Baptists to hold · 'Dr. Powell Day' Dr. Frank M. Powell, who A book of memories

taught church history for 25 up of letters of appreciation years at Southern Baptist from his former students and Theological Seminary and 3lh friends will be bound and pre­ years at Golden G a t e sented at a later date to Dr. Seminary, is being honored Powell. Anyone wishing to with a "Dr. Powell Day" write such a letter should Sunday, Sept. 24, at 11 a.m. address it to his pastor, at First Baptist Church in Woodrow W. Hill of First Thomasville. Dr. P o w e 11 Baptist Church. moved to Thomasville and into I active retirement in 1952. At n·11~r the age Of 81 he Still serves Thomasville Times -

,, . ,, . ftyon Bulletin as Chaplam at Large m/ Washington Daily News the local hospital under the Wilmington star encouragement of the Erwin Wilmington News

. . Wilmington Star-News Lambeth Co. vf which his son, Wilson Daily Times Bob is executive vice presi- Winston-Salem Journal dent Winston-Salem Sen$i l

• Norfolk: Va. Pilot Former students of Dr.

Powell are believed to be 7 pastoring in all 50 states. Each SEP 15 196 remembers his generous spirit and his keen wit which still grace the life of this grand old octogenarian. In retire­ ment he and his wife, "Sister Kathleen," are two of the­ rnbst active members of their cbl!rch.

Dr. F.M. Powell succumbs at age 70

Dr. Frank Marion Powell, 86 of 505 E. Guilford St., a ba'ptist minister for 70 years, died at 2 p. rn, Monday at Community General Hospital following a lengthy illness. Funeral will be conducted

Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. at First Baptist Church on Ran­ dolph Street by Dr. Joseph P. Hester and Rev. Woodrow Hill. Burial will be in Holly Hills Cemetery. Dr. Powell was born in New

Bloomfield, Mo. to James and Melinda Powell. Dr. Powell received his A. B.

and M. A. in 1912 at William Jewel Academy in Liberty, Mo., where he was an inter­ collegiate debater and a. member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. He attended Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, receiving a Th. M. in 1961 and a Th. D. in 1917. He did further graduate work at the University of Cincinnati and the University of Chicago. Dr. Powell served as

professor of homiletics and church history at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary from 1918-41 and also studied at .Oxford University in England, during a sabbatical leave from the seminary in 1923-24. He was professor of church history and homiletics at Golden Gate Seminary, Berkeley, Calif., from 1949-52. In 1913 Dr. Powell married

the former Kathleen Stone, who survives of the home. Other survivors include son

Robert S. Powell of 202 Stone St.: daughter Mrs. Harry G. Reid Jr. of Miami, Fla.; and 11 grandchildren and five great­ grandchildren. The body will remain at

Siler Funeral Home until 30 minutes before the funeral ser­ vice. Honorary pallbearers for the service will be the members of the Berean Class of the First Baptist Church Sunday school and the Thomasville Ministerial Association. The family will be at Siler

Funeral Home tonight from 7 to 9 o'clock. All memorials should be

directed to the building fund of Fir.st Baptist Church.

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Minister, n r. Dies at 86 3 ('( _ THOMASVILLE - Dr. Frank Marion Powell, 86, of 505 E. Guilford Street, a B a p t i s t minister for 70 years, died yesterday at C o m m u n i t y General Hospital. The funeral will be at 2:30

p.m. Wednesday at the First Baptist Church. Burial will be in Holly Hills Cemetery. Dr. Powell was born in New

Bloomfield, Mo., to James 'and Melinda Powell. He received his A.B. and M.A. degrees from William Jewel Academy in Liberty, Mo. Dr. Powell received his Th.M.

degree in 1916 from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and his ThD. degree from the seminary in 1917. He also did further studies at the University of Cincinnati and the University of Chicago. From 191& to 1941, he served

as professor of homiletics an church history at the seminary. He received a sabbatical leave to study at Oxford University in England. F r o m 1949-52, he wa

professor of church history and homiletics at the Golden Gat Seminary in Berkeley, Calif. H was the author of a students church history and had con tributed to many religiou magazines. He also was a boo reviewer for the Review an Ex ositor.

Dr. Powell, 86, Retired Pastor, Dies THOMASVILLE - Dr. Frank

Marion Powell, 86, of 505 E. Guilford St., retired Baptist min­ ister and educator, died Monday in Community General Hospital. F u 11 e r a l will be 2: 30 p.m. W e d n e s d a y at First Baptist Church. Dr. Powell received the AB

and MA degrees in 1912 at Wil­ liam Jewel Academy in Liberty, Mo., where he was an intercolle­ giate debater. He attended Southern B a p t i s t Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., re­ ceiving the Th.M. degree in 1916 and the Th. D. in 1917. He did further· graduate work at the University of Cincinnati and the University of Chicago. Dr. Pow­ ell served as professor of Homi- . letics and Church History at Southern B a p t i s t Theological Seminary, 1918-41. He also stud­ ied at Oxford (England) Univer­ sity and was professor of church history and homiletics at Golden Gate Seminary, Berkeley, Calif., 1949-52. He was author of "A Student's

Church History" and had con­ tributed to many religious mag­ azines. He also was book review editor of the "Review and Ex­ positors." His p a s t o r a t e s included

churches in Kirksville, Mo., Scott Scotsburg, Ind., and Shel­ byville, Ky. He was a Mason and past

Rotarian. He was listed in Who's Who in America from 1926 to 1953. He moved to Thomasville in

1952 at his retirement and since that time had served as industri­ al chaplain for Erwin-Lambeth Inc. Since 1952, he had been inter­

im pastor at Mills Home Baptist Church, Liberty Baptist Church, Greenwood Baptist Church, Rich Fork Baptist Church and Park Place B a p t i s t Church, all in 1

Thomasville, Reeds and Erlan- I ger Baptist Churches in Lexing­ ton and Rist Baptist Church in Mooresville. He was a member of First B apt is t Church in Thomasville. Survivors are widow, the for­

mer Kathleen Stone; son, Ro;bert S. Powell of T ho m a s v i 11 e; daughter, Mrs. Harry .s. Reid 1 Jr. of Miami, Fla. The family will be at Siler '

Funeral Home 7-9 p.m. today.

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1880-1883; professor, Biology president, Wake Forest, 1905:' made president emeritus in trustee of the Southern Bap-

'!heologi~l Seminary, North ma Baptist State Convention, eredith College; author, "LaO­ ry and Pulpit," 1901; "The Peace," 1915; "Can a Man Be istian Today," 1925; "The Way Ictory," 1927; "Stop-Light,': "Leaven," in Hastings' Die·

ry of Christ and the Gospels, Fellow of American Associa­

for Advancement of Science· resident, North Carolina Acad'­ of Science, Southern Baptist ation Association, North Caro­ Literary and Historical Asso­ n, president, . United Dry s of North Carolina, Phi Beta a, Sigma XI, Phi Kappa Phi. : Wake Forest, N. C.

ER, ANDREW cutive secretary, Baptist Gen­ onvention of Oklahoma Okla-· City, Okla.; born, 'Paris, Jan. 4, 1886; son of Hassel­ eville and Samuel Potter of

, Tenn.; education, B.L.,' D. klahoma Baptist University; · Moody: Union University; or- ' May 4, 1907; married Dathe I arroll of Bardwell, Ky., Apr. 1; daughter of R. M. and Fan­ arroll; pastor, Collinsville, 1913-1916; pastor, Waurika, 1916-1917; pastor, Enid, Okla., 933; executive secretary, Bap­ eneral Convention, Oklahoma to date; Orphans Home, Hos: , Baptist Book Store, Baptist nger, B. T. U., Sunday School U.; Baptist Sunday Schooi

, 1924-1925; board director st General Convention, Okla:

1923-1928, 1930-1932; Home n Board 1926-1928; moderat­ rry B~ptist Assoc!ation, 1927- president, Baptist General

ntion, Oklahoma, 1932-1933; tal Commission, Southern t Convention, 1933-1935; Ki- Home: 1421 N. Klein Okla­

City, Okla.; office: 22S1h W. Oklahoma City, Okla.

AMONG SOUTHERN BAPTISTS

By: John S. Ramond

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AMONG SOUTHERN BAPTISTS

PO'.l"l'S, ERWIN HENDERSON Pastor, First Baptist Church,

Elizabeth City, N. C.; born, Char­ lotte, N. C., Aug. 1, 1894; son of Margaret Coltharpe and Banks M. Potts, of Fort Mill, S. C.; B.A., Wake Forest College; Th. M. and Th. D., Southern .Bapt ist Theolog­ ical Seminary; ordained, June, 1920, Oak Grove Baptist Church, Meck­ lenburg County, Charlotte, North Carolina; married Sarah Louise Richardson of Roanoke, Va., Feb. 10, 1934; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William 'I'. Richardson; Principal,

· Lee Baptist Institute, 1920-1921; professor, Cumberland College, 1927; pastor, Manly Memorial Bap­ tist Church, Lexington, Va., 1929- 1933; pastor, First Baptist Church, Elizabeth City, N. C., 1933 to date; moderator, Chowan Baptist Associa­ tion; chairman, Elizabeth City Chapter American National Red Cross. Address: 308 W. Main St., Elizabeth City, N. C.

. POWEI,J,, DAVID HENRY (DAVE)

State President, Louisiana Bap­ tist Brotherhood; born, Yantley, Ala.; son of Kizzie Boswell and John David Powell; education, com­ munity schools, Yantley, Ala., and Causeyville, Miss.; mercantile store, 7 yrs.; traveling salesman, Myer Bros., Meridian, Miss., 2· yrs.; high­ way construction work, 15 y rs.: Healy Construction Co., 2 yrs.; timekeeper, Caddo Parish Highway Dept.; Dept. Supt., 8 yrs.: Aetna Life Insurance Co., Shreveport, La., since Jan., 1927; denominational: member, Bd. of Ushers, 1921; Chmn., Bel. of Ushers, 1931-35; Chmn., Literature Com., 10 yrs.; trustee, First Ch., Shreveport, La.; Chmn., Caddo· Assn., Brotherhood, 1930; Dist. 3, Brotherhood of La., 1931; Pres., State Brotherhood, since Nov., 1931; member, State Exec. Bd., La.;· member, Brother­ hood Exec. Comm. of the South; member, Com. of 1,000, World-wide Laymen's, Missionary Movement. Address: Aetna Life Insurance Co., 309 Slattery Bldg., Shreveport, La.

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POWELL, JULIUS COALYJ,E Southern Baptist Foreign Mis­

sionary, stationed at Shaki, Africa; born, Warsaw, N. C., Jan. 22, 1890; education, Wake Forest College; Southern Baptist Theological Sem­ inary, 1919; appointed June 11, 1919; Evangelistic Work.

POWELL, l\IRS. ROSE HOCU'J'T Southern Baptist Foreign Mis·

sionary, stationed at Shaki, Africa; born, Ashton, N. C., Sept. 2·7, 1891; education, Meredith College; mar­ ried J. C. Powell July, 1919; ap­ pointed June 11, 1919; Evangelistic Work.

POWELL, PRANK l\IARION Professor of Church History, ,

Southern Baptist Seminary, Louis­ ville, Ky.; born, New Bloomfield, Mo., March 29, 1886; son of Malinda A. and James Powell; education, William Jewell College, Liberty, Mo., Southern Baptist Seminary, University of Cincinnati, Chicago Un iv., Oxford Univ., Oxford, Eng­ land, receiving A.B., B.A., Th.M., Th.D. and D.D. degrees; ordained, 1908; married Kathleen Stone of Paris, Mo., 1913, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Stone; children, Frank Marion, Jr., Robert Stone and Virginia Ruth; student pastor during college, 1907-12; taught school in country before entering William Jewell; pastor, Kidder, Greenwood, Atlanta, Carrington, New Bloomfield and Kirksville, Mo., before entering seminary; pastor, S·~ottsburg, Ind., 4 years; "fellow" 2 years, while doing graduate work in seminary; pastor, Shelbyville Baptist Church, Shelbyville, Ky., 1916-20 in connection with teaching at Seminary, which began 1918; pastor, Beechmont Baptist Church, Louisville, Ky., 1921-23; Parkland Baptist Church, Louisville, 1926-28; acting pastor, Highland Baptist Church, Louisville, two times of 10 months each, 1921 and 1930-31; now pastor, Finchville Baptist Church, Finch ville, xv., since 1933; mod­ erator, Coffee Creek Baptist Asso­ ciation, Scott County, Indiana,

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406 AMONG SOUTHERN BAPTISTS

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1916; clerk, Little Bonne Femme Association, Callaway and Boone Counties, Missouri, 1910-11; author: literary editor, Review and Exposi­ tor; has done much writing of lec­ tures or uncopyrig h ted articles in Review and Expositor; Mason, Odd Fellows, Phi Gamma Delta, Shakes­ pearean Club, Ten Club. Home: 1259 Everett Ave.; office: Norton Hall, Louisville, Ky.

PRATHER, GUY L. Pastor, Monroe Avenue Baptist

Church, Kansas City, Mo.; born, Graham, Mo., Oct. 21, 1882; son of Blanche Garton and Walter P. Pra­ ther of DeKalb, Mo.; education, A. B., A.M., !William Jewell College, Th.M., Southern Baptist Theolog­ ical Seminary; ordained Aug., 1904; married Charlotte Simmons of De­ Kalb, Mo., Sept. 10,, 1906, daugh­ ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Simmons; children, Anna Hazel (Mrs. Emmett J. Canaday), Elizabeth, Charlotte; pastor, Corning, Ia., 3 years; pas­ tor, Orleans, Ind., 2 years; pastor, Ladysmith, Wis., 1 year; pastor, Centropolis Baptist Church, Kan­ sas City, Mo., 8 years; pastor, Car­ rollton Baptist Church, Carrollton, Mo., 3% years; pastor, Maryville Baptist Church, Maryville, Mo., 3% years; pastor, Monroe Avenue Bap­ tist Church, Kansas City, Mo., 7 years to date; member, State Ex· ecutive Board, 6 years; ch.airman, Missions Committee, Kansas City Association, 1932 to date; president, Kansas City Baptist Ministerial Al· Hance, 1935 to date; A. F. and A. M. Address: 3812 Bales Ave., Kan· sas City, Mo.

Edwin Smith II; 1923, Tenn. State S. S. and B. Y. P. U. work; 1924, N. C. field worker in B. Y. P. U. Dept.; 1926 to present time, Ga. State Sec., B. Y. P. U. and Training Union work; Chmn., Radio Com. of Exec. Com. of S. B. C.; author: co-· compiler, "Songs and Choruses or Southern Bapt. Young People"; special interests: the use of pub· Hetty, radio and motion pictures in promoting all phases of denomina­ tional life. Home address: 1255 Briarcliff Rd., N. E., Atlanta, Ga.; office address: 22 Marietta St. Bldg., Fifth floor, Atlanta, Ga.

PRESTON, WILLIAM HALL Associate Secretary, Southern

Baptist Student Department, Nash· ville, Tenn.; born, Blackwood, N. J., Feb. 28, 1896; son of Anna IDlliott of Boston, Pa., and Dr. Robert Proc­ tor Preston of Ontario, Canada; education, B.A., Ripon College, vVis:~onsin, M.A., George Peabody; post grad. work on Ph.D.; married Nancy Elizabeth Roebuck of Mem­ phis, Tenn., Aug. 26, 1927, daugh­ ter of James Pinckney and Mar­ tha Louvenia Story Roebuck; chil­ dren, Miriam, William Hall, Jr., John Proctor; teacher, high school, Sparta, Wis., 1 year; superintend­ ent, city schools, Black River Falls, Wis., 2 years; U. S. Navy, World War; State B·. Y. P. U. secretary, Tennessee, 7 years; president, Hall Moody Junior College, ll/z years; southwide secretary, Inter-Board Commission of Southern Baptist Student Work, 1 year; associate sec­ retary, Student Department, Bap­ tist Sunday School- Board, 8 years to date; secretary Tennessee Asso­ ciation of Colleges, 1 year; vice president, Southern Baptist Field Workers Association; l 925; associ­ ate director, Southwide Baptist Student Retreat, 1927 to date; chair­ man local church publicity, finan­ cial, enlistment, student activity and special committees,, 1928-1935; author: "Advanced B. S. U. Meth­ ods," "Follow Through," •"Tell Me This, Please," cap and gown series; assoctate editor: Baptist Student

PRESTON, EDWIN Sl\IITH _ State Sec., Training Union Dept.,

Ga.; born, Edison, Ohio, April 2, 1901; son of Anna Elliott of Pa., and Robert Proctor Preston of Va.; education, Univ. of Tenn. and Mer­ cer Univ.; degrees: A.B., and M.A., also admitted to bar and licensed to practice law; married to Mary Frances Johnson, Jan. 1, 1928; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Johnson of Atlanta, Ga.; one child,

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Magazine; oontributoi Jications; Pi Kappa ary member, Philoma Home: 2·216 Belmon ville, Tenn.; office: 1 Nashville; Tenn.

PRICE, EDGAR S. Pastor, Second B

Cumberland, Md.; County, West Virgi 1900; son of Mary K liam wortn Price of Va.; education, Ale College and Acader darned. First Guya Church, Huntington, married Mabel Gia Elkins, W. Va.; Aug. ter of Riley and P children, Edgar Dale, liam Worth! and R stenographer, 1919-1 buildings and grou Junior College, 1924 tor, Muddy Creek Mo Alderson, W. Va., 19 bury Baptist Churc Va., 1924, 1930; pas Baptist Ch ur ch, Unio 1930; pastor, Fir Baptist Church, Hun 1930 and 1934; pasto tist Church, Cumber to date; State Missio ern District; Dxecut Western District; mittee, Sunday Sch legany County, Ma tive Committee, B. District, Maryland; terial Un. Assn., Cu 1935-36. Home: 6 A1 land, 'Md.: office: and Oldtown Roa Md.

PRICE, GORDON I Pastor, First B

Roanoke Rapids, Amelia County, Vir 1902; son of Ida M of Cumberland Co and James Monroe Edward County, V tion, University of Th.G., Southern Bap