Biography:

Teacher, tutor, Methodist minister. Born– October 1, 1870, Jefferson County. Parents– Thomas Parkus and Nancy Caroline (Morris) Roberts. Married– Sue Euphemia Stone, December 6, 1899. Education– Southern University, A.B.; M.A., 1894; Vanderbilt University. Employed as a tutor at Southern University for two years; principal of Columbia Fitting School. Licensed to preach, 1895; supply minister in 1895; pastor of the Dexter Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church in Montgomery, 1896. Served the Columbiana Circuit–Glenn Addie, Alexandria, Oxford, Coleanor. Fountain Church in Birmingham, and Collinsville. Retired in 1911.  Died September 10,1957.

Source:

Owen’s Dictionary of Alabama Biography.

Publication(s):

Shut In But Not Excused. Montgomery, Ala.; A. Roemer, State Printer, 1901.