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Obit for Nettie
Nettie Lou Jernigan, age 74 of Slaughterville,
wife of Dr. Wade Jernigan, died March 2, 2005. Funeral services will be 10:00 AM
Sat., March 5, 2005 at the Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College in Moore.
Arrangements by WilsonLittle Funeral Home in Purcell.
Obit for Dr. Wade
Rewritten by Jo Aguirre from Miami Newspaper
Services for Dr. Wade Jernigan, Claremore, were held Friday, May 19, 2006 at Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College in Moore with the Rev. Jack Ritchey, the Rev. Jack Williams, the Rev. Roy Dale Smith and the Rev. Bob Thompson officiating.
Burial followed in Willow View Cemetery in Slaughterville. Arrangements
were under the direction of Mark Griffith Memorial Funeral Home-Westwood Chapel
in Tulsa.
Wade T. Jernigan was born Sept. 25, 1927, in Bladen County, N.C., to the Rev.
Walter and Nora Jernigan and died May 15, 2006, in Tulsa at the age of 78.
He was 17 when he announced his call to preach on March 25, 1945, at his home
church, Oak Grove Church in Bladenboro, N.C. He was licensed to preach the
following Sunday and preached his first sermon April 8, 1945, at Oak Grove
Church.
He attended Free Will Baptist Bible College in Nashville, Tenn. His education
included an English Bible diploma, a bachelor of science, a bachelor of arts, a
master's degree and a doctorate in theology. Five colleges and universities have
conferred honorary doctorate degrees upon him.
He was married to Nettie Lou Blair and she preceded him in death on March 2,
2005. He married Marguerite Hinesley on March 14, 2006.
He has conducted more than 800 revivals, pastored 14 churches including the
First Free Will Baptist Church in Miami, and served four churches as interim
pastor. He was involved in church pioneering and was instrumental in starting 25
churches. He was referred to across the United States as &"Mr. Free Will
Baptist." He helped start Oklahoma Bible College (now Hillsdale Free Will
Baptist College), and was a member of the Christian Education Board. He authored
five books and wrote 27 songs. Most recently, he served as a Professor of
Homiletics and in Public Relations with the Office of Institutional Advancement
at Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College.
He is survived by his wife Marguerite of the home; five daughters, Nora Mae
Hampton of Kemp, Texas, Rhonda and Bob Thomas of Noble, Debe and Dave Taylor of
Hot Springs, Ark., Verla and Dennis Fletcher of Locust Grove and Vicki Hall and
her husband Mike of Midwest City; three stepdaughters, Charlyne Shotsky and her
husband Steve, Sue Ann Hinesley and Katheryn Hinesley, all of Claremore; one
sister, Huldah Kinlaw and her husband Clifton of Bladenboro, N.C.; one brother,
Wilkie Jernigan and his wife Marie of Norfolk, Va., 11 grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
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