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Nominations and appointments to state boards and committees have been announced by the Committee on Nominations in preparation for the Florida Baptist State Convention in Tampa, November 10-11, 2003. Messengers to the convention will be asked to vote on the nominations, but the appointments are not subject to actions by the convention.

The Committee on Nominations of the Florida Baptist State Convention is required to publish in Florida Baptist Witness on or before the first day of October, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, the following list of nominees to be elected by the Florida Baptist State Convention. Nominees for vacant positions will be named by the committee during its pre-convention meeting November 10, 2003.

Committee Nominations:

State Board of Missions
Note: Associations not listed do not have vacancies in the year 2003. *Indicates lay person
Association	Board Member	Previous Term(s)	Term
Big Lake	Randy Huckabee	None	03-05
Choctaw	*Rachel Godwin	90-91; 91-94; 94-97	03-06
Florida	Don McLaughlin	None	03-06
Greater Orlando	Dwayne Mercer	01-03	03-06
Gulf Stream	David Rice	None	03-06
Gulf Stream	Wesley Green	None	03-06
Harmony	Travis W. Hudson	99-00; 00-03	03-06
Jacksonville	*James L. Tatum	01-03	03-06
Jacksonville	*Wayne Reed	00-03	03-06
Lafayette	M. Jake Cravey	None	03-06
Lake County	*Hazel Stockdale	00-03	03-06
Manatee Southern	*Gail A. Adams	None	03-05
Manatee Southern	Kenneth Holt	00-03	03-06
Marion	J. Donald Newman	00-03	03-06
Miami	Steven L. Ray	None	03-06
Northeast Florida	*W. Mike Branch	00-03	03-06
Northwest Coast	Donald C. Pickerill	00-03	03-06
Orange Blossom	*Dewayne Lemler	00-03	03-06
Pasco	W. Bruce Moore	99-00; 00-03	03-06
Peace River	Eric Romick	None	03-06
Pensacola Bay	*Jane Foster	00-03	03-06
Pensacola Bay	Matthew D. Dunavant	None	03-06
Ridge	*Jim Durham	None	03-06
Royal Palm	Hixon Helton	00-03	03-06
St. Johns River	*Walter Bayen	02-03	03-06
Santa Fe River	Lloyd Jones	02-03	03-06
Seminole	Jerry Walsh	None	03-06
South Florida	Stephen B. Henderson	02-03	03-04
South Florida	*Marvin Pittman	00-03	03-06
Suncoast	*Stuart Pete Fox	02-03	03-06
Tampa Bay	Charles White	01-03	03-06
Taylor	John W. Dorman	99-00; 00-03	03-06
Treasure Coast	Bryan D. Herrington	99-00; 00-03	03-06
Walton County	Jerry R. Chumley	84-87; 87-90; 99-00	03-06

 

Committee on Order of Business
Member	Previous Term(s)	Term
Ottoniel Fernandez, Miami Lakes	None	03-06
James C. Snell, Keystone Heights	None	03-06
Othoniel A. Valdes, Sr., Tampa	None	03-06
Chairman: Stan Lewis, Pensacola
Vice-Chairman: *Lois H. Wenger, Orlando

 

Florida Baptist Children’s Home
Trustee	Previous Term(s)	Term
Curtis D. Clark, Tallahassee	00-03	03-06
*Nancy Grigsby, Niceville	94-97; 97-00	03-06
*Ellen Hamilton, Bradenton	01-03	03-06
Bobby J. Musselwhite, Milton	80-83; 83-86; 87-90; 90-93	03-06
Wynema M. Pickles, Live Oak	00-03	03-06
*Steven L. Sparkman, Plant City	None	03-06
*David Wilkins, Tallahassee	None	03-06
Tracy N. Willis, Ocala	00-03	03-06

 

Florida Baptist Financial Services
Director	Previous Term(s)	Term
Tom Biles, Tampa	None	03-06
Reinaldo Carvajal, Miami	00-03	03-06
*Ned R. Couey, Crestview	96-99; 99-02	03-06
Herschel D. Creasman, Coral Springs	95-96; 96-99; 99-02	03-06
*Nayra N. Montanez, Oviedo	None	03-06
*Thomas O. Morris, Tampa	96-98; 98-01; 02-03	03-06
A. Darrel Murray, Jacksonville	00-03	03-06
David P. Rice, Jacksonville	00-03	03-06

 

The Baptist College of Florida
Trustee	Previous Term(s)	Term
Marcus D. Caraway, Century	00-03	03-06
John Cross, North Port	None	03-06
*Billye Dowdy, High Springs	None	03-06
Myles Dowdy, Valrico	00-03	03-06
William H. Hild, Sarasota	00-03	03-06
*Grace Manring, Fort Walton Beach	91-93; 93-96; 99-00; 00-03	03-06
Timothy C. Patterson, Glen St. Mary	00-03	03-06
Ted H. Traylor, Pensacola	00-03	03-06

 

Florida Baptist Witness Commission
Commissioner	Previous Term(s)	Term
*Don W. Buckley, Pensacola	None	03-06
Robert L. Miller, Winter Haven	00-03	03-06
*Rhonda Reese, Jacksonville	None	03-06
During the annual meeting of the Florida Baptist State Convention, messengers will consider a revision to the Bylaws of the Florida Baptist Witness to increase the total number of commissioners from 9 to 15. Six additional nominees will be presented by the Committee on Nominations pending approval of the Bylaw revision.

Committee Appointments:

In accordance with the Bylaws of the Florida Baptist State Convention, the Committee on Nominations has appointed the following committee:

Committee on Credentials
Trustee	Previous Term(s)	Term
Louis Lucas, Daytona Beach Chairman	01; 02	03
Sanford C. Colley, Lakeland Vice-Chairman	02	03
Robert Jaye, DeFuniak Springs	02	03
Jeffrey S. Rountree, Ocala	00; 01; 02	03
Emanuel Roque, Miami	None	03
Virgil J. Tillman, Panama City	None	03
Larry T. Wilbur, Callahan	None	03