hmtl5 Elmer Garr Million b. 28 Jul 1921 Fleming County, Kentucky d. 18 Apr 2009: Hedges Genealogy

Elmer Garr Million

Male 1921 - 2009  (87 years)


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  • Name Elmer Garr Million 
    Born 28 Jul 1921  Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Died 18 Apr 2009  [4
    Person ID I4925  Hedges
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2024 

    Father James Abram Million,   b. 17 Mar 1899, Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jul 1989, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Addie Sparks,   b. 8 Apr 1903, Johnson County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1979, Lakeland, Polk County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Family ID F2113  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ruth Aulick Hatfield,   b. 13 Sep 1923, Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Apr 2011, Denver, Denver County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 7 Feb 1944  Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Last Modified 19 Nov 2023 
    Family ID F2159  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 28 Jul 1921 - Fleming County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 7 Feb 1944 - Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Million Awarded Honorary Degree
      Philippi, W.Va., May 30 (Special) - Elmer Garr Million, a native of Mt. Carmel, Ky., received the honorary doctor of laws degree at Alderson-Broaddus College here Monday at the 89th annual commencement. Dr. Million gave the commencement address to the largest graduating class in the history of this Baptist liberal arts college.
      A graduate of Georgetown College, Dr. Million received his master's and doctor's degrees at the University of Chicago. He has been broad professional experience as a teach in speech and biology, a hospital corpsman in the U.S. Navy, and editor of college and interdenominational newspapers and magazines.
      Since 1957 he has been the director of the department of Schools and Colleges of the American Baptist Convention. In this capacity he has lectured and assisted a group of over 30 Baptist colleges all over the nation, and yet continued his scholarly pursuits through the production of numerous articles, writing a series of filmstrips on the "History of the Christian Church."
      The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky. Tuesday, 31 May 1960.
      [7]

  • Sources 
    1. [S25] Census.

    2. [S48] US World War II draft registration.

    3. [S36] Kentucky birth index, 1911-1999.

    4. [S14] Social Security Death Index.

    5. [S9] Obituary.

    6. [S90] Marriage record.

    7. [S87] Newspaper article.