Background
Woolbright, Thurman Alfred was born on January 9, 1922 in Abbeville, South Carolina, United States. Son of Elijah Prophet and Edith Mae (Brown) Woolbright.
Woolbright, Thurman Alfred was born on January 9, 1922 in Abbeville, South Carolina, United States. Son of Elijah Prophet and Edith Mae (Brown) Woolbright.
Bachelor, Furman University, 1949. Bachelor's Degree, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1952. Master of Divinity, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1975.
Pastor First Baptist Church, Norris, South Carolina, 1948-1949, New Zion Baptist Church, Kentwood, Louisiana, 1950-1952, Field of Churches, Cross Hill, South Carolina, 1952-1954, First Baptist Church, Mountville Baptist Church, Bethabara Baptist Church, Iva, 1954-1959, Waterloo Baptist Church, Lyman, 1954-1959, Friendship Baptist Church, Lyman, 1959-1966, First Baptist Church, Westminster, 1966-1973. Calvary Baptist Church, Gaffney, 1973-1976. Associate pastor Woodfields Baptist Church, Greenwood South Carolina, 1976-1979, Second Baptist Church, Belton, South Carolina, 1979-1982, Durham Memorial Baptist Church, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1982-1985, retired, 1985.
Pastor Sunset Forest Baptist Church, Gastonia, 1986-1988. Instructor Union Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, 1949-1952. President Greer (South Carolina) Baptist Ministers, 1965-1966.
Missions chairman Greer Baptist Association, 1964-1965, Beaverdam Baptist Association, Westminster, South Carolina. Registrar, instructor seminary extension Southern Baptist Convention, Westminster, 1967-1973. Mission tour Israel-Europe, 1969.
Preaching mission Jamaica, 1970. Member Examining Council Mecklinburg Baptist Association, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1983-1985. Council Doctor Crain's Ministry, South Carolina, 1952-1973.
Preacher annual message Greer Baptist Association, 1965, Beaverdam Baptist Association, Seneca, South Carolina, 1968, Broad River Baptist Association, 1976. Special participation/leader Sunday School Conferences, North Carolina State Baptist Convention, 1986-1987. Participant in the Master's Mission Inc., 1998.
Board of directors American Red Cross, Iva, 1955. Founder S.O.C.K.S., Springfield Crisis Ministry, Gastonia, North Carolina, 1986-1988. Board associations North Greenville College, 1966-1973.
Member nominating committee South Carolina. State Baptist Convention, 1968, member program, Myrtle Beach, 1981, representative rural church conference, Atlantic City, 1965. With United States Navy, 1942-1944, World World War World War II.
Married Lila Laura Mae Sutherland, February 28, 1944 (deceased September 1995). Children: Wallace Alfred, Michael Eugene.