Background
Price, Bruce Hays was born on October 19, 1904 in Scottsville, Arkansas, United States. Son of Samuel Robert and Maggie Jones (McCracken) Price.
Price, Bruce Hays was born on October 19, 1904 in Scottsville, Arkansas, United States. Son of Samuel Robert and Maggie Jones (McCracken) Price.
AB, Ouachita University, Arkansas, 1928. Doctor of Divinity, Ouachita University, Arkansas, 1948. Th.B., Master of Theology, Southern Baptist Seminary, 1931.
Postgraduate, University Louisville, 1931. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Atlanta Law School, 1950.
Instructor Summer School, Arkansas Technology, 1929, University Richmond Extension School, 1952-1958. Ordained to ministry Baptist Church, 1928. Pastor in Ellenton-Dunbarton, South Carolina, 1931-1934, Timmonsville (South Carolina) Baptist Church, 1934-1938, First Baptist Church, Daytona Beach, Florida, 1938-1941, Asheboro, North Carolina, 1941-1944, Beech St. First Baptist Church, Texarkana, Arkansas, 1944-1948, First Baptist Church, Newport News, Virginia, 1948-1970.
Associate minister Orcutt Baptist Church, 1970-1980. Owner Doctor Price Tours Abroad, since 1958. President Southern Baptist Convention Pastors Conference, 1957-1958.
Vice president Arkansas Baptist Convention, 1947, Virginia Baptist Convention, 1955, Southern Baptist Convention, 1960, member home mission board, 1946-1948, radio committee, 1949-1952, annuity board, 1953-1958, Sunday School public board, 1959-1965, foreign mission board, 1968-1971, 73-81.
Delaware White House Conference Churches Role with Government, 1964. Trustee Lord's Day Alliance of the United States, since 1972, Baptist Homes of Virginia, 1974-1982, preaching missions to, Germany, 1961, Puerto Rico, 1962, Scotland, 1965, Alaska, 1966. Honorary chairman Virginia Evangelism Conference, 1977.
Trustee Coker College South Carolina, 1937-1938, Central College Arkansas, 1944-1948, Religious Herald, Virginia, 1950-1965, Bluefield (Virginia) College, 1955-1965. Advisory board National Former Students Association Ouachita University, 1979-1982. Member Southern Baptist Seminary (Kentucky) National Alumni Association (vice president 1946-1947) Clubs: Mason (32 degree, Shriner), Order Alaska Walrus.
Married Eva Rankin, November 16, 1931. Children: Madison Rankin, Adrienne (Mistress Joseph C. Cox, Junior).