Background
Helmbold, F. Wilbur was born on May 13, 1917 in Fowlerville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Andrew K. and Emma L. (Hildebrand) Helmbold.
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Helmbold, F. Wilbur was born on May 13, 1917 in Fowlerville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Andrew K. and Emma L. (Hildebrand) Helmbold.
Bachelor of Arts with honors, Samford U., 1949; Master of Arts, Duke, 1954.
Newspaper reporter, Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania) Record, 1934-1936;
printer, Dallas (Pennsylvania) Post
also owner printing business, Dallas (Pennsylvania) Post, 1936-1942;
ordained to ministry, Baptist Church, 1947;
pastor, Selma, Alabama, 1947-1949;
pastor, Springville, Alabama, 1949-1950;
pastor, Durham, North Carolina, 1951-1954;
supply pastor, 1954-1982;
librarian, Barrington (Rhode Island) College, 1954-1957;
librarian, Samford U., Birmingham, Alabama, 1957-1984;
director, Institute Genealogy and History Research, 1965-1984. Curator Alabama Baptist History Commission, 1957-1984. Library consultant, 1958-1984.
Founding chairman, advisory consultant Baptist Information Retrieval System, 1972-1984.
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Served with United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member Southern Baptist, Alabama Baptist, history societies, National Genealogical Society, Association General Education (founding president).
Married Neola E. Wood, June 10, 1942. Children– Neola J. (Mistress Robert N. Trapnell), Arthur J. (deceased), Martha W. (Mistress James F. Evans), Dale Marjorie (Mistress Terry H. Cutrer).