W.L. Wharton Jr "The Law Men Are Under To God" gospel sermon 3-28-89

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From Vivion Road church of Christ collection
After preaching the good news of Jesus Christ for 78 years, Walter Lee Wharton, Jr., known to his friends as W.L., passed on to his reward Wednesday evening at 7:25 o'clock. He was 94. The family will welcome friends in a visitation from 6-8 p.m. Friday evening at the Colonial Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at the funeral home at 10 a.m. on Saturday, followed by burial in Chapel Hill Memorial Park with Mark Davis officiating assisted by Dee Bowman. As recent as nine months ago, when minister Mark Davis went out of town, semi-retired, W.L. filled the pulpit at Crestway Church of Christ, which he helped start in 1996. Prior to that he was one of the ministers at the old Highland Boulevard Church of Christ where he specialized in evangelical work beginning in 1960. He also worked as full-time minister in Brady, Odessa, Houston, Wichita Falls, Brownwood, Clovis, NM and Denver, CO. W.L. was born Nov. 21, 1914, in Greenville, TX. In high school he preached in surrounding towns, before going to college, a venture that lasted less than one year since he was anxious to be about the business of preaching. He quit college in 1933 to marry Georgia Lois Frost, and took his first job as a full-time minister. Subsequently, W.L. spoke in 45 of the 50 states, and four foreign countries, including England and Canada. No group was too small for the man who preached his first sermon when he was sixteen. Sometimes, he was the only man present on Sunday, and led singing, prayer, served communion and then preached. He and his first wife, Lois, who preceded him in death May 11, 2002, journeyed more than 200,000 miles in a travel trailer. He bought a plane and flew it to preaching engagements. Occasionally, the couple took to the road on twin motorcycles. "I never charged for any of the meetings I held," he said of the vents that lasted as few as two days to as long as three weeks. "I always told them to pay me what it's worth to you." To which he would add with a wry smile, "Sometimes it was worth only meals." Tall, articulate and a raconteur possessed with a sonorous voice, he often entertained friends with tales of those early years. He was considered a "man among men, definitely a Renaissance man" and highly respected by fellow ministers and members. Survivors include a daughter, Faye Elousie Averett, and her husband, Jack, of San Antonio; daughter-in-law, Vallie of San Antonio; grandchildren Don and Ricky Averett, and Aaron Wharton, and a great grandchildren Michael, Lynett, and Catherine. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Lois; a son, Walter Lee Wharton III, and a grandson, Mike Averett. Other survives include his widow, Reba H. Banta, whom he married January 2, 2003. He is also survived by step-children, Dwight Banta, and wife, Terry; Ramona Olson, and her husband, Joe; six step-grandchildren, and one step-great-grandchild.
Written by: Bob Stewart

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Wow, an excellent lesson, I will listen to many times! Thank you.

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@seldonward8963 Thanks for watching and commenting. Glad you enjoyed the sermon. I have more of W.L. Wharton's sermons I will be uploading.