Foreign Mission Board
Richmond, Virginia
October 11-13, 1971
The Foreign Mission Board held its Annual Convention-wide session, October 11-13, 1971,
in Richmond, Virginia, with Rev. Drew J. Gunnells, Jr. presiding.
PRESENT: State Members: Alabama: Drew J. Gunnells, Jr., James R. White; Arizona: Harold
Friend; Arkansas : W. 0. Vaught, Jr.; California: Loyed R. Simmons; Colorado : Glen E.
Braswell; Florida: Don Mott, T. Rupert Coleman; Georgia: Mrs. John I. Alford, Mrs.
Lindsey Barron, Ohlen R. Wilson; Illinois : Raymond L. Odle; Indiana: Othar 0. Smith;
Kansas : J. W. Pace; Kentucky; Eldred M. Taylor; Louisiana: Perry R. Sanders:
Maryland: Ralph D. Walls; Michigan: Hubert G. Keefer; Mississippi : John Lee
Taylor: Missouri: Ralph M. G. Smith, James W. Hackney; New Mexico: J. D. Ratliff;
North Carolina: Mrs. Carl E. Bates, Mrs. William M. Jones, Mrs. W. K. McGee, Grady
Baxter Wilson; Ohio: Paul Payne; Oklahoma: Robert L. Lynn, Harvey Albright; Oreg. -
Wash. : W. D. Malone; South Carolina: Robert L. Deneen; Tennessee : Joe L. Orr, B.
Greer Garrott, C. Clifton Ward; Texas : James Flamming, James G. Harris, E. H. West¬
moreland; Virginia: Mrs. H. Cowen Ellis, M. Mahan Siler, Jr.
Local Members: Joseph B. Flowers, V. Allen Gaines, Mrs. E. S. Stratton, Scott C.
Humphrey, Mrs. Ross S. Shearer, Robert B. Bass, Mrs. R. B. Carter, Sr., J. Roy Clifford,
Austin W. Farley, Paul E. Crandall, David S. Hammock, Mrs. Clyde V. Hickerson, John W.
Kincheloe, Jr., John W. Patterson, Julian H. Pentecost, Meredith K. Roberson, Mrs. Thomas
Whalen, H. I. Willett.
Board's Attorney: John C. Williams 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, Franklin T.
Fowler, Cornell Goerner, Eugene Grubbs, Ward Hildreth, Eugene L. Hill, J. D. Hughey,
W. David Lockard, Ralph A. Magee, Frank K. Means, Stanley Nelson, Floyd H. North, R.
Keith Parks, G. Norman Price, Sidney C. ^Reber, Fon H. Scofield, Jr., Rogers M. Smith,
Truman Smith, W. L. Smith, Richard M. Styles, Melvin E. Torstrick, Joseph B. Underwood,
Elbert L. Wright, Elizabeth Minshew.
Field Representatives: A. Clark Scanlon, William W. Graves, William W. Marshall, John
A. Moore, H. Victor Davis, J. Bryan Brasington, Davis Saunders, John E. Mills, Donald
R. Kammerdiener . Radio-TV Representative: Alan W. Compton. (Invited as Board Guests)
Visitors: Missions Professors - Southern Baptist Seminaries: Lavell Seats (Midwestern),
Luther Copeland (Southeastern), Francis DuBose (Golden Gate), Dr. Helen Falls (New Orleans).
(Invited as Board Guests)
Retiring Missionaries: Miss Ruth Ford (Indonesia), Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Lingerfelt
(Brazil), Dr. and Mrs. Howard McCamey (Nigeria), Dr. and Mrs. Buford Nichols (Indonesia),
Rev. and Mrs. R. Elton Johnson, Sr. (N. Brazil), Miss Letha Saunders (Brazil). (Guests
of the Board)
Other Guests: Mrs. Harold Basden, Mrs. Everett Gill, Jr., Dr. and Mrs. George W. Sadler,
Dr. Luther Joe Thompson and staff of First Baptist Church, William Lancaster, Karl
Steele, George Starke (Mrs. Thompson was unable to be present); Dr. and Mrs. Bruce
Heilman, Dr. and Mrs. Richard M. Stephenson, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Cooper, Miss Alma Hunt,
Miss Juliette Mather, Mr. Hal Northrup, exec, vice-president, Callaway Gardens; Mr.
David C. Boaz (pastor of Board member, Don Mott), Miss Helen McCullough (emeritus
missionary - China), Mrs. Charles Whaley (missionary to Japan), wives and husbands of a
number of state and local Board members.
Mrs. R. L. Mathis, president, Woman's Missionary Union, was unable to accept the Board's
invitation to the meeting, because of illness. A telegram of regret in her absence and
wishes for a speedy and complete recovery was sent to Mrs. Mathis.
Telegrams were also sent to Dr. L. Howard Jenkins, former president of the Board, and
Dr. Clyde J. Childers, Board member from Texas, expressing regret that they were unable
to be present because of illnesses.
MONDAY, October 11, 1971
2:00 P.M. - SPECIAL COMMITTEE, Recognition of Emeritus Missionaries - Meeting, Conf.
Room 3 (Apt. Bldg)
Austin W. Farlev, Chairman Mrs. R. B. Carter, Sr. Eldred M. Taylor
Mrs. John I. Alford J. D. Ratliff
4:00 P.M. - INVESTMENT COMMITTEE - Meeting, Conference Room A
