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James Logan Delk

Birth	:	21 Sep 1887 Forbus, Fentress County, Tennessee, USA
Death	:	9 Apr 1963 Fentress County, Tennessee, USA
Burial	:	Indian Creek Baptist Church, Cynthiana, Harrison County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.3682213, -84.2149811
Description	:	James Logan Delk and Sarah Tompkins were divorced on 3 Apr 1907. Ran for Governor of Tennessee. Living in Hopkinsville, KY in Jun 1949. Stars & Stripes Newspaper April 1963 -- Rev. James L. Delk, Louisville, KY. The Rev James Delk, 75, who was a political candidate many times in the last 40 years but was never elected to public office, died Tuesday in Jamestown, TN. He was seeking the Democratic nomination for governor of KY in the May 28th primary. He was born in Pall Mall. Millie Piros provided the following from a Magazine called Chrisma November 2007 Elder James Logan Delk (b.... Read More	James Logan Delk and Sarah Tompkins were divorced on 3 Apr 1907. Ran for Governor of Tennessee. Living in Hopkinsville, KY in Jun 1949. Stars & Stripes Newspaper April 1963 -- Rev. James L. Delk, Louisville, KY. The Rev James Delk, 75, who was a political candidate many times in the last 40 years but was never elected to public office, died Tuesday in Jamestown, TN. He was seeking the Democratic nomination for governor of KY in the May 28th primary. He was born in Pall Mall. Millie Piros provided the following from a Magazine called Chrisma November 2007 Elder James Logan Delk (b. 1887) Until 1914 when the Assemblies of God was established, there were as many white ministers ordained through COGIC as black. Among them was James Logan Delk, who was called the "Kentucky Cyclone Evangelist." Born in Pall Mall, Tennessee, around 1887, Delk met Mason in 1904 in Conway, Arkansas. "Brother Mason stood on a cotton wagon preaching to about two or three thousand people," Delk wrote in his biography of Mason, titled He Made Millions Happy. "[Then] Brother C.P. Jones sang two songs, which he composed. [He] left an impression on me that I can never forget. I hope that the reader, especially the Colored race, will realize the significance of a white man writing about a colored man. Neither Brother Mason nor myself believe in segregation or Jim Crow, but all people, either white or colored, do not see this in the same light. I have a little daughter born the 6th day of August 1937 ... and she is the pride of our life. But if I did not believe that God loved the blackest Negro girl as much as He loves my own daughter, I would stop writing books, throw my Bible aside, and never preach another sermon." Evangelist Delk became a close confidante of Mason's and led COGIC revivals in Cincinnati; Springfield, Missouri; Akron, Ohio; and Pittsburgh. In 1933, after an unsuccessful run for governor of Missouri in 1932, Delk became pastor of the First Church of God in Christ in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and began a radio broadcast. He continued to evangelize, traveling west as far as California in 1936, then east to preach in New England. In 1944, Delk drew on his friendships with Senators Alben Barkley, Happy Chandler, Harry S. Truman and Tom Stewart to help COGIC secure $48,000 worth of steel to complete what came to be known as Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee. This was no small feat during World War II, when all available steel was being directed to the war effort. Delk maintained his affiliation with COGIC throughout his ministry, writing in a 1944 letter to the Democratic National Committee, "I have been a minister 41 years, am 57 years old, ordained in the Church of God in Christ."

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James Logan Delk's memorial is located at: Indian Creek Baptist Church, Cynthiana, Harrison County, USA.
When did James Logan Delk death?
James Logan Delk death on 9 Apr 1963 in Fentress County, Tennessee, USA
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Latitude: 38.3682213
Longitude: -84.2149811

Family Members:

Parent

Sherwood Delk

(1844 - 1903)

Genetta Jane Cobb Delk

(1854 - 1915)

Spouse

Siblings

Elizabeth Delk

(1872 - 1883)

Henry Harrison Delk

(1889 - 1969)

Pansy Viola Delk Upchurch

(1892 - 1972)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Indian Creek Baptist Church
Cynthiana, Harrison County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3682213, -84.2149811

2. Indian Creek Christian Church Cemetery
Cynthiana, Harrison County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3684570, -84.2147710

3. Old East Broadwell Cemetery
Harrison County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3669014, -84.2453003

4. Alexander Rutter Cemetery
Cynthiana, Harrison County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3793050, -84.2487590

5. Griffith Cemetery
Hooktown, Nicholas County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3474030, -84.1561850

6. Battle Grove Cemetery
Cynthiana, Harrison County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3852997, -84.2806015

7. County Infirmary Cemetery
Cynthiana, Harrison County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3625060, -84.2866280

8. Lair Family Vault
Cynthiana, Harrison County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3342400, -84.2771100

9. Rankin Cemetery
Nicholas County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3950005, -84.1461029

10. David Graveyard
Shawhan, Bourbon County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3193700, -84.2644070

11. Invincible Spirit Cemetery
Paris, Bourbon County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3087390, -84.1885680

12. Ruddles Mills Cemetery
Ruddles Mills, Bourbon County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3041440, -84.2336800

13. Cook Road Cemetery
Cynthiana, Harrison County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3146168, -84.2700799

14. Old Graveyard
Cynthiana, Harrison County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3946850, -84.2962950

15. Old Salem Cemetery
Harrison County, USA
Coordinate: 38.4357986, -84.1885986

16. Old Historic Cemetery
Bourbon County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3003006, -84.2416992

17. Stonermouth Presbyterian Cemetery
Ruddles Mills, Bourbon County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3002200, -84.2414200

18. Saint Edward's Cemetery
Cynthiana, Harrison County, USA
Coordinate: 38.4047012, -84.2936020

19. Cherry Grove Cemetery
Harrison County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3800011, -84.3099976

20. Republican Christian Church Cemetery
Buena Vista, Harrison County, USA
Coordinate: 38.4340690, -84.1640440

21. Old Republican Cemetery
Cynthiana, Harrison County, USA
Coordinate: 38.4348820, -84.1626860

22. Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Buena Vista, Harrison County, USA
Coordinate: 38.4221510, -84.1425560

23. Salem Church of Christ Cemetery
Cynthiana, Harrison County, USA
Coordinate: 38.4450700, -84.1896500

24. Millersburg African American Cemetery
Millersburg, Bourbon County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3051800, -84.1506300