Background
Wingfield, Marshall was born on February 19, 1893 in Franklin County, Virginia, United States. Son of Tazewell Tarleton and Mary (Motley) Wingfield.
Wingfield, Marshall was born on February 19, 1893 in Franklin County, Virginia, United States. Son of Tazewell Tarleton and Mary (Motley) Wingfield.
Doctor of Divinity, Lincoln Memorial University, 1947. Doctor of Letters, Erskine College, 1951.
Ordained to ministry Christian Church, 1912. Served churches, United States and England. Pastor First Congregational Church Memphis, 1937-1958, minister at large, since 1958.
Special preacher American Church in Paris, 1951.
Conductor student groups through Europe and Alaska. Commencement speaker, Religious Emphasis Week leader, lecturer in history, numerous colleges
Moderator Kentucky-Tennessee Conference, 1940. Delegate General Council Congressional Churches, 1940-1942.
6th International Congressional Council, 1949, Constituting Convention, National Council Churches, 1950.
President Memphis Council Churches, 1945-1947, 53-59, Memphis Council Social Workers, 1944. President Executive Board Memphis Boys Town, 1941-1947. Representative 9th District (Tennessee) on Southwest Ty.
Commission 1940.
Member Tennessee History Commission (Executive Committee), since 1940. Member of national panel American Arbitration Association, since 1942. Delaware National Study Conference, Delaware, O., 1942, Cleveland, 1945, 2d National Conference United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1949.
Trustee Southern Union College.
Member Foreign Policy Association, Tennessee (vice president 1955), West Tennessee (president since 1938) history societies, Memphis Ministers Association (past president), South Carolina.V. (commander in chief 1943-1945), Visiting Nurse Association (president), American Cancer Society (director), Memphis Community Council (director), Young Men's Christian Association (director), Kappa Alpha. Mason (33°, Shriner). Clubs: Crosscut, Egyptians, Executives, Sertoma.
Married Marie Kerfoot Gregson, October 11, 1927.