Her youth and teenage music career was in the local Baptist, Catholic, and Methodist Mass Choirs.
She got married in 1968, which derailed her music career, for her husband was in the military, making her a homemaker, until her psychological breakdown in Italy, during 1974.
Her husband did not want her to attend church services, even threatening her with a gun, saying he was suicidal and would take his life.
[2] Her professional music career began in 1988, when she joined, The CBS Singers (Cousins, Brothers, Sisters), that her family members were a part of during this timeframe.
[2] This would obtain her session work with other gospel musicians, eventually leading to a recording contract.