Background
Hicks, Joseph Emerson was born on May 31, 1874 in Bluff City, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Cate and Josephine (Meredith) Hicks.
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Joseph Emerson Hicks, American clergyman. Member Education communications of Virginia that established the Baptist system of denomination schools Trustee Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Relief and Annuity Board of Southern Baptist Convention, University of Richmond, Baptist Hospital (Lynchburg, Virginia).; Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Phi Beta Kappa.; Mason.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, University of Richmond, 1899, Master of Arts, 1900, Doctor of Divinity, 1910. Bachelor of Divinity, University of Chicago Division School, 1903.
Career
Ordained ministry Baptist Church, 1892. Pastor First Church, Danville, Virginia, 1903-1920, First Church, Baltimore, Maryland., 1920-1932. Pastor First Church, Bristol, Virginia, since 1932.
Built 2 chs. and Averett College, Danville. Young Men’s Christian Association secretary with American Expeditionary Forces, 1916-1918.
Membership
Member Education communications of Virginia that established the Baptist system of denomination schools Trustee Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Relief and Annuity Board of Southern Baptist Convention, University of Richmond, Baptist Hospital (Lynchburg, Virginia). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Phi Beta Kappa. Mason.; Clubs: Inter-Church, Philosophers’, Civitan.
Writer and lecturer.
Connections
Married Flora May Baker, of Jefferson City, Tennessee, December 23, 1901. Children: Joseph Emerson, Mary Meredith, Jaynie Elizabeth.
