Background
Parker, Fitzgerald Sale was born on March 16, 1863 in Parish of Caddo, Louisiana, United States. Son of Review Doctor Linus (a bishop of Methodist Episcopal Church, South) and Ellen Katherine (Burruss) P.
Parker, Fitzgerald Sale was born on March 16, 1863 in Parish of Caddo, Louisiana, United States. Son of Review Doctor Linus (a bishop of Methodist Episcopal Church, South) and Ellen Katherine (Burruss) P.
University of Louisiana, 1879. N.E. Conservatory Music, 1883. Tulane University, 1886-1887.
(Doctor of Divinity, Centenary College of Louisiana, 1894).
Entered ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1885. Pastor chs. New Orleans, Santa Ana, California, New Iberia, Lake Providence, Jackson, Louisiana, and El Paso. Assistant secretary Epworth League and assistant editor Epworth Era, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1904-1910.
General secretary, editor Epworth Era, 1910-1930. With editorial department, General Board Christian Education, 1930-1935.
Member General Conference, 1906, 1914. Member Centenary and Ednl. commissions of Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Member Commision on Nationalism, Board Temperance and Social Service, Ednl.
Commission, Mechanical Engineering Church, S., 1926.
Married Lucy Irwin Paxton, April 17, 1901. Children: William Paxton, Fitzgerald Sale.