Background
Samuels, Thomas William was born on February 27, 1934 in Miami, Florida, United States. Son of Henry Cornelius and Cora Anna (Waters) Samuels.
Samuels, Thomas William was born on February 27, 1934 in Miami, Florida, United States. Son of Henry Cornelius and Cora Anna (Waters) Samuels.
Bachelor of Science, Bethune Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Florida, 1955.
Pastor, St. John Primitive Baptist Church, Mount Dora, Florida, 1957-1959;
pastor, Mount Zion Primitive Baptist Church, Eustis, Florida, 1957-1973;
pastor, Zion Hill Primitive Baptist Church, Lakeland, Florida, 1959-1973;
pastor, Mount Moriah Primitive Baptist Church, Charlotte, North Carolina, since 1973. Secretary National Primitive Baptist Convention, 1971-1989, president, since 1989. President North Carolina-Virginia Primitive Baptist State Convention, E. Spencer, North Carolina, since 1977, S.W. District Sunday School Convention, Charlotte, since 1977.
Chairman, Board Of Directors National Primitive Baptist Convention, since 1989. Instructor Christian Doctrin, National Primitive Baptist Sun. School Congress, since 1972.
Member Echoes curriculum advisory board David C. Cook Public Company, 1988-1991.
Chairman church committee United Negro College Fund of Johnson C. Smith University, 1984, 85, 87. Board directors Charlotte Area Fund and Uptown Day Shelter, 1989-1991. Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Baptist Ministers Conference of Charlotte, Christian Ministers Fellowship.
Married Juanita Iona Gibson, October 8, 1954. Children: Gennita Renae, Synovia Louise, Henry Jethro, Thomas William World War II.