Background
Guyton, David Edgar was born on February 21, 1880 in Blue Mountain, Mississippi, United States. Son of Joseph Judson and Callie D. (Hoyle) Guyton.
Guyton, David Edgar was born on February 21, 1880 in Blue Mountain, Mississippi, United States. Son of Joseph Judson and Callie D. (Hoyle) Guyton.
Student Mississippi State School for Blind, 1893-1895. Bachelor of Arts, Blue Mountain College, 1903. Bachelor of Science, University Mississippi, 1911.
Master of Arts, Columbia, 1914.
Student of University Chicago, summer 1909, George Peabody College, summer, 1926. Doctor of Laws, Blue Mountain College, Mississippi, 1960.
Instructor French and German, Blue Mountain College, 1903-1907, Professor of English, 1907-1916, professor education, 1911-1913, professor of history and economics, 1914-1951, professor emeritus of history 1951-1956, professor, 1956-1960. Professor Mississippi normals several summers. Member staff Memphis Commercial Appeal and Jackson (Mississippi) Daily News, since 1910.
President Bank of Blue Mountain 1933-1956, Chairman of the Board, since 1933.
Democratic presidential elector for Mississippi, 1960. Colonel, official staff Governor of Mississippi Totally blind since an accident at age of 12.
The sole basis for faith is the Bible and it is infallible.
Member State Common for Blind, 1936-1938. Honorary; member Mississippi Poetry Society. Member National Poetry Council of Congress American Poets, Mississippi Baptist History Commission, Mississippi History Society, Mississippi Ednl.
Association, National Education Association, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Upsilon.
Clubs: Rotary (governor District 204, Rotary International 1951-1952).
Married Corinne O’Neal Rogers, September 10, 1925.