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Passion play

The members of Faith Baptist Church, Bohannon, held the annual Passion play on Friday and Saturday in a field next to Dr. C. Ben Lennon’s dental office in Mathews Court House. The church members depicted the suffering and death of Jesus Christ, culminating in his resurrection on Easter. Here, Simon of Cyrene (second from left, portrayed by Ronnie Miller) gets ready to help Jesus (portrayed by Daniel Marr) carry the cross to Calvary. Also standing over Jesus are, at left, a Jewish elder (portrayed by DeWitt Edwards) and Roman soldiers Wayne Sterling, at right, Paul Edwards, center, and Grant Clawson, in background.
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