Rev. Timmie Allen Sellers, 82, of Lumberton, NC, was born in Robeson County, NC on September 23, 1939 to the late Carden and Carrie Kinlaw Sellers and he went to be with the Lord on Friday, November 26, 2021, at Columbus Memorial Hospital in Whiteville, NC.

Rev. Sellers was a husband, father, grandpa, Baptist preacher, missionary, teacher, RA basketball coach, and, above all, a follower of Jesus Christ. He is a graduate of Mars Hill College, Campbell University, and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He served churches in North Carolina and Virginia. He was an outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing with his family.

Rev. Tim believed in the Holy Spirit and God's redeeming grace. He has always believed and taught by example that no one is beyond the Lord's salvation and redemption.

Along with his parents, Rev. Sellers was preceded in death by his older brother, James "Jimmy" Sellers.

He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Edna Chason Sellers of the home; his son, Jonathan Sellers and special friend Hope Harrelson; two daughters, Rhoda Emanuel and husband Charles and Jill Dove and husband Kevin, all of Lumberton, NC; his grandchildren: Chandler Barnes and husband Chad, Whitney Marler and husband Louis, Mark Bullock, Matthew Bullock and wife Maria, Victoria Musslewhite and husband Brandon, and Kaylie Dove; two great-grandchildren, Finn Barnes and Lily Floyd; two brothers, Rev. Billy Sellers and wife Patsy of Franklin, NC and Kenneth Sellers and wife Jane of Green Coast Springs, FL; and two sisters, Carolyn Davis and husband Bill of Bladenboro, NC and Shirley Acosta of Surfside Beach, SC.

The family will receive friends prior to the service on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, from 1:00-1:45 PM at Zion's Tabernacle Baptist Church, 3496 Tar Heel Road in Lumberton, NC. Following the visitation, a funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm with Rev. Charles Hester officiating.

Burial will follow at Floyd Memory Gardens, 3720 Old Whiteville Road in Lumberton, NC.

The family will also be receiving friends and loved ones at other times at the home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to: North Carolina Baptist Assembly at Fort Caswell, 100 Caswell Beach Road, Oak Island, NC 28465, or by visiting their website at: https://register.circuitree.com/FortCaswell/Donations/Default.aspx .