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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.xml|title=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 Blue Ridge Mountains of western [[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.xml|title=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/>

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In 1939, Powhatan James published the authorized [[biography]] of his father-in-law through Macmillian. Buildings named for Truett include the Truett Memorial First Baptist Church in  Hayesville, North Carolina; the George W. Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor University, Truett-McConnell University in Cleveland Georgia, and the George W. Truett Elementary School in the Dallas Independent School District. [[Truett Cathy|Samuel Truett Cathy]], the late founder of the restaurant chain, [[Chick-fil-A]], is named for Truett.

In 1939, Powhatan James published the authorized [[biography]] of his father-in-law through Macmillian. Buildings named for Truett include the Truett Memorial First Baptist Church in  Hayesville, North Carolina; the George W. Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor University, Truett-McConnell University in Cleveland Georgia, and the George W. Truett Elementary School in the Dallas Independent School District. [[Truett Cathy|Samuel Truett Cathy]], the late founder of the restaurant chain, [[Chick-fil-A]], is named for Truett.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.baylor.edu/baylorproud/2017/05/george-w-truett-a-texas-baptist-and-baylor-legend/|title=George W. Truett: A Texas, Baptist, and Baylor legend|publisher=Baylor.edu|date=May 4, 2017|accessdate=March 20, 2018}}</ref>

In 1957, the actor Victor Jory portrayed Truett in the episode "Lone Star Preacher" of the syndicated [[television]] series, ''[[Crossroads (TV series)|Crossroads]]''. Barbara Eiler was cast as Jo Truett, who e died eleven months before the episode aired.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0550791/|title="Lone Star Preacher", March 15, 1957|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=June 14, 2013}}</ref>

In 1957, the actor Victor Jory portrayed Truett in the episode "Lone Star Preacher" of the syndicated [[television]] series, ''[[Crossroads (TV series)|Crossroads]]''. Barbara Eiler was cast as Jo Truett, who died eleven months before the episode aired.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0550791/|title="Lone Star Preacher", March 15, 1957|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=June 14, 2013}}</ref>

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