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Cliff Barrows
Biography

BORN
Cliff Barrows; April 6, 1923; Ceres, California

PARENTS
Harriet M. and Charles Tilson Barrows (both deceased)

MARRIED
Ann Prince

VOCATION
1944: Ordained to ministry, Baptist Church, Ceres, California
1944-1945: Assistant Pastor, Temple Baptist Church, St. Paul, Minnesota
1945-present: Director of Music for Billy Graham Evangelistic Team; association began at a rally in Asheville, North Carolina
1950-present: Program Director for "Hour of Decision" radio program carried weekly over 500 stations worldwide, and television ministry of the Association
1965-1970: President, World Wide Pictures

EDUCATION AND HONORS
1940: Diploma, Ceres Union High, Ceres, California
1944: BA in Sacred Music, Bob Jones University
1968: Honorary, Doctor of Sacred Music, John Brown University
1988: April - Inducted into the Nashville Gospel Music Hall of Fame
1996: Elected to Religious Broadcasting Hall of Fame (NRB)

CHILDREN
Bonnie, 1948
Robert, 1950
Betty Ruth, 1953
Clifford (Bud), 1955
William Burton, 1962

RESIDENCE
Marvin, North Carolina