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Pastor Gary wrote:Several times I had tried to get the message and had tech problems. After Joey changed the link set-up I was able to pull down the RealAudio yesterday and listen.
Amazingly prescient. It was as if this message was the summary of his life's work, stored away for that Sunday, his last to preach. The moment strength flowed into his body for the task made the hair on my arms stand up -- I could vicariously "feel" what he must have felt.
I passed it along to my Regional Overseer, and he asked if Pastor Silvers ever worked in Texas? Thought he remembered him from there...
Leo. Silvers
1941-1951
Bro. Silvers became a Bishop in the Church of God on August 1, 1940. In the Assembly of 1941, he was appointed for the second time as State Overseer of West Texas. During this stay, churches were established in Ranger in 1946; Post on May Street in 1947; Morton in 1949; and Snyder in 1950. Also during this time, he pastored at Post, Sudan, Sanford, Borger, Sweetwater, Ranger, San Angelo, and Natalia.
Bro. and Sis. Silvers had a great love for West Texas and it's people, and were greatly loved in return. They retired in Sweetwater, Texas and lived there until Sis. Silvers death in 1978. Bro. Silver's then moved back to Somerset, Kentucky to be near the rest of his family. Bro. Silvers was not able in hos last years to be as active as he once was, but he never stopped telling people about the love of God and their need for accepting Jesus as the Saviour. In one of the last State Conventions he attended in West Texas, he sang, "I Feel Like Traveling On," a song he was well known for singing, and God blessed the whole congregation.
Bishop Leo E. Silvers departed this life to be with the Lord on July 3, 1979.
YellowRoseTX wrote:Leo. Silvers
1941-1951
Bishop Leo E. Silvers departed this life to be with the Lord on July 3, 1979.
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