Bob Jones, Sr.

Bob Jones, Sr (October 30, 1883—January 16, 1968)  was an American, Christian, Fundamentalist, evangelist, broadcaster, and founder of Bob Jones University. He was born the eleventh of twelve children to William and Georgia Jones.

In 1905, Jones married Bernice Sheffield, who got tuberculosis and died within ten months of their marriage. On June 17, 1908, he married Mary Gaston Stollenwerck, whom he had met as a choir member. Their only child, Bob Jones, Jr. was born October 19, 1911 in Montgomery.

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Biography from the BJU website 

Category:1883 births
Category:1968 deaths
Category:American Methodist ministers
Category:Evangelists
Category:People from Greenville, South Carolina