JAMES PICKETT WESBERRY

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In Memoriam - JAMES PICKETT WESBERRY
BIOGRAPHY: The Morningside Man
RUBY LEE PERRY WESBERRY
MARY SUE LATIMER WESBERRY
MARGARET SPRATLIN WESBERRY
LILLIAN RUTH WESBERRY JOHNSON
A VIDEO MESSAGE TO MY GRANDCHILDREN
MORNINGSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
SERMONS
PRAYERS BEFORE THE CONGRESS
News Articles
Writings
Service to Lord's Day Alliance of USA
Ancestors
Photos
Family Photo Album

Morningside Baptist Cross Over Atlanta Skyline
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The great dream of James P. Wesberry

In the Pulpit at Morningside Baptist Church
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In Memoriam
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James & Ruby Lee Wesberry, 1929

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"The Morningside Man"
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Biography of James P. Wesberry by James C. Bryant, Published 1975

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Pastor Morningside Baptist Chirch, Atlanta,1944-75
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Morningside Baptist Church, Atlanta, Goergia

Pastor Bamberg, S.C. First Baptist Church, 1932-44
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In Memoriam...
             ...100 years from his birth
 
James Pickett Wesberry
  April 16, 1906 -
                  December 25, 1992

This home page is created in loving memory of James Pickett Wesberry on the occasion of his 100th birthday, April 16, 2006

"There came a man, sent from God..."
                                                            John 1:6

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James P. Wesberry, 1929

Pastor:


  • First Baptist Church, Bamberg, SC, 1932 - 1944 

  • Morningside Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, 1944 - 1975

Executive Director, The Lord's Day Alliance of the United States, 1975 - 1992


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Morningside Baptist Church

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First Prayer before Congress as Acting Chaplain of the US House of Representatives

VIDEO: James Pickett Wesberry's Message to his Grandchildren - 1982

Summary Biography - James Pickett Wesberry (1906-1992)

Family: Born April 16, 1906, in Bishopville, S.C.; died December 25, 1992, in Atlanta, GA; son of William McLeod and Lillian Ione (Galloway) Wesberry; married Ruby Lee Perry, September 5, 1929 (died, December 25, 1941); married Mary Sue Latimer, June 1, 1943; (died September 8, 1982); married Margaret Spratlin; children: (first marriage) James Pickett, Jr. Education: Mercer University, A.B., 1929, M.A., 1930; Newton Theological Institute, B.D., 1931; Andover Newton Theological Institute, B.D., 1931; Andover Newton Theological Institute, M.S.T., 1934; further graduate study at Harvard University, 1931, Union Theological Seminary, New York, N.Y., summers, 1935, 1965, Yale University, 1946, and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1957. Memberships: Atlanta Area Military Chaplains Association (honorary member), Masons, Shriners, Lions, Atlanta Harvard Club, Atlanta Athletic Club, Atlanta Amateur Movie Club.

Ordained Baptist minister, 1926; pastor of Baptist churches in Soperton, Ga., 1928-30, Medford, MA, 1930-31, Kingstree, S.C., 1931-33, and Bamberg, S.C., 1933-44; Morningside Baptist Church, Atlanta, Ga., pastor, 1944-75, pastor emeritus, 1975-92; evangelist, counselor, chaplain, and writer, 1975-92, 

Professor at Mercer University (Atlanta, Ga.), 1944-53. President of Highview Nursing Home, 1947-60 (chaplain, 1975-92), and National Youth Courtesy Foundation, 1971-92. President of Georgia Baptist Convention, 1956-57; member of executive committee of Southern Baptist Convention, 1959-65; member of board of managers of Lord's Day Alliance of America, 1971-92, executive director, 1975-92; chaplain of Yaarab Temple. Head of Georgia Literature Commission, 1953-75; member of Georgia governor's Citizens Penal Reform Commission, 1968; member of board of directors of Atlanta Fund Review Board, 1964-70; member of honorary board of directors of Dogwood Association Festival, 1970-71, and Atlanta Union Mission, 1972-92. Member of board of trustees of Mercer University, 1944-49, 1954-57, 1972-74 (member of president's council, 1974-92), Atlanta Baptist College (now Mercer University at Atlanta), 1964-72, and Truett McConnell College, 1960-65.

LL.D. from Atlanta Law School, 1946; D.D. from Mercer University, 1957; L.H.D. from La Grange College, 1962; Litt.D. from Bolen-Draughan College, 1967; named man of the South by Dixie Business, 1972; member of the South's Hall of Fame, 1972.

WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:
  • Rainbow Over Russia, privately printed, 1963.
  • Baptists in South Carolina Before the War Between the States, R. L. Bryan, 1966.
  • Evangelistic Sermons, Broadman, 1973.
  • Meditations for Happy Christians, Broadman, 1973.
  • When Hell Trembles, and Other Sermons for Revival, Baker Book, 1974.
  • Bread in a Barren Land, Broadman Press, 1982.
  • (Editor) The Lord's Day, Broadman Press, 1986.
Also author of Prayers in Congress, 1949, Every Citizen Has a Right To Know, 1954, and The Life and Work of William Screven. Staff correspondent for Christian Century, 1951-58. Editor of "The People's Pulpit," a column in Atlanta Times, 1964-65. Editor of Sunday, 1975-92, and Basharet.

Sanctuary of Morningside Baptist Church
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James P. Wesberry with twin sister, 1906

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Links to related websites:

James P. Wesberry Family Christmas Story

Photos of Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren

Personal website of James P. Wesberry, Jr.

Retirement home of Jim & Lea Wesberry in Quito, Ecuador

Send comments, suggestions, photos, etc., to add to this site to jwesberry@gmail.com
 
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Atlanta skyline viewed from Morningside Baptist
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James Pickett Wesberry