Category Archives: Tributes

A Personal Tribute to our “Aunt Lois”

Posted on July 17, 2024 by PastorDave

For the benefit of Aunt Lois’s friends who were not able to attend her memorial service, I want to post this tribute which will consist of: [1] the order of service; [2] my Gospel message and accounts of her last … Continue reading →

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“Hail, Tanya, Full of Grace!”

Posted on January 27, 2024 by PastorDave

28 January 2024 “HAIL, TANYA, FULL OF GRACE! THE LORD IS WITH THEE, AND WE ARE BLESSED THOU ART WITH US!” Dear Tanya, I have written Pastor York a separate letter of thanks and appreciation; but I think he would … Continue reading →

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Mary Fern Childers – A brief personal tribute to my friend

Posted on June 11, 2023 by PastorDave

MARY FERN CHILDERS MEMORIAL SERVICE | 10 JUNE 2023 SCRIPTURE READING & MY BRIEF PERSONAL TRIBUTE The first time I saw and met Mary Fern was the first Sunday morning I walked into our Sunday School class as their new … Continue reading →

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A loving and personal tribute to my Mom

Posted on May 22, 2023 by PastorDave

MEMORIAL SERVICE TRIBUTE TO LOUISE PARKS – OUR MOM 12 April 2023 [My personal remarks] NOTE: Our Mom departed this earthly life and entered the Presence of Christ on Wednesday evening, 5 April 2023. We conducted her Memorial Service on … Continue reading →

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My Tribute to my Friend, Dorothy Hulette

Posted on February 16, 2023 by PastorDave

DELIVERED AT HER MEMORIAL SERVICE Monday | 13 February 2023 | Buck Run Baptist Church https://www.harrodbrothers.com/obituaries/Dorothy-Hulette/#!/Obituary >>>>>>>>>> † <<<<<<<<<< Dorothy was my friend – and she still is and will be forever [1 Thessalonians 4.13-18]. She was also a decades-long … Continue reading →

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a loving tribute to my dear friend – Betty Anne Lance

Posted on August 5, 2022 by PastorDave

BETTY ANNE LANCE February 17, 1935 – July 23, 2022 Delivered at her Memorial / Celebration of Life service I can only wish that I had known Betty during her more healthy and active years. But I didn’t. Many of … Continue reading →

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Tribute to my Friend, Shirley Fields

Posted on February 8, 2022 by PastorDave

Shirley was [and still is and will be forever] my dear sister in Christ, treasured friend, and faithful fellow servant of the Lord and our church for decades. Her matriarchal and motherly influence extended far beyond her own large family … Continue reading →

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Our Dad’s ‘get out of death free’ token: his death from here

Posted on February 9, 2021 by PastorDave

10 February 2021 Eight years ago today, 10 February 2013, our Dad died ‘in the Lord’ only four days after his 91st birthday. We celebrated all the promises of eternal life, hope, Heaven, the resurrection in glory, ‘we would rather … Continue reading →

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