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This page is dedicated to those Christian musicians and their music that have demonstrated a gift of Christian love in their words, music, and life. We have been truly blessed by listening to the music and words on these recordings. These musicians have been strongly affiliated with Good News. For more information about the albums which are underlined and listed below, please click on the hyperlink provided. A portion of our theme song "GOOD NEWS" written and performed by Dr. Francis Warman may be downloaded by accessing the Good News Album file below.

Virginia Boatman

    Nellie Virginia Miller Boatman, one of the original incorporators of Good News was also the founder of the Good News Food Pantry and organizer of numerous fund raising events including numerous renowned bake sales featuring her down home much sought after baked goods. She was born November 17, 1920 in Glen Morgan, Raleigh County, West Virginia, the 4th of 10 children born to Harvey Henderson Miller, a railroad conductor, and Mary James O’Dell. Information about her faith inspiring album Mountain Songs And Lullabies can be provided by clicking the hyperlink below. As a teenager she sang in the church choir in Beaver, WV with her sister, Margaret. Her grandmother, Bertie Morton Green O’Dell, bought Virginia her first guitar when she was a teenager, and she learned to play from her older brother, Howard. The Miller children inherited the musical talents of their Irish mother, Mary Miller, along with Mary’s love of God and family. The West Virginia Appalachian mountain rhythms on Virginia's album are combined with an Irish heritage that creates faith filled songs that warm the heart and soul.
    The authentic Appalachian music on this CD was recorded when Virginia was 72 years of age. She continued to sing and play her guitar until her 78th year in regular church  services at the Good News Chapel in the hills of New Hampshire.
    She married Samuel Arthur Boatman, Jr., January 21, 1939, when she was 18, and was the mother of two daughters, Carolyn Barber, R.N. and Rev. Dr. Mary Johnson. She had 6 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. Her heritage of joy, love, and faith remains alive in her unique Appalachian songs.
    Virginia went to sing with the heavenly chorus on October 2, 2000, but her songs will live in us forever. For more information, see:

Mountain Songs and Lullabies

Dr Francis Warman, Ph.D.

    Dr. Francis Warman holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Maryland and an M.A. in Psychology from the same university. He also was granted a B.A. in Psychology from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He is a New Hampshire State Licensed Psychologist and is listed in the National Register of Health Care Providers in Psychology. He has served as the Clinical Director of the Monadnock Substance Abuse Services and as a Clinical Psychologist in diverse positions including Veterans Hospitals in Oklahoma City and Northport, New York. As a Captain in the U. S Army, he was appointed as a Psychologist at the West Point U.S. Army Hospital in New York. He has held positions as a professor and/or faculty member at Antioch New England Graduate School, St. Anselm's College, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Long Island University, University of New Hampshire at Manchester, NH, and the University of Manchester in England. He is a gifted musician and songwriter, and has released albums in both Great Britain and the United States. Dr. Warman has served at Good News as a Staff Psychologist specializing in testing and clinical assessments. For more information about a particular album, please click your chosen hyperlink below:

Alpha and Omega
Anam Cara
FRANCISONG
Good News
River of Grace - Fire of the Soul
Seasons of Hope
Sojourn
SPIRIT
Spirit and Soul
The Bridge
The House of Love

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