Evelyn Turrentine-Agee (born February 4, 1946, as Ruth Evelyn Tyler), is an American gospel musician and artist. She started her music career, in 1992, with the release of ''In God's Own Time'' by

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. She has released eight more albums, since her first release, with an assortment of labels, which are World Wide Gospel, Atlanta International Records,

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, WOS Recordings, Ophir Gospel, Shanachie Records. Five albums have charted on the ''Billboard'' magazine charts, which have primarily come on the Gospel Albums chart.

Early life

Turrentine-Agee was born Ruth Evelyn Tyler on February 4, 1946, in

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, She was born as the third sibling in an eighteen sibling household. Her father, Cleveland Tyler, was a minister in the church, and her mother is Ruthie Mae Tyler. She started singing on stage at the age of three because her father was in a quartet, and later they formed a family gospel girl group, The Tylerettes. She graduated high school by seventeen, and this enabled her to make her first record. Her education would not get forsaken because of her musical acumen and prowess because she graduated with a bachelor's degree in industrial psychology that she earned at the

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. Many gospel music groups tried to get her to join them, but her stay with them was rather brief because she had a strong desire for a solo music career.

Music career

Her solo musical recording career started in 1992, with

releasing, ''In God's Own Time'', and this was her ''Billboard'' magazine debut charting release on the Gospel Albums chart. She would go on to release eight more albums, and the four others to chart were the following: ''God Did It'' in 2000, ''It's Already Done'' in 2003, ''Go Through'' in 2005, ''Born to Worship'' in 2013.

Personal life

While in college, she married Curtis Turrentine, and together they have survived her husband having alcoholism that he was delivered from 1993, while she survived a stroke in 1997. They have 11 children and 40 grandchildren that are living.

Discography

Studio albums

References

External links

Detroit Gospel interview
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