Background
Kerr, Howard Ickis was born on January 5, 1881 in Decatur, Ohio, United States. Son of Review Samuel Carrick and Elizabeth (Rowley) Kerr.
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Howard Ickis Kerr
Howard Ickis Kerr, American clergyman. Member Board National Missions Presbyterian Church United States of America, 1940-1946. National Commision on Evangelism, 1942-1946. Board of Hanchow Christian College, China.; Mason, Kiwanian.; Member Chi Alpha, Pi Gamma Museum.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, College Emporia (Kansas), 1901, Doctor of Divinity, 1917. Master of Arts, Princeton, 1904. Graduate Princeton Theological Seminary, 1905.
Career
Ordained ministry Presbyterian Church in United States of America, 1905. Pastor at Ottawa, Kansas, 1905-1909, chaplain and Professor of English Bible, Park College, Parkville, Missouri, 1909-1916. Pastor Brooklyn Church, Oakland, California, 1916-1921.
Executive secretary Church Extension Board, Presbytery of Denver (Colorado), 1921-1927.
Pastor Hillsboro Church, Nashville, Tennessee, 1928-1944. Minister ad interim Central Presbyterian Church, Huntsville, Alabama, 1944.
Pastor Central Church, 1946-1950. Minister Old Hermitage Church, Hermitage, from 1950.
Achievements
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Howard Ickis Kerr has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.
Membership
Member Board National Missions Presbyterian Church United States of America, 1940-1946. National Commision on Evangelism, 1942-1946. Board of Hanchow Christian College, China.
Mason, Kiwanian.
Member Chi Alpha, Pi Gamma Museum. Clubs: Palaver, Kiwanis, Golf and Country (Huntsville).
Connections
Married Blanche M. Miller, June 27, 1906. Children: Elizabeth Miller (Mistress William A. Buchanan), Agnes Kathryn (Mistress H. Craige De Moss).
- Father:
- Review Samuel Carrick Kerr
- Mother:
- Elizabeth (Rowley) Kerr
- Spouse:
- Blanche M. Miller
- child:
- Agnes Kathryn Kerr (Mistress H. Craige De Moss)
- child:
- Elizabeth Miller Kerr (Mistress William A. Buchanan)
