Background
Sydnor, Giles Granville was born on December 10, 1864 in Halifax County, Virginia, United States. Son of Giles and Rebecca Pleasant (Royster) Sydnor.
Sydnor, Giles Granville was born on December 10, 1864 in Halifax County, Virginia, United States. Son of Giles and Rebecca Pleasant (Royster) Sydnor.
Bachelor of Arts, Hampden-Sydney College, 1887. Bachelor of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, Virginia, 1893. Doctor of Divinity, Presbyterian College of South Carolina.
Ordained ministry Presbyterian Church in the United States, 1893. Pastor successively Academy, Ottewood and Leesville churches, Virginia, Greene Street Church, Augusta, Georgia, First Church, Rome, Georgia, until 1919, Charles Town, West Virginia, 1919-1941, pastor emeritus since January 1, 1941. Moderator of the Synod of Georgia, 1910.
Moderator Synod of Virginia, 1940.
Instructor church music, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, 1920-1925, special lecturer on Great Hymns of the Church, 1926. While pastor at Rome conducted funeral services of Mistress Woodrow Wilson, formerly a member of the church.
Member of committee which prepared and published The Presbyterian Hymnal, 1927.
Member Sigma Chirurgical; Kiwanian.
Married Evelyn Aiken Sackett, June 24, 1897. Children: Charles Sackett, Giles Granville, Henry Mosley, Louise Leyburn, James Rawlings.