Background
Scott, Eugene Crampton was born on July 24, 1889 in Columbus, Mississippi, United States. Son of Eugene Claudius and Rachel (Pierce) Scott.
Scott, Eugene Crampton was born on July 24, 1889 in Columbus, Mississippi, United States. Son of Eugene Claudius and Rachel (Pierce) Scott.
Student, Chamberlain-Hunt Academy, Portuguese Gibson, Mississippi, 1906-1907, Bachelor of Arts, Southwestern Presbyterian University, 1911. Bachelor of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, 1916. Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Austin College, 1934.
Cashier Mobile & Ohio Railroad, freight office, Columbus, Mississippi, 1911-1913. Ordained to ministry, Presbyterian Church, United States (South), 1916. Pastor Aberdeen, Mississippi, 1916-1918 (also Amory and Hamilton), First Presbyterian Church, Gadsden, Alabama, 1918-1921.
Superintendent Home Missions, Nashville Presbytery, Clarksville, Tennessee, 1921-1922.
Pastor First Presbyterian Church, Ensley, Alabama, 1923-1926. Assistant stated clerk, General Assembly, Presbyterian Church, United States, 1926-1935.
Stated clerk (executive secretary) and treasurer, Dallas, 1935-1950, Atlanta, 1950-1959.
Member Pi Kappa Alpha. Mason. Compiler: The Ministerial Directory, The Presbyterian Church in the United States, 1861-1941, review educated 1951.
Married Emma Elizabeth Foust, June 28, 1916. Children: Lucille Foust (Mistress Lucile South. Hicks), Rachael Pierce (Mistress J. Harvey Glass), Emily Wynne (Mistress Robert L. Cowan, Junior.