Stuart Hamblen's Widow

A memorial service is scheduled today in Los Angeles for the widow of Stuart Hamblen. She died of heart failure at her home in Santa Clarita at the age of 101. Suzy Hamblen helped the songwriter with many of his tunes and sang during some of the crusades of their friend, Billy Graham. Hamblen wrote songs like It is no Secret and This Ole House. Suzy Hamblen was a singer and performer in her own right. She made appearances on the Bill Gaither Homecoming Gospel Albums. The Hamblen’s were married in 1933 and remained together until Stuart’s death in 1989.