Singer's Wife Dies

The wife of gospel singer Marvin Sapp died yesterday at the age of 43. MaLinda Sapp had a long battle with colon cancer. She leaves behind three children from her 15 year marriage. Marvin Sapp is a pastor of the Lighthouse Full Life Center Church in Grand Rapids. His song Never Would Have Made It set a number of sales records and he recently had a #1 hit with the song The Best in Me.

Pastor Loses Granddaughter

Megachurch pastor Joel Hunter lost his 5-year-old granddaughter to cancer this past weekend. Ava Hunter is the daughter of Hunter's oldest son, Josh. She had a rare form of brain cancer. Joel Hunter is pastor of Central Florida's Northland Church.