I love the Goodmans.....yeah yeah I know....old people music.
BUT....Tiffany and I had the chance to sit and be with Howard and Vestal for quite a while before they died. GREAT and Wonderful Christian People.
Just thought I would post this as a tribute to them
I was not a Goodman fan growing up and especially not as a teen. However now that I am old I have found a new appreciation for their singing.
Howard and Vestel are buried in our church cemetary and called our church home when they were in Nashville. I remember many Sunday's seeing Vestel sitting in service so it was quite a shock when she died suddenly.
In my mom's room at the nursing home a couple of years ago someone put that Gaither video that is a tribute to the Goodman's by her VCR. I played it and was surprised at how blessed I was by the Happy Goodman Family singing so many of those great old songs.
My mother didn't have a TV in our home when I was growing up, but she played 8-tracks and records of greats like the Goodmans, Dottie Rambo, and others like Johnny Cooke (sp?--he sounded like a woman...LOL!), the Pierce's, Hinsons, Cathedrals, and so many others that I can't even think of their names, but their songs I remember well, and while my kids think they are totally gross or 'old', they bring back wonderful memories for me.
I have downloaded about 150 songs from that era, and about 50 of them are from the Goodmans. I love them all.
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We used to listen to the Goodmans, Rambos, Segos, Hinsons, Hemphills, etc while getting ready for Sunday School. Then my wife would put a roast and vegetables in the oven before we left the house. When we got back home with our stomachs growling that place smelled heavenly.
I still like the Gaither videos (but I guess that's an age thing).
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Sam also known as Jim Ellis
Apostolic in doctrine
Pentecostal in experience
Charismatic in practice
Non-denominational in affiliation
Inter-denominational in fellowship
I was not a Goodman fan growing up and especially not as a teen. However now that I am old I have found a new appreciation for their singing.
Howard and Vestel are buried in our church cemetary and called our church home when they were in Nashville. I remember many Sunday's seeing Vestel sitting in service so it was quite a shock when she died suddenly.
In my mom's room at the nursing home a couple of years ago someone put that Gaither video that is a tribute to the Goodman's by her VCR. I played it and was surprised at how blessed I was by the Happy Goodman Family singing so many of those great old songs.
I have been to the CC Cemetery......I love the drive up to it....a definite touch of class.
We used to listen to the Goodmans, Rambos, Segos, Hinsons, Hemphills, etc while getting ready for Sunday School. Then my wife would put a roast and vegetables in the oven before we left the house. When we got back home with our stomachs growling that place smelled heavenly.
I still like the Gaither videos (but I guess that's an age thing).
Now the kids are grown and out of the house.
My wife and I like it a little quieter in the house on Sunday mornings.
After church we stop and eat somewhere before coming home.
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Sam also known as Jim Ellis
Apostolic in doctrine
Pentecostal in experience
Charismatic in practice
Non-denominational in affiliation
Inter-denominational in fellowship
We used to listen to the Goodmans, Rambos, Segos, Hinsons, Hemphills, etc while getting ready for Sunday School. Then my wife would put a roast and vegetables in the oven before we left the house. When we got back home with our stomachs growling that place smelled heavenly.
I still like the Gaither videos (but I guess that's an age thing).
Hemphills!!! How could I have forgotten them!
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I've gone and done it now! I'm on Facebook!!!