Lakewood Baptist Church, Phenix City
Russell Baptist Association
Favorite Verses: Proverbs 3:5–6
Favorite Hymn: “Majesty and Glory”
Hobbies: Embroidering, doing yard
work, playing basketball and baking
Family Status: Widowed after 49 years of marriage to Charles; raised her sister’s four children; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren
Mary Blalock has been involved in church for about as long as she has been going. Blalock has been a Sunday School teacher since she was 16, taking a break from teaching for only two weeks at a time when her husband was between assignments in the Navy. She has also served as a Vacation Bible School leader and is in the senior adult choir at Lakewood Baptist Church, Phenix City.
Q: How did you come to know the Lord?
A: I accepted the Lord Jesus when I was in the hospital. I heard the doctor say, “Take her back to her room. She is going to die.” I accepted the Lord right then, because I knew if I didn’t, I was going to hell.
Q: How have you been involved in church?
A: I have worked in church all of my life. I have been Sunday School director, Training Union director, WMU director and a Sunday School teacher for 71 years.
Q: What have you gotten from those ministries?
A: The pleasure of serving the Lord.
Q: What do you enjoy about teaching Sunday School?
A: Seeing lives changed.
Q: What difference has being a Christian made in your life?
A: It has made all of the difference in the world. It has made me a better person.
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