Gary & Sarah Thedford - Minister of Music
Gary and Sarah began serving as Music and Youth Ministers at First Baptist Church, Lolita in 1972. Before coming to Lolita they served at Baptist Temple in Edna, Parkway Baptist in Corpus Christi, and First Baptist in Seadrift.
Gary and Sarah have both worked in the education field for many years and greatly enjoy working iwth and teaching children. Gary has been in education for 36 years and has served as elementary principal at Industrial for 22 years. Sarah has worked for Industrial for 18 years and is currently serving as the High School registrar.
Gary graduated from the University of Corpus Christi in 1971, majoring in Education with a minor in Music. He then received his Master's degree from UHV. He was ordained as a deacon in February 1974 and ordained to the Gospel Ministry in October 2000.
He married Sarah in January 1971. They raised two children, Krysty and Kayla. Krysty, Chuck, Adrienne, and Braylon live in Springtown, TX. Krysty works as a speech-language pathologist and Chuck is an engineer in the aerospace industry. Kayla, Nathan, and Lexie live in Edna. Kayla is working on her Master's degree in psychology from UHV and Natan is the network manager/technology specialist for Industrial ISD.
Gary and Sarah enjoy spending time with their three grandchildren, fishing and being outdoors.
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