Background
Fry, John Bachelor of Arts was born on October 23, 1870 in Cathage, North Carolina, United States. Son of DeGraffenried and Martha (Redding) Fry.
Fry, John Bachelor of Arts was born on October 23, 1870 in Cathage, North Carolina, United States. Son of DeGraffenried and Martha (Redding) Fry.
Educated Carthage (North Carolina) Academy, Trinity College (now Duke U.), Durham, North Carolina, and Vanderbilt. Master of Sacred Theology, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California, 1918. Doctor of Divinity, Asbury College, Wilmore, Kentucky, 1937.
Ried (Mistress Royal L. Gardner). Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1894. Pastor churches in North Carolina and Arkansas until 1906.
Pastor Epworth University Church, Berkeley, California, 1906-1917 and 1928-1934.
Presiding elder Los Angeles District, Pacific Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1934-1939. Later pastor Epworth Methodist Church, Berkeley, California.
Now pastor Asbury Methodist Church, Livermore, California.
Served as religious worker, Young Men's Christian Association, Angel Island, California, 1917-1919. Member General Board of Sunday Schools, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1914-1922, General Board Education, 1922-1926. Mason (Past Chaplain Grand Lodge of California).
Club: Lions.
Married Malta Chafin Callahan, May 1, 1895.