Background
Banks, Melba Lucille was born on May 18, 1940 in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Jeter Hezekiah and Rhoda Annie Purdue (White) Riddle.
chaplain minister organization executive
Banks, Melba Lucille was born on May 18, 1940 in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Jeter Hezekiah and Rhoda Annie Purdue (White) Riddle.
Bachelor in Religion, Mars Hill College, 1982. Master of Divinity, Southeastern Seminary, 1988. Doctor of Ministry, Lexington Theological Seminary, 1994.
Private music teacher, Buncombe County, North Carolina, 1960-1968; secretary, Christmount Christian Assembly, Black Mountain, North Carolina, 1969-1971; business manager, coordinator, Christmount Christian Assembly, Black Mountain, North Carolina, 1971-1977; executive director, Christmount Christian Assembly, Black Mountain, North Carolina, 1977-1994.
Volunteer chaplain North Carolina Department Corrections, Black Mountain, Raleigh, since 1993, St. Joseph's Hospital, Asheville, 1986-1994. President Swannanoa Valley Medical Center, Black Mountain, 1988-1989. Chair water safety council American Red Cross, Asheville area, 1987.
Consultant Martin Luther King Corporation, Swannanoa, 1994, Black Mountain Chamber of Commerce, 1986. Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, International Association Conference Center Administrators, North Carolina Correctional Association, National Association Virginia Chaplains (president since 2001).
Married David Clyde Burnette, January 21, 1958 (deceased). Children: Daniel Lin, Margaret Dawn (deceased). Married Ralph Junior Banks, October 23, 1971.