Background
Hunt, Marion Palmer was born on July 1, 1860 in near Williamsburg, Missouri, United States. Son of William Bearl and Jane Nicholson (Palmer) Hunt.
Hunt, Marion Palmer was born on July 1, 1860 in near Williamsburg, Missouri, United States. Son of William Bearl and Jane Nicholson (Palmer) Hunt.
Student William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri, 1886. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1894. Doctor of Divinity, Oklahoma Baptist College, Blackwell, Oklahoma, 1904.
Also 4 died in infancy. Ordained ministry Baptist Church, 1885. Pastor in Missouri until 1893, 22d and Walnut Street Church, Louisville, Kentucky, 1894-1900, 1905-1910, 1913-1914, First Baptist Church, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1911-1913, First Baptist Church, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1914-1916, West Broadway Baptist Church, Louisville, Kentucky, 1917-1921, later of 18th Saint Baptist Church.
Now retired.
Led movement for building Kentucky Baptist Hospital ($640,000), of which is trustee and secretary board. Western secretary Southern Baptist Convention, 1903-1905. Executive secretary Churchmen’s Federation of Louisville, 1922-1923, Kentucky Anti-Race Track Gambling Commission, 1922-1926.
Member hospital commission Southern Baptist Convention.
Mason, Odd.
Married Effie Ann Newman, October 26, 1886. Children: Lillian Edna (Mistress Arthur Pierce Bryant), Mary Ruth, Rogers Comer.