But singing was one of the great joys for Davis, who died a year ago, and his singing will be celebrated by the Heritage Museum during a Tuesday reception/fund-raiser.

During the reception, which begins at 5 p.m., people will have a chance to purchase CDs of Davis singing his favorite Southern gospel music.

A double CD set, which contains about 45 songs, sells for $18, while two different single CD sets (each containing about 20 songs) sell for $12 each.

“All proceeds benefit the museum through the Big Spring Area Foundation,” said Curator Tammy Schrecengost. “The CDs will be on sale through Christmas.”

Davis' widow, Janell, said her husband always enjoyed using his baritone voice to sing gospel tunes.

“Not a lot of people realize what a good singer he was,” Mrs. Davis said. “He sang in a quartet in the 1940s ... and also taught voice in school, but he realized he couldn't make enough money doing it, so he went into private business.”

In the 1970s, however, Davis began singing again and recordings were made of his music, Janell said.

“People would stop me and say, 'Where can we get ahold of some of Harold's music?'” she said. “Finally, Debbie Pirkle took the tapes to someone who recorded them onto CD.”

About 90 total CD sets will be for sale.

“We won't make a lot of money off this,” said Janell, a museum director. “I just wanted some of the people who wanted to have Harold's music to have the opportunity.”

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