Recent deaths, anniversaries, and ministerial moves
One longtime Georgia pastor passed away & a few pastors/associational missions strategists have moved, retired, or been hired.
obituaries
Recent obituaries honor long-time servants
Edwin Rivera of Primera Iglesia Hispana and April Dean Phillips of Southwest Baptist passed recently.
Mount Harmony, Mableton honors pianist’s 25 years, more in People and Places
“Two days after Parker’s death, his wife of 63 1/2 years, Lena Hill Parker, joined him.”
Feeding college students, new association leader among People and Places announcements
A graduate of Shorter College, now Shorter University, Young served in churches for 13 years …
Obituaries for Wiecua Road founding pastor, former Index editor
J.T. Ford and Jack Lowndes both contributed mightily toward Georgia Baptists.
People and Places: obituaries and ordinations
Boatwright served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was a missionary to Japan from 1958-1990.
Tim LaHaye, who helped launch and fund Redeemer Church in Cumming, passes at 90
“It was a mission church that is now a megachurch with 5,000 to 6,000 members…”
Graduates and other honors from around Georgia
The following graduates with Georgia ties received certificates and degrees …
Ordination in Pembroke, new pastor for First Winder
“He taught at Instituto Biblico Metro Sur in the former South Metro Baptist Association, now Southside Network and was the author of…”
Sam Cathey: at home with the Lord
The first person he led to Christ was his own father. After preaching a sermon on the radio Cathey returned home to find his father, 76 and crippled from a stroke, sitting by the radio after having listened to his sermon.
Obituaries, revivals, ministerial moves in People and Places
First Baptist Church Nashville held its Winter Revival Feb. 7-10.
People and Places
People and Places Deaths Archie Mayo, 89, died Sept. 14 to heart failure in his home in Monroe. A serviceman in the U.S. Army, Mayo saw duty in Europe during World War II and later in Korea. While (and after) earning an education degree at Southern Illinois University he would teach, coach, and drive school busses […]
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