Introduction

Biography

Twila was the daugh­ter of Or­en Pa­ris II (found­er and Chan­cel­lor of Ec­cle­sia Col­lege, Spring­dale, Ar­kan­sas) and Ra­chel Inez Par­is, and wife of Jack Wright (mar­ried 1985).

She was in­duct­ed in­to the Gos­pel Mu­sic As­so­ci­ation Hall of Fame in May 2015.

Works

In ad­di­tion to num­er­ous songs and al­bums, her works in­clude:

• Making a Christ­mas Me­mo­ry, with Jean­ie Price, 1990
• In This Sanc­tu­ary: An In­vi­ta­tion to Wor­ship the Sav­ior, with Ro­bert Web­ber, 1992
• Celebrate the Gift of Je­sus Ev­ery Day, 1993, 1994
• Perennial: Me­di­ta­tions for the Sea­sons of Life, 1998
• Bedtime Pray­ers and Lul­la­bies, 2001