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LaBreeska Hemphill (February 4, 1940 - December 9, 2015) was an American Southern gospel performer. She was a member of The Happy Goodman Family and The Hemphills. With her husband and children, she won eight GMA Dove Awards and three BMI Awards, and she was inducted into the Dollywood Gospel Hall of Fame and the Delta Music Museum Hall of Fame.
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.
Gussie Mae's daughter LaBreeska Rogers Hemphill traveled with them off and on during this period. In the early 60s Howard and Vestal moved to Madisonville, Kentucky and started a church named Life Temple. Sam and his family soon joined Howard and Vestal in Madisonville at the church. Howard, Vestal, and Sam did some singing in the area.
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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.