Jason Braswell has served as Senior Pastor of Memorial since October of 2016. He and his wife Carrie have been married for 12 years and have two children, Emma and Lane.  Jason grew up in Eastern Wake County and has called Martin County home since 2009.  Jason has been in ministry for over seventeen years serving churches in NC. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from North Carolina State University in 1998 and a Master of Divinity from Campbell University Divinity School in 2002.  Music plays a large role in his life – he loves to sing and play guitar and piano.  When he’s not at church, he enjoys spending time with his family.  His life verse is Romans 12:1-2: Therefore, I urge you, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship.  Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.  Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Dean Harrell spent many years as a member of MBC. He felt the call to full time ministry and then started working at MBC in August 2004. Dean and his wife Jane are both Williamston natives. They have one son.

Grant Mooney came to know Christ as a Junior in Highschool just short of being 17 years old. Shortly after, God called him into vocational ministry where he has been serving in various roles, positions, and ministries both vocationally and in volunteering. Grant is currently working on his B.A. in Pastoral Ministry at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and also trying to finish a long-standing project of finishing a book on the topic of idolatry. Grant enjoys spending time doing various things, but especially in hanging out with his best friend and wife.

Jody was born and raised in Texas. She has lived in North Carolina since 1998, when she married her husband, Bracky. They were both members of Williamston Memorial Baptist Church for several years before she began serving on staff in 2010. She graduated from Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas with a Bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies and Early Childhood Development. She also attended Southwest Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas where she was working towards her Master’s degree in Religious Education and Family Counseling prior to moving to North Carolina. In addition, she has a Preschool and Children’s Ministry Certification from Campbell University School of Divinity in Buies Creek, North Carolina. Jody and her husband have a son and a daughter who keep their family busy and full of adventure with various activities.

Mary Coltrain, a native of Alabama, has been the Director of Music for Memorial Baptist since 1991. Mary and her husband Rick have three children and six grandchildren.