Background
Deer, Roy Burton was born on December 16, 1891 in Harbor Beach, Michigan, United States. Son of John Jacob and Margaret Ann (Crecine) Deer.
Deer, Roy Burton was born on December 16, 1891 in Harbor Beach, Michigan, United States. Son of John Jacob and Margaret Ann (Crecine) Deer.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Denison University, 1915. Doctor of Divinity, Denison University, 1938. Bachelor's Degree, Rochester Theological Seminary, 1919.
Pastor, Maple St. Church, Buffalo, 1919-1921;
pastor, 1st Church, Terre Haute, Indiana, 1921-1929;
pastor, 1st Church, Lansing, Michigan, 1930-1936. Member board promotion and Executive Committee Indiana Baptist Convention, 1921-1929, department chairman evangelism, 1922-1929. Member commission on Conference with General Bapts., American Baptist Convention, 1929-1932, administrative committee Council Missionary Cooperation, 1938-1944, president Home Mission Agilysys, 1942-1943, member post-war planning committee, 1943-1946, Crusade for Christ through Evangelism committee, 1947-1949.
Member board of managers Michigan Baptist Convention, 1931-1932, 35-36, chairman centennial commission on evangelism, 1934-1936. Executive secretary and director state missions and evangelismPa. Baptist Convention, 1936-1943, missionary promotion New Jersey Baptist Convention, 1943-1948.
Special representative county on missionary cooperative American Baptist Convention, 1948-1953. Associate director field service Colgate-Rochester Division School, 1953-1958.
President Baptist Young People's Union, Buffalo, 1920-1921, Lansing Council Religious Education, 1936. Member headquarters committee Michigan Anti-Saloon League, 1935-1936. Member Academy Political and Social Science.
Married Emilie Spencer, September 14, 1915 (deceased 1958). Children: Gordon Spencer, Margaret Emily Deer Rodgers, Donald Spencer. Married second, Hazel J. Jones, May 9, 1959.