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Dr. Dvu rein joins forces to
build "Gospel House
Obituary
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In Memory o f Rev. Joseph C. Foster
Also known as Bishop J.C. Fos
ter. He was the Bishop of several
church of God in Christ churches
in the Portland area.
Bishop Foster was Married on
A ugust 3, 1942. He cam e to
Veronica, Oregon and was the
minister of his first C.O.G.I.C
church there, he moved to Port
land as was pastor of St. Paul
C.O.G.I.C. at it’s first location in
1945 and has been at his present
location since 1958. He has been
bishop since about 1958. Bishop
Foster was a Co-Founder of the
Albina Ministerial Alliance and
had been a member of the Albina
Rotary Club.
Survivors include: Wife; Ber
tha B Foster, Son; Earl L. Foster,
Daughter; Wilma Faye Foster, Son;
Lynn Foster, Son; James Foster,
Daughter; Jo Evelyn Foster, Son
Rev. Donald R. Foster, children
were listed in order of age.
17 Grandchildren and a host of
Great Grandchildren, Nieces and
nephews survive him.
He was proceeded in death by 9
sisters and 2 brothers.
His parents names were Jerry
and Ellen Foster - now deceased.
July 25, 1905 - October 19,
1997
In Memory o f Annie Ruth Hammond-Taylor
Legendary gospel composer Dr.
Margaret Pleasant Douroux, top sell
ing gospel artist Kirk Franklin, along
with some of gospel’s top stars have
joined forces to produce “Already
Done”, a benefit album recording
whose proceeds will be used to build
a national gospel museum- “The
Gospel House.”
“If Classical music has its shrine is
Carnegie Hall; If Country music has
its shrine in the Grand O le’ Opry;
then Gospel music too deserves a
shrine.”
Know internationally forhercom -
positions, many of which have be
come church standards such as “If It
Had Not Been For The Lord On My
Side," “What Shall I Render”, “Give
Me A Clean Heart,” “If God Is Dead
What Makes The Flower Bloom”
and others. Dr. Douroux has been
crisscrossing the country for the last
decade lobbying for support to build
the national gospel museum.
“Gospel music is uniquely Ameri
can, created in this country by our
slave forefathers. It's tremendous
influence on American music and
culture has never been fully recog
nized. The Gospel House will ad
dress this issue by commemorating
and honoring gospel pioneers such
as Mahalia Jackson, Rev. James
Cleveland, Thomas Dorsey and oth
ers as well as providing a place for
new and upcoming gospel artists to
learn, study and record,” says Dr.
Douroux.
Nominated for a 1997 Stellar
Aw:ird, gospel music’s highest honor,
Dr. Margaret Douroux
the critically-acclaim ed "Already
Done" album is a 10-song compila
tion featuring one of the greatest col-
Life Threatening
Emergency
Annie Ruth Hammond-Taylor
was bom January 2,1924 in Fordyce,
AR, to the union of Ms. Donnie
WiIkes and George Freeman Annie
Ruth and her two children, Patricia
and Theodore joined her mother in
Vanportin 1944.
She then met and married Finley
“Joe” Hammond and three children
were bom, JoAnn, Finley, Jr. and
Donna Jean. She worked with the
public for 20+ years for Brooks
Grocers and Tradewell (More For
Less) as a grocery clerk.
She will be remembered for her
warm smile and her thoughtfulness
for others. Annie Ruth was a loving
hristians must keep in
sent Since C h rist’s ascension, he
mind biblical principles
has bestow ed on C h ris t's true
and instruction when mak-
church many different gifts, includ
ing health c are d e c isio n ing
s. the I gill ol healing) I Corinthians
Corinthians 6: 19-20 states: "W hat?
12 12-1-14). *Notc verse 9, hence
Know ye not that your body is the
the adm onition for the C hristian is
Temple of the Holy Ghost which is in
given in the previously quoted text
you, which ye have of God, and ye
found in the book of James.
are not your own? For ye are bought
We need to be rem inded that, as
with a price: Therefore glorify God
C hristians, our failure Io seek and
in your Body, and in your spirit,
w ait on the L ord' carefully for d i
which are G od’s.
rection often leads to painful and
We are to realize, as C hristians,
difficult situations for our lives. A
our bodies belong to Christ and not
biblical example of this in the realm
ourselves. Therefore, the C hris
of illness was dem onstrated in the
tian is obligated to seek the L ord’s
life o f king Asa when he sought the
will when making H ealth Care d e
physician and not God ( I lchron I
cisions. A dditionally, C hristian
6-12).
Health Providers also are to seek
God uses physicians in the healing
the Lord concerning patient health
process. I, as a physician, am fully
and medical ethics issues. Jam es
aware o f this. Jesus Christ used a
5: 14-16 gives the C hristian the
variety of methods in healing the
following instruction: “Is any sick
sick. We, as Christians, are not to
among you? Let him call for the
limit the Lord in the method he uses
elders of the Church and let them
in our healing but we are to Seek the
pray over him anointing him with
L ord’s direction first in our deci
oil in the name of the Lord: and the
sions since we belong to him.
Prayer of faith shall raise him up;
Proverb 3:6, “ In all thy ways
and if he have com m itted sins, they
acknow ledge him, and he shall d i
shall be forgiven him. Confess
rect thy path.”
your faults one to another, and pray
We must keep life and death
one for another, that ye may be
decisions in G o d ’s H ands-People
healed. The effectu al, fervent
make m istakes! Jesus said in Rev
prayer o f a righteous man availeth
elation 1:18, “I am he that liveth
m uch” This scripture is also for
and was dead, and behold I am
today. W hen C hrist walked this
alive for everm ore...and have the
Earth, he was the greatest Physi
keys of hell and death.”
cian. He was the golden standard-
We must make sure that the pa
with a cure rate of 100% in all
tient has every option for life be
diseases. The Holy Spirit has been
fore death is considered.
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mother and wife and a good friend
to all.
She leaves to celebrate her home
going, a loving husband, Oscar C.
Taylor “Terry" of Portland, OR; six
children, Patricia A. W illiams,
Theodore L. Freem an, JoAnn
Marshall all of Portland, OR; Finley
Hammond, Jr. of Phoenix, AZ,
Donna J Hammond and Oscar C.
Taylor, Jr. both of Portland, OR;
her mother, Donnie W. Long also of
Portland, OR; 12 grandchildren, 16
great-grandchildren, 2 great-great-
grandchildren and a host of cousins,
nieces, nephews, other relatives and
good friends.
In Memory o f Annie Lee Mays
A n n ie Lee M ays d ep arted
this life on O cto b er 13, 1997.
M rs. M ays was born on F eb
ruary 11,1917 in S h rev ep o rt,
LA to Tom & Pearl A lexander
She was one of 8 children, and
confessed C hrist at an early age.
She became member o f the Spring
Hill Baptist Church. Under the
lea d e rsh ip o f the late Pastor
Caples. She met and married Mr
Ben Shelton. To this union was
born tw o children.
In 1956 she m a rrie d Mr
Jessie M ays Jr. S eek in g a b e t
ter life for h e rse lf, w ith a grade
sch o o l and high school e d u c a
tion. She w ork sev eral d iffe r
ent jo b .
M oving to P o rtlan d , O regon,
w o rk in g at the V .A . H ospital
and sev eral o th er jo b s. K eep
ing good a tten d an ce, alw ays on
tim e until h ealth w ouldn't a l
low h er to w ork.
In 1971, she becam e a mem
ber o f the P arad ise M B aptist
C h u rch , where she served fa ith
fully as an U sher. U ntil her
h ealth no longer p erm itted . She
d e m o n s tr a te d h e r lo v e and
faithfulness by being in her S un
day S chool class ev ery Sunday.
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M o th e r 's b e n c h . S u n d a y
School w as her first c o m m it
ment until her recent illness.
She leav es to m ourn her
home-going D aughters; M arga
ret J. Hill, 1 to proceed in her
death, Estella M Hamlin, Son
in law; Rev. Robert C. Hill, 2
S is te rs ; A lb e rta H e rs h e y ,
Tommy D. M cCloued. 9 G rand
children; A renetter L. Freem an,
Charles L. Hill Sr.-Terry L. Hill
Sr., Ruby M. Hill, G racie A.
Watkins, Patrick D Hill, Cornell
Hamlin. All o f Portland. Oregon.
17 G re a t-G ran d c h ild re n 2
G reat-G reat-G randchildren A
host o f Nieces, N ephew s, and
Friends.
lections of gospel songwriters ever
assembled including Kirk Franklin.
Glenn Burleigh (Order My Steps),
V. Michael McKay (The Potter’s
House) and Dr. Margaret Pleasant
Douroux.
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