JOANNE CARRAWAY, a former Miss Mississippi International Country
Gospel Music Association, was inducted into the ICGMA Hall of Fame, Texas, in 1997. As the duo Country Praise, she and daughter Bree were awarded the ICGMA Gold Cross Duo Of The Year. Joanne
taught at the Christian Country Music Association
Convention, World Baptist Center, in Nashville and at the Branson, Missouri-based
Country Gospel Music Association
Convention held in Brinkley, Arkansas. Her weekly Bible teaching programs were
broadcast over local AM and FM radio stations in Mississippi. Windows Into The Third Heaven was
written in response to requests for these teachings.