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a number of years until 1968,
when he enrolled in Lubbock’s
Sunset School of Preaching. He
graduated on his 41st birthday, January 25, 1970.

Since his graduation, he has preached in Flagstaff,
Arizona; the three Maritime Provinces of Canada
– Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New
Brunswick; and Lubbock, Texas. A.C. and his wife
touched many lives during his years of preaching
across North America. They returned to Lubbock
permanently in 1982. Ruth worked at both the Texas
Tech Library and the Texas Tech Museum until she
retired after 32 years of service.

When asked how he would like to be remembered,
he simply said, “As a man who loved God, his
family and his country.” A. C. is a stellar example
of someone who has demonstrated how to do all of
Army in their sector of East Germany, and those things well.
they were ‘itching’ to come through the
Fulda Gap (a traditional invasion route into
Germany).” Asa felt like “we spent most
of our time in the field doing exercises and
practicing being ‘cannon fodder’ for them.”
He also felt like the “only things that kept
them from coming were nuclear weapons
and the U.S. Air Force.”

Asa went on the 2017 Texas
South Plains Honor Flight. His
favorite stop was the Korean
War Memorial. He also enjoyed
being with his son, Terry, who
went along as his guardian.

After spending a year and a half in
Germany, Asa was discharged on December We are proud of our
18, 1952 at Ft. Hood and “rode home with
a friend to Terry County.” He met his Veterans- especially our
future wife, Olive Ruth Wood, in 1954 at
the hospital in Brownfield where he was Poppy! Tim, Missy, Ben,
having minor surgery. They married in
1955 and had four children in the next Casey and Hank
five years. A.C. noted that he was happy
“raising cotton, cows and kids with the light
of his life – Ruth.” He continued farming for

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