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FOREIGN MISSION BOARD MINUTES
January 9, 1973
The Foreign Mission Board held its regular monthly meeting and Appointment Service
at 3:00 p.m., January 9, 1973, in the Foreign Mission Board Chapel, Richmond,
Virginia, with the First Vice-President, Austin W. Farley, presiding.
PRESENT: State Members: Colorado: Glen E. Braswell; D.C. : Kenneth E. Thornton;
Missouri : James W. Hackney.
Local Members: Robert B. Bass, J. Roy Clifford, Paul E. Crandall, Austin W. Farley,
David S. Hammock, Mrs. Clyde V. Hickerson, Scott C. Humphrey, John W. Kincheloe, Jr.,
John W. Patterson, Jullian H. Pentecost, Meredith K. Roberson, Mrs. Ross S. Shearer,
Mrs. Thomas Whalen.
Staff: Baker J. Cauthen, James D. Belote, Charles W. Bryan, Louis R. Cobbs, Winston
Crawley, Edna Frances Dawkins, William K. Dawson, Everett L. Deane, Samuel A. DeBord,
James G. Edwards, Jesse C. Fletcher, H. Cornell Goerner, lone Gray, Eugene Grubbs,
Ward Hildreth, Eugene L. Hill, Dwight Honeycutt, Ralph Magee, Floyd H. North, R.
Keith Parks, Norman Price, Sidney C. Reber, Fon H. Scofield, Rogers M. Smith, W. L.
Smith, Richard M. Styles, Wilbur Todd, Melvin Torstrick, Joseph B. Underwood, E. L.
Wright, Elizabeth Minshew.
The presiding officer called the meeting to order.
David Hackney, son of Board member James W. Hackney, St. Louis, Missouri, read a pas¬
sage of Scripture and led in the opening prayer.
Minutes of the Board for December 12, 1972 were approved, as distributed.
The presiding officer recognized the Executive Secretary, Dr. Baker J. Cauthen.
Dr. Cauthen extended deep appreciation for the presence of a good representative
group of Board members, despite the inclement weather, and made special mention
of several members whose efforts to be present were foiled by the weather.
Dr. Cauthen shared highlights from the following formal report:
REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
We are grieved today to have word of the death of Mrs. Joe Orr, wife of our Board
member from Seymour, Tennessee. Mrs. Orr died Monday at 4:30 P.M. after an asthma¬
tic attack which lasted about thirty minutes. Our deepest sympathy is extended to
her husband and family in this time of bereavement. The funeral will be held in the
church at Seymour at 2:30 P.M. Thursday.
We regret to announce that Mrs. Clyde V. Hickerson, who has served so effectively as
a Board member for twenty years, has indicated her feeling that the time has come for
her to retire as a Board member.
In a beautiful letter written to me on December 31, she stated, "When Dr. Hudgins was
here for the December Board meeting, I discussed with him circumstances beyond my con¬
trol that would indicate the necessity for my retirement as a Board member. He agreed
with me, so today I am writing to him and suggesting February 1, 1973 as a date for my
retirement. I hope you can concur with our judgment.
"The more than twenty years that I have been privileged to serve on this Board next to
my own family it has had first place in my life. I can never estimate what it has
meant to me. It has been wonderful to see how the work has grown. I shall still watch
Its development with unabated interest and always feel a part of it whether I am a
Board member or not."
In keeping with her desire, the Administrative Committee includes in its report today
the recommendation that Mrs. Hickerson 's resignation be accepted with much regret.
We want to take this opportunity to express to Mrs. Hickerson our deep gratitude for
the years of service she has rendered. We will look forward to more formal expressions
at the meeting of the Board next month, but even at this point we wish to express to
her how greatly we appreciate the service she has rendered and also the service that
Dr. Hickerson rendered as a Board member for a number of years.
We also regret to announce that Rev. Joseph B. Flowers called to say that Dr. Herman T.
Stevens, the father of Mrs. Flowers, fell and broke his hip Saturday night. Dr. Stevens
is greatly beloved throughout this state. At ninety- two years of age, he still has