Background
Yarborough, Warren Furman was born on December 11, 1867 in Pickens, Mississippi, United States. Son of John and Mary Elizabeth (Toombs) Yarborough.
Yarborough, Warren Furman was born on December 11, 1867 in Pickens, Mississippi, United States. Son of John and Mary Elizabeth (Toombs) Yarborough.
Graduate Gillsburg (Mississippi) Collegiate Institute, 1887. Bachelor of Arts, Mississippi College, Clinton, 1892. Th M., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kentucky, 1896.
Doctor of Divinity, Howard College, Alabama, 1911.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1892. Pastor in Mississippi, at Magnolia, 1892-1893, Brookhaven, 1895, Crystal Springs, 1896-1899, Jackson, 1899-1910, and Parker Memorial Church, Anniston, Alabama, 1910-1916. Secretary-treasurer Executive Board, Alabama Baptist Convention, 1916-1920.
Pastor First Church, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1920-1926.
Superintendent evangelism, Alabama Baptist Convention, 1926-1927. Pastor First Church, Jasper, Alabama, 1927-1936.
Pastor at Pickens, Mississippi, since 1936. Evangelist and speaker on mission topics.
Wrote expositions of Uniform International Sunday School Lessons for Baptist Record 2 years
Married Mettle May Forbes, November 24, 1896. Children: Warren Forbes, John Marion, Mary Doctorate., Lilian Forbes, James Furman.