H. E. Williams, founder and president of Southern Baptist College, was born in Casa, Arkansas, April 8, 1913. He is the son of Robt. S. and Anna Emma Williams. He was educated in the public schools of Casa, Ark. College of Theology and Ouachita College and Southwestern Baptist Seminary. He holds the degree of "A. B." from Ouachita and did graduate study in Southwestern toward the degree of "Th.M." He married Beatrice Black Jan. 13, 1934, and they have three children. He was converted at Casa, Ark., Oct. 7, 1927, and three days later was baptized by Dr. C. V. Hickerson, who at that time was pastor of the First Baptist Church of Russellville. He was ordained to full work of the ministry by the Casa Baptist Church May 31, 1931. He has served as pastor of the following churches: Bigelow, Casa, Adona, Second Baptist Church, Russellville, Almyra, Harrisburg, Shiloh, Weatherford, Texas, Sec. Baptist Church, Conway, Rector, Pocahontas, Silverdale, and Arbyrd, Missouri. He founded Southern Baptist College in 1941 and has served as president of it since that time. He is a young man with a strong physique, a brilliant mind and a talent for leadership and withal a Christian spirit. He was elected clerk of the association in 1942, and preached the sermon in 1941 and again in 1943.
--A History of the Current River Baptist Association (1947), by Leroy Carson Tedford
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--A History of the Current River Baptist Association (1947), by Leroy Carson Tedford
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H. E. Williams, founder and president of Southern Baptist College, was born in Casa, Arkansas, April 8, 1913. He is the son of Robt. S. and Anna Emma Williams. He was educated in the public schools of Casa, Ark. College of Theology and Ouachita College and Southwestern Baptist Seminary. He holds the degree of "A. B." from Ouachita and did graduate study in Southwestern toward the degree of "Th.M." He married Beatrice Black Jan. 13, 1934, and they have three children. He was converted at Casa, Ark., Oct. 7, 1927, and three days later was baptized by Dr. C. V. Hickerson, who at that time was pastor of the First Baptist Church of Russellville. He was ordained to full work of the ministry by the Casa Baptist Church May 31, 1931. He has served as pastor of the following churches: Bigelow, Casa, Adona, Second Baptist Church, Russellville, Almyra, Harrisburg, Shiloh, Weatherford, Texas, Sec. Baptist Church, Conway, Rector, Pocahontas, Silverdale, and Arbyrd, Missouri. He founded Southern Baptist College in 1941 and has served as president of it since that time. He is a young man with a strong physique, a brilliant mind and a talent for leadership and withal a Christian spirit. He was elected clerk of the association in 1942, and preached the sermon in 1941 and again in 1943.
--A History of the Current River Baptist Association (1947), by Leroy Carson Tedford
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--A History of the Current River Baptist Association (1947), by Leroy Carson Tedford
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