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Five
ladies are generally credited with
being the "First Ladies" of gospel
music. Anna Mae Carter Davis, Eva
Mae Lefevre, Mom Speer, Lily Fern
Weatherford, and Naomi Sego.
Born
in the rural south Georgia town of
Enigma in February 1931, Ruth Naomi
Easters developed an interest in
singing at a young age. In 1949 she
married James Sego and moved to
Macon, Georgia. Now, Naomi Sego, she
made her debut with The Sego
Brothers in the late 1950's on WMAZ-
TV. The station was flooded with
calls and people fell in love with
her that day. The rest they say is
history.
Through the years Naomi has been
responsible for recording many hits
we consider classics
today. Songs such as "What Heaven
Means To Me", "Satisfied With Me",
"One Day At A Time", "Where The
Roses Never Fade" , and the
first million seller in gospel
music, "Sorry, I Never Knew You".With
45 years in music ministry, Naomi
has many awards to her credit. She
has been named
the first lady of gospel music by
Charlie Waller's Grand Ole Gospel
Reunion, she has also recently
received the J.D. Sumner Living
Legend Award, and she has been given
Southern Gospel Music's highest
honor by being inducted in to the
Southern Gospel Music Hall of
Fame. Naomi considers herself "Just
a servant of the Lord." It is her
desire to see men and
women, boys and girls find Christ as
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