She Was My Sister...Vestal Goodman - Softcover

Beth Chapman

9780974912318: She Was My Sister...Vestal Goodman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 097491231X ISBN 13: 9780974912318

Publisher: Beth Chapman & Associates, LLC, 2003

She Was My Sister... is a devotional book written through the eyes of Vestal Goodman's sister, Bobbie Harris by their friend Beth Chapman. It is a heart-touching look into the life of the Alabama native known as America's Queen of Gospel Music. Vestal Goodman was an award-winning member of The Happy Goodman Family for decades as they won multiple awards and the hearts and souls of gospel music fans across the world.

Vestal, a member of the Gospel Music Hall of Fame had 15 number one hits and multiple other honors including Dove and Grammy awards. She was a favorite of the Gaither Homecoming Series for a number of years. Most importantly of all, she was a Christian example for all who knew her. Learn about her life and her love of God through the scriptures carefully chosen by Beth Chapman to tell Bobbie Harris' stories of her sister Vestal and the legacy she left for us all.

This is the second book written by Beth Chapman. The first was The Power of Patriotism - The Speech Heard Around the World.

Ms. Chapman was elected as Alabama's State Auditor in 2002. She enjoys writing and public speaking in her spare time and is accomplished at both. She is said to write from her heart and re-write from her head, usually choosing to leave it to her heart alone. It is evidenced in the genuine sincerity of her words and the passion with which she writes them.

Though Ms. Chapman has met and worked for many famous people during her career, it was Vestal Goodman and her music that touched her life in such a deeply profound way.

Ms. Chapman has worked in various capacities receiving awards from many organizations.

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About the Author:

Beth Chapman grew up in Greenville, Alabama, received her B.S. degree from the University of Montevallo, and her Masters Degree, Magna Cum Laude from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Mrs. Chapman worked with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for ten years, seven as the state Executive Director. Mrs. Chapman was the first woman in Alabama’s history to serve as Appointments Secretary when she served as a Cabinet Member for Governor Fob James in his last term. She later served as Press Secretary to Lt. Gov. Steve Windom.

In 1996, Mrs. Chapman started her own company, Beth Chapman & Associates, LLC, and combined her love for nonprofits, public relations and politics into one successful company. She has written speeches for and managed the campaigns of many high-ranking officials in Alabama and has worked with Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Charlton Heston. She has managed the Shelby County Court Appointed Special Advocates program, which recruits and trains volunteers to go through the court process with abused and neglected children. In addition, she has worked with the Shelby County Child Advocacy Center and many other children’s charities. As State Auditor, Mrs. Chapman is fifth in line of succession to the Governor, is responsible for $1.6 billion property management for the state, serves on several boards and appoints members to the Board of Registrars in sixty-six counties. Since her term, she has had record 96 % perfect audits, holding every agency up to the highest standard of accountability. She has received numerous personal and professional honors and awards throughout the years. In February 2003, at the outset of the War with Iraq, Beth presented a four minute speech for which she received five standing ovations from the 1, 200 people in attendance at a "Stand Up for America Rally" in Pelham, Alabama. Soon the speech began to circulate through the national media and over the Worldwide Internet. Aside from requests for copies of the speech, Chapman has received thousands of personal letters from soldiers, veterans and their families as well as thousands of emails in praise of her patriotic speech and her courage in giving it. It has been labeled as "What most people thought, but didn’t know how to say." The speech was entered into the Congressional Record by Congressman Jo Bonner in April of 2003. Chapman has since written a book entitled The Power of Patriotism which was released in May. It details the origination and presentation of the speech and the heart-touching responses she received from it. It includes handwritten letters from soldiers on the battlefields the first day they marched on Baghdad and from the USS Providence submarine as they fired missiles from the Red Sea. Mrs. Chapman has been bestowed with numerous honorary military awards and has also received the George Washington Freedoms Foundation Award for her advancement of the patriotic spirit in America. She is also the author of a devotional book written with the sister of her beloved gospel music legend and Alabama native, Vestal Goodman. Mrs. Chapman and her husband James live in Shelby County and have two sons, Taylor and Thatcher. They are active in their community and church.

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