The time and location of Frank Harvey’s memorial service have now been confirmed.
Date: Saturday, January 7, 2006
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Sandersville United Methodist Church
Address: 202 West Church Street, Sandersville, Georgia 31082
If you need a map of the church and surrounding area, try this map.
After the memorial service, the church’s hospitality committee have arranged for a light luncheon in the fellowship hall where there will be an opportunity to visit with Frank’s family.
January 2, 2006 at 6:44 pm
We offer our condolences to you and the family. He touched our hearts and soul when he was at Covenant UMC in Middlesboro. He was an inspiration to all and a truly blessed and loved “child” of our Lord. He touched so many lives, and now he is being held in the hands of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
January 2, 2006 at 8:50 pm
Dear Ones,
It was with admiration and love that I came to know my brother in Christ, first as a pastor and then as we both were evangelists. In fact, we both received the “Phillip Award” from NAUME the same year. We were also brothers in enduring much pain over the years.
Frank will be missed; both for his talent and for his love for Christ.
He’s HOME!
January 2, 2006 at 9:17 pm
Frank was part of my life from the time I was a child. I so well remember his portrayal of Jesus in our home church in Sandersville. How powerful his message! There was a light which came out of his face at all times and I really thought I was experiencing my Savior in the flesh! I always affectionately called him “Jesus” and still do to this day. He was much loved and will be sorely missed on these shores. Rest in peace, my friend. Richard
January 2, 2006 at 9:57 pm
Dearest Hazel, Grace, David and Esther,
Frank was my “spiritual father” and I deeply loved and respected him. His booming laughter, deep voice and sincere love for all of God’s people became one of the first witnesses to me as a new Christian. He always asked me about my family and friends and I knew that we were always in his prayers. He loved God, Jesus Christ and his country and was willing to share his views on his these loves at any time. He deeply loved you, Hazel, and that love has been a witness to me of what God intends for a man and woman in marriage. His pride for each of you, Grace, David and Esther was evident in how he shared about you to his many friends. He was so proud of who each of you have become. His grandchild lit up his face whenever they walked into the room and what a blessing for you to have him as a granddad.
Frank loved to be challenged and was one of the smartest men I’ve ever known. He taught me, and my family and friends, much about the Bible and the life of Jesus Christ. Frank truly lived his life — in his daily living and as part of his ministerial calling. His jokes and his methods of ministering to “the least, the last and the lost” have touched many, many people.
Remember…the “dollar ring” and how he sit at the table and gently mold the dollar into the ring and then give it to the person who waited on him and then he would always ask how he could pray for them? He witnessed in ways that reached people of all faiths and walks of life.
Frank loved a good joke and the simple response of his joyous laughter was worth searching for a joke that we knew he would like. (I imagine he is sharing the three pieces of corn –”The “Chicken Dinner” to the angels at this very moment.) His kind words of “Bless you” were from the heart and from a soul that knew God.
Frank was a godly giant among men and I know he is joy-filled,and completely healed — standing with the saints of Heaven.
My Love and my prayers are with you all, Mary
January 2, 2006 at 11:57 pm
Our brother Frank Harvey is around God’s Throne praising the Lord He dedicated His life and talent to.
My precious husband, Dr. Barry Minsky, and I first met Frank about 15 years ago in Frankfurt, Germany. Barry invited Frank to minister in our military chapel. God entrusted to Barry a high IQ and He enabled him to work and earn 6 degrees (2 doctorates). Barry was highly impressed with Frank, his keen mind and his brilliant dramatic presentations, particularly Frank’s presentation of the Soldier. Frank had the God-given-ability to make a profound impression on a listener. He was faithful in planting the Seed.
Barry and I went to hear Frank when he ministered in Savannah. We have enjoyed sweet fellowship with Frank and Hazel over the years. We grew to love and appreciate them and their dedication to our Lord. Frank and Hazel kept their eyes fixed on the cross and our blessed hope, which the children of God share. Frank and Hazel faithfully used their gift in drama for the Lord’s glory. Frank and Hazel lived what Paul taught in I Thessalonians 5:11, “Encourage one another, and build up one another.”
I purchased Frank’s tapes and DVD’s of his Biblical monologues. I was impressed with the expertise and mastery God gave Frank to intertwine solid Biblical teaching and theology and an accurate character presentation. His skill challenged me to dig even deeper as I write my Biblical plays and music and the monologues I present in churches. Barry and I both minister by presenting Biblical monologues. When you minister through Christian drama, you understand the depth of work and the intricacies involved in doing a quality job for the Lord with the gift He has entrusted to you. So, Barry and I truly appreciate Frank and his servant example and how he lived the Scriptural teaching, “Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in it’s various forms. To Him be the glory and the power for ever and ever.” (I Peter 4:10,11)
A dear saint, our fellow dramatist and minister, went home to be with the Lord. He is now free from his physical suffering. Our friend, Rev Frank Roughton Harvey, used his brilliant mind and talent portraying Biblical characters to teach God’s Word, to build up the saints, to proclaim salvation to the lost around the world. A great gap has been left with Frank’s Home going. God asks, “Who shall I send, and who will go for Us?” (Isaiah 6:8)
January 3, 2006 at 10:33 pm
Dear Friends,
We were saddened when we heard the news Sunday morning at St. Luke. You have been a dear part of St. Luke for so long and Frank will be missed immensely. Though we know that Frank is well and at the cross, we also know with recents deaths in our family, the comments of ” your never really ready.” We will keep you in our thoughts and prayers over this time. God Bless. The Horsts
January 4, 2006 at 2:29 pm
We encountered Frank’s ministry during Winter Camp Meeting at Epworth by the Sea (St. Simons Island, GA) several years ago. He portrayed Caiphas, Judas and King David in successive days. One afternoon he graciously agreed to meet with us since John was interested in possibly doing some dramatic presentations of Bible people. We realized right away that Frank had gifts and graces far beyond anything either of us could do. We know that God used his willingness to serve in a powerful way throughout his life. We are sorry he couldn’t be made physically well on this earth, but we are pleased with the idea that all his research and literary gifts have come to full bloom in the presence of his Lord and Savior.
To Hazel, our sincerest sympathies. We know there’s not much comfort to be had right now, but just know that Frank was one of the most powerful witnesses we’ve ever seen to the workings of God in the life of a man. Our prayers are with you.
(Rev.) John and Anne O’Connor
Preston UMC, Preston, GA
January 4, 2006 at 7:57 pm
I have known about Frank Roughton Harvey since I was a student at Asbury College. About twenty years later my wife Alice and I came to know him personally when I was pastor of Lexington Epworth United Methodist Church. Frank and Hazel came and Frank portrayed Jesus and The Sermon On the Mount. I have never heard (if you will) or experienced such silence in a congregation, as that day. It was a most gripping presentation. His rapport with the congregation truly brought us face to face with Jesus Himself. From that time forward my wife and I became good friends with Frank and Hazel. We were able to grow in friendship through times together and were privileged to have Frank back in a variety of settings. We kept in touch through email in the past few years. He was a man of warmth and sincerity. He was a person of tremendous intellectual and spiritual depth. There was truly one Frank Harvey. His friendship and influence will continue to be a part of our lives.
Michael Rice Retired
United Methodist Minister.