Rev. Richard Cordell

 Services:       August 1, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.
                      Faith Free Will Baptist Church - Goldsboro, NC

 Burial:         Tuesday at 10:00 a.m.
                    Evergreen Memorial Cemetery with military honors 
                    

Visitation:         Monday, August 1, 2011 from 3:00 – 6:00 p.m.
                         Faith Free Will Baptist Church
                        114 Trapper’s Run Drive
                         Goldsboro, NC 

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the ministry of
Faith Free Will Baptist Church
1200 W. Grantham Street
Goldsboro, NC 27534 

Rev. Richard Ray Cordell, 75, passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 28, 2011 at Kitty Askins Hospice Center.  He was surrounded by his family, leaving for heaven to be with the Lord. 

Pastor Cordell was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on August 28, 1935 to the late Robert Cordell and Mae Etheridge Cordell.  He served his Lord in ministry for over 54 years and had also served his country in the United States Army.  Pastor Cordell was a graduate of the Free Will Baptist College in Nashville, Tennessee, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Pastoral Studies.  His three pastorates included three states:  Indiana, Tennessee, and Alabama.   After retiring in Guin, Alabama, Rev. Cordell served for three years as the promotional director for the Alabama Free Will Baptist State Association.  He later came to Goldsboro to serve as the Outreach Pastor for Faith Free Will Baptist Church.  His greatest joy in life was door-knocking, leading someone to the Lord and asking people to come and visit the church. 

A service to celebrate the Christian life of Pastor Cordell will be held Monday, August 1, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at Faith Free Will Baptist Church, where he was a member.  Rev. Dann Patrick will officiate.  Interment will be held Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery with military honors. 

Rev. Cordell is survived by his wife of 57 years, Marie P. Cordell; his children, Peggy Sloan and husband, Walter of Goldsboro, Mike Cordell and wife, Lisa of Kissimmee, FL, Nancy Cox and husband, David of Seattle, WA, and Ginger Baines and husband, Bob of Cumming, GA; fourteen grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren, one sister and two brothers. 

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the ministry of Faith Free Will Baptist Church, 1200 W. Grantham Street, Goldsboro, NC 27534. 

The family will receive friends Monday from 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. at Faith Free Will Baptist Church and other times at his home, 114 Trapper’s Run Drive, Goldsboro. 

Seymour Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Inc.

1300 Wayne Memorial Drive

Goldsboro, NC 27534

Telephone:  919-734-1761