Background
Whitaker, Walter Claiborne was born on January 28, 1867 in Lenoir, North Carolina, United States. Son of Lucius Fletcher and Rowena (Oates) Whitaker.
Whitaker, Walter Claiborne was born on January 28, 1867 in Lenoir, North Carolina, United States. Son of Lucius Fletcher and Rowena (Oates) Whitaker.
Bachelor of Arts, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1884, Master of Arts, 1891. (Doctor of Divinity, University of the South, 1909).
Teacher, Barton Academy, Mobile, Alabama, 1884-1888. Minister at Auburn, Alabama, 1888. Rector Church of Holy Comforter, Montgomery, 1891, Christ Church, Tuscaloosa, 1893, Saint Andrew’s, Jackson Mississippi, 1901, Trinity, Asheville, North Carolina, 1905-1907.
Saint John's Church, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1907-1930, Church of The Advent, Norfolk, Virginia, 1930-1933.
Christ Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1933-1936. Later rector emeritus Saint John's Church, Knoxville.
Clerical deputy General Convention P.E. Church, from Alabama, 1895-1898 and 1901, from Tennessee, 1910-1928. Member standing committee, Diocese of Alabama, 1900.
Manager Church Record from its founding, 1892.
Secretary Diocesan Board of Missions. Dean Jackson convocation. Member standing committee Diocese of Mississippi.
Manager Church News.
Examination chaplain, Diocese of Tennessee, 1911. Member court of review, Province of Sewanee, 1914-1920. Executive Committee Board of Mississippi, 1920.
Executive Council of Province of Sewanee, 1924.
Dean of Knoxville Convocation, 1932. Dean of Tidewater Convocation, 1933.
Examining chaplain Diocese of Southern Virginia and Diocese of Kentucky Author: Dives and Lazarus, Six Studies, 1898. History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Alabama, 1898.
Richard Hooker Wilmer, 1907.
The Southern Highlands and Highlanders, 1915. Revelations of the Cross, 1923. Home: Knoxville, Tennessee
Member standing committee, Diocese of Alabama, 1900. Member standing committee Diocese of Mississippi. Member court of review, Province of Sewanee, 1914-1920.
Married Isabel Preston Royall, March 30, 1891. Married second, Dorothy French, February 4, 1918. Children: Walter Claiborne, Arthur Preston, Dorothy Herbert, Hilary Royall.