Newsmakers, April 2010
NAMED: Colleen Netterville, president of Dallas Christian School, Mesquite, Texas. Gary Prater, men’s and women’s cross-country coach, Ohio Valley University, Vienna, W.Va. JJ and Ashley Blevins, houseparents at the Sherwood and Myrtie Foster Home for Children, Stephenville, Texas.
AWARDED: Ryan Newell, the Medal of Merit in Psychology. Newell is chair of the Department of Psychology and Family Studies at Oklahoma Christian University, Oklahoma City, and is an elder of the Wilshire church, Oklahoma City. William Arbuckle, the Medal of Merit in Education. Arbuckle is a mathematics instructor for Edmond, Okla., Public Schools and a member of the Memorial Road church, Edmond. Teddy Tackett, Parkersburg, W.Va., Medal of Merit for Christian Service and Glen Hawkins Massillon, Ohio, Medal of Merit in Bible and Religion by the Ohio Valley University Alumni Association, Vienna, W.Va.
ANNIVERSARIES: 70th: Merle and Anita Elliott, Searcy, Ark. 69th: Perryman and Vivian Denison, Jacksonville, Fla. 56th: Herman and Shirley Pope, Fruitland, Idaho.
BIRTHDAYS: 95th: Lloyd Nealeigh, Hastings, Neb.
PASSAGES: Walter Bruce Henry, 72, Feb. 4, Fort Worth, Texas. Member of the Altamesa church, Fort Worth. Daryl Lane, 77, Jan. 4, Victorville, Calif., preacher for more than 50 years. Evelyn Gertrude Menefee, 92, Jan. 20, wife of the late P. T. Menefee. Together they worked to establish congregations in Charlottesville, Va., and Marlington, W.Va. They also served for many years as missionaries in the African nations of Sierra Leone and Gambia.
AWARDED: Ryan Newell, the Medal of Merit in Psychology. Newell is chair of the Department of Psychology and Family Studies at Oklahoma Christian University, Oklahoma City, and is an elder of the Wilshire church, Oklahoma City. William Arbuckle, the Medal of Merit in Education. Arbuckle is a mathematics instructor for Edmond, Okla., Public Schools and a member of the Memorial Road church, Edmond. Teddy Tackett, Parkersburg, W.Va., Medal of Merit for Christian Service and Glen Hawkins Massillon, Ohio, Medal of Merit in Bible and Religion by the Ohio Valley University Alumni Association, Vienna, W.Va.
ANNIVERSARIES: 70th: Merle and Anita Elliott, Searcy, Ark. 69th: Perryman and Vivian Denison, Jacksonville, Fla. 56th: Herman and Shirley Pope, Fruitland, Idaho.
BIRTHDAYS: 95th: Lloyd Nealeigh, Hastings, Neb.
PASSAGES: Walter Bruce Henry, 72, Feb. 4, Fort Worth, Texas. Member of the Altamesa church, Fort Worth. Daryl Lane, 77, Jan. 4, Victorville, Calif., preacher for more than 50 years. Evelyn Gertrude Menefee, 92, Jan. 20, wife of the late P. T. Menefee. Together they worked to establish congregations in Charlottesville, Va., and Marlington, W.Va. They also served for many years as missionaries in the African nations of Sierra Leone and Gambia.
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