Our Elders

(From Left to Right) Jerry Hopkins, Dan Fuller, Johnny Davis, Joe Holland and Phil Porter
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Johnny Davis
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Johnny was born and raised in Fayette, Alabama.  When he graduated from Auburn University, he went to work for Pratt and Whitney.  He married Betty Bone in 1960.  Johnny and Betty have two sons: Johnny Mark in Jupiter, Florida and Jud in Henderson, Tennessee, and they have two granddaughters: Jasmine & Cecily.

Johnny is now a retired engineer from Pratt and Whitney.  Johnny was one of the first deacons at Palm Beach Lakes.  He was appointed an elder in 1976 through 2003, then re-appointed to the eldership in September 2007.

Dan Fuller
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Dan was born and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. After graduating from Cornell Collage he moved to Florida and started teaching in the Palm Beach County School District. Dan was baptized in 1985, and he married Loni Brown in 1987. Dan and Loni have four children: Rachel, who is a student at Harding Christian University; Kristen, Lauren and Grant, who attend Palm Beach Gardens High School.

Dan was installed as a deacon at Palm Beach Lakes in 1993. In 2004, he took on the responsibility of the director of Bible education. Then, Dan was appointed as an elder in 2011.

Joe Holland
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Joe was born, raised and went to school in Nashville; attending Lipscomb High School and College and graduating from Vanderbilt University. In 1953, he married Marian Shirey, his childhood sweetheart. They have two children: Trudie, a member at Palm Beach Lakes; and Wes, who now lives in California.

Joe and Marian placed membership here in 1970, and he became an elder in 1976. After working for IBM for thirty years, Joe retired and now works for the church.

Jerry Hopkins
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Jerry was born in Nashville, raised in Lake Worth, graduated from Stetson University, where he attended on a football scholarship, then on to Lipscomb. This led him to Shirley Hill and to matrimony in 1959. They have three children: Julie True in Franklin, TN; Jerry, Jr. in Cleveland, OH; and Janna Thurston in Montrose, CO. They also have ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

In 1962, Jerry and Shirley came to Palm Beach Lakes and three years later, he was appointed one of its first deacons. He served as an elder from 1971 to 1980 and was ordained again in 1986.

Phil Porter
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Phil Porter was born in Memphis but grew up in Oregon and Washington.  After graduating from Harding University, where he met and married Mary Griffen in 1982, Phil attended the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock.  With a degree in Pharmacy, he worked in Baltimore until moving to Florida in 1992.

Phil served as a deacon at Palm Beach Lakes from 1994 until 2012, when he was appointed as an elder.  Phil and Mary have two children:  Valerie (a senior at Harding University) and Warren (a student at Palm Beach State College).  Phil works for Cardinal Health as a Nuclear Pharmacist.