The father of Christian singer Mandisa told the audience at Saturday’s Celebration of Life service that his daughter did not die of self-inflicted injuries and had been battling COVID-19 for weeks before her death. . “She didn’t hurt herself,” Mandisa’s father, John Hundley, said during her service at Brentwood Baptist Church in Brentwood, Tennessee, adding, “Mandisa was praying for the Lord.” I love you, and the Lord also loved Mandisa.”
Mandisa Lynn Hundley passed away on April 18th at the age of 47, but the official cause of death has not been revealed. releasedher father mentioned this issue during the service.
“I’m not a detective, but I spoke to the detective twice,” he said. “I told him what I was going to say, but he didn’t agree with me. Of course, I said I couldn’t say anything yet. It would be about three weeks before I could report. I think he said it would take.”
Mandisa’s body was found on the floor of her home, away from her cellphone. “There was no way for Mandisa to avoid the bed and get up there and make a phone call for help,” he said.
He added: “She told me a while back that she had contracted coronavirus and was weak trying to get through it. But she was trying to get through it.”
Friends and family of the Grammy Award-winning artist celebrated her life. “She loved the Word and poured her heart into worship,” said Sidney Simmons, a friend who toured with Mandisa as a dancer. “She was passionate about unity and active in diversity. She was active and loved to dance.”
“The anointing was so real, so pure, so powerful,” Travis Cottrell, worship pastor at Brentwood Baptist Church, said of Mandisa.”
Mandisa’s father John Hundley said his favorite song his daughter wrote was: Bleed the Same, which was a collaboration with TobyMac and Kirk Franklin. The lyrics say, “We’re asking you and me, all Americans, to come together and get along.”
Author and speaker Beth Moore joked that Mandisa “hit a note so high it gave us all nosebleeds.”” Mandisa sang during the Living Proof conference where Moore spoke.
“Every word, sung or spoken, resonated with the audience and she loved Jesus so much that everyone around her wanted to love Him,” Moore said. “…We saw her life and her love for Jesus. We witnessed her worship when no one was looking. We saw her worship in the event center and in the back of the sanctuary. I saw you dancing in front of the Lord.
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