Historical Marker
James Winford Hunt
Historical marker location:
10th & Cottonwood St., Abilene, Texas
( Southeast corner of 10th & Cottonwood -Abilene (Masonic Cemetery, enter from Cottonwood, make right at first block, follow paved road about 1/2 block, marker will be on left next to road))
Marker installed: 1986
Born in present Oklahoma, James Winford Hunt grew up on the Texas High Plains. A newspaper publisher for several years, he became a Methodist minister in 1903. While a pastor in Abilene, he convinced the Northwest Texas Conference of the Methodist Church to build a college in the town. The school, McMurry College, opened in 1923 with Dr. Hunt as president. Known widely for his writings and sermons, he became a successful Christian educator.
Texas Sesquincentennial 1836-1986.