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Vestal Goodman Biography

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Date of Birth:	December 13, 1929
Death date:	2003, 12-27. She was active in the music industry for more than five decades before she died in 2003. Early age and education Vestal Goodman was born the fourth of six children to parents. Goodman began singing at a nearby church at a young age. She grew up within the Church of God. She initially wanted to study for the Metropolitan Opera, however, she was forced to sing gospel music in church. Race Goodman began her career in gospel music after she married Howard Goodman. Vestal and The Happy Goodman Family signed to Word Records, a Christian faith-based entertainment company. In 1969, Vestal won her first Dove Award for Female Vocalist of the Year. Two years later, in 1971, she released her first solo album, Hallelujah. She is most famous for the single from the album, Everything Will End But the Shoutin. Goodman was later honored with the title ‘The Queen of Southern Gospel Music’. Meanwhile, she was also known to her audience for her iconic scarf that she used to wear to almost every performance of hers. Goodman and her husband Howard collaborated with a number of well-known musicians on Gaither Homecoming musical projects in the 1990s. In 1998, the Happy Goodmans group was inducted into the GMA Hall of Fame. Net worth The late gospel singer Goodman earned an impressive amount of money from her decades-long singing career. Although the actual amount of money she earned is unknown, some online sites reported that she was worth around $1 million at the time of her death. Meanwhile, according to celebritynetworth, the Happy Goodman Family is worth around $2 million in 2019. Personal life Vestal Goodman was married to Howard Goodman, who was nine years her senior. The couple married on November 7, 1949. They gave birth to a son, Rick, and a daughter, Vicki. Vestal and her husband Howard worked together for several years and traveled together to different parts of the United States and abroad. Their 51-year marital relationship ended in 2002 when her husband Howard died on November 30, 2002. He died after the couple made a farewell recording of ‘The Final Stand’. Goodman had published his autobiography, Vestal! ‘Sir, I Wouldn’t Take Anything For My Trip Now’ in 1999. She detailed her life in southern gospel music, her heart problems and her fight against cancer. In addition, she had also detailed her addiction to prescription drugs. DeathVestal Goodman died on December 27, 2003 from influenza while on Christmas vacation in Florida with his family. She died in an ambulance while on her way to the hospital in Celebration, Florida.

Date of Birth:

December 13, 1929

Death date:

2003, 12-27. She was active in the music industry for more than five decades before she died in 2003.

Early age and education

Vestal Goodman was born the fourth of six children to parents. Goodman began singing at a nearby church at a young age. She grew up within the Church of God. She initially wanted to study for the Metropolitan Opera, however, she was forced to sing gospel music in church.

Race

Goodman began her career in gospel music after she married Howard Goodman. Vestal and The Happy Goodman Family signed to Word Records, a Christian faith-based entertainment company.

In 1969, Vestal won her first Dove Award for Female Vocalist of the Year. Two years later, in 1971, she released her first solo album, Hallelujah. She is most famous for the single from the album, Everything Will End But the Shoutin.

Goodman was later honored with the title ‘The Queen of Southern Gospel Music’. Meanwhile, she was also known to her audience for her iconic scarf that she used to wear to almost every performance of hers.

Goodman and her husband Howard collaborated with a number of well-known musicians on Gaither Homecoming musical projects in the 1990s. In 1998, the Happy Goodmans group was inducted into the GMA Hall of Fame.

Net worth

The late gospel singer Goodman earned an impressive amount of money from her decades-long singing career. Although the actual amount of money she earned is unknown, some online sites reported that she was worth around $1 million at the time of her death.

Meanwhile, according to celebritynetworth, the Happy Goodman Family is worth around $2 million in 2019.

Personal life

Vestal Goodman was married to Howard Goodman, who was nine years her senior. The couple married on November 7, 1949. They gave birth to a son, Rick, and a daughter, Vicki. Vestal and her husband Howard worked together for several years and traveled together to different parts of the United States and abroad.

Their 51-year marital relationship ended in 2002 when her husband Howard died on November 30, 2002. He died after the couple made a farewell recording of ‘The Final Stand’.

Goodman had published his autobiography, Vestal! ‘Sir, I Wouldn’t Take Anything For My Trip Now’ in 1999. She detailed her life in southern gospel music, her heart problems and her fight against cancer. In addition, she had also detailed her addiction to prescription drugs.

DeathVestal Goodman died on December 27, 2003 from influenza while on Christmas vacation in Florida with his family. She died in an ambulance while on her way to the hospital in Celebration, Florida.