User:Bill B.Hedges

History Bill Hedges was born on September 19, 1938 to Harold Herbert and Geraldine(Bates)Hedges in Vicksburg, Miss. He was raised in Little Rock, Ark.along with his two brothers Harold,III and Jerry Lee Hedges. He graduated from L.R.Central High School, attended Hendrix College in Conway, AR., and matriculated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. His theological degree is from Perkins School of Theology on the SMU campus. He entered the ministry of The Methodist Church in 1961 as a deacon and was ordained an elder in 1963 in the Texas Annual Conference. As an active member of the Conference, he served on the boards of Ordained Ministry, Diaconal Ministry, and served on the Conference Secretary Staff for over twenty years. He became the Conference Historian in 1980 and kept that office until his retirement in 2003. He has served as president of the Texas United Methodist Historical Soceity and remains a consultant for local church historical projects. Over the years he has researched over 9,500 ministers in Texas. His post-retirment position with The United Methodist Church beginning in 2008 is Archivist for the SouthCentral Jurisdiction.

Honors While in high school, Bill was awarded the Eagle Scout Award and the Brotherhood Honor of the Order of the Arrow. Since 1970 he has been active in Rotary International, a volunteer organization of men and women devoted to educational and humanitarian enterprises. After serving as President of three Rotary Clubs, he served two terms as Assistant Governor and one term as District Governor in northeast Texas. He is a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International. In the Spring of 2008, he led a Rotary Group Study Exchange to the Dominican Republic. In retirement, Bill sings in the Quitman,Tex. First United Methodist Church choir and serves as president of the United Methodist Men.