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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.
“May she rest in peace and power,” Bobby Brown said of Cissy Houston, who died on October 7 at age 91. ... This rare bicentennial quarter has nearly $20K value — plus 7 more worth thousands ...
Houston was married to an NBA basketball player, Gary Garland from 1955 to 1997 and they share son Gary together. In 1958, Houston met John Russell Houston, father of Michael and Whitney.
Whitney Houston and Cissy Houston Cissy's only daughter, Whitney Houston, was born on Aug. 9, 1963. Whitney inherited her mother's passion and talent for music, going on to become one of the ...
We loss the matriarch of our family,’ Houston’s daughter-in-law said Cissy Houston death: Grammy winner and mother of Whitney Houston dies at 91 Skip to main content
Cissy Houston's family is "devastated" by her death, a source tells PEOPLE.. Cissy, mother of the late Whitney Houston and a legendary gospel singer herself, died at 91 on Monday, Oct. 7 at her ...
Remaining close, Cissy and Anne reunited in the late 1960s to back Dionne on a gospel recording session. In acknowledgment of her contributions to gospel and soul music, Cissy Houston was honored with the Award of Excellence at the Stellar Awards in 1990 and the R&B Foundation Pioneer Award in 1995.
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.