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Biographies I

MERWIN R. IDO

Merwin R. Ido graduate from Hardin-Simmons and Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He served churches in South Carolina, Rhode Island, and Missouri. He was a retired Army chaplain and is best known in Florida as serving as pastor of First Baptist Church of Greater Miami.

Secondary Source:
Florida Baptist Witness, December 20, 1984, p. 6.

HENRY S. INABNIT

Henry S. Inabnit (May 2, 1904-February 3, 1954) was born in Tampa, Florida. At age 33 he was called to preach and was ordained by Idlewild Baptist Church in Tampa. He served as pastor of Six Mile Creek Baptist Church, Second Baptist Church, Tampa, Okeechobee Baptist Church and Bay Haven Baptist Church, Sarasota, 1941-1944. After leaving Florida, Inabnit served as pastor of First Baptist Church in Prichard, Alabama, and East Gadsden Baptist Church from 1947 to 1953, where he was pastor at the time of his death. He and his wife Mary had four children.

Secondary Source:
Florida Baptist Witness, February 25, 1954, p. 12.
Bay Haven Baptist Church, Sarasota History, 1977

DALE K. INGERSOLL

Dale K. Ingersoll graduated from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He served as pastor of Westside Baptist Church, Fort Pierce, 1988-2014. He and his wife, Paula Ingersoll had two sons.

Source:
Florida Baptist Historical Society files.

RAYMOND P. INGERSOLL

Raymond P. Ingersoll served as pastor of First Baptist Church, Winter Park, 1928-1933. He and his wife had one daughter.

Source:
Florida Baptist Historical Society files.

HOWARD EDWARD INGRAHAM

Harold Edward Ingraham (February 24, 1898-February 6, 1975) was born at Hogan, Georgia. He was the son of Frank Jarvis Ingraham (1869-1936) and Georgia Stroberg Ingraham (1859-1936). At about age ten, Ingraham moved to Jacksonville, Florida. He was converted in a revival meeting being led by H. R. Holcomb at Main Street Baptist Church in January 1913. He received the Th.G. degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary after two years of study. Ingraham succeeded Arthur Flake as secretary of the Sunday School Administration in 1936 and served until 1966. He married Sybil Ley on July 18, 1924 at the Florida Baptist Assembly where they had met four years earlier. They had three children; Marcia Lu (1925), Anna Ley (1927), and Frank (1929).

Secondary Source:
Florida Baptist Historical Society files.

JOHN INGRAM

John Ingram was born in Winter Garden, Florida. He graduated from Baptist Bible Institute in 1958. Ingram was ordained by Romona Blvd Baptist Church, Jacksonville. He served as pastor of Southport Baptist Church, Caleb Baptist Church, St. Johns Baptist Church, Palatka, and Bostwick Baptist Church. Ingram and his wife Marjorie Powell Ingram have five children.

Source:
Florida Baptist Historical Society files.

OSCAR EVON INGRAM

Oscar Evon Ingram (1923-2002) graduated from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Ingram pastored churches in Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida, including First Baptist Church, Century.

Source:
Florida Baptist Historical Society files.

ROBERT INGRAM

Robert Ingram served as pastor of Oak-Griner Baptist Church in 1925 and 1926. Ingram was bi-vocational and worked as a bookkeeper for the Arlo Box Company at Oak.

Secondary Source:
James Leland Luffman, Oak-Griner Baptist Church, p. 31.

I. E. INLOW

I. E. Inlow served as pastor of First Baptist Church, Belle Glade 1944-1949.

Source:
Florida Baptist Historical Society files.

J. ALVIN INMAN

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J. Alvin Inman (1904-1962) was a native of Homerville, Georgia. He graduated from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Stetson University. Inman served as pastor of First Baptist Church, Lake Alfred; First Baptist Church, Tavares, 1932-1040; First Baptist Church, New Smyrna Beach, and First Baptist Church, Haines City. He and his wife Pearl Inman had one daughter.

Secondary Source:
Florida Baptist Witness, January 20; February 3, 1944.
Florida Baptist Historical Society files.

BILL IRVIN

Bill Irvin served as pastor of Oak Grove Baptist Church, Escambia County.

Source:
Florida Baptist Historical Society files.

LYNN ELTON IRWIN

Lynn Elton Irwin (1923-1999) was born in Homestead, Florida. Irwin pastored Calvary Baptist Church, Pensacola and Trinity Baptist Church, Pensacola. Irwin married Fern Kathleen Robertson in 1946.

Source:
Florida Baptist Historical Society files.

FERNANDO ISLAS

Fernando Islas served as pastor of Dios Te Ama, Frostproof, Florida. Wife; Anna.

Source:
Florida Baptist Historical Society files.

JOSE ISLAS

Jose Islas served as Spanish Missionary for the Orange Blossom Baptist Association in 1982.

Source:
Orange Blossom Baptist Association Annual Minutes, 1982, p. 30.

J. T. IVEY

J. T. Ivey served as pastor of Salem Baptist Church, Sharron, 1912-1913 and Bostwick Baptist Church, 1922.

Source:
Florida Baptist Historical Society files.