Background
Nowlin, William Dudley was born on March 10, 1864 in Weakley County, Tennessee, United States. Son of William David and Caroline (Glass) Nowlin.
Nowlin, William Dudley was born on March 10, 1864 in Weakley County, Tennessee, United States. Son of William David and Caroline (Glass) Nowlin.
Student Hickory Grove (Tennessee) Academy. Studied Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1895-1898. Two terms University of Chicago.
Doctor of Divinity, Georgetown (Kentucky) College, 1904. Doctor of Laws, Union U., Jackson, Tennessee, 1922.
Ordained to Baptist ministry, 1892. Pastor Calvary Church, Lexington, Kentucky, 1899-1904, 3d Church, Owensboro, 1904-1909, 1st Church, Mayfield, 1 year, 1909-1910, 1st Church, Lakeland, Florida, 1911-1914, Deaderick Avenue Church, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1915-1917, 22d and Walnut St. Church, Louisville, 1917-1919, 1st Church, Greenville, 1919-1924, 1st Church, Arcadia, Florida, 1923-1924. President Kentucky Baptist Convention, 1907, 08.
Vice president Southern Baptist Convention, 1922-1923. President Florida Baptist Convention, 2 years. Moderator Peace River Baptist Association 7 years.
Formerly owner, editor Florida Baptist Witness, and associate editor Western Recorder.
Author: What Baptists Stand For, 1918. Fundamentals of the Faith, 1922. Kentucky Baptist History, 1922.Does Religion Pay?, 1923. Present Day Preaching, 1923. The Discovery of John Dumos, 1926.Now retired.
Member Relief and Annuity Board of Southern Baptist Convention.
Married Mattie Wood, November 10, 1887. Children: Dudley Clinton, Bernice Elizabeth, William David, Annie Wood (deceased), James Wood, Bera Caroline, Martha Watson.