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McCulloh, GlendonPresident Carter Talks With McCullough's Family President Jimmy Carter telephoned the family of Glendon McCullough, Friday morning, Aug. 25, to express sympathy following the death of the executive director of the Southern Baptist Convention's Brotherhood Commission. A close friend of McCullough, who died Aug. 23 in an automobile accident in Memphis, Tenn., Carter heard of the death while on a raft trip with his fam- ily down the Salmon River in Idaho. His call came from the travelling White House in Jackson, Wyo. President Spoke Privately Carter, a former trustee of the Brotherhood Commission, asked to talk to each member of the family pri- vately — McCullough's wife, Mar- jorie, a former Southern Baptist mis- sionary to Brazil, and his fourchildren, Kathy, 21, Ken, 19, Beth, 17, and Debbie, 15. The children were born to McCullough's first "wife, who died of cancerin 1969. The president talked to the family for about 10 minutes, telling the chil- dren what a fine contribution their fa- ther had made to the cause of Chris- tianity and why they should be proud of him. He said he and Mrs. Carter were very distraught when the news of McCullough's death reached them. He told the children that Mc- Cullough was "a loyal and true friend." Carter was McCullough's best man at his second marriage to the former Majorie Jones, which took place in the Georgia governor's man- sion in 1974 when Carter was governor of the state. White House Comments The White House issued a formal statement from the president con- cerning the death of the 56 -year-old executive director of the Brotherhood Commission, the Southern Baptist na- tional agency which involves men and boys in missions through Baptist Men and Royal Ambassador organizations. It said: "Both Rosalyn and l were deeply saddened to learn of the un- timely death of our good friend, the Rev. Glendon McCullough. He was a wise and charitable man whose life and career exemplified the finest qualities of a man of God. For all of us whose lives he touched, Glendon Mc- Cullough cannot be replaced. We extend our deepest sympathies to Marjorie and other members of the family." (BP) 6 McCullough Dies in Car Mishap Glendon McCullough, executive di- rector of the Brotherhood Commission since November, 1971, was killed in a head-on, three -car collision during af- ternoon rush hour I traffic in Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 23. The accident also a'•', killed Mrs. Frances Buckie" Sheffe, wife of the president McCullough of a Memphis in- vestment firm. Her Cadillac swerved into the center lane of Poplar Avenue, hitting McCullough's Chevrolet Ca- price head-on, overturning and crush- ing it. The Memphis Fire Department rescue squad had to cut his body free of the wreckage. The crash knocked Mc- Cullough's car into another vehicle driven by Leonard Capas, 30, who was only slightly injured. Funeral services were held for Mc- Cullough on Aug. 26 at Union Avenue Church in Memphis, with graveside services and burial at Arlington Cemetery, Atlanta, on Aug. 28. McCullough, who would have been 57 on Sept. 9, had been executive di- rectorof the Brotherhood Commission for seven years. He came to the posi- tion after serving for 12 years as di- rector of personnel for the Home Mis- sion Board, Atlanta. McCullough had sought to steer the Brotherhood in new directions, with emphasis on involving men and boys in volunteer mission projects, lay re- newal, disaster relief, and Flexible ak ternative organization approaches. Ironically, his predecessor of the Brotherhood Commission, George W. Schroeder, died of cancer in 1971 at almost the same age — 57 — after a year-long illness. Schroeder retired as the commission's chief executive one month before his death due to his ill health. Praise From Leaders Several Southern Baptist leaders praised McCullough for a lifetime of missionary concern and sensitivity to human need. "Southern Baptists and the whole Christian community have lost a champion of world missions," said SBC President Jimmy R. Allen of San Antonio, Tex. "Glendon McCullough was a missionary statesman." Davie County Pu Noting McCullough's "radiant op- timistic spirit," Baker J. Cauthen, ex- ecutive director of the SBC Foreign Mission Board, Richmond, Va., com- mented on a year McCullough spent early in his career teaching at Seinan Gakuin University, a Baptist school in Fukuoka, Japan. "He made a deep im- pression on the Japanese and the fruit- age of that year is still evident," Cauthen said. His counterpart at the Woman's Missionary Union, Birmingham, Ala., Carolyn Weatherford, described him as "a friend, a missionary, and a Christian" who made plans and pro- jected activities "with a keen sensitiv- ity to how people would respond. Peo- ple were always more important than a set of plans," she said. A personal friend of President Jimmy Carter, McCullough married the former Marjorie Jones, a mission- ary to Brazil and former Woman's Missionary Union executive, in 1974 in a wedding service at the governor's mansion in Atlanta. President Carter, then governor of Georgia, was Mc- Cullough's best man. His first wife, the former Ernestine Kesler, died of cancer in 1969, leaving McCullough with the responsibility for rearing four young children, then ages 6 to 12. Ken, now 19, a student at Texas A & M University, had returned to school only three days before his father's death. Kathy, 21, is a Mem- phis secretary, and Beth, 17, and Deb- bie, 15, live with Mrs. McCullough at the McCullough home in German- town, Tenn., a suburb of Memphis. Georgia Native A native of Griffin, Ga., Mc- CUllough was an alumnus of Baylor University, Waco. Tex., and Southern Seminary, Louisville, Ky. He had done additional graduate study at the University of California, Berkeley, and was awarded the honorary doctor of divinity degree by Mercer Univer- sity, Macon, Ga. Before joining the Home' Mission Board staff in 1959, McCullough had served as associate pastor of Druid Hills Baptist Church, Atlanta; Royal Ambassador secretary for the Georgia Baptist Convention, Atlanta; English instructor at Seinan Gakuin Univer- sity, Fukuoka. Japan: dean of men at Baylor University; and pastor of First Church, Hazlehurst, Ga. (BP) blic Library 'BIBLICAL RECORDER MocksviUc, NO JOSE AND AMY PEREZ have been ministering to the Spanish speaking people since the mid -/960'x. (Photo Courtesy Noland Company) Only One in State With New Faculty and Programs 945 Expected to Sign at SE Southeastern Seminary will begin its 28th academic year on Sept. 5 with a record number of new faculty and staff and with the inauguration of two major changes in its academic program. For the first time the seminary will offer training in church music leader- ship within the master of divinity de- gree. Another first is the addition of a full-time professor of evangelism. Registration for the fall semester will be about the same as last year, ac- cording to Fred Sandusky, registrar. About 945 students are expected to en- roll. A lack of housing for both single and married students continues to affect the seminary's enrolment. For the third straight year, more than 65 student families will live in Raleigh apartment complexes under special arrangements with the semi - Spanish Language Radio Program Part of State Missions Outreach in Charlotte Work with Spanish-speaking people has been a part of Baptist outreach in Charlotte since the mid 1960's. Led by Jose and Amy Perez, the 40 -member group meets regularly at Southside Church. Perez is a native of Paraguay where Amy, a Southern Baptist missionary, served as director of nursing at the Baptist Hospital at Ipacarai. They came to the States in 1960. "We came only for a visit," smiles Perez, "but 1 fell in love with this won- derful place and we decided to stay." Got `Desperate' Call Shortly after settling in Charlotte, the Perezes received a desperate call from a Cuban family in exile who had run out of money. They could speak no English and knew no one. They found Jose by searching the Charlotte direc- tory for a Spanish sounding name. Helping the family make contact with state and federal agencies, Perez volunteered as translator. Thus began his ministry. There are an estimated 4,600 Spanish speaking residents in Mecklenburg County. Although the influx of newcomers is much slower now, the problems of the immigrant are still very real. The youngsters have adapted well. SEPTEMBER 2, 1978 They have learned English and most are doing well in school, fitting into the community with no problem. The older people —some who were in their 50's and 60's when they came — are just as lost today as when they first arrived. "We helped them with elementary things such as renting an apartment, buying groceries at the supermarket, enrolling the children.in school, and obtaining driver's licenses. We noted too the religious void in their lives that no one was working to fill. This be- came our ministry," says Perez. In 1967, Southside Church made fa- cilities and funds available to begin a regular work. Spanish Radio Program In May, Jose Perez began a weekly 15 -minute program in Spanish on sta- tion WHVN, Charlotte. Sponsored by the Mecklenburg Association and State Missions, this is the only Spanish language radio program in North Car- olina. It features a brief sermon and a calendar of Spanish activities in the community. Although Perez is employed with a Charlotte firm, he is supported in his role as pastor of the Spanish church through the Home Mission Board and State Missions. nary. To relieve the housing shortage, the seminary is negotiating for the con- struction of 100 townhouse apartments on the campus in Wake Forest. Com- pletion is expected by the fall of 1979. W. Randall L'olley, president, will address the opening convocation at 10 a.m. on Sept. 5. To Sign Document In the convocation ceremonies, four newly elected faculty members will sign the Articles of Faith, indicating their adherence to the doctrines upheld by the seminary. They are James W. Good, professor of church music; G. Thomas Hal - brooks, assistant professor of church history; Luke B. Smith, professor of supervised ministry and Claude Y. Stewart, assistant professor of theol- ogy. Takes Texas Post Dingmore Will Leave Raleigh Bookstore Norman Dingmore, manager of the Baptist Book Stores in Raleigh for the past seven years, has been named manager of four stores in the Fort Worth -Dallas area. He assumed his new responsibilities on Sept. 1. Dingmore, a member of First Church of Raleigh where he served as a Dingmore deacon and church clerk, is a graduate of Southern Semi- nary and Texas Christian University. He will be returning to his native state and his home town of Fort Worth. Wife Is Teacher Mrs. Dingmore has been a teacher in the Wake system and has been em- ployed by the Birdville System, a sub- urb of Fort Worth. "It is with much reluctance that we are leaving North Carolina," said Dingmore. Their oldest son, Larry, will stay in North Carolina and attend Campbell College where he will be a junior. Their youngest son will go with the couple and attend a school in Fort Worth. Leonard Capas, Survivor Of A Fatal Three -Car Wreck At Poplar And Reddoch, Rests At The Scene Baptist Executive, Wom The executive director of the Southern Baptist Brotherhood Commission and the ;xife of the president of a Memphis invest. meat Drum were killed in a threecar acci. dent on Poplar at Reddoch in East Mem- phis at 455 p.m. yesterday, police said. Rev. Glendon McCullough. 56, of 1400 Brookside in Germantown, was killed when his car overturned and he was trapped in it The body had on be cut out by a time department rescue squad, police Frmces'Buckie' Sheffe, her t of if= hit the curb. Mss. Sheffe was the wife of Ward Sheffe Jr, presidentoflnvesment Funding Corp. Police said they had no idea why Mrs. Sheffe's car struck the curb and went out of control. They said her car did not have a blowout And they said the family said she had no history of heart trouble. Mr. McCullough was driving in the lane next to the center line when Mrs. Sheffe's car struck his. Police said his car was knocked backward and was hit in the rear by a car driven by Leonard Capes, 30, of 74 North Cooper, Apt B. Capes was in satisfactory condition last night at St Joseph Hospital Pett. In 1971 Mr. McCullough was mimed ex. " motive direcmrof the commission, which has Its national office at ISIS Poplar. The ' Brotherhood Commission is a national or- ganization of the Southern Baptist Con. ventlon, the largest Protestant denomma in the ventlon (SBC). It also produces literature for the SEC's Royal Ambassadors, Baptist Young Men and Baptist Men groups. A spokesman for the Brotherhood Com- mission said Mr. McCullough was a Mend of President Carter. He said Carter was Mr. McCullough's best man at his wedding to Mrg Marjorie Jones McCullough, a former misaonery to BrazLL Hp said the wedding ATheld lea the governor's mansion in Atlanta when Getter was governor of Geo McCullough, McCullough, a native of Griffin. Ga, earned a bachelor of arms degree in 194.5 from Baylor U W versity, majoring in Bible. He attended the Southern Baptist The, ological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., and took graduate work in counseling and M. chology at the University of California at Berkley. He also served as pester of First Baptist Church in Hazelhurst, Go., in 199097, was dean of men at Baylor in 194496, the Royal Ambassador secretary for the Georgia Bap. tist Convention 19451955, mught English Die InI Collision bar of Commerce. He also leaves three daughters, Mise Kathy McCullough, Miss Beth McCullough and Min Debby McCullough, and a son," 3 * Kenny McCullough, all of Memphis, and - two slaters, Mrs. L R. Seay of Fayenevile,: Ga, and Mrs. Frank Kirkland of Carbo¢. dale, W. The family asks that my memorials )x� sent to the Brotherhood Commission. -' Mrs. Sheffe was a communicant of Si, Louis Catholic Church. "Everyone that knew her loved her. She was one of those people that went out of her way m make everyone feel good. She had a million friends in Memphis," her. husband said last night She was a graduate of Southwestern, i member of the Madonna Circle and served on the Memphis City Beautiful Commis Rev. Glendon McCullough mon for a number of years She also leaves two was, R D. 'Ro'Sheffe in Japmin1951md mOfJacksonvWe,Fle,and Mark Sheffeof pastor of Druid Hills Memphis Memphis Funeral Home has mm 195559, was sec. charges retery of the personnel department of the Home Missionary Board of the SBC from 1959 to 1971 and served as to directoi•trum January to November of 1971 before being named executive director of the Brother- hood Commission here. He was a member of Union Avenue Bap -tilt Church and the Memphis Area Cham - at Sehmn University 1957, was associate Baptist Church in Au I, L, l .r/'r t{oy, o yo �licc til4oa N4& • U:U dot, 4 �J7G�G� 6Moif a , Sjucs #-7-1 ------------- 1r9S mdV4-. 'Alan Yv 6A A;Cj/;,P4 4. 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