Background
Seats, Vernon Lavell was born on November 16, 1915 in Tuckerman, Arkansas, United States. Son of Walter Lee and Stella O. (Boggs) Seats.
Seats, Vernon Lavell was born on November 16, 1915 in Tuckerman, Arkansas, United States. Son of Walter Lee and Stella O. (Boggs) Seats.
Associate of Arts, Southwest Baptist College, Bolivar, Missouri, 1937. Bachelor, William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri, 1939. Master of Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1941.
Doctor of Theology, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, 1946.
Missionary, Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board, Nigeria, 1941-1958; professor, dean students, registrar, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missoury, 1958-1983; senior professor missions, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missoury, since 1984. Promotion secretary, general secretary, executive secretary-treasurer home and foreign mission board Nigerian Baptist Convention. Volunteer theology teacher Kenya Baptist Theological Seminary, 1984, 85, 86.
Married Helen Elizabeth Franklin, August 5, 1935. 1 child, Lavell Paige.