con­
ility
of th deacon board; John
Gamer, Oliver ood­
d, Fletcher oore, Jody
Burnside and Ed Burke
ew Bethel members
bousht a 15 acre eed
fi ld, d under Rev. Cook's
.leac:1ler11lljp the first bunding
erected.
Thirteen peop e joined
c reb the fi dlY.
or. Cook and his wife Ca­
nary re' e at 185 Birdie
St. Benton H or. They
are the parents of 1 daugh­
ter and 2 grandchildren.
He t up every morn­
ing and fIX his . e's coffee.
e said he has little tune
that he sings "Tappy, Tappy
too." e hear him
. g that, the
coffee is made.
Dr. Co organized
pproxim tely 17 auxilia­
ries. He' a tithing p or,
d r anyone to do
anything that he is not
to do. H time and
Sermon.
The only late night
nice pre ted by
the youth department on
ednesday. The State
Youth Choir provided the
ry be utifully. The
JDM. ...... I , former­
ly of Housto , Texas no
re . ding in Ypsilanti brought
a leI)' . spiring me e.
His IUbject IS "Quit talk-
to yourself."
Friday morning, Dr.
.T. Howard of Detroit
p nted th theme dis­
cu . on. Re. A.T. Rober-
tor,
The
Sou
topic, ,
itnessing. "
At 2:00 p.m. Friday,
pre 'dent iIliam pre' ed.
That the busine part
of the . on. All report
ere m de. After the buJi.;
De the gue speaker, Rev.
John iDiams Jr. of Brook­
lyn, .Y. brought a mo t
enjoyable d timely me
.
At 8:00 p.m. Friday
niaht (president's night) th
propam . ted
·th mu' from the com-
�paI (left)
Seere of
OJ.::ua Con ention
rs, Joyce illiam of youth department musician,
Brooklyn, .Y. The Pre' Steve Jone .
dent's Annual me e as Six ne churche join-
ry timely and inspiring. ed the convention this year.
Hi subject "Th light
that troub e cannot put
out."
Th fo wing are per-
n of Benton Harbor
that ere elected to office
of the General Rapf State
Convention 1980-81.
. 2nd Vice pre' dent,
ev. ilton P. c Afee;
Financial Secretary, Rev.
illie T. Burton; Bible Tea­
er, Dr. D.E. Cook; Dean
of Sunday 001 and
B.T.U. Co eVe John
at n; President of Junior
. Georgia 0 .
Secretary of
Junior omen, . Jeann
Ly ; Bible Teacher of Jun­
ior omen, IS. J Bur­
ton; 2nd Vice Pre dent of
U ers, John 1.0 ; 2nd
vice Pre' ent of n
0.2, IS. Ide . Guidry;
T rer of 0.2,
rs, Ahn Harden; 1 Vice
P tience with ryon .
According to rs, Cherry
Johnson he . no only
p tor, but a friend. He h
no special member , He .
en' friend to friends of
hismemben.
Progre . e h a com­
p te children' church with
everything, including Jr.
Deacons, and Jr. mothers
Board.
His I te enjoyment is
ttending fthall game
He cheer the church team
along, and ait in antici­
p tion f the next game.
D. Co . ry con-
cerned about community
ork and the re tor tion of
Peace and Harmony th t
Benton Harbor once had.
He troogly believe that
Benton Harb will one day
ve th lobe that it once
. He has rved on th
buuring Co�on of
To nship
artin Lane. Dr.
has campaigned for
variou offICial.
In the 1940's and early
1950's he helped people
get fuel on credit and they
pi ed fruit and paid for
it during the sununer.
Several homes he h d
built for the co t only. He
didn't make any money for
him If, but to help his
members an others, In
fact only a . ort time ago
he t ing about build­
ing other hou .
Dr. Co and the
Progre . e family "began
holding rvices t 60 Sixth
St. Benton Harbor. The
congregation mo ed to
1715 Highland e., Ben­
ton Harbor, and first held
rvi there in th b
ment of the uncompleted
building. Ground for the
church br en in 1948
and til building was dedi­
cated in 1952.
Th congregation pur­
ch.a d and mo ed to th
form r First Baptist Church
Pre . ent of youth, Danny
Hall; Recording Secretary of
youth, Alice Hamp­
ton; Tre rer of youth,
Cynthia Bell, and
of Benton Harbor churcr ..
building t 245 Pipe to ,
Benton Harbor, in 1977 ,
d dis build' on
Highland to I lite B p-
list Church.
In 1957, Dr. C
extended lifetime call to
the pasto te of Progre .
Bapti Church.
In ddition to found in
the t 0 nton
churche Dr. Coo
helped organize e
. Bapti Church, Benton
Harbor, of hich the Rev.
.T. Burton' p tor; Firs
Bapti Church of South
Haven, where the Rev. Pe er
J k n of Benton Harbor
riah
Bapti Church in ichi­
gan City, Indiana, here the
Rev. 0.8. T ylor . no
p tor.
Dr. Coo gr uated
from Tu egee In titute,
Tu e, ., in 1924.
He entered the ministry in
1929 and fir t rved t
Birmingham, . He 1 ter
rved churche in obbins
Illino' CI land,. Ohio,
Chicago and South Bend.
During thi time, he coo­
tinued hi educ tion and
in 1943 graduated from
. Illinois Theo 'cal Semi­
nary ith a bachelor of
divinity degree. He did
graduate 0 in mi . o nary
training t Chatham Hill
Colleg and Divinity School,
. Chicago, and at th
. nary Training Institute in
y , J.
He earn d his m ter
of divinity degree in 1974
from Lu er . Seminary,
J nville, F., d his
doctor of divinity degree
in 1975 from Conroe Col-
ege, Conroe, Tex
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