Newsmakers: July 2006

HONORED: Avanelle Baird with the Distinguished Christian Service Award at the Pepperdine University Bible Lectures, Malibu, Calif. Baird attends the Memorial Road church, Oklahoma City.
NAMED: Evertt Huffard and Ken Shumard to the Board of Trustees of Missions Resource Network, Bedford, Texas. Huffard is an elder of the White Station church, Memphis, Tenn. Shumard is an elder of the North Atlanta church. Danny Hawk, Jeffrey Hearn and James Holsombake to the Board of Trustees of Harding University, Searcy, Ark. Hawk is an elder of the Waterview church, Richardson, Texas. Hearn is a deacon of the Northside church, Harrison, Ark. Holsombake is an elder of the Jenks Avenue church, Panama City, Fla. Kristen Whitaker, Teacher of the Year by Hendricks Avenue Elementary School, Jacksonville, Fla. Whitaker attends the San Jose church, Jacksonville, Fla.
MINISTER MOVES: Jay Jarboe to the Sunset church, Lubbock, Texas. Josh Ross to the Southwest Central church, Houston. Carl Etchison to the Spring Woodlands church, Spring, Texas, as senior minister. Farland Clark to the Preston Road church, Dallas, as children and family minister.

NEW ELDERS: Lynn Nored, the High Pointe church, McKinney, Texas. Kim Beshears, Marvin Keele, Nick Kelly, Walt McGaugh, Rick Riebe, Lloyd Stephens, Barry Stump and Joe Wallace, the South Yukon church, Yukon, Okla. Jeff Ray and Horace Smith, the College Hills church, Lebanon, Tenn. Jon Lowrance, Randy Perry, William Tucker and Tom Whitfield, the Brentwood Hills church, Nashville, Tenn.

NEW DEACONS: James Baker, Stephen Black, Shannon Caddell, Jeremie Clark, Charles Ellis, Harvin Jones, Doug Reynolds,
Scott Ross, Jason Sanders and David Tidwell, the Keller, Texas, church. Roy Kimble, the Allison Avenue church, Washington, Pa.

BIRTHDAYS: 100th: Minnie Whicker, Roseville, Calif. 91st: Myrtle Wherry, Centerville, Tenn. 89th: Hattie Delk, Centerville, Tenn. 86th: Lois Sanders, Centerville, Tenn. 85th: Doug Gossett, Allie Dee Springer and Audrey Cooper, Centerville, Tenn. 82nd: Dorothy Bowman, Centerville, Tenn. 80th: Reed Munsell, Hastings, Neb.
ANNIVERSARIES: 70th: Ordo and Vida Clothier, Lebanon, Ore. 68th: Elmer and Lucy Leach, Blair, Neb. 65th: Hugh and Freda Bowie, Abilene, Texas. 64th: Harold and Murie Luke, Hastings, Neb. 59th: Kenneth and Sue Jenkins, Centerville, Tenn. 55th: Verlin and Mona Richardson, Edmond, Okla. Don and Cora Ward, Centerville, Tenn. James and Marjorie Morton, Littleton, Colo. 54th: Robert and Carleene Whinery, Dill City, Okla. Don and Shirley Goin, Edmond, Okla. 53rd: Jack and Loretta Cunningham, Centerville, Tenn. 50th: Joe & Annette Hale, Carrolton, Texas. Van and Jean Tate, Searcy, Ark. Clyde and Patricia Beck, Fullerton, Calif. John and Mary Moore, Augusta, Ga.