Larry Leroy Caviness was born on May 8, 1941, in Los Angeles to Lawrence Clifford Caviness, an Adventist minister, and Charlotte Jean Scott Caviness, an administrative assistant.
After completing an undergraduate degree at Southern Adventist College (now Southern Adventist University) in 1965, he received a Master of Divinity from Andrews University in 1968 and immediately began pastoring churches in the Michigan Conference. From 1971 to 1986, Caviness worked as youth director for the New York, Carolina, and Northern California conferences. Caviness then worked as secretary of the Northern California Conference until 1994, a year after Tad died. Following a three-year term as president of the Nevada-Utah Conference, he was elected president of the Southern California Conference in 1997, a position that he held until his retirement in May 2015.
Caviness is survived by his wife of 50 years, Linda Bryant Caviness; two children, Talmadge Clifford Caviness, a medical doctor, married to Anna; and Andrea Leigh Caviness Manchur, married to Richard Manchur; and five grandchildren.
Details about funeral arrangements are pending, but Caviness is to be buried in Chico, California, beside his son Tad.
After completing an undergraduate degree at Southern Adventist College (now Southern Adventist University) in 1965, he received a Master of Divinity from Andrews University in 1968 and immediately began pastoring churches in the Michigan Conference. From 1971 to 1986, Caviness worked as youth director for the New York, Carolina, and Northern California conferences. Caviness then worked as secretary of the Northern California Conference until 1994, a year after Tad died. Following a three-year term as president of the Nevada-Utah Conference, he was elected president of the Southern California Conference in 1997, a position that he held until his retirement in May 2015.
Caviness is survived by his wife of 50 years, Linda Bryant Caviness; two children, Talmadge Clifford Caviness, a medical doctor, married to Anna; and Andrea Leigh Caviness Manchur, married to Richard Manchur; and five grandchildren.
Details about funeral arrangements are pending, but Caviness is to be buried in Chico, California, beside his son Tad.
Larry Leroy Caviness was born on May 8, 1941, in Los Angeles to Lawrence Clifford Caviness, an Adventist minister, and Charlotte Jean Scott Caviness, an administrative assistant.
After completing an undergraduate degree at Southern Adventist College (now Southern Adventist University) in 1965, he received a Master of Divinity from Andrews University in 1968 and immediately began pastoring churches in the Michigan Conference. From 1971 to 1986, Caviness worked as youth director for the New York, Carolina, and Northern California conferences. Caviness then worked as secretary of the Northern California Conference until 1994, a year after Tad died. Following a three-year term as president of the Nevada-Utah Conference, he was elected president of the Southern California Conference in 1997, a position that he held until his retirement in May 2015.
Caviness is survived by his wife of 50 years, Linda Bryant Caviness; two children, Talmadge Clifford Caviness, a medical doctor, married to Anna; and Andrea Leigh Caviness Manchur, married to Richard Manchur; and five grandchildren.
Details about funeral arrangements are pending, but Caviness is to be buried in Chico, California, beside his son Tad.
After completing an undergraduate degree at Southern Adventist College (now Southern Adventist University) in 1965, he received a Master of Divinity from Andrews University in 1968 and immediately began pastoring churches in the Michigan Conference. From 1971 to 1986, Caviness worked as youth director for the New York, Carolina, and Northern California conferences. Caviness then worked as secretary of the Northern California Conference until 1994, a year after Tad died. Following a three-year term as president of the Nevada-Utah Conference, he was elected president of the Southern California Conference in 1997, a position that he held until his retirement in May 2015.
Caviness is survived by his wife of 50 years, Linda Bryant Caviness; two children, Talmadge Clifford Caviness, a medical doctor, married to Anna; and Andrea Leigh Caviness Manchur, married to Richard Manchur; and five grandchildren.
Details about funeral arrangements are pending, but Caviness is to be buried in Chico, California, beside his son Tad.
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