Scouts Honor Paul Powell

TYLER — The East Texas Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, have presented Dr. Paul Powell with the Distinguished Citizen Good Turn Award at a luncheon held Friday at Green Acres Baptist Church Crosswalk Conference Center. The Award is given annually to an individual or couple who have made a significant impact toward enriching the way of life in East Texas. Paul Powell is a former Texas Baptist pastor, retired president/CEO of the Annuity Board of the Southern Baptist Convention (now Guidestone) and Dean Emeritus of George W. Truett Seminary,Baylor University, Waco. Dr. Powell, now retired, lives in Tyler and attends Green Acres Baptist Church.

Past recipients of the Distinguished Citizen Good Turn Award include Bruce Brookshire, Lonnie �Bo� Pilgrim, Jeff Austin, Sr., Eugene Brookshire, C.C. Baker, Jr., Herbert Buie, Congressman Ralph Hall, Douglas V. Smith, Bill Hartley, Lindsey Bradley, Dr. Peggy and Howard Coghlan, Governor Rick and Anita Perry, Linda Ryan Thomas, Betsy and Elmer Ellis, Carolyn and Michael Northcutt, Sheriff J. B. Smith, Judge Bill Stoudt, Harold Beaird, Sandi and Dr. Bill Taylor, Congressman Louie Gohmert, Ruben Martin James I. Perkins, and Rogers Pope, Sr. and Rogers Pope, Jr.