About a thousand people jammed the
sanctuary for Raymond Eugene Ranger.
He would have been 93 this month.
This is his national home going
celebration. When we
get to the.
They say this is how our ranger would
have wanted it, infectious gospel singing
and a fiery fundamentalist sermon, but
that was something when he
was calling
to a fire called Ranger
first heard the call to preach.
At 17, he died a nationally
known bishop in the Church of God in
Christ. In between, he shaped thousands
of lives in the African-American
neighborhoods of Fort Worth and several
other Texas cities.
The most persuasive thing when
you first saw Bishop
was the way that he was.
Yes, go ahead.
Walk like a man with determination.
Mourners recall the determination that
drove Ranger to break the color barrier
in 1933, the first black
minister south of the Mason-Dixon to
preach on the radio.
I can remember when he used to preach
back in the late 40s all over.
I mean, he preached all over Texas.
He had to broadcast all over Texas.
Classic Coleman even named a child after
her favorite preacher whose
name Raymond Eugene Coleman
and Eugene Ranger.
Farewell to my father.
Farewell to our colleague.
Farewell to a great giant
farewell to a great country
singer.
My.
This is my
reason, my name is.