Background
Anderson, Melvin Robert was born on December 20, 1925 in Orlando, Florida, United States. Son of Paul Raymond and Edith Regina (Schock) Anderson.
Anderson, Melvin Robert was born on December 20, 1925 in Orlando, Florida, United States. Son of Paul Raymond and Edith Regina (Schock) Anderson.
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1947. Master in Religious Education, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1955.
Junior engineer, Southern Bell Telephone & Telephone Сompany, Atlanta, 1947-1949;
junior engineer, Southern Bell Telephone & Telephone Сompany, Jacksonville, Florida, 1949-1951;
minster of education, First Baptist Church, Oxford, Mississippi, 1955-1958;
minster of education, First Baptist Church, Dothan, Alabama, 1958-1962;
minster of education, First Baptist Church, Mobile, Alabama, 1962-1965;
minster of education, Southside Baptist Church, Jacksonville, 1965-1969;
minster of education, University Baptist Church, Coral Gables, Florida, 1969-1974;
minster of education, Forest Hills Baptist Church, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1974-1988;
retired, Forest Hills Baptist Church, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1988. Special worker Sun. school department Florida Baptist Convention, Coral Gables, 1972-1973, Sun. school department Baptist State Convention, Raleigh, 1974-1984. Regional vice president Primerica Fins.
Superior vena cava syndrome, 1989-1991.
Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946, 1951-1953. Member Eastern Baptist Religious Education (president 1981-1982), Southern Baptist Religious Education Association, Religious Education Workers Alabama (president 1961), Raleigh Baptist Association (senior adult coordinator 1988-1991), Civitan Club (board directors Mobile chapter 1964-1965, chaplain Raleigh chapter 1991). Lodges: Civitan (board directors Mobile chapter 1964-1965).
Married Carolyn Clift, October 17, 1947. Children: Roy Wesley, Thomas Paul, David Robert.