The gospel music neighborhood is in mourning.
Three members of The Nelons, a Grammy-nominated household gospel group, died in a personal aircraft crash in Wyoming that claimed the lives of all seven folks aboard July 26.
Singers Kelly Nelon Clark, 64, husband Jason Clark, and their daughter Amber Nelon Kistler, 35, have been killed together with the latter’s husband Nathan Kistler, 34, the Georgia-based band’s assistant, Melodi Hodges, plus the pilot, Larry Haynie, and his spouse, Melissa Haynie, Gaither Management Group stated in a press release.
“One of the best loved Gospel music families in America,” the corporate stated. “The Nelons were involved in a tragic, fatal plane crash on Friday afternoon on their way to join the Gaither Homecoming Cruise to Alaska.”
Kelly and Jason’s youngest daughter, fellow Nelons singer Autumn Nelon Streetman, 27, who had traveled individually to the cruise alongside along with her husband Jamie Streetman. Following the crash, Autumn, who’s in the second trimester of her being pregnant with the couple’s first youngster, thanked followers for his or her assist.
