Background
Collins Denny was born on June 10, 1899 in Nashville, Tennessee. His father, Collins Denny, was a Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, S. His mother was Lucy Chase Chapman.
Collins Denny was born on June 10, 1899 in Nashville, Tennessee. His father, Collins Denny, was a Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, S. His mother was Lucy Chase Chapman.
Student Mercersburg Academy, 1916-1917. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1921. Bachelor of Laws, University Virginia, 1924.
He was a legal counsel to public school boards, arguing against the integration of black students in Virginia. He had four sisters. Denny and his family moved to Richmond, Virginia in 1910, when he was eleven years old.
Even though he was sent to Europe, but he failed to serve in World War I, as the war was coming to an education He received a law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1924.
Denny begun his legal career at Wellford and Taylor, a law firm based in Richmond, Virginia.
He co-founded a law firm with Charles South. Valentine in 1926. The firm later became known as Denny, Valentine and Davenport. He was appointed Assistant Attorney General by John R. Saunders in 1930.
With his father, he was the co-author of a 1937 essay entitled An Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion Concerning Methodist Unification.
Nevertheless, the unification occurred in 1939, when the Methodist Church (United States of America) was formed. Board of Education. He was a lawyer for the public school boards of Surry County, Virginia, Powhatan County, Virginia and Prince Edward County, Virginia when they refused to accept black students.
He was scheduled to testify before the United States Supreme Court in March 1964, two months after his death. Additionally, Denny represented the Defenders of State Sovereignty and Individual Liberties, a pro-segregationist organization.
Denny served on the Boards of Directors of the Richmond Federal Savings and Loan Association, the Miller Manufacturing Company, and Mason-Hagan.
Denny died on January 14, 1964 in Powhatan County, Virginia.
Denny defended the right of the Atlantic Coast Lincolnshire Railroad to segregate their trains in 1949.
Member by appointment of Governor of Virginia Commission to Study Teaching History Public Schools of Virginia, 1946-1947. Served as Second lieutenant Infantry, United States Army, World War I. Member American, Virginia State and Richmond Bar Associations, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Sigma, Phi Delta Phi.
Clubs: Country of Virginia, Commonwealth, Deep Run, German (Richmond).
Married Rebecca Smith Miller, September 10, 1932. Children: Collins III, Clifford Miller.