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1 ? CLIING SERVICE 1115 HILLSBORO RALEIGH, NC TEL (919) TIMES NEWS,' HENERSONVILLE, N C W,OOO ~ (~ ~ AR ,~\ Meet Your astor E Rhodes I TirT'A,,NA''''' The Rev Mervin J Garri,on in his study Who: The Rev Mervin J Garrison Where: rench Broad Baptist Church Minirofile: He was born in WinstonSalem He was graduated from Wake orest University in 1962 w ith a bachelor arts degree, and received his bachelor of divinity degree in 1966 and master of divinity degree in 1973 from Southeastern The ological Seminary He also studied pastoral edu cation He was pastor of Quaker Gap Baptist Church in King for eight years before coming to rench Broad in ecember 1982 He has also been pastor of churches in Virginia and lorida He is a participant in the Margaret R ardee Me morial Hospital Chaplaincy rogram He is mar ried to the former ~ay Spainhour They have,two, children, James, 21, who is to graduate in May from Wake otest University; and awn, 14, a ninth grade student at RugbyJunior High School avorite Bible assage: "Study to show thy self approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" " II Timothy 2:15 Would you like for your pastor to be featured in our "Meet your pastor" column? inel We'd like to feature him Here's how it's done: Call John ills at any Monday through riday between 3 and 5 pm; and hew tell you how,

2 Ordination Rite Scheduled Sunday Mervin J Garrison of Win stonsalem, Rt 4 will be or dained in the ministry of the Baptist Church at a 7:30 pm service Sunday at Enon Baptist Church on East Bend, Rt 2 Garrison is the son of Mr and"mrs J Garrison of East Bend, Rt 2, and is married to the former Kay Spainhour, daughter of Mr and Mrs H E Spainhour of 4023 Vest Mill Road They have one son, James Allen, five months This is the first ordination service to be held' in the 106 yearold Enon church articipating in the service will be the Rev W T Bassett of the host church, the Rev Burley S Turner of Raleigh', Samaria, the Rev aul Reece of South ork, the Rev J C Shore of orbush on Yadkin ville, Rt 2, retired Rev E T Sims of WinstonSalem, B, ' W MARVIN J GARRISON Huffman of fafftown and deawk d con at Enon and the Rev L '" a e orest gra uate Grady Burgiss, superintendent ot missions of Yadkin Baptist past nine months, will continue on a fulltime basis in senior Association, Yadkinville Garrison is a graduate of high work during the month of Southwest High School, W a k e June He also will assist hi plans orest College and has complet for elective courses for senior ed 11h years at Southeastern highs on Sunday morning and Baptist Theological Seminary at work with the new Senior High Wake orest Council on summer evening prohe was licensed to preach In grams Septe~ber, 1960, served a~ ~n Hudgins is an assistant pro asso~late pb;stor of Samaria In fessor of philosophy and reli Raleigh dunng the summer of gion at High oint College In 1962 and has be~n pastor of September he will become asso West Bend B~pbst on Lew ciate professor of religion and philosophy at Greensboro Col isvllle, Rt I, SInce April lege uring July and August Centenary he will be studying in New York City This fall he will be mar r Walt Hudgins, educational ried to Miss atty Colliver, a assistant at Centenary Method biology teacher at Central High ist on a parttime basi, for the SchOOl in High oint

3 STATE Nor t h Caro llna BATIST BIOGRAHY ATA ORM lease read carefully the Instruction Sheet and then list the appropriate information as it directs 1 NAME GARRISON MERVIN J AMES ~( Las~~~ t) (irs~t~~~ ) (~S~ec~on~d") Give full names or a married woman please put maiden name in parentheses IEXAMLE: Cole Mary Ann (Smith)1 2 BIRTH _l:(a:::t==:h:=:om=e=)'rrn~_~ o=r"!:s'l;y""'th~_, (County) N C ==;,(S"'t=: at~e), ec (ate) EATH _~_ 3 ARENTS J== ohn _r"ank " "'ig'itar rc ic::s_n~ o:: an:::l d::e::::t:;ya~l mil,o:i:s",,: ('::c=: Ma"tntc::hcce:;w_s :) G_ar r i son _ IEXAMLE: Alec Joe oaks and Lucy Mae (B rown) oaks] ather's occupation Contractor List full names and year of birth 4 BROTHERS (Living or deceased) Housewife Mother's occupation Number Alvin Grady Garrison 1934 Glenn Weldon Garr ison SISTERS (1) (Living or deceased) List full names and year of birth Number eggy Loa Garrison Kite CHILHOO RESIENCE: (lease list each residence of 3 years duration or more, up to the time of the 18th birthday) Type of Community ost 6ffice County State ates Rural (R) ; town under 2500 pop (T); city 2500 or more pop (C ) Check one R~ R R Winston Salem TO C T T RO T orsyth N C 0 C 0 0 C 0 0 C 0 7 EUCATION: Grammar school: Graduate? Yes ( x ) No( Yes ( x ) No ( High school: Graduate? School attended: Southwest High ) Year graduated ) Year graduated Cl emmons 1957 North Carolina (Whether graduate or not; if more than one was attended, show the last one) College: Years attended: None ( ) One ( ) 23 ( Graduate ( X ) Whether graduated or not, list college(s) attended: (EXAMLE: 1915'38) N C State Raleigh, NC 1957' 59 Wake or es t WinstonSa l em NC (Years attended) 1959 ' 62 (Years attended) (egree) BA =(~~egree:) Graduatelevel: List college(s), seminary(ies), etc attended; earned degrees Southeas t ern Baptis~t~ ~W~a~k~e~~o~rue~s~t~,~ Theological Seminary N C (Years attended) 1962' 66 (egree) B ( exchanged for Miv in 1973)

4 8 SECIAL AWARS OR RECOG NITION RECEIVE: (Honorary degrees, such as:, Howard College, 1948; citations, such as: Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, 1939; honorary positions, such as: "Man of the Year" ryor, Okla, 1943; etc) 9 MARITAL INORMATION: Spouse Kav Spainhour Garrison (1) lace of Marriage (Town and Stale) Birthdate of Spouse ate of Marriage May WinstonSa l em NC Julv (2) Number of children ( 2 ) List their full names and birthdates: (an example of a married daughter would be: Mrs John Alan (Mary Lou) Ross, ) James Al l en Garrison awn Garrison VOCATIONAL HISTORY (List all vocations, occupations, trades, or professions engaged in for two or more years) 11 RELIGIOUS EXERIENCE: Conversion _"~ (ate) _~~_ (Ag") Baptism _~~_ South ork Baptist, Winston Salem (ate) (Church) (Location of Church) List any church, other than Baptist, with which formerly affiliated Ordained as: Minister ( x ) eacon ( June 14 ~ 19 64, (ate ordam ) ) Other ~ Enon Baptist Church (Church) Eas t Bend, North Carolina 12 LOCAL CHURCH ACTIVITY, UNSALARIE (lace the number of years service, in the space provided, for each office ever held) Gen Supt, irector, resident ept Supt, irector, Circle Chm Teacher, Counselor, Sponsor, Leader List below other offices or service, such as: Sec, Assoc Supt, etc 2 SS TU 2 VBS 1 Other Offices (give number of years service) eacon Trustee Usher Ch Clerk Other Ch Treas Ch Library Ch Recreation Choir Mem Choir irec Ch Committee Chm 6 List complet ed Study Course diplomas (Indicate related organizations, such as: SS, TU, etc ) Broth WMU 13 ENOMINATIONAL SERVICE, UNSALARIE (lease list positions held in Baptist associations, conventions (state or Southern), national and worldwide organizations, such as; moderator, president, clerk, trustee, board, commission or committee members; etc) Example: Ss Superintendent Bethel Association Kentucky (osition) (Organization, board, agency, etc) (State ) (ate ) Associational S S ir Strawberry Association Virginia Vi cemoderator Treasurer Treasurer Strawberry Association Miami Association ilot Mountain Assoc Virginia l orida N C

5 14 TO BE ILLE OUT ONLY BY THOSE WHO ARE, OR HAVE BEEN, IN SAL ARIE CHURCHRELATE VOCATIONS (Including pastors, denominational work ers, missionaries, ministers of education and music, church secretaries, faculty members or employees of Baptist institutions agencies, etc) TYE AN LENGTH O SERVICE: List all positions of such service with one or more years of duration; check (fulltime) or (parttime) Examples: ( I'osi tion ) ~ [!] 1 pastor ~~ (ate of service) County Line Baptist Church, Turkey Creek, La Ogbomosho, Nigeria, W Africa 2 missionary ~ ~A=s~s~ o~ c~i~a~te ~~a s tor, [3 [J astor KJ astor kj 0 as tor ~ as t or (C hurch, a gency, area, institution, place of service) Samaria Baptist Church, Raleigh, N C 1962 West Bend Baptist Church, Lewisvi l le, NC lint Hil l Bapt ist Church, Moneta, Va Church, Miami, l a Quaker Gap Baptist Church, King, N C Sou ths ide~ap t ist _ 0 [l ~ O ~ 0 15 OTHER TYES O RELIGIOUS SlRVICE: (In associations, assemblies, colleges, con ventions (state or Southern), national or worldwide meetings, such as: speaker, music director, committee chairman, etc) (osition) (lace of Service ) (a t e of Service) 16 AUTHORSHI (Include books, booklets, lesson courses or curriculum material, and tracts) (Book, item, et c ) (ublisher) (ate published) 17 CLUB OR GROU MEMBERSHI: (Service organizations, fraternal, TA, Civic, etc) List important positions of leadership held Sauratown Vo l ire ept Board of irec tors HOBBIES AN LEISURE INTERESTS: avorite Woodwork Others Golf 19 UBLIC SERVICE: (Military, educational, political, etc not previously listed) _

6 The information for items #119 has been filled in bymervin J Ga~r_r~i~s~o~n Mailing address Route 3, Box 43 1, King, North Carolina Sources used in compiling the information are: (Example: personal knowledge; minutes, Calvary Baptist Church, Wisner, La; Court Records, Copiah County, Miss; etc) ersonal Knowledge I, O YOU HA VE LETTERS, IARIES, HOTOGRAHS, OR OTHER MEMENTOES???? The Baptist Historical Collection would like to have this material or be allowed to photocopy such items for permanent preservation here in the Collection We establish personal collections by the name of thet donor Any donated materials relating to the life and endeavors of our NC Baptist pastors and denominational leaders will be preserved for future generations of Baptists Too often in our highly mobile society these items are thrown away or hastily discarded They should be preserved Let us know if we can assist you with the preservation of your personal papers hone (919) , extention 277 collect,,