Local residents gathered Friday to celebrate the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a commemorative ceremony at Mount Triumph Missionary Baptist Church in McAlester.
Loved ones remember life of Dr. Charles Whitlow
Loved ones remember life of Dr. Charles Whitlow By Will Hutchison | January 5, 2021 at 5:27 PM CST - Updated January 5 at 5:27 PM
LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - Friends and family are remembering Dr. Charles Whitlow, a man who pastored in Lawton and across the country for nearly 50 years.
Dr. Charles Whitlow served as the pastor at Union Baptist Church for decades.
“Dr. Whitlow was a phenomenal man, great preacher and awesome pastor. Community leader, greatly involved, nationally, statewide and of course here locally,” said Dr. Willie Smith.
“Dr. Whitlow was a person that said little but meant much. His words had great weight. Dr. Whitlow was a person that never ever, and I say never ever, said an evil thing about a person that wasn’t true,” said Dr. Bettye Gaines.
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The late Rev. Alfred Baldwin Jr.
Enid city commissioners voted Tuesday to rename a portion of South 5th in honor of a longtime Enid pastor who died last year.
The street from Garriott to Ohio will be named âPastor Alfred Baldwin Jr. Way.â Affected properties on 5th will include 714 S. 5th, 1310 S. 5th, 801 S. 5th and 815 S. 5th.
The Rev. Baldwin, who was 76 when he died in October 2019, served as pastor at First Missionary Baptist Church in Enid.
Before Tuesdayâs public hearing, an initial hearing was held during a commission meeting last month with no apparent opposition to the proposal, city planning administrator Chris Bauer said Tuesday.