William Earle Stevens (1915 - 1999)

Born 11 Jul 1915 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Feb 1999 at age 83 in Hixson, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States

Biography

Son of William Earle Stevens (1882-1975) and Ethel Horton (1887-1973)

The Rev. W. Earl "Steve" Stevens, pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church here for 17 years and senior pastor of First Evangelical Church in Memphis for 16 years, died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1999^[1], in a local hospital. He was 83. A Chicago native, the Rev. Stevens lived in Chattanooga from 1952-69 and in Memphis from 1969-85. He retired to Hixson in 1985 and attended Calvary Bible Church in Chattanooga. He was a former chairman of the Master's Foundation in Chattanooga and former chairman and board member of Bryan College in Dayton, Tenn. He was a graduate of Wheaton College and received his master of theology degree from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1942. After seminary, he began his pastoral ministry in Longview, Texas, followed by nine years of ministry at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Shreveport, La. He started the Keswick Convention here in 1965 after visiting the original Keswick meeting in England. He was noted as a Bible teacher and as a leader who instituted annual, communitywide gatherings of the Keswick Conference. From 1985-97 he was general director of the Messianic Ministry to Israel based here, and most recently initiated concerts of prayer, uniting pastors and churches in the greater Chattanooga area. Survivors include his wife, Jean Wood Stevens; two daughters, Jeanie S. Cook, Knoxville, and Lynne S. Harper, Birmingham, England; a son, the Rev. David Earle Stevens, France; sister, Erma Walker, Milwaukee, Wis.; and eight grandchildren.^[2]

Hamilton Memorial Gardens, Hixson, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA^[3]

Census

1920 Chicago Ward 25, Cook (Chicago), Illinois, United States^[4]

1930 Milton, DuPage, Illinois, United States^[5]

1940

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J2T8-XXQ : 20 May 2014), William E Stevens, 23 Feb 1999; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
2. ↑ Chattanooga Times Free Press (TN) - Wednesday, February 24, 1999
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #96274348
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJQB-6MJ : accessed 20 June 2019), W Earl Stevens in household of W Earl Stevens, Chicago Ward 25, Cook (Chicago), Illinois, United States; citing ED 1397, sheet 3B, line 52, family 61, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 341; FHL microfilm 1,820,341.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSY3-F5C : accessed 20 June 2019), W Earle Stevens Jr. in household of W Earle Stevens, Milton, DuPage, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 52, sheet 20A, line 20, family 449, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 511; FHL microfilm 2,340,246.

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