When Vestal Goodman died Dec. 27 at age 74, Alabama lost “one of our most accomplished natives and greatest contributions to the world,” said Beth Chapman, Alabama’s state auditor. Chapman, a member of Lakeside Baptist Church, Birmingham, presented a eulogy at Goodman’s Jan. 1 funeral in Nashville. Nationally known for half a century as the queen of gospel music, Goodman…
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