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{{Infobox person
| name=Frank F. Pomeroy
(Pastor of Sutherland Springs Baptist Church which was attacked by a crazed gunman in 2017)
|birth_date=1966
|birth_place=Place of birth missing<br>
Resident of Seguin<br>
Guadalupe County, [[Texas]]
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|spouse=Sherri Brown Pomeroy
'''Children''':<br>
Kaleb Pomeroy<br>
Chelsi Pomeroy<br>
Kameron Pomeroy<br>
Cody Holder<br.
Korey P. Pomeroy
Marina Pomeroy<br>
Annabelle Renae "Belle" Pomeroy (deceased)<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
Texas State University (San Marcos)
}}
'''Frank F. Pomeroy''' (born 1966)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/Frank-Pomeroy/|title=Frank Pomeroy|publisher=Intelius.com|accessdate=May 6, 2020}}</ref> is the pastor of Sutherland Springs Baptist Church, a small [[Southern Baptist]] congregation in Sutherland Springs in northern Wilson County, south of [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/Frank-Pomeroy/|title=Frank Pomeroy|publisher=Intelius.com|accessdate=May 5, 2020}}</ref>
==Background==
On November 5, 2017, Devin Patrick Kelley (1991-2017) of New Braunfels, who had earlier been denied a handgun permit, fatally shot twenty-six people and wounded twenty others in an attack on the Sutherland Springs church. Texas [[Governor]] [[Greg Abbott]] called the massacre the worst ever in Texas. [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] described the massacre as "a mental health problem."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/05/us/texas-church-shooting-what-we-know/index.html|title=Sutherland Springs church shooting:
What we kno|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=November 7, 2017|author=Jason Hanna and Holly Yan|accessdate=May 5, 2020}}</ref> The calamity was the fifth worst mass shooting in the United States and the most fatalities ever in a shooting at a place of worship.
Reverend Pomeroy and his wife, the former Sherri Brown, were out-of-state at the time of the shooting, but one of their daughters, Annabelle Renae "Belle" Pomeroy (2003-2017), a seventh grade in Seguin, Texas, was among the fatalities in the mass shooting and is interred at Sutherland Springs Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184976983/annabelle-renae-pomeroy|title=Annabelle Renae "Belle" Pomeroy|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 5, 2020}}</ref>Kelley was subsequently killed by an armed citizen. he damage was so extensive that the congregation decided to raze the structure and rebuild.
==Candidacy for state Senate==
In 2019, Reverend Pomeroy announced his candidacy for the District 21 seat in the Texas State Senate. As the [[Republican Party|Republican]] nominee, he faces in the general election on November 3, 2020, the incumbent [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Judith Passas Zaffirini (born 1946) of [[Laredo]], who has held the seat after defeating state Representative [[William N. Hall, Jr.]], in the 1986 Democratic [[primary]] for the state Senate. Zaffirini since has rarely faced a competitive opponent in her presumably safe-Democratic district .
Regarding his Senate campaign, Pomeroy said:
<blockquote>
I feel as though, win, lose, or draw, at least I can say I did my part to the best of my ability to bring civility, godliness, and hopefully intelligent discourse to the political arena, … If I can bring civility and godliness and help stymie the downward spiral of the great state of Texas, that's what I am choosing to try to do," Pomeroy said at his announcement. "I feel as though morality and integrity [are] disappearing rapidly and I feel as though as the direction goes, if Texas falls, the country falls ...<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/longtime-sutherland-springs-pastor-set-to-run-for-senate-seat-as-republican?fbclid=IwAR1MeM_Nf6eiNd_nL9rh6tD9CyzsOc_wFXTnLtE9TA6vhhsLd_rzh00s8KE|title=Longtime Sutherland Springs Pastor set to run for Senate seat as Republican|author=Gerald Tracy|publisher=News4SA|date=August 25, 2019|accessdate=May 5, 2020}}</ref></blockquote>
Pomeroy said that he will keep the church as his foremost priority regardless
of the outcome of his campaign.
==References==
{{reflist}}
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[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Clergy]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
| name=Frank F. Pomeroy
(Pastor of Sutherland Springs Baptist Church which was attacked by a crazed gunman in 2017)
|birth_date=1966
|birth_place=Place of birth missing<br>
Resident of Seguin<br>
Guadalupe County, [[Texas]]
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|spouse=Sherri Brown Pomeroy
'''Children''':<br>
Kaleb Pomeroy<br>
Chelsi Pomeroy<br>
Kameron Pomeroy<br>
Cody Holder<br.
Korey P. Pomeroy
Marina Pomeroy<br>
Annabelle Renae "Belle" Pomeroy (deceased)<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
Texas State University (San Marcos)
}}
'''Frank F. Pomeroy''' (born 1966)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/Frank-Pomeroy/|title=Frank Pomeroy|publisher=Intelius.com|accessdate=May 6, 2020}}</ref> is the pastor of Sutherland Springs Baptist Church, a small [[Southern Baptist]] congregation in Sutherland Springs in northern Wilson County, south of [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/Frank-Pomeroy/|title=Frank Pomeroy|publisher=Intelius.com|accessdate=May 5, 2020}}</ref>
==Background==
On November 5, 2017, Devin Patrick Kelley (1991-2017) of New Braunfels, who had earlier been denied a handgun permit, fatally shot twenty-six people and wounded twenty others in an attack on the Sutherland Springs church. Texas [[Governor]] [[Greg Abbott]] called the massacre the worst ever in Texas. [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] described the massacre as "a mental health problem."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/05/us/texas-church-shooting-what-we-know/index.html|title=Sutherland Springs church shooting:
What we kno|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=November 7, 2017|author=Jason Hanna and Holly Yan|accessdate=May 5, 2020}}</ref> The calamity was the fifth worst mass shooting in the United States and the most fatalities ever in a shooting at a place of worship.
Reverend Pomeroy and his wife, the former Sherri Brown, were out-of-state at the time of the shooting, but one of their daughters, Annabelle Renae "Belle" Pomeroy (2003-2017), a seventh grade in Seguin, Texas, was among the fatalities in the mass shooting and is interred at Sutherland Springs Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184976983/annabelle-renae-pomeroy|title=Annabelle Renae "Belle" Pomeroy|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 5, 2020}}</ref>Kelley was subsequently killed by an armed citizen. he damage was so extensive that the congregation decided to raze the structure and rebuild.
==Candidacy for state Senate==
In 2019, Reverend Pomeroy announced his candidacy for the District 21 seat in the Texas State Senate. As the [[Republican Party|Republican]] nominee, he faces in the general election on November 3, 2020, the incumbent [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Judith Passas Zaffirini (born 1946) of [[Laredo]], who has held the seat after defeating state Representative [[William N. Hall, Jr.]], in the 1986 Democratic [[primary]] for the state Senate. Zaffirini since has rarely faced a competitive opponent in her presumably safe-Democratic district .
Regarding his Senate campaign, Pomeroy said:
<blockquote>
I feel as though, win, lose, or draw, at least I can say I did my part to the best of my ability to bring civility, godliness, and hopefully intelligent discourse to the political arena, … If I can bring civility and godliness and help stymie the downward spiral of the great state of Texas, that's what I am choosing to try to do," Pomeroy said at his announcement. "I feel as though morality and integrity [are] disappearing rapidly and I feel as though as the direction goes, if Texas falls, the country falls ...<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/longtime-sutherland-springs-pastor-set-to-run-for-senate-seat-as-republican?fbclid=IwAR1MeM_Nf6eiNd_nL9rh6tD9CyzsOc_wFXTnLtE9TA6vhhsLd_rzh00s8KE|title=Longtime Sutherland Springs Pastor set to run for Senate seat as Republican|author=Gerald Tracy|publisher=News4SA|date=August 25, 2019|accessdate=May 5, 2020}}</ref></blockquote>
Pomeroy said that he will keep the church as his foremost priority regardless
of the outcome of his campaign.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pomeroy, Frank}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Clergy]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]