Background
Feezor, Forrest Chalmers was born on July 1, 1892 in Lexington, North Carolina, United States. Son of Jacob David and Nancy (Lee) Feezor.
Feezor, Forrest Chalmers was born on July 1, 1892 in Lexington, North Carolina, United States. Son of Jacob David and Nancy (Lee) Feezor.
Student, Churchland Academy, 1915. Student, University Chicago, 1925. Student, Wake Forest College, 1920.
Doctor of Divinity, Wake Forest College, 1934. Master of Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1923.
Teacher, William Jewell College, 1923-1926; pastor, 2d Baptist Church, Liberty, Missouri, 1926-1931; pastor, Tabernacle Baptist Church, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1931-1942; pastor, Broadway Baptist Church, Fort Worth, 1942-1946; pastor, 1st Baptist Church, Waco, Texas, 1946; then Executive Board, Baptist General Convention Texas radio speaker, Southern Baptist Hour, 1949; radio speaker, Religious International Broadcast radio station WRUL, 1950-1952.
President North Carolina Baptist Convention, 1941. 1st vice president Southern Baptist Convention, 1951-1952. Member foreign mission board, Richmond, Virginia, 1933-1952.
President Texas Baptist General Convention, 1951-1953. Trustee Meredith College, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1933-1942, Baylor University and Hillcrest Memorial Hospital, Waco, Texas, from 1946, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1934. Member Masons (32d degree), Rotary.
Married Jessica Rae Fuller, September 15, 1927. Children: Ann Joy, Forrestine Fuller.