caption associated_acts years_active birth_place label name background birth_date genre image article_title birth_name occupation
lulu performing in 2008 hee haw , roy clark , minnie pearl 1969-present dallas , texas , u.s. homesick entertainment/son of jessie/daywind lulu roman solo_singer 6 may 1946 christian lulu roman.jpg lulu roman
 bertha louise hable christian recording artist
lulu roman

lulu roman -lrb- born bertha louise hable on may 6 , 1946 , in dallas , texas -rrb- is a comedian and singer .
she is probably best known as a regular on the comedy-music show hee haw -lrb- 1969 -rrb- .
roman was born with a thyroid dysfunction in a home for unwed mothers and placed in an orphanage buckner orphans home .
she attended w.w. samuell high school in dallas , graduating in 1964 .
during her stint on `` hee haw '' , she went through a bout of drug addiction .
she cleaned up and converted to christianity , after which she began singing .
this led to a career as a singer of southern gospel music ; roman has recorded several albums , although she never trained as a singer .
in 1999 lulu roman was inducted into the country gospel music hall of fame with fellow artists andy griffith , barbara mandrell , david l. cook , gary s. paxton , loretta lynn , jimmy snow and jody miller .
roman continues to perform music and stand-up comedy and also enjoys working with compassion international , a child-development organization .
her project `` seven times '' hit the number two spot on cash box in 2010 .
a new album of musical standards titled `` at last '' was released on january 15 , 2013 .
the album , produced by chris barnes and larry ferguson for homesick entertainment , features duets with dolly parton , t. graham brown , linda davis , and george jones .
