Community members observe National Day of Prayer
Prayer “is something that is definitely needed for our country right now.”
Those were the words of Leland Acker, pastor of Life Point Baptist Church in Early, at a National Day of Prayer observance held Thursday at the Stuart and Margaret Coleman Plaza in Brownwood.
Community members gathered at various locations Thursday to observe National Day of Prayer, which was signed into law in 1952 by President Harry S. Truman and is held annually on the first Thursday of May.
The observance was a time to “gather together as a nation and pray that God would heal our land, that he would forgive our sins and that he would restore our great nation,” Acker said as prayers were also offered for the community and local leaders.
Feb 09, 1933
Jan 13, 2021
Helen Butts Stasey departed from this life and went to be with her Lord and Savior on January 13, 2021. She lived out her Christian faith all her life.
Helen was from February 9, 1933 in Arkansas City, Kansas to Jim and Pearl Henderson. She married Gene Butts her highschool sweetheart on April 28, 1951 in San Angelo, Texas. They were married for 32 years. Gene proceeded her in death on October 30, 1983. Helen married Pat Stasey on February 29, 1991. Pat proceeded her in death in March of 2005.
Also preceding her in death was her twin sons, Lloyd and Floyd, who died in 1951 and her great granddaughter, Taylor Kucel, who died on June 16, 1995.