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Chicago Mourns Passing of Bishop Jerry D. Goodloe

Chicago Mourns Passing of Bishop Jerry D. Goodloe

Bob Marovich2015-08-18T18:30:11-05:00August 17th, 2015|

By Bob Marovich President Yvonne Seabrooks of the Chicago Area Gospel Announcers Guild informed JGM that Bishop Jerry D. Goodloe, pastor and overseer of Lighthouse Baptist Church of Chicago, has passed away. Born January 17, 1923, in Nashville, Tennessee, Bishop Goodloe moved at age four to Detroit, and then to [...]

Bertha Burley Melson, Former Member of Lux Singers, Dies

Bertha Burley Melson, Former Member of Lux Singers, Dies

Bob Marovich2015-08-03T22:44:55-05:00July 16th, 2015|

By Bob Marovich JGM learned from Gregory Gay of GOSPELflava.com the sad news that Ms. Bertha Burley Melson, one of the stalwarts of the Chicago gospel music community, passed away. She was 82. Born in Chicago on March 4, 1933, Melson was a member of the famed Lux Singers, a gospel group [...]