Background
Wing, John Durham was born on November 19, 1882 in Atlanta. Son of John Durham and Sallie (Peeples) Wing.
Wing, John Durham was born on November 19, 1882 in Atlanta. Son of John Durham and Sallie (Peeples) Wing.
Educated U. Georgia and William and Mary College, Virginia. Doctor of Divinity, University Georgia, 1918, Virginia Theological Seminary, 1926, University of the South, 1927. Doctor of Laws, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, 1932.
John Durham, Breckenridge Wilmer (Doctor of Medicine), Sarah Peoples (Mistress David C. Wilson). Deacon, 1909, priest, 1910, Protestant Episcopal Church. Rector Church of the Holy Comforter, Atlanta, 1910-1912, Church of the Incarnation, Atlanta, 1913-1915, Christ Church, Savannah, 1915-1922, Saint Pauls’ Church, Chattanooga, 1923-1925.
Consecrated bishop coadjutor of South. Florida, September 29, 1925, became bishop, 1932.
Now retired Deputy to General Convention Protestant Episcopal Church, 1919-1922.
Member Newcomen Society, Chi Phi.
Married Mary Catherine Ammons, March 31, 1913. Children: Mary Catherine (Mistress Douglas Carter), Review.