Gospel preacher.
James Harold Littrell, 80, Ravenden, died Tues., Aug. 21, 2001, at his home. He was born Dec. 20, 1920 in Indianola, Okla., a son of the late James Henry & Alvaretta (Driver) Littrell. He is survived by his wife, Alva Ondalee (Prevett) Littrell, of the home. Funeral services were held Fri. in the Chapel of McNabb Funeral Home with G. W. Allison officiating, burial was in Brakebill cemetery. --Pocahontas Star Herald
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The first full-time preacher the Eastside (now Hwy 62 West) Church of Christ employed was James Harold Littrell. The year was 1957 and Harold was thirty-seven years old with a wife, Ondalee, and two children: Patsy and Mae Retta (Jane Ruth would be born at Rector a few years later). Harold was born in a log house on December 20, 1920, near Indianola, Oklahoma, to farmers James Henry and Alva R. (Driver) Littrell.
Harold's parents gave up the Oklahoma farm after a few years and moved to Harlan County, Kentucky, where James Henry worked in the coal mines. On Christmas day, 1929, Harold's father died, leaving a wife and three young sons. The family moved to the Blackwell Den community near Dalton, Arkansas. during the depression years. A young preacher from the Brakebill community by the name of Tommy Kidd conducted a revival in the Blackwell Den school house. converted and baptized Harold in 1938.3 Harold returned to Kentucky and worked in the coal mines until he joined the Army in 1941 . He was a medic and served two years in Panama and participated in D-Day, the Normandy Invasion. He was discharged in 1945 and made his way to Randolph County where he married Ondalee Prevett, daughter of Joe E. Prevett of Warn1 Springs and an elder of the Brakebill Church of Christ. He and Ondalee moved to Paris, Texas, where Harold plied his trade as a mechanic for the local Buick dealership. He began preaching some at nearby Blossom in 1947, but afterwards he started preaching regularly for Powderly and other small churches of the area. Desiring to preach and recognizing his need for additional education, Harold and Ondalee moved to Searcy where he took classes at Harding College and worked at Carder Buick. After a couple of years they returned to Randolph County and Harold worked as a shop foreman for the Buick dealership and preached for the Noland and Brakebill Churches of Christ. The elders of the Brakebill Church certified Littrell's ministerial credentials in 1952: December 16, 1952
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT Harold Littrell is a minister of the Church of Christ in good standing. Elders of the Church of Christ at Brakebill, Arkansas: s/ J. E. Prevett, s/ Louis Wilson
Littrell was a popular preacher and was called upon to preach one time at the Brakebill Homecoming service. He fulfilled his obligation but was prevented from returning home because a heavy rain swelled the creeks he had to ford. It was a humorous sight to those who were trying to help him get home. In 1954 Harold moved to Camden, Arkansas, where he worked for a Buick dealership, taught school, and preached for the Locust Bayou Church. Two years later he became the full-time minister of the Indianola, Mississippi, Church of Christ. The elders of the Eastside Church of Christ in Pocahontas called him to become their first full-time minister in 1957. During the two years he served the Eastside Church, he assisted the Pyburn Street congregation by helping conduct their radio program and editing The Noble Searcher, between the departure of E. W. Stovall and arrival of G. W. Allison. Littrell became minister of the Nettleton Church of Christ in November, 1958. Harold had meanwhile completed his bachelor's degree at Harding College and had commenced graduate work at Harding Graduate School of Religion in Memphis. He also began to teach classes at the newly established Crowley's Ridge Academy in Paragould and assist in maintaining the academy's buses. A serious problem arose within the congregation at Sikeston, Missouri, and Littrell was called upon to help settle it. He Jived and preached there for about one year, resolving the problem, and moved to Rector, Arkansas, where he preached for the fifth and Pine Church of Christ in 1961 . He moved to Blytheville in 1963 and helped begin the new Northside Church of Christ. This congregation erected a building within a short period of time and grew rapidly. After five years with this congregation, he moved to the struggling church at Heber Springs in June, 1969, to help get it self-supporting and continue his graduate work. The next year he moved to Brinkley to preach and study at Harding Graduate School, and about a year or so later he moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee, preached for the Chattanooga Valley Church and completed his M.A. at Harding.
The plans he had made to continue for a doctorate in New Testament Greek were dashed when he suffered a heart attack in March, 1972. Unable to continue a load of full-time church work, Harold and Ondalee moved to the hills near Ravenden Springs, Arkansas, and Harold began preaching for the church at Ravenden Station late in 1972. He continues with the congregation at this writing. The couple moved to Paragould and now live in an apartment on the campus of Crowley's Ridge Academy where he works as a mechanic on the school's buses and continues his research and writing.
Perhaps the crowning literary achievement of Littrell's very useful life was the 1994 publication of his English Study Bible (with notes) by Star Press. It was a culmination of ten years of loving labor. After completing the New Testament, Littrell began translating the Old Testament from Hebrew into English. Time constraints and health forced him to lay that project aside (temporarily) so that he could complete his commentaries on each book of the New Testament. He hopes to resume his Old Testament translation work "if it be the Lord's will, and if strength, clarity of mind, and time allow."
James Harold Littrell, 80, Ravenden, died Tues., Aug. 21, 2001, at his home. He was born Dec. 20, 1920 in Indianola, Okla., a son of the late James Henry & Alvaretta (Driver) Littrell. He is survived by his wife, Alva Ondalee (Prevett) Littrell, of the home. Funeral services were held Fri. in the Chapel of McNabb Funeral Home with G. W. Allison officiating, burial was in Brakebill cemetery. --Pocahontas Star Herald
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The first full-time preacher the Eastside (now Hwy 62 West) Church of Christ employed was James Harold Littrell. The year was 1957 and Harold was thirty-seven years old with a wife, Ondalee, and two children: Patsy and Mae Retta (Jane Ruth would be born at Rector a few years later). Harold was born in a log house on December 20, 1920, near Indianola, Oklahoma, to farmers James Henry and Alva R. (Driver) Littrell.
Harold's parents gave up the Oklahoma farm after a few years and moved to Harlan County, Kentucky, where James Henry worked in the coal mines. On Christmas day, 1929, Harold's father died, leaving a wife and three young sons. The family moved to the Blackwell Den community near Dalton, Arkansas. during the depression years. A young preacher from the Brakebill community by the name of Tommy Kidd conducted a revival in the Blackwell Den school house. converted and baptized Harold in 1938.3 Harold returned to Kentucky and worked in the coal mines until he joined the Army in 1941 . He was a medic and served two years in Panama and participated in D-Day, the Normandy Invasion. He was discharged in 1945 and made his way to Randolph County where he married Ondalee Prevett, daughter of Joe E. Prevett of Warn1 Springs and an elder of the Brakebill Church of Christ. He and Ondalee moved to Paris, Texas, where Harold plied his trade as a mechanic for the local Buick dealership. He began preaching some at nearby Blossom in 1947, but afterwards he started preaching regularly for Powderly and other small churches of the area. Desiring to preach and recognizing his need for additional education, Harold and Ondalee moved to Searcy where he took classes at Harding College and worked at Carder Buick. After a couple of years they returned to Randolph County and Harold worked as a shop foreman for the Buick dealership and preached for the Noland and Brakebill Churches of Christ. The elders of the Brakebill Church certified Littrell's ministerial credentials in 1952: December 16, 1952
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT Harold Littrell is a minister of the Church of Christ in good standing. Elders of the Church of Christ at Brakebill, Arkansas: s/ J. E. Prevett, s/ Louis Wilson
Littrell was a popular preacher and was called upon to preach one time at the Brakebill Homecoming service. He fulfilled his obligation but was prevented from returning home because a heavy rain swelled the creeks he had to ford. It was a humorous sight to those who were trying to help him get home. In 1954 Harold moved to Camden, Arkansas, where he worked for a Buick dealership, taught school, and preached for the Locust Bayou Church. Two years later he became the full-time minister of the Indianola, Mississippi, Church of Christ. The elders of the Eastside Church of Christ in Pocahontas called him to become their first full-time minister in 1957. During the two years he served the Eastside Church, he assisted the Pyburn Street congregation by helping conduct their radio program and editing The Noble Searcher, between the departure of E. W. Stovall and arrival of G. W. Allison. Littrell became minister of the Nettleton Church of Christ in November, 1958. Harold had meanwhile completed his bachelor's degree at Harding College and had commenced graduate work at Harding Graduate School of Religion in Memphis. He also began to teach classes at the newly established Crowley's Ridge Academy in Paragould and assist in maintaining the academy's buses. A serious problem arose within the congregation at Sikeston, Missouri, and Littrell was called upon to help settle it. He Jived and preached there for about one year, resolving the problem, and moved to Rector, Arkansas, where he preached for the fifth and Pine Church of Christ in 1961 . He moved to Blytheville in 1963 and helped begin the new Northside Church of Christ. This congregation erected a building within a short period of time and grew rapidly. After five years with this congregation, he moved to the struggling church at Heber Springs in June, 1969, to help get it self-supporting and continue his graduate work. The next year he moved to Brinkley to preach and study at Harding Graduate School, and about a year or so later he moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee, preached for the Chattanooga Valley Church and completed his M.A. at Harding.
The plans he had made to continue for a doctorate in New Testament Greek were dashed when he suffered a heart attack in March, 1972. Unable to continue a load of full-time church work, Harold and Ondalee moved to the hills near Ravenden Springs, Arkansas, and Harold began preaching for the church at Ravenden Station late in 1972. He continues with the congregation at this writing. The couple moved to Paragould and now live in an apartment on the campus of Crowley's Ridge Academy where he works as a mechanic on the school's buses and continues his research and writing.
Perhaps the crowning literary achievement of Littrell's very useful life was the 1994 publication of his English Study Bible (with notes) by Star Press. It was a culmination of ten years of loving labor. After completing the New Testament, Littrell began translating the Old Testament from Hebrew into English. Time constraints and health forced him to lay that project aside (temporarily) so that he could complete his commentaries on each book of the New Testament. He hopes to resume his Old Testament translation work "if it be the Lord's will, and if strength, clarity of mind, and time allow."
Gospel preacher.
James Harold Littrell, 80, Ravenden, died Tues., Aug. 21, 2001, at his home. He was born Dec. 20, 1920 in Indianola, Okla., a son of the late James Henry & Alvaretta (Driver) Littrell. He is survived by his wife, Alva Ondalee (Prevett) Littrell, of the home. Funeral services were held Fri. in the Chapel of McNabb Funeral Home with G. W. Allison officiating, burial was in Brakebill cemetery. --Pocahontas Star Herald
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The first full-time preacher the Eastside (now Hwy 62 West) Church of Christ employed was James Harold Littrell. The year was 1957 and Harold was thirty-seven years old with a wife, Ondalee, and two children: Patsy and Mae Retta (Jane Ruth would be born at Rector a few years later). Harold was born in a log house on December 20, 1920, near Indianola, Oklahoma, to farmers James Henry and Alva R. (Driver) Littrell.
Harold's parents gave up the Oklahoma farm after a few years and moved to Harlan County, Kentucky, where James Henry worked in the coal mines. On Christmas day, 1929, Harold's father died, leaving a wife and three young sons. The family moved to the Blackwell Den community near Dalton, Arkansas. during the depression years. A young preacher from the Brakebill community by the name of Tommy Kidd conducted a revival in the Blackwell Den school house. converted and baptized Harold in 1938.3 Harold returned to Kentucky and worked in the coal mines until he joined the Army in 1941 . He was a medic and served two years in Panama and participated in D-Day, the Normandy Invasion. He was discharged in 1945 and made his way to Randolph County where he married Ondalee Prevett, daughter of Joe E. Prevett of Warn1 Springs and an elder of the Brakebill Church of Christ. He and Ondalee moved to Paris, Texas, where Harold plied his trade as a mechanic for the local Buick dealership. He began preaching some at nearby Blossom in 1947, but afterwards he started preaching regularly for Powderly and other small churches of the area. Desiring to preach and recognizing his need for additional education, Harold and Ondalee moved to Searcy where he took classes at Harding College and worked at Carder Buick. After a couple of years they returned to Randolph County and Harold worked as a shop foreman for the Buick dealership and preached for the Noland and Brakebill Churches of Christ. The elders of the Brakebill Church certified Littrell's ministerial credentials in 1952: December 16, 1952
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT Harold Littrell is a minister of the Church of Christ in good standing. Elders of the Church of Christ at Brakebill, Arkansas: s/ J. E. Prevett, s/ Louis Wilson
Littrell was a popular preacher and was called upon to preach one time at the Brakebill Homecoming service. He fulfilled his obligation but was prevented from returning home because a heavy rain swelled the creeks he had to ford. It was a humorous sight to those who were trying to help him get home. In 1954 Harold moved to Camden, Arkansas, where he worked for a Buick dealership, taught school, and preached for the Locust Bayou Church. Two years later he became the full-time minister of the Indianola, Mississippi, Church of Christ. The elders of the Eastside Church of Christ in Pocahontas called him to become their first full-time minister in 1957. During the two years he served the Eastside Church, he assisted the Pyburn Street congregation by helping conduct their radio program and editing The Noble Searcher, between the departure of E. W. Stovall and arrival of G. W. Allison. Littrell became minister of the Nettleton Church of Christ in November, 1958. Harold had meanwhile completed his bachelor's degree at Harding College and had commenced graduate work at Harding Graduate School of Religion in Memphis. He also began to teach classes at the newly established Crowley's Ridge Academy in Paragould and assist in maintaining the academy's buses. A serious problem arose within the congregation at Sikeston, Missouri, and Littrell was called upon to help settle it. He Jived and preached there for about one year, resolving the problem, and moved to Rector, Arkansas, where he preached for the fifth and Pine Church of Christ in 1961 . He moved to Blytheville in 1963 and helped begin the new Northside Church of Christ. This congregation erected a building within a short period of time and grew rapidly. After five years with this congregation, he moved to the struggling church at Heber Springs in June, 1969, to help get it self-supporting and continue his graduate work. The next year he moved to Brinkley to preach and study at Harding Graduate School, and about a year or so later he moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee, preached for the Chattanooga Valley Church and completed his M.A. at Harding.
The plans he had made to continue for a doctorate in New Testament Greek were dashed when he suffered a heart attack in March, 1972. Unable to continue a load of full-time church work, Harold and Ondalee moved to the hills near Ravenden Springs, Arkansas, and Harold began preaching for the church at Ravenden Station late in 1972. He continues with the congregation at this writing. The couple moved to Paragould and now live in an apartment on the campus of Crowley's Ridge Academy where he works as a mechanic on the school's buses and continues his research and writing.
Perhaps the crowning literary achievement of Littrell's very useful life was the 1994 publication of his English Study Bible (with notes) by Star Press. It was a culmination of ten years of loving labor. After completing the New Testament, Littrell began translating the Old Testament from Hebrew into English. Time constraints and health forced him to lay that project aside (temporarily) so that he could complete his commentaries on each book of the New Testament. He hopes to resume his Old Testament translation work "if it be the Lord's will, and if strength, clarity of mind, and time allow."
James Harold Littrell, 80, Ravenden, died Tues., Aug. 21, 2001, at his home. He was born Dec. 20, 1920 in Indianola, Okla., a son of the late James Henry & Alvaretta (Driver) Littrell. He is survived by his wife, Alva Ondalee (Prevett) Littrell, of the home. Funeral services were held Fri. in the Chapel of McNabb Funeral Home with G. W. Allison officiating, burial was in Brakebill cemetery. --Pocahontas Star Herald
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The first full-time preacher the Eastside (now Hwy 62 West) Church of Christ employed was James Harold Littrell. The year was 1957 and Harold was thirty-seven years old with a wife, Ondalee, and two children: Patsy and Mae Retta (Jane Ruth would be born at Rector a few years later). Harold was born in a log house on December 20, 1920, near Indianola, Oklahoma, to farmers James Henry and Alva R. (Driver) Littrell.
Harold's parents gave up the Oklahoma farm after a few years and moved to Harlan County, Kentucky, where James Henry worked in the coal mines. On Christmas day, 1929, Harold's father died, leaving a wife and three young sons. The family moved to the Blackwell Den community near Dalton, Arkansas. during the depression years. A young preacher from the Brakebill community by the name of Tommy Kidd conducted a revival in the Blackwell Den school house. converted and baptized Harold in 1938.3 Harold returned to Kentucky and worked in the coal mines until he joined the Army in 1941 . He was a medic and served two years in Panama and participated in D-Day, the Normandy Invasion. He was discharged in 1945 and made his way to Randolph County where he married Ondalee Prevett, daughter of Joe E. Prevett of Warn1 Springs and an elder of the Brakebill Church of Christ. He and Ondalee moved to Paris, Texas, where Harold plied his trade as a mechanic for the local Buick dealership. He began preaching some at nearby Blossom in 1947, but afterwards he started preaching regularly for Powderly and other small churches of the area. Desiring to preach and recognizing his need for additional education, Harold and Ondalee moved to Searcy where he took classes at Harding College and worked at Carder Buick. After a couple of years they returned to Randolph County and Harold worked as a shop foreman for the Buick dealership and preached for the Noland and Brakebill Churches of Christ. The elders of the Brakebill Church certified Littrell's ministerial credentials in 1952: December 16, 1952
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT Harold Littrell is a minister of the Church of Christ in good standing. Elders of the Church of Christ at Brakebill, Arkansas: s/ J. E. Prevett, s/ Louis Wilson
Littrell was a popular preacher and was called upon to preach one time at the Brakebill Homecoming service. He fulfilled his obligation but was prevented from returning home because a heavy rain swelled the creeks he had to ford. It was a humorous sight to those who were trying to help him get home. In 1954 Harold moved to Camden, Arkansas, where he worked for a Buick dealership, taught school, and preached for the Locust Bayou Church. Two years later he became the full-time minister of the Indianola, Mississippi, Church of Christ. The elders of the Eastside Church of Christ in Pocahontas called him to become their first full-time minister in 1957. During the two years he served the Eastside Church, he assisted the Pyburn Street congregation by helping conduct their radio program and editing The Noble Searcher, between the departure of E. W. Stovall and arrival of G. W. Allison. Littrell became minister of the Nettleton Church of Christ in November, 1958. Harold had meanwhile completed his bachelor's degree at Harding College and had commenced graduate work at Harding Graduate School of Religion in Memphis. He also began to teach classes at the newly established Crowley's Ridge Academy in Paragould and assist in maintaining the academy's buses. A serious problem arose within the congregation at Sikeston, Missouri, and Littrell was called upon to help settle it. He Jived and preached there for about one year, resolving the problem, and moved to Rector, Arkansas, where he preached for the fifth and Pine Church of Christ in 1961 . He moved to Blytheville in 1963 and helped begin the new Northside Church of Christ. This congregation erected a building within a short period of time and grew rapidly. After five years with this congregation, he moved to the struggling church at Heber Springs in June, 1969, to help get it self-supporting and continue his graduate work. The next year he moved to Brinkley to preach and study at Harding Graduate School, and about a year or so later he moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee, preached for the Chattanooga Valley Church and completed his M.A. at Harding.
The plans he had made to continue for a doctorate in New Testament Greek were dashed when he suffered a heart attack in March, 1972. Unable to continue a load of full-time church work, Harold and Ondalee moved to the hills near Ravenden Springs, Arkansas, and Harold began preaching for the church at Ravenden Station late in 1972. He continues with the congregation at this writing. The couple moved to Paragould and now live in an apartment on the campus of Crowley's Ridge Academy where he works as a mechanic on the school's buses and continues his research and writing.
Perhaps the crowning literary achievement of Littrell's very useful life was the 1994 publication of his English Study Bible (with notes) by Star Press. It was a culmination of ten years of loving labor. After completing the New Testament, Littrell began translating the Old Testament from Hebrew into English. Time constraints and health forced him to lay that project aside (temporarily) so that he could complete his commentaries on each book of the New Testament. He hopes to resume his Old Testament translation work "if it be the Lord's will, and if strength, clarity of mind, and time allow."
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