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The church also held daughter Whitney Houston's funeral more than a decade ago. “She gave so much. She gave me the right to be me,” said Warwick, 83, the 91-year-old Houston’s niece, who often backed up Warwick. “Cissy, I’m going to miss you,” she added, asking her aunt to greet her passed relatives. “They're all waiting for you.
Cissy Houston, mother of the late Whitney Houston and an iconic gospel singer herself, has died. She was 91. Houston died at her home in New Jersey on Monday, Oct. 7 while under hospice care for ...
Cissy Houston, Grammy-winning soul and gospel singer and mother of the late Whitney Houston, died in her New Jersey home on Monday at the age of 91. Houston's daughter-in-law, Pat Houston, shared ...
Emily Drinkard was born on September 30, 1933 in Newark, New Jersey to Delia Mae "Dee Dee" (née McCaskill) and Nicholas "Nitch" Drinkard, the youngest of eight children. [1] [2] [3] Houston was the granddaughter of a black landowner in Blakely, Georgia, who later shared the land he owned with Houston's father Nitch during a time when it was unusual for black people to have large landholdings.
Cissy Houston, Grammy-winning singer and mother of Whitney Houston, has died, according to Gwendolyn Quinn, a representative for The Estate of Whitney E. Houston. She was 91.
Whitney Houston and Cissy Houston at the Annual People's Choice Awards in 1993. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Houston got her start in entertainment as a member of the gospel group Drinkard Four.
In 1938, Cissy Houston started her career when she joined her sister Anne and brothers Larry and Nicky to form the gospel group, The Drinkard Four, who recorded one album. She attended New Hope Baptist Church, where she later become Minister of Sacred Music. Houston was the youngest of eight children.
Cissy Houston has long been a musical influence on the church. [3] Funeral services for Whitney Houston, [4] a lifelong member of the congregation, were held at the New Hope Baptist Church. [5] [6] NJ Governor Chris Christie began his inauguration activities at the church in 2009 and 2014. [7] [8] In 2024, Cissy Houston’s funeral was held at ...