Background
Yorks, Melvin Joseph was born on May 11, 1956 in Monroe, Louisiana, United States. Son of Roger Irwin and Alice Lorraine (Warlick) Yorks.
Yorks, Melvin Joseph was born on May 11, 1956 in Monroe, Louisiana, United States. Son of Roger Irwin and Alice Lorraine (Warlick) Yorks.
Bachelor in Music Education, Northeast Louisiana University, 1978. Master of Religious Education, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1989. Master in Church Music, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1990.
Teacher choral and instrumental music, East Ascension High School, Gonzales, Louisiana, 1978-1988;
minister music/youth and senior adults, 1st Baptist Church, Logansport, Louisiana, since 1989. Associational music director Ascension Baptist Association, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, 1979-1988. Consultant Louisiana Baptist Convention, Alexandria, 1978-1989.
Family ministry director DeSoto Parish Baptist Association, since 1989.
Director Community Band, Logansport, since 1989. Member Southern Baptist Convention Music Conference, American Choral Directors Association, Southern Baptist Convention Religious Educators' Association.
Married Dixie Ann Harrison, December 30, 1978. 1 child, Sarah Dianne.