Bio – Risinger, Melvin Smith

Risinger-Rev Melvin S
Photo by Howard Hiner

Born: June 5, 1921 (Moundsville, Marshall, West Virginia)

Died: December 8, 1999


Education:

  • Moundsville High School 1939
  • A.B. West Virginia Wesleyan College 1943 (Bible and English)
  • B.D. in Theology from Duke Divinity School 1946
  • Honorary Doctorate from West Virginia Wesleyan College 1959

Occupation:

  • Licensed to preach 1940
  • Probationary member of the West Virginia Annual Conference 1943
  • Four Oaks Circuit (NC)
  • Oriental Circuit (NC)
  • Shallotte Circuit (NC)
  • Middlebourne Circuit, 1946
  • Associate at Johnson Memorial, Huntington, 1947-1950
  • Ravenswood 1950-1955
  • Thompson, Wheeling 1955-1959
  • Elkins First 1959-1968
  • Fairmont District Superintendent 1968-1972
  • St. Andrew, St. Albans 1972
  • Christ, Charleston
  • St. Paul’s, Parkersburg
  • Retired in 1986

Where they lived: Fairmont, WV


Years Served: 1968-1986


Special Positions: Vice Chairman, Council on Student Affairs 1974-1980


Notes:

  • Delegate to General Conference 1972 and 1976
  • Delegate to Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference in 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980

Sources:

  • Catalog: 1968-1969 through 1984-1986
  • Travelers on the Long Road, Volume Two, pages 137-138

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