Obituaries

Candler, NC (Dec. 11, 2017) - Singing News has learned that Bruce Penland went to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 9, 2017. He was 63. A In his younger years Bruce played upright bass with The Primitiv...

Burlington, NC (Dec. 5, 2017) — Singing News has learned of the passing of former Cathedral Quartet member Steve Lee. Lee was a member of the legendary group from 1979-1980. He, along with Kirk Talley came...

Sylva, NC — The mother-in-law of Inspirations Quartet founder Martin Cook and the grandmother of the  group’s former upright bass guitarist Myron Cook, has passed on to Heaven. Nancy Mull Shuler, age 9...

Centerville, GA (Nov. 4, 2017) — Naomi Sego Reader, 86, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, November 3, 2017. She was born in Enigma, Georgia to the late Jonathan Andrew and Nona Cook Easter. Naomi...

Nashville - (Nov. 1, 2017) — After a battle with cancer, Landy Gardner passed away Saturday, October 28, 2017. Gardner was highly acclaimed as the founder, director of Grace Church Choir in Franklin, Tennesse...

Lebanon, TN (Oct. 26, 2017) - Former national Quartet Convention (NQC) board member Don Shumate passed away on October 24, 2017 at age 88. In addition to being a preacher, an inventor, and a hydraulics manufact...

Asheville, NC — Singing News has learned that Juanita Rice Stanley, sister of The Kingdom Heirs’ Arthur Rice, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. She was 65. She was a native and resident of Buncom...

Altoona, AL — Southern Gospel Promoter Norm Basden, of Altoona, Alabama, passed away today at St. Martins In the Pines near Birmingham, Alabama. Visitation for Mr. Basden will be held Monday, October 9, 20...

Nashville, TN — Today we lost a team-member. Our industry lost a ground-breaker, an innovator, an idea-generator. His church lost a media guy, a servant, and a constant source of encouragement. Most of us los...

Candler, NC — Frank Davis (1941-2017), a native of Spring Creek, NC and a resident of Candler, NC passed away Thursday morning Sept. 14th. Frank was one of the unsung heroes of Gospel music. He was a bus mech...