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FOREIGN MISSION BOARD MINUTES
October 7-9, 1974
The Foreign Mission Board held its Annual Convention-wide meeting, October 7-9,
1974, in Richmond, Virginia, with Dr. W. 0. Vaught, Jr., presiding.
PRESENT: State Members: Alabama : Charles T. Carter, L. Earl Tew; Arkansas :
W. 0. Vaught, Jr.; Cali fornia: Jerry L. Harris; Colorado: Glen E. Braswell;
D. C. : Kenneth E. Thornton; Florida : Andrew M. Hall, Don Mott; Georgia: Mrs.
Lindsey Barron, Mrs. L. G. Hicks, Jr., Ohlen R. Wilson; Indiana : Ronald P. Liesmann;
Kansas : J. W. Pace; Kentucky : Mrs. Ray Mullendore, Eldred M. Taylor; Louisiana :
John G. Alley; Maryland : Ralph D. Walls; Michigan: Hubert G. Keefer; Mississippi :
James M. Richardson, John Lee Taylor; Missouri : John W. Goodwin, James W. Hackney;
New Mexico: J. D. Ratliff; North Carolina: Ray W. Benfield, Mrs. J. E. Collette,
Grady B. Wilson, Mrs. Thomas C. Womble, Jr.; Ohio : W. Paul Payne; Oklahoma :
Harvey Albright, Robert L. Lynn; Oregon: William 0. Crews, Jr.; South Carolina:
Ira Q. Craft, Lonnie Shull; Tennessee: Joe L. Orr, Jonas L. Stewart, C. Clifton
Ward; Texas : Travis S. Berry, Morris G. Cobb, James G. Harris, B. J. Martin,
Ralph M. Smith, E. H. Westmoreland; Virginia: Mrs. James T. Cravens, Lonnie E.
Quillen, Jr. and W. Douglas Hudgins, former Board President.
Local Members: Hiram L. Harrison, Franklin D. Hall, Scott C. Humphrey, Neal T.
Jones, Bruce H. Price, M. Hunter Riggins, Jr., Mrs. Ross S. Shearer, Mrs. E. S.
Stratton, Mrs. Thomas Whalen, Robert B. Bass, J. Roy Clifford, Paul E. Crandall,
Austin W. Farley, Gurney W. Grant, J. Leonard Moore, John W. Patterson, H. I. Willett.
Board's Attorney: John C. Williams
Staff : Baker J. Cauthen, James D. Belote, Charles W. Bryan, Louis R. Cobbs, J. Wins¬
ton Crawley, Edna Frances Dawkins, William K. Dawson, Samuel A. DeBord, Everett L.
Deane, Roger G. Duck, James G. Edwards, Jesse C. Fletcher, Franklin T. Fowler,
Cornell Goerner, lone Gray, W. Eugene Grubbs, Ward S. Hildreth, Eugene L. Hill,
Dwight A. Honeycutt, J. D. Hughey, W. David Lockard, Ralph A. Magee, Frank K. Means,
Stanley A. Nelson, Floyd H. North, R. Keith Parks, Samuel M. Pittman, G. Norman Price,
Sidney C. Rebet, Davis L. Saunders, Fon H. Scofield, Rogers M. Smith, Truman Smith,
W. L. Smith, Richard M. Styles, Wilbur N. Todd, Melvin E. Torstrick, Joseph B. Under¬
wood, Ralph L. West, E. L. Wright, Elizabeth Minshew. Fred Laughon, Radio/TV Com¬
mission.
Field Representatives: John E. Mills (West Africa), John R. Cheyne (East Africa),
Marion Fray (South Africa), George H. Hays (East Asia), William R. Wakefield (South¬
east Asia), James F. Kirkendall (India, Iran, Bangladesh), John A. Moore (Europe),
A. Clark Scanlon (Middle America), William W. Graves (Caribbean), J. Bryan Brasington
(Spanish South America), Don R. Kammerdiener (Spanish South America), Raymond L. Kolb
(Brazil). (Bill Marshall (N.E. & N.Afr.) arrived later for Field Rep. meeting.)
Emeritus Missionaries: Olive Allen (Vietnam), Martha Morrison (Malaysia), Mr. and
Mrs. Abel P. Pierson (Mexico), Mrs. Edwin Dozier (Japan), Mr. and Mrs. Deaver Lawton
(Taiwan), Mrs. W. D. Moore (Italy), Dr. and Mrs. Lowrey Cooper (Argentina), Katherine
Cozzens (Brazil).
Guests : Miss Alma Hunt, Mrs. W. 0. Hunt, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Hunt, Jr., Mrs.
B. W. Willett, Mrs. Janie New, Dr. and Mrs. Glendon McCullough, Miss Helen McCullough,
Dr. George W. Sadler, Dr. Luther Joe Thompson, Dr. and Mrs. David Burhans , Miss Carrie
Vaughan, Mrs. Everett Gill, Jr., Mrs. Richard Stephenson, Mr. and Mrs. Buck Baker
(guests of Mrs. Thomas Whalen, local Board member), Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Cockburn
(missionaries on furlough in the Richmond ares).
Other Guests: Wives and/or husbands of Board members and staff.
MONDAY, October 7, 1974
2:00 P.M. - MISSIONARY SUPPORT COMMITTEE - Meeting, Conference Rm. A
E. H. Westmoreland, Chrm.
Mrs. E. S. Stratton
Julian H. Pentecost
Eldred M. Taylor
M. Hunter Riggins
J. D. Ratliff
Scott C. Humphrey
J. R. White
James Hackney
B. J. Martin
J. Roy Clifford
W. 0. Vaught, Ex Of
3:00 P.M. - COMMITTEE to STUDY INSURANCE COVERAGES - Meeting, Conference Rm.
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Ralph D. WallB, Chrm.
Robert Bass, Co-Chrm. H. I. Willett
Ira Craft Glen E. Braswell
