In the late 1920s, the group established a working relationship with the James David Vaughan Music Company, selling songbooks.

In 1934, "Dad" Speer accepted a full-time job with the Vaughan Music Company.

[2] After leaving, they joined the Stamps-Baxter company, a Vaughan competitor, and also became a regular performer on the WSFA radio station.

The group, led by brothers Brock (died March 29, 1999, at age 78[5]) and Ben, underwent various configurations over the next several decades.

[6] Ben, Mary Tom, Rosa Nell and Faye continued to make appearances in Gaither Homecoming videos.

[7][citation needed] The Speer Family was the first group to receive the Gospel Music Association's Lifetime Achievement Award.

A month later, Rosa Nell Speer-Powell, who was the last survivor of the original Speer Family, died on May 16, 2017, at the age of 94.

They have recorded one album titled "A Singing Heritage" Several other notable Southern Gospel singers have been part of the Speer Family including Ann Downing, Sue Dodge, Jeanne Johnson, Daryl Williams and Ginger Laxson.