Justin Morris
Pastor
Hello my name is Justin Morris and I’m the Pastor here at Tates Chapel. I have been married to my wife Casey for 19 years. God has blessed us with 3 children Marrian, Brooks, and Sarah. We were both born and raised in Cherokee County and graduated from Cedar Bluff High School. Following High School, we volunteered in the Youth Ministry at Enon Grove Baptist Church. Once we both began working in Anniston, we felt led to move to Calhoun County where God allowed us to serve the last 18 years as Youth Pastor and Lead Pastor of churches in the area. It is an answered prayer to be able to return to Cherokee County to serve the Lord.
Hobbies: Spending time with family, working in the yard, and watching sports.
Favorite Verse: Micah 7:8
James Mynard
Interim Minister of Music
James Mynard has served as Interim Music Minister since January, 2022 after retiring from 37 years of full-time music ministry. A native of Enterprise, he graduated Auburn University in Ag Science in 1981. He married Delilah Edge in 1982. After receiving the call to ministry, he graduated New Orleans Theological Seminary along with his wife, Delilah, in 1986. They have a son, Nathan, who is married to Chandler and they have one son, Luke, and a little girl, Lainey.
Angela Russell Nichols
Secretary
Angela Russell Nichols has been the secretary at Tates Chapel since 2014. She is a 2003 graduate from Northeast Alabama Community College with an Associate’s degree in Pre-Liberal Arts concentrating in music, a 2017 graduate of Shorter University where she earned an Associate’s degree in Business, and a 2021 graduate of Huntingdon College where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management. Angela has been married to Kim Nichols for 20 years this year and they have one teenage daughter, Lexie. Angela says, “I am very thankful and blessed to have the position at this church. This body of believers genuinely cares about the people of the community.”
Margaret Edge
Organist
Margaret Edge has served as Organist or Pianist at Tates Chapel since 1982. She attended Sand Rock School and has one daughter, one grandson, one great grandson and a great granddaughter that is on the way. She was married 62 years to her husband, Herman, who was the Director of Missions for Cherokee Association for 20 years retiring in 2001.
Delilah Mynard
Pianist
Delilah Mynard graduated Collinsville High School in 1975 and then attended Judson College, graduating in 1980 with a Music Degree. She met James in 1981 and they married in 1982, then they attended New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary graduating in 1986. She was Music Teacher at elementary schools in Chipley, FL and Dadeville, AL for 12 years. She and James have a son, Nathan, who is married to Chandler, and two grandchildren, Luke and Lainey.
