[Funeral Program for John Joseph Rector, Sr., March 31, 1993 Page: 21 of 22
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pastor
The Rev. John Joseph Rec-
tor Sr., pastor of San Antonio's
Antioch Missionary Baptist
Church for 40 years, "was a
trailblazer and pioneer who
was always doing something
new, something progressive,"
• - ■ ' r- • . •
Trie Rev, - Thurman Wal-
ker, Rector's assistant since
1987, automatically became
pastor of Antioch when Rector
died "because the church had
already voted I would take
. : i - K 7;.;. '
the kind of vision he had, to
pass the baton,'* Walker said.
Rector, 82, who had under-
gone a liver and a kidney
transplant, died Thursday of
heart failure,
"He was
a very lov-
ing man, a
very sensi-
tive man,"
W a 1 k e r
said, \(Be
had the
unique qual-
to
. - .
be able to relate to the com-
mon, average person,"
Rector founded the $1,5 mil-
lion ■ 97ii«u Antioch Village
apartment complex, the only
oao:k flossing project • owned
oy ; church' m San Antonio,
Walker said. He said the com-
plex, which has rental assist-
ance from the Department of
Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, "is rated by HUD as one
of the most outstanding in the
city."
Walker said Hector "took
the forefront in voter registra-
tion. Before black economic
£Om/v-v:: OTOOO vva.3 lalkcci about,
'O; vviOi ee the wnorono.A!3■ of•
the work at the (2,000-member
Antioch) CftQrCh v : hi ?
• i " IT jt J-Vs "
Born Feb. 17,1931, in Seguin
: !he aoo • m: V,;«. t
ton Irving Hector Sr., Rector
*!• : led '■ hi a!If} Hi^t
: c«..ol n\ Sail ann
i^<t from Hail High in
- - iin lu , as cailc<i tu Antj-
och in August 1952 at the age of
20.
Rector attended Texas Lu-
theran College and Guadalupe
Theological College, both in Se-
guin. He received honorary-
doctorates of divinity and the-
o7.o from Guadalupe.
Service positions
He served as moderator of
Tlit ; :o 7-. DisincT Associ-
ation and the Central Baptist
Association and vice president
•! 5 Corl- hi-piWt Ctmver.-
tion of America.
Survivors include his wife,
Cophra Ann Rector; three
{O! «. £ ■'
Earl Rector and John Rector
III, all of San Antonio; a step-
son, Clarence Buffin of San An-
tonio; a stepdaughter., Joyce
Buffin, of San Antonio; three
sisters, Gwendolyn Savage of
San Antonio, Eunice Vivian
t haciwkos o 7 , •- _ ;Oi 1 pa
tricia Mary Ann Stokes of Los
Angeles; four brothers, Wash-
I O ■; f f e a :o7
Robert Rector, both of San An-
• o Oh renoc 'o
Houston and Nathan Rector of
Fresno, Calif.: seven grand-
children; and one great-grand-
son.
> ; i- ,•« : bo
'held at 7 p.iil Tuesday-at ---
och. Funeral services will be
- - -- - ■ .
Banal .7 I>e at. Meadow-
lawn Memorial Park under di-
rection of Lewis Funeral
Home.
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