Background
Beckham, William Arthur was born on April 29, 1927 in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Son of Francis Morgan and Maud Elizabeth (Guthrie) Beckham.
Beckham, William Arthur was born on April 29, 1927 in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Son of Francis Morgan and Maud Elizabeth (Guthrie) Beckham.
Bachelor of Science, University South Carolina, 1951. Master of Divinity., Virginia Theological Seminary, 1954. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Virginia Theological Seminary, 1980.
Doctor of Divinity (honorary), University South, 1985. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University South Carolina, 1989. DL (honorary), St. Augustine's College, 1994.
Rector Trinity Edgefield, South Carolina, 1954. Assistant secretary Convention Our Savior Church, Trenton, 1954—1957. Priest-in-charge Union & Calvary, Glenn Springs, 1957—1958.
Rector, Resurrection, Greenwood, South Carolina, 1958—1964. Archdeacon Upper South Carolina, 1964—1979. Bishop Upper South Carolina, from 1979.
Member Church Pension Fund and Affiliates Board, chairman, from 1991. Trustee University of South, 1963—1969, from 1979, Voorhees College, from 1979.
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Married Harriet Louise Wingate, December 17, 1948.