Pastor Raymond H. Whetstone, 80, of Chetopa, Kansas, passed away at 1:28 p.m., Friday, December 25, 2020, at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Missouri.
Raymond Whetstone was born on August 3, 1940, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Ben R. and Verla (Leftwich) Whetstone. They preceded him in death.
He grew up in the Kansas City, Missouri area and graduated from Raytown High School. He then attended Southwest Baptist College at Bolivar, Missouri, where he earned an Associates of Arts Degree.
He graduated from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, where he earned his Bachelor's Degree. He later received a Master of Bible Theology from the International Bible Seminary in Orlando, Florida.
Raymond preached his first sermon in February of 1961, and was first licensed to the Gospel Ministry on July 2, 1962, by the Lakeland Baptist Church of Sunrise Beach, Missouri. He was ordained to the Gospel Ministry on August 5, 1965, by the Linn Creek Baptist Church in Linn Creek, Missouri.
Over the past 59 years, Raymond has pastored churches in Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. He also preached revivals in Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Kansas, Trinidad, West Indies, and took mission trips to Vera Cruse, Mexico, and the Indian reservation at Macey, Nebraska. He was the founding and current pastor of the Faith Victory Church in Chetopa, Kansas, and was a member of the Independent Assemblies Ministry and the Chetopa Ministerial Alliance.
Raymond and Nancy Overman were married on April 26, 1985, in Norman, Arkansas. She survives of the home. Other survivors include six sons: Eric Schertz, St. Louis, Missouri; Joshua Schertz, Miami, Oklahoma; David Schertz, Chetopa, Kansas; Raymond Lee Whetstone, Sunrise Beach, Missouri; Benjamin R. Whetstone, St. Louis, Missouri; and Jonathan Whetstone, Chetopa, Kansas; three daughters: Teresa Whetstone, Sunrise Beach, Florida; Portia Avery, Chetopa, Kansas; and Mary Whetstone, Woodward, Oklahoma; eighteen grandchildren; and one sister, Carol Durr, Chetopa, Kansas.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 29, 2020, at the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Chetopa, Kansas. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery, Chetopa, Kansas.
Friends may call at the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., on Monday, December 28. The funeral service can be viewed live on the Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home Facebook page. For all events, social distancing guidelines will be followed, including the requirement of face masks.
Memorials are suggested to the Gideons International. These may be left with or mailed to Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 346, Chetopa, KS 67336.
Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com.
To plant Memorial Trees in memory of Raymond H. Whetstone, please click here to visit our Sympathy Store.
Raymond Whetstone was born on August 3, 1940, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Ben R. and Verla (Leftwich) Whetstone. They preceded him in death.
He grew up in the Kansas City, Missouri area and graduated from Raytown High School. He then attended Southwest Baptist College at Bolivar, Missouri, where he earned an Associates of Arts Degree.
He graduated from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, where he earned his Bachelor's Degree. He later received a Master of Bible Theology from the International Bible Seminary in Orlando, Florida.
Raymond preached his first sermon in February of 1961, and was first licensed to the Gospel Ministry on July 2, 1962, by the Lakeland Baptist Church of Sunrise Beach, Missouri. He was ordained to the Gospel Ministry on August 5, 1965, by the Linn Creek Baptist Church in Linn Creek, Missouri.
Over the past 59 years, Raymond has pastored churches in Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. He also preached revivals in Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Kansas, Trinidad, West Indies, and took mission trips to Vera Cruse, Mexico, and the Indian reservation at Macey, Nebraska. He was the founding and current pastor of the Faith Victory Church in Chetopa, Kansas, and was a member of the Independent Assemblies Ministry and the Chetopa Ministerial Alliance.
Raymond and Nancy Overman were married on April 26, 1985, in Norman, Arkansas. She survives of the home. Other survivors include six sons: Eric Schertz, St. Louis, Missouri; Joshua Schertz, Miami, Oklahoma; David Schertz, Chetopa, Kansas; Raymond Lee Whetstone, Sunrise Beach, Missouri; Benjamin R. Whetstone, St. Louis, Missouri; and Jonathan Whetstone, Chetopa, Kansas; three daughters: Teresa Whetstone, Sunrise Beach, Florida; Portia Avery, Chetopa, Kansas; and Mary Whetstone, Woodward, Oklahoma; eighteen grandchildren; and one sister, Carol Durr, Chetopa, Kansas.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 29, 2020, at the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Chetopa, Kansas. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery, Chetopa, Kansas.
Friends may call at the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., on Monday, December 28. The funeral service can be viewed live on the Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home Facebook page. For all events, social distancing guidelines will be followed, including the requirement of face masks.
Memorials are suggested to the Gideons International. These may be left with or mailed to Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 346, Chetopa, KS 67336.
Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com.
To plant Memorial Trees in memory of Raymond H. Whetstone, please click here to visit our Sympathy Store.
Pastor Raymond H. Whetstone, 80, of Chetopa, Kansas, passed away at 1:28 p.m., Friday, December 25, 2020, at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Missouri.
Raymond Whetstone was born on August 3, 1940, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Ben R. and Verla (Leftwich) Whetstone. They preceded him in death.
He grew up in the Kansas City, Missouri area and graduated from Raytown High School. He then attended Southwest Baptist College at Bolivar, Missouri, where he earned an Associates of Arts Degree.
He graduated from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, where he earned his Bachelor's Degree. He later received a Master of Bible Theology from the International Bible Seminary in Orlando, Florida.
Raymond preached his first sermon in February of 1961, and was first licensed to the Gospel Ministry on July 2, 1962, by the Lakeland Baptist Church of Sunrise Beach, Missouri. He was ordained to the Gospel Ministry on August 5, 1965, by the Linn Creek Baptist Church in Linn Creek, Missouri.
Over the past 59 years, Raymond has pastored churches in Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. He also preached revivals in Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Kansas, Trinidad, West Indies, and took mission trips to Vera Cruse, Mexico, and the Indian reservation at Macey, Nebraska. He was the founding and current pastor of the Faith Victory Church in Chetopa, Kansas, and was a member of the Independent Assemblies Ministry and the Chetopa Ministerial Alliance.
Raymond and Nancy Overman were married on April 26, 1985, in Norman, Arkansas. She survives of the home. Other survivors include six sons: Eric Schertz, St. Louis, Missouri; Joshua Schertz, Miami, Oklahoma; David Schertz, Chetopa, Kansas; Raymond Lee Whetstone, Sunrise Beach, Missouri; Benjamin R. Whetstone, St. Louis, Missouri; and Jonathan Whetstone, Chetopa, Kansas; three daughters: Teresa Whetstone, Sunrise Beach, Florida; Portia Avery, Chetopa, Kansas; and Mary Whetstone, Woodward, Oklahoma; eighteen grandchildren; and one sister, Carol Durr, Chetopa, Kansas.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 29, 2020, at the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Chetopa, Kansas. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery, Chetopa, Kansas.
Friends may call at the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., on Monday, December 28. The funeral service can be viewed live on the Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home Facebook page. For all events, social distancing guidelines will be followed, including the requirement of face masks.
Memorials are suggested to the Gideons International. These may be left with or mailed to Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 346, Chetopa, KS 67336.
Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com.
To plant Memorial Trees in memory of Raymond H. Whetstone, please click here to visit our Sympathy Store.
Raymond Whetstone was born on August 3, 1940, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Ben R. and Verla (Leftwich) Whetstone. They preceded him in death.
He grew up in the Kansas City, Missouri area and graduated from Raytown High School. He then attended Southwest Baptist College at Bolivar, Missouri, where he earned an Associates of Arts Degree.
He graduated from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, where he earned his Bachelor's Degree. He later received a Master of Bible Theology from the International Bible Seminary in Orlando, Florida.
Raymond preached his first sermon in February of 1961, and was first licensed to the Gospel Ministry on July 2, 1962, by the Lakeland Baptist Church of Sunrise Beach, Missouri. He was ordained to the Gospel Ministry on August 5, 1965, by the Linn Creek Baptist Church in Linn Creek, Missouri.
Over the past 59 years, Raymond has pastored churches in Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. He also preached revivals in Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Kansas, Trinidad, West Indies, and took mission trips to Vera Cruse, Mexico, and the Indian reservation at Macey, Nebraska. He was the founding and current pastor of the Faith Victory Church in Chetopa, Kansas, and was a member of the Independent Assemblies Ministry and the Chetopa Ministerial Alliance.
Raymond and Nancy Overman were married on April 26, 1985, in Norman, Arkansas. She survives of the home. Other survivors include six sons: Eric Schertz, St. Louis, Missouri; Joshua Schertz, Miami, Oklahoma; David Schertz, Chetopa, Kansas; Raymond Lee Whetstone, Sunrise Beach, Missouri; Benjamin R. Whetstone, St. Louis, Missouri; and Jonathan Whetstone, Chetopa, Kansas; three daughters: Teresa Whetstone, Sunrise Beach, Florida; Portia Avery, Chetopa, Kansas; and Mary Whetstone, Woodward, Oklahoma; eighteen grandchildren; and one sister, Carol Durr, Chetopa, Kansas.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 29, 2020, at the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Chetopa, Kansas. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery, Chetopa, Kansas.
Friends may call at the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., on Monday, December 28. The funeral service can be viewed live on the Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home Facebook page. For all events, social distancing guidelines will be followed, including the requirement of face masks.
Memorials are suggested to the Gideons International. These may be left with or mailed to Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 346, Chetopa, KS 67336.
Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com.
To plant Memorial Trees in memory of Raymond H. Whetstone, please click here to visit our Sympathy Store.
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