Biography:

Clergyman, educator. Born– July 7, 1931, in Birmingham, Ala. Parents– John Roy and Ruby (Harper) Shannon. Married– Elsie Lou Bateman, June 5, 1953. Children– Two. Education– Samford University, B.A., D.D.; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, B.D. Ordained 1949; pastor in Birmingham, Ghent (Ky.), Montgomery, and Dothan; evangelist 1957-1959; taught at Baptist Seminary in Louisville and at Howard College Extension of Samford University.

Source:

Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 1973.

Publication(s):

Beliefs That Are Basic. Grand Rapids, Mich.; Zondervan, 1969.

Riches in Romans. Nashville; Broadman, 1969.

Trumpet in the Morning. Nashville; Broadman, 1970.