The Board of Directors
Rev. Larry George
Duties: President
Larry is a graduate of Andersvonville Theological Seminary with his Masters in Pastoral Counseling. He is responsible to maintain a yearly budget, promotes the ministry of Siloam by speaking in churches and organizations. He does the fund raising, is editor of the bi-monthly newsletter, pursues the building phases with contractors, and is available to encourage and meet the needs of missionary guests.
Rev. David Jackson
Duties: Vice President and Chairman of the Board
Has served on the board as vice president since Siloam Missionary Homes began. He is senior pastor of Freedom Baptist Church in Goldsboro, NC. Pastor Jackson serves on the board “because it is a ministry to neglected group, our missionaries, when home on furlough. It provides rest, family togetherness and a time of spiritual renewal. SMH is about people, our people, whom we support to carry the Gospel to the world.”
Joyce George
Duties: Corporate Secretary
Has served as corporate secretary on the board of directors since it began in 1992. She grew up as a missionary kid in Brazil, and graduated from New Tribes Bible institute. Having been raised as an MK, “I understand what missionaries face as they return from the foreign field during furlough. I believe that SMH is providing a much needed place of rest where missionary families can ‘put it all back together.’”
Ray Soyars
Duties: Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Personal: He and his wife, Pam, have three daughters, Teresa, Sara and Paige. He attended UNCCH and is employed as a Certified Public Accountant. He and his family are members of Apple's Chapel Christian Church. Ray says, “After having the opportunity to go on mission work teams, I wanted to help those who had given so much to go on a foreign mission field.”
Mike Rich
Duties: Director
Mike and his wife, Abbey, have three children. They are full time staff at Siloam Missionary Homes. He and his family attend New Covenant Fellowship Church in Graham, NC. Mike is a graduate of Norfolk Technical College and also attended Word of Life Bible Institute. He develops promotional aspects of the ministry and is responsible to all activities in the Family Center. Mike believes in what SMH is doing and desires to serve the Lord any way he can.
Robert Ashworth
Duties: Assistant Treasurer
Robert is a clinical pharmacist and is currently employed at Alamance Regional Medical Center. He and his wife Lisa have been married for 17 years and have 3 wonderful children. He has been members of Harvest Baptist Church in Burlington, North Carolina for over seven years and has served as deacon, director of the food pantry ministry and chairperson for the Global Outreach Committee. Robert has a true passion for missions and hopes to one day become a missionary. "Jesus gave His life for me so that I may live my life for Him."
Gwen Davis
Duties: Trustee
Gwen is married and the mother of two children. In the early 1990’s, soon after his retirement, my husband traveled on his first missions trip to Brazil. We began to attend mission conferences at church and God began to stir our hearts for missions. We served on the missions committee at that church for almost ten years.As a result of all these experiences I have come to know and love many missionary families around the world. I have been made keenly aware of the many challenges these families face. In order to keep missionaries on the field, we must take every opportunity to meet their personal needs. Now the possibility of serving on the board at Siloam Missionary Homes will give me a chance to be a small part of ministering in this way.
Robby Dilmore
Duties: Trustee
Robbie Dilmore is host of the radio show, Christian Car Guy, on WTRU. He has 35 years in the retail automobile business, and was the dealer principal and majority stock holder of a Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep store for 10 years until Jan 2008. The Christian Car Guy show started when he was still running his store in 2006 and now the show is entering its 3rd year, Robbie works full time for Truth Broadcasting with his three radio shows, Christian Car Guy, Robby's Hobbies, and Christian Swap Shop.
Robby came to know Christ in 1991 and has actively studied to apply his faith and love for Jesus Christ to the business he loves. He and his wife, Tammy, are members of Calvary Baptist Church in Winston Salem. He is the producer of the show that Larry & Joyce host, A Place Missionaries Call Home.
Don Daugherty
Duties: Trustee
Don and Karen live in High Point and attend Community Bible Church. He is currently employed by VF Jeanswear in Greensboro, who has donated jeans to Siloam for the past several years for the missionary families. Don graduated from Glassboro State College in 1978. “Missions is very close to my heart and has been a part of my life for many years. Since a young child, I have had missionary influence through church and college. I believe the work of Siloam Missionary Homes is a natural extension of how missions has been and will continue to be a part of my life.”
Tony Kiser
Duties: Project Manager
Tony has been employed by Gold Toe Moretz for almost 20 years and his current position is Director of Production Planning. He has served in management positions for the past 30 years, as Plant Manager, Distribution Manager, Customer Service Manager, and Finishing Manager. Tony has been married to Becky for over 30 years and has 3 children. For the past 13 years, he has been a member of Holly Hill Baptist Church and has served as SS teacher, deacon, and leader of Baptist Men. He serves as a construction volunteer/leader each year for World Changers and NC Baptist Men Disaster Recovery. "Through volunteer missions at Siloam, I have come to love this ministry and believe it serves a major need for missionaries to relax and refuel their ministries."
Janice Byrd
Duties: Volunteers In Action
Janice and her husband, Mike, have been married almost 30 years and have been blessed with two sons, Matthew and Nathan. They are members of Grove Park Baptist Church in Burlington. Janice is a homemaker and volunteer. Much of her volunteer work has been through public schools, church organizations and Boy Scouts. She was church pianist at her previous church.She is a graduate of Mars Hill College, earning degrees in music education and music therapy.“I am excited about being involved first-hand in ministry and missions. Siloam offers a unique opportunity to support God’s work by supporting God’s workers.”
Gary Simmons
Duties: Board Member Emeritus
Gary was Project Engineer for eight years before he went home to be with the Lord in June 2002. He was responsible to help plan future development of SMH, working with blueprints, building inspectors. Personal: He and his wife, Sherry, have one daughter. He attended NCSU and was a professional engineer and land surveyor, owner of Simmons Engineering and Surveying. He was a deacon at Kerr’s Chapel Baptist Church. Gary “felt a calling to answer an urgent need for the most deserving missionaries.”
Wilbur Abbey
Duties: Board Member Emeritus and Co-Founder
Wilbur served as a missionary with New Tribes Mission for 35 years and was co-founder of Siloam Missionary Homes. He was actively involved at Siloam until he went home to be with the Lord in May, 2003. He told us, “I know by experience what it is to come home on furlough and not have a place to call home. Although Christians are most gracious and hospitable, missionaries need to have a place where they can establish a normal home life as a family.”