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Just four singers remain in each bracket as we move closer to naming our Quartet Madness Championship Quartet. Today you will be voting to narrow it down to two singers in the Tenor and Lead Brackets.

The Tenor Bracket is up for grabs after top seed Ernie Haase took an exit last week. Can David Sutton continue his unlikely run against a powerhouse Gold City tenor in Jay Parrack? Can the other great Gold City tenor, Brian Free, hold off the tremendous wave of support carried by David Phelps? It’s still anyone’s game.

The Lead Bracket has been dominated by Glen Payne thus far, but he faces his toughest challenge yet in veteran, future Hall-of-Famer, and former colleague Gerald Wolfe. Can the little man do the seemingly impossible? Ronnie Booth has already scored narrow upsets of Jake Hess and Kenny Hinson; can he make it three against Guy Penrod?

It’s getting fun now. Happy voting!

It was another nail-biter of a round of voting for a few matchups, and another walk in the park for some legends of gospel music. We are now down to the final four for each part of our championship quartet. Here are the results of 74 of your ballots for the second round of voting in the Baritone and Bass Brackets.

BARITONES
I thought Mark Trammell would get more of a challenge from Doug Anderson, but he prevailed easily, 57-16.
It remained close throughout, but Scott Inman narrowly defeated Mark Lowry, 40-34.
In a battle of great songwriters and great friends, Jim Brady just edged Rodney Griffin 38-36.
Scott Howard had little trouble in his match with Ed Hill, winning 43-28.

BASSES
I knew George Younce would probably defeat Armond Morales, but I didn’t anticipate a margin of 71-3.
Jeff Chapman led all the way against the legendary J.D. Sumner and advanced to the Final Four of Basses, 41-32.
The Inspirations’ Mike Holcomb got out to an early lead, and just barely hung on against Big Chief Wetherington, winning 37-36.
Tim Riley felt little challenge from Tim Duncan, moving on by a score of 58-16.

So here’s your Final Fours for the lower half of the quartet, which you will be voting on next week:

BARITONES:
Mark Trammell vs. Scott Inman
Jim Brady vs. Scott Howard

BASSES:
George Younce vs. Jeff Chapman
Mike Holcomb vs. Tim Riley

With a young Tony Gore & Greg Crowe, The Southmen sound pretty good on this old song.  I love older videos like these and once again, Dean Atkins does not disappoint.

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I’m putting you right back to work for the next couple of days, voting for your favorite baritone and bass singers. Is there a surprise in store? It’s up to you. Here are the matchups:

BARITONES:
Mark Trammell vs. Doug Anderson
Scott Inman vs. Mark Lowry
Jim Brady vs. Rodney Griffin
Ed Hill vs. Scott Howard

BASSES:
George Younce vs. Armond Morales
Jeff Chapman vs. J.D. Sumner
Big Chief Wetherington vs. Mike Holcomb
Tim Duncan vs. Tim Riley

It was fairly exciting monitoring the results of the second round of voting for the Tenor and Lead Brackets. Several of the matchups stayed close throughout, and there was “drama” at the end. The Tenor Bracket is officially wide open, with two of the favorites taking exits in the second round. Here are the results of 79 of your votes.

TENORS
David Sutton got out to a quick lead, but it looked like Ernie Haase was going to overtake him. Sutton just barely outlasted Haase, and for the first time, a top seed was eliminated, 40-39.
It was close all the way, but Jay Parrack’s continued popularity prevailed, beating Chris Allman 42-36.
Power vs. power…Danny Funderburk and David Phelps went back and forth early. Phelps pulled away and eventually resisted a late charge from Funderburk to win 42-36.
Brian Free is now the highest-seeded tenor remaining. He had little problem with Ernie Phillips, winning 55-23.

LEADS
Glen Payne wasn’t quite as dominant as in the first round, but still won going away over Jim Hamill, 63-16.
Arthur Rice led early, but Gerald Wolfe eventually overtook him and won comfortably, 46-32.
Ivan Parker and Guy Penrod exchanged the lead in early voting, but Penrod surprisingly ran away from Parker, winning 47-31.
Is Ronnie Booth this tournament’s “Cinderella”? We’ll find out next week, after he led a close match with Kenny Hinson most of the way, winning 42-36.

Here are the “Final Four” matchups for the Tenor and Lead Brackets, which will be voted on next week:

David Sutton vs. Jay Parrack
David Phelps vs. Brian Free

Glen Payne vs. Gerald Wolfe
Guy Penrod vs. Ronnie Booth

Rev. Jason Bradley Camp, 42, of Flat Rock, went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday, March 9, 2011.

He was a native of Hendersonville, born July 11, 1968, son of Glenn and Nora Bradley Camp of Flat Rock. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother, Evelyn Fore Bradley; paternal grandmother, Virginia Thompson Camp; and his father-in-law, Lonnie Capps. He graduated in 1986 from Faith Christian Day School in Hendersonville and attended Fruitland Baptist Institute.

Jason was a faithful servant in the Lord’s army all of his life. Jason accepted Christ as Lord and Savior at the early age of five and answered the call to preach at the age of nine. After many years of traveling throughout the US, preaching and singing with his family, Jason volunteered to serve on the foreign mission field in the former Soviet Union. In the Ukraine, his mission was to pastor, plant churches and witness on the city streets which had been forbidden for 70 years. Later, his foreign services led him to South Africa, Australia and Pakistan. Volumes could be written about his successful service to the Lord. There are many interesting stories of how God protected Jason and his family at home and abroad. When Jason returned from that foreign field, he continued his service for the Lord by preaching and singing throughout the US. One of several touching and excited moments in his life, was when he was invited to bring his family to our nation’s capital to sing at the Pentagon a few years ago.

In addition to his parents, he is survived by his wife, Christina Capps Camp; his three precious angels, Shekinah, Cherith and Keilah; one sister, Melodi Camp Candler; paternal grandfather, Cecil Camp, who is 95 years old; along with five nieces & nephews, one great-niece, several uncles, aunts and cousins.

A funeral service will be held at 2:00PM on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at Fletcher First Baptist Church with many of Jason’s fellow pastors and singers. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

Pall Bearers will be Darric Camp, Malachi Bivens, Joshua Bivens, Rick Bradley, Shane Bradley, Derek Hutchins, Stacy Bradley and Dale Bradley. Honorary Pall Bearers are Bill Rogers, Lorance Peace, Mike Bradley, Linden Marvin, Rev. Scott Pace, Nathan Pressley, Stoney Lunsford and Norman Cannada.