William Edward Paul

William (Bill) Edward Paul, born in Alliance, Ohio on April 12, 1927, passed to eternal life on November 21, 2022 at the age of 95. He lived a very long and full life which included serving proudly in the US Navy during the occupation of Japan at the close of WWII. He became a Christian at the Gresham (OR) Church of Christ on April 6, 1947 and he was passionate and committed to Christ for the rest of his life. Bill graduated with a B.S.L from the Midwestern School of Evangelism in 1951, a B.Th in 1977 and a M.S.L in 1978. After being ordained to the Christian ministry by the Union Park (FL) Church of Christ in 1967, he spent his life writing multiple books, articles and periodicals, which continued into his 90s. During his life he also performed the duties as a preacher at churches in Orlando, Florida, North Platte, Nebraska, Denver, Colorado and Seattle, Washington.

On September 27th, 1947 he married Bethel Carpenter who proceeded him in death in 2010. He had 6 children; Bennie (OR), Tim (FL), Sheila (CO), Billy (CO). He had two children who are reunited with him in heaven, Terry and Danny. He was blessed with over twenty grandchildren and over sixteen great grandchildren.

A celebration of life will be held 10:00 am, Friday, December 2, 200 at the Church in Aurora, 1294 Fraser St., Aurora and will be live streamed Here. Live streaming is through Zoom and the Meeting ID: 882 5446 1639 and Passcode: 958824.

There will be a private family burial in Franktown, Co. where he will lie to rest next to the love of his life, Bethel.