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Buddy Amerson was honored by Spring Branch Baptist Church, Hartsville, for 44 years as pastor on July 11. He and his wife, Betty, were recognized with a plaque and a dinner.
The 2021 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting was the largest since the 1995 meeting in Atlanta, and much of that had to do with the location and the involvement of first-time messengers to the convention. A survey of those... Continue Reading »
Cathy Locklear, Columbia Metro Baptist Association’s ministry mobilizer, has announced her retirement, effective Aug. 31. For more than 20 years, Locklear has assisted the association with a variety of ministries including hunger ministry, Woman’s Missionary Union, and an evangelistic... Continue Reading »
J.D. Shiflet recently retired from the pastoral ministry after almost 20 years of service as pastor of Second Baptist Church, Laurens.
Chuck Trammel, minister of music at Catawba Baptist Church in Rock Hill, retired July 4 after 45 years of service. He was licensed and ordained into the ministry there.
James Hammond Warren Sr., 71, of Clinton, died June 22, 2021. A native of Blackville, he served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War. He was pastor of several churches, most recently Fork Baptist Church, where he... Continue Reading »
Norman Sidney Norton, 85, of Gaffney, died June 28, 2021. A native of Stony Point, N.C., he formerly served as pastor of several South Carolina Baptist churches before becoming pastor of New Heights Baptist Church, Gaffney, where he served... Continue Reading »
Robert “Bobby” Jones, 75, of Iva, died June 18, 2021. A native of Abbeville, he served as pastor of eight South Carolina Baptist churches before retiring in 1997. Following retirement, he was interim pastor in several churches before becoming... Continue Reading »
Abraham “Odell” Breland, 92, of Orangeburg, died July 11, 2021. A native of Ruffin, he served as pastor of Baptist churches in Virginia, California, and South Carolina, including Mount Zion, St. George; Canaan, Cope; Edisto, Cope; Rivelon, Orangeburg; Bamberg... Continue Reading »
Earl Eugene Behr, 91, of Holly Hill, died July 1, 2021. A native of Indianapolis, Ind., he earned a certificate in German language from the Goethe Institute, Munich, Germany. He was a part-time teacher of German at Holly Hill... Continue Reading »
Hance Dilbeck Jr. was unanimously elected president-elect of GuideStone Financial Resources during a called meeting of the GuideStone trustee board May 20. Dilbeck, executive director-treasurer of Oklahoma Baptists since 2018, began serving July 1 alongside current GuideStone President O.S.... Continue Reading »
Four military veterans are living at Bethea Retirement Center. According to Annie Eveleigh, director of advancement at Bethea, the four “are very proud of their service, and enlisted because of their love of country and a belief that it... Continue Reading »
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