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{{Infobox person
|name=Schuyler Morris Batson, Sr.
(Southern Baptist clergyman from Louisiana and Mississippi)
|birth_date=February 10, 1923
|birth_place=Hillsdale, [[Mississippi]]<br>
Reared in Gulfport, Mississippi
Resident of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]], and [[Jackson]], Mississippi
|death_date=October 9, 1996 (aged 73)
|death_place=Jackson, Mississippi<br>
Resting place:<br>
Lakewood Memorial Park in Jackson
|spouse=Lucile Grogan Batson<br>
Children:<br>
Dona Batson<br>
Martha Ellen Batson<br>
Schuyler Batson, Jr.<br>
Jo Sellers Batson<br>
Wren B. Hickman
}}
'''Schuyler Morris Batson, Sr. (February 10, 1923 – October 9, 1996)<ref name=geni>{{cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Rev-Schuyler-Batson/6000000048479594874|title=Rev. Schuyler Morris Batson|publisher=Geni.com|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref> was a [[Southern Baptist]] [[clergy]]man from [[Louisiana]] and his native [[Mississippi]].
One of four children of John Oscar Batson and the former Nellie May Nicholson, he was named for an uncle, Schuyler Batson (1901-1949).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/schuyler_batson|title=Schuyler Batson|publisher=Myheritage.com|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref> Batson was the twin brother of Ellen Rose Breed (1923-2012), a Baptist laywoman from [[Jackson]], Mississippi. The brother and sister were born in the [[rural]] Hillsdale community south of Lumberton in southern Mississippi and reared in Lyman and Gulfport in Harrison County. The two graduated in 1940 from Gulfport High School.<ref name=elbreed>{{cite web|url=http://wright-ferguson-ridgeland.tributes.com/dignitymemorial/obituary/Ellen-R.-Breed-94270840|title=Ellen Breed obituary|publisher=Tributes.com|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref>
His two brothers were Roy Glen Batson, Sr. (1907-1986) who established a hardware store in Jackson in 1952, <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19041463/obituary_r_glen_batson_son_of_j_o/|title=R. Glen Batson|publisher=Newspapers.com|date=January 11, 1986|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref> and Dr. Oscar Randolph Batson, Sr. (1916-2004), the dean of the [[Vanderbilt University]] School of Medicine and vice chancellor for medical affairs in the 1960s and early 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.troymessenger.com/2005/01/03/thursday-december-9-2004-obituaries/|title=O Randolph Batson, M.D.|publisher=''The Troy Messenger''|location=Troy, [[Alabama]]|date=January 3, 2005|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref> Batson was a cousin of Dr. Blair Batson, for whom the Blair Batson Children's Hospital in Jackson, an entity of the [[University of Mississippi]], is named.<ref name=elbreed/>.
Batson married the former Lucile Grogan (1927-2009), a native of Edwards near Jackson and a graduate of Baptist-affiliated Mississippi College in Clinton. The couple served the [[Lord Jesus Christ]] at churches in [[Indiana]], the Emmanuel Baptist Church on Jackson Street in downtown [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana, and the First Baptist Church at 431 North State Street across from the state capitol in Mississippi.<ref name=lubatson>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39846894/lucile-batson|title= Lucile Grogan Batson|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref> In Alexandrtia, the Emmanuel church established a family life center under Batson's leadership. He was thereafter one of twenty-two pastors at the large historic First Baptist in Jackson, established in 1838.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/35951533/pastor-abruptly-resigns-from-first-baptist-church-of-jackson-after-just-one-year|title=Pastor abruptly resigns from First Baptist Church of Jackson after just one year|publisher=Msnewsnow.com|date=July 24, 2017|author=Marie Edinger|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref>
The Batsons' son, Schuyler Batson, Jr. (born March 24, 1955), a graduate of Bolton High School in Alexandria, [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], and the [[New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, has been since January 2017 the Classic Worship pastor at the White Rock campus of large Southern Baptist Lake Pointe Church in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/schuyler.batson|title=Schuyler Batson|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref> Married to the former Debra "Debbie"Traylor, he was formerly the music minister at Lakeside Baptist Church in Dallas, which merged with Lake Pointe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/schuyler-batson-5bb75133|title=Schuyler Batson - Minister|publisher=Linkdedin.com|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref> The other Batson children are Dona Batson (deceased), Martha Ellen Batson (born May 6, 1951) of Madison, Mississippi, Jo Sellers Batson (born October 4, 1957) of Pasadena, Texas, married to the former Jan Johnson, and Wren Hickman (born April 28, 1964) and her husband, Michael Edward "Mike" Hickman of Dyersburg, Tennessee.<ref name=lubatson/> A grandson, Jordan Schuyler Batson (born June 1, 1986), is an administrator at the University of North Texas in Denton.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://salaries.texastribune.org/university-of-north-texas/jordan-schuyler-batson/1092882/|title=Jordan Schuyler Batson|publisher=''The Texas Tribune''|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref>
Schuyler and Lucile Batson and his sister are interred at Lakewood Memorial Park in Jackson.<ref name=geni/><ref name=lubatson/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Batson, Schuyler}}
[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Indiana]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
[[Category:Clergy]]
|name=Schuyler Morris Batson, Sr.
(Southern Baptist clergyman from Louisiana and Mississippi)
|birth_date=February 10, 1923
|birth_place=Hillsdale, [[Mississippi]]<br>
Reared in Gulfport, Mississippi
Resident of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]], and [[Jackson]], Mississippi
|death_date=October 9, 1996 (aged 73)
|death_place=Jackson, Mississippi<br>
Resting place:<br>
Lakewood Memorial Park in Jackson
|spouse=Lucile Grogan Batson<br>
Children:<br>
Dona Batson<br>
Martha Ellen Batson<br>
Schuyler Batson, Jr.<br>
Jo Sellers Batson<br>
Wren B. Hickman
}}
'''Schuyler Morris Batson, Sr. (February 10, 1923 – October 9, 1996)<ref name=geni>{{cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Rev-Schuyler-Batson/6000000048479594874|title=Rev. Schuyler Morris Batson|publisher=Geni.com|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref> was a [[Southern Baptist]] [[clergy]]man from [[Louisiana]] and his native [[Mississippi]].
One of four children of John Oscar Batson and the former Nellie May Nicholson, he was named for an uncle, Schuyler Batson (1901-1949).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/schuyler_batson|title=Schuyler Batson|publisher=Myheritage.com|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref> Batson was the twin brother of Ellen Rose Breed (1923-2012), a Baptist laywoman from [[Jackson]], Mississippi. The brother and sister were born in the [[rural]] Hillsdale community south of Lumberton in southern Mississippi and reared in Lyman and Gulfport in Harrison County. The two graduated in 1940 from Gulfport High School.<ref name=elbreed>{{cite web|url=http://wright-ferguson-ridgeland.tributes.com/dignitymemorial/obituary/Ellen-R.-Breed-94270840|title=Ellen Breed obituary|publisher=Tributes.com|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref>
His two brothers were Roy Glen Batson, Sr. (1907-1986) who established a hardware store in Jackson in 1952, <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19041463/obituary_r_glen_batson_son_of_j_o/|title=R. Glen Batson|publisher=Newspapers.com|date=January 11, 1986|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref> and Dr. Oscar Randolph Batson, Sr. (1916-2004), the dean of the [[Vanderbilt University]] School of Medicine and vice chancellor for medical affairs in the 1960s and early 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.troymessenger.com/2005/01/03/thursday-december-9-2004-obituaries/|title=O Randolph Batson, M.D.|publisher=''The Troy Messenger''|location=Troy, [[Alabama]]|date=January 3, 2005|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref> Batson was a cousin of Dr. Blair Batson, for whom the Blair Batson Children's Hospital in Jackson, an entity of the [[University of Mississippi]], is named.<ref name=elbreed/>.
Batson married the former Lucile Grogan (1927-2009), a native of Edwards near Jackson and a graduate of Baptist-affiliated Mississippi College in Clinton. The couple served the [[Lord Jesus Christ]] at churches in [[Indiana]], the Emmanuel Baptist Church on Jackson Street in downtown [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana, and the First Baptist Church at 431 North State Street across from the state capitol in Mississippi.<ref name=lubatson>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39846894/lucile-batson|title= Lucile Grogan Batson|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref> In Alexandrtia, the Emmanuel church established a family life center under Batson's leadership. He was thereafter one of twenty-two pastors at the large historic First Baptist in Jackson, established in 1838.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/35951533/pastor-abruptly-resigns-from-first-baptist-church-of-jackson-after-just-one-year|title=Pastor abruptly resigns from First Baptist Church of Jackson after just one year|publisher=Msnewsnow.com|date=July 24, 2017|author=Marie Edinger|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref>
The Batsons' son, Schuyler Batson, Jr. (born March 24, 1955), a graduate of Bolton High School in Alexandria, [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], and the [[New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, has been since January 2017 the Classic Worship pastor at the White Rock campus of large Southern Baptist Lake Pointe Church in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/schuyler.batson|title=Schuyler Batson|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref> Married to the former Debra "Debbie"Traylor, he was formerly the music minister at Lakeside Baptist Church in Dallas, which merged with Lake Pointe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/schuyler-batson-5bb75133|title=Schuyler Batson - Minister|publisher=Linkdedin.com|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref> The other Batson children are Dona Batson (deceased), Martha Ellen Batson (born May 6, 1951) of Madison, Mississippi, Jo Sellers Batson (born October 4, 1957) of Pasadena, Texas, married to the former Jan Johnson, and Wren Hickman (born April 28, 1964) and her husband, Michael Edward "Mike" Hickman of Dyersburg, Tennessee.<ref name=lubatson/> A grandson, Jordan Schuyler Batson (born June 1, 1986), is an administrator at the University of North Texas in Denton.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://salaries.texastribune.org/university-of-north-texas/jordan-schuyler-batson/1092882/|title=Jordan Schuyler Batson|publisher=''The Texas Tribune''|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref>
Schuyler and Lucile Batson and his sister are interred at Lakewood Memorial Park in Jackson.<ref name=geni/><ref name=lubatson/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Batson, Schuyler}}
[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Indiana]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
[[Category:Clergy]]