Background
Provence, Herbert Winston was born on November 2, 1873 in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Son of Review Samuel Moore and Indie Mayo (Watkins) Provence.
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Herbert Winston Provence
Herbert Winston Provence, American clergyman, educator. Member editorial staff Sunday School Board, Southern Baptist Convention, 1928-1930. A founder Alabama Baptist Ministers’ Benefit Society.
Education
Master of Arts, Richmond (Virginia) College, 1894. Master of Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1897, Doctor of Theology, 1898.
Career
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1893. Pastor Montgomery, Alabama, 1898-1902, Ensley, Birmingham, Alabama, 1902-1904. Missionary, Shanghai, China, 1904-1912.
Pastor Clinton, Mississippi, 1912-1913.
Professor Bible and philosophy, Mississippi College, 1913-1914. Professor of English, Furman University, 1914-1920, professor Christianity, 1920-1931.
President Greenville Woman’s College, 1931-1933. Now treasurer Provence-Jarrard Company, printers.
Achievements
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Herbert Winston Provence has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman, educator by Marquis Who's Who.
Membership
Member editorial staff Sunday School Board, Southern Baptist Convention, 1928-1930. A founder Alabama Baptist Ministers’ Benefit Society.
Connections
Married Mary Hall, of Richmond, Virginia, November 16, 1898. Children: Herbert Hall, Effie Ruth.
- Father:
- Review Samuel Moore Provence
- Mother:
- Indie Mayo (Watkins) Provence
- Spouse:
- Mary Hall
- child:
- Herbert Hall Provence
- child:
- Effie Ruth Provence
