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NOVEMEBER GOSPEL CONTEST<img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/5XBM/41f6eaed0a_F1PQ_media.gif"><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4LnfrsNZfsg/mqdefault.jpg" alt="I Claim the Blood - LaBreeska Hemphill - The Hemphills | Christian song ..."> <img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/GHPM/b4fbadd33e_E0PX_media.gif"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/JbxVE1n.gif"> LaBreeska Hemphill (February 4, 1940 - December 9, 2015) was an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_gospel" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Southern gospel</a> performer. She was a member of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Happy_Goodman_Family" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">The Happy Goodman Family</a> and The Hemphills. With her husband and children, she won eight <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMA_Dove_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">GMA Dove Awards</a> and three <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMI_Awards" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">BMI Awards</a>, and she was inducted into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollywood" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Dollywood</a> Gospel Hall of Fame and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Delta_Music_Museum&action=edit&redlink=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(191, 60, 44);">Delta Music Museum</a> Hall of Fame.Early lifeHemphill was born in 1940 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flat_Creek,_Alabama&action=edit&redlink=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(191, 60, 44);">Flat Creek, Alabama</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaBreeska_Hemphill#cite_note-tennesseanobit-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaBreeska_Hemphill#cite_note-newsstarobit-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[2]</a> Her father was Walter Erskine Rogers and her mother, Gussie Mae Goodman.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaBreeska_Hemphill#cite_note-tennesseanobit-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[1]</a>CareerHemphill started performing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_gospel" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Southern gospel</a> music with her parents as part of The Happy Goodman Family in childhood. They performed at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryman_Auditorium" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Ryman Auditorium</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, in 1949.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaBreeska_Hemphill#cite_note-newsstarobit-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[2]</a>Hemphill and her husband began performing Southern gospel together at the Living Way Apostolic Church in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Monroe,_Louisiana" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">West Monroe, Louisiana</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaBreeska_Hemphill#cite_note-tennesseanobit-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[1]</a> They later pastored a Pentecostal church in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastrop,_Louisiana" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Bastrop, Louisiana</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaBreeska_Hemphill#cite_note-tennesseanobit-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[1]</a> They released their first record as The Hemphills through <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaan_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Canaan Records</a> in 1966.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaBreeska_Hemphill#cite_note-tennesseanobit-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[1]</a> They were active from the 1970s to the 1990s.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaBreeska_Hemphill#cite_note-newsstarobit-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[2]</a> Over the course of their career, they released over 20 records.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaBreeska_Hemphill#cite_note-newsstarobit-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[2]</a> Hemphill sang hit songs like He's Still Working On Me, I Claim the Blood, Grandma's Rocking Chair, and Unfinished Task.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaBreeska_Hemphill#cite_note-tennesseanobit-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[1]</a> The band won eight <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMA_Dove_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">GMA Dove Awards</a> and three <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMI_Awards" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">BMI Awards</a> of Excellence. They were inducted into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollywood" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Dollywood</a> Gospel Hall of Fame and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Delta_Music_Museum&action=edit&redlink=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(191, 60, 44);">Delta Music Museum</a> Hall of Fame.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaBreeska_Hemphill#cite_note-newsstarobit-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[2]</a>Hemphill authored four books,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaBreeska_Hemphill#cite_note-tennesseanobit-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[1]</a> including a memoir about her husband in 2012.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaBreeska_Hemphill#cite_note-newsstarobit-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[2]</a>Personal life and deathHemphill married Joel Hemphill in 1957. Her father-in-law, W. T. Hemphill, was the founder of the Living Way Apostolic Church.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaBreeska_Hemphill#cite_note-newsstarobit-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[2]</a> They had two sons, Joey and Trent, and a daughter, Candy.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaBreeska_Hemphill#cite_note-newsstarobit-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[2]</a> They resided in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joelton,_Tennessee" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Joelton</a>, a neighborhood of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Nashville, Tennessee</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaBreeska_Hemphill#cite_note-estatesale-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[3]</a>Hemphill died on December 9, 2015, in Nashville, Tennessee, at 75.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaBreeska_Hemphill#cite_note-tennesseanobit-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaBreeska_Hemphill#cite_note-newsstarobit-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[2]</a> Her funeral was held in West Monroe, Louisiana.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaBreeska_Hemphill#cite_note-tennesseanobit-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[1]</a> <img src="https://www.absolutelygospel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Resized_hemphills1987revivalmax_1-1024x1024.jpeg" alt="VINYL RECORD REVIEW: The Hemphills – Revival (1987) – Absolutely Gospel ...">