Reverend Franklin Delano Sampson , Senior , was born January 31 , 1947 . He is the fifth child and fourth son born to The Reverend and Mrs . Harry Burney Sampson , Senior in Houston , Texas . He attended Matthew W . Dogan Elementary School of Houston Independent School District ; George Washington Carver Elementary and George Washington Carver Junior-Senior High School of Aldine Independent School District ; and graduated from Kashmere Gardens Junior -Senior High School . He entered The University of Houston upon High School Graduation , and was graduated and awarded The Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology . His Post Graduate Studies was done at Prairie View A & M University in Counseling and Guidance .
Reverend F . D . Sampson Senior was married on March 12 , 1972 to Miss Fannie Marie Iles . He is the father of one daughter , De Anza Michelle Sampson , and two sons , Franklin Delano Sampson Junior and Frederick Dwayne Sampson .
Reverend F . D . Sampson Senior confessed his call to preach The Gospel on May 21 , 1967 , and was licensed to Preach on September 17 , 1967 , and was ordained on December 14 , 1969 , all at Friendship . Reverend Sampson was call to be Pastor of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church , Incorporated on Sunday , January 23 , 1972 .
Reverend F . D . Sampson Senior served as past Moderator of Unity Missionary Baptist General Association of Texas , Incorporated ; past Vice President of The Baptist Ministers Association of Houston and Vicinity ; past Chairman of the Ministers Conference of The Missionary Baptist General Convention of Texas ; past Chairman of The Commission on Orthodoxy of The National Baptist Convention of America , Incorporated ; past President of Trinity / Houston Gardens Super Neighborhood ; and past President of Trinity Gardens Integral Forces , Incorporated . He is presently the Treasurer of The National Baptist Convention of America International , Incorporated and President of Visions of Faith Ministries , Incorporated .
Reverend F . D . Sampson Senior is a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People . Reverend Sampson is a Master Mason with membership in Purple Heart Lodge # 205 F & AM . He advanced to Grade of Sublime Prince Secret , 32 degree and made member of Douglas & Burrell Consistory No . 56 on June 30 , 1984 . He was created a Grand Inspector General of the 33 degree and elevated to membership in the United Supreme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction on October 6 , 2014 H . Reece Class of 2014 . He was created on October 5 , 2014 as a Noble of the Mystic Shrine , Al Muhaymin Temple No . 300 at Memphis , Tennessee . He is also a member of University of Houston Alumni Association . Reverend Sampson has an Honorary Doctorate of Ministries from Mount Hope Bible College , an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Saint Thomas Christian University in Jacksonville , Florida and was nominated and selected for the Fourth Edition of Marquis Who ’ s Who In Religion .
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