Cynthia Clawson/Bill Gaither

b. USA. A gospel singer whose wide-ranging vocal styles have earned her particular praise among the cognoscenti, Cynthia Clawson first began her apprenticeship in devotional music at the age of three. The daughter of a southern Baptist preacher, she quickly became featured soloist at a series of church conventions. Her professional career has included several jingle and station announcements for the Radio and Television Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, where she is one of the organisation's most readily recognisable figures. Married to actor/writer Ragan Courtney...