By Rick Howlett
Judy Lynn Kelly, a country singer who left the music business to become a minister, has died at her home in Jeffersonville, Indiana. She was 74. 
A relative tells the Assoicated Press that Kelly died Wednesday after suffering from congestive heart failure.
According to the website hillbilly-music.com, Kelly, who performed under the name Judy Lynn, rose to fame after touring with a group of Grand Ole Opry performers as a teenager. She was hired to fill in for Jean Shepherd, who had become ill during a stop in the northwest.
Kelly retired from the music business in 1980 to enter the ministry.
Survivors include a daughter and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Her funeral will be Tuesday at Christ Gospel Church in Jeffersonville.
(Image from www.hillbilly-music.com)