| About Wanda Whitfield | WANDA BUSH WHITFIELD, BORN TO THE LATE MR. AND MRS. COLUMBUS COTTON, (ROSELL) IN SILSBEE, TEXAS. SHE BEGAN SINGING AT THE AGE OF SIX (6), AND THEN BECAME THE YOUNGEST LEAD SINGER OF THE SENIOR CHOIR. WHILE ATTENDING HIGH SCHOOL, SHE BEGAN SINGING IN A GOSPEL GROUP CALLED THE JOYFULETTES. LATER GOING TO COLLEGE AT PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY. MOVING TO BEAUMONT, TEXAS AND LATER BECOMING A MEMBER OF THE ST. MATTHEWS BAPTIST CHURCH, WHERE SHE IS ONE OF THE LEAD VOCALIST IN THE MASS AND SENIOR CHIOR, LATER TO BECOME THE FOUNDER OF THE GOSPEL GROUP "THE GOLDEN VOICES OF PRAISE". WANDA WROTE AND RECORDED HER FIRST SONG CALLED HIGH UPON A ROCK IN APRIL OF 2004. WANDA HAS BEEN MARRIED FOR 28 YEARS TO REV. CLIFF WHITFIELD AND IS THE MOTHER OF THREE CHILDREN, ALONZO, BRIDGETTE AND MICHAEL. AND ALSO A PROUD GRANDPARENT AND GREAT GRANDPARENT. SHE HAS TWO SISTERS SHELLIE AND CHARLENE AND ONE BROTHER MANUEL. ALSO, HER SIBLINGS THAT HAVE GONE ON TO GLORY, COLUMBUS JR., JOHNNY, ICEY, AND HER BABY SISTER SANDRA. I have been Blessed to open shows for Barbara Lynn, Tyrone Davis, Millie Jackson, Kenny Latimore, Bobby Bland, Johnny Taylor and many others. Along with the lineup of famous and renowned artists, I have been on stage with Shirley Ceasar and have been showcased on the Dr. Bobby Jones Show. I am currently singing in the choir and playing the organ for St. Matthews Missionary Baptist Church, where Rev. Terry D. Malvo, Sr., is the Pastor. |
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