Billy McCormack (Louisiana pastor)
| Billy Ervin McCormack | |
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| Born |
August 4, 1928 Bienville Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Died | May 31, 2012 (aged 83) Shreveport, Caddo Parish Louisiana |
| Resting place | Providence Cemetery in Ringgold, Louisiana |
| Residence | Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Alma mater | National Christian University |
| Occupation |
Southern Baptist clergyman: |
| Years active | c. 1950–2012 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Carolyn Tomme McCormack (died 2005) |
| Children |
Victoria Lynn Williams |
Southern Baptist clergyman:
Founder of Trinity Heights Christian Academy,
University Christian Prep School,
University Montessori School,
(1) Carolyn Tomme McCormack (died 2005)
Victoria Lynn Williams
Patricia Jane McCormack Reeves
Billy Ervin McCormack (August 4, 1928 – May 31, 2012) was a Southern Baptist clergyman from Shreveport, Louisiana, active for more than sixty years in the ministry. Considered a leader of the "Religious Right", McCormack was one of the four national directors of the Christian Coalition of America, an organization assembled in 1989 by televangelist Pat Robertson.
From 1981 until his death, McCormack was the senior pastor of the University Worship Center, or University Baptist Church, at 9000 East Kings Highway in Shreveport. Previously, McCormack was the pastor of three other area congregations. He was the founder and headmaster of Trinity Heights Christian Academy and University Christian Prep School, both at 4800 Old Morringsport Road, and the University Montessori School at the East Kings Highway location.
McCormack was born in Bienville Parish, to Charles T. "Charlie" McCormack (1904–1981) and Ida Mae McCormack (1908–1999), some two years before the outbreak of the Great Depression. McCormack describes his upbringing and resulting political philosophy, accordingly:
I was a son of a sharecropper. ... People talk about African Americans who endured the rigors of sharecropping, but there were plenty of us white people who suffered the same hardship. My father literally dug a living out of the dirt. He never complained. He always whistled happily when coming to the house after a long work day. He worked til dark every day and a half day on Saturday. His education was limited. He had only four years of elementary school. Even so he had an appetite for reading. He had little or no money but he subscribed to the morning paper and many times he would subscribe to the evening paper.
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