Background
Burts, Charles Elford was born on December 5, 1867 in Abbeville Company, South Carolina, United States. Son of Review Richard Ward and Amanda (Latimer) Burts.
Burts, Charles Elford was born on December 5, 1867 in Abbeville Company, South Carolina, United States. Son of Review Richard Ward and Amanda (Latimer) Burts.
Bachelor of Arts, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina., 1893, Doctor of Divinity, 1906. M.Th., Southern Baptist Seminary, 1898.
1 son, Charles Watson. Teacher public schools 5 years. Ordained ministry Southern Baptist Church, 1898.
Pastor successively Gallatin, Tennessee, Blackville, Edgefield, First Church, Columbia—all South Carolina.—until 1920.
General secretary Baptist General Board of South Carolina., Columbia, 1920-1924. General director Coöperation Commission Southern Baptist Convention, Nashville, Tennessee, 1924-1926.
Pastor First Church, Newberry, South Carolina., 1926-1927, Macon, Georgia, 1927-1933, Saint Matthews, South Carolina., since 1933. Chairman State Illiteracy Commission.
Member Government"s Staff.
President State Baptist Convention of South Carolina. (member Social Service Commission). Delaware Baptist World Alliance, Stockholm, Sweden, 1923.
Mason.
Married Sarah Watson, June 28, 1905.