Background
Rice, John Andrew was born on September 25, 1862 in Colleton County, South Carolina, United States. Son of Richard Blake (Doctor of Medicine and Rachel Jane (Liston) R.
Rice, John Andrew was born on September 25, 1862 in Colleton County, South Carolina, United States. Son of Richard Blake (Doctor of Medicine and Rachel Jane (Liston) R.
Bachelor of Arts, South Carolina. College, 1885, later Master of Arts Columbia Theological Seminary, South Carolina., 1886-1896.
Completed studies for Doctor of Philisophy, University of Chicago, 1903. Doctor of Divinity, South Carolina.
College, 1894; Doctor of Laws, University of South Carolina., 1905, University of Alabama, 1906.
Entered Methodist Episcopal Church, South, ministry, 1886. Pastor Bennettsville circuit, Kingstree circuit, Darlington, Washington Saint Church, Columbia, South Carolina. President Columbia (South Carolina.) College for Women, 1894-1900.
Pastor Court Saint Church, Montgomery, Alabama, 1902-1907, Rayne Memorial Church, New Orleans, 1907-1911, First Church, Fort Worth, Texas, 1911-1914, Saint John's Church, Saint Louis, 1914-1918, Trinity Church, Sumter, South Carolina., 1918-1920.
Professor Old Testament, Southern Methodist University, 1920-1921. Pastor First Church, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, 1921-1922, Boston Avenue Church, Tulsa, 1922-1927.
Editor Oklahoma.
Married Anna B. Smith, April. Married second, Launa Darnell, August 7, 1902.