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Jefferson Clarence Beeker Jr.
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Jefferson Clarence Beeker Jr. 1 2
- Born: 2 Jul 1950, Rockville, Montgomery, MD 3
Another name for Jefferson is Jefferson Charles Beeker.
FamilySearch ID: LBXR-9V8.
Noted events in his life were:
1. Residence: 151 N Maple St, Burbank, CA, 91505 in 1993 in Burbank, Los Angeles, CA. 3
2. Fact: Jefferson has a website at http://www.JeffersonBeeker.com, 2016, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA. Biography from JeffersonBeeker.com
Jefferson was born and raised in Washington, D.C. and grew up with a keen interest in theatre and government, as well as a passion for American History. Growing up in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) his family have been members of the denomination for six generations. Jefferson joined the ministerial staff of the First Christian Church of North Hollywood, California in 2006. He is currently Minister of Evangelism and Membership Development. Previously he worked in the entertainment industry in New York, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles as a playwright, dancer, publicist and costume coordinator. He received his Master's of Divinity degree through San Francisco Theological Seminary in Pasadena. Jefferson received a 2011 Granville and Erline Walker Ministerial Scholarship grant for students with an emphasis in preaching. The award is named after Granville Walker who served from 1943-1973 as senior minister of the University Christian Church in Ft. Worth, Texas. Previously Jefferson directed the Youth Program at the Hollywood-Beverly Christian Church in Hollywood, California, which included a summer theatre program for youth and he served in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Regional Office for the Pacific Southwest Region, assisting the Senior Associate Regional Minister. Jefferson served for three years on the board of the Eastmont Community Center in East Los Angeles, which is a affiliated ministry of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the Pacific Southwest Region..
Jefferson studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York after attending Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland and Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Sources
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Washington Post Newspaper (Washington, D.C.), 4 May 1955, obituary of Jefferson Clarence Beeker.
2
Evening Star (Washington, DC), 3 Jan 1977, page 19. Obituary of Cleo L. Moore.
3
Ancestry.com, U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 (Ancestry.com), Jefferson C. Beeker. Burbank, CA.