Background
Bennett, Reginald Victor was born on March 9, 1885 in Ceralvo, Kentucky, United States. Son of Sam Peyton and Naoma (Shultz) Bennett.
Bennett, Reginald Victor was born on March 9, 1885 in Ceralvo, Kentucky, United States. Son of Sam Peyton and Naoma (Shultz) Bennett.
Bachelor of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1912. Student Southern Baptist Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1916-1918, University of Kentucky, summers 1931, 32. Doctor of Divinity, Kentucky Wesleyan College, 1930.
Master of Arts in Mathematics, University of Kentucky, 1934. Doctor of Divinity, Washington and Lee University, 1934.
Ordained to Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1912. Pastor Corydon, Kentucky, 1912-1916, Beechmont Church, Louisville, Kentucky, 1916-1918. President Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, Kentucky, 1918-1932, Kentucky Wesleyan College, 1932-1937.
Pastor First Methodist Episcopal Church. Campbellsville, Kentucky, 1937-1939, First Methodist Church, Henderson, Kentucky, 1939-1941. District superintendent Louisville District, Louisville Conference Methodist Church, 1941-1946.
Pastor State St. Methodist Church, Bowling Green, since 1946.
Member Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Mu Epsilon. Mason.; Club: Kiwanis.
Married Augusta Carpenter, June 20, 1912. Children: Eleanor Louise, Jessica Marie, Joel Samuel, John Zebulun, Reginald Victor.