"How Beautiful Heaven Must Be" is a hymn that is believed to have been written by Mrs. A. S. (Cordie) Bridgewater (1873 -1957). Very little is known about her except that she was born in North Carolina and married A. Samuel Bridgewater from Tennessee. The couple lived near Hanceville, AL, from 1909 to 1917, where he farmed. Historical record shows that she gave birth to one daughter named Florence during this time and that she died as a child sometime before 1910. A few years after her daughter’s death, Cordie wrote the only hymn attributed to her, “How Beautiful Heaven Must Be.” They apparently moved from Hanceville around 1917, and no further records of them have been found.
The tune was composed by Andy Pickens Bland, who was born in Dallas, TX, on Nov. 13, 1876. His parents, James Elgin and Allie Bland, lived there for about six more years after his birth before moving back to Alabama where they farmed at Hanceville in the Cullman, AL, area, and raised their family. The song, with Bland listed as the owner of the copyright, apparently was published around 1920.
In 1937, Roy Acuff sang "How Beautiful Heaven Must Be" at a Grand Ole Opry performance. Asher Sizemore of the Grand Ole Opry liked it and set out to locate Bland. Sizemore purchased the copyright and went on to make the song famous.
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