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Transitions
ON THE MOVE
Dan Crumley, to Oak Chapel Baptist Church, Orange, Va., as pastor.
Mark DeAngelis, resigning as pastor of Forest Grove Baptist Church, Amissville, Va., effective Sept. 8.
Kevin King, to Palestine Baptist Church, Huddleston, Va., as transitional pastor.
Michael Stamey, to First Baptist Church, High Point, N.C., as director of youth and children’s ministries.
Charles Quinlan, to First Baptist Church, Herndon, Va., as music director.
David N. Peppler Sr., to Graceland Baptist Church, Powhatan, Va., as associate pastor, youth and education.
Suzi Alexander, resigning as children’s ministry director at Walnut Grove Baptist Church, Mechanicsville, Va.
Justin Kellough, to First Baptist Church, Woodbridge, Va., as minister of students, effective in August.
DEATHS
A. Kenneth Custalow Sr., former pastor of the Mattaponi Indian Church, in King & Queen, Va., died July 3 at the age of 77. He was a member of the Custalow Brothers singing ensemble for over 50 years. He is survived by his wife, Peggy T. Custalow; three sons, Ken Jr., Mark and Scott Sr.; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held July 5 at the Bennett Funeral Home, Mechanicsville, Va.
Charlotte Lovelace Hoover died July 1. She and her husband Lawrence were benefactors for numerous Baptist causes. They endowed a chair in pastoral care and counseling at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, made major gifts to the Baptist World Alliance, the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond and the International Mission Board. They also gave the Hoover Center at Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center to Virginia Baptists. She is survived by a daughter, Sandra H. Mollica; a son, Arthur Craig Hoover; three grandchildren and a sister. A funeral service was held July 9 in North Springfield, Vermont.
Myron C. Madden died June 4 in Slidell, La., at the age of 95. He was a nationally recognized leader in chaplaincy and counseling, serving for 23 years as director of pastoral care at the former Southern Baptist Hospital in New Orleans. He had also served as associate pastor at First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., in the 1950s.
George F. Ricketts died July 11 at the age of 76. He was a chaplain in the Virginia National Guard and at Southampton Correctional Center and the State Farms in Goochland and Powhatan. In 1968 he was appointed executive director of the Chaplain Service of the Churches of Virginia Inc. and served for 27 years until his retirement in 1995. He served for 24 years as a member of the Virginia State Crime Commission, appointed by six governors. He was appointed by the State Senate to serve for eight years on the Criminal Sentencing Commission. The Judicial Council of the Supreme Court of Virginia appointed him to serve on the Judicial Evaluation Task Force in 2000. He served as a trustee of the Religious Herald for 24 years. Ricketts was predeceased by his first wife, Dawn Crawford Ricketts. He is survived by his second wife, Deborah Burnette Ricketts; four children, Jennifer, Jeff and Mark Ricketts and Melanie R. Brent; 10 grandchildren and a brother. A memorial service was held July 16 at Philippi Christian Church in Deltaville, Va.
Kudos
RETIREMENT
William E. Rotan, retiring as minister of music at First Baptist Church, Morganton, N.C., following 33 years of ministry there.
ORDINATIONS
Julia Johnson Bauman, ordained to the ministry on May 10 by Forest Hills Baptist Church, Raleigh, N.C.
Tiffany Brown, ordained to the ministry by First Baptist Church, Mocksville, N.C., on June 2.
Christy Latham Evans, ordained to the ministry on June 30 by Ferry Farm Baptist Church, Fredericksburg, Va. She has served as a campus minister in Indiana and is pursuing a career in chaplaincy.
Sayward Rebekah Fletcher, ordained to the ministry by Wake Forest Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, N.C., on May 5.
John Fontanella, discipleship pastor at Leesburg (Va.) Baptist Church, ordained to the ministry on July 7 by the church.
Jenny Lee, ordained to the ministry on April 14 by First Baptist Church, Asheville, N.C.
35 YEARS
Wayne Smith, celebrating 35 years as minister of discipleship and missions at Cool Spring Baptist Church, Mechanicsville, Va.
30 YEARS
Ed Shepard, celebrating 30 years as pastor of Beulah Baptist Church, Aylett, Va.
15 YEARS
Bob Lee, celebrating 15 years as pastor of New Highland Baptist Church, Mechanicsville, Va.
10 YEARS
Glenda Inman, celebrating 10 years as minister of music at Villa Heights Baptist Church, Martinsville, Va.
5 YEARS
Paul Beith, celebrating 5 years as pastor of Pioneer Baptist Church, Richmond, Va.
Greg English, celebrating 5 years as recreation minister at Cool Spring Baptist Church, Mechanicsville, Va.
Andrew Shanks, celebrating 5 years as pastor of Fontaine Baptist Church, Martinsville, Va.
Events
SUN.-WED., AUG. 4-7
Clifford (Va.) Baptist Church; revival with John Alford on Sunday at 11 a.m. and 7:15 p.m.; Glynn Coleman on Monday at 7:15 p.m.; and evangelist Earl Clarkson on Tuesday at 7:15 p.m.
Sedley (Va.) Baptist Church; revival at 7 p.m. with Louis Venable, pastor of Northbridge Baptist Church, Charleston, S.C., evangelist.
Shiloh Baptist Church, King George, Va.; homecoming and revival; Charles M. Reese and Rebecca McCoy-Reese, dramatists and artists-in-residence at Bluefield College, leading Sunday morning and each night.
WED., AUG. 17
Monument Heights Baptist Church, Richmond, Va.; dinner/auction at 6 p.m. to benefit the Rural Asia Initiative Clean H20 mission project sponsored by the church. The goal is to purchase a water filtration system that will provide clean water for 100 families in Indonesia. Dinner is $25 per plate. Contact the church office no later than Aug. 11 for reservations, 804.285.3256.
SUN., AUG. 25
First Baptist Church, South Boston, Va.; “Then Sings My Soul,” presented at 7 p.m. by The Combined Choir made up of singers from First Baptist, First Presbyterian, Main Street Baptist and Ash Avenue Baptist churches in South Boston; Hunting Creek Baptist in Nathalie and Winn’s Creek Baptist in Halifax, Va.