Background
Lovell, Walter Raleigh was born on June 7, 1890 in Pilot Mountain, North Carolina, United States. Son of Jesse and Lightford (Pace) Lovell.
Lovell, Walter Raleigh was born on June 7, 1890 in Pilot Mountain, North Carolina, United States. Son of Jesse and Lightford (Pace) Lovell.
Student Bennett College, 1914-1917, U. Oregon, 1928-1932. Bachelor of Arts, Doctor of Divinity, Livingstone College, 1912.
Ordained to ministry African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 1914. Pastor in North Carolina California and Oregon, 1914-1939. Editor Star of Zion, official church publn., 1939-1968.
Teacher Latin and alegebra Stephens-Lee Junior High School, Asheville, North Carolina, 1914-1922.
Presiding elder California Conference African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 1935-1939.
Member Alpha Phi Alpha.
Married Hera Drusilla Blakey, March 8, 1963. Children by previous marriage Ida Lightford, Constance Barnet (Mistress Robert Roberts), Walter Raleigh, Jesse Edward.