Jerry Lee Hedgecock

Jerry Lee Hedgecock was born to Effie Lorene Maize and James Henry Hedgecock, January 26, 1940 at 11:45 a.m. in Chickasha, Oklahoma. He went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 28, 2025. As a child he loved playing with rubber trucks and rubber balls. He attended school in Garden Grove, California where he graduated from high school in 1958. He met Marilyn LaRue Lacy in August 1960; they married in February 1961. They lived in Garden Grove, California. He started in the ministry at the age of 20. He was a youth pastor at California Evangelistic Association in Orange, California (1960-1963) and youth pastor at Garden Grove Assembly of God (1963-1964). Then associate pastor, Assembly of God, Anaheim, California (1964-1965). After moving to Oklahoma City, he was worship leader at Evangel Assembly of God and youth pastor at Faith Tabernacle Assembly of God. He then moved to Ulysses, Kansas where he was interim pastor at Freewill Baptist and then pastor at Pentecostal Holiness church in Hugoton, Kansas. Returning to Oklahoma City, he was pastor at Sun Valley Acres Assembly of God. Later he did pastoral care at Faith Tabernacle. Over the years, he helped organize multiple international mission trips and worked with Oklahoma School of Ministry for the Hispanics of Oklahoma. Jerry was fluent in English and Spanish. In addition to ministry, he worked full-time for Cities Service Gas Company and the Williams Companies for around 30 years. In the field he had various tasks from changing charts, running compressors, to coordinating gas movements ensuring gas moved smoothly. In the office he worked in pressure management and gas proration. His daughter, Diane LaRue Hedgecock Barton, was born March 17, 1962. His son, Jerry Kevin Hedgecock, was born June 21, 1966. He received a Bachelor’s of Art in 1976 and an MBA in 1979 from Central State University. Jerry was ordained with the Oklahoma District of the Assemblies of God in 1986. His first wife went to be with the Lord in October 2013. They were married 52 years. Jerry and Donna Simonson started dating in early 2015 and were married September 25, 2015. They had known each other from going on mission trips that Jerry had led in years prior. He was blessed with a second wife and all her family. His greatest accomplishments were loving the Lord, loving his wives, raising his children and loving his grandchildren and great grandson. Pawpaw was always telling others how wonderful Jesus is. After Marilyn died (October 14, 2013) he wrote this in December 2013, “Days are wonderful, even without my sweetheart that went to be with the Lord in October. You want to know why? It is because I have the Lord Jesus living in my heart. He is a friend who will never leave and will provide comfort when one is lonely. There is a song that goes something like this, ‘Without Him I could do nothing, without Him I’d surely fail, without Him I would be drifting like a ship without a sail.’ Jesus is more precious to me than anything in the world. He is my anchor, my Lord. He is my guide and my Savior.” The family requests memorials to: Oklahoma School of Ministry designated for a Spanish location www.okag.org/give Indian Bible College – Flagstaff, Arizona www.IndianBible.org Against Global Hunger www.againstglobalhunger.org

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Jerry Lee Hedgecock

January 26, 1940 - January 28, 2025