Albert William Rees

Background

Rees, Albert William was born on November 30, 1877 in Muscogee Company, Georgia, United States. Son of Thomas Clopton and Martha Olivia (Kimbrough) Rees.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Emory College, Oxford, Georgia, 1903.

Career

Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1905. Principal high school, Brewton, Georgia, 1903-1906. Pastor Vidalia, Georgia, 1905-1909.

President Sparks (Georgia) College, 1909-1917.

Pastor Moultrie, Georgia, 1917-1920. Presiding elder, Cordele District, South, Georgia, 1921-1922.

Principal Emory University Academy, Oxford, Georgia, 1922-1929. Pastor Camilla, Georgia, since 1929.

Kiwanian. Home: Camilla Georgia‡.

Achievements

• Albert William Rees has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Gussie Alexander Lee, of Dawson, Georgia, December 7, 1905. Children: Mary Olivia (deceased), Willa Frances, Gussie Lee, Elinor Louise.

Father:

Thomas Clopton Rees

Mother:

Martha Olivia (Kimbrough) Rees

Spouse:

Gussie Alexander Lee

child:

Gussie Lee Rees

child:

Elinor Louise Rees

child:

Willa Frances Rees

child:

Mary Olivia Rees (deceased)