William Lewis Nelms

Background

Nelms, William Lewis was born on April 16, 1858 in Griffin, Georgia, United States. Son of W. B. and Martha (Salmons) Nelms.

Education

Educated Emory College, Oxford, Georgia. (Doctor of Divinity, Southwestern University, 1900).

Career

Entered ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1877. Pastor at Weatherford, Waco, Cleburne, Belton, Fort Worth and Georgetown (all in Texas). Delegate to 5 General Conferences and Ecumenical Conference, London, 1901.

Chairman of Commission of Central Texas Conference on religious work among soldiers in World War.

Achievements

• William Lewis Nelms has been listed as a noteworthy theologian. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Chirurgical Phi.; Mason (Knight of the Order of the Thistle).

Connections

Married Lena Stockton, of Alvarado, Texas, December 18, 1879.

Father:

West. B. Nelms

Mother:

Martha (Salmons) Nelms

Spouse:

Lena Stockton