The Recording Academy announced it will honor Gospel legend Shirley Caesar, with a Lifetime Achievement Award, during its 2017 Special Merit Awards.
The singer who career has spanned nearly 60 years, is the pastor of North Carolina-based Mt. Calvary Word of Faith Church, where she co-pastors with her husband, Bishop Harold Ivory Williams.
Off stage, the 78-year-old Caesar is active within her community, serving on the Durham City Council and operating an outreach ministry, named after her, for nearly 40 years.
Congratulations to Pastor Shirley Caesar
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