James E. (Jimmy) Harrison, former pastor of Second Baptist Church, Boaz, in Marshall Baptist Association, retired from the pastorate in August after 45 years in the ministry.
Harrison answered the call to ministry at his home church in Gurley and graduated from Baptist Bible Institute (now Baptist College of Florida in Graceville, Fla.) in 1970.
His ministry began in 1967 at New Hope Baptist Church, Marianna, Fla., and he served as pastor of churches in Florida, Alabama, Louisiana and Tennessee. At the time of his retirement Harrison had served as pastor for 14 and a half years at Second Baptist, Boaz.
The church held a luncheon in Harrison’s honor Aug. 12. Attendees wished him well, offered prayers and presented him with gifts.
“We had a wonderful day,” he said of the luncheon. “I’m very appreciative of the people of Second Baptist … and I enjoyed being their pastor for that length of time.”
Harrison said that in his retirement he will continue to support missions and is interested in interim preaching, supply work and filling in at revivals. Harrison and his wife, Faye, have two children and three grandchildren.
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