Elder james lenox biography samples

  • Eleazar Lenox was born January 23, 1902 in Yazoo County Mississippi to Stephen and Tibbie Lenox.
  • Elder James E. Lenox was born July 4, 1931.
  • In this book, Dr. Mary F. Lenox identifies, records and places in context the growth and development of this phenomenal spiritual center known as Greater Holy.

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          OUR FOUNDER . . .

     Eleazar Lenox was born January 23, 1902 in Yazoo County Mississippi to Stephen and Tibbie Lenox.  He was the seventh of eight children. 

    He joined the  in Christ at 1865 W. Carroll in 1921 under the pastorship of Elder Thomas Farley.  In 1923 married Mamie Glover.  To this union five children were born: twins Naomi and Ruth, Louivory, James and Stephen.

    While actively working in the church he served faithfully as the Church Secretary, a Deacon and Assistant Pastor before he was ordained.  On July 20, 1925, Bishop William Roberts ordained and appointed him pastor after the resignation of Elder Farley.

    After the passing of his dear wife, Mamie, in April 1936 he was united in matrimony to Truesillia Bryson.  To this union, five children were born: Doris, Trueannie, Mary, Eleazar Joshua and Lorenzo.

    In 1939, Bishop Roberts appointed Elder Lenox pastor of the Brown Street COGIC i

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    Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox

    Scottish-French nobleman (c.1542–1583)

    Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox, 1st Earl of Lennox, 6th Seigneur d'Aubigny (c. 1542 – 26 May 1583)[3] of the Château d'Aubigny at Aubigny-sur-Nère in the ancient province of Berry, France, was a Catholic French nobleman of Scottish ancestry who on his move to Scotland at the age of 37 became a favourite of the 13-year-old King James VI of Scotland (and later inom of England). Esmé Stewart was the first cousin of James' father, Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley (son and heir apparent of Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox). Despite his conversion to Calvinism he was never trusted bygd the Scots and returned to France where he ended his days. Sir James Melville described him as "of nature upright, just and gentle". He was the first to popularise the firstname Esmé (spelt also Edme,[4] etc.) in the British Isles.[citation needed]

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    James L. Sullivan, former president of SBC, Baptist Sunday School Board, dies at 94

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–James Lenox Sullivan, Southern Baptist statesman and retired president of the Southern Baptist Sunday School Board (now LifeWay Christian Resources), died Dec. 27 at Alive Hospice in Nashville, Tenn., following a brief illness. He was 94.

    A private burial service for the family will be conducted Thursday morning. Visitation is at 12:30 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church of Nashville, followed by a memorial service at 2 p.m.

    Sullivan served as president of the Sunday School Board, the denomination’s ministry enrichment, education and publication entity, from 1953 until his retirement in 1975. He was widely known as an authority on Southern Baptist polity and had been actively involved in denominational service since his first pastorate in 1932.

    “He was president at one of the most crucial times at the Sunday School Board during the civil rights struggles of the 1950s