Background
Rushing, Rayburn Lewis was born on September 18, 1922 in Leonard, Texas, United States. Son of John Sidney and Ollie May (Hunt) Rushing.
Rushing, Rayburn Lewis was born on September 18, 1922 in Leonard, Texas, United States. Son of John Sidney and Ollie May (Hunt) Rushing.
Student, East Texas Baptist College, 1947-1949; student, Ouachita Baptist College, 1950-1952; Doctor of Divinity, Defender's Theological Seminary, 1972.
Pastor, Southern Baptist Church, Texas, Arkansas, 1947-1954; evangelist, Youth for Christ International, Chicago, 1952-1953; director, Dallas Youth for Christ, 1954-1956; director, United Temperance League, Mitchell, South Dakot, 1956-1960; evangelist, Ray Rushing Evangelistic Association, Dallas, 1963-1988.
Chaplain Civil Air Patrol, Dallas, 1954. Lobbyist United Temperance League, Pierre, South Dakota, 1958, Temperance Time, Washington, 1961, The National Voice, Austin, Texas, 1965. With United States Army, 1941-1945, European Theatre of Operations.
Married Wilene Mozelle Dawson, September 15, 1947. Children: Gail Rushing Brigham, Gene, Tim, Joe.