Background
BENNETT, Claude was born on February 14, 1879 in Silver Creek, Mississippi, United States. Son of Drury Burton and Elizabeth (Burkett) Bennett.
president State Teachers College
BENNETT, Claude was born on February 14, 1879 in Silver Creek, Mississippi, United States. Son of Drury Burton and Elizabeth (Burkett) Bennett.
Trinity College, Bachelor of Arts. George Peabody College, Master of Arts.
Company Superintendent of Education, Lincoln Company, Mississippi, 1908-1912. Vice-President., Mississippi Woman’s College, Hattiesburg. Superintendent of City Schools, Biloxi, Mississippi.
Mississippi State High School Supervisor. President, State Teachers College, Mississippi, since 1928.
Baptist Church.
Member: Masons; Sigma Chi. Phi Delta Kappa. Club: Rotary.
Spouse Grace McVey, September 3, 1914.