ON MAY 25, 2023 I DROVE TO ORLANDO TO MEET UP WITH JERRY HOBBS AT THE NATIONAL RELIGIOUS BROADCASTERS CONVENTION. WE VISITED FOR JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS BECAUSE EVEN AT 86, JERRY IS IN MUCH DEMAND. WE HAVE HAD A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP FOR OVER 60 YEARS. JERRY WAS A YOUNG 25 YEAR OLD EVANGELIST PREACHING AT SOUTHLAWN ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH IN AMARILLO, TEXAS IN 1962 WHEN A 12 YEAR OLD RONNY THOMASON CAME FORWARD TO SURRENDER MY LIFE TO JESUS. SINCE THEN, WE HAVE KEPT IN CONTACT. JERRY AND HIS WIFE LUCRETIA EVEN CAME TO JACKSONVILLE A COUPLE TIME TO HOLD MEETINGS. LUCRETIA PASSED AWAY JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, SO IT SEEMED MORE URGENT FOR ME TO PAY HIM A VISIT. THEY WERE MARRIED 63 YEARS AND HE MISSES HER SO MUCH. JERRY AND LUCRETIA PASTORED, EVANGELIZED, DID MISSIONS WORK, TELEVISION ETC. LUCRETIA WAS JAMES ROBISON'S SECRETARY FOR MANY YEARS. EVEN NOW, JERRY HAS BECOME AN INVENTOR-BUSINESSMAN. IT WAS A GREAT JOY FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO SEE HIM, EVEN IF IT WAS BRIEF. GOD BLESS JERRY HOBBS!
