LEADERS
Bob Brown
Former Tennessee Baptist Mission Board staff member Bob Brown has been elected vice chairman of the trustees of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas. Brown is executive director of Lakeway Christian Schools and interim pastor of Chilhowee Hills Baptist Church, Knoxville. He and his wife, Linnie, are members of First Baptist Church, Dandridge.
Danny Dixon began serving April 1 as interim pastor of Battle Creek Baptist Church, Springfield.
Jolley Springs Baptist Church, Gleason, has called Richard Brewer as pastor.
Jamie Sellers, worship pastor at Madison Avenue Baptist Church, Maryville, recently resigned to become worship pastor at Briarlake Baptist Church, Decatur, Ga.
DEATHS
Gary Linn Carver, retired pastor of multiple churches in Indiana, Alabama, and Tennessee, and longtime pastor of First Baptist Church, Chattanooga, died March 21. He was 76. Gary is survived by his wife Sharlon, two sons, four grandchildren and a great grandchild.
Troy Edgar Key, retired pastor of churches in Mississippi, Texas and Tennessee and longtime pastor of Everett Hills Baptist Church, Maryville, died April 8. He was 77. He is survived by his wife, Roseanne, two children and four grandchildren.
Robert E. Simmons, retired pastor of several churches including Forge Ridge Baptist Church, Harrogate, and Head Of Barren Baptist Church, New Tazewell, died March 15. He was 79. He is survived by his wife, Eula, four children, seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
The young adult group from Sylvia Baptist Church, Dickson, recently attended the Young Adult Conference sponsored by the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board at Thompson Station Church in Thompson’s Station. The group was led by Danny and Liane Keaton, center, and Butch and Lisa Williams, far right.
