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The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 24 December 2018-4 January 2019. Robert Anderson , 91, of Hillsboro, Oregon, passed away 31 December. He was a retired minister and evangelist, serving in California,

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 17-21 December 2018. Roger Blough , 64, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away 19 December. He was the lead pastor at Bryan church of the Nazarene. He is survived by his wife,

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 10-14 December 2018. Ray Booton , 81, of Lincoln, Nebraska, passed away 7 December. He was a retired minister, serving in Nebraska, Iowa, North Dakota, and Colorado.

John Douglas, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, passed away 3 December at the age of 64 due to complications during heart surgery. He was the lead pastor of River Valley Community Church in Vienna, West Virginia. John and his wife, Sue, first served in ministry in 1989 in Reedsville, Ohio, where they

Retired pastor and missionary Ernest Eades passed away 21 November. He was 99. Ernest Eades was born 27 October 1919 in London, England. He met his first wife, Jessie Munn, at the Emmanuel Bible College in Birkenhead, England, where they both graduated from in 1940. They were married in 1942, and

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 3-7 December 2018. Velma (Blake) Cotton , 93, of Lufkin, Texas, passed away 26 November. She was the widow of retired minister and evangelist R. Earl Cotton, who

For more than 39 seasons, Ralph “Tres” Hodge manned the sidelines as the head coach of the Olivet Tiger men’s basketball team. He passed away on 29 November at the age of 65. “Ralph Hodge influenced not only hundreds of Tiger athletes and staff members but also NAIA and CCAC coaches and teams, by

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 19-30 November 2018. Carole (Hellings) Beers , 79, of Kent, Ohio, passed away 15 November. She was the wife of retired minister John Beers, who served in Ohio. Rachel

Retired missionary Roma Gates passed away 10 November. She was 87 years old. Roma and her husband, Charles, served as missionaries from 1962 to 1982 in Brazil before returning to the USA, where Charles served in California, Maine, and Kansas until their retirement in 2000. She is survived by her

Samuel Paul Pickenpaugh, retired pastor and district superintendent, passed away 12 November. He was 84 years old. He was born in Morgantown, West Virginia, the second son of Harry and Margaret Pickenpaugh. After graduation from Morgantown High School, Samuel enrolled in Trevecca Nazarene College