Oswell Lamor Aker was born at Commerce, Georgia, on a farm. He received his early school training in and around Commerce. In 1917 he united in wedlock with Miss Nancy F. Tisdale , of Limestone, Alabama, who was then a student of Walden University, Nashville, Tennessee. To her he gives credit to his success as a minister of the gospel of Christ. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for thirty-three years. When he first heard the gospel he was a minister in that denomination.
He obeyed the gospel in 1926, under the preaching of Marshall Keeble in Sheffield, Alabama. The white brethren in Florence, Alabama, were so impressed with Brother Aker that they encouraged him to work with the congregation established by Brother Keeble in Sheffield, only after he had been in the Church of Christ four months. He is a brother and companion to all who need encouragement, and a close friend to Brother M. Keeble. Their love for each other is like the love of Jonathan and David.
He has given sixteen years of valuable service as a minister in the Church of Christ. He has baptized over six hundred persons, including seven preachers and one bishop to date. He has labored in a regular way with the following congregations: St. Petersburg, Florida, Tampa, Florida, Houston and Waco, Texas, Atlanta, Georgia, Montgomery , Alabama, and at present he is in Florence , Alabama. -- WISE
SSN: 416-54-3165
Spouse: Nancy F. Tisdale (), married 1917, at
Father: Adolphus "Dofus" Aker (1848-?)
Mother: Rena Jones (1855-?)
Occupation: minister/preacher for churches of Christ.
Baptized by: Marshall Keeble (1926)
Tuggle, Annie C. Our Ministers and Song Leaders of the Church of Christ. Detroit, Michigan: Annie C. Tuggle. 1945. Page 8.
He obeyed the gospel in 1926, under the preaching of Marshall Keeble in Sheffield, Alabama. The white brethren in Florence, Alabama, were so impressed with Brother Aker that they encouraged him to work with the congregation established by Brother Keeble in Sheffield, only after he had been in the Church of Christ four months. He is a brother and companion to all who need encouragement, and a close friend to Brother M. Keeble. Their love for each other is like the love of Jonathan and David.
He has given sixteen years of valuable service as a minister in the Church of Christ. He has baptized over six hundred persons, including seven preachers and one bishop to date. He has labored in a regular way with the following congregations: St. Petersburg, Florida, Tampa, Florida, Houston and Waco, Texas, Atlanta, Georgia, Montgomery , Alabama, and at present he is in Florence , Alabama. -- WISE
SSN: 416-54-3165
Spouse: Nancy F. Tisdale (), married 1917, at
Father: Adolphus "Dofus" Aker (1848-?)
Mother: Rena Jones (1855-?)
Occupation: minister/preacher for churches of Christ.
Baptized by: Marshall Keeble (1926)
Tuggle, Annie C. Our Ministers and Song Leaders of the Church of Christ. Detroit, Michigan: Annie C. Tuggle. 1945. Page 8.
Oswell Lamor Aker was born at Commerce, Georgia, on a farm. He received his early school training in and around Commerce. In 1917 he united in wedlock with Miss Nancy F. Tisdale , of Limestone, Alabama, who was then a student of Walden University, Nashville, Tennessee. To her he gives credit to his success as a minister of the gospel of Christ. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for thirty-three years. When he first heard the gospel he was a minister in that denomination.
He obeyed the gospel in 1926, under the preaching of Marshall Keeble in Sheffield, Alabama. The white brethren in Florence, Alabama, were so impressed with Brother Aker that they encouraged him to work with the congregation established by Brother Keeble in Sheffield, only after he had been in the Church of Christ four months. He is a brother and companion to all who need encouragement, and a close friend to Brother M. Keeble. Their love for each other is like the love of Jonathan and David.
He has given sixteen years of valuable service as a minister in the Church of Christ. He has baptized over six hundred persons, including seven preachers and one bishop to date. He has labored in a regular way with the following congregations: St. Petersburg, Florida, Tampa, Florida, Houston and Waco, Texas, Atlanta, Georgia, Montgomery , Alabama, and at present he is in Florence , Alabama. -- WISE
SSN: 416-54-3165
Spouse: Nancy F. Tisdale (), married 1917, at
Father: Adolphus "Dofus" Aker (1848-?)
Mother: Rena Jones (1855-?)
Occupation: minister/preacher for churches of Christ.
Baptized by: Marshall Keeble (1926)
Tuggle, Annie C. Our Ministers and Song Leaders of the Church of Christ. Detroit, Michigan: Annie C. Tuggle. 1945. Page 8.
He obeyed the gospel in 1926, under the preaching of Marshall Keeble in Sheffield, Alabama. The white brethren in Florence, Alabama, were so impressed with Brother Aker that they encouraged him to work with the congregation established by Brother Keeble in Sheffield, only after he had been in the Church of Christ four months. He is a brother and companion to all who need encouragement, and a close friend to Brother M. Keeble. Their love for each other is like the love of Jonathan and David.
He has given sixteen years of valuable service as a minister in the Church of Christ. He has baptized over six hundred persons, including seven preachers and one bishop to date. He has labored in a regular way with the following congregations: St. Petersburg, Florida, Tampa, Florida, Houston and Waco, Texas, Atlanta, Georgia, Montgomery , Alabama, and at present he is in Florence , Alabama. -- WISE
SSN: 416-54-3165
Spouse: Nancy F. Tisdale (), married 1917, at
Father: Adolphus "Dofus" Aker (1848-?)
Mother: Rena Jones (1855-?)
Occupation: minister/preacher for churches of Christ.
Baptized by: Marshall Keeble (1926)
Tuggle, Annie C. Our Ministers and Song Leaders of the Church of Christ. Detroit, Michigan: Annie C. Tuggle. 1945. Page 8.
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