As he checks the old mailbox outside Mount Celestial Baptist Church — a humble white building that looks more like a house than a chapel — the Rev. Ray Warren holds a large file beneath one arm, the tendons in his hand visible. He walks into the foyer and putters around the church’s modest kitchen for a minute before settling down in a chair at the end of a long, folding table.
The saga of the Warrens
Feuding relatives, a struggle of wills and one man’s dream uncertain
Friday, August 24, 2007 | 1:17 p.m. CDT;
updated 10:42 p.m. CDT, Friday, July 18, 2008
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