Background
Cox, Norman Wade was born on October 28, 1888 in Climax, Georgia, United States. Son of Barclay Wade and Alice Louise (Brock) Cox.
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Norman Wade Cox
Norman Wade Cox, American clergyman. member of the board of trustees Shorter College (Rome, Georgia), Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; Mason (Shriner), Rotarian.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Mercer, 1914. Doctor of Divinity, 1928. Master of Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1918.
Career
Ordained to ministry Southern Baptist Church, 1910. Pastor successively First Church, Barnesville, Georgia, Portsmouth, Virginia, Savannah, Georgia, and Meridian, Mississippi, until 1931. Pastor First Church, Mobile, 1931-1932, Fifth Avenue Church, Huntington, West Virginia, 1932-1939.
Again in Meridian, Mississippi, from June 1939.
Received 6093 accessions to churches in 23 years.
Achievements
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Norman Wade Cox has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman. by Marquis Who's Who.
Membership
Member of the board of trustees Shorter College (Rome, Georgia), Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Mason (Shriner), Rotarian.
Connections
Married Osye Lee Matthews, September 7, 1910. Children: Graham Wade, Sara Margaret.
- Father:
- Barclay Wade Cox
- Mother:
- Alice Louise (Brock) Cox
- Spouse:
- Osye Lee Matthews
- child:
- Sara Margaret Cox
- child:
- Graham Wade Cox
