Kimberly Palmer-Washington
1967
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Kimberly Palmer, a soprano
and songwriter, is a well-known singer of inspirational and gospel music in the
Seventh-day Adventist church. Since she impressed everyone with her singing of
"Lift up the Trumpet" at the General Conference Session in New
Orleans in 1985, she has enjoyed widespread national and international
recognition for her talent and artistry.
She became a singing
evangelist in 1990 and four years later decided to do this type of ministry
full-time, along with being a Bible worker and literature evangelist. She has
since sung at over one hundred international crusades and tent efforts.
Beginning in 1998, she began to preach and do public speaking workshops in the
United Kingdom, working with pastors Steve Thomas and Egland
Brooks.
In 1999 Palmer founded and
began to publish ACOF News Ministry (A Circle of Friends), a monthly
newsletter. She also speaks for MORe (Ministry of
Renewal) and the twelve-step Christ-centered program Safety Zone.
Kimberly was born in
Ashtabula, Ohio, the youngest of eight children born to Rosanna and Harold
Palmer, Sr. She is married to Vert L. Washington, Sr., of Thomasville, Georgia, and they
have five children.
She started singing at eight
and then continued in academy as a soloist with the Pine Forge Academy choir
under the direction of Gwen Foster. During those years, PFA academy released
two CDs that featured the choir and Kimberly as soloist.
During her career, Kimberly
has since been featured on thirteen more CDs. She recorded three CDs with her
sister, Faye Palmer-Reid, and has joined artists on others. She released her
first solo CD, Heaven, in 1998; a second, Wings of a Dove, in
2001; and, more recently, a third titled Somebody Prayed for Me. On the
second CD, she wrote the title song and four others on the recording. The last
release was paired with a book by the same title, written jointly with her
sister, Beverly Palmer Hill.
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Sources: Columbia Union Visitor, 1 August 1985,
17; CUV (Alleghany West Conference Newsletter 15 April 1996, 1); Reger Smith, Jr., "In All Directions," Adventist
Review, May 2005; Biography at righteouscorner.co.uk; Biography at
BlackPlanet.com and Reverbnation.com (2012); Other
online sources.