Lowell Brannen:  

High School: My first year of high school was at DeKalb County High School in Smithville, TN, then we moved to Monroe, LA where I attended Ouachita Parish High School and graduated in 1961. I am a third generation Church Of God preacher, so you may understand why I have moved from city to city most of my life. I grew up in the parsonage. Other PK's will understand how that feels. I have two older brothers and two younger sisters. That puts me right in the middle. I made no great accomplishments in high school but felt very accomplished when I graduated. I enjoyed the band most of all. After high school I played with college for about a year and a half, then joined the Air Force. I thought blue was the neatest color. :) College: Well, actually, my first years at Lee University were in 1961-1962 (then known as Lee College) <leeuniversity.edu>. I socialized, enjoyed college fun-life, and didn't have much time for study. My grades were not good. I joined the USAF, got married, had kids, and pastored. My first pastorate was in Sylvester, GA. Moved to Louisiana, returned to Lee University in Cleveland, TN in 1974 and graduated in 1977 and received a BS degree in Biblical Historical Studies with a Professional Sequence in Pastoral Ministries. (Would that be a BHSPSPM?) :) From there I pastored in TN and LA. I received my Master of Divinity degree from Logos Graduate School <logos.edu> while pastoring in LA. Military I droped out of college and...Expand for more