MRS. W.T. l{OBERSON

Robersens Speak Sunday At Elizabeth A!!PJis.t A series of special services liminary services. Roberson will

at Elizabeth Baptist Church will speak at the morning worship be conducted Sunday by the service. Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Roberson, Roberson will speak to all of S?uthern Baptist missionaries ~o the adults of th T · · g u · Viet Nam. The services will e ~amm mon commemorate Mission Day at and others who wish to attend. the church. . Mrs. Roberson and the three The Robersons will conduct Roberson children will meet with

services during Sunday School, the primary departments of the morning worship, Training Un- Training Union. At the close of ion, and the evening worship. the Training Union session, Mrs. Roberson will conduct the as- Roberson will speak at the eve­

sembly period for the two in- ning worship service and Rob­ termediate Departments of the erson will show slides. Sunday School and Mrs. Rober- :r'h~ Ro~ersons ~ave serve~ as ~ son will conduct the assembly missronanes to Viet Nam since 1 periods for the Young People's 1959. He is former pastor of Pat- • Departments and the two Jun- terson Springs Baptist Church ' ior Departments. Those in Sun- and Second Baptist Church in day School will go to the main Shelby. auditorium prior tu the morning They are to return to Viet Nam worship service for sepcial pre- in March. ~-------=-~...,.... ........ --

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Will Leave May 28

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Roberson Missionaries Get Viet N Orders The Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Ro

erson, wno have been on leave in Cleveland county for the past year after serving years as missionaries in Nam, have received orders to re­ turn to duty in that country, and are scheduled to leave Charlotte airport on May 28. Resigning as pastor of Second

B<J.~t Church five years ago to enterthe Mission field in South­ east Asia, the Rev. and Mrs. Roberson are both looking for­ ward to their return to work with the V i e t n a m e s e, even though the trip back will mean separation from their oldest child, Hanes. A seventh grader who has attended school at Shelby Junior High this year, there are no facilities for his schooling in Viet Nam now and uated about two weeks ago. he will go either to Hong Kong Ol;'fl.ers for the missionary fam­ or Bangkok, Mrs. Roberson said. ily o return to the field were Mrs. Roberson taught her hil- ayed a couple of weeks ago

dren when they were in the lo,w--·and were received just two days er grades and will continue to before packers were scheduled to help the two younger ones, arrive. Their return was delayed Amelia, 11-year old who is in because the school was being the fifth grade. and Nancy, 8, a evacuated to Dalat. third grader. Hanes has "grown The Robersons will live in beyond her teaching" and the Dalat on their return instead of Amerlcan school there, she said, Nhatrang where they were lo­ and will have to be separated cated before. from his family for further Their next tenure will be for schooling. The Christian and another four years. Missionary Alliance School the The Rev. Roberson had held younger girls would have at- a pastorate at Patterson Springs tended on their return was evac- (Continued On Page 8)

REV. W. 'I'. ROBERSON

(Continue om Paae 1l in this county before going Second Baptist. While at horn during the past year, he has bee in schools of Missions and ful­ filling many speaking engage­ ments before various civic an church groups. . Mrs. Roberson is a native ~

Charlotte and Rev. Robertson l a native of Asheville.

THE ROBERSONS SPEAK AT FIRST BAPTIST-The Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Roberson, foreign missionaries to Viet Nam, will speak in the sanctuary at First Baptist Church in Shelby on Monday night, November 14 at 7: 15 p.m. Pictured above are the Robersons with their handsome family: left to right, Nancy, Mrs. Roberson, Hanes, Amelia, the Rev. Roberson. Not pictured is the youngest member of the family, John, who was born in Viet Nam, First Baptist's WMU and Brotherhood are sponsoring the Monday meet­ ing which is a church-wide event and is also the WMU foreign mis­ sion study with a Southeast Asia theme. The Robersons are now on emergency furlough and are living in Charlotte. Friends of the family and other interested persons are invited to hear the mis­ sionaries. The Rev. Roberson was called as a foreign missionary in 1958 while pastor of Second Baptist Church in Shelby.

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First Baptist Guests Sun rlay W. T. Rohertsons Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Roberson,

former missionaries to Vietnam, will be guest speakers at the First Baptist church in Spindale, Sun­ day, as the church begins its ob­ 'servance of the Week of Prayer of Foreign Missions. Mrs. Roberson will bring the morning message and Mr. Roberson will speak at the evening service.

Mr. Roberson, a graduate of Wake Forest University a n d Southern Seminary at Louisville, Ky., is completing his first year as pastor of Southern Church, Ruth. He is a native of Candler and Mrs. Roberson is a former resident of Charlotte. The Rober­ sons have two sons, ages 16 and two, and two daughters, ages 15 and twelve. The youngest child was born in VietnAm where they served for six years. Prior to their appointment by the Foreign Mis­ sion Board in 1959, he served as pastor of the Second B a p ti s t Church, Shelby.

Rev. W. J. Nolan, Jr., pastor of the church, cordially extends an invitation to the public to at­ tend these special services Sun­ day.

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oberson Resigns Souther astorate The nev. \Villiam Thomas Ro­

berson ·-resigned as pastor of Southern Baptist Church, Ruth Sunday to acce third tour of duty as a missionary to Vietnam. Appointment was made by the Southern Baptist Convention The resignation of the Rev. Mr

Roberson is effective August 15 and the' Robersons hope to return to Vietnam the latter part of August. The local pastor accepted the pastorate of Southern Church December 1, 1967. . Upon :~t~irn1~. to VtE• n~m for He spent four years m Viet- rile third tune'l'he P.;;v. ll-11 • .Ro-

nam after his first appointment berson will direct the B11f st by the Fcreizn Mission Board in

1959. He returned to the United States, with his family, in 1964, and went back to Vietnam in 1965 for his second term as a missionary. Since his appointment as a missionary to Vietnam the Rev Mr. Roberson has served as chairman of the mission for two different times and chairman of the Evangelism Committee. He and h}s wife were the first to begin evangelistic work outside of tho city of Saigon.

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work at DaNang, the _liecond largest city in South Vietnam. Mrs. Roberson will teach the eighth grade.

The Rev. Mr. Roberson was married to Miss Audrey Mae Hanes of Charlotte in 194~ and the couple have four c.hildren, Milton Hanes, 15, Amelia Kay, age 13; Nancy Ruth, age 11, and John William, age 1.

The local pastor attended Mars Hill and Wake Forest Colleges and received his B.D. degree from Southern Baptist Theological Sem- inary in 1951. . In addition to serving as pastor

of the Monterey Baptist Church, ',Monterey, Ky., while in the sem­ inary, the Rev. Mr. Roberson ser­ ved as pastor of the Patterson prings Baptist Church, 1951-53; he First Baptist Church, Beau­ ort, 1953-57, and the Second Baptist Church, Shelby' 1957-59. hile pastoring these churches ~e as served through the d~no.mm­ tional life as an Associational oderator a member of the Gen­ ral Board and the important

· ommittee of Twenty-F~ve of the orth Carolina Convention.

: Former Pastor Of Southern Baptist~

··:~·~_Church Returns Here Sept. 23 ;;.~::.Rev. and Mrs. William T. .»: Roberson, Southern Baptist .~;,·Missionaries will speak at ·•.··Southern Baptist Church in ~.-:--Ruth, Sunday, Sept. 23. The .. , .. Rev. Roberson was pastor of ·'.the Southern Baptist Church

in Ruth in 1967 where he -•.served for two years.

from overseas service in 1967. For the next two years he was pastor of Southern Baptist Church in Ruth. They were reappointed as missionaries in 1969. Following their reap­ pointment, Roberson served as director of evangelism in Danang and a a a teacher at the Vietnam Baptist Theological Seminary, Saigon. He assumed his present position in publications work in March 1970. Mrs. Roberson's homemaking duties have at times included teaching school for her children. They are Hanes, now grown,

Amelia , born in 1953, Nancy, 1956, and John, 1966.

A native of Candler, N.C. , where he grew up on a farm, Roberson attended Mars Hill College and was graduated from Wake Forest College ( now Wake Forest University , Win­ ston-Salem ) He received the bachelor of divinity degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky. Before going to Vietnam he was pastor of Second Baptist Church, Shelby, for two years. Previously he was pastor of churches in Beaufort and Patterson

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.. . .. All friends of· the Rober­ son's are invited to attend both services at Southern Baptist Church Sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Following the worship

· service lunch will be served for everyone.

The Roberson's The Rev.and Mrs.

· William T. Roberson, are · engaged in publication work . in Saigon. Roberson directs the writing, editing, printing

· and distribution of all · literature for Baptist work

· · in Vietnam. Mrs. Roberson · ·. is her husband's "ecretary · and manager of Baptist · Book Store

. They were the second ··Southern Baptist .. missionary couple ap- •.. pointed to Vietnam after the • foreign mission Board : ·opened work there in 1959. : . Stationed in Saigon during : ·their first two years, the · · Robersons concentrated on : . language study , but they ~ also conducted worship ~ • services in their home. Two : . chapels resulted, one for :. - Americans and one for :. : Vietnamese. Roberson :. : served as pastor of both at

·different times. ·:. In 1962 the Robersons :··began Baptist work in :· ·. Nha trang, opening two ···chapels and a reading room. : · They taught several

"English- and -Vietnarnese - . Januage Bible classes, • conducting some in their : home. : In 1965 the couple was · "transferred to Dalat where

: they did evangelistic work for nine months. They worked in Saigon for another six months before returning to the States on emergency leave. The Robersons resigned

Springs, N.C., and Mon­ terey, Ky.; assistant pastor of a church in Salisbury, N.C.; and a mission worker in western North Carolina for the state Baptist Con­ vention. Mrs. Roberson is the former Audrey Hanes of Charlotte, N.C. She at­ tended a business school there and was graduated from Mars Hill College with the associate of arts degree. She and Bill Roberson met as coworkers at First Baptist Church, Salisbury, N.C. She was secretary and education worker, and he, the assistant pastor. She also did secretarial work for firms in Charlotte and in Louisville. ~*ltft:F."'6fi4i'WfllW6$ 4Wt#t Robersonville Herald Roxboro: Courier-Times

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Rev. Roberson

Missionary The Rev. William T.

Roberson, Southern Baptist missionary to Vietnam, will be the guest evangelist at Zoar Baptist Church, Highway 18 south, Shelby, April 14-21. Rev. Roberson is a native of Chan­ dler, N. C. He attended Mars Hill College and was graduated from Wake Forest University. He received the bachelor of divinity degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky. Before going to Vietnam with

his family in 1959, he was pastor of Second Baptist Church, Shelby and previously was pastor of churches in Beaufort and Patterson Springs, N. C., and Monterey, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. Roberson were

the second Southern Baptist missionary couple appointed to Vietnam. During the period of their service in Vietnam, they began Baptist week in Nhatrang, opening two chapels and a reading room and teaching several English and Vietnamese-language Bible_ Classes. In 1965 they trans­ ferred to Dalat, where they did evangelistic work. In 1969 he served as director of evangelism in Denang and a teacher at the Vietnam Baptist Theological Seminary, Saigon. In 1971 he assumed his present position in the publication work. The services will be 7 p. m.

April 14 and 7:30 p. m. Monday through Saturday, culminating at the 11 a. m. worship service April 21. Special emphases have been planned for each evening with the highlight being !J. showing of a portion of 7,000 slides on Saturday evening. The public is invited to attend each service. A nursery will be provided for children birth through two years for parents who attend. ~Fltra'ier'~

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BAPT. ASSOC. MINUTES, 1959

6 KINGS MOUNTAIN BAPTIST ASSOCIATIO:r\

THE REVEREND MR. AND MRS. W. T. ROBERSON

The Foreign Mission Board appointed the Robersons to overseas

service in Vietnam in OCtober/~They go, along Tith the Herman

Hayes, as pioneer missionaries to that field.

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Mr. Roberson has served as pastor of the Second Baptist Church,

Shelby, (1957-59) and the Patters0n Springs Baptist G_hurch, (1.951-53) 1n

the Kings Mountain Association. dea the ble

The Robersons have three children: Hanes, Amelia and :Sancy. Mrl.

Roberson is the former Audrey Mae Hanes of Charlotte..

This couple is tJhe first to go from our Association in overr 50 yearL

The Bostics, going about the turn of the century, served in Chin&.

nouncements were printed, and a large sign was lettered, saying Baptist Gos­ pel Center. This name was chosen be­ cause, in the Thai language, it explains clearly that this is "the place announc­ ing God's grace, of the Baptist de­ nomination." We opened an account for Mission

funds at a reliable bank and began double-entry bookkeeping, requiring a receipt for every item purchased. The books are audited at the end of the year. We felt that the best way of get­

ting a crowd of people for the open­ ing would be to show motion pic­ tures about the life of Christ. [See ar­ ticles in the February issue of The Commission about these films in Thai and other languages.] We also asked three preachers to come for the open­ ing week, to help not only with the meetings in the chapel but also to hold street meetings in the market, to visit, and to carry out other activities. Some of the printed announcements

were given out in person, others were given out from the loudspeaker truck which covered the city the day before opening, and others ~ere inserted in the local newspaper. We also pre­ pared book sets consisting of the Gos­ pel of Luke, a Gospel Summary, Acts, Romans, sometimes Genesis, and a tract explaining what the books are. These were sold to those interested for five cents. While all this was happening, we

started English Bible classes in our home and scheduled others for the chapel to familiarize people with the place of worship as well as to give them the simple facts of the gospel. A class is now taught each Sunday morn­ ing in English just before the wor­ ship service conducted in the Thai language. Valuable contacts are made and wonderful opportunities for wit­ nessing are presented in this way. We devoted much prayer to the

opening of the work. And we knew that our families and friends in Amer­ ica were praying especially for this place and that other missionaries were praying daily. Besides the reliable promises in God's Word, the many answered prayers in getting settled and in laying the foundation for the opening gave a solid basis for our ex­ pecting great things the first week. Then the big week came1 How ex­

ceedingly wonderful to see so many come to hear about Christ and the way of salvation-so many who had never

April 1960

An old-style Chinese mansion, built by some of Songkhla's founders.

Audience attending an opening service of the Baptist chapel in Songkhla.

heard, or had heard very little! What a thrill of beginning what will one day become, with God's blessing and years of faithful labor, a constituted Baptist church-a part of God's eter­ nal kingdom 1

Yes, we have no mistaken ideas about the difficulties ahead. It will take

a long time to win, teach, and train those who do not know the Bible from a hymnbook, who do not under­ stand even the most elemental Chris­ tian vocabulary. But-God is able. The gospel is still "the power of God unto salvation to every one that be­ lieveth."

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T'bis article appeared in the January 23 issue of the BIBLICAL RECORDER, state journal for North Carolina Baptists, and is published here by per­ mission of Editor], Marse Grant and the author.

IN GOD'S WILL

You PULL into the drive at I 200 South Lafayette Street in Shelby, North Carolina, and stop beside a neat white frame house.

In the back yard is a pile of cardboard boxes, and on the back porch you spy, head and shoulders out of sight in a packing case, the Rev. Bill Roberson, newly ap­ pointed Southern Baptist missionary to Vietnam. Extracting himself from the huge box, he booms a

warm greeting and, pushing a few crates aside, invites you in through the kitchen door. "You know, this business of being a missionary seems

to begin with an awful lot of hard work," he says. Look­ ing around at the evidence, you guickly agree. The Robersons, Bill and Audrey and three young chil­

dren-Hanes, eight; Amelia, six; and Nancy, three-have now left Shelby on a journey that will ultimately head for the Orient and arrival in Vietnam's capital city, Saigon, around March 15. Pastor of Shelby's Second Baptist Church for over two

years, Bill made his commitment to missionarv service during Foreign Missions Week at Ridgecrest' in ] une,

SAFELY

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By John Roberts

1958. He listened raptly as Dr. Win­ ston Crawlev described "Vietnam, a country with no major denomina­ tional work and millions of souls who do not know Christ."

Back in their cottage Bill asked Audrey, "If God wants me on the mission field, why didn't he call me earlier in life?" And Audrey, who had prayed years earlier that God would use them as missionaries, now felt a vague uncertainty and tried not to in­ fluence him. "Let's pray about it and f~llow God's will," was her only ad­ vice.

She stayed away from a later serv­ ice, allowing Bill to face his decision alone. On the chorus of the last stanza of the invitation hymn, he went down the aisle to commit himself to a new life of service. "All I knew of Vietnam was that

it's a country in Southeast Asia," he says now. "But I couldn't run from Dr. Crawley's words about 'millions of souls who do not know Christ.'" The Robersons will live in Saigon

for the first two years, learning the language and gradually getting into evangelistic work with the people. The first twelve months will be de­ voted almost exclusively to language study and acquaintance with local

The William amily had a ig pac ing jo to do before leaving North Carolina for Vietnam on their first term of mission service. Helping Dad and Mother with the task are Nancy (left), Amelia, and Hanes.

THE COMMISSIO

Mrs. Roberson admires the new refrigerator the couple bought to take with them -an essential household item not easily available in Vietnam-as her husband

compares it with the ten-year-old model their family has outgrown.

customs. After two vears thev will move into one of the ·small provincial towns and begin their "real" Chris­ tian ministry among the people. After another two years they will be ready for their first furlough in the United States. William T. Roberson is as realistic

as the hills of his native Buncombe County, and sincere as he is unassum­ ing. At thirty-five he is somewhat older than rnanv first-term missionar­ ies, but his spirit and dedication give pro1:iise of many years of fruitful service. The sixth of seven children of Mil­

ton and Mary Roberson, Bill grew up on a farm near Candler, North Caro­ lina. Just before his ninth birthday he came to know Christ as his personal Saviour and was baptized at Hominy Church by his pastor, the Rev. Nane Starnes, now president of the General Board of the Baptist State Convention. At Mars Hill College he realized

that God had a plan for his life and at 'Vake Forest fie was active in 'BSU

April 1960

and all Christian organizations on campus. Upon graduation he became assistant to the pastor of First Church in Salisbury. Dr. R. Archie Ellis, pas­ tor, was an inspiring influence in his decision to become a pastor. At the Salisbury church, too, he met

Audrev Mae Hanes, church secretarv, and they were married in December, 1948. By then Bill was alreadv en­ rolled at Southern Baptist Serninarv. His first pastorate was in Monterev, Kentuckv, where he and his wife spent each weekend on the church field after a week of study and work in Louisville.· Patterson Springs Church near

Shelbv called the Robersons in 1952, and the following year they began a four-year pastorate in Beaufort. He was called to Second Baptist, Shelby, in October, 1957. During these years the missionary

zeal was steadily growing in Bill and Audrey Roberson, although thev did not realize it then as thev do now. They led their churches in.to stronger

mission programs, and prayed that God would one day use their children as missionaries. The excitement of packing and the

purchase of new clothes for the trip have the youngsters eager in anticipa­ tion. "We're going to ride an airplane to Chicago and clear across the coun­ try," says Hanes. "And then a big boat across the ocean," chimes Amelia. The children are realistic, however.

They know they are going to a strange land for several years. A new language, no TV, and maybe a scar­ citv of ice cream. They shrug all this aside as of no importance. Only com­ plaint: "All these shots we've been getting, and Nancy (the three-year­ old) has some more to take yet." The youngsters' "big boat iide" was

co begin in San Francisco February 17 and make stops at Honolulu and Ma­ nila before docking in Hong Kong twentv-one days later. The last lap to Saigon, a city of two million, was to be bv air. Alreadv the influence of the Bill

Robersons' decision is being felt bv others. Former and present pastorates are renewing their missionary zeal, and the Kings Mountain Association set aside January ro as "Bill and Aud­ rev Roberson Dav." Seventy churches an.cl twenty-two thousand Baptists re­ membered them in prayer and asked God to use them in a great way to spread the gospel.

Sitting in the comfortable li,·ing room, one end of which is also filled with packing boxes, you try to come up with your hardest question, one that would leave doubt in the minds of anvone less than the Robersons. You watch as the n1·0 little girls plav on the floor with dolls and tea sets. Hanes is out in the kitchen watching the men hook up the new stove and refrigerator to test them out a few davs before the trip. Then vou have it! Coldly vou as];

if any fear is involved in. t·aking ~ familv halfway around the world to an insecure country under the shadow of Communist aggression. The question hits home, and for a

moment stolid Bill "is silent. His eves go to Audrey, then level on vou. , "I'd rather be in God's will, wher­

ever he needs me, than to have anv­ thing in the world and be running from God. I'm safer there, because there is no safety apart from Cod's will." Question answered.

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By Lena V. Lair

I AM NOW on my way back to Nigeria as a definite answer to prayer.

When I returned home from mis­ sion service on emergency medical leave in 1958, many did not think I would ever go back to the field be­ cause of my health. Trouble1-ex­ haustion, high blood pressure, and very weak eyes. When news reached friends that my

furlough would have to be extended at least six months, they wrote that they began to pray more earnestly and more faithfully for me. About that time, my name also appeared on the missionary prayer calendar, and more friends joined that circle of prayers. Result? I began to improve and

continued doing so until I was able to accept speaking engagements for the first time during the furlough. I gradually undertook more activities until I was able to resume full and normal duties again. Good Christian doctors with their

counsel and understanding, plus medi­ cation and rest, can work wonders. And prayer, more than all these, can work miracles. Now I am on my way back to the

mission field, fully conscious of God's goodness to me and his definite lead­ ership in my life. I realize anew that he still has more work for me to do in Africa. As I go I realize ·an indebt­ edness to my good doctors and to friends who have kept me on their prayer list during these months. I thank each one for remembering me. Furthermore, I rededicate mv life

to our Lord who has answered praver on my behalf, and as T take up my life duties there again I am counting on vour continued prayers.

Dr. Lair wrote this article on New Year's Day as she nuas sailing on her return voyage to Nigeria. Two nueeks later she received her Doctor of Re­ ligious Education degree in absentia from Southwestern Baptist Theologi­ cal Seminary, Ft. Worth, Texas. She noui serves as principal of the Ele­ mentary Teacher Training Center in Ile-lie.

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EMERITUS

h. Meridian, M Iss.. Feb. 5, 1911: ed. M iss. Collene. B.A .. 1940; Univ. of Mi•s M.A., 1~4~. Pr-in. and teacher. g rn m ma r school. Le u re l, Miss., J~:U!i-42; suol' end tcar-her-, hig h school. Meridian, 1942-4:); t.eac her , Acadia Be nt.ist Acaderny· Eunice, La., 11u:3-4f), pastor, La. and Mi:;.s. churches, J 9a4-44. A llpointed 1945: teacher, Hap tis t collcg e , Iwo, Nigeria, l94G-48; edue.ccve nz., Port Harcourt' NlGERIA. 1%0; eva ng.; Ovo. 1951-52: Kabba, 1Hf>4-61; l jcbu He. 1961; Lagos' ~:~~2.2 ~~:is~· 1l~Y~f_-6c;; rt:ti~~~· ~~~~i~1h-~~~~-ual{:~h~~~\·e ac~8~8~t, Baptist ?.1issio~

Roberson, E. Marie Coats (Mrs. Cecil F.) b. Meridiun, Miss .. July 4, 1919. ed. Meridian Jr. College; Miss. College BA 1957; Univ. o! Miss.; Jones County Jr. Cof leec. Music teacher, Lau1·e],0 Miss., 1939-42: music and social science teacher, Acadia Academy, Eunice, La., 1943-45' Appofnted 1945; teacher, Baptist cclleze. Iwo, Nigeria, 1946-48; prin .. Baptist da;: school. Port Harcourt, NlGERIA. 1950; eva ng ,; Oyo, 1951-52; Kabba, 1954-61. Jjebu Jfe, 1961; Lagos, 1961-62; Yaba. 1962-6[,; ed. dir., English-language chapel' and hostess, Baptist Mission House, Lagos, 1965-. m. Cecil Roberson, July g' 1939. Child: James Conrad, rn42. '

NIGERIA

Roberson, William Thomas b. Candler, N.C., July 6, 1924. ed. Mars Hill College; Wake Forest College B.S., 1946; SBTS, B.D., 1951. General missionary worker, N.C. st.ate SS dept.: ]945-47; asst. pastor, First Church, Salisbury, N.C., 1947-48; pastor, Monterey, Ky., 1949-51; Patterson Springs, N.C., 1951-53; First Church, Beaufort, N.C., 1953-57; Second Church, Shelby, N.C., 1957-5~. Appointed 1959; Ia ng'uag e stu­ dent, Sa igon, VIETNAM, 1960-62; eva ng., Nha tr-e ng , 1962-64; Dalat, 1965; Saigon, 1966 and 1969-. Resigned 1967; reappointed 1969. m. Audrey Hanes.

VI ET NAM Roberson, Audrey Mae Hanes (Mrs. William T.) b. Charlotte, N.C., June 2, 1921. ed. Spencerian Business School, Charlotte, N.C.; Mars Hill College, A.A., 1948. Sec., ed. worker, First Church, Salisbury, N.C., 1948; sec., life insurance company, Louisville, Ky., 1949-51. Appointed 1959; language student, Saigon, VIETNAM, 1960-62; church and home evang., Nhet.rana. 1962-64; Dalat, 1965; Saigon, 1966 and 1969-. Resigned 1967; reap­ point.ed 1969. m. "Bi ll" Roberson, Dec. 26, 1948. Children: Milton Hanes, 1951; Amelia Kay,_1953; Nancy Ruth, 1956; John William, 1966.

Roberts, Frances Everett b. Columbia, S.C., July 19, 1920. ed. Univ. of S.C., B.A. in Ed., 1941; Columbia Commercial College; Columbia Bible College; Clinical Training Course, N.C. Baptist hosp.; Carver School (now part of SBTS), M.R.E., 1946; School of Pastoral Care (Winston-Salem, N.C.). Summer worker, Ridgecrest (N.C.) Assembly, 1940; sec. to registrar, 1941-43, and asst. registrar, 1943-44, Columbia Bible Co1lege; HMB summer missionary, 1945. Appointed 1946; language stu­ dent, Asuncion, PARAGUAY, and Rosario, ARGENTINA, 1946-47; educ.cevang., Asuncion, PARAGUAY, 1948, l 950-52; adm. worker, Baptist hospital, Asuncion, 1952-59; office sec., Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA, 1949; WMU field worker for Argentina, 1959-63; Argentine Young People's sec., 1963--.

ARGENTINA

Roberts, Hoyt Mason b. Belmont, N.C., Sept. 7, 1928. ed. Gardner-Webb College, A.A .. 1952; Carso~­ Newman College, B.A., 1954; SBTS, B.D., 1957. Serviceman, U.S. Army, 1941- 49; youth choir dir., Flint Hill Church, Shelby, N.C .• 1950-52; choir dir., Alexander Church, Forest City, N.C., 1951-52; English Creek Church, Newport, Tenn., 1952- 54; mission pastor, Huntingburg, Ind., 1954-58; pastor, Cherokee Hills Church, Morristown, Tenn., 1958-63. Appointed 1962: language student, San Jose, COSTA RICA, 1963-64; field eva ng., Tegucigalpa, HONDURAS, 1964-65; La Ceiba, i965-. m. Louise Poole.

HONDURAS Roberts, Martha Louise Poole (Mrs. Hoyt M.) b. Baldwin, Ga., Nov. 30, 1927. ed. Gardner-Webb College; Carson-Newman College; SBTS. Textile worker, Belmont, N.C., 1944-45, 1946-49; factory workeAr. Cornelia, Ga., 1945-46. Appointed 1962; language student, San Jose, COST_ RICA, 1963-64; church and home eva ng.; Tegucigalpa, HONDURAS, 1964-6>; La Ceiba, 1965-. m. Hoyt Roberts, Dec, 20, 1947. Children: Linda Louise. 1950; Hoyt Dale, 1954; Rebekah Lee, 1961.

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MRS. TOM CLARK

MEMORIAL MUSIC SUITE

Mrs. Tom Clark and her husband were leaders in Hominy Baptist Church. Mrs. Clark began the graded choirs and served as volunteer music minister for nearly 30 years, laying foundations for our present strong music ministry. Mrs. Clark died November 14, 1970. In her memory, we dedicate our remodeled music suite.

BILL ROBERSON MEDIA CENTER

The Reverend Bill Roberson is a Southern Baptist missionary, now serving in the Philippines. Bill grew up in Hominy Baptist Church, where his family were active members and leaders. As a young man, Bill established the church library in 1944, and served as its first librarian. In his honor, we dedicate our remodeled media center.

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THELMA G. MORGAN

ORGAN

Thelma Morgan has spent her whole life as a part of Hominy Baptist Church. She served as the church pianist, and later as the church's first organist, for over 50 years, beginning as a young woman and retiring from the position in 1972. In her honor, we now dedicate the church organ.

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ROBERSON, WILLIAM THOMAS

b. Candler, N. C., July 6, 1924. ed. Mars Hill College, Wake Forest College,

B.S., 1946; SBTS, B.D., 1951. General missionary worker, N. C. state SS

dept., 1945-47; asst. pastor First Church, Salisbury, N. C., 1947-48; pastor

Monterey, Ky., 1949-51; Patterson Springs, N. C., 1951-53; First Church,

Beaufort, N. C., 1953-57; Second Church, Shelby, N. C., 1957-59. Appointed

1959; language student, Saigon, VIETNAM, 1960-62; gen. evang., Nhatrang,

1962-64; Dalat, 1965; Saigon, 1966 and 1969-72; director, publications, 1972--.

Resigned 1967; reappointed 1969. m. Audrey Hanes.

ROBERSON, AUDREY MAE HANES (Mrs. William T.)

b. Charlotte, N. C., June 2, 1921. ed. Spencerian Business School,

Charlotte, N. C.; Mars Hill College, A.A, 1948; sec. life insurance company,

Louisville, Ky., 1949-51. Appointed 1959; language student, Saigon, VIETNAM,

1960-62; church and home evang., Nhatrang, 1962-64; Dalat, 1965; Saigon,

1966 and 1969-72. Resigned 1967; reappointed 1969. m. "Bill" Roberson,

Dec. 26, 1948. Children: Milton Hanes, 1951; Amelia Kay (m. Fuller);

Nancy Ruth, 1956; John William, 1966.

Transferred to Philippines in July 1975.

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