Cooke, Edna Gallmon

Cooke, Edna Gallmon (1918, Columbia, SC; September 4, 1967) With the beginning of the golden age of gospel music in 1945, Madame Edna Gallmon Cooke born to Reverend and Mrs. Eddie J. Gallmon, became one of the outstanding female gospel mezzo-soprano singers using youth choirs as backup. Her father was a Baptist preacher. The family moved to Washington, DC during the Depression. She lived and studied in Washington and Philadelphia, attended Temple University, and taught in the elementary…