Lester Baldwin Graves

Background

Graves, Lester Baldwin was born on April 23, 1958 in Greenville, Mississippi, United States. Son of Wesley Leslie and Louise (Harris) Graves.

Education

Associate of Arts, Mississippi Delta Junior College, Moorhead, 1979; Bachelor, Delta State University, 1981; Master of Divinity, I.T.C.-Gammon Theological Seminary, 1984.

Career

Pastor, Revels United Methodist Church, Greenville, Mississippi, 1979-1981; pastor, Chubb Chapel & Cosmopolitan United Methodist Church, Cave Spring, Georgia, 1982-1984; pastor, Burns United Methodist Church, Oxford, Mississippi, 1984-1985; pastor, St. Mark United Methodist Church, Cleveland, Mississippi, 1985-1988; pastor, St. Paul United Methodist Church, Ripley, Mississippi, 1988-1990; pastor, Jefferson (South Carolina.) Parish, since 1990. Delegate Northern Mississippi United Methodist Conference, Grenada, 1981, Greenville, 1984, Oxford, 1986, Jackson, 1988.

Achievements

• Lester Baldwin Graves has been listed as a noteworthy Minister by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Oxford, 1984, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Atlanta, 1983. Member Masons.

Connections

Married Eugenia Defiera Neal, July 12, 1984.

Father:

Wesley Leslie Graves

Mother:

Louise (Harris) Graves

Spouse:

Eugenia Defiera Neal