Donnie's professional career began in the early sixties. Copyright 2023 Echovita Inc. All rights reserved. Recently, he was welcomed into the Bill Gaither 'Homecoming' family, performing alongside other legends of Gospel music. Entering this and that into the search form will return results containing both "this" and "that". Copyright 1999 2023 Dave Maurer 83 Obituaries. Elvis inspiration Sumner dies at 73 - Las Vegas Sun Newspaper Sumner responded quickly and unequivocally. Sumner at the 78 Dove Awards. They left in 1971 following a dispute over pay with Elvis's manager, Colonel Tom Parker. Yeah, special. Now, Im doing somethin else. Gospel music executive BobWhitaker and former Stamps pianist and current MCA Nashville presidentTony Brown said a few words. Sumner and his quartet, the Stamps, had been performing at a theatre in Myrtle Beach. I call my work a blind side ministry. Another non-gospel song, 'Crying in the Chapel', that became a pop-chart hit. He was in hospice and he got all inspiration one day and hes talking about all the things he wanted people to say about him at his funeral when they pass by and look at him in the coffin. Read More. with J.D. Willard "Bill" Jean Sumner Obituary - Tribute Archive But I never talked to Elvis again face-to-face. His parents; brother, Donnie Sumner; and sisters, Reba Faye Sumner, Myrtle Tucker, Minnie New, and Mary Murphy precede him in death. Ive got a couple of people who talk to Elvis all the time. Eventually, Charlie Hodge, Elvis' right-hand man called and said they needed someone to help out with the high notes'. was probably one of the three most recognizable names in the whole world of southern gospel music', Donnie said. They wouldve never had any financial problems. May 7, 2022 When I told Elvis that I would like to resign, he said, Id like to do that, too. That's my story, and that's my song'. I dont hear many stories of that sort of thing because theyre not close friends and only a close friend would tell you a story like that.. Highly recommended. View The Obituary For Yvonne "Vonnie" Houston Futrell. Besides the Blackwood Brothers, Presley idolized J.D. Blackwood himself was part of another quartet at the First Assembly in Memphis, the Songfellows, and Presley wanted to join. Sherrill Nielsen had just left The Statesmen Quartet, (Elvis loved Sherrill as he could hit notes higher than a normal tenor, and Elvis had him to sing the very high endings in concert. That story and many, many others are shared in In the Shadow of Kings (see the Boomerocity review of it here). Sumner, is legendary in the southern gospel quarter genre and is known for holding the Guinness World Record for eighteen years for recording the lowest vocal bass note a G0. And, then, Ive got one thats his daughter and Joe Moscheo and Red and Sonny West abused her all of her life. Raised in poverty, he earned a fortune, then gave away most of it.

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