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|name=George Washington Truett

|name=George Washington Truett

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==Background==

==Background==

The seventh child of Charles Levi Truett (1830-1925) and the former Mary Rebecca Kimsey (1830-1911), Truett was born on a farm in Hayesville in Clay County in the western mountainous section of [[North Carolina]]. His grandfather and great-uncle were pastors, and one of his older brothers was named for the famous evangelist [[Charles Spurgeon]].<ref name=findagrave/> Truett graduated in 1885 from Hayesville Academy and taught school just over the state line in Towns County, [[Georgia]].<ref name=papers/> in 1886, at the age of nineteen, he underwent a conversion experience at a Christian revival meeting. He founded a subscription school at Hiawassee, also in Towns County,<ref name=handbook/> and planned to use some of his earnings to attend law school. However, he left his teaching position after two years in 1889  to relocate with his parents to Whitewright in Grayson County in north Texas. There he attended Grayson Junior College in Denison and was ordained to the ministry in 1890 at the Whitewright Baptist Church. Thereafter, he delivered his first sermon at the First Baptist Church in Sherman, Texas.<ref name=papers>{{cite web|url=https://baylorarchives.cuadra.com/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?6Lq10ylvD@QQyDDq@2PL8cTY7urW2LPjwIqgTn.B6l6rJPhRXOZt3YPvmHrUyyXjoUZDXljLVdHzD2fLTqCk.rjCeX3F2Ut1FiS5Uj0BFP4/0001ar.xmltitle=George Washington Truett Papers|publisher=Baylorarchives.cuadra.com|accessdate=March 20, 2018}]</ref>

The seventh child of Charles Levi Truett (1830-1925) and the former Mary Rebecca Kimsey (1830-1911), Truett was born on a farm in Hayesville in Clay County in the western mountainous section of [[North Carolina]]. His grandfather and great-uncle were pastors, and one of his older brothers was named for the famous evangelist [[Charles Spurgeon]].<ref name=findagrave/> Truett graduated in 1885 from Hayesville Academy and taught school just over the state line in Towns County, [[Georgia]].<ref name=papers/> in 1886, at the age of nineteen, he underwent a conversion experience at a Christian revival meeting. He founded a subscription school at Hiawassee, also in Towns County,<ref name=handbook/> and planned to use some of his earnings to attend law school. However, he left his teaching position after two years in 1889  to relocate with his parents to Whitewright in Grayson County in north Texas. There he attended Grayson Junior College in Denison and was ordained to the ministry in 1890 at the Whitewright Baptist Church. Thereafter, he delivered his first sermon at the First Baptist Church in Sherman, Texas.<ref name=papers>{{cite web|url=https://baylorarchives.cuadra.com/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?6Lq10ylvD@QQyDDq@2PL8cTY7urW2LPjwIqgTn.B6l6rJPhRXOZt3YPvmHrUyyXjoUZDXljLVdHzD2fLTqCk.rjCeX3F2Ut1FiS5Uj0BFP4/0001ar.xmltitle=George Washington Truett Papers|publisher=Baylorarchives.cuadra.com|accessdate=March 20, 2018}}</ref>

In 1891, Truett at twenty-four became the financial secretary for Baptist-affiliated [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas, at which he raised $92,000, enough money to retire the university's debts at that time.  He enrolled in 1893 as a freshman at Baylor, graduated in 1897, and was a student-pastor of the East Waco Baptist Church.<ref name=handbook/> He was a Baylor trustee from 1934 to 1939 and a fundraiser for Baylor Hospital in Dallas.<ref name=findagrave/>

In 1891, Truett at twenty-four became the financial secretary for Baptist-affiliated [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas, at which he raised $92,000, enough money to retire the university's debts at that time.  He enrolled in 1893 as a freshman at Baylor, graduated in 1897, and was a student-pastor of the East Waco Baptist Church.<ref name=handbook/> He was a Baylor trustee from 1934 to 1939 and a fundraiser for Baylor Hospital in Dallas.<ref name=findagrave/>

==Career==

==Career==

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