Background
Pickard, William Lowndes was born on October 19, 1861 in Upsor County, Georgia, United States. Son of James LaFayette anc Ann Haseltine (Ross) P.
Pickard, William Lowndes was born on October 19, 1861 in Upsor County, Georgia, United States. Son of James LaFayette anc Ann Haseltine (Ross) P.
Bachelor of Arts, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, 1884, Master of Arts, 1885. Graduate Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1887. Traveled and studied in Europe.
Doctor of Divinity, University of Alabama, 1887 (at age of 27) Doctor of Laws, Mercer, 1910.
Ordained to Baptist ministry 1883. Pastor First Church Eufaula, Alabama, 1887, 88, Firs Church, Birmingham, Alabama, 1889-1893, Broadway Church, Louis ville, Kentucky, 1894-1898, First Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1899, 1902, First Church, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1903-1907, First Church Savannah, Georgia, 1907-1914. President Mercer University, 1914-1918 pastor Central Baptist Church, Chattanooga, 1919-1926.
President board education Georgia Baptist Convention, 1913-1918.
Trustee Southen Theological Baptist Seminary, 1902-1914. Member Foreign Mission Board, Richmond, Virginia, since 1919.
Member Tennessee Board of Missions, since 1919. Trustee Mercer University, Bessie Tift College (for women), Forsyth, Georgia.
Member Southern Bapt Convention (board of education since 1915.
Vice president 1923-1924), Georgia Bapt Convention (board education).
Mason.
Married Florence Martha Willingham June 15, 1886. Children: Julia Baynard (Mistress Ralph East. Bailey), Florence Martha (Mistress L. Roland Harrison) William