Newsmakers: August 2006

AWARDED: Dr. Lawrence Ray Smith, the Boy Scouts of America Silver Antelope Award at the 2006 National Meeting in Washington. Smith attends the Kerrville, Texas, church. Kate Huffman, the Girl Scout Gold Award. Huffman attends the Roanoke, Va., church. Ralph Bivins, second place for his RealtyNewsReport.com Web site, in the best Web site category, Journalism Awards Competition of the National Association of Real Estate Editors, Charlotte, N.C. Bivins attends the Bering Drive church, Houston.
HONORED: John Hollingsworth, minister for the Canyon Lake, Texas, church, with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Freed-Hardeman University, Henderson, Tenn. Denise Ainsworth, ladies softball coach for Alabama Christian Academy, Montgomery, Ala., with Coach of the Year award in Class 3A. Ainsworth attends the Wetumpka, Ala., church
MINISTER MOVES: Ken Grizzell to the Campbell Street church, Jackson, Tenn., as pulpit minister. David Lovejoy to the Jackson Street church, Magnolia, Ark.

NEW ELDERS: Gary McCourt, John McCourt, Melvin McCourt, Glen Mott, Travis Pence and Ed White, the Western Yell County church, Havana, Ark. Charles Elk, Jeff Faris, Kurt Simmons and Henry Van Wye, the Buckingham church, Garland, Texas.
NEW DEACONS: Darrell Cobb, Roy Hodges, Andy Tackett and Daryl Wiseman, the Western Yell County church, Havana, Ark.

BIRTHDAYS: 101st: Mary Lee Weatherspoon, Waverly, Tenn. Billie Hilliard, Norfolk, Va. 100th: Lou Van, Tulare, Calif. Martha Palmer, Houston. 99th: Faye Reed, Midlothian, Texas. 97th: Jewel Ellard, Bethany, Okla. 93rd: Billie Alexander, Clovis, N.M. 91st: Claudia Rose, Clovis, N.M. 90th: Mildred Wilkerson, Chickasaw, Ala. Ruth Huber, Lois Soward and Idia Divine, Tulare, Calif.
ANNIVERSARIES: 64th: Harold and Ruby Totty, Centerville, Tenn. Hughes and Ola Faye Fish, Lubbock, Texas. 60th: James and Betty Trotter, Kansas City, Mo. 59th: Clyde and Trixie Montague, Clovis, N.M. 56th: Virgil and Loretha Walker, Edmond, Okla. 55th: Dick and Detta Wright, Hastings, Neb. Don and Faye Davis and Elmo and Anita Hall, Edmond, Okla. K. and Elaine Barnett, Clovis, N.M. 54th: Duane and Mary Ann Eggleston and Jerald and Verna Lee Parker, Edmond, Okla. 52nd: Charles and Barbara McClanahan, Centerville, Tenn. 51st: Bobby and Freda Roder, Centerville, Tenn. 50th: Harold and Martha Johnson, Mason, Ohio.
August 1, 2006