Grace McAlister
Reporter1@riverbendnews.org
The Greater Poplar Springs Missionary Baptist Church, in collaboration with Oak Grove Baptist Church, invites the community to celebrate Dr. Rev. J.T. Billy Simon. Dr. Simon took on the role of Reverend at Greater Poplar Springs Missionary Baptist Church in fall of 1988 and has served the church for 34 years. Greater Poplar Springs Missionary Baptist Church will be hosting a celebration for him and the time he has dedicated to the church at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12. The event will be a Black Splendor Banquet at the J.R.E. Lee Community Complex, located at 702 1st St. NW, in Jasper. Tickets will cost $10 and dinner will be served.
There will also be a Sunday morning worship service on Sunday, Nov. 13, at 11 a.m., with Rev. Desi Nixon acknowledging Dr. Rev. Simon at Oak Grove Baptist Church, located at 1007 NE Needmore Rd., inWhite Springs.