Background
Webb, Ernest Clay was born on July 4, 1887 in Webb City, Missouri, United States. Son of Elijah Thomas and Emma Isabella (Hayden) Webb.
Webb, Ernest Clay was born on July 4, 1887 in Webb City, Missouri, United States. Son of Elijah Thomas and Emma Isabella (Hayden) Webb.
Graduate Webb Brothers Preparatory School, Bellbuckle, Tennessee, 1904. Bachelor of Arts, Vanderbilt, 1908. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Yale Division School, 1911.
Graduate work in theology, economics and anthropology, same university, 1911-1913.
Doctor of Divinity, Southwestern University, 1927.
Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1910. Pastor Kansas City, Missoury, 1913-1914, Pleasant Hill, 1914-1915, Saint Louis, 1915-1920, Joplin, 1920-1921. Director Wesley Bible Chair of Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at University of Texas, 1921-1933.
Professor religion and head department in College of Arts and Sciences, Southern Methodist University, since 1933.
Approved instructor in Pastors’ Schools and Teacher Training Work, Methodist Church.
Member Ednl. Association Methodist Church. Member Religious Education Association, National Association Biblical Instructors, American Association University professors, Sigma Nu, Pi Gamma Mu, Theta Phi. Mason, Elk.; Club: Faculty (Southern Methodist U.).
Married Elenora Wilson Smith, August 3, 1911. Children: Thomas Hall, Alice Robertson.