Obituaries

Gainesville, GA — Singing News has learned of the passing of Elinor LeFevre at 6:58 a.m., Friday, September 1. Elinor was 92. She was mother and grandmother, respectively, to Mike and Jodran LeFevre of The Le...

SANTA CLARITA, CA –July 25, 2017–Lisa Hamblen Jaserie, CEO of Hamblen Music Company, singer/songwriter, Peruvian Paso horse owner, Friends of Hart Park board member, and a former Top 10 recording artist, di...

Gainesville, GA – Timothy Armour, pianist for Debra Perry & Jaidyn’s Call, passed away yesterday. Armour died as a result of a recent illness. He was 54. “Our hearts are grieving but not as those w...

Van Alstyne, TX — Robert Waldon (Bob) Cameron, Jr., passed away on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at the age of 75. Funeral services were held at Scoggins Funeral Home in Van Alstyne, Texas, on Saturday, July 22. ...

The family has announced funeral arrangements for Kenneth Beene.

In the early hours of morning, our father, Kenneth Wayne Beene, went home to be with the Lord. We are heartbroken and shocked, but also reminded of God's promise that He works all things together for good.

Rosa Nell Speer Powell, age 94 of Winchester, passed away on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at Southern Tennessee Regional Medical Center. She was born in Double Springs, Alabama on September 21, 1922 to the late George Thomas and Lena Darling Brock Speer. Mrs. Powell was a member of First Church of the Nazarene in Nashville.

Rosa Nell Speer Powell passed away this morning at the age of 94. The last of the Speer siblings, Rosa Nell was preceded in death by her parents, Mom and Dad Speer, and brothers Brock and Ben, and sister Mary Tom Speer Reid.

Ben was a part of The Speer Family for more than six decades. Even after “retiring” Ben continued work in Southern Gospel music producing records and as the music director for the popular Gaither Homecoming video series.

On Monday, April 3, 2017 we lost a man known by many in the Southern Gospel music industry. Frank Treece, age 85, passed away suddenly as a result of a brain aneurysm and received his heavenly reward.