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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 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

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 12-16 November 2018. Roma Gates , 87, of Temple City, California, passed away 10 November. She was a retired missionary, serving in Brazil. She is survived by her

Tennis Alfas Mutowa passed away 26 October. He was 83 years old. When the Church of the Nazarene entered Zimbabwe in 1963, Mutowa was among the first converts under the ministry of missionary Morris Hall. Soon after he joined the church, Mutowa received a call to ministry and was sent to Malawi to

From left to right: Ernesto Rulloda, Mission Director Bob McCroskey Sr., Pastor Ricareda Valenzuela, and DS Andres Valenzuela Andres Valenzuela, a pastor, pioneer superintendent of the Luzon District, and the first Flipino superintendent of the Metro Manila District, passed away 30 October in

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 5-9 November 2018. J. Michael Buck , 61, of Grove City, Ohio, passed away 27 October. He was a minister, serving at Lifepoint Church of the Nazarene in Columbus, Ohio

Retired missionary Nettie Stroud passed away 27 October. She was 83 years old. In 1955, Nettie married her husband, Paul, and together the couple served for 11 years in Thomas, Apache, Lindsay, and Walters, Oklahoma. Nettie and Paul went on to serve as missionaries in Cabo Verde from 1966 to 1971,