Inducted 1997

Able to play piano and organ by ear at the age of six, Eva Mae Whittington became a valuable addition to the LeFevre Trio when she married Urias LeFevre in 1934. 

For the next half century, she traveled the nation spreading the good news of Southern Gospel Music through her trademark alto voice and piano artistry. From their home base in Atlanta in 1939, the LeFevre Trio became staples on WGST radio and, by the early 1960s, traveled as many as 100,000 miles a year to concerts across the country. 

Having endured the lean years of the Depression, Eva Mae, Urias, and Alphus LeFevre emerged a generation later with their own television show, recording studios, and gospel music publishing company. Their Gospel Singing Caravan was one of the pioneering gospel music television programs.