Background
Witherspoon, Lavern was born on October 14, 1954 in Kingstree, South Carolina, United States. Son of James and Harold Phordom (Cooper) Witherspoon.
Witherspoon, Lavern was born on October 14, 1954 in Kingstree, South Carolina, United States. Son of James and Harold Phordom (Cooper) Witherspoon.
Bachelor, Baptist College Charleston, 1976; Master of Divinity, Interdenominational Theological Center, 1983.
Pastor Shady Grove-St. Peter African Methodist Episcopal Church, Abbeville, South Carolina, 1977-1978, Shiloh-Springfield African Methodist Episcopal church, McCormick, 1978-1982, Oldfield Bethel & Mount Sinai African Methodist Episcopal Church, Bradley, 1982-1985, Weston Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Greenwood, since 1985. Chaplain Greenwood Correctional Center, since 1986.
Prevention coordinator Laurens (South Carolina.) Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission. Pastoral care committee South Carolina. Commision on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, 1989.
Board directors One-Church One-Child Adoption Board, 1989. First lieutenant United States Army National Guard, since 1989. Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Greenwood County Mental Health Association (board directors), Masons, Order of Eastern Star, Alpha Phi Alpha (president Greenwood chapter since 1982, state secretary since 1985, Man of Year 1985).
Married Audrey Dianne Goodwin, November 1983. Children: Jacintha Dyan, André LaVern.