David Winans, known by the nickname "Pop," was the patriarch of the Winans family of gospel singers. Winans died at age 76 in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 8, 2009. He had suffered a heart attack and a stroke in October of the previous year and was living in a hospice center in Tennessee.WXYZ.com: David 'Pop' Winans Dies at 76 (April 9, 2009)

Several of Winans' children, including Ronald, Carvin, Marvin, Benjamin (known as "BeBe") and Priscilla (known as "CeCe") had successful careers in the music industry, and several of the brothers performed together as "The Winans" and "Winans Phase 2" throughout the '80s and '90s. BeBe and CeCe rose to prominence as the vocalists for the Evangelical Christian TV program PTL Club in the 1980s, while the show was being hosted by the infamous preacher Jim Bakker. The duo stopped recording together in 1996 and have since pursued solo careers. CeCe is the head of the gospel music record label PureSprings Gospel, whose stable of artists includes her brother Marvin, her son Alvin Love III and her mother, Dolores.