Bro. Eddie is a native of South Carolina.  He was born in Ridgeland, South Carolina, and grew up near the Atlantic coast in the southern part of the state.  He graduated from Ridgeland High School and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Furman University in Greenville, SC.  In 1964, he came to Ft. Worth to attend Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.  He graduated from SWBTS in 1968 with an MDiv degree and went on to do some postgraduate work.  Bro. Eddie has pastored churches in Mill Creek, OK; Hico, TX; and Sulphur, OK.  He came to Pleasantview as Minister of InReach from First Baptist Church, Sulphur, where he had been senior pastor for thirty-two years.

Bro. Eddie is a resident of Arlington, TX, where he lives with his wife, Cynthia.  They have two children - a son and a daughter.  David and his wife, Kandi, with their two sons (Andrew and Simon), live in Ft. Worth, TX. Amy lives in Houston, TX.

BRO. EDDIE'S TESTIMONY AND MINISTRY STATEMENT:  

At the age of nine, I accepted Christ as my personal Savior and Lord.  When God called me to full-time Christian ministry at the age of twelve, I believed He was calling me to medical missions in Africa.  Through the years, God has shown me that "missions" involves the sharing of the Gospel wherever He leads.  God has led me to invest my life primarily in pastoral ministry.  He has used my spiritual gifts of mercy and Bible teaching to enable me not only to minister in the local church but to be a minister to my community and to others beyond the local community.  I rejoice in the opportunity to serve a great God in a great church like Pleasantview Baptist Church.