Background
Bateman, Robert Johnston was born on October 27, 1879 in Plymouth, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robert Johnston and Mollie Winifred (Darden) Bateman.
Bateman, Robert Johnston was born on October 27, 1879 in Plymouth, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robert Johnston and Mollie Winifred (Darden) Bateman.
Educated Bethel Hill Institute, Wake Forest (North Carolina) College, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky. Doctor of Divinity, Howard College, Birmingham. Doctor of Laws, Union University, Jackson, Tennessee.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1895. Successively pastor Fayetteville Saint Church, Raleigh, North Carolina, Park Place Church, Norfolk, Virginia, First Church, Troy, Alabama, First Church, Meridian, Mississippi, First Church, Asheville, North Carolina, First Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Now pastor First Church, Memphis, Tennessee.
Member of Executive Committee Baptist State Convention Trustee Tennessee College, Murfreesboro, and Union University, Jackson, Tennessee In charge religion of Committee of Mississippi River Discovery, Memphis Chamber of Commerce.
Married Mae Ford, November 16, 1904. Children: Robert Johnston, William Carey.