William Smith Warford

Background

Warford, William Smith was born on May 13, 1921 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Son of Harold LeRoy and Pearl Julia (Bouldin) Warford.

Education

Student, Carthage College. Bachelor of Science in Education, Western Illinois University, 1956. Postgraduate, Augustana Seminary, 1960.

Postgraduate, Quincy College, Illinois, 1962.

Career

Protestant chaplain, Illinois Veterans Home, Quincy, 1962-1993. Retired;

president Quincy Council Churches, 1972-1974.

Achievements

• William Smith Warford has been listed as a noteworthy Chaplain, church official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member staff American Theatre, St. Louis, 1948-1953. Secretary Illinois State Tollway Advisory Commission, 1961-1965. Founder, president Western Illinois Council on Alcoholism, 1968-1975.

Chairman Water Commission, Quincy, 1968-1978. Member Quincy Public Works Commission, 1971-1978, chairman, 1978. Vice chairman West Center Illinois Council on Aging, 1974, president 1975-1976.

Board directors American Red Cross, 1970-1978, Salvation Army, 1972-1990, vice president, 1975, chairman, 1976-1980. Member West Center Mental Health Authority Board, Quincy, 1973. Member Illinois State Council on Aging, 1976-1990.

Board directors Hospice of Quincy and Adams Counties, 1983, 89. Delegate White House Conference on Aging, 1981, 90. Member Adams County, Illinois Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Task Force, since 1988.

Member Illinois History Society (life), Kansas History Society (life), Quincy Ministerial Association (president 1969-1973, award 1973), Illinois Association Chaplains (treasurer 1973-1975), Illinois Protestant Chaplains Association (vice chairman 1968-1970), Illinois State Association Chaplains (president 1978-1982, award 1982), Illinois Association Agencies Aging (vice president 1974-1976), Quincy and Adams County History Society (life).

Connections

Married Twila Darlene Gooding, February 28,1954. 1 child Robin Ray.

Father:

Harold LeRoy Warford

Mother:

Pearl Julia (Bouldin) Warford

Spouse:

Twila Darlene Gooding

child:

Robin Ray Warford