Church mourns youth pastor, wife & sons
PADUCAH, Ky. (BP) -- The funeral of a youth pastor, his wife and two teenage sons was "the hardest thing I have ever done as the pastor of this church," Justin Mason of Rosebower Baptist Church in Paducah, Ky., said Oct. 8 Michael Cruce, the church's youth pastor for more than 10 years, along with his wife Monica and teenage sons Joshua and Caleb were killed Oct. 3 in a six-car pileup near Nashville while traveling to Gatlinburg for a family getaway.