REV. EARL PEARS

Calvary Baptists SurpriseAssociational MissionaryThe Rev. Earl Pearson, mis- butes to the man who has work-

sionary for the Catawba River ed within the association during IBaptist Association, prepared a the past eight years.sermon for the Sunday morning The program, termed "Ear,service at Cal v a r y Baptist Pearson Day," has been in "Thechurch but he was not allowed fiiakmg at Calvary B apt i s tto give it. Church for several months.Instead he sat and listened as It was instigated by the dea-

his pastor, Rev. J. C. Goare, cons and pastor of the churchhis s tat e "boss" Dr. E. L. long ago, but all members tookSpivey of Raleigh, and one of an active part before the ser-his fellow c h u r c h members, vices were over.Norman Poteat, gave fitting tri- By contacting Mrs. Pearson,

the music department of thechurch even played andRev. Pearson's favoriteas part of the festivities.representing the deaconas well as the conzreaasented to Rev. Mr.check which was called aoffering" from the church.Dr. Spivey stated that in

24 years he has held histion as director of State lYll''''''"''''in North Carolina, thatthe first time any aSSO<':HtLlVJ(l<llmissionary has been so nlllllln"'L

After testifying to Rev.Pearson's worth both as ator and a missionary, Dr.brought a message on """')1<"'''.Among other things, he

that North Carolina ispeaceful racial relations athat the credit, in part, canto the lO-year-old Baptistgram among minority-;;ii~~~~==:=~~~r--Iwithin the state.:.. Rev. Mr. Goare spoke hispreciation for Rev. Mr. Pson's services within thechurch and Dr. Spivey gmuch of the credit to Mr.

helpmate.Pea r son came toba River Association

lowing several years of servicein various Baptist churches andAssociations in North Carolina

I and Maryland,Among them were Bat Cave

Baptist Church, Patterson ParkBaptist Church, Colgate BaptistChurch and Woolford MemorialBaptist Church, all in Baltimore,Md., Dobson Baptist Church,and Kings Creek Baptist Churchin Lenoir.He left the position of Mis-

sionary in the Brushy MountainAssociation, North Wilkesboro,to move to Burke County.His wife, the former Pearl

Elizabeth Price of Asheville, hasbeen active in all phases of workdealing with the women of thechurch. The Pearsons have threechildren. They are son, Mark, ofthe home, and two daughters,Mrs. Wayne Keller of West Jef-ferson and Mrs. Bob Philyaw ofHuntsville, Ala.

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'Rev. J. Earl Pearson, for over. eight years associations] mis-- sionary of the Catawba RiverBaptist Association, has resign-ed to accept the pastorate ofClenren~Bm?tist Church nearr<'iiYattev:Ile.He expects to take up his new

," duties by May 1." Clement Church, at Route 1,, Autryville, is in the @__wSouth.. Ri¥,£r 12ap.~~ociation.

His pastorate will enable himto realize a cherished dream ofcontinuing studies in theology.

~'Tl1e '48-year old ministerto , become a , .ca;S-tern Theel .'

. Wa he wlil work,toward a degree. In addition, he:. anticipates some collgee le"work at Campbell CollegeBuies Creek.His resignation as superin

dent of missions, or association-al missionary, was tendered totile association's adjn.g s.,omrnjttee and wasactMOn ll'iSrlllgfit oy exe-cutive promotion committee.Rev. Mr. Pears n has held the

associational pos ion since De-cember 1, 1957, oming .herefrom a four-yea pastorate atKings Crefk Ba ist Church atLenoir. \Prior to t' at was for four

years mlSSIO of the BrushyMountain Baptist Association atNorth Wilkesboro.Earlier pastorates had been

at Bat Cave Baptist Church,sociats at Patterson Parktist Church at Baltimore, Md.,Pastor at Woolford MemorialBaptist Church at Baltimore,and Dobson Baptist Church atDobson.Mr. Pearson was gradpated

from West Buncombe HighSchool at Asheville and spentover two years at BrevardJunior College and one year atWake Forest College. He laterattended Fruitland Baptist In-stitute near Hendersonville.He was licensed as a Baptist

minister in 1938 by New Morgan I

Hill Baptist Church at Enka andwas ordained in 1939 by the New-bridge Baptist' Church at Ashe-ville while serving as supplypastor,Rev. Mr. Pearson is married

to the former Pearl ElIzabethPrice of Asheville, and theyhave two daughters, Mrs. WayneKeller of West Jefferson andMrs. Bob Philyaw of Huntsville,Ala.; and one son, Mark, 16,now a student at Oak Hill Bap-tist Academy in Virginia.The Pearsons have reoidccJ

the association's residenceBurke Drive, just east ofanton.

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AUTRYVILLE - The Rev. IClement Baptist Church, Autry-John Earl Pearson of Morgan- ville, Rt, ,'OIl Sunday.ton will begin his pastorate at I He succeeds the Rev. Robert

Tilley, who left the church tobecome a navy chaplain. Thechurch has been without a regu-lar pastor since he left about ayear ago.

The Rev. Mr. Pearson is agraduate of Brevard Junior Col-lege at Brevard and also studiedat Wake Forest College.He has held pastorates at

Bat Cave, N.C., Baltimore, Md.,Dobson, N. Wilkesboro and Le-noir.At the time he accepted the

Clement pastorate, the Rev.Mr. Person was serving assuperintendent of missions forthe Catawba River Baptist As-sociation, with headquarters atMorganton.He is married to the former

Pearl Elizabeth Price of Ashe-ville and they have three chil-dren.

Rev. Earl Pearson,BC!J?tistMinister,Claim'ed By DeathThe Rev. John Earl Pearson, 54,

of Clement, died Sunday afternoonin Duke Hospital at Durham fol-lowing an illness of foul' weeks.

Rev. Pearson was the father ofMrs. Wayne Keller of Lenoir andwas a former pastor of KingsCreek Baptist Church.A Buncombe County native, he

had formerly served as associa-tional missionary for the BrushyMountain Baptist Association inWilkes County, and the CatawbaValley Association in Burke Coun-ty. He was presently serving aspastor of Clement Baptist Churchin Cumberland County.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs.Pearl Elizabeth Pearson of thehome; one daughter, Mrs. BobbyPhilyaw of Huntsville, Ala.; oneson, Mark Pearson of the U. S.Marine Corps; two sisters, Mrs.Lee Taylor "and Mrs. D. L. War-ren, both of Asheville, and threegrandchildren.The :(uneral was conducted at 10

a.m. Wednesday at Clement Bap-List Church. Burial was in BlueRidge Memorial Park iT} Lenoir at4 :30 p.m. Wednesday.Memorials will he accepted for

Lhe Baptist Home Missions of Cle-ment Baptist Church.

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A Tribute to the Late Rev. J. Earl Pearson

THE CATAWBA RIVER BAPTIST ASSOCIATION

Duringof duty.

seventeenEurope. Mr.

Air Force and

Convened In Its 142nd Annual Meeting

First Baptist Church, Valdese

October 29, 1971

Mrs. J. Earl PearsonRoutc 1Autryville, N. C. 28318

Dear Mrs. Pearson:

To you as the devoted and faithful wife of the late Rev. J. Earl Pearson,we wish to express our gratitude to Cod and our sincere appreciation to youand your late husband who served our association as our missionary familyso effectively and devotedly during the years of October 1957 to April 1966.

We shall always remember with thanksgiving Mr. Pearson as a man ofCod, devoted to his calling as a minister of the Cospel, who exhibited his lovefor Jesus Christ through his life and through his loyalty to the Creat Com-mission of our Lord to go into all the world and preach the gospel and tomake disciples of all nations. We thank Cod for loaning Brother Earl tous for a short time here in this corner of the Lord's vineyard. We shallnever forget his personal integrity, his cheerfulness" his quest for furtherknowledge and truth, his kind spirit and helpfulness in the promotion ofthe work of the Kingdom of Cod among OUf churches.

May the Lord richly bless you and yours, with His presence, strengthand comfort in the future that lies ahead.

Sincerely Yours,Joe B. Church, Clerk

(Wake Forest Alumni Directory: John Earl Pearson

JOHN EARL PEARSON

The family of J. Earl Pearson, 53, who died July 18, has requested that

memorial gifts be made to Home Missions through the Clement Baptist Church,

Route 1, Box 100, Autryville, N. C. 28318.

The Clement pastor died four weeks after undergoing heart surgery at Duke

Hospital. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Pearl Price Pearson; two daughters,

Mrs. Wayne D. Keller of Lenoir and Mrs. Bob K. Philyaw of Huntsville, Ala.; a

son, Mark Warren Pearson of Autryville, two sisters, Mrs. Lee Taylor and Mrs.

D. L. Warren of Asheville, three grandchildren.

He served as pastor of the Clement Church for five years and was a former

missionary of the Brushy Mountain and Catawba River Associations. He had

served as pastor of Kings Creek in Caldwell County and of Dobson Church in

Surry County.

After an earlier service on July 21 at the Clement Church, Mr. Pearson

was buried in the Blue Ridge Cemetery in Lenoir," with Missionary Bill Goble of

the Catawba River Association conducting the services.

BIBLICAL RECORDER,July 31, 1971, p. 16.

NEW SOUTH RIVER BAPTIST ASSOCIATION MINUTES, 1971206.9756/M66news

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_ ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. REVERENDJAMES EARL PEARSON

1917-1971In Memoriam

................................................................................................................................................................. These Minutes by vote of the New South River Baptist Association, meeting in

Annual Session, October 20, 1971 at the Faymont Baptist Church, are respectfullydedicated in memory of the Rev. James Earl Pearson who for the past five yearsserved as pastor of the Clement Baptist Church, Autryville Baptist Church, Autry-ville, N.C•

During the time of his pastorate at Clement, he finished his college work atCampbell College graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. In the spring of 1971he graduated from Southeastern Seminary with a Master of Divinity Degree .

In addition to the pastorate at Clement, Rev. Pearson has served 13 years asAssociatlonal Missionary in the Catawba River Baptist Association and the BushyMruntain Baptist Association. Other pastorates in North Carolina include KingsCreek, Dobson and Bat Cave. Maryland pastorates include Patterson Park, Colgateand Woolford Memorial.

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