God reached down and touched my life as a young child in the Little Sunnyside Church near Center Ridge, Arkansas. I wrote a song in later years in commemoration of this event called "The Little Sunnyside Church."
My mother and her twin sister used to sing at Decorations or Memorial Services that were held at cemeteries out in the country on a yearly basis. My dad was a farmer and carpenter. As a young man, he played the guitar. My brothers and sister, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, etc., were a wonderful part of my growing up. I enjoyed the simple pleasures of life out in the country on the farm where God was respected. We were taught right from wrong, and to treat our neighbors kindly. We raised cotton, corn, farm animals, cows, pigs chickens, etc., with wonderful vegetable gardens, and with an orchard of peaches and apples on the mountain behind our home.
I realized God's calling on my life at an early age, especially in Gospel Music. At eleven years old, I began playing the guitar and singing old hymns in the Little Sunnyside Church. I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior at fourteen years of age. I was baptized down at the creek, all in bare feet, one hot July Sunday afternoon. I began writing Gospel songs in my early teens and have continued through the years, singing any where I had the opportunity.
I am married to Dr. Warren W. Stroud. We have a blended family of five children: Ronnie, Lori, Gary (deceased), Tessie and Sarah.
I realized God's calling on my life at an early age, especially in Gospel Music. At eleven years old, I began playing the guitar and singing old hymns in the Little Sunnyside Church. I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior at fourteen years of age. I was baptized down at the creek, all in bare feet, one hot July Sunday afternoon. I began writing Gospel songs in my early teens and have continued through the years, singing any where I had the opportunity.
I am married to Dr. Warren W. Stroud. We have a blended family of five children: Ronnie, Lori, Gary (deceased), Tessie and Sarah.
Warren, my husband of twenty-five years, has been the instrument God has used in providing recording sessions (I have 14 albums), full-time travel on the road, some years over 300 days a year, over the span of twelve years as we attended Gospel Singings and Conventions, Sacred Concerts, Award Ceremonies, and Revival Services around the eastern half of the United States and in Ontario, Canada. We have given countless Newspaper Interviews along with Radio and Television Appearances. For a period of seven and one-half years as Warren pastored, I was honored to provide special music and also help in the leadership of the Music Ministry in the Church. Now we are again making singing commitments across the country as the journey continues!!
It is our heart's desire that people would come to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior. "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life," John 3:16.
It is my prayer to be a "prayer and praise" to my Lord and Savior for the edifying of the body of Christ! I give Him all the glory, honor, and praise for all He has done and is doing in my life. I am nothing but He is everything! I can do nothing, but He can do all things! I am nothing and can do nothing without Him! TO GOD BE THE GLORY, HONOR, AND PRAISE NOW AND FOREVERMORE!!
It is our heart's desire that people would come to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior. "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life," John 3:16.
It is my prayer to be a "prayer and praise" to my Lord and Savior for the edifying of the body of Christ! I give Him all the glory, honor, and praise for all He has done and is doing in my life. I am nothing but He is everything! I can do nothing, but He can do all things! I am nothing and can do nothing without Him! TO GOD BE THE GLORY, HONOR, AND PRAISE NOW AND FOREVERMORE!!
