Background
Plyler, Marion Timothy was born on September 14, 1867 in Iredell County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robert Conrad and Mary Lunda (Kimball) Plyler.
Plyler, Marion Timothy was born on September 14, 1867 in Iredell County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robert Conrad and Mary Lunda (Kimball) Plyler.
Bachelor of Arts, Trinity College (now Duke U.), 1892, A.M., 1897, Doctor of Divinity, 1937. Graduate study University of Chicago, 1898. Master of Arts, University of North Carolina, 1905.
Doctor of Divinity, 1931. M. Epia Duncan Smith, June 20, 1900.
Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1892. Pastor successively Wilmington, Murfreesboro, Plymouth, Louisburg, Chapel Hill, Greenville, and Washington (all in North Carolina), 1892-1910. Presiding elder Elizabeth City (North Carolina) district, 1911-1914, Raleigh district, 1915.
Pastor Grace Church, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1916-1919. Presiding elder Durham (North Carolina) district, 1920-1923, Raleigh District, 1924-1927. Associate editor, manager North Carolina Christian Advocate, 1928-1930, editor and manager 1920-1946.
Trustee Greensboro College.
Member General Conference Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1914, 18, 22, 34. Member special session on Methodist unification, 1924. Member Methodist Ecumenical Conference, London, 1921, Atlanta, 1931.
Member of Uniting Conference in Kansas City, 1939. Member Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference, Asheville, North Carolina, 1940. Member General Centenary Commission, 1918-1923.
Member Rural Church Institute at Duke U. Member Southern Methodist Press Association, S.A.R. (chaplain General National Congress), Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa. Club: Varisty. All-Star, All-time Football Team.” Duke U.
Children: Leroy Smith, Epia Duncan, Marion Timothy, Conrad Norfleet, Mern, Grace, Eleanor Kimball.