Background
Lawton, Leon Redford was born on May 21, 1924 in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States. Son of Stephen Redford Lawton and Ethel Rosamond (Chapin) Lawton Scanlan.
religious organization executive
Lawton, Leon Redford was born on May 21, 1924 in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States. Son of Stephen Redford Lawton and Ethel Rosamond (Chapin) Lawton Scanlan.
AB, Salem College, 1948; Bachelor's Degree, California Baptist Seminary, 1951; Master of Divinity, American Baptist Seminary of West, Berkeley, California, 1951.
Pastor, Seventh Day Baptist Church, Los Angeles, 1950-1956; missionary, pastor in Jamaica, West Indies, Seventh Day Baptist Missionary Society, Westerly, Rhode Island, 1956-1964; director evangelism, Seventh Day Baptist Missionary Society, Westerly, 1964-1968; pastor, Seventh Day Baptist Church, Lakewood, Colorado, 1969; executive vice president, Seventh Day Baptist Missionary Society, Westerly, since 1970.
1st sergeant United States Army, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations.
Son of Stephen Redford Lawton and Ethel Rosamond (Chapin) Lawton Scanlan;m. Dorothy Glee Brannon, September 1, 1946. Children: Duane E., Gordon P., Patricia G., Jeffrey G.