Background
Grant, Thomas Mcmillan was born on July 28, 1886 in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. Son of Reuben and Elizabeth (McMillan) Grant.
Grant, Thomas Mcmillan was born on July 28, 1886 in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. Son of Reuben and Elizabeth (McMillan) Grant.
Bachelor of Arts, Trinity College (now Duke U.), 1909. Doctor of Divinity, High Point (North Carolina) College, 1943.
One daughter, Ruby (Mistress West. Doctorate. Bennett). Ordained to ministry of Mechanical Engineering Church, South. Deacon, 1911, elder, 1913.
Pastor (junior preacher), Duke Memorial, Durham, North Carolina, 1909-1910, Leasburg, North Carolina, 1910, Mangum Saint Church, Durham, 1910-1911, North Gates, North Carolina, 1911-1915, Hillsboro, North Carolina, 1915-1917, Hookerton, North Carolina, 1917-1919, Hertford, North Carolina, 1919-1923, Lumberton, North Carolina, 1923-1927, Wilson, North Carolina, 1927-1932.
Presiding elder, New Bern District, North Carolina, 1932-1936, Jarvis Memorial, Greenville, North Carolina, 1936-1941. District superintendent Elizabeth City District, 1941-1942, Rocky Mount.
District, 1942-1947. First Church, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, since 1947.
Member General Board Pensions, Methodist Church, 1948-1952. Trustee North Carolina Conference Methodist Church.
Secretary North Carolina Conference Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1925-1938. Secretary North Carolina Conference Methodist Church since 1938 (director superannuate endowment, 1929-1939.
President conference Epworth League.
1923-1931. Member board missions and church extension).
Member General Conference, 1930, 34, 38, 40, 44, Uniting Conference, 1939. Trustee Duke U.
Married Malene Harrell, December 28, 1910. Married second, Marie Hooker, June 12, 1919. Children: Isa Costen (Doctor of Medicine), Malene Elizabeth, Doctor of Medicine (wife of C. Fred Irons, Doctor of Medicine).