John William Frazer

Background

Frazer, John William was born on February 11, 1885 in Evergreen, Alabama, United States. Son of John Stanley and Mary Ella (Chapman) Frazer.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Southern University, Alabama, 1905. Bachelor of Divinity, Vanderbilt, 1909. Graduate work, University of Chicago, Doctor of Letters, Birmingham Southern College, 1922.

Career

Married second, Lncy Bomar, March 1922. Children—Frank Betts, Nancy Bomar. Ordained to the ministry of Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

Pastor Avenue Church, Montgomery, Alabama, 1909-1910, Marion, Alabama, 1911-1913, Auburn, 1914-1915.

Presiding elder Mobile District, 1915. Pastor Dexter Avenue Church, Montgomery, 1915-1916, Central Church, Spartanburg, South Carolina., 1917-1921, later 1st Church, Pensacola, Florida, Court Street Methodist Church, Montgomery, Alabama, and Church Street Mechanical Engineering Church, Selma, Alabama.

Presiding elder Montgomery District, 1935-1937, Mobile District since 1937. Chaplain 214th Engineers, 14th Division, United States Army, World War.

Chaplain Spartanburg Post and South Carolina.

Division, American Legion.

Achievements

• John William Frazer has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Tau Omega. Omicron Delta Kappa. Mason. Club: Kiwanis.

Connections

Married Sarah Knickerbocker, June 14, 1911 (died July 1, 1915). Married second, Lncy Bomar, March 1922. Children: Frank Betts, Nancy Bomar.

Father:

John Stanley Frazer

Mother:

Mary Ella (Chapman) Frazer

Spouse:

Lncy Bomar

Spouse:

Sarah Knickerbocker

child:

Frank Betts Frazer

child:

Nancy Bomar Frazer