CHURCH: Edward Straney new pastor of First Baptist Church, Jefferson Co., Ky ********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net Transcribed by: Pat45324@aol.com Date: 14 Oct 2000 ********************************************************************** Donated by Marion Small (smallrichm@aol.com) from "Aunt Mary's Scrapbook." Pastor Edward G. Straney began his new duties as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Jeffersontown, Ky, July 31. He comes here from the pastorate of the Edgewood Baptist Church, Columbus, GA. He is a native of Kentucky, and was graduated from the Vine Grove High School. Later he was given his A.B. degree by Mercer University, Macon, GA.., and still later the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary gave him the B.D. degree. Since then he has done a year of post-graduate studies here, majoring in the New Testament. His wife also is a Kentuckian, and they have one child, a little daughter, whose name is Cathy. The Jeffersonian says that the congregation has purchased a home on Dell Road in Charllane Heights to be used as a parsonage. The former parsonage has been converted into an annex for class rooms, etc. The new Jeffersontown pastor succeeds Chester C. Irvin, who resigned some months ago to return to school for post-graduate studies.