A HISTORY OF WARREN PLAINS BAPTIST CHURCH (286.1756652/H62)

mond, wife, Barbaraand Family

was called as pastor May 4. 1975. He22. Mr. Redmond came from Eugenened October 21. 1976 to be effectiv~

Davis, wife, Jeanand Family

the call to Warren Plains Baptistved in the pastorium on November 6.ed in December of 1977. Mr. Davis980. He had accepted a call to Berea

Carolina.

.:::.V Rev. Robert F. Oates

The Rev. Robert F. Oates and Mrs. Oates accepted the call toWarrenPlains and moved to the pastorium on August 15, 1964. Mr.Oateswas from Cleveland County, North Carolina. He was pastor of achurch in Del Rio, Tennessee before going to SoutheasternSeminary. He attended Gardner Webb College and also CarsonNewmanCollege in Jefferson, Tennessee receiving his B.D. degree.Mr. Oates resigned February 14, 1967 to go to the First Church ofHenderson as Minister of Education.

Rev. Delbert Burnette,wife, Billie and Family

The Rev. Delbert M. Burnette and Mrs. Burnette came to WarrenPlains April 14. 1967. He was born in Florida June 7, 1933. He at-tended Maratte Junior College, Brandenton. Florida and RoanokeCollege in Salem, Virginia. He was pastor of Butte Baptist Church,Palmer, Alaska. They have two sons. Mr. Burnette resigned Novem-ber 16, 1969.

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Becomes Associate

First Banti urch~ ~J:,.: ..,._~

Names Oates To Staf~{tThe Rev. Robert Franklin

Oates will become the associateminister of the First BaptistChurch of Durham on Sept. 1.The members of the church,

in a congregational meeting lastweek, approved .the recommen-I dation of the Board of Deaconsthat Oates be employed.f He will fill a position whichhas been vacant for severalImonths. The church has conduct-ed a search for someone to callas associate minister for sev-eral weeks.Oates is a 27-year-old native

of Cleveland County. He wasreared in York, S.C., where hereceived his high school diploma

, in 1959. He then attended Gard-ner-Webb Junior College andCarson-Newman College of Ten-nessee, from which he received

undergraduate degree in

1963. In January, 1968, he re-ceived the master of divinitydegree from Southeastern Bap-tist Theological Seminary atWake Forest.Oates was ordained to the

Baptist ministry at the FirstBaptist Church of York, in 1961.He served as pastor of the DelRio Baptist Church, Del Rio,Tenn., from 1962-64,and as pas-tor of Warren Plains BaptistChurch, near Warrenton, from1964-67.He presently is servingas minister of education at theFirst Baptist Church of Hen-derson.Mrs. Oates is the former

Miss Janet Lee Newton of Shel-by. The couple has one child, ason, who is four months old.The speaker for the 11 a.m,

and 8 p.m. worship services to-morrow at the First BaptistChurch of Durham will be theRev. John C. Grant of Durham.

) Grant and his family attend thechurch. He was for severalyears pastor of the LakewoodI Baptist Church of Durham. later was an associate ~U<'l"',~m! of North Carolina Memorial. Hospital at Chapel Hill.< Grant currently is serving asa field consultant for the NorthCarolina Heart Association.He is a graduate of Wofford

, College and Southeastern Semi-nary.

The Rev. Robert FranklinOates will assume duties asassociate minister of the FirstBaptist Church here Sept. 1.Oat~ was extended a call by

the thurch last week. He isserving as minister

.Idllcaltionat the First Bap-Church in Henderson.

A native of South Corolina,he attended Gardner-WebbCol-lege and holds a BA degreefrom Carson-Newman College.He also holds a Master of Di-vinity degree from Southeastern OATESBaptist Theological Seminary I::=~;;;;;;;;;;;;:::::==;::::::Jtin Wake Forest. I.Oates, 27, is an ordained

minister and has served aspastor of Del Rio BaptistChurch in Del Rio, Tenn., andthe Warren Plains BaptistChurch in Warrenton.He is married to the former

Janet Lee Newton of Shelbyand have one son.

1st Baptist HereTo Get AssociateMinister In Sept.