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{{Infobox person | name = Dr. Miss Velma Jaggers | image = Miss-velma-seated-bw.jpg | alt = Miss Velma Jaggers, undated | caption = Miss Velma Jaggers, undated | birth_date = December 12, 1919 | birth_place = | death_date = August 21, 2004 | death_place = Glendale, CA | resting_place = Sanctuary of Prayer, Freedom Mausoleum, Forestlawn, Glendale, CA | resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord | 34.122272 | -118.234503 |display=inline}} | nationality = American | other_names = Miss Velma | known_for = | occupation = Evangelist, Pastor | spouse = Orval Lee Jaggers | children = Ronnie and Larry Jaggers | parents = John Henry Jaggers (1887-1973) }} The '''Dr. Velma "Miss Velma" Mary Lee Jaggers''' (December 12, 1919 - August 21, 2004) was an American pastor, evangelist, and author. ==Early Life== Miss Velma was born and raised in Arkansas, the daughter of John Henry Jaggers. ==Ministry== Miss Velma married the Rev. Dr. Orval Lee Jaggers at the age of 37.<ref name="first cousin">{{cite news | title = Pastor O. L. Jaggers Marries First Cousin; Wedding Witnessed by 7500 Persons, Filling Church and Crowding Entrances | newspaper = Los Angeles Times | publisher = Times Mirror Corporation | date = Jul 22, 1957 | page = A3 | issn = 04583035 }}</ref> At this point, the church he had founded, [[Universal World Church | the World Church]], was already well established and he was a prominent pastor and evangelist. In 1966, Miss Velma recognized a need within the church especially to minister to the "older members" of the congregation. It was at this time that God granted her the ministry of the restoration of youth.<ref name="old evangelism">{{cite news | title = THE OLD EVANGELISM; HARD-SELL SALVATION | first = Roberta | last = Ostroff | newspaper = Los Angeles Times | publisher = Times Mirror Company | date = Sep 19, 1971 | page = A9 | issn = 04583035 }}</ref> <blockquote>Miss Velma is known throughout the world as "The Messenger of God's Youth". She was shown a vision in Los Angeles of the exact location of Mamre in Israel, where God restored Abraham and Sarah to the days of their youth when they were about 100 years old. Following the vision, she went to Israel and went directly to the location of Mamre in hundreds of thousands of acres of wilderness, which had been lost for more than 3000 years.<ref name=vintage>{{cite web | url = http://universalworldchurch.org/vintage/missvelma.html | title = Miss Velma, The Messenger of God's Youth | archiveurl = http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20060812031026/http://www.universalworldchurch.org/missvelma.htm | archivedate = August 12, 2006 | accessdate = March 31, 2011 }}</ref></blockquote> {{#ev:youtube|FHSiQyKFTHo|240|right}} Miss Velma is also well known for her powerful preaching accompanied by impressive theatrics often incorporating "soaring above the congregation" on horseback, in a chariot, spaceship, or dressed as an angel.<ref name="old evangelism"></ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Miss Velma Descends | author = Aubrey B. Haines | date = August 10, 1966 | newspaper = The Christian Century | pages = 992-4 | quote = Mr. Haines is a Pomona, Calif., businessman and free-lance writer. }} </ref> Miss Velma has been televised hundreds of times, and her ministry has been seen in some 70 countries.<ref name=vintage></ref> ==Writing== Miss Velma's has written no less than two books, ''The Mighty Miracle of the Restoration of God's Youth'' and ''The Mighty Miracle of Mamre''. Her writings have been described as "the most wonderful revelations of truth ever presented to this generation" and "masterpieces of unparalleled Biblical truth for this generation."<ref name=vintage></ref> ==Education== Miss Velma holds the following degrees granted by the World Church University: Doctor of Divinity, Doctor of Science and Doctor of Physiological Botany and Dendrology. Dendrology is the art and science of the study of trees.<ref name=vintage></ref> ==Personal Life== In 1957, Velma Jaggers married her first cousin, [[Rev. Dr. Orval Lee Jaggers | O. L. Jaggers]] at the World Church.<ref name="first cousin"></ref> Velma Jaggers did not have any biological children of her own though at one point she and O. L. were raising two boys as their own, Larry, the son of Omah Abernathy, O. L.'s sister, and Robbie, O. L.'s grandson by his biological daughter, Joan.<ref>{{cite news | title = Jaggers Guardian for Baby Grandson | newspaper = Oxnard Press-Courrier | date = 15 Jun 1959 | page = 10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Jaggers Church Goes Under Court Scrutiny | newspaper = Los Angeles Times | publisher = Times Mirror Corporation | date = Jun 26, 1958 | page = B1 | issn = 04583035 }}</ref><ref> {{cite web | url = http://newport2newport.livejournal.com/256466.html | title = Poetry Friday: The Secret Sits | author = Melodye Shore | accessdate = March 31, 2011}} </ref> ==Death== Miss Velma passed away at the age of 84 in Glendale, CA. She is interred in the Sanctuary of Prayer, in the Freedom Mausoleum at Forestlawn Memorial Park in Glendale, CA.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.forestlawn.com/Visitors-Guide/Interment-Locator.asp | title = Burial Site Locator | accessdate = March 31, 2011 }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}}

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