Background
Boone, William Cooke was born on February 8, 1892 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States. Son of Arthur Upshaw and Eddie Belle (Cooke) Boone.
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William Cooke Boone
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AB, William Jewell College, 1912; AM, William Jewell College, 1913; student, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1912-1914; student, Columbia U, summer 1923; Doctor of Divinity, Georgetown (Kentucky) College, 1928.
Career
Pastor, Baptist Church, Hernando, Mississippi, 1914-1916; principal, high school, Hernando, 1914-1916; pastor, Baptist Church, Marianna, Arkansas, 1916-1918; pastor, Baptist Church, Owensboro, Kentucky, 1918-1927; pastor, Baptist Church, Roanoke, Virginia, 1927-1930; president, Oklahoma Baptist U., 1930-1932; pastor, First Bapt.Ch., Jackson, Tennessee, 1932-1940; pastor, Crescent Hill Baptist Church, Louisville, 1940-1945.
Achievements
Membership
Vice president Southern Bapts. Convention, 1931; chairman of the executive board General Association of Bapts. in Kentucky, 1941-1944, general secretary, treasurer, Executive Board since 1946. Member Masons, K.T., Kiwanis, Sigma Nu.
Connections
Married Ruth Harvey Trotter, September 1, 1915. Children: Ruth Trotter (Mistress Warner E. Fusselle), Martha Maria (Mistress Jack S. Foust), Arthur Upshaw, Nan Eager (Mistress Chas. B. Arendall Junior), William Cooke.
- Father:
- Arthur Upshaw Boone
- Mother:
- Eddie Belle (Cooke) Boone
- Spouse:
- Ruth Harvey Trotter
- child:
- Martha Maria Boone (Mistress Jack S. Foust)
- child:
- Nan Eager Boone (Mistress Chas. B. Arendall Junior)
- child:
- Arthur Upshaw Boone
- child:
- Ruth Trotter Boone (Mistress Warner E. Fusselle)
- child:
- William Cooke Boone
Education
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1912
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1913
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1914
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1923
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1928