Background
Rixey, George Foreman was born on March 2, 1888 in Jonesburg, Missouri, United States. Son of Thomas Pierce and Frances (Mason) Rixey.
Rixey, George Foreman was born on March 2, 1888 in Jonesburg, Missouri, United States. Son of Thomas Pierce and Frances (Mason) Rixey.
Student Central College, Fayette, Missouri, 1904-1905. University of Missouri, 1905-1907, Vanderbilt University, 1907-1908. Bachelor of Arts, Central Wesleyan College, Warrenton, Missouri, 1909.
Doctor of Divinity, American U., Washington, District of Columbia, 1943.
Admitted to Missouri Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1909. Ordained elder, 1913. Pastor, Centenary Methodist Church, Louisiana, Missouri, 1909-1913, Troy (Missouri) Methodist Church, 1913, Methodist Church, Gallatin, Missouri, 1913-1916, Elm St. Methodist Church, Chillicothe, Missouri, 1916-1917.
Chaplain, United States Army, 1917-1948, commissioned First lieutenant, C.A. section, O.R.C., on active duty 1917, advancing through the grades to brigadier general, 1944. Chaplain, 64th Infantry, 1917-1922, at El Paso, Texas. American Expeditionary Force, France.
At camps Funston, Meade and Fort Washington. Post chaplain, Fort Washington, 1922-1927, chaplain, 26th Cavalry, Camp Statsenbergh, P.I., 1928-1929, Sternberg General Hospital, Manila, P.I., 1929-1930. Post chaplain, Presidio of San Francisco, 1930-1935.
Chaplain, United States Army forces in China, Tientsin, 1935-1937. Post chaplain Fort Slocum 1937-1940. Executive office Chief of Chaplains, Washington, District of Columbia, 1940-1942, deputy chief of chaplains, 1942-1945.
Assistant The Inspector General, 1945-1946. Chaplain 2d Army, 1946-1948. Chaplain United States Forces in Korea, 1947-1948, retired 1948.
Mason (K.T.).
Married Leisle Young, October 21, 1910. Children: George Foreman (deceased), George Young, Charles Osborn, Thomas Dyer.