Freed-Hardeman Connections
Researching the Restoration Movement in Mississippi and West Tennessee
R. V. Scott
R. V. Scott was born in Carroll County, Tenn., Oct. 7, 1924. When he was about four years old he moved to Bemis, Tenn., where he attended the Bemis schools, graduating from high school in 1943.
He attended Freed-Hardeman College, graduating from there in 1948. In 1950 he graduated from David Lipscomb College.
He preached his first sermon in Bemis, Tenn., for his home congregation in 1947. During the time he was attending David Lipscomb he preached for the church in Funtain Head, Tenn., where he also conducted a weekly radio program over Radio WHIN, Gallatin, Tenn. He conducts four or five meeting per year.
In the fall of 1950 he married June Lee Durham of Hendersonville, Tenn. He baptized her about two weeks previous to the wedding; she was formerly a Baptist. They have one son, Robert Mark, who is one year old.
The first Sunday after being married, he preached in Tunica, Miss., where he has been since that time. The church had about 15 members when he went and has had a struggle but now numbers 30 members and is about to enter into a new $16,000 building.
The Sermon Outlines of R. V. Scott, Vol. 1, complied and edited by J. C. Choate,1956.
R. V. Scott was born in Carroll County, Tenn., Oct. 7, 1924. When he was about four years old he moved to Bemis, Tenn., where he attended the Bemis schools, graduating from high school in 1943.
He attended Freed-Hardeman College, graduating from there in 1948. In 1950 he graduated from David Lipscomb College.
He preached his first sermon in Bemis, Tenn., for his home congregation in 1947. During the time he was attending David Lipscomb he preached for the church in Funtain Head, Tenn., where he also conducted a weekly radio program over Radio WHIN, Gallatin, Tenn. He conducts four or five meeting per year.
In the fall of 1950 he married June Lee Durham of Hendersonville, Tenn. He baptized her about two weeks previous to the wedding; she was formerly a Baptist. They have one son, Robert Mark, who is one year old.
The first Sunday after being married, he preached in Tunica, Miss., where he has been since that time. The church had about 15 members when he went and has had a struggle but now numbers 30 members and is about to enter into a new $16,000 building.
The Sermon Outlines of R. V. Scott, Vol. 1, complied and edited by J. C. Choate,1956.