First Baptist Church of Tuscumbia, Alabama
E-mail EldredMr. Eldred Kicker was born in Montevallo, Alabama on July 16, 1933. He accepted Christ as Savior in June 1945 and joined the First Methodist Church in Montevallo. After high school, he enrolled in Florence State Teachers College (now UNA) where I met and married Vergie Stidham. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1954. While stationed at Tacoma, Washington he joined Lake City Baptist Church. He was transferred to Fairbanks, Alaska and was discharged there and worked and helped build a new church. While in Fairbanks Mr. Kicker felt God's call to be a Minister of Education. He came back to Alabama and completed a Bachelor of Arts degree (BA) at the University of North Alabama (UNA), then went on to New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and received a Master of Religious Education (MRE) degree. He served churches in Louisiana and Alabama for 35 years as Minister of Education, some in combination with Minister of Music and/or Youth. His wife, Vergie, died in February 2003 after forty-nine and one-half years of marriage. He has five grown children, nine grandchildren, and two great-trandchildren.
