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|name=Schuyler Morris Batson, Sr.

|name=Schuyler Morris Batson, Sr.

(Southern Baptist clergyman from Louisiana and Mississippi)

(Southern Baptist clergyman from Louisiana and Mississippi)

|birth_date=February 10, 1923

|birth_date=February 10,1923

|birth_place=Hillsdale, [[Mississippi]]<br>

|birth_place=Hillsdale, [[Mississippi]]<br>

Reared in Gulfport, Mississippi

Reared in Gulfport, Mississippi

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/>.

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 Church 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>

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 Church 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, the daughter of Barney and Maggie Traylor of Port Barre in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, Batson, Jr., 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 (a son 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>

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, the daughter of the late Barney and Maggie Traylor of Port Barre in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, Batson, Jr., 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 (a son 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/>

Schuyler and Lucile Batson and his sister are interred at Lakewood Memorial Park in Jackson.<ref name=geni/><ref name=lubatson/>

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