Truman C. Kerr
ALEXANDRIA, - Longtime Louisiana /Baptist leader Truman C. Kerr died Tuesday, June 22, 1993 after suffering a massive heart attack. Kerr was in Glorieta, N.M. for a Southern Baptist meeting and was jogging on the grounds of the Glorieta Baptist Conference Center at the time of the attack. He was able to make it back to his room so emergency personnel could be contacted, but was pronounced dead at St. Vincent's Hospital in nearby Santa Fe, N.M.
Services will be held at 10:00 am. Friday, June 25, 1993 in Emmanuel Baptist Church, Alexandria with Drs. Larry Taylor, Scott Tatum, Robert L. Lee and Mark Short officiating the services. Interment with graveside services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, June 25, 1993 in Centuries Memorial Park in Shreveport, LA. under the direction of Hixson Brothers in Alexandria, LA.
Friends may call at Hixson Brothers in Alexandria from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Thursday and from 9:00 a.m. until service time Friday at Emmanuel Baptist Church.
Kerr was a native of Oklahoma but spent the last three decades in service, to Louisiana Baptists. Kerr served as minister of education/administration and associate pastor at Broadmore Baptist Church in Shreveport for 17 years. ln 1978 he became executive assistant to the Louisiana Baptist Convention executive director. ln that capacity, Kerr worked closely with the executive director in assisting more than 1,500 Louisiana Baptist churches and more than 500,000 Louisiana Baptist church members. Kerr was past president of the Louisiana Baptist Religious Education Association. He also served as first vice president of the Louisiana Convention and as a member of the convention‘s Executive Board before becoming a denominational staff member in 1978. Kerr was a 1987 graduate of LEADERSHIP CENTRAL LOUISIANA. He served as a member of the LEADERSHIP steering committee and had served two years as a chair of the committee. He served on the board of the Family Counseling Agency of Central Louisiana and was a member of the National Association of Parliamentarians.
Kerr was a graduate of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX. In 1987 he was recognized by the school at the Louisiana Distinguished Alumnae.
Kerr is survived by his wife, Faye; three children, Tommy A Kerr of Shreveport, Jennifer Harral of Richardson, TX. and Carol Neilson of Amarillo, TX.; seven grandchildren, also his mother, Mrs. Ruby Kerr Skinner of Oklahoma City. Oklahoma. Memorials may be made through Emmanuel Baptist Church to the Georgia Barnette State offering or the Women's Missionary Union Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 866, Alexandria, LA. 71309-0866.
The Shreveport Times, June 24, 1993
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1930 Census Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Truman L. Kerr age 26
Ruby Kerr age 22
Truman C. Kerr age 5/12
ALEXANDRIA, - Longtime Louisiana /Baptist leader Truman C. Kerr died Tuesday, June 22, 1993 after suffering a massive heart attack. Kerr was in Glorieta, N.M. for a Southern Baptist meeting and was jogging on the grounds of the Glorieta Baptist Conference Center at the time of the attack. He was able to make it back to his room so emergency personnel could be contacted, but was pronounced dead at St. Vincent's Hospital in nearby Santa Fe, N.M.
Services will be held at 10:00 am. Friday, June 25, 1993 in Emmanuel Baptist Church, Alexandria with Drs. Larry Taylor, Scott Tatum, Robert L. Lee and Mark Short officiating the services. Interment with graveside services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, June 25, 1993 in Centuries Memorial Park in Shreveport, LA. under the direction of Hixson Brothers in Alexandria, LA.
Friends may call at Hixson Brothers in Alexandria from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Thursday and from 9:00 a.m. until service time Friday at Emmanuel Baptist Church.
Kerr was a native of Oklahoma but spent the last three decades in service, to Louisiana Baptists. Kerr served as minister of education/administration and associate pastor at Broadmore Baptist Church in Shreveport for 17 years. ln 1978 he became executive assistant to the Louisiana Baptist Convention executive director. ln that capacity, Kerr worked closely with the executive director in assisting more than 1,500 Louisiana Baptist churches and more than 500,000 Louisiana Baptist church members. Kerr was past president of the Louisiana Baptist Religious Education Association. He also served as first vice president of the Louisiana Convention and as a member of the convention‘s Executive Board before becoming a denominational staff member in 1978. Kerr was a 1987 graduate of LEADERSHIP CENTRAL LOUISIANA. He served as a member of the LEADERSHIP steering committee and had served two years as a chair of the committee. He served on the board of the Family Counseling Agency of Central Louisiana and was a member of the National Association of Parliamentarians.
Kerr was a graduate of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX. In 1987 he was recognized by the school at the Louisiana Distinguished Alumnae.
Kerr is survived by his wife, Faye; three children, Tommy A Kerr of Shreveport, Jennifer Harral of Richardson, TX. and Carol Neilson of Amarillo, TX.; seven grandchildren, also his mother, Mrs. Ruby Kerr Skinner of Oklahoma City. Oklahoma. Memorials may be made through Emmanuel Baptist Church to the Georgia Barnette State offering or the Women's Missionary Union Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 866, Alexandria, LA. 71309-0866.
The Shreveport Times, June 24, 1993
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1930 Census Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Truman L. Kerr age 26
Ruby Kerr age 22
Truman C. Kerr age 5/12
Truman C. Kerr
ALEXANDRIA, - Longtime Louisiana /Baptist leader Truman C. Kerr died Tuesday, June 22, 1993 after suffering a massive heart attack. Kerr was in Glorieta, N.M. for a Southern Baptist meeting and was jogging on the grounds of the Glorieta Baptist Conference Center at the time of the attack. He was able to make it back to his room so emergency personnel could be contacted, but was pronounced dead at St. Vincent's Hospital in nearby Santa Fe, N.M.
Services will be held at 10:00 am. Friday, June 25, 1993 in Emmanuel Baptist Church, Alexandria with Drs. Larry Taylor, Scott Tatum, Robert L. Lee and Mark Short officiating the services. Interment with graveside services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, June 25, 1993 in Centuries Memorial Park in Shreveport, LA. under the direction of Hixson Brothers in Alexandria, LA.
Friends may call at Hixson Brothers in Alexandria from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Thursday and from 9:00 a.m. until service time Friday at Emmanuel Baptist Church.
Kerr was a native of Oklahoma but spent the last three decades in service, to Louisiana Baptists. Kerr served as minister of education/administration and associate pastor at Broadmore Baptist Church in Shreveport for 17 years. ln 1978 he became executive assistant to the Louisiana Baptist Convention executive director. ln that capacity, Kerr worked closely with the executive director in assisting more than 1,500 Louisiana Baptist churches and more than 500,000 Louisiana Baptist church members. Kerr was past president of the Louisiana Baptist Religious Education Association. He also served as first vice president of the Louisiana Convention and as a member of the convention‘s Executive Board before becoming a denominational staff member in 1978. Kerr was a 1987 graduate of LEADERSHIP CENTRAL LOUISIANA. He served as a member of the LEADERSHIP steering committee and had served two years as a chair of the committee. He served on the board of the Family Counseling Agency of Central Louisiana and was a member of the National Association of Parliamentarians.
Kerr was a graduate of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX. In 1987 he was recognized by the school at the Louisiana Distinguished Alumnae.
Kerr is survived by his wife, Faye; three children, Tommy A Kerr of Shreveport, Jennifer Harral of Richardson, TX. and Carol Neilson of Amarillo, TX.; seven grandchildren, also his mother, Mrs. Ruby Kerr Skinner of Oklahoma City. Oklahoma. Memorials may be made through Emmanuel Baptist Church to the Georgia Barnette State offering or the Women's Missionary Union Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 866, Alexandria, LA. 71309-0866.
The Shreveport Times, June 24, 1993
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1930 Census Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Truman L. Kerr age 26
Ruby Kerr age 22
Truman C. Kerr age 5/12
ALEXANDRIA, - Longtime Louisiana /Baptist leader Truman C. Kerr died Tuesday, June 22, 1993 after suffering a massive heart attack. Kerr was in Glorieta, N.M. for a Southern Baptist meeting and was jogging on the grounds of the Glorieta Baptist Conference Center at the time of the attack. He was able to make it back to his room so emergency personnel could be contacted, but was pronounced dead at St. Vincent's Hospital in nearby Santa Fe, N.M.
Services will be held at 10:00 am. Friday, June 25, 1993 in Emmanuel Baptist Church, Alexandria with Drs. Larry Taylor, Scott Tatum, Robert L. Lee and Mark Short officiating the services. Interment with graveside services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, June 25, 1993 in Centuries Memorial Park in Shreveport, LA. under the direction of Hixson Brothers in Alexandria, LA.
Friends may call at Hixson Brothers in Alexandria from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Thursday and from 9:00 a.m. until service time Friday at Emmanuel Baptist Church.
Kerr was a native of Oklahoma but spent the last three decades in service, to Louisiana Baptists. Kerr served as minister of education/administration and associate pastor at Broadmore Baptist Church in Shreveport for 17 years. ln 1978 he became executive assistant to the Louisiana Baptist Convention executive director. ln that capacity, Kerr worked closely with the executive director in assisting more than 1,500 Louisiana Baptist churches and more than 500,000 Louisiana Baptist church members. Kerr was past president of the Louisiana Baptist Religious Education Association. He also served as first vice president of the Louisiana Convention and as a member of the convention‘s Executive Board before becoming a denominational staff member in 1978. Kerr was a 1987 graduate of LEADERSHIP CENTRAL LOUISIANA. He served as a member of the LEADERSHIP steering committee and had served two years as a chair of the committee. He served on the board of the Family Counseling Agency of Central Louisiana and was a member of the National Association of Parliamentarians.
Kerr was a graduate of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX. In 1987 he was recognized by the school at the Louisiana Distinguished Alumnae.
Kerr is survived by his wife, Faye; three children, Tommy A Kerr of Shreveport, Jennifer Harral of Richardson, TX. and Carol Neilson of Amarillo, TX.; seven grandchildren, also his mother, Mrs. Ruby Kerr Skinner of Oklahoma City. Oklahoma. Memorials may be made through Emmanuel Baptist Church to the Georgia Barnette State offering or the Women's Missionary Union Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 866, Alexandria, LA. 71309-0866.
The Shreveport Times, June 24, 1993
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1930 Census Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Truman L. Kerr age 26
Ruby Kerr age 22
Truman C. Kerr age 5/12
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