WINONA, Texas — Members of Starrville Methodist Church cried and shared hugs as they united at the same location their pastor was shot and killed last year.
After a Sunday memorial service honoring late Pastor Mark Allen McWilliams, members of the church broke ground for a tree that will be planted in his honor.
On Jan. 3, 2021, McWilliams was preparing for church service that Sunday morning when he was fatally shot by his own gun, which had been wrested away from him by a suspect who hid from police inside the church in Winona overnight.
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