Background
Nicholson, Roy S. was born on July 12, 1903 in Walhalla, South Carolina, United States. Son of Samuel Dendy and Beulah Young (Lindsay) Nicholson.
Nicholson, Roy S. was born on July 12, 1903 in Walhalla, South Carolina, United States. Son of Samuel Dendy and Beulah Young (Lindsay) Nicholson.
Student, Wesleyan Methodist Academy and College, Central, South Carolina., 1918-1924; Doctor of Divinity, Houghton College, 1944; Th.B., Central School Religion, 1956; Doctor of Letters, Central Wesleyan College, 1981; Doctor of Humane Letters, Bartlesville Wesleyan College, 1985.
Ordained to ministry, Wesleyan Methodist Church, 1925; teacher, North Carolina, 1924; pastor, East Radford, Virginia, 1925-1926; pastor, Long Shoals, North Carolina, 1926-1930; pastor, Kannapolis, North Carolina, 1930-1935; pastor, Brooksville, Florida, 1969-1974; superintendent, Wesleyan Youth Work, 1934-1935; Sunday school secretary and editor, Wesleyan Youth Work, 1935-1939; home missionary secretary, Wesleyan Youth Work, 1939-1943; member board administration, Wesleyan Methodist Church, 1935-1959, 63-68; chairman, Wesleyan Methodist Church, 1947-1959; vice president, Wesleyan Methodist Church American, 1939-1947; president, Wesleyan Methodist Church American, 1947-1959; president emeritus, Wesleyan Methodist Church American, 1959-1968; professor Bible, Central Wesleyan College, 1959-1968; chairman division religion, Central Wesleyan College, 1959-1968; Editor, Wesleyan Methodist Editor, Wesleyan Youth, 1943-1947; American counselor, Immanuel General Mission, Japan, 1964-1993; board directors, Wesleyan Bible Conference Association, 1970-1993; general superintendent emeritus, Wesleyan Church, 1972-1993; general superintendent emeritus, Wesleyan Bible Conference Association, 1981-1993.
Chairman board of trustees Houghton, Central, Miltonvale and Marion colleges, 1947-1959. Advisory council Kentucky Mountain Bible Institute, World Gospel Mission. Member National Holiness Association (board administration 1955-1964, 70-93, recording secretary 1960-1964).
Married Ethel Macy, June 26, 1924 (deceased December 1985). Children: Roy Son of, Lee Huffman. Married Winifred Bisbing, October 7, 1986.