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FOREIGN MISSION BOARD MINUTES
October 8-10, 1973
The Foreign Mission Board held its Annual Convention-wide meeting, October 8-10,
1973,- in Richmond, Virginia, with Dr. W. Douglas Hudgins, presiding.
PRESENT: State Members: Alabama : Drew J. Gunnells, Jr., J. R. White; Arizona :
Harold Friend; Arkansas : W. 0. Vaught, Jr.; California: Jerry L. Harris; Colorado:
Glen E. Braswell; D. C. : Kenneth E. Thornton; Florida: Don Mott, Andrew M.
Hall; Georgia : Ohlen R. Wilson, William L. Self, John W. Langdale, Mrs. Lindsey
Barron; Illinois : Raymond L. Odle; Indiana : Ronald P. Liesman; Kansas : J. W.
Pace; Kentucky : Mrs. Ray Mullendore, Eldred M. Taylor; Louisiana : John G. Alley;
Maryland : Ralph D. Walls; Michigan: Hubert G. Keefer; Mississippi : W. Douglas
Hudgins, John L. Taylor; Missouri : John W. Goodwin, James W. Hackney; New
Mexico: J. D. Ratliff; North Carolina: Mrs. Carl E. Bates, Grady Baxter Wilson,
Mrs. Thomas C. Womble, Mrs. J. E. Collette; Ohio: W. Paul Payne; Oklahoma:
Robert L. Lynn, Harvey Albright; Oregon: William 0. Crews ; South Carolina:
Robert L. Deneen, Ira 0. Craft; Tennessee : C. Clifton Ward, Joe L. Orr ; Texas :
Morris Cobb, Clyde J. Childers, James G. Harris, B. J. Martin, E. H. Westmoreland;
Vi rginia: Mrs. James T. Cravens, Lonnie E. Quillen, Jr.
Local Members: Joseph B. Flowers, 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, Mrs. R. B. Carter, J. Roy Clifford, Paul E.
Crandall, Austin W. Farley, J. Leonard Moore, John W. Patterson, Julian H.
Pentecost, Meredith K. Roberson, H. I. Willett.
SBC President and VJife - Mr. and Mrs. Owen Cooper (ex officio member of FMB)
Board's Attorney: John C. Williams. Staff : Baker J. Cauthen, Charles W. Bryan,
Louis R. Cobbs, Winston Crawley, William K. Dawson, Everett L. Deane, Samuel A.
DeBord, Roger Duck (attended work sessions just prior to Board meeting), James G.
Edwards, Jesse C. Fletcher, Cornell Goerner, lone Gray, Eugene Grubbs, Ward Hildreth,
Dennis Hill, Eugene L. Hill, Dwight A. Honeycutt, J. D. Hughey, W. David Lockard
(present for only one day), Frank K. Means, Stanley Nelson, Floyd H. North, R.
Keith Parks, Sam Pittman, G. Norman Price, Sidney C. Reber, Davis L. Saunders,
Fon H. Scofield, Jr., Rogers M. Smith, Truman Smith, W. L. Smith, Richard M. Styles,
Wilbur Todd, Melvin F.. Torstrick, Ralph West (attended work sessions just prior to
Board meeting), Elbert L. Wright, Elizabeth Minshew.
Edna Frances Dawkins (unable to be present because of accident sustained just prior
to Board meeting), Ralph Magee (absent due to illness).
Emeritus Missionaries: Miss Josephine Harris (Orient-Hawaii) , Miss Hattie Gardner
(Nigeria), Mrs. R. F. Ricketson (Orient-Phi lippines) , Miss Amanda Tinkle (Nigeria),
Mrs. Homer R. Littleton (Nigeria-Ghana) , Miss Maye Bell Taylor (Brazil), Miss
Jennie Alderman (Or ient-Tai wau) , Miss Floryne Miller (Orient- Japan , China, Hawaii),
Miss Lorene Tilford (Orient-China, Hong Kong, Taiwan).
Denominational Leaders: Mrs. R. L. Mathis (president, WMU) ; Miss Alma Hunt (execu¬
tive secretary, WMU); Glendon McCullough (executive secretary, Brotherhood Com¬
mission); Ralph Norton (executive Secretary, Tennessee Baptist Convention); Robert
E. Bingham (executive assis tant- Program Services, Home Mission Board); Mr. and
Mrs. Woodrow Fuller (state missions secretary, Florida); Art Borden (American Bible
Society); Dr. and Mrs. Richard Stephenson (executive -'ecretary, Virginia Baptist
Association); Fred Laughon (Radio-TV Commission). Robert Bingham represented the
Home Mission Board, in the absence of Arthur Rutledge, executive secretary-treasurer .
Local Guests: Mrs. Everett Gill, Jr., George W. Sadler, Dr. and Mrs. Luther Joe
Thompson, Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Heilman.
Guests of Board Members: Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Brannon, 2nd vice-president, SBC;
Rev. Paul Barnes, evangelist (accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Harold Friend); Mrs.
Gustavus, Mrs. Beckham (accompanied Dr. and Mrs. Clyde J. Childers); Mr. and Mrs.
Roy, Rev. J. Ralph McIntyre (accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Ward); Rev. Bob
Cockran, pastor (accompanied Austin Farley).
Guests of "Special Anniversary Committee" (in charge of plans for recognition of
20 years of service by Dr. and Mrs. Cauthen, since his election as Executive Secretary,
October, 1953): Mrs. Bill Mathews (formerly Carolyn Cauthen), Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Cauthen and sons (John and Steven), Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Wasson (couple from first
group of missionaries appointed after Dr. Cauthen's election as Executive Secretary),
Olin T. Binkley (president, Southeastern Seminary), Robert Naylor (president,
Southwestern Seminary). Note : Other denominational leaders and friends, invited by
the "Anniversary Committee" were unable to attend.
