Background
Mccomb, William Andrew was born on November 8, 1860 in Perry Company, Mississippi, United States. Son of Hugh Howard and Menervia Jane (Jenkins) Mccomb.
Mccomb, William Andrew was born on November 8, 1860 in Perry Company, Mississippi, United States. Son of Hugh Howard and Menervia Jane (Jenkins) Mccomb.
Bachelor of Arts, Mississippi College, Clinton, Mississippi, 1888, Master of Arts, 1904, Doctor of Divinity, 1914. Student Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1888-1889, Rochester Theological Seminary, 1889-1890. Doctor of Philosophy, Morgan Park Seminary (now Division School University of Chicago), 1891.
Ordained ministry Baptist Church, 1886. Pastor Corinth, Mississippi, 1891-1893, Eureka Springs, Arkansas, 1893-1895, Plano, Texas, 1895-1899, Crystal Springs, Mississippi, 1899-1903, Gloster, Mississippi, 1903-1907, Alexandria, Louisiana, 1907-1908, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1917-1923, Gulfport, Mississippi, 1923-1931, Flora, Mississippi, 1931-1937, Long Beach, Mississippi, since 1937. Evangelist Home Mission Board, Southern Baptist Convention, 1908-1912.
Financial secretary, Mississippi College, Clinton, Mississippi, 1912-1914.
Assisted Foreign Mission Board, Southern Baptist Convention, in raising $1,250,000, 1914-1916. Financial secretary Tri-State Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, 1916-1917.
Trustee Mississippi College. Member Executive Committee and director Southern Baptist Convention, 1895-1931.
Director Home Mission Board, State Mission boards of Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Mason.
Married May Willis, August 29, 1895. Children: Catherine Evers (Mistress Carl Lobitz), Agnes May (Mistress Robert A. Kimbrough, Junior.