[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18422]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                      IN HONOR OF WILLIAM F. ASKEW

  Mr. ASHCROFT. Mr. President. I rise today to give honor to 
and remember the life of William F. Askew. Bill devoted his life to his 
nation, his family and to delivering the comfort of the Lord's word to 
the hearts of all those he touched.
  Bill enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1942 and served in the 
Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. He also served in 
the Florida National Guard during the Korean Conflict. Bill married 
Doris Dillman in June, 1946, and together they had 9 children. Bill was 
the founding pastor of Arlington Heights Baptist Church in 
Jacksonville, Florida, for 15 years, before moving to Springfield's 
Noble Hill Baptist Church where he pastored for the next 26 years. In 
1995, Bill retired from the pastorate, but continued to touch the lives 
of young people with the love of God by serving as the foundations 
class teacher at New Life Baptist Church.
  Bill understood that preaching God's word meant more than speaking 
from the pulpit on Sunday; it meant action as well. Bill participated 
in Springfield and area community activities. He served as a longtime 
member of the Springfield Northside Betterment Association and the 
Breakfast Club of the Ozarks. He served as General Manager of a 100,000 
watt Christian Radio Station, KWFC, in Springfield since it first 
opened in 1968. And with all these activities, he still found time to 
be a member of the teaching faculty at Baptist Bible College.
  Bill's devotion to the Savior was his most prominent feature and 
shapes the legacy that he leaves with his 9 children, 34 grandchildren 
and 14 great grandchildren.

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