Background
Betts, Albert Deems was born on May 28, 1882 in Shiloh, South Carolina, United States. Son of Review William Archibald and Lillie Evelyn (Wadsworth) Betts.
Betts, Albert Deems was born on May 28, 1882 in Shiloh, South Carolina, United States. Son of Review William Archibald and Lillie Evelyn (Wadsworth) Betts.
Bachelor of Arts, Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina., 1905. A.M., Princeton, 1907. Graduate Princeton Theological Seminary, 1908.
Bachelor of Divinity, Drew Theological Seminary, 1909.
Ordained to ministry Mechanical Engineering Church, South, 1909. Pastor Limestone St. Church, Gaffney, South Carolina., 1909, South Union Charge, Union, 1910, Conway, 1911-1914, Clio, 1915-1917. President Paine College (colored), Augusta, Georgia, 1917-1921.
Pastor Whaley St. Church, Columbia, South Carolina., 1921, Beaufort, South Carolina., 1922-1924. Conference superintendent of Sunday school work, 1925-1930. Pastor Broad St. Church, Sumter, South Carolina., 1931-1932, St. George, South Carolina., 1933-1936, College Place, 1937-1938.
Executive secretary South Carolina. Federated Forces for Temperance and Law Enforcement, 1939-1947. Pastor, Wagner, South Carolina., 1948.
Pastor, Travelers Rest, South Carolina., 1949-1950, Hendersonville 1951, Jamestown 1952-1954. President Sunday School Council Mechanical Engineering Church South, 1929. Delegate to General Conference, 1930 and 1934.
Member board of managers Lord’s Day Alliance of the United States. Member of board of managers National Temperance League.
Member Religious Education Association.
Married Katherine Elvira Budd, September 14, 1908 (died July 27, 1947). Married second, Mary Evelyn de Medici, May 16, 1949.