Background
Kyles, Lynwood Westinghouse was born on May 3, 1874 in Ivy Depot, Albemarle Company, Virginia, United States. Son of Burrell and Mary Kyles.
Kyles, Lynwood Westinghouse was born on May 3, 1874 in Ivy Depot, Albemarle Company, Virginia, United States. Son of Burrell and Mary Kyles.
Bachelor of Arts, Lincoln U., Pennsylvania, 1901. Graduate theological department same university, 1904.
Entered ministry African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 1896. Editor and general manager African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Review, 1908-1916, also secretary and treasurer Ministerial Brotherhood and Relief Department. Elected bishop, May 16, 1916.
President board of trustees Walters Institute, Warren, Arkansas. Trustee Livingstone College, Salisbury, North Carolina. National trustee World’s Christian Endeavor Society.
Chairman central committee and general director Tercentenary Campaign for One Million Dollars. Delegate 4th Ecumenical Conference, London, 1921.
Mason, Odd.
Married Jenny Smith, of Ridgewood, New Jersey, 1897 (now deceased). Married second, Louella Marie Bryan, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, December 18, 1908.