City: Nashville
IVEY, Thomas Neal, minister and editor; born Marion, S. C., May 22, 1860; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Rev. George W. and Selina (Neal) IVEY; prepared for college in Finley High School, Lenoir, N. C.; graduated from Trinity College, N. C., in 1879, 1882 and 1898, with degrees of A.B., A.M. and D.D.; taught school in early life, being principal of Oak Institute Mooresville, N. C.; married Lenora DOWD, August 8, 1883; member Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Grand Chaplain Grand Lodge of Masons, N. C.; Chaplain T. P. Association; has served as Chaplain at different times of the North Carolina Senate; joined the North Carolina Conference in 1887; elected member of faculty of Trinity College, 1890, but declined to serve; left pastorate in 1896 to take editorship of Raleigh Christian Advocate, of which paper he was editor until June, 1910, when he was elected editor-in-cheif of the Christian Advocate, Nashville, Tenn.; Vice-President of Federal Council of Christian Churches in America; member National Editorial Association; delegate to Ecumenical Conference in Toronto in 1911; author of the annual year book of the M. E. Church, South, and also author of “Bildad Akers.”
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
