Former administrative assistant for the State Board of Missions dies March 8

Erma Friese, who served as an administrative assistant in the office of Cooperative Program/stewardship development for the State Board of Missions from May 1990 until June 2000, died March 8. She was 86.

Friese was a longtime member of Eastmont Baptist Church, Montgomery, and worked as a church secretary at Highland Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, before coming to the SBOM.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Chuck, and grandson Zachary Middleton. She is survived by two children; five grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.