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3 Members of The Nelons Family Gospel Group Dead in Plane Crash

3 Members of The Nelons Family Gospel Group Dead in Plane Crash
3 Members of The Nelons Family Gospel Group Dead in Plane Crash


The gospel music community is in mourning.

Three members of The Nelons, a Grammy-nominated family gospel group, died in a private plane crash in Wyoming that claimed the lives of all seven people aboard July 26.

Singers Kelly Nelon Clark, 64, husband Jason Clark, and their daughter Amber Nelon Kistler, 35, were killed along with the latter’s husband Nathan Kistler, 34, the Georgia-based band’s assistant, Melodi Hodges, plus the pilot, Larry Haynie, and his wife, Melissa Haynie, Gaither Management Group said in a statement.

“One of the best loved Gospel music families in America,” the company said. “The Nelons were involved in a tragic, fatal plane crash on Friday afternoon on their way to join the Gaither Homecoming Cruise to Alaska.”

Kelly and Jason’s youngest daughter, fellow Nelons singer Autumn Nelon Streetman, 27, who had traveled separately to the cruise along with her husband Jamie Streetman. Following the crash, Autumn, who is in the second trimester of her pregnancy with the couple’s first child, thanked fans for their support.

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