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WANDA BUSH WHITFIELD, BORN TO THE LATE MR. AND MRS. COLUMBUS COTTON,(ROSELL) IN SILSBEE, TEXAS. SHE BEGAN SINGING AT THE AGE OF SIX (6), AND THEN BECAME THE YOUNGEST LEAD SINGER OF THE SENIOR CHOIR. WHILE ATTENDING HIGH SCHOOL, SHE BEGAN SINGING IN A GOSPEL GROUP CALLED THE JOYFULETTES. LATER GOING TO COLLEGE AT PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY. MOVING TO BEAUMONT, TEXAS AND LATER BECOMING A MEMBER OF THE ST. MATTHEW BAPTIST CHURCH, WHERE SHE IS ONE OF THE LEAD VOCALIST IN THE MASS AND SENIOR CHIOR, LATER TO BECOME THE FOUNDER OF THE GOSPEL GROUP "THE GOLDEN VOICES OF PRAISE". WANDA WROTE AND RECORDED HER FIRST SONG CALLED HIGH UPON A ROCK IN APRIL OF 2004. WANDA IS THE MOTHER, OF THREE CHILDREN, ALONZO, BRIDGETTE AND MICHAEL. AND ALSO A PROUD GRANDPARENT. ALSO HAS FOUR SISTERS SHELLIE ,SANDRA, CHARLENE AND ICEY THREE BROTHERS JOHNNY, MANUEL AND THE LATE COLUMBUS JR. . WANDA STILL LIVE IN THE BEAUMONT AREA.