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/ ~. i chell County Baptist Association Minutes, 1997

IN MEMORY...

Rev. J. Astor Buchanan

January 20,~ • December 29, 1996 :;)

After preaching his last sermon at

Pine Branch Baptist Church on

December 29, 1996, Rev. J. Astor

Buchanan went home to be with his

Lord. Rev. Buchanan touched the

lives of many people in Mitchell

County and surrounding areas.

Rev. Buchanan was ordained into

the ministry on September 6, 1941.

He was married to Pauline Ballew

on September 18, 1942. They had

six children; 5 boys and 1 girl. After

the death of his ",ife, Rev.

Buchanan later married Kathleen on

January 1, 1983.

Rev. Buchanan pastored twenty-\

one churches in Eastern Tennessee

and Western North Carolina. Those

in Mitchell County included,

Calv!yy, Red Hill, Cub Creek, Windom, ~ Mine Creek, and Cane

~reek. He pastored some of these more than once. He also held hundreds of

revivals in his fifty-five years as a minister.

Rev. Buchanan preached the Annual Sermon to the Mitchell Association in

1959, in 1960, in 1981, and again in 1991. He served on various committees for

the association and was serving on the Resolutions Committee at the time of his

death.

Rev. Buchanan was a member of Pine Branch Baptist Church where many of

his family members still attend.

Matthew 25:21 says, "Well done, thou good and failhful servant ..... Rev. J. Astor

Buchanan will be remembered in this way.

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