Harold Pauley The Man, The Music, The Ministry Harold N. Pauley, a noted Sacramento composer, musician and artist in the gospel music industry, Born on June 20, 1965 in Arkansas and died May 8, 2013 of cancer, he was only 47. Harold Pauley, who began formal music training at 7 and grew up in the church in his native Arkansas, shared his love of gospel music with religious and secular audiences. Besides leading choirs and paying the organ at Northern California churches, he served on the music staff for major community events, including the NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet, annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration and the American Cancer Society Festival of Songs. With the Unlimited Praise Choir, which is founded in 1994, he recorded and performed gospel music throughout the United States and appeared in a stage play, "Stop the Noise-Bring Back the Music (Part II)." He was a soloist at many concerts and a festival in Sweden that drew thousands of gospel performers and fans. Mr. Pauley worked and performed with top gospel artists including Rickey Grundy, Kurt Carr, Eugene Cole and Albertina Walker. Besides composing and arranging music for other artist, he produced live recordings and help manage gospel groups with EMG Music Group Alliance Co. He wrote and produced a gospel stage play, "No Greater Love". The Son of a truck driver and public employee. Mr. Pauley was born in 1965 in Lockesburg, Ark. He learned to play piano by ear and was performing at local churches by 12. He moved with hid family to Sacramento in 1981 and graduated from Sacramento High School. He joined the Air Force and served as a musician at base of chapels in Texas, Florida, and Colorado. Mr. pauley developed an active music ministry, leading choirs and playing the organ at Northern California Churches, including Trinity Missionary Baptist Church and Genesis Church in Sacramento and Second Baptist church of Vallejo. In Sacramento, he belonged to Myles Temple AME Zion Church before serving for the last 16 years as the music minister, worship leader and chairman of the board at New Direction Christian Center. Often invited to perform at weddings, funerals and memorials, he spent many years as a certified funeral arranger for Thompson Rose Chapel and Sacramento Memorial Lawn. He earned an associate funeral director diploma and worked most recently at Ramsey Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel in Sacramento. Friends are invited for visitation on Thursday, May 16, 2013 from 12:00-4:00 pm at Thompson Rose Chapel, 3601 5th Ave. He will also be viewed 5:00-7:00 pm followed by a 7:00 pm Musical Celebration at Genesis Church, 2801 Meadowview Rd. His homegoing celebration is scheduled for Friday, May 17, 2013 at 11:00 am at Antioch Progressive Church, 7650 Amherst St. Sacramento, CA with interment to follow at St. Mary's. Funeral Arrangments entrusted to Thompson Rose Chapel