Ernest Phipps (1900-1963) was a preacher and gospel singer from the Corbin, Kentucky, area.
http://www.encyclopediaofappalachia.com/entry.php?rec=170
http://oldweirdamerica.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/54-shine-on-me-by-ernest-phipps-his-holiness-singers/
https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/112070
