Willie L PoundsWillie L. Pounds was born in 1944 in Arkansas City, Arkansas. After completing a few years of elementary schooling, he moved between Louisiana and Arkansas before finally ending up in Kansas City, Missouri. He was enlisted in the draft at the age of wenty. He received his GED while serving in the United States military. Overcoming all odds, attending night school, and taking online courses, he earned a bachelor's degree in Organizational Leadership with an emphasis in Church Leadership in 2016 from Union University of Jackson, Tennessee. At the age of seventy-three, he was the oldest student of his graduating class. Currently, he serves as the pastor of the St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Kenton, Tennessee, and as a chaplain of Ripley Baptist Hospital in Ripley, Tennessee. In his spare time, he enjoys going on yearly foreign mission trips to the Republic of the Philippines. Also, he has traveled to Nigeria. He currently resides in Ripley, Tennessee with his wife, Tenthy, of 46 years. They have two children: a daughter, a son, six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Read More Read Less