Evangelist Duranice Pace, a member of the evangelical family group The Uninted Pace Sisters, died of health complications on January 14, 2021. She was 62 years old.
Pace grew up in Atlanta, where he sang with his 9 brothers – 8 girls and 1 boy – at his father’s church, Murphy Pace Jr.’s. She spoke of her education for Voyage ATL in March 2020, saying: “I started when I was five. I was inspired by my father, who was a professional quartet singer from Gospel Starlights, and my mother, who sang during the praise and worship [for] what was then known as a witness service in the church. ” She then added, “My father rehearsed every Wednesday in our living room with his singing group, and my brothers and I were spying on his rehearsals.”
Anointed Pace Sisters released their first studio album, It’s morning time, in 1992, when Duranice sang aloud and soprano. The group started to share 6 more projects, including My goal and It’s done. Duranice’s unique gospel style was inspired by musical films and Broadway plays.
In addition to singing, the late figure traveled the world as a preacher. According Music Crowns, she traveled to “South Korea, Las Vegas, California, New York, London, Italy, Australia, Japan and Switzerland”, sharing the gospel and raising spirits around the world.
In 2013, Duranice, together with his sisters, was featured in an episode of Iyanla: fix my life. The singer and preacher reached viral fame in 2017, after a clip of her singing for the family on Thanksgiving Day started circulating on social media. She was also interviewed by Steve Harvey in 2019 for her eponymous daytime talk show, in which she also performed.
The Pace family matriarch, Mother Betty Ann Pace, passed away in July 2020. Supt. Murphy Pace Jr. and Murphy Pace 111 died in 2008 and 2011, respectively. Duranice leaves her brothers, Phyllis, June Pace – Martin, Melonda, Dejuaii, Leslie, Latrice, Lydia, Lashun, as well as her son, Demarcus Wardell Love.
“I’m inspired because I love people and I’m happy to see people smile,” said Duranice during an interview mentioned earlier. “That’s why I call my business a healing ministry because people ask me to help heal them and make them feel better. I know it doesn’t come from me, but from God, and I am very grateful to be able to help touch people’s hearts. “