Background
Haywood, John Wilfred was born on July 4, 1881 in Maury County, Tennessee, United States. Son of Charles and Jennie (Kennedy) Haywood.
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John Wilfred Haywood
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Arts, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, 1903, Master of Arts, Bachelor of Sacred Theology, 1911, South.T.D., 1925, honorary Doctor of Laws, 1940. Honorary Doctor of Divinity Gammon Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Georgia., 1926.
Career
Ordained to ministry of Methodist Church, 1910. Pastor Brooklyn, New York, 1911-1912, Marshall, Texas, 1912-1917. Dean Wiley College, Marshall, Texas, 1917-1919.
Professor education, Morgan College, Baltimore, Maryland., 1920-1924, dean 1924-1936.
President Morristown Junior College, Morristown, Tennessee, 1936-1944. President Gammon Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Georgia., 1944-1948.
Field secretary, Methodist Board on World Peace, from 1948. Secretary Methodist Central Jurisdictional Conference, 1940, 44.
Assistant secretary Methodist General Conference, 1944.
Achievements
Membership
Member Pi Lambda Psi. Independent (Socialist). Member American Woodman (treasurer).
Connections
Married Lottie J. Burnett, August 4, 1904. Children: John Wilfred, Rendall Burnett, Violet G. (Mistress Violet French).
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March 15, 1972 (aged 90) -
Resting place
Buried Lincoln Cemetery, Washington District of Columbia. -
Nationality
American