BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Who: Singer, nicknamed "The Voice." Type of music: Honky-tonk country and gospel. Alabama roots: Grew up on a farm in Woodland. Early years: Sang in church during childhood.

Vern Gosdin, a singer-songwriter whose “Chiseled in Stone” was named the Country Music Assn.’s song of the year in 1989, has died. He was 70. Gosdin died late Tuesday at a Nashville hospital, ...