a pioneering gospel music singer who performed for half a century as leader of the Happy Goodman Family, died Nov. 30 in Nashville. The cause of death was not disclosed. The Goodman Family ...

a pioneering gospel music singer who performed for half a century as leader of the Happy Goodman Family, died Saturday. He was 81. The cause of death was not disclosed. The Goodman Family recorded ...

During the 50s, Vestal rose to prominence performing with her husband and his brothers, Rusty and Sam, as the Happy Goodman Family. The group recorded three independent albums before forging a 25 ...

Claims to fame: Highly visible member of Happy Goodman Family, flagship artist at Word Records in 1960s. (Married to Howard Goodman, the group's founder.) Extremely popular with gospel audiences ...

She and her late husband, Happy, were part of the Happy Goodman Family act that recorded 15 No. 1 gospel music songs and performed more than 3,500 concerts. The group was inducted into the Gospel ...

Goodman, a member of the gospel group the Happy Goodman Family, died Sunday of cancer in Madison, Tenn., He was 57. He composed such songs as “I Would Take Nothing for My Journey Now,” “Come ...

She was 74. Goodman, part of the Happy Goodman Family, a Southern gospel veteran band, died while en route to a Florida hospital. The cause of her death is unknown at this time, according to ...