A Brief Bio
Reverend Willie N. Yancey is a native of Oxford, North Carolina, the son of the late Mr. Willie G. and Melcina Throckmorton Yancey. He is a member of the St. Matthew Baptist Church of Oxford. He was married to Mrs. Thessie Harris Yancey, who preceded him in death. They were blessed with three sons, Barry, Jeffrey, and Danny, and he is the grandfather of eight children and one great-grandchild. Reverend Yancey is presently married to Mrs. Rosa Majors Yancey, whom he has known as a friend from his teenage years, and is now happily married to her.
Rev. Yancey was educated in Granville County public school (Joe Toler High School) of Oxford, North Carolina. He is a graduate of the Shaw Divinity School Extension Seminary of Raleigh, North Carolina. He has received a Bachelor’s Degree in Biblical Studies, has completed many courses toward his master's degree, such as Christian Ethics, Systematic Theology, Homiletics, Church Administration, and Philosophy of Religion. He continues to take learning and preparation seriously for kingdom work.
Rev. Yancey is the former pastor of The Berry Hill Baptist Church of South Boston, Virginia, where he served the community for nine years. He is presently the pastor of The New Zion Missionary Baptist Church of Nathalie, Virginia. He was installed as Pastor in 1989. The church is a member of The Banister Missionary Baptist Association of Halifax, Virginia, where he shares his talents and abilities to support the association's growth. Rev. Yancey has been serving the community of New Zion in Meadville for thirty-six years with a contagious spirit of love and care for people's spirituality.
God has blessed Rev. Yancey with many talents. He is gifted at playing several instruments. He writes and composes songs. He is a recording artist of many great songs with his family (known as the Yancey Family Singer). The group is now called the Yanceys. His greatest love is preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ, and with his many talents, he uses them all for the glory of God.
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