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SINGING AIN’T ENOUGH

Singing Ain’ Enough is an account of the life of a well-known gospel singer from Richmond, Maggie Ingram. The biography was written by Ingram’s granddaughter, Joy Harris. Special thanks are extended to my daughter, Jamia Jones Garrett for recommending this book to me. Joy and Jamia met in 2001 when they were freshmen at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. When Jamia married Vernon Bellmore Garrett, Jr. on March 21, 2015 at Third Street Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church of Richmond, Joy was one of her bridesmaids. Justine and I were honored to be included among the attendees when Joy became the bride of Demond Harris at Four Mile Creek Baptist Church of Varina. Joy and Jamia have always been there for each other through good times and bad times.

According to Joy, her grandmother was born in Coffee County, Georgia as the fifth of seven children of sharecroppers, Pauline and Reason Dixon. Maggie had to plow and chop wood. Maggie’s father was a minister in the Church of God in Christ. Maggie taught herself to play music on the piano that belonged to her church. In 1946, Maggie became the bride of Thomas Jefferson Ingram who was seventeen years old at the time. Thomas was a wagon driver on the farm. Thomas eventually became a preacher. Maggie and he became the parents of five children- John, Lucious, Thomas, Almeta and Christine. Christine is Joy’s mother. The couple eventually moved to Miami, Florida. Thomas became the assistant pastor of Wells Temple Church of God in Christ. Maggie and he began to have marital problems because Thomas began to drink excessively. Thomas packed up his belongings and moved back to Georgia. Maggie was left with five children to feed. Read More
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