REV. WILLIAM OSWALD BEAZLEY
The subject of this sketch was the son of Wm. F. and Emma
J. Beazley and was born in Caroline January 27, 1882. He was
educated in the Shenandoah Collegiate Institute (1903), Richmond
College (1906), Crozer Theological Seminary (1911) and
the University of Pennsylvania (1912). He held the degrees of
A. B., A. M., and Ph. D. He taught at Singer's Glen, Rockingham
county, Va., Newport News Academy and at Wakefield,
N. C. He was ordained at Salem church in Caroline county on
July 7, 1910. His first pastorate was at Wayne, Pa., during the
years 1910-13. He was professor of Philosophy and Biology
at Hampden-Sidney College 1913-15. and pastor of the Baptist
church in Lexington, Va., from 1915 until his death on October
22, 1918.
Dr. Beazley was a man of fine personality and endowed with
many gifts. When he died he was mourned by a great host of
friends and admirers. He was survived by his wife, who before
marriage was Miss Norma Beatrice Funk, of Singer's Glen, Va.,
one son Wm. O. Beazley, Jr., his parents, two brothers and two
sisters. His dust reposes at Singer's Glen, Va. A more detailed
biography may be found in the Virginia Baptist Annual for 1918.
