Autumn Nelon Streetman Sings “How Great Thou Art” At The Opry 6 Weeks After Tragic Plane Crash
Autumn Nelon Streetman, the youngest daughter and only surviving member of family gospel group The Nelons, vowed to keep singing after losing all of her immediate family in a plane crash on July 26. And she has.
Wednesday night (September 4), six weeks after the tragic crash that claimed the lives of her parents, sister, brother-in-law, and three others, Autumn Nelon Streetman made her solo Opry debut. Autumn, who is seven months pregnant with her first child, was invited to sing a song during Jason Crabb’s Opry set.
Crabb told the audience that he felt like God wanted him to invite Autumn to sing so that she could feel the love of the Opry family after losing her own.
Numerous members of the southern gospel community were in attendance to support Autumn as she took the stage alone for the first time since her family’s deaths. Streetman sang the powerful Christian hymn “How Great Thou Art.”
At the song’s conclusion, the crowd gave her a standing ovation, and video shows many of them in tears Autumns incredible performance.
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/mqFgFinFJrYteRwA/?mibextid=oFDknkWhat happened to The Nelons?
On Friday, July 26, a private aircraft carrying Kelly Nelon Clark, her husband Jason Clark, their oldest daughter Amber Nelon Kistler and son-in-law Nathan Kistler, their assistant Melodi Hodges, the pilot Larry Haynie, and his wife Melissa Haynie crashed in rural northeastern Wyoming.
Kelly, Jason, and Amber, along with youngest daughter Autumn, made up one of the most beloved and legendary southern gospel groups in the genre’s history, The Nelons. The group was en route to Seattle, Washington, where they were to join a number of other groups for a Gaither Homecoming cruise to Alaska. Upon her arrival in Seattle, Autumn, who has flown commercially, was told that her family’s plane had gone down.
The plane crash rattled the music community, many of whom rallied around Autumn to help her through the tragic loss.
The plane crash rattled the music community, many of whom rallied around Autumn to help her through the tragic loss.
