Clark, Mattie Moss (1925–1994)

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Clark, Mattie Moss (1925–1994)

Gospel singer. Born 1925 in Selma, Alabama; died Sept 22, 1994, in Southfield, Michigan; children: daughters Jackie, Denise, Elbernita (called Twinkie), Dorinda, and Karen became a famed gospel group known as the Clark Sisters.

One of America's leading female choir directors, trained gospel headliners Donald Vails, Rance Allen, and Beverly Glenn; as national minister of music for the Churches of God in Christ, directed many choirs, the most famous of which was the Churches of God in Christ Southwest Michigan State Choir; founded the Clark Conservatory of Music in Detroit.

See also Women in World History.

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