Dr. Stewart Cleveland Cureton (March 24, 1930 – December 30, 2008), also known as S.C. Cureton, was President of the National Baptist Convention

National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.

The National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. is the largest predominantly African-American Christian denomination in the United States and is the world's second largest Baptist denomination...

 from March 1999 to September 1999. Cureton, then Vice President-At-Large, took over the leadership of the Convention when his predecessor Henry Lyons

Henry Lyons

Reverend Henry J. Lyons is a former President of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc..-Early life:Henry was raised by his grandfather, a Deacon named Booker T. Lyons. His own father, who was only 16 when Henry was born, played a minimal role in his childhood. He attended Gibbs Junior College...

 was forced to resign. He served the remainder of the Lyons' tenure. Cureton, a former math teacher, was pastor of Reedy River

Reedy River

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 Missionary Baptist Church in South Carolina

South Carolina

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. He was an advocate on state issues such as the establishment of a holiday honoring Martin Luther King in Greenville County

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. Cureton was instrumental in bringing Dr. King to Greenville for a speech in April 1967. He died on December 30, 2008 aged 78.