Dorothy Retzer passes away
Dorothy Retzer, mother of Gordon Retzer, president of the Southern Union Conference, passed away on August 5. She died peacefully, in her sleep, following a hospice stay of 21 months. Memorial Service will be Thursday afternoon, August 9, 2007, in the Ooltewah Seventh-day Adventist Church, Ooltewah, Tenn. August 9 would have been Mrs. Retzer's 85th birthday.

Tom Evans elected treasurer of North American Division
Decatur, GA, June 21, 2007 -- Tom Evans, treasurer of the Southern Union Conference, has been elected treasurer of the North American Division. He will replace Juan Prestol who was elected undertreasurer of the General Conference during the 2007 Spring Meeting.

Evans has served the Southern Union since February 16, 2006. Since coming to the Southern Union it became the first union on the new accounting system. On May 27, 2007, Tom married Shirley Chisolm.

Before coming to the Southern Union, Tom had been the treasurer of two local conferences, two academies, and the Mid-America Union Conference.

Tom & Shirley Evans

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