Background
Finger,, Homer Ellis was born on October 8, 1916 in Ripley, Mississippi, United States. Son of Homer Ellis and Bertha (Rogers) Finger.
Finger,, Homer Ellis was born on October 8, 1916 in Ripley, Mississippi, United States. Son of Homer Ellis and Bertha (Rogers) Finger.
AB, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, 1937. D.Div. (honorary), Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, 1975. Master of Divinity, Yale University, 1941.
D.Div. (honorary), Centenary College, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1953. Doctor of Humanities (honorary), Tennessee Wesleyan University, 1967. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Emory and Henry University, 1982.
Minister Oxford University, Mississippi, 1946-1952. President Millsaps College, Jackson, 1952-1964. Bishop United Methodist Church, Nashville, 1964-1976, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1976-1984.
Retired, 1984.
Served to lieutenant, chaplain, United States Navy, 1943-1946, PTO. Democrat Lodges: Rotary.
Married Mamie Lee, October 6, 1942. Children– Homer Ellis III, William Ratliff, Elizabeth Ellen.