Conway Taliaferro Wharton, Jr. was born in Bulape, Belgian Congo, (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), March 20, 1920, to the Reverend Dr. Conway T. Wharton, Sr. and Ethel Susan Taylor Wharton, who served as missionaries to the Belgian Congo for several years. He attended Missionary Schools in the Congo for his first and second grades. He moved to the U.S.A. in 1928, and continued his education in Sherman, Texas where he lettered in football at Sherman High School. He entered Austin College, Sherman, Texas, in 1938 and graduated in 1942. He lettered in football and basketball at Austin College. He enrolled in Austin Seminary in 1942 and graduated in 1945. It was while he was in the Seminary that he first saw Ann Windrow singing in the First Presbyterian Church choir and told his sister Linda “that's the girl that I'm going to marry.”
June, 1945, was a busy month for Conway. He graduated from Seminary, was ordained and received into Central Texas Presbytery June 20, 1945. June 25, 1945, he was married to Ann Windrow at the Seminary Chapel. Then he joined the U.S. Naval Reserve as a chaplain. He was sent to California to serve and this was their honeymoon trip.
After he returned from the service he served First Church in Natchitoches, La. Next, he served as Associate Minister to Dr. Bob Jones at First Presbyterian Church, Fort Worth, Texas. He served First Presbyterian Church, Edinburg, Texas. He served First Presbyterian Church, Houston, Texas, as Associate Minister to Dr. Charles King, until Dr. King retired. He became the pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church, Corpus Christi, Texas, where he built the church and rebuilt it after it was demolished in Hurricane "Celia" in 1970. Next, he moved to San Marcos, Texas and served the First Presbyterian Church. He also served the churches in Luling and Lockhart, Texas, while he was serving the church in San Marcos. His last pastorates were the churches in Lockhart, Texas, and Luling, Texas before he retired.
