PEARSON APPARENTLY MOVING TO VIRGINIA

Mrs. Andrew Pearson (Lauren Saddler Pearson ) is the Managing Director and Partner of Somerset Advisory in Birmingham, a financial firm. Apparently over the past few years she has built a successful advisement practice at Somerset. One question about Andrew Pearson's leaving Grace Church, of Birmingham, was what this would mean to herself and her business. Now we know. She is not leaving her firm.

Lauren Pearson sent an undated letter (early this week?) to her clients stating that she and Andrew would be moving in the summer to the vicinity of Charlottesville, Virginia to restore Gen. Patton's boyhood home.

"Andrew and I have the opportunity to restore General George S. Patton's childhood home." It was built c. 1754 and includes a 150-acre farm.

She goes on to assure the clients that Somerset Advisory will continue on as usual. Much work will be done remotely, as it is  now. The offices in Birmingham and Beaufort SC will continue as usual. 

Pearson added that she will be traveling back to Birmingham regularly, probably the first week of each month in order to attend to business.

So, Andrew Pearson will be leaving Birmingham. There was no mention in his letter to the church or in Lauren's letter about future church plans. 

al.com is posting an article about Pearson but it only repeats the letters from Grace Church. Pearson had no comment to add.

There must be much more to this story than is publicly known. The biggest mystery of all is what happened to cause Pearson to leave a brand new congregation that he himself had founded only a few months ago.