Background
Taylor, Oury Wilburn was born on September 11, 1885 in Calloway County, Kentucky, United States. Son of John and Susan Elizabeth (Ford) Taylor.
Taylor, Oury Wilburn was born on September 11, 1885 in Calloway County, Kentucky, United States. Son of John and Susan Elizabeth (Ford) Taylor.
Bachelor of Arts, Hall-Moody Institute, Martin, Tennessee, 1913. Bachelor of Arts, Union U., Jackson, Tennessee, 1919, Doctor of Divinity, 1933.
Ordained to Baptist ministry, 1906. Pastor of rural churches several years, then successively pastor, Trenton, Franklin, Bolivar (Tennessee). Sturgis, Kentucky; Halls, Tennessee.
Editor, Baptist and Reflector, newspaper of Tennessee Baptist Convention, 1933-1950.
Married Virgie B. Glover, September 11, 1917. Children: Wilburn Lincoln, Charles Byron (killed in action, 1944).