Columbia Bible College - Finial Yearbook (Columbia, SC)

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DEDICATION Pastor CBC student Family man Counselor Rev. J. Otis Braswell Dean of Men Teacher

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. . . Music Building McQuilkin Hall Classroom Building Shortess Chapel

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Rev. J. Otis Braswell personifies the message of Finial, 1966. As a mem- ber of the Bible College faculty since 1951, he has been not only a light to the world, but a guiding beacon to many students as well. One has only to sit under his teaching or to seek his counsel as Dean of Men, to be made aware that here is one man completely filled with Jesus. Mr. Braswell accepted Christ as his persona] Saviour shortly before his teenage years. Upon graduation from high school in Centry, Florida, his native state, he went to Pensacola where he worked for a while. When the world situation erupted into World War II, Mr. Braswell enlisted in the U.S. Army. His enlistment for two years was lengthened to four, his tour of duty taking him to Africa and later to Italy. As a warrant officer Mr. Braswell served as registrar in the 225th Army Hospital in Naples, receiving a letter of commendation from the French government and the Bronze Star for meritorious achieve- ment from the President of the Unit- ed States. After returning to the States, he again worked in Pensacola, where he began attending a Bible class taught by two Columbia Bible College grad- uates. Soon he was teaching, for his years in service had been rich years of growth in the Christian life. It was at the class where he met Laura Ann Williams, a student at CBC, who later became his wife. In 1946 he enrolled as a freshman at the Bible College. He was married in 1948, and from that time served as student pastor of the Pine Grove Baptist Church where, upon gradua- tion from CBC in 1950, he became full-time pastor. In 1951 Mr. Braswell was asked to return to the Bible Col- lege as assistant in the Men ' s Chris- tian Service office. The year 1956 brought new responsibility as Dean of Men. The decision to return to CBC was a difficult one because the Braswells had prepared for missionary service, but certainly the ministry God has given them here has reached to all the world. Mr. Braswell— to you we dedicate Finial 1966.