Updated: 18 Apr 2007
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Evangelist Jessie Mae Renfro Sapp was born to Nesiah and Jessie Hayes,
October 3, 1921 in Waxahachie, Texas and went to be with the Lord in Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma.
She organized her first group "City Wide Ocapella Choir" and traveled
throughout the state of Texas. Loving Music, She continued her music career
appearing in places such as: "The Apollo Theater," "Park
Place," and "Madison Square Garden," all in New York, "The
Met Auditorium," in Philadelphia and "The Laurel Gardens" in New
Jersey. Yet pursuing her career in music, in 1951 she became a gospel recording
artist with Peacock Records of Houston, Texas. Evangelist Jessie Mae Sapp
recorded such hits as: "God is so Wonderful," "You've Got to
Move," and many others. Evangelist Sapp was inducted into Oklahoma Jazz
Hall of Fame, July 28, 1989.
Evangelist Sapp was married to Rev. J.R. Sapp, January 1952 in Fort Smith,
Arkansas.
After moving to Oklahoma City, Rev. Sapp pastored "The Sixth and Laid
Church of God in Christ," where she was the minister of music organizing
choirs and groups.
Evangelist Jessie Mae Renfro Sapp was one of the last traditional Gospel Singers
to pass in this century.