Atlanta gospel stars, chair of Georgia Board of Corrections among 7 dead in Wyoming plane crash

Georgia Board of Corrections Chair Larry Haynie (pictured) and three members of the Atlanta gospel group The Nelons died in a plane crash on Friday. (Courtesy of Georgia Board of Corrections)

Updated at 4:12 p.m.

Three members of the Nelons, a Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame quartet and the chairman of the board overseeing the Georgia Department of Corrections, were among seven people killed in a plane crash in Wyoming, according to a statement by a group member who was not aboard the aircraft.

The Nelons co-founder, Kelly Nelon Clark, her husband Jason Clark, and their daughter, Amber Nelon Kistler died in the crash Friday afternoon, according to a statement from another daughter, Autumn Nelon Streetman. She is the fourth member of the Georgia-based quartet.