PARENTS: Howard Glas Starks (1989-1969)
                      and Loretta Seib Starks (1900-1993)
BORN: March 1, 1928 in Erie, Pennsylvania
HIGH SCHOOL: Academy High School, Erie, PA (1946)
MILITARY SERVICE: United States Marine Corps (1946-1948) and again in (1950-1951) - Sergeant in the Second Marine Division Band.
COLLEGE:
     Penn State University (1948-1949)
     Indiana University of Pennsylvania 1949-1950
     Indiana University of Pennsylvania 1952-1953 - B.S. in Music Ed.
MARRIED: Married June 10, 1951 to Nell Bobbitt Mitchell
     of Jacksonville, NC
CHILDREN:
     David H. Starks of Florence, SC a Floral Designer and owner
        of Flowers by Starks. (born in Lakeland, FL 06/4/57)
   Carolyn (Deanie) S. Watts of Mullins, SC, a Registered Nurse
      with the Marion County Medical Center. (born Hendersonville,
      NC 02/11/61)
SEMINARY: Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville,
       Kentucky  (1953-54) - M.S.M (Major in Composition and
       Conducting). Thesis: Cantata "A Christian Biography"
Interim Minister of Music:
     First Baptist Church, Orangeburg, SC (1993)
     First Baptist Church, Darlington, SC (1994)
     Marion Baptist Church, Marion, SC (1995-1998)
      First Baptist Church, Florence, SC (1999-2000)
      Central United Methodist Church, Florence, SC (2004-____)
POSITIONS HELD:
     Served as President of the South Carolina Education and Music     
                   Association
     Member of the Order of Business Committee of
                    the South Carolina Baptist Convention
     Served as Associational Music Director
     Served as State Regional Music Director
     Specialist in Assist Training for the State
     Served on Mission Teams in Alaska, Puerto Rico, and Brazil
     Selected as Musician on Mission by the Sunday School Board
                   of the Southern Baptist Convention
     Accredited Clinician and Festival Director by the American
                   Guild of English Handbell Ringers
     Directed Workshops and Festivals in many States (Arkansas, Florida,  Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia)
     Appeared in Personalities of the South
     Directed Concert Handbell Choir at the US Capitol and Botanical Gardens in Washington, DC and at Independence Mall in Philadelphia, PA (During the Bicentennial year 1976)
ORGANIZATIONS:
    South Carolina Baptist Singing Churchmen
    Past Member of the Florence Symphony Orchestra
    Choralb Directors of America
    Phi Mu Alpha (Sinfonia), Honorary Music Fraternity