Ron Heddle, director of missions for Orangeburg-Calhoun Baptist Association since 1995, retired at the end of July.
Ron HeddleBefore accepting the DOM position in Orangeburg, he was pastor for 15 years at Stallings Memorial Baptist Church in Salisbury, N.C. While at Stallings, he completed requirements for the doctor of ministry degree from New Orleans Baptist Seminary. He also is a graduate of Samford University and Midwestern Baptist Seminary in Kansas City, Mo., and has held pastorates in Missouri and Alabama.
He also has held the positions of secretary-treasurer, vice president and president of the South Carolina Directors of Missions Fellowship.
Sharon Heddle is a middle school reading and language arts teacher, as well as organist, pianist and interim choir director for First Baptist Church, Elloree. The Heddles have two children and four grandchildren. They will live in Santee, and he will be available for work as interim associational missionary or interim pastor after Aug. 15.