Henry Morris Edmonds

Background

Edmonds, Henry Morris was born on November 23, 1878 in York, Sumter County, Alabama, United States. Son of William and Alice Frances (Morris) Edmonds.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University of Tennessee, 1899. Bachelor of Divinity, Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Kentucky, Louisville, Kentucky, 1907. Doctor of Divinity, Alabama Synodical College for Men, Anniston, Alabama, 1913.

Doctor of Laws, Cumberland University and University of Alabama, 1924, Tusculum College, 1936. Doctor of Humane Letters, Rollins College.

Career

Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1907. Pastor 1st Church, Montgomery, Alabama, 1907-1913, S. Highlands Church, Birmingham, 1913-1915, Independent Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, 1915-1942, Dean Knowles Memorial Chapel, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, 1942-1947. Pastor Pilgrim Congressional Church, Birmingham, 1949-1952.

Professor School of Religion, Vanderbilt University, 1926-1928. Columnist Biringham Post Herald, 1942-1960.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: Studies in Power, 1931. The Way, The Truth, The Life, 1936. The Foundation of Our Liberties.About The Manger

Membership

Member of Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Gamma Museum. Mason.; Clubs: Rotary, Country of Birmingham.

Connections

Married to Mary Armstrong Fleming, April. Children: Arnold Harris (deceased), Henry Morris (deceased), Mary Fleming (deceased), Eleanor Ryburn, William Fleming.

Father:

William Edmonds

Mother:

Alice Frances (Morris) Edmonds

Spouse:

Mary Armstrong Fleming

child:

Arnold Harris Edmonds (deceased)

child:

Henry Morris Edmonds (deceased)

child:

Mary Fleming Edmonds (deceased)

child:

Eleanor Ryburn Edmonds

child:

William Fleming Edmonds