Original Gospel Harmonettes

Original Gospel Harmonettes Evelyn Starks Hardy (1922) Mildred Madison Miller Howard (1923) Odessa Glasgow Edwards (July 18, 1921, Birmingham, AL; February 22, 2004, Birmingham, AL) Vera Conner Kolb (1924) Willie Mae Brooks Newberry (1923) Starks Hardy (1922) During the 1940 National Baptist Convention held in Birmingham, Alabama, Evelyn Starks Hardy —a local pianist, composer, and arranger who played for the convention—decided to form a group with second soprano Mildred Madison Miller Howard…