CARSON, MARTHA
(*1921)
CARSON, MARTHA (b. Irene Amburgey, Neon, Ky., March 19, 1921) Carson was one of the great fervent GOSPEL singers of the 1950s who also wrote many famous modern religious numbers, most notably I'm Gonna Walk and Talk with My Lord. Born in backwoods Kentucky, Amburgey/Carson got her first radio exposure in Bluefield, West Virginia, when she was eighteen years old. Her father was an old-time banjoist and her mother played organ; along with their daughters Bertha and Irene, they formed a sacred…