Friday, February 17, 2012

Wyatt Scrapbook - Go to Church Tomorrow

InNovember 2011, I purchased a scrapbook at an antiques mall in Carson,California. The scrapbook is believed to have belonged to Laurine Wyatt. I amtranscribing the articles and documents contained in the scrapbook with thehope that it may be of value to genealogists who may be researching theindividuals named.


Laurine Wyatt carefully trimmed this article by Dr. John L.Hill before pasting it in her scrapbook. It is clearly evident that she felthis words merited preservation. I’ve not transcribed the article, but haveincluded a biographical sketch about Dr. Hill at the end of this post. 



The following biographical sketch is from the finding aid tothe John L. Hill Collection at the Southern Baptist Historical Library andArchives in Nashville (http://www.sbhla.org/downloads/100.pdf: accessed 9 February 2012): 
“John Leonard Hill was born September 15, 1878 at Smither'sBottom, Owen County, Kentucky. He spent his childhood days in Kentucky,completing high school in Williamtown, Grant County, in 1894. He received hisA.M. degree from Georgetown College in 1899 and another A.M. degree in 1912from Columbia University.
 “Hill taught at Kentucky high schools from 1900 to 1909, wasprofessor of history and political science at Georgetown from 1909 to 1922 andprofessor in religious education at George Peabody College for Teachers from1923 to 1934. Dr. Hill served as book editor from 1923 to 1950. For the nextthree years he was director of promotion for Ridgecrest and Glorieta BaptistAssemblies.
 “Hill, a long time member of First Baptist Church inNashville, was noted for his Sunday School lessons broadcast on WSM radio formore than 25 years. He became teacher of the Fidelis Bible class for women onOctober 7, 1923 and was still considered teacher of the class at the time ofhis death.
 “He served as president of the Tennessee Baptist Foundation,president of the board of trustees of Tennessee Baptist Orphanage and TennesseeCollege for Woman and vice-president of the American Bible Society. He authorednumerous articles and books published by the Sunday School Board.
 “He died on November 15, 1964 in Nashville.”


© 2012 Denise Spurlock, Ancestral Trees Research

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