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Robert L. Wall

FROM THE BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF PRIMITIVE OR OLD SCHOOL BAPTIST MINISTERS BY DAVID MONTGOMERY AND MARK GREEN:
ELDER ROBERT WALL


Robert "Bob" Wall married Rowena Bryant, daughter of Lee and Cloe Bryant, in Seattle, WA, in 1947. Mr. Bryant, a member of Log Creek Church in Polo, MO, explained the Doctrine of Grace to his son-in-law who, upon hearing it for the first time, said, "It was as though seeds fell into the ground and took deep root.I had given up all hope of Heaven feeling no amount of good works could redeem one such as I, this was 'good news from a far country' "


Bob was born in Oklahoma City, OK in 1925. His father died the next year. With his brother, Royce, Bob was sent to be raised by relatives near Wellington, TX.


At the age of sixteen, Bob joined the U.S. Navy and served in WWII. After the war, Bob went to visit his mother, Lenore Wellborn, in California. The Bryants had moved to California and it was there that Bob and Rowena met. Bob went to Seattle and joined the U.S. Coast Guard. (In 1962 a heart condition would lead to early retirement as a Master Chief. Years later Bob would succumb during heart surgery.)

After a tour of duty in Alaska, Bob and Rowena moved to San Diego. It was 1950 and they went to Little Bethany Church where Bob heard his first sermon, one by Elder Ralph Fry. That year Bob and Rowena were baptized in the Pacific Ocean. Sister Fry later said that her husband had made a statement on that day, saying he had just baptized a minister. By 1960, encouraged by church elders, including Homer Warren, Bob began speaking in church. In 1966 Bob was ordained and called to pastor Little Valley Church in Holtville, CA, and Little Bethany. Later hewas called to pastor Mt. Zion Church in Los Angeles.


Bob also worked at Sea World as a manager. He graduated with honors from Grossmont College, and he was an enthusiastic outdoorsman.





Little Valley announced with sad hearts the passing of their beloved pastor, Elder Robert Wall, age 59, on January 30, 1985.


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Elder James Compton (1905 - 2007)
Elder James Compton was the original founder of the 'Gospel of Grace Tape Supply.' His collection of tapes began as he traveled to Church meetings and Associations recording sermons on Reel to Reel. He has maintained this library of sermons faithfully over the years and are now the foundation of PB Sermons. org. This web site is dedicated to Elder James Compton (1905 - 2007)