Richard Edwards

Rev. Richard Edwards was born in Plainview in 1951, raised in Tulia where he was a member of First UMC, and graduated from Tulia High School in 1969. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Texas Tech University in 1973, he attended Perkins School of Theology at SMU graduating with a Master of Theology in 1978. Before retiring June 2016, after 41 years in the Northwest Texas Conference. Edwards served churches at Booker, Olton, Muleshoe, Dumas, and St. Luke’s in Midland. He served the last eight years as the Lubbock District Superintendent.