3 Family Members, Part of the Grammy-Nominated Gospel Quartet The Nelons, Die in Plane Crash

Three family members, part of the Grammy-nominated gospel group The Nelons, were killed in a plane crash on Friday, July 26.

The group’s management company Gaither Music announced the news on social media, sharing that Kelly Nelon Clark, her husband, Jason Nelon Clark, and daughter, Amber Nelon Kistler, were killed in the crash.

Amber’s husband, Nathan Kistler, and their assistant, Melodi Hodges, also died in the crash, as did the pilot of the plane, Larry Haynie, and his wife, Melissa, per the group.

Gaither Music confirmed that the group’s fourth member and Kelly’s younger daughter, Autumn Nelon Streetman, was not aboard the plane at the time of the crash.

She and her husband, Jamie Streetman, were “notified about the incident” after arriving in Seattle, the group said.

“Autumn and Jamie will return home for now to Kelly’s brother, Todd Nelon, and his wife, Rhonda, to begin the hard tasks that lie ahead,” Gaither Music said. “Please keep them, the Kistler family, the Haynie family and the family of Melodi Hodges in your prayers.”

In a separate statement shared on Instagram, Autumn reacted to the tragedy, writing, “Thank you for the prayers that have been extended already to me, my husband, Jamie, and our soon-to-be-born baby boy, as well as Jason’s parents, Dan and Linda Clark.”