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This a story on the Baptist Courier website right now. Let us remember the McMinn family in our prayers. Here is the article from the online site:

Greenwood pastor, father of 4, dies in auto accident

 

Phillip McMinn was returning from retreat at White Oak Conference Center

 

Published October 22, 2007

Phillip McMinn, 47, pastor of South Main Street Baptist Church, Greenwood, was killed in a single-vehicle automobile accident Saturday afternoon, Oct. 20.

He was on his way home from a retreat at White Oak Conference Center in Winnsboro. According to the S.C. Highway Patrol, the accident occurred on Highway 34 about 16 miles west of Winnsboro.

McMinn, who lived in Greenwood with his wife and four children, would have completed two years as senior pastor at the church in January.

Born July 12, 1960, in Dalton, Ga., McMinn served as senior pastor at South Main Street Baptist Church since January 2006 and previously served for 13 years as senior pastor at Brookwood Baptist Church in Lawrenceville, Ga., and for six years as pastor at First Baptist Church, Reynolds, Ga.

He was a graduate of East Texas Baptist University, Southwestern Seminary, Luther Rice Seminary and Oxford University Graduate School.

Survivors include his wife, Phyllis, and children: Mark, 20, who attends Anderson University, Micah, 18, Matthew, 13, and Mary Ann, 5. Phillip McMinn was the son of Delano McMinn, retired director of missions for Saluda Baptist Association, Anderson.

The family will receive friends at Blyth Funeral Home in Greenwood from 5 to 8 Monday evening, Oct. 22.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 23, at South Main Street Baptist Church.