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Submitted: 12/24/12 • Approved: 12/26/12 • Last Updated: 12/29/12 • R799468-G799467-S3
Charles 21 Jul 1899 - 5 Dec 1966
Nola 29 May 1899 - 8 Jun 1977
--A History of the Current River Baptist Association (1947), by Leroy Carson Tedford
C. F. Gwinup was born in Ashby, Oklahoma, July 21, 1899, and was the son of Alice and Schyler Gwinup. He was baptized in Granite Oklahoma, April 15, 1926 by Elder A. E. White. He was married to Nola Marie Smith, March 20, 1921, and to them were born four children. He was graduated from the Alva, Okla. High school, the Northwestern State Teachers College (Okla.), Oklahoma Baptist University (with "A. B." degree), and from Southwestern Baptist Seminary (with the degree of "Th.M."). He served as pastor of the following churches in Oklahoma: Billings, Morrison, and Lambert; as pastor of the Poyner, Mo. Baptist church, and of the following churches in Arkansas: Smithville, Pollard, and Hopewell (near Corning). He became pastor of the last named church in 1943 and has served it full time since that date. He also served as fulltime member of the faculty of Southern Baptist College as a science teacher. He was one of the most enthusiastic friends and promoters of the Ravenden Springs encampment, and a leader in associational Mission work. He preached the associational sermon in 1942 and was vice-moderator.
Son of Schuler Colfax Gwinup (1868 - 1938) and Alice Carrie Burgoyne Gwinup (1874 - 1949) (They are buried in the Keith Cemetery, Burlington, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.
Contributed on 12/24/12 by tootied
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