From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)

Edith Goodall was born 9/2/1896 in Louisville, KY to Susie A. Goodall; in 1910, the family of six lived on 5th Street in Louisville along with three lodgers [source: U.S. Federal Census].

Edith would marry piano player Danny Wilson. She left Kentucky for northern locations to pursue a career of singing and acting, establishing herself as a blues singer under her married name, Edith Wilson. She was first recorded in 1921, becoming the third African American woman to make phonographic records. She also acted on radio programs and on vaudville, appeared on stage and television and in films, and was featured in cookie advertisements as 'Aunt Jemima.'

Edith Wilson died March 31, 1981; see her obituary on the UPI website.

For more see the Lexington Herald Leader, 9/18/03, p. E2; American National Biography, by J. A. Garraty and M. C. Carnes; and Edith Wilson, at African American Registry (AREG).  Edith Wilson's Papers are housed in the Chicago Public Library. See her recordings listed at The Discography of American Historical Recordings website.