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Ralph Sandage

FROM THE BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF PRIMITIVE OR OLD SCHOOL BAPTIST MINISTERS BY DAVID MONTGOMERY AND MARK GREEN:

ELDER RALPH SANDAGE

FROM RECOLLECTIONS OF HIS EXPERIENCES RELATED TO MARK GREEN IN 1992:

Elder Ralph F. Sandage was raised by Primitive Baptist parents. He remembers seeing them baptized when he was a boy. Two of his great uncles were well-known ministers in Arkansas - Elders Jacob and Moses Sandage. Although he had attended church with his parents for years, he was married and had one child before he began attending for what he felt like was the right reason. The preaching made him realize his sinful condition. Finally, in 1950 at the Salem Association at Mt. Tabor, on a Saturday morning, he made up his mind to ask for a church home. He was baptized a week later at the South Arkansas Association at Donaldson, in the creek near where he now lives. Five or six years later Elder Sandage first went into the pulpit to open services for Elder M. A. Norman, pastor of Macedonia Church near Dalark. Soon his pastor, Elder Lowrance, would ask him to take part on a regular basis. He was ordained on October 8, 1961 at Harmony Church in Donaldson. Among the ministers who attended the ordination was Elder J. H. O’Neal, who died shortly afterward. Among the churches Elder Sandage has served are Harmony at Mena, Point Remove, Shiloh and Bethlehem. He has been instrumental in the revival of Friendship Church at El Dorado.

The following post is from Brother Ronnie Mallow, July 30, 2009

Elder Ralph F. Sandage, age 84, of Donaldson, Arkansas passed away July 26, 2009 at St. Vincent’s Hospital. He was born April 5, 1925 in Donaldson the son of Andrew F. and Allie (Tipton) Sandage. He served in the U.S. Navy during WWII and worked as an installer/repairman for Southwestern Bell, retiring after thirty-five years. He was a member of the Hot Spring County Historical Society, and a member of Bethel Primitive Baptist Church.

In his years of service in the ministry, he has served as pastor of Primitive Baptist Churches at Bethlehem in Bee Branch, Harmony “B” in Warren, Pleasant Grove in Kirby, Mena, Macedonia, Waldron, Sardis, Marvell, Fuller’s Chapel in Little Rock, Old Salem in Graysville, and Friendship Church in El Dorado. Ralph enjoyed walking and spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and going to McDonald’s for coffee.


Preceding him in death are his parents, brothers, Arnold, Ray, and Doyle, and sister, Alice Burnett.

Surviving him is his wife of sixty years, Velma (Williams) Sandage, to whom he was married on August 27, 1948; son, Ralph W. Sandage and wife, Andrea of Cabot; daughter, Brenda Kratz and husband, Douglas of Donaldson; brother, Charles Sandage and wife, Virgie of Donaldson; grandchildren, Stacie Smith, Neal Kratz, Nathan Kratz, Jessica Parrish, and Andrew Sandage; great-grandchildren, Jackson Smith, Morgan Kratz, Caleb Kratz, Michael Pasman, and Kaylann Hall.


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Elder James Compton (1905 - 2007)
Elder James Compton was the original founder of the 'Gospel of Grace Tape Supply.' His collection of tapes began as he traveled to Church meetings and Associations recording sermons on Reel to Reel. He has maintained this library of sermons faithfully over the years and are now the foundation of PB Sermons. org. This web site is dedicated to Elder James Compton (1905 - 2007)