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Ortheia Barnes-Kennerly, Detroit R&B and Gospel Singer, Dies

2015-05-17T02:29:06-05:00May 17th, 2015|

Photo Credit: Detroit Free Press Detroit gospel historian Marcel West informed JGM that R&B and gospel singer Ortheia Barnes-Kennerly has died. Our sincerest sympathies to her family and friends. Read the Detroit Free Press story below: http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/brian-mccollum/2015/05/15/ortheia-barnes-kennerly-obituary/27409865/

Aldrea Sanford Lenox of Lockhart Singers, Tommies, Norwood Singers Dies

2015-04-27T22:40:47-05:00April 27th, 2015|

Lockhart Singers. Aldrea Sanford Lenox is in the middle, top row. JGM learned today of the passing of Aldrea Sanford Lenox. Aldrea was a member of the Lockhart Singers of Chicago, the Thompson Community Singers, the Dorothy Norwood Singers, and the Jessy Dixon Singers. Her husband, the late [...]

Evelyn Starks Hardy Dies; Member of the Original Gospel Harmonettes

2015-04-06T16:59:20-05:00April 2nd, 2015|

Photo Credit: Al.com By Bob Marovich Anthony Heilbut informed JGM this morning that Evelyn Starks Hardy, an original member of the Gospel Harmonettes, has died. Hardy, along with Mildred Madison Howard and Odessa Edwards, students at Birmingham's Parker High School, formed the Gospel Harmonettes in 1940. They were [...]

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