Called to Serve
Author | : Carmen L. Lewis |
Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages | : 608 |
Release | : 2013-02-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781479789900 |
ISBN-13 | : 1479789909 |
Rating | : 4/5 (909 Downloads) |
Download or read book Called to Serve written by Carmen L. Lewis and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-02-28 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Called to Serve is a biography about Gerald Austin Beasley and Clara Pauline Smith, my dad and mom. Both grew up in different rural areas of Oklahoma during the Great Depression on farms where they worked hard with their families. They met at Oklahoma A&M in Stillwater and then married after Dad was conscripted into the army. While Dad served in the European front during World War II, Mom taught school in rural southwest Oklahoma. After the war, Dad prepared for ministry; then served in churches of Christ in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, and Montana.