Gospel musician Richard Smallwood remembered with music-filled funeral
People attend the funeral of Richard Smallwood, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. (RNS photo/Adelle M. Banks)
UPPER MARLBORO, Maryland (RNS) — Smallwood, an eight-time Grammy nominee, died on Dec. 30, at age 77 of complications from kidney failure.