Senior associate pastor of Woodridge Baptist Church in Mobile retires

Garry Harred, senior associate pastor of Woodridge Baptist Church, Mobile, retired recently after 45 years of pastoral service.

He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Criswell College in Dallas, Texas. Ordained while still getting his master’s, Harred served churches in Texas for five years before coming to Alabama. He served as pastor of First Baptist Bayou La Batre for nine years, Crawford Baptist for 13 years and has been at Woodridge since 2006.

For two years he served as the transitional pastor at Woodridge during the church’s pastor search. He and his wife, Jeanne, have three children and five grandchildren.