The cross was placed here to remember and honor the author of the “Old Rugged Cross” song, the Rev. George Bennard, Methodist minister from Michigan. The Rev. Bennard was born 1873 in ...

The composer of the hymn, “The Old Rugged Cross” — the Rev. George Bennard — was born in Youngstown in 1873. He moved away as a young boy going to Iowa, according to cemetery board member ...

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But a museum dedicated to the composer of the hymn, the Rev. George Bennard, in Reed City may only have a few more months left. Reed City Councilmember Nate Bailey said the Old Rugged Cross Museum ...