Dr. Harold S. Songer, 77, of Louisville, Ky., died Sunday, Jan. 23, 2005, at Jefferson Manor.
He was a native of Miami, Fla., a World War II Coast Guard Veteran, a member of Crescent Hill Baptist Church, and the son of the late Dorris and Ernest Songer. Dr. Songer was pastor at Cove Creek Baptist Church for five years.
Dr. Songer received a bachelors degree from the Appalachian State University and a Ph.D. from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary where he was a senior professor of New Testament Interpretation and vice president of Academic Affairs. He was chairperson and member of evaluation teams for accreditation for the Southern Association of Colleges and Universities and the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada.
In 1971 he was listed as an Outstanding Educator of America and wrote the Commentary on James in the Broadman Bible Commentary and many articles for professional journals.
Survivors include his wife, Florence Rains Songer; a son, Christopher Songer; and a sister, Irene Laffe of Jacksonville, Fla.
Services will be held at Crescent Hill Baptist Church, with burial in Cave Hill Cemetery.
He was a native of Miami, Fla., a World War II Coast Guard Veteran, a member of Crescent Hill Baptist Church, and the son of the late Dorris and Ernest Songer. Dr. Songer was pastor at Cove Creek Baptist Church for five years.
Dr. Songer received a bachelors degree from the Appalachian State University and a Ph.D. from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary where he was a senior professor of New Testament Interpretation and vice president of Academic Affairs. He was chairperson and member of evaluation teams for accreditation for the Southern Association of Colleges and Universities and the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada.
In 1971 he was listed as an Outstanding Educator of America and wrote the Commentary on James in the Broadman Bible Commentary and many articles for professional journals.
Survivors include his wife, Florence Rains Songer; a son, Christopher Songer; and a sister, Irene Laffe of Jacksonville, Fla.
Services will be held at Crescent Hill Baptist Church, with burial in Cave Hill Cemetery.
Dr. Harold S. Songer, 77, of Louisville, Ky., died Sunday, Jan. 23, 2005, at Jefferson Manor.
He was a native of Miami, Fla., a World War II Coast Guard Veteran, a member of Crescent Hill Baptist Church, and the son of the late Dorris and Ernest Songer. Dr. Songer was pastor at Cove Creek Baptist Church for five years.
Dr. Songer received a bachelors degree from the Appalachian State University and a Ph.D. from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary where he was a senior professor of New Testament Interpretation and vice president of Academic Affairs. He was chairperson and member of evaluation teams for accreditation for the Southern Association of Colleges and Universities and the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada.
In 1971 he was listed as an Outstanding Educator of America and wrote the Commentary on James in the Broadman Bible Commentary and many articles for professional journals.
Survivors include his wife, Florence Rains Songer; a son, Christopher Songer; and a sister, Irene Laffe of Jacksonville, Fla.
Services will be held at Crescent Hill Baptist Church, with burial in Cave Hill Cemetery.
He was a native of Miami, Fla., a World War II Coast Guard Veteran, a member of Crescent Hill Baptist Church, and the son of the late Dorris and Ernest Songer. Dr. Songer was pastor at Cove Creek Baptist Church for five years.
Dr. Songer received a bachelors degree from the Appalachian State University and a Ph.D. from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary where he was a senior professor of New Testament Interpretation and vice president of Academic Affairs. He was chairperson and member of evaluation teams for accreditation for the Southern Association of Colleges and Universities and the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada.
In 1971 he was listed as an Outstanding Educator of America and wrote the Commentary on James in the Broadman Bible Commentary and many articles for professional journals.
Survivors include his wife, Florence Rains Songer; a son, Christopher Songer; and a sister, Irene Laffe of Jacksonville, Fla.
Services will be held at Crescent Hill Baptist Church, with burial in Cave Hill Cemetery.
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