Background
Garman, Wilford Olden Higgett was born on August 15, 1899 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel and Bertha Rodgers (Plant) Garman.
Garman, Wilford Olden Higgett was born on August 15, 1899 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel and Bertha Rodgers (Plant) Garman.
Graduate Philadelphia School Bible, 1922. Th.B., Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, 1925. Doctor of Divinity, Burton College, 1953.
Master of Theology, Bible Baptist Seminary, 1955.
Doctor of Divinity, Bob Jones University, 1970.
Ordained to ministry United Presbyterian Church, 1925, independent 1939. Pastor, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, 1925-1929, Altoona, 1929-1939, Callender Memorial Church, Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, 1939-1973. Organizer, dean Altoona School Bible, 1933-1940.
President Immanuel College Bible, 1953-1959.
Instructor Christian Crusade’s Anti-Communist University, Manitou Springs, Colorado. Associate tour director Christian Crusades yearly Holy Land Tours, 1965-1969.
Pastor Grace Fundamental Chapel, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, from 1974. Past president Fundamental Churches American.
Tours of Europe, 1947, Germany, 1948, Far East, 1953 at invitation of federal government.
Attended 1st plenary congress, International Council Christian Churches, Amsterdam, Holland, 1947, 2d plenary congress, Geneva, 1950, regional congress, Scotland, 1952. Participant World Congress Fundamentalists, Edinburgh, 1976. Engaged world missionary tour, 1949.
Visited South Africa, Rhodesia and Greece, 1967.
Chairman Wilkinsburg Citizens for Law and Order, from 1968. Member Chaplain (captain) Deputy Sheriffs Reserve.
Member of the board United Congressional Appeal, American Security Council. Fellow Royal Geography Society. Member Associate Gospel Churches (president, chairman commission chaplains 1958-1979), American Ordnance Association, United States Navy League, Military Chaplains Association, American Council Christian Churches (past president, chairman commission education.
Married Josephine Pearl Hill, June 26, 1931. Children: Joyce Esther, Paul Wilford, Linda Ruth.