Background
Shackford, John Walter was born on January 10, 1878 in Walkerton, Virginia, United States. Son of Joseph Wesley and Cora (Kingsbury) Shackford.
Shackford, John Walter was born on January 10, 1878 in Walkerton, Virginia, United States. Son of Joseph Wesley and Cora (Kingsbury) Shackford.
Bachelor of Arts, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, 1900, Doctor of Divinity, 1912. Bachelor of Divinity, Vanderbilt, 1903.
Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1897. State student secretary Young Men's Christian Association, Tennessee, 1902-1903. Secretary young people’s missionary education, General Board Missions, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1903-1906.
Pastor Rivermont Avenue Church, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1906-1910, Colonial Avenue Church, Norfolk, 1910-1913, Broad Saint Church, Richmond, 1913-1915.
Superintendent department leadership and teacher training, General Sunday School Board, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1915-1922, general secretary same, 1922-1920. Pastor Central Church, Albemarle, North Carolina, 1930-1931, Hawthorne Lane Church, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1931-1934, Saint John's Church, Rock Hill, South Carolina., 1934-1936.
Washington Saint Church, Columbia, South Carolina., 1936-1938. District superintendent Rock Hill District, Rock Hill, South Carolina., 1938-1943.
Pastor Buncombe Saint Church, Greenville, South Carolina., 1943-1945, Chestnut Avenue Church, Newport News, Virginia, 1945-1950.
Pastor Churchland and West Norfolk, Virginia, from 1950.
Member Commision on Reference and Council which drew up plan of merger of Sunday School Council of Evangelical Denominations and International Sunday School Association, 1922.
Married Love Branner Atkins, February 14, 1907. Married Board; children: John Branner, James Atkins, Joseph Temple, Ella Kingsbury, Love Branner, Margaret Jackson, Elizabeth Bland.