A memorial service was held Tuesday for three members of the renowned Nelon family of gospel singers who died in a plane crash in July. The single engine turboprop crash in Wyoming claimed the lives ...

In death, as in life, Whitney Houston brought the music of the black church to the world. Houston’s funeral — a nearly four-hour ceremony her family called a “home-going” — was punctuated by spirited ...

DETROIT (Reuters) - A Detroit church swelled with the sound of gospel music on Friday as family, friends and fans of Aretha Franklin bid rousing farewell to the Queen of Soul at a funeral that ...

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GRAND RAPIDS -- Thousands of people celebrated the life of MaLinda Sapp, wife of Gospel star Marvin Sapp, on Thursday in Grandville. The "Homegoing Service" for Sapp, 43, who died of colon cancer last ...

The resting place of Deaconess Hannah Opoku, mother of gospel musician Mama Esther, emerged on social media following her ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Gospel singer Cleotha Staples will be remembered Friday at a funeral service in Chicago. The eldest sibling in the highly influential gospel group The Staple Singers died last Thursday ...

Aretha Franklin's funeral service on Friday in Detroit was an extraordinary occasion by every measure as family, friends, civil rights activists, preachers, and a former president celebrated the Queen ...

ROOPVILLE, Ga. — Funeral details have been announced for members of a gospel group and others who died in a plane crash in late July. Seven people died in the crash in Wyoming. Autumn Nelon Streetman ...

Beloved gospel radio announcer Marsha D. Sumner, who died Jan. 24 at age 69 after a brief illness, will be remembered at a viewing and funeral service set for Feb. 3 at 10 a.m. and 12 p.m.