Charles Sandage

FROM THE BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF PRIMITIVE OR OLD SCHOOL BAPTIST MINISTERS BY DAVID MONTGOMERY AND MARK GREEN: Elder Charles Sandage Elder Sandage was born March 11, 1922 at Bee Branch, Arkansas in Van Buren County. In 1925, his family moved to Hot Spring County, Donaldson, Arkansas where Elder Sandage still lives. In 1940, when Elder Sandage was eighteen years old, he joined the Harmony Church in Donaldson. He as the last person bapzed by his future father-in-law, Elder W. H. Lee. In 1942, Elder Sandage married Virgie Mae Lee, Elder Lee's youngest daughter. The Lord blessed the Sandages with two sons: Charles Lee, born March 1943, and David Barry, born January 1957. Elder Sandage served in the U.S. Air Force from October 1942 until December 1945. Elder Sandage was ordained as a deacon in February 1948 and made his first effort to speak to the church in 1949. In August of 1953, Elder Sandage was ordained to the ministry. He was called to pastor every church that his father-in-law, Elder W. H. Lee, had pastored in his lifetime, one being his home church at Donaldson. In 1965 the church at Donaldson went to full time services and called Elder Sandage to serve them, which he did until 1995. Elder Sandage resigned at Donaldson and moved his membership to Mt. Paron Church near Fordyce where he serves as Pastor. OBITUARY'S The following Updated 06/24/2012 The passing of Sister Virgie on 06/24/2012 By Ronnie Mallow Sis. Virgie was born on September 7, 1921 to Sis. Lillian and Elder W. H. (Harl) Lee. Her father, had been ordained to the ministry a little less than a year before she was born. In 1940, Elder W. H. Lee would be blessed to baptize a young man named Charles Sandage at the Harmony Primitive Baptist Church in Donaldson, Arkansas. In fact, Elder Lee was baptizing his future son-in-law. In 1942, Sis. Virgie married the love of her life, Elder Charles Sandage and the Lord has blessed their walk together for 70 years. From the day she was born, until her passing this day – she was to understand the importance and burden of being the wife of a minister. In this, she was blessed above measure. She was an example to all and may the Lord bless us to remember her strength, love and compassion during her walk, along side her beloved husband, Elder Charles.