New Clover Creek

Baptist Church

DEACONS OF NEW CLOVER CREEK

1. William Ira Duncan, ordained at New Clover Creek, June 30, 1935, died April 7, 1970.

2. Parrish Edward Morton, ordained at New Clover Creek, June 30, 1935, letter granted June 24, 1948, to Stephensport Baptist Church, died 1987.

3. Hubert Miller, ordained at New Clover Creek, June 30, 1935, died February 27, 1969.

4. Thomas Miller, originally elected November 8, 1919, by old Clover Creek Baptist Church; became member of New Clover Creek by relation of Christian experience in September of 1935; apparently the church automatically accepted his status as deacon, but no entry in the minute books to that effect; died January 2, 1955.

5. John Scott Graves Smart, originally ordained February 24, 1923, by Hites Run Baptist Church; letter received April 20, 1947; elected deacon April 20, 1947; died October 6, 1996, at the age of 103 years; was believed to be the oldest Southern Baptist deacon in the Kentucky Baptist Convention at the time of his death; also believed to be the longest-serving deacon at the time of his death (73 years).

6. Carl Thomas Miller, elected February 13, 1954; ordained deacon June 27, 1954; died May 19, 1997.

7. Arthur Jackson, elected February 13, 1954; ordained deacon June 27, 1954.

8. John Nirom Taul, elected February 13, 1954; ordained deacon June 27, 1954; resigned as deacon January 1, 1978.

9. Thomas Lawrence Ryan, originally nominated September 6, 1970, and placed under the watchcare of the church, but ordination service not scheduled; formally elected October 7, 1973; ordained deacon February 24, 1974.

10. Franklin Miller, originally nominated September 6, 1970, and placed under the watchcare of the church, but ordination service not scheduled; formally elected October 7, 1973; ordained deacon February 24, 1974.

11. Joseph Anthony Roach, elected January 13, 1974; ordained deacon February 24, 1974; church approved resignation as deacon on July 1, 1977.

12. Harold Glenn Basham, elected January 1, 1978; ordained deacon March 5, 1978; church approved resignation as deacon on November 4, 1990; reelected August 2, 1997.

13. Danny Lee Shultz, elected January 1, 1978; ordained deacon March 5, 1978; church approved resignation as deacon on June 9, 1991.

14. Robert Allen Purcell, originally ordained by Cloverport Baptist Church; letter received from Cloverport on June 13, 1981; New Clover Creek elected him deacon August 2, 1981, effective immediately; church approved resignation as deacon March 6, 1991; letter granted May 1, 1994, to Corinth.

15. Daniel LaMar Ryan, originally ordained May 7, 1978, by Bellevue Baptist Church, Owensboro, Kentucky; letter promised May 31, 1987 from Bellevue; letter received June, 1987; elected deacon at New Clover Creek February 7, 1988.

16. Charles Homer Taul, Sr., elected February 2, 1992; ordained, March 29, 1992.

17. David Leonard Payne, elected February 2, 1992; ordained, March 29, 1992.

18. Michael Smith, elected August 2, 1997; to be ordained shortly afterward.

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