Rosa Speer


Rosa Nell Powell was an American southern gospel singer who sang with the well-known Speer Family. She was born in Double Springs, Alabama, the second child of George Thomas "GT" Speer and Lena Speer, who led and helped founded the family group.
Speer began singing with the group at age 3, and eventually became the singing group's pianist. Along with her parents, she performed with her brothers, Jackson Brock and Ben Lacy, and sister, Mary Tom. She continued to perform with the group/family until 1948, when she left to get married. Eventually Speer-Powell would return decades later to perform sporadically with the group, and sometimes with the Gaither Homecoming Series as well. Speer was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Association in 2005.

Personal life

Speer married Edwin Powell in 1948. He died in May, 1979.

Death

Speer-Powell died on May 16, 2017. She was 94 years old. A pioneer of the Gaither homecoming, she left behind 3 kids and grandkids.