Thursday, March 29, 2018

In the News ... "Monahan remembered as ‘compassionate, loving’"

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• Memorial service for popular pastor to be scheduled

By Bob Campbell, Reporter
Odessa American


ODESSA, TEXAS - Westminster Presbyterian Church was reeling Wednesday with the news that its pastor, the Rev. Buddy Dee Monahan, had died after a Tuesday afternoon traffic accident at University Boulevard and Tanglewood Lane ...

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EDITOR’S NOTE: This story originally ran on Nov. 14, 2015. The Rev. Buddy Monahan was killed Tuesday in a car accident. Church officials say a memorial service will be scheduled soon. Monahan was interim pastor when this story ran but became the full time pastor in January 2017.

• The Rev. Monahan: ‘Everyone is a child of God ...’

By Bob Campbell, Reporter
Odessa American


ODESSA, TEXAS - Descended from the Choctaw and Maricopa tribes, the Rev. Buddy Monahan has spent most of his career working in the context of his Native American heritage, but now in Odessa, he is broadening his ministry ...

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I knew Buddy Monahan when I also attended the University Of The Ozarks in Clarksville from 1984 to 1988. I can describe Buddy as a gentle giant and a proud man. He never passed judgement on anyone at anytime that I can remember as we both lived in the same dorm. He always had a kind word for people and was a man of deep faith.

It is a shame that he is gone. Heaven has gained one more wonderful angel in its ranks.