Background
Jones, Edward Perry was born on February 21, 1872 in Cayuga, Mississippi, United States. Son of George Perry and Louvenia M. Jones.
Jones, Edward Perry was born on February 21, 1872 in Cayuga, Mississippi, United States. Son of George Perry and Louvenia M. Jones.
Bachelor of Science, Natchez College, 1889 (Doctor of Divinity, also Doctor of Divinity, Rust University, 1892).
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1894. Pastor Mount Heroden Church, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1902-1918, Mount Zion Church, Evanston, Illinois, since 1918. President National Baptist Convention, since 1915 (purchased National Theological Seminary and Training School, at Nashville, under his administration).
Alternate delegate Republican National Convention, 1917.
Chairman Republican State Convention, Mississippi, 1912. Home: 1104 Ayars Place, Evanston Illinois‡.
Married Harriet Lee Wynn, of Greenville, Mississippi, November 19, 1896.