical scene of Tryon, NC.
His sister Mary Leone Erwin born 1920 married James William Edwards in 1941, Alabama. She died in 2012, St. Louis County, Missouri.
Joseph A Erwin 7 appears on the 1930 census, Huntsville, Alabama with his parents Lee O Erwin 53 owner of a cotton mill, Mary E 46 and siblings Thelma M 18, Sarah E 15, Mary L 9, also his widowed grandmother Cornelia C Shaver, 73 born New York.
His father's name also found Leander and he was General Manager of Erwin Manufacturing Company.
In his youth, Joseph delivered the Birmingham paper to half the town!
His education included the Cincinnati Conservatory, Julliard School of Music, New York, and Royal School of Church Music in London.
To let you know, by this paraphrase of Thomas Wolf which he had set to beautiful music, that Joseph A. Erwin "left the world he knew for greater knowing" on June 1, 2017.
Joseph's understanding of and ability to communicate to so many, the meaning he saw in great music will be his heritage.
Joseph and his wife, Kathleen, came to Tryon, NC, from Englewood, NJ where in 1976, built their house on Rondo Ridge and had lived there ever since.
As organist and choir director at the Congregational Church for 29 years and director of the Christmas programs of the Community Chorus for more than half that time, he has contributed much to the musical scene of Tryon, NC.
His sister Mary Leone Erwin born 1920 married James William Edwards in 1941, Alabama. She died in 2012, St. Louis County, Missouri.
The son of Leroy 'Lee' Orville Erwin born Georgia and Mary Estelle Shaver born New York, who married Sep 18, 1907, Madison County, Alabama.
Joseph A Erwin 7 appears on the 1930 census, Huntsville, Alabama with his parents Lee O Erwin 53 owner of a cotton mill, Mary E 46 and siblings Thelma M 18, Sarah E 15, Mary L 9, also his widowed grandmother Cornelia C Shaver, 73 born New York.
His father's name also found Leander and he was General Manager of Erwin Manufacturing Company.
In his youth, Joseph delivered the Birmingham paper to half the town!
His education included the Cincinnati Conservatory, Julliard School of Music, New York, and Royal School of Church Music in London.
To let you know, by this paraphrase of Thomas Wolf which he had set to beautiful music, that Joseph A. Erwin "left the world he knew for greater knowing" on June 1, 2017.
Joseph's understanding of and ability to communicate to so many, the meaning he saw in great music will be his heritage.
Joseph and his wife, Kathleen, came to Tryon, NC, from Englewood, NJ where in 1976, built their house on Rondo Ridge and had lived there ever since.
As organist and choir director at the Congregational Church for 29 years and director of the Christmas programs of the Community Chorus for more than half that time, he has contributed much to the musical scene of Tryon, NC.
His sister Mary Leone Erwin born 1920 married James William Edwards in 1941, Alabama. She died in 2012, St. Louis County, Missouri.
Joseph A Erwin 7 appears on the 1930 census, Huntsville, Alabama with his parents Lee O Erwin 53 owner of a cotton mill, Mary E 46 and siblings Thelma M 18, Sarah E 15, Mary L 9, also his widowed grandmother Cornelia C Shaver, 73 born New York.
His father's name also found Leander and he was General Manager of Erwin Manufacturing Company.
In his youth, Joseph delivered the Birmingham paper to half the town!
His education included the Cincinnati Conservatory, Julliard School of Music, New York, and Royal School of Church Music in London.
To let you know, by this paraphrase of Thomas Wolf which he had set to beautiful music, that Joseph A. Erwin "left the world he knew for greater knowing" on June 1, 2017.
Joseph's understanding of and ability to communicate to so many, the meaning he saw in great music will be his heritage.
Joseph and his wife, Kathleen, came to Tryon, NC, from Englewood, NJ where in 1976, built their house on Rondo Ridge and had lived there ever since.
As organist and choir director at the Congregational Church for 29 years and director of the Christmas programs of the Community Chorus for more than half that time, he has contributed much to the musical scene of Tryon, NC.
His sister Mary Leone Erwin born 1920 married James William Edwards in 1941, Alabama. She died in 2012, St. Louis County, Missouri.
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