Bertie Myrtle Nix, b 22 Aug 1892 d 7 Jan 1974 Winston Co AL
md 4 Mar 1906 William Samuel Wakefield, b 7 Jan 1882, d 14 Jan 1980 AL
Minister at Mt. Ebron Baptist Church, Double Springs, Winston Co AL


Note:  The following was found at the Jasper AL Public Library in 1992.
I failed to copy the publisher's name, but the print date must have been
1956 (mmh)

        HISTORY OF THE CLEAR CREEK BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
                                                    by Jerry M. Burns

(p 204)             ELDER WILLIAM S. WAKEFIELD
     Was born near Double Springs January 7, 1882.  His father died 
when William was seven months old.
     He was converted in a meeting at Union Grove about 1902 and was 
baptized into Union Grove Church.  He later moved his membership to
Sardis No. I. 
     Bro. Wakefield was ordained early in 1913 at Sardis No. I.  He
married Miss Bertie Nix about 1905.  Their children have grown to useful
men and women of who any couple could be justly glad.  Eld. W. S. 
Wakefield was a very busy pastor especially in the early part of his
ministry.  He has pastored churches in Winston and Walker Counties.
     Bro. Wakefield was limited in literary education.  It seems very
certain that the denomination would have had an able man in him if he 
had been trained.  Strange as it may seem now the majority of our people
and many of our preachers when Bro. Wakefield was a young preacher were 
opposed to preacher preparing for the ministry even when the preacher
paid his own way.  However, all were not that way.  While discussing
preacher preparation once Eld. T. P. Sutherland was told by a brother 
that the Lord would fill the mouth of the preacher without preparation.
To which Bro. Sutherland replied: "Yes, he will fill it with air".
Elder H. S. Curtis, G. W. Davis, T. P. Sutherland and G. W. Gibson were
much in favor those days of special preparation for the ministry.
(p 205)  Bro. Wakefield has held some long pastorates.  He is pastor of
one church this year (1956)  Bro. Wakefield is a sincere and loveable
man.