Background
Brown, Frederick Fernando was born on November 27, 1882 in Glenville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Horace Alonzo and Dorcas Elizabeth Brown.
Brown, Frederick Fernando was born on November 27, 1882 in Glenville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Horace Alonzo and Dorcas Elizabeth Brown.
Preparatory education, Skyland Institute, Asheville, North Carolina, and Mars Hill (North Carolina) College. Bachelor of Arts, Wake Forest (North Carolina) College, 1908, Master of Arts, 1909, Doctor of Divinity, 1925. Master of Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1912, Doctor of Theology, 1913.
Doctor of Laws, Carson Newman College, 1951 Doctor of Humanities, Lincoln Memorial University, 1951.
Ordained ministry Baptist Church, 1913. Pastor Harrodsburg and Frankfort, Kentucky, and Sherman, Texas. Pastor First Church, Knoxville, Tennessee, since 1921.
Executive secretary promotion committee Southern Baptist Convention, 1931-1932.
President Southern Baptist Convention, 1933. Trustee Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, Southeastern Baptist Seminary, East Tennessee Baptist Hospital, director Tennessee Baptist Orphange, Franklin, Tennessee.
Member of Executive Committee Baptist Tennessee State Convention. Mason.; Kiwanian (honorary).
Married to Nona Lee Dover, April 12, 1914. Children: Nona Lee, Ailene Virginia, Imogene, Fred Maxey, Mary Elizabeth.