An unthinkable tragedy rocked the gospel music community Friday afternoon (July 26) when a plane crash carrying three members of the Southern gospel quartet, The Nelons, and four others crashed in rural Wyoming.

Kelly Nelon Clark, her husband Jason Clark, their oldest daughter Amber Kistler and her husband Nathan, their assistant, Melodi Hodges, the pilot, Larry Haynie and his wife, Melissa, were killed in the fatal crash.

According to a statement issued by Gaither Management Group late Friday, the group was on their way to Seattle where they were to board a Gaither Homecoming Cruise to Alaska. The group’s fourth member and the youngest daughter of the Clark’s, Autumn Streetman, was not on the plane and learned of her family’s fate upon her arrival in Seattle.

Over the weekend, tributes and memories poured in from their fellow musicians, fans, and family members. Among the statements posted was one from Autumn who thanked everyone for their prayers and support and shared that she was finding strength in her faith in the midst of the tragedy.

“I don’t have the words to comprehend how I feel right now & I’m not sure when I will, if ever but I do want to take the time to say thank you all for the outpouring love you have sent my family,” Autumn wrote. “I don’t know how to even sing without my family standing by my side but If there’s one thing that I am sure of, is that God is still good, even in moments where I feel absolutely weak and not sure how to go on, he’s been faithful.“