Christianity • Protestantism Timothy Wayne Whitaker is a bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 2001.
Scott is a poet and English/drama teacher at a local high school, and Eric is an assistant manager with Smart Financial Ent.
During the Fall Semester, 1974, Timothy also served as a lecturer on "American Religious Thought" at Millsaps College.
(1975–78); Franktown-Johnsons (1978–83); Farmville (1983–87), also serving as a lecturer on "History of Philosophy" at Eastern Shore Community College during 1983.
He was also involved in a number of community service agencies, including hospice, sheltered workshops, a soup kitchen, and tutoring of inner city children.
Church, 26–27 February 2001 to fill the episcopal vacancy created by the death of Bishop Cornelius L. Henderson, who died 7 December 2000 after a two-year battle with cancer.
He had not accepted nomination nor endorsement from his annual conference delegation prior to this special session because he did not want to go through the election process again.
When competition for the third episcopal position narrowed to him and one other candidate that time, he withdrew, paving the way for the election of Bishop James R. King Jr.