Singing with Spirit

The Anointed Shutes Sisters spread Gospel through music

By: Joan Hershberger - El Dorado News-Times

The Anointed Shutes Sisters are, front row, left to right: Dianne Tubbs, Annie Shelton and Janie Miller; and back row, left to right, Mashell Marshall, Margie Owens, Arlinda Cooksey, Emma Wofford and Angie Banks. Not pictured are Mary Crosby and Cynthia Williams.

Singing together as sisters began as an edict for the Anointed Shutes Sisters.

“Momma made us do it. She made us sing when were 6, 5, 4 years old,” recalled Dianne Tubbs, the oldest of the sisters. “We have been singing all of our lives. We sing all the time. We sing...

Published: 12/29/2012