Bud is a native of Boone and a graduate of Appalachian State University (Boone, NC). He began his ministry at Mount Vernon in 1984 as a youth minister and moved into his present position in 1993. He and his wife, Betty, have a daughter (Stacey) who is a graduate of Appalachian State University and is employed at Samaritan's Purse. Their son (Preston) is a graduate of Liberty University and is employed by the Watauga County Sheriff's Department.
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