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Register Report for William Bradford Children's Ministry Team. Generation 10 68. Mark Andrew Jumper-10 (Elizabeth Anne-9, Dwight Alfred-8, Henry Seth-7, Sarah Lavenna-6, Lansing-5, Bradford-4, Mary-3, Mary-2, William-1) was born on 01 May 1954 in Austin, Travis County, Texas, Seaton Hospital at its former location in the 2600 block of Rio Grande. Notes for Mark Andrew Jumper: General Notes: Mark was born in the same Austin hospital as was his first cousin,Martha Lynne Ehlers. It was just across the street from where I laterlived in a rooming house while I was a student at the University ofTexas. Actually that rooming house was the home in which mybrother-inlaw, Victor (Vic) Marcus Ehlers, Jr. was raised, and hiswidowed mother still lived there as my landlady in my college days.From 1959 till 1961, I paid $25 per month to have that upstairsbedroom as home. Mark was born the same year as Condoleezza Rice, who subsequentlyserved our nation as United States Secretary of State. She is theAfrican American, raised in a family that worshipped as Presbyteriansin Birmingham, Alabama. She climbed a career later in academia, whichled into Government service. Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves hit the first of his record 755major-league home runs in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals onApril 23, 1954, just eight days before Mark's birth. Source:http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060423/LIVING/ 604230314/1007/LIVING On the very day of Mark's birth, the 80th Kentucky Derby was won byRaymond York aboard Determine who won in 2:03 minutes. Mark's halfsecond cousin, twice removed, Willis Sharpe Kilmer, was the owner ofthe 1918 winner of the 44th Kentucky Derby, Exterminator, winning in2:10 minutes! Source:http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1954/may_1_1954_115653.html http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1918/may_11_1918_79244.html Mark learned to play the violin in his grammar school days, but henever fiddled around with it much after that. He ultimately was thebest bow for Ginger, his future wife, and he really did not fiddlearound too much. His secondary education was in Saint Louis County, Missouri. He losthis mother to cancer while he was in college. After graduating from Oral Roberts University (Tulsa, Oklahoma) andColumbia Theological Seminary (Decatur, Georgia), he was pastor of aPresbyterian Church in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, down on the GulfCoast. Subsequently, he entered the Chaplaincy in the United StatesNavy. He was based in a number of places in the Pacific and in theUnited States. A hobby of his, developed in his military years, was sky diving. Hebroke a hip ( or some important bone) in a fall once, but otherwisecame through unscathed. Mark excelled as a father (he had to, with all those children). Hisskills as a clergyman became recognized as he grew and honed theseskills in the ministry. In the steps of his father, he was a good andstrong preacher. One of his years in the military, he was acclaimedthe top Chaplain for the year! A practice he followed with his sevenchildren was Page 138 of 182 Tuesday, December 11, 2012 11:29:07 AM
Register Report for William Bradford Generation 10 to have a private breakfast out at a nice place for eachof their birthdays. He was good at developing ways like that to be agood father. Thought his military assignments kept Mark living far and wide acrossthe nation and the world, he did a good job of keeping in touch withour part of the family, for which we always were appreciative. InApril 2006, he paid a visit to Peter, his brother, in Carrollton,Texas, near where we live (about 60 miles away). So, we had occasionfor Suzanne and I, along with our son, Taylor, to visit in the home ofPeter and Nancy in Carrollton. Later, Mark and Nancy came out to ourlittle ranch house for an evening of really good family catching upwhile Peter had to head off to San Antonio for his military duty. At this stage is life, Mark was about to retire from the Navy after 24years (20 years active duty and four years reserve duty). He was inthe process of seeking a call to serve an Evangelical PresbyterianChurch. At this time, he was concluding his military career as theCommander in charge of Chaplains at the Coast Guard Academy inConnecticut. He left some material for me about his history that hadbeen composed in this process of various church committeesinterviewing him, and I lay out here his composition of his history inthe Presbyterian church. I quote it word for word: "Baptized by maternal grandfather, the Rev. Dwight A. Sharpe (PCUS) atChrist Presbyterian Church (PCUS), Houston, Texas, 1954. Father, theRev. Andrew A. Jumper, had just graduated from Austin PresbyterianTheological Seminary (PCUS) and was the newly ordained pastor of thatcongregation. Member, 1954-1958. "Member, West Shore Presbyterian Church (PCUS), Dallas, Texas,1958-1962. "Member, First Presbyterian Church (PCUS), Lubbock, Texas, 1962-1970.Confirmed, 1967. Attended Presbytery and Synod camps in Texas and NewMexico, and Montreat youth conference. "Member, Central Presbyterian Church (PCUS), St. Louis, Missouri,1970-1982. Attended Presbytery camps in Missouri, and Montreat youthconferences. "(Student, University of Missouri, Columbia, 1972-1973) "Came under care of Southeast Missouri Presbytery (PCUS) as acandidate for the Gospel ministry, Spring 1973. Advisors: AndrewJumper, 1973-1980 and Bill Flannagan, 1980-1982. "Submitted term paper, ?Politics in the Southern Presbyterian Church?for political science class at the University of Missouri, Columbia,Spring 1973. "Attended 1973 PCUS General Assembly, Fort Worth, Texas, as anobserver. "Served on Lay Renewal Mission at First Presbyterian Church (PCUS),Osceola, Arkansas, Summer 1973 (Bob Fenn, Coordinator). "(Student, Oral Roberts University, 1973-1978; Bachelor of Arts,History, 1978) "Member, Presbyterian Charismatic Communion (PCC) (later Presbyterianand Reformed Renewal Ministries International (PRRMI)), 1974-1990. "Affiliate Member, First Presbyterian Church (UPCUSA), Tulsa,Oklahoma, 1973-1974 (Bill Wiseman, Pastor). "Affiliate Member, John Knox Presbyterian Church (UPCUSA), Tulsa,Oklahoma, 1974-1975 (Scottie Griffin, Pastor). Taught college SundaySchool class. Page 139 of 182 Tuesday, December 11, 2012 11:29:07 AM
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