As a small child I loved to stay with my grandmother on the farm. She
would always take me to church and to community church singings. While riding
along, she would tell me about the Lord and the beatitudes. My parents took
me to church every Sunday, and when I was twelve years old, at a revival
at the First Baptist Church in Huntingdon, I became convicted of my sins
and I went down for prayer but I was not saved. That night when I went home,
I was saved in my bedroom. Everything seemed so bright and the peace that
the Lord gave me that night is still with me today. That Sunday after the
revival, I joined the church. That was March 24, 1957. On February 10, 1982,
I moved my membership to Independent and have been trying to serve as a
deacon and Sunday School teacher. Because the Lord has done so much for
me and my family, I felt I could not refuse to serve him in any way.
"Therefore being justified by faith, we have
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access
by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory
of God." [Romans 5:1-2]
As he said, Tommy is a Deacon and a Sunday School teacher
at Independent. He and his wife Paulette
have been faithful active members for many years. Their son, Trey,
has been called into the ministry. This family is faithfully dedicated to their
Lord and to the Church.
