Background
Harper, Robert Henry was born on September 20, 1882 in Columbia, Louisiana, United States. Son of Review Jacob Dick and Virginia (Fox) Harper.
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Robert Henry Harper
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Bachelor of Arts, Centenary College Louisiana, 1904, Doctor of Divinity, 1923. Graduate student Louisiana State University, 1933.
Career
Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1907. Pastor Parker Memorial Church, New Orleans, Louisiana, 4 years, 1st Church, New Orleans, 7 years. Presiding elder New Orleans district, 1926-1928.
Editor New Orleans Christian Advocate, 1929-1930. Pastor First Methodist Episcopal Church, Lake Charles, Louisiana, 1931, First Methodist Episcopal Church, Baton Rouge, 1932-1933, First Methodist Episcopal Church, Lafayette, Louisiana, 1934-1936. District superintendent Alexandria District, 1937-1942.
Pastor Napoleon Avenue Methodist Church, New Orleans, 1943-1944. Pastor First Methodist Church, Mansfield, Louisiana, 1944-1945, Parker Memorial Church, New Orleans, 1945-1946. Church at Opelousas (Louisiana) since 1946.
Secretary Louisiana Conference, 1920-1947. Editor, Louisiana Conference Annual, 1921-1947. Delegate General Conference, 1926.
Member committee of 12 elders investigating case of Bishop Cannon, February 1931. Former member General Hospital Board. Member commission on entertainment and first alternate delegate General Conference, 1934 (all Methodist Episcopal Church, South).
Delegate General Conference Methodist Church, Atlantic City, and delegate and assistant secretary South Central Jurisdicational Conference, 1940. Member commission on location and entertainment General Conference, 1944.
Membership
Member Kappa Alpha.; Mason. Club: Rotary.
Connections
Married Edna Skipwith, March 29, 1905. Children: Henry Skipwith (deceased), Robert Earl.
