Decades of Baptist seminarians crossed paths with Lewis and Betty Drummond through the years and would likely still garner fond memories from the connections.
Lewis Drummond died in 2004 at age 77 and was buried on the campus of Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina, where he served as president from 1988 to 1992. His wife, Betty, lived over 22 years without him, most recently in Dothan, Alabama. She died May 19 at 96 and will be buried next to him.
Served seminaries and churches
Through their years of ministry, the Drummonds also served at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, and Beeson Divinity School at Samford University in Birmingham (Lewis as a professor at both schools). He also led churches in Alabama, Texas and Kentucky.
Nicholas Clark, executive director of the State Convention of Baptists in Indiana, focused on the Drummonds for his dissertation at Southern Seminary. He shared with The Alabama Baptist this week about Betty’s two books she co-authored with her husband: “Women of Awakenings: The Historic Contribution of Women to Revival” and “The Spiritual Woman: Ten Principles of Spirituality and Women Who Have Lived Them.”
“She had a lot of different hats in the world they shared,” he added. “Betty Drummond was a faithful lifetime partner to Lewis Drummond.”
While they had no biological children, the Drummonds “really had a partnership in training these students,” Clark said.
Service times
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. (CT) Wed., May 27 at Glover Funeral Home, 1468 Hartford Highway, Dothan, AL 36301, with Phil Roberts, former Midwestern Seminary president, officiating and with Glover Funeral Home of Dothan directing.
Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. (EST), Wed., June 17 at the Southeastern Seminary Cemetery, 873 Stadium Road, Wake Forest, NC 27587.
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