Background
Crawford, Eugene Lowther was born on January 12, 1871 in Glenville, Alabama, United States. Son of Robert Blakeley (Doctor of Divinity) and Martha Frances (Stephenson) C.
Crawford, Eugene Lowther was born on January 12, 1871 in Glenville, Alabama, United States. Son of Robert Blakeley (Doctor of Divinity) and Martha Frances (Stephenson) C.
Preparatory education, Barton Academy, Mobile, Alabama. Bachelor of Arts, Southern University, Greensboro, Alabama, 1891. Doctor of Divinity, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama, 1925.
In Alabama and Texas until 1919. Presiding elder, 1919-1922. Secretary Board of Education and Christian Education Movement, Alabama Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1923-1924.
Presiding elder, 1925-1927.
General secretary Board Temperance and Social Service, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, since 1927. Formerly chaplain Sons Confederation
Veterans, Alabama.
Member General Conference Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1922, assistant secretary, 1926. Mason (Knight of the Order of the Thistle), Knights of Pythias.
Married Martha Ginder Thorington, October 30, 1902 (died March 19, 1911). Married second, Mistress. Children: Frances (Mistress Eugene Robbins), Lucile (Mistress Alexander Waller), Martha.