Garner Ted Armstrong:
1930-2003

TYLER, Texas—Garner Ted Armstrong, 73, son of WCG founder Herbert W. Armstrong, died in a Tyler hospital at 1:20 p.m., Sept. 15, of complications from pneumonia.

Mr. Armstrong was president of the Intercontinental Church of God of Tyler, Texas, and the Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association of Flint, Texas.

Born in Portland, Oregon, in 1930, he spent his boyhood in Eugene, Oregon. He enlisted in the Navy in 1948 and spent four years in the service, including time aboard an aircraft carrier during the Korean War. He then entered Ambassador College in Pasadena and graduated in 1956.

By 1957, Mr. Armstrong had become the full-time speaker on the World Tomorrow radio program. He served in the WCG ministry until he was discharged in 1978. Mr. Armstrong had no association with the WCG after that year.

The funeral took place Sept. 18 at Croley Funeral Home in Gladewater, Texas. Mr. Armstrong is survived by his wife, Shirley; three sons, Mark, David and Matthew; and five grandchildren. We pray for their comfort and peace.

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