Background
Riley, Philip Eugene was born on December 10, 1882 in Tehuacana, Texas, United States. Son of Review Philip Melancthon and Josie Green (Harrison) Riley.
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Philip Eugene Riley
Philip Eugene Riley, American clergyman. Member General Conference Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 5 times to 1938; member of the board of pensions, Methodist Church; Mason.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Trinity U. (Waxahachie, Texas), 1906. Biblical department, Vanderbilt University, 1906-1907. Doctor of Divinity, Southwestern University, 1925.
Career
Admitted on trial in Northwest Texas Conference Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1907. Pastor, Brownfield, Texas, 1907-1909, Lockney, Texas, 1909-1910, Rotan, Texas, 1910-1912. Professor Latin, Clarendon (Texas) College, 1912-1914.
Pastor Weatherford Saint Church, Fort Worth, 1914-1915, Itasca, 1916-1919, Belton, 1919-1921, Polytechnic Church, Fort Worth, 1921-1922.
Editor Texas Christian Advocate, 1922-1926. Became presiding elder Waco (Texas) District, 1926.
Pastor First Methodist Church, Mineral Wells, Texas, 1931-1934. Presiding elder of Fort Worth District, 1934-1938.
Pastor First Methodist Church, Corsicana, Texas, 1938-1942.
District superintendent, Weatherford District, 1942-1948. Now executive secretary Reserve Pension Fund, Central Texas Conference.
Achievements
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Philip Eugene Riley has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman. by Marquis Who's Who.
Membership
Member General Conference Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 5 times to 1938. Member of the board of pensions, Methodist Church.
Connections
Married Ruth Love, May 20, 1908. Married second, Ethel Isbell, June 1, 1932. Children: Mary Elizabeth, Philip Marshall, Ruth Clifford, Josephine Estelle.
- Father:
- Review Philip Melancthon Riley
- Mother:
- Josie Green (Harrison) Riley
- Spouse:
- Ruth Love
- Spouse:
- Ethel Isbell
- child:
- Josephine Estelle Riley
- child:
- Mary Elizabeth Riley
- child:
- Ruth Clifford Riley
- child:
- Philip Marshall Riley
