Home Care In Quitman, LA

First Baptist Church of Quitman was organized in 1843 with 25 members. It was a member of the Liberty Baptist Association of Alabama. In 1876, the church became a charter member of the Chickasawhay Baptist Association and in 1919 a charter member of the Clarke County Baptist Association. Most of the early church records were lost in a devastating fire in 1927. Almost immediately, the church began a building program and dedicated a new building in 1929. The earliest mention of the church as “First Baptist Church” was in the associational minutes of 1937.

Over the next decades, First Baptist Church grew in many ways. The church added an organ and baby grand piano. It purchased a bus and built a home for the pastor. In 1957, FBC built an educational building and, two years later, added a Minister of Music to the staff. In 1960, the church opened the first kindergarten in Clarke County. In preparation for the future, the church purchased property including another staff home. In 1975, FBC voted to build a new facility on the new property and in 1977 moved into its new building on Franklin Street.

Today, the strength and maturity of the church continues to impact Clarke County and the world. Various ministries have focused on reaching outside the walls of the church. In the late 1990s, the church took youth groups into Mexico on mission trips. This practice was renewed in 2007 with the first adult team to go into Honduras. Since then, FBC has sent teams and individuals into many foreign countries. Currently, three former church members serve as missionaries in Honduras and France. The music ministry offers programs that are viewed by people throughout the area. In 2007, FBC began a yearly Fallfest celebration that draws around 300 children and parents for a night of safe fun.

This year, First Baptist Church will celebrate its 175th anniversary as an organized church. The celebration will take place at 10:45 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 5. Many former members and staff will gather to praise God for 175 years of His blessings. Lunch will be served after the worship service. A special area will be designated with memorabilia from the past. While we celebrate a rich history, we trust that God has many more blessings and challenges for the future as we proclaim Jesus to Clarke County and the world.

About the church:

Name: First Baptist Church, Quitman.

Pastor: Dr. Gene Neal – 17 years.

Denomination: Southern Baptist.

Church founded: 1843.

Members: 500.

Address: 411 East Franklin St - Quitman.

Contact Info: 601-776-2184 or First Baptist Church Quitman on Facebook.

Service Times:

Sundays at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. - Wednesdays at 6 p.m.

Weekly programs:

Children’s and Youth choirs on Sunday nights, Adult Choir on Wednesday nights, Children’s mission activities on Wednesday nights, Youth discipleship on Wednesday and Sunday nights, Ladies chair yoga on Monday mornings, Senior Adult Choir on Tuesday mornings, Ladies exercise program several times a week.

Upcoming events:

We will join four other churches in Holy Week Services, March 25-29. Vacation Bible School is coming in June. The Youth Choir will be going to Orlando, Fla. in July. The church will celebrate its 175th anniversary as an organized church on Aug. 5 of this year. All former members and friends of FBC are invited to join us.

Is there an event special to your church?

Fallfest each year in Oct. has around 300 children and parents participate.

Cheryl Owens coordinates Worship Site Profile, which is published on Saturdays. Recommend your site to [email protected].

RUSTON – Louisiana Tech University has announced the names of students on its winter quarter President's and Dean's honor lists.

Students whose names are followed by an asterisk earned recognition as members of the President's Honor List. That distinction signifies achievement of at least a 3.8 academic grade point average on a minimum of nine semester hours completed (100-level or higher), with no grade lower than a B.

To be eligible for the Dean's Honor Lists, a student is required to earn at least a 3.5 academic grade point average with no grade lower than a C on a minimum of nine semester hours completed (100-level or higher).

Courses yielding satisfactory/failure grades and courses audited do not count toward eligibility for either recognition. Only undergraduates with no incomplete grades are eligible to make either list.

Honor students are listed below by their hometowns.

Caldwell

Columbia: William Patrick D'arcy, Page Mackenzie Jacobson*, Kimberly Jade Pilcher*

Grayson: Justin Quinn Kelly*

East Carroll

Lake Providence: Samantha M. Patrick

Franklin

Baskin: Lane David Robertson

Extension: John Thomas Sadler*

Fort Necessity: Kody A. Beavers

Gilbert: Lucas Enzo Moroni

Winnsboro: Lauren Rene' Guice*, Joseph M. Moroni, Aleah King Pylant*

Jackson

Chatham: Lauren Elizabeth Kirkland*

Eros: Mallory D. Chapman, Jessica L. Harper

Jonesboro: Dustin C. Browning, Katherine Brumfield*, Skyler John-Scott Canady, Trent A. Gilbert, Justin Taylor Huckaby*, Isaac G. Moore*, Reanna Lashay Rowden*, Michael Nelson Savage*, Emiley L. Sessions, Lindsey Simpson*, Shelby Simpson, Victoria Leann Smith, Jamie Hunter Strickland*, Allison Mikal Vestal*, Madison P. Wyatt*

Quitman: Austin L. Bowden, Shelby B. Guyotte, Sydney Nalley Guyotte, Sarah K. Horsley*, Kayla Elizabeth Kirkham, Savannah Kendall Maxwell, Joanna Brooke Petersen*, Caley Pyles*, Mary Fayth Rudd*, Bethany J. Schimmel*, Victoria C. Sharplin*, Phildarrian Devante' Richard*

Lincoln

Choudrant: Haley Leigh Colvin, James Ellis Davison, Jessica Renee Evans*, Paisley Marie Futch*, Jennifer Mae Kassab, Jason Shade Lamar*, Sarah E. McCorkle, Sarah Grace Minter*, Martha Jane O'Neal, Dennis E. Puckett, Aaron Christopher Taylor, Luke Allen Taylor, Phillip Micah Walters*, Melissa B. Welch

Dubach: Emma Claire Carpenter, Chaning Elizabeth Dorr*, Traci Michelle Evans, Emily Brooke Fulton*, Kaitlyn Elizabeth Heiden, Sarah Joy Lanigan, Kendal Re' Martin, Jackie Louise McDonald, Elizabeth Erin Parker, Jack Andrew Scharr, Marcy A. Stevens, Lauren Marie Vann, Henry A. Wiygul, Savannah Kaitlyn Woods*

Ruston: Annsley Alyssa Aaron, Joshua Wesley Addison*, Alicia Bailey*, Angeline Baker*, Anne-marie Baker, Shagala Marie Barnett*, Dilip Basnet, Joshua Ryan Beatty, Patrick D. Beatty, Jonathon Wayne Beauregard II, Parker William Begale, Caitlin Sierra Berry, Dylan L. Bird, Jenny Eva Bitzer*, Tiffany Leigh Blackmon, Elizabeth Jordan Bonnett*, Leslie Chandler Brister*, Michael Lane Brister*, Brandon Wayne Bryant, Gretchen Marie Budds, Jacob A. Cain, Angel R. Canada, Bethany Michelle Cardenas*, Ryan Chapman Carter, Sarah Parker Carwile*, Claire E. Causey*, Devin Deon Chadwick, Tung T. Chan, Marshall Peter Chauvin*, Yifei Chen*, Allyson J. Christian, John M. Clark III, Lauren Ashley Clayborn, Emily Linnea Compton, Rachel Laine Cowell, Emily Helen Cox*, Emma Catherine Crawford*, Alison Cunningham*, Benjamin A. Curry*, Kerry Curry, Bigyan Dahal, Nimesh Dahal, Ruzova Dahal*, Michael D. Davis, Priscilla Joy Dean*, Melissa Ann Dosher, Ashlee Nicole Dufrene, Jacob Duke*, Chicas Nelson Eduardo Duran, Eva Burt Edinger*, Shelby Caryol Eggen, Paula Faircloth*, Alexandra Marie Fiorvento, Desmond Fonkwa*, Brooke Ashley Frasier, Anna Kathryn Fuller*, Taylor Lane Giddings*, Anna Bethany Gilbert*, Jonathan Goertz*, Anna M. Greer*, Liane Therese Melegrito Griffin, Meihan Guo*, Chandler Grace Haddox, Arman Hajiesmaeili*, Anna Whitley Hall*, Hunter C. Hall*, Bing Han, Nicholas A. Henry, Mary A. Hicks, Morgan Kelsey Hitt, Sarah E. Hixon*, Taylor Christine Hogan, Peyton B. Huff, Lauren M. Ingram*, Nicole Stephanie Jaquemet*, Nadini Ivanthi Jayathilaka*, Savannah G. Jones, Rachel M. Judd*, Sakshi Karmacharya*, Bibhor Katwal, Taylor Elizabeth Kaufman*, Md Ehsan Khan, Abbie R. King, Rachel E. Kleinpeter*, Lisanne Kleygrewe, Sujan Kunwar*, Victor Stephen Lange, Katie Christine Lashley*, Matthew Joseph Ledet, James Liman*, Virginia Lauren Logan*, Brooke C. Lolley, Morgan R. Lolley, Pabitra Malla, Morgan Elizabeth Malone, Sudip Manandhar, Sean Michael Manteris, Julius Christian Marcus, Bradlee H. Martin, Rachael Lynn Maxson*, Jena Leigh McCullin, Secret Liegh McLemore, Ngong Willson Junior Meli, David Christopher Milam, Caroline S. Milford, Olivia Alice Millington, Molly A. Mitchell*, Deepanjan Mukhopadhyay*, Aaron Lynn Napper*, Daniel Sabin Napper, Brandon Newton, Hieu Tri Nguyen*, Daniel Brian Nickeson, Nicholas C. Oliver*, Juwon Park, Taylor Nicole Parker*, Joshua Pate, Mary Katherine Peshoff, Brett R. Pickering, Morgan K. Price, Annabel Jayne Prior, Ashmit Pyakurel*, Binod Rawal, David Austin Reid, Juan Paul Richardson, Evan M. Roberts*, Aaron Allen Robertson, Richard Montino Robinet*, Jeremy Benjamin Robinson, Melgar Sergio Esteban Romero, Katie L. Rountree*, Rachel Danielle Ruff, Joshua Montgomery Russell, Donya Salomon-Ali, Christopher Lee Salsbury*, Haven Merle Schroeder, Benjamin Slade Serio*, Marie Kylee Manon Seto, Jeewan Kumar Shrestha, Pramit Shrestha, Allie Caroline Sims, Neesha C. Siriwardane, Jacob P. Smith*, Garrett P. Soileau, Natalie M. Songer*, Jermiran M. Spivey*, Jessi Lynn Stack, Thomas Peter Stringer, Nathan Andrew Taylor*, Ghofran Fareed Thiga*, Fatima Usmanova, Devin Nickole Van Patten, Alexandria Reid Viola*, Nicholas Kyle Walker, Sarah Keil Waller*, Lauren E. Ward*, Amelia Kate Warner*, Shelby D. Webb, Menglan Wen*, Valerie Kay Wheat, Victoria L. Wheat*, Caleb Tanner White*, Allison Chesley Whittenburg, James Frederick Wilkerson, Sarah E. Wilkerson, Cierra Patrice Williams, Kailey D. Williamson, Allen Kade Wilson*, Sydni M. Wilt*, Lori Anna Winborne*, Cameron G. Windham*, Cydney Wood, Anna Claire Wyatt, Yuan Xu*, Martinez Miguel Angel Jimenez, Dinesha Malky Kuruppuarachchi, Urraco Fernando Javier Urbina, Mark Edward Vandenlangenberg*, Adam Mitchell Vandenlangenberg*

Simsboro: Michael W. Miller Jr.*, Mary Elizabeth Ramirez

Madison

Tallulah: Katerri McWright

Morehouse

Bastrop: James L. Caldwell*, Jordan M. Caldwell, Kennedy Dewayne Jones, Presley P. May*, Madison McDonald*, Justin Wayne McMillan*, Karoline E. Murry*, Claire Ashtin Pitts*, Zachary Taylor Stephenson, Clay T. Winnon*

Ouachita

Calhoun: Kristen Lynn Adcock, John Chance Allen*, Victoria Saje Bamburg, Christopher David Clark, Layne Dalton Hayes, Taylor M. Head*, James H. Powell*, Crystal Alaina Smart, Zachary Ryan Staples

Monroe: Haley Nicole Ballinger*, Joshua B. Bourgeois, Almira Kathryn Bradford*, Braden James Bristo, Lauren Mary Broussard, Anne Nichols Brown*, Blaine Bulloch*, David M. Burkhalter, Lillie Caitlin Burroughs*, Kaitlyn Byrnside*, Seth Christian, Jonathan Daniel Culp, Mallory Marie Danna, Isabella Mercedes De Soler*, Randi Elizabeth Domingue*, Elizabeth C. Edwards, Julie Michele Edwards*, Mary A. Green, Edward Thomas-James Hayward, Katie L. Hickingbottom, Ciarra B. Humble*, Christopher O. Hunter, Kaitlyn Michaela Hutson, Ashley Nicole Johnson*, Jonathan Ashworth Kelley*, Marissa Ann Lee, Anna L. McCarter, Christopher Nelson, Paige Theresa Perry, Isaiah Louis Prater, Caroline Lori Ray*, Jasmine G. Sapp, Jeri Hannah Smith*, Kristyn Rae Smith*, Nikki Lynn Sykes*, Shelby E. Sylvester*, Morgan Brittany Tanner*, Margaret Kathleen Trammell*, Kenneth West III, Hannah Nicole White, Eboni M. Williams, Molly S. Williams

Sterlington: Krystian D. Cathey, Zackary Paul Doolittle, Gentry Kenneth Johnston, Ryan T. Moore*, Ryan Christopher Veasey

West Monroe: Zachary H. Ainsworth, Olivia Danielle Marie Alaniz, Alexandra Lea Albritton, Elliott Joseph Ayo*, Emily Ruth Bishop*, Chester Arthur Bradley IV, Randy J. Branch, Matthew John Brandl*, Kohl Montgomery Brandon*, Dustin Cleveland Brooks, Kerrie Layne Cammack, Presley Angeline Carter, Alexis M. Copeland, John C. Cox, Cole Shane Craighead*, Anne Louise Cranford*, Colton Mark Cranford, Desirae Roya Dadgar*, Shelby Leigh Dubos*, Ahmed Emad El-Giar, Jessica L. Fitts*, Kayla Robin Fontenot*, Sari R. Freeman*, Caitlyn McKenzie Gibson, Hannah Jane Gissendanner, Kristen Elizabeth Goldman, Emily Claire Greene*, Harrison D. Haley, Laken Michelle Hampton*, Whitney A. Hampton*, Lacey E. Hanemann*, Claire Elise Hannah, Destinee L. Harrell, Andrea Jean Harris, Jessica Catelin Hawkins, Anahy Hernandez, Emily A. Hinton*, Suzanne Beth Hobson, Jeb Russell Houston, Connor L. Howington*, Madeline Rayne Kent, Austin John Knies*, Amanda Elizabeth Labude*, Zachary S. Lee*, Elizabeth N. Lenox*, Lane T. Magee, Sushmita Maskey, Michael Taylor McVay, Adriane Grace Meggs, Jonathan D. Mercer*, Madelyn A. Mull, Malia Kay Munn, Gary Lane Newman*, Colby Ray Nichols*, Wallace J. Olinde*, Anthony R. Parker, Darla Shiloh Phillips, Allison N. Redding, Mary E. Riggs*, Summer Celeste Risinger*, Christina Renee Ross, Dustin Thomas Savage, Emmalee Jill Smith, Beverly Katherine Strode, Kelsey Savannah Tatum*, Mary G. Taylor, Lauren Nicole Telano*, Natasha Nicole Terral, Elizabeth A. Thomas*, Zachary B. Tubb, Matthew Thomas Upshaw*, Madison Elizabeth Vige*, Johanna Lieselotte Vrabel*, Chelsey Danielle Ware, Kiara Renee Washington*, Whitney Wheelis*, Jarrett K. Williams*, Xavier J. Woods, Nicholas Ryan Young*

Richland

Delhi: Benjamin Seth Albritton

Mangham: Logan Evan Slade

Rayville: Logan R. Brown*, Mary C. Doughty, James Ryan Dupree*, Melissa Marie Freeland*, Rebecca Elizabeth Hillman, Haley Brooke Matlock, Kelsie Alane Miller*, Linda-Claire C. Morris*, Orie O'Briant Morris, Jordan Stanley, Cynthia Michelle Strahan, Jacob P. Williams

Tensas

Newellton: Sarah E. Head*

Union

Downsville: Hannah M. Eppinette*, Gregory Wayne Justus*, Adam Reese Taylor*, Anna Kathryn Whitehead*

Farmerville: Meghan Elizabeth Brown*, Tori Danae Constant*, Amber Renee Dodd*, Matthew L. George*, Jessica Renee Hicks*, Seth F. Lawrence*, Destiny Michelle Maxwell*, Kasey Lauren Nance, Kailey Shea Newsom, Kyle A. Phelps, Josh Patrick Raymond, William David Rhodes*, Amy R. Royal*, John David Sawyer*, Hassan M. Shahid

Lillie: Kelsey Lee Fountain*

Marion: Jake Hunter Auger*, Kaitlyn L. Perkins, Jared Alan Williams

West Carroll

Oak Grove: Amanda C. Chop

As on most Wednesdays, the local Rotary Club met at Red's Restaurant on the Highway 79/167 By-Pass in Fordyce. But the noon luncheon on this Wednesday proved extraordinary. After all, it's not every day that one gets to see and hold an Olympic gold medal.

Glynn Saulters, the day's guest speaker, recounted his experience as a member of the 1968 U.S. Olympic basketball team that took gold in Mexico City and what it took to get there.

Originally a native of Lisbon, La., where he played high school baseball and basketball, he and his wife Mary drove up for the day from their current home in Quitman, La.

Some 30 club members and guests filled the private dining room as Rotary President Benny "Big Ben" Roark introduced Saulters. The gold medalist began by sharing where his talent for free-throw shooting began.

"My dad had a cow farm as a sideline to his coaching career," he said. "We were on the farm a lot, leaving a kid not much to do after chores were finished. I discovered an old, rusted-out pail in the barn and took a hammer to knock the bottom out of it." He explained how he hung the bucket up close to regulation height and began shooting hoops.

"I started spending every spare minute shooting the basketball through that tub. I'd play a game with myself to shoot 100 free-throws before I'd go in at night."

His efforts paid winning dividends because he still jointly holds the Olympic record for the highest free-throw percentage at 100%. That record is co-held with four others: Wayne Glasgow from the 1952 Helsinki games, Dick Boushka who played in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, Hersey Hawkins in Seoul during the 1988 games, and Ray Allen at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

"They say all records are made to be broken but this one never will because you can't do better than 100%," Saulters said.

"The criteria for the record required a player to shoot at least one free-throw per game. I was added to the list with 10 completed free-throws for all nine games," he explained.

In addition to being an outstanding basketball player, Saulters was a renowned baseball star. The third baseman helped his Lisbon team win the Class C High School Baseball tournament three out of the four years.

He was named to the Class-C All Star baseball team three years running and named Louisiana Class-C Baseball Player of the Year in 1962 and 1963.

"In high school I was honored as the most valuable basketball player in 1963," he said. "I was recruited for my basketball skills by LSU and Mississippi State but chose Northeast Louisiana University in Monroe (today's University of Louisiana Monroe) because they allowed me to play baseball as well as basketball, which a lot of schools wouldn't do on scholarship."

In his collegiate career, Saulters was named both Basketball Player of the Year and Athlete of the Year in the Gulf States Conference for 1968. He was also a "two time" basketball All-American in '67 and '68 as well as an honorable mention All-American in baseball during 1967.

He still holds several ULM basketball records, including most points per game in a season. Moreover, Saulters' was the first basketball jersey to be retired by the school.

"I played baseball and basketball every year of college except '68," he said. "The Olympic tryouts were being held in the spring so I didn't turn out on the diamond that year. People told me the Olympics would be a dream come true. I said not really because for it to come true you must first have the dream. Ironically, baseball was really my game. As for the Olympics, I was just going with the flow."

Even though he towered over the speaker's podium, at 6-foot-2 Saulters was the smallest of the 12-man Olympic team.

"That team chosen in Albuquerque weren't your household names," he said. "Some of the more well-known players of the time respectfully declined the honor because they had what they felt were more important things to do."

In the pre-Olympic world cup qualifying tournaments held in Europe, the '68 U.S. team didn't start out setting the world on fire. "We lost a few games in Russia and Yugoslavia because we weren't ready and didn't have our coach with us. He was back home," Saulters said.

"When we arrived in the U.S., he met us at the airport and told us you get one week at home then report to Denver for high-altitude training. After an intensive week of that, we were ready. We beat the New York Knicks in Madison Square Garden and beat the Denver Rockets in exhibition games," he said.

"We played nine games in the '68 Olympics. We did not lose a game. In all the history of the Olympic basketball since 1936, the U.S. had never lost a game. We decided it would not happen on our watch."

Saulters added how he was handicapped by a physical issue during the Olympics. "I had a serious thumb injury on my shooting hand that was heavily taped. I had to adjust my shooting accordingly. You do what you have to do to be successful. No matter what they tell you, never believe you can't win. You have to have desire and commitment and that's what we had."

Saulters wrapped up his presentation saying, "The greatest honor I've ever had was stepping up on that platform and having the gold medal placed around my neck while seeing our flag raised to the top of the coliseum and hearing the National Anthem played."

In a brief Q&A following the program, Saulters was asked if he still enjoys tossing the ball through the hoop. He said, "My grandsons keep challenging me to show them how to shoot free-throws."

Following the Olympics, Saulters was drafted by the Cincinnati Royals and the Denver Rockets from the NBA. After being traded by Denver, he signed professionally with the New Orleans Buccaneers and was selected to Louisiana's All-Time All-Star Basketball First Team in 1970. Saulters said in reference to some of his fellow inductees, "I'm just proud to be mentioned in the same breath with such all-time greats as Pete Maravich, Bob Pettit, Willis Reed and Jack Moreland."

He was inducted into the ULM Athletic Hall of Fame in '78, the Louisiana Basketball Hall of Fame in '81, the Ark-La-Tex Hall of Champions in 2012 and the National Division 2 College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2022.