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Dr. Clovis G. Chappell
Dr. Clovis Gilham Chappell (1882-1972) was a Methodist minister, school principal and author of some 35 religious books which were distributed throughout the world.
He was born on January 8, 1882 ...ver maisDr. Clovis Gilham Chappell (1882-1972) was a Methodist minister, school principal and author of some 35 religious books which were distributed throughout the world.
He was born on January 8, 1882 in Flat Woods, Perry County, Tennessee, to William Brown Chappell and Mary Z. ‘Mollie’ (Gillham) Chappell. He studied at Trinity (now Duke) and Harvard Universities and held doctoral degrees from Duke, Centenary College of Louisiana, and Birmingham Southern College.
Dr. Chappell was the first principal and coach at Grove High School in Paris, Tennessee from 1906-1908. He was ordained into the ministry of the Methodist Church in 1908, and over the next 41 years held pastorates in Washington, Memphis, Houston, Birmingham and Charlotte, North Carolina. He officially retired in 1949, but filled numerous speaking engagements each year throughout the U.S.
He married Cecil Hunt in 1909 and the couple had two children, Clovis G. Chappell, Jr. and Robert H. Chappell.
Dr. Chappell passed away in Waverly, Humphreys County, Tennessee in August 1972 at the age of 90.ver menos