Background
Dawson, Lewis Edward was born on October 26, 1933 in Louisville. Son of Lewis Harper and Zelma Ruth (Hocutt) Dawson.
Dawson, Lewis Edward was born on October 26, 1933 in Louisville. Son of Lewis Harper and Zelma Ruth (Hocutt) Dawson.
Bachelor, Baylor University, Waco, 1954. Master of Divinity, Southern Baptist Seminary, Louisville, 1960. Master of Arts, Presbyterian School Christian Education, Richmond, 1978.
Pastor Finecastle Baptist Church and Zion Hill Baptist Church, Virginia, 1960-1963, First Southern Baptist Church, Great Falls, Montana, 1963-1967. Commissioned captain United States Air Force, 1967, advanced through grades to colonel, 1983. Chaplain McCoy Air Force Base, 1967-1969, PhuCat AB, Vietnam, 1969—1970, Sheppard Air Force Base, 1971-1973, Royal Air Force, Chicksands, England, 1973-1976, Keesler Air Force Base, 1977-1979.
Senior chaplain Ankara (Turkey) Air Station, 1979-1981. Member United States Air Force Chaplain Reserve Board Maxwell Air Force Base, 1981-1984. Senior chaplain Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, 1984-1987, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, 1987-1989, retired, 1989.
Associate director military chaplaincy Home Mission Board, Atlanta, 1989-1993. Associate to director chaplaincy division Home Mission Board, Southern Baptist Convention, Alpharetta, 1994-1997. Pastoral ministries associate First Baptist Church, Jonesboro, 1997-1999.
Retired, 1999
Clerk Triangle Baptist Association, 1965-1966. Chairman Montana Indian mission committee Montana Southern Baptist Fellowship, 1965-1966, treasurer, 1965-1966. Bible/theology teacher for travel groups, Turkey, 2000-2007.
Adjunct professor Liberia Baptist Theological Seminary, Monrovia, 2002, 03, 05. With United States Army, 1954-1957.
Member executive council Save the Children Fund, Shefford, England, 1973-1976.
Married Margaret Ellen Poor, July 29, 1956. Children: Edward Rhodes, David Harper, Deborah Louise, Virginia Ruth.