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His grandfather, Randolph "Ran" Batson (1863-1956), built a vast acreage of timberland across Mississippi and started a major reforestation program.<ref name=johnobatsonobit/> Batson was one of four children of John Oscar Batson, I (1884-1956), and the former Nellie Mae Nickolson (1884-1973),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/11206095/person/112014855466/facts|title=Nellie Mae Nickolson|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=February 23, 2019}}</ref> 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 grandfather, Randolph "Ran" Batson (1863-1956), built a vast acreage of timberland across Mississippi and started a major reforestation program.<ref name=johnobatsonobit/> Batson was one of four children of John Oscar Batson, I (1884-1956), and the former Nellie Mae Nickolson (1884-1973),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/11206095/person/112014855466/facts|title=Nellie Mae Nickolson|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=February 23, 2019}}</ref> 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 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 E. Batson (1920-2018), for whom is named the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children in Jackson, an entity of the [[University of Mississippi]].<ref name=elbreed/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ux.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2018/11/27/blair-e-batson-ms-doctor-whose-name-used-childrens-hospital-dies/2130666002/|title=Blair E. Batson, 'the father of organized pediatrics in Mississippi,' dies|publisher=''Jackson Clarion-Ledger''|author=Sarah Fowler|date=November 27, 2018}}</ref> Another cousin, John Oscar Batson, II (1924-2019), was engaged in the timber business across the South. For a time, he taught forestry at the University of the South in Sewanee, [[Tennessee]]. In 2011, he was inducted into the Mississippi Forestry Hall of Fame, as had been their grandfather years earlier.<ref name=johnobatsonobit>{{cite web|url=http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=john-o-batson&pid=191619832|title=John O. Batson|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=February 23, 2019}}</ref>

His 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 E. Batson (1920-2018), for whom is named the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children in Jackson, an entity of the [[University of Mississippi]].<ref name=elbreed/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ux.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2018/11/27/blair-e-batson-ms-doctor-whose-name-used-childrens-hospital-dies/2130666002/|title=Blair E. Batson, 'the father of organized pediatrics in Mississippi,' dies|publisher=''Jackson Clarion-Ledger''|author=Sarah Fowler|date=November 27, 2018}}</ref> Another cousin, John Oscar Batson, II (1924-2019), a son of Schuyler Batson's uncle, Claud Lafloy Batson (1892-1948, was like their grandfather engaged in the timber business with holdings across the South. For a time, John O. Batson, a graduate of [[Vanderbilt University]] and [[Yale University]], taught forestry at the University of the South in Sewanee, [[Tennessee]]. In 2011, he was inducted into the Mississippi Forestry Hall of Fame in Jackson, as had been their grandfather years earlier.<ref name=johnobatsonobit>{{cite web|url=http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=john-o-batson&pid=191619832|title=John O. Batson|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=February 23, 2019}}</ref>

Batson married the former Lucile Grogan (1927-2009), a daughter of Kenneth Forbes Grogan, Sr. (1886-1975) and the former Effie Bigby (1900-1995) of Edwards, Mississippi, to the west of Jackson. Mrs. Batson graduated from 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 Alexandria, 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 daughter of Kenneth Forbes Grogan, Sr. (1886-1975) and the former Effie Bigby (1900-1995) of Edwards, Mississippi, to the west of Jackson. Mrs. Batson graduated from 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 Alexandria, 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>