Gene  "Big G" Williams

I accepted Christ as a Young man, and even at the young
age of 13 I had seen quite more than I ever imagined I
would. My Parents were heavy drinkers and I being one of  15 children did not have very many material things in my life. We never had very much to eat, not only because of  the large amount of children, but because My Parents were very addicted to their habits. So I was Longing for something that I could call my very own in life. I found Him, Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He was very important to me. I would go to Youth group and church every time the doors were open. As time went on and we moved away, so did I from the Lord. He never left me but I strayed far as humanly possible from him. I started drinking and smoking and became a habitual traffic offender. I even racked up my share of vehicles, One's that I might add were quite dear to my heart. The one crash that really had a huge Change in me was when I wrapped a 72 chevy Impala my dream car. I wrapped it around a pole and broke my nose in a million pieces. The officer at the scene said that if I had stayed there 10 more minutes I would have died. It was the Lord that sent the rescuers there to find me. In 1992 I met my now loving wife, the Lord brought us together as friends vowing against marriage, being that we had been previously divorced against our own wanting. We then realized that the Precious Father has other plans for our lives. We Married and joined  together our Loving daughter Sarah and son Gene Jr. We have had many rocky roads since then but have always Kept the Lord as the Main focus of our lives together. .

Carol  "Curly" Williams

I was born a very shy child afraid of my own shadow I have always Loved the Lord and in 1977 I gave my Life over to him Oh those were some of Greatest times of my life. I remember Brother Bob and Karen Edwards they were the Pastor and his wife at Southside Baptist church that I attended for many many years. Life's experiences I believe make us who we are. If we choose God then we have the extra help that we are obviously going to need down the road. If we stray away from him and try it on our own we Reap those consequences. I strayed away when I was 18 and I tried to replace God with the love I thought I needed. That Love from a man who at the time I believe did not know the Harm he was causing me. He helped a very shy girl who had never dabbled into the things of the world before, try things that most of her life she detested and basically feared. I started smoking cigarettes and that was in my mind the end of who God wanted me to be. I had always tried to do what the Lord had wanted of me to do. I Failed him, I felt as though I had lost his Love. I got married and after two years of marriage we decided to have a baby. What a blessing I had thought! The baby was a blessing from the Lord, but being that God gave us Free will, My Husband at the time decided he wanted a different path and did not want to be married or be a father to his child. I was kicked out and literally had to live in my car, pregnant and alone I knew I had reaped what I had sowed. I left God alone and I thought now he had Left me. That was not true. He carried me through the really dark times and released me from the further physical abuse that I would have suffered If we had stayed together. Out of God's Grace and Mercy after being beaten on a regular basis My baby was born without a flaw. My sister had found out I was living in my car and took me in. So because of my belief in the Bible and God's word, and even though I had felt that I betrayed my Heavenly Father I still wanted to do as he had written and not divorce my husband. So I waited for 9 years, while he went through woman after woman.Finally we got back together and he once again left me without a clue. We divorced and I vowed never to enter into anything that would bring be out of the Will of God. I was managing a convenience store and my little angel girl was about 5 years old. I worked hard to support her on my own and never had any child support, but did not worry for I knew as before God had Control of my path. Then one day he sent an Angel wearing a green uniform into my Life. He was carrying a big ole coffee mug and had a smile that would cure cancer!! LOL he became my best friend. We both had gotten divorced against wanting to be. So we pledged to God never to marry again. God had other plans! As usual he took me and wrapped his love around me so I could feel the power he possessed!! We married and had a little boy. We had our share of storms but always let God have total control! And amazingly he brought me Full circle around back to that same little church where I had went to as a child! The name was changed and the Pastor was different but the Love was still there. It was just replaced with the most amazing people in God's beautiful World. It was there where we Met Pastor Tom Nimmo and his wife Christine. Tom is the Pastor of the OverComers in Christ Ministry and had joined the Summit Baptist Church on the second Sunday we had attended. I knew that day when he and his wife, their son Tyler and their family friend Vicki had joined church that this was the place God wanted me as well! They were so sweet standing in front of church as if it were the Greatest Gift they were receiving. The Pastor of the church Paul Denny is very Young, but you would never know it if you were blind. I say that because even at his young age God has blessed him with extreme wisdom. I treasure all the Members of Summit Baptist church and Especially My Heavenly Father!! I thank God that he has Brought me down all the paths of my life.