George William Garner Papers

Collection

Identifier: MU-PP-0172

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The George William Garner Collection contains one large, ornate scrapbook from Mr. Garner. The scrapbook contains several cut-out articles from The Christian Index.

Dates

Creation: 1919-1933

Creator

Garner, George William, 1859-1933 (Person)
Garner, Fanny Rebecca Cherry (Person)

Rights Statement

To quote in print, or otherwise reproduce in whole or in part in any publication, including on the World Wide Web, any material from this collection, the researcher must obtain permission from (1) the owner of the physical property and (2) the holder of the copyright. Persons wishing to quote from this collection should consult the reference archivist to determine copyright holders for information in this collection. Reproduction of any item must contain the complete citation to the original.

Biographical / Historical

George William Garner was born on May 1, 1859, in Pike County, Georgia. He graduated from Mercer University in 1886 and married Fanny Rebecca Cherry in Macon, on February 22, 1888. (Fanny graduated from Wesleyan College in Macon in 1884.) Garner served as a pastor at various Georgia churches in Thomson, Commerce, Greensboro, Griffin, Eatonton, Union Point, Cochran, and Warrenton. He also served as a pastor in Barnwell, South Carolina. Garner died on August 11, 1933 and was buried in West End Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia.