Early Sunday morning, a wrong-way driver hit and killed a man on US-131, who was later identified as a local pastor on his way to preach.
Dean Elliott, 63-year-old man from Byron Center, died on Sunday after a southbound vehicle struck his car as he was traveling north on US 131, just south of Burton Street.
He is mourned by his former congregation atFennville Assembly of God Church, who said Elliott served as the interim pastor there for two years.
“He really loved the people well during that transition and came back a few times to preach,” said the church. “He always loved like Jesus does, freely and without restraint.”
He was headed to a preaching assignment when the crash happened, the church said in a Sunday Facebook post.
According to those who knew him, Elliott reached many communities, both local and global. The pastor of Northpoint Assembly of God in Holland called Elliot a “dear friend.”
“He was a traveling missionary that we supported financially,” said Pastor Joe Coffman. “He was also my friend of 40 years, so he would be a guest speaker in our church.”
Coffman said Elliott traveled to many places as a missionary, spending time in India, the Middle East, Europe, and Africa.
Both Northpoint and Fennville Assembly of God are keeping Elliott’s wife and children in their prayers.
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