Jericho Brown

US singer, songwriter. Born April 24, 1936 in Port Arthur, TX - Died May 22, 2016 in Arlington, TX Robert H. Hensley was born in Port Arthur, Texas in 1936. His father was John Coleman Hensley Sr, a Pharmacist who worked for Massingill Drug Corp. as a detail man in Southern Louisiana. His mother was a math teacher and taught Math in several large high schools. Both of his parents went to Baylor - His father to Baylor Pharmacy College and mother to Mary Hardin Baylor. He started college at Louisiana College at Pineville. After playing football, basketball and running track at Lafayette High School, Robert went to Louisiana College on an athletic scholarship for 2.5 years. He went to University of Louisiana at Lafayette for 1 year. Then he attended Baylor University for 2 quarters, and finally got my BS in Theology and Philosophy at Dallas Baptist University. Robert was a recording artist and made records from 1957 to 1970. He went into the ministry in November 1970, and started a half-way house, youth ministry, where he ministered to young hippy kids. Most of the youth were living on the streets of Hollywood, and strung out on every kind of drug. In 1971, he came to Grand Prairie Texas, to sing and help with a big crusade, and stayed to start a ministry called the True Vine. Robert married his wife (Pamela) in 1973. They have 5 children, and 6 grandchildren. All of his children have a call on their lives, and they sing, and preach and share the love of Jesus where ever they can.