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Howard’s niece LaBreeska, daughter of Gussie Mae, sang with the group prior to her marriage to Joel Hemphill. Vestal’s sister Faye also sang with the group briefly. During the 1950s the Goodman sisters left the group to get married and the brothers left to do stints in the army. Howard and Vestal did evangelistic work and sang with LaBreeska.
Vestal Goodman (December 13, 1929 – December 27, 2003) was a singer who performed in the Southern gospel genre for more than half a century. [1] She was known for her work as a solo performer and as a member of the Happy Goodman Family—which originated with her husband and his brothers and sisters—one of the pioneering groups in southern gospel music.
The Happy Goodman Family began around 1938. Howard Goodman (eldest of eight children) had been traveling as an evangelist and gradually began to form his seven siblings into a gospel singing group. Until the late 1950s there were various combinations of all eight brothers and sisters, always including Howard, and after 1949 his wife Vestal.
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Goodman died from prostate cancer which spread to his bones, according to his death certificate obtained by U.K.’s Daily Express. The former DWTS judge died on April 22 at age 78 , Us Weekly ...
The 'Dancing with the Stars' judge died shortly after announcing his retirement from reality dance series.
Len Goodman shared an eerily accurate premonition about his death. The Dancing With the Stars judge died on Saturday after a battle with bone cancer. He was 78.In December 2022, Goodman spoke with ...
Goodman agreed and recorded The Singer. He frequently performed both as a soloist and with his own group, "The Goodmans" on the popular Southern Gospel television series "Sing Out America". In 1987, he joined host Bill Traylor and Kelly Nelon Thompson as the co-host of the series until his death. Rusty Goodman died of cancer on November 11, 1990.