Granville Hollis Gordon

Background

Gordon, Granville Hollis was born on October 12, 1922 in Picayune, Mississippi, United States. Son of Thomas and Eugenia (Landrum) Gordon.

Education

Student, Jacksonville Baptist College & Seminary, 1950-1952.

Career

Pastor, Friendship Baptist Church, Jewett, Texas, 1950-1951; pastor, Little Flock Baptist Church, Jewett, 1950-1951; pastor, Rural Shade Baptist, Kerens, Texas, 1951-1952; pastor, Ogden Avenue Baptist, Mobile, Alabama, 1952-1954; pastor, Stanton Way Baptist, Mobile, 1954-1958; pastor, Creston Hills Baptist, Jackson, Mississippi, 1958-1965; pastor, 1st Baptist Shady Grove, Laurel, Mississippi, 1965-1974; pastor, Creston Hills Baptist, Jackson, Mississippi, 1974-1984; pastor, Rolling Hills Baptist, Jacksonville, Florida, 1984-1986; pastor, Temple Baptist Church, Lucedale, Mississippi, 1986-1989; pastor, Highland Pk. Baptist, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1990-1996; pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church, Mount Olive, Mississippi, since 1996.

Achievements

• Granville Hollis Gordon has been listed as a noteworthy Church official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Air Force, European Theatre of Operations. Member Mississippi Baptist Association (recording clerk 1961-1970), Baptist Missionary Association (recording clerk 1975-1994).

Connections

Married Miriam C. Culpepper, September 6, 1942. Children: Tessa Eileen, Gerald Keith, Cathy Annette, Connie Jean, Donna Lynn.

Father:

Thomas Gordon

Mother:

Eugenia (Landrum) Gordon

Spouse:

Miriam C. Culpepper

child:

Cathy Annette Gordon

child:

Gerald Keith Gordon

child:

Connie Jean Gordon

child:

Tessa Eileen Gordon

child:

Donna Lynn Gordon