Background
Storer, James Wilson was born on December 1, 1884 in Burlington, Kansas, United States. Son of Lewis Burnette and Lydia (Burnett) Storer.
Storer, James Wilson was born on December 1, 1884 in Burlington, Kansas, United States. Son of Lewis Burnette and Lydia (Burnett) Storer.
Bachelor of Science, William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri, 1912, Doctor of Divinity, 1943. Doctor of Divinity, Union University, Jackson, Tennessee, 1920. Doctor of Laws, Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, 1939.
Ordained to ministry Baptist Church, 1912. Pastor, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, 1913-1915, Repley Tennessee, 1915-1918, Paris, Tennessee, 1918-1921, Greenwood, Mississippi, 1921-1925, Grove Avenue Church, Richmond, Virginia, 1925-1931, First Baptist Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1931-1956. Executive section-treasurer Southern Baptist Foundation, since 1956.
President Southern Baptist Convention, 1953-1954.
Member Sons of the American Revolution, Sigma Nu, Aeons. Mason (32 degree).; Clubs: Hi-Twelve, Tulsa Consistory, Tulsa.
Married Nora Isabel Wilbanks, December 31, 1912.