Background
Atwood, Edward Leland was born on October 30, 1872 in Clinton, Kentucky, United States. Son of Thomas Letcher and Hettie Frances (Bugg) Atwood.
Atwood, Edward Leland was born on October 30, 1872 in Clinton, Kentucky, United States. Son of Thomas Letcher and Hettie Frances (Bugg) Atwood.
Student Clinton College, 1892-1896. Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Georgetown (Kentucky) College, 1901. Bachelor of Divinity, Crozer Theological Seminary, Chester, Pennsylvania, 1909.
Special study religious education, Chautauqua, New York, 5 summers.
Doctor of Divinity, Union University, Jackson, Tennessee, 1916.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1896. Pastor Crum Lynne, Pennsylvania, 1908-1910, Brownsville, Tennessee, 1910-1917, Dyersburg, Tennessee, 1917-1921. Professor Bible and religious education, Tennessee College for Women, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, since 1921, president since 1923.
Member Baptist Home Mission Board, Atlanta, Georgia. Mason, Woodman.; Club: Kiwanis (president 1928).
Married Gertrude Lee, of Martin, Tennessee, September 12, 1905. Children: Eva May, Lura Gertrude (deceased).