FLORALA, Ala. — The Florala and Flowersview area's 30th annual Martin Luther King Jr. observance will feature a Crestview pastor.
The Rev. Edwin Stallworth, Sixth Avenue Baptist Church's immediate past pastor, who leads Evelenar Baptist Church, in Crestview, is the keynote speaker for the program, which begins 5 p.m. Sunday at 22507 Sixth Ave., in Florala.
The Crestview High School graduate, a preacher for 23 years, is a lifetime Crestview resident. His parents are Leon and Mary Stallworth of Brewton, Ala. He and his wife, Rachel, have three children, Roree, Samantha and Arraye.
Stallworth — who is involved with Crestview, Walton and Jackson counties' prison ministries — received an A.S. degree from R.E.T.S. Electronic Institute in Birmingham, Ala., and a Master of Divinity from the Christian Life School of Theology in Atlanta.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Crestview pastor to speak at MLK observance