Vestal Goodman, the beloved "Queen of Gospel Music," died Dec. 27 in Celebration, Fla., near Orlando. Goodman, who turned 74 on Dec. 17, had been vacationing with family for the Christmas holidays… By ...

NASHVILLE (AP) — Vestal Goodman, a pioneering gospel music singer who performed for half a century, including a stint on The PTL Club with Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, died Saturday. She was 74.Vestal ...

Vestal Goodman, 74, a pioneering gospel music singer and matriarch of the Happy Goodman Family act, died of undisclosed causes Saturday in Celebration, Fla. Goodman and her late husband, Howard “Happy ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ The Rev. Al Green, Sandi Patty, the late Vestal Goodman and BMI President Frances Preston will be inducted next month into the Gospel Music Association’s Gospel Music Hall of ...

Vestal Goodman, who died at Celebration, Florida, aged 74 on December 27, was among the best-known exponents of the Southern revival style of gospel singing. At the age of 15, she met her future ...

NASHVILLE, TENN. - Vestal Goodman, a matriarch of gospel music whose influence ranged far beyond its traditional audience, died on Saturday in Celebration, Fla. She was 74. The Associated Press ...

Vestal Freeman, singer: born Fyffe, Alabama 13 December 1929; married 1949 Howard Goodman (died 2002; one son, one daughter); died Celebration, Florida 27 December 2003. Vestal Goodman was known to ...

NASHVILLE, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Vestal Goodman, known as the "queen of gospel" for her half-century musical career, died Saturday while visiting family in Orlando, Fla. She was 74. Goodman, part of the ...