Background
Pursell, Cleo Wilburn was born on February 16, 1918 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Daughter of Charles P. and Eltrie Lee (Tice) Dalton.
Pursell, Cleo Wilburn was born on February 16, 1918 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Daughter of Charles P. and Eltrie Lee (Tice) Dalton.
Graduated from the high school.
Assistant pastor various churches, Oklahoma, 1939-1957. President Oklahoma State Auxiliary, First Oklahoma and First Mission district. Officer California State Auxiliary, 1960.
2nd vice president, youth chairman Woman's National Auxiliary Convention 1946-1948, 52-55, national study chairman, 1955-1957, executive secretary-treasurer, Nashville, 1963-1985.
Prominent in youth work, Oklahoma, 1939-1957. Teacher district and state Sunday School workshops. Member Women's Fellowship Federated Women's Missionary Societies (treasurer Bristow, Oklahoma, 1955).
Married Paul Edgar Pursell, February 16, 1939 (deceased 1973).