Preacher Bill Reese recieved a definite call into the ministry, and he accepted his first pastorate at Hollow Creek Baptist Church in 1952 when he was just twenty years old. Sensing that God wanted a change of direction, he founded this church two years later in 1954. For the first year, the church met in a tent in the Piney Heights area, and God brought in faithful people as the church grew.
Preacher Bill loved to grow a garden, and he learned what made a garden grow well. He and his wife, Fannie, devoted themselves to the work that made the church grow well also. Good values, work, the Bible, and evangelism were the primary ingredients.
Preacher Bill was pastor until May of 2008 when Tad Marshall became the second pastor in Lakeside's then fifty-four year history. He is loved by many as an elder statesman in the Lord's work. Health issues prevent him and Mrs. Fannie from attending church on a regular basis. We appreciate the many years of his labor in the pulpit and the work of Mrs. Fannie with the young people.
