"A HISTORY OF THE DAVIESS-McLEAN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION IN KENTUCKY, 
1844-1943" by Wendell H.  Rone.  Probably published in 1944 by 
Messenger Job Printing Co., Inc., Owensboro, Kentucky, pp. 370-371.  
Used by permission.  [Jefferson]

WILLIAM COOKE BOONE, D.D.:  This universally beloved minister of 
Jesus Christ was born in the City of Bowling Green, Ky., on February 
8, 1892, and worthily bears a name that has long been an honored one 
in Kentucky's history.  His father is Dr. Arthur Upshaw Boone, for 
many years pastor of the First Baptist Church, Memphis, Tenn.  His 
mother was Miss Eddie Belle Cooke.
     Bro. Boone's grandfather was Higgason G. Boone, a native of 
Todd County, Ky., and was born in the year 1806.  He was a well-to-do 
farmer and an earnest member of a Baptist Church, of which he was 
clerk for fifty years.  His father, Isaiah Boone, was a nephew of 
Daniel Boone, the noted Indian fighter and one of Kentucky's earliest 
settlers.  Daniel Boone's grandfather was a native of England and 
became the founder of the Boone family in the new world.  He settled 
in Pennsylvania about 1634 and the family migrated from that state to 
North Carolina and thence to Kentucky, in which they located in 1774.
     In the acquirement of an education Bro. Boone attended the 
public schools of Memphis, Tennessee, and in 1909 completed a course 
in the University school of that city.  He then entered William 
Jewell College at Liberty, Missouri, from which he won the A.B. 
Degree in 1912 and that of A.M. in the following year.  He was a 
student of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary at Louisville, 
Ky., from 1912 until 1914.  His ordination to the work of the ministry 
took place on March 24, 1914, at the First Baptist Church, Memphis, 
Tenn., and in May, 1914, he became pastor of the First Baptist Church 
at Hernando, Mississippi, where he remained until July, 1916.  He was 
assistant pastor of the First Baptist Church at Memphis, Tenn., for 
four months and from February, 1917, until August, 1918, had charge 
of the Baptist Church at Marianna, Arkansas.  On September 1, 1918, 
he entered the pulpit of the First Baptist Church in Owensboro, 
Kentucky.  During his eight and one-half year pastorate here the 
numerical and financial strength of the church was greatly augmented.  
A total of 1,085 members were recived [sic] into the fellowship of 
the church by baptism, letter, and statement.  The church gave a 
total of $102,500.00 to missions and almost $320,000.00 for all 
purposes.  The vast majority of the above total went into the new 
building which was begun soon after Bro. Boone began his pastorate 
and was completed in 1924, at a cost of about $200,000.00.  The 
church is of yellow brick structure with colonial pillars of white 
stone and is an ornament to the city.  During his pastorate here the 
other phases of the church's work showed marked improvement.
     The subject of our sketch became pastor of the First Baptist 
Church of Roanoke, Virginia, on March 1, 1927.  He remained here 
until sometime in 1930 when he accepted the Presidency of Oklahoma 
Baptist University.  He returned to the pastorate in the latter part 
of 1932 and accepted the care of the First Baptist Church of Jackson, 
Tennessee.  Afer [sic] a pastorate of eight years he entered into the 
pastorate of the Crescent Hill Baptist Church in Louisville, 
Kentucky, in 1941, where he still labors.
     Bro. Boone has held numerous offices of honor in the 
denomination.  He was vice-president of the Southern Baptist 
Convention in 1931.  He has also served as a member of the State 
Mission Board of Kentucky Baptists a member of the Board of Managers 
of the Western Recorder, a trustee of Bethel College, a trustee of 
Union University, Jackson, Tenn., a member of the Executive Board of 
the Tennessee Baptist Convention, etc.  He is the author of two 
books, "What God Hath Joined Together," a series of sermons on 
marriage, and "What Baptists Believe," a study in the Baptist Faith.
	Our brother is an eloquent speaker, sending his messages 
straight to the hearts of the hearers, and a strong bond of sympathy 
has always existed between pastor and people.  William Cooke Boone is 
one of Kentucky Baptists' most outstanding preachers.
	In September, 1915, he was united in marriage to Miss Ruth 
Trotter, a daughter of Dr. I. P. Trotter, an outstanding Baptist 
preacher of Mississippi for many years.  Bro. and Mrs. Boone are the 
parents of four children: Ruth Trotter, Martha Maria, A. U. (II) and 
Nann Eager.  The last three mentioned children were born while Bro. 
Boone was pastor here in Owensboro.  His wife is a zealous church 
worker and has been through the years a valuable asset to her 
husband's ministry, aiding and encouraging him in every way.  He 
received the Degree of D.D. from Georgetown College several years 
ago.

Boone Cooke Trotter
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Warren Todd-KY England PA NC TN MO MS AR Daviess VA OK

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