Background
Malone, John Wesley was born on July 10, 1856 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Son of Jeremiah Dumas and Mary (Hale) Malone.
Malone, John Wesley was born on July 10, 1856 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Son of Jeremiah Dumas and Mary (Hale) Malone.
Master of Arts, Hiwassee College, Madisonville, Tennessee, 1881, Doctor of Divinity, 1901. Studied Vanderbilt University, 1883-1884.
College president 27 years to 1925. Reëstablished Grenda (Mississippi) College, 1889-1894, with Andrew College, Cuthbert, Georgia, 1906-1918, Centenary College, Cleveland, 1918-1925, retiring as president Pastor Methodist Episcopal Church South., Brunswick, Georgia, 1902-1906. Pastor Rural Retreat, Virginia Trustee Millsaps College, Grenada College, Centenary College Home: Rural Retreat, Virginia.
Married Lillian Kemp, June 15, 1887. Children: Raiford Kemp, Dumas Hale, John Wesley (deceased), Miles Sturdivant, Lillian, Mary Elizabeth, Sara Heath (Mistress Rogers Post Sharp), Virginia.