M. McKissack Sr. Dies; Architect
Services Tomorrow For Pioneer Builder At Capers CME Church
Funeral services for Moses McKissack Sr., 73-year-old Negro architect, who gained national prominence, will be tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Capers Memorial CME church, 321 Fifteenth ave., N. The Rev. L. A. Story will officiate. Burial will be in Mount Ararat cemetery. The body, now at Patton Brothers funeral home, 419 Eighth ave., S., will be at the residence, 1501 Edgehill ave., after 6 p.m. today.
Mr. McKissack died yesterday at his home following a serious illness of several months. The exact cause of death was not known.
Native of Pulaski
A native of Pulaski, Tenn., Mr. McKissack was a pioneer architect in Nashville.
He was the son of Gabriel and Dollie Ann Maxwell McKissack. His father was also an architect and contractor. He attended school in Pulaski and the old Roger Williams University here.
Mr. McKissack came here in 1905 to build a home for Granberry Jackson. The home was later sold to Thomas Marr.
After that, he continued to live here. In 1912, he was married to Miss Miranda P. Winter of Nashville.
Mr. McKissack had been active in church work for many years and was a member of the board of trustees of Capers Memorial church.
Call From Roosevelt
Just before World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt called Mr. McKissack from the White House to discuss housing problems with him.
His firm, with offices in the Morris Memorial building here and in the Universal Life Insurance Co. building in Memphis, was architect and contractor for $7,000,000 air base at Tuskegee, Ala., the biggest job ever awarded a Negro firm at that time.
Mr. McKissack was also president of College Hill Housing development which is near Tennessee A&I state university.
Built Other Projects
Other projects on which his firm was architect or contractor or both include the Haynes county school; Pearl high school; Ford Greene school; health and physical education center now under construction at A&I; library, engineering building and dairy barn at A&I; Washington junior high school; Meigs junior high school; Morris Memorial building; the Knights of Tabor hospital at Mount Bayou, Miss.; a college building in Fort Valley, Ga.; buildings at Texas college in Tyler, Texas; and the Riverside sanitarium; the Masonic Temple building on Fourth ave., N., and the Universal Life Insurance Co. building in Memphis.
He was a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Omega Psi Phi social fraternity, the National Technical association, the board of directors of the Universal Life Insurance Co., and a former officer and director of the National Negro Business league.
Body To Be at Home
Mr. McKissack's body is to be at his home after 6 p.m. today until time for funeral services. Patton Brothers of Nashville and Queen Anne Funeral home of Pulaski are in charge of arrangements.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by six sons, Lewis Winter McKissack, Moses McKissack IV, L. H. McKissack, Calvin A. McKissack and William DeBerry McKissack of this city, and Samuel M. McKissack of Murfreesboro; three brothers, Thomas E. McKissack of Cleveland, Ohio, Calvin L. McKissack, junior member in the firm of McKissack and McKissack, Nashville, and Abraham McKissack of Pulaski; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Frances Utley and Mrs. Annie Maxwell, both of Pulaski.
Active pallbearers will include his six sons and E. T. Winder and B. L. Mitchell.
Services Tomorrow For Pioneer Builder At Capers CME Church
Funeral services for Moses McKissack Sr., 73-year-old Negro architect, who gained national prominence, will be tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Capers Memorial CME church, 321 Fifteenth ave., N. The Rev. L. A. Story will officiate. Burial will be in Mount Ararat cemetery. The body, now at Patton Brothers funeral home, 419 Eighth ave., S., will be at the residence, 1501 Edgehill ave., after 6 p.m. today.
Mr. McKissack died yesterday at his home following a serious illness of several months. The exact cause of death was not known.
Native of Pulaski
A native of Pulaski, Tenn., Mr. McKissack was a pioneer architect in Nashville.
He was the son of Gabriel and Dollie Ann Maxwell McKissack. His father was also an architect and contractor. He attended school in Pulaski and the old Roger Williams University here.
Mr. McKissack came here in 1905 to build a home for Granberry Jackson. The home was later sold to Thomas Marr.
After that, he continued to live here. In 1912, he was married to Miss Miranda P. Winter of Nashville.
Mr. McKissack had been active in church work for many years and was a member of the board of trustees of Capers Memorial church.
Call From Roosevelt
Just before World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt called Mr. McKissack from the White House to discuss housing problems with him.
His firm, with offices in the Morris Memorial building here and in the Universal Life Insurance Co. building in Memphis, was architect and contractor for $7,000,000 air base at Tuskegee, Ala., the biggest job ever awarded a Negro firm at that time.
Mr. McKissack was also president of College Hill Housing development which is near Tennessee A&I state university.
Built Other Projects
Other projects on which his firm was architect or contractor or both include the Haynes county school; Pearl high school; Ford Greene school; health and physical education center now under construction at A&I; library, engineering building and dairy barn at A&I; Washington junior high school; Meigs junior high school; Morris Memorial building; the Knights of Tabor hospital at Mount Bayou, Miss.; a college building in Fort Valley, Ga.; buildings at Texas college in Tyler, Texas; and the Riverside sanitarium; the Masonic Temple building on Fourth ave., N., and the Universal Life Insurance Co. building in Memphis.
He was a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Omega Psi Phi social fraternity, the National Technical association, the board of directors of the Universal Life Insurance Co., and a former officer and director of the National Negro Business league.
Body To Be at Home
Mr. McKissack's body is to be at his home after 6 p.m. today until time for funeral services. Patton Brothers of Nashville and Queen Anne Funeral home of Pulaski are in charge of arrangements.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by six sons, Lewis Winter McKissack, Moses McKissack IV, L. H. McKissack, Calvin A. McKissack and William DeBerry McKissack of this city, and Samuel M. McKissack of Murfreesboro; three brothers, Thomas E. McKissack of Cleveland, Ohio, Calvin L. McKissack, junior member in the firm of McKissack and McKissack, Nashville, and Abraham McKissack of Pulaski; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Frances Utley and Mrs. Annie Maxwell, both of Pulaski.
Active pallbearers will include his six sons and E. T. Winder and B. L. Mitchell.
M. McKissack Sr. Dies; Architect
Services Tomorrow For Pioneer Builder At Capers CME Church
Funeral services for Moses McKissack Sr., 73-year-old Negro architect, who gained national prominence, will be tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Capers Memorial CME church, 321 Fifteenth ave., N. The Rev. L. A. Story will officiate. Burial will be in Mount Ararat cemetery. The body, now at Patton Brothers funeral home, 419 Eighth ave., S., will be at the residence, 1501 Edgehill ave., after 6 p.m. today.
Mr. McKissack died yesterday at his home following a serious illness of several months. The exact cause of death was not known.
Native of Pulaski
A native of Pulaski, Tenn., Mr. McKissack was a pioneer architect in Nashville.
He was the son of Gabriel and Dollie Ann Maxwell McKissack. His father was also an architect and contractor. He attended school in Pulaski and the old Roger Williams University here.
Mr. McKissack came here in 1905 to build a home for Granberry Jackson. The home was later sold to Thomas Marr.
After that, he continued to live here. In 1912, he was married to Miss Miranda P. Winter of Nashville.
Mr. McKissack had been active in church work for many years and was a member of the board of trustees of Capers Memorial church.
Call From Roosevelt
Just before World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt called Mr. McKissack from the White House to discuss housing problems with him.
His firm, with offices in the Morris Memorial building here and in the Universal Life Insurance Co. building in Memphis, was architect and contractor for $7,000,000 air base at Tuskegee, Ala., the biggest job ever awarded a Negro firm at that time.
Mr. McKissack was also president of College Hill Housing development which is near Tennessee A&I state university.
Built Other Projects
Other projects on which his firm was architect or contractor or both include the Haynes county school; Pearl high school; Ford Greene school; health and physical education center now under construction at A&I; library, engineering building and dairy barn at A&I; Washington junior high school; Meigs junior high school; Morris Memorial building; the Knights of Tabor hospital at Mount Bayou, Miss.; a college building in Fort Valley, Ga.; buildings at Texas college in Tyler, Texas; and the Riverside sanitarium; the Masonic Temple building on Fourth ave., N., and the Universal Life Insurance Co. building in Memphis.
He was a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Omega Psi Phi social fraternity, the National Technical association, the board of directors of the Universal Life Insurance Co., and a former officer and director of the National Negro Business league.
Body To Be at Home
Mr. McKissack's body is to be at his home after 6 p.m. today until time for funeral services. Patton Brothers of Nashville and Queen Anne Funeral home of Pulaski are in charge of arrangements.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by six sons, Lewis Winter McKissack, Moses McKissack IV, L. H. McKissack, Calvin A. McKissack and William DeBerry McKissack of this city, and Samuel M. McKissack of Murfreesboro; three brothers, Thomas E. McKissack of Cleveland, Ohio, Calvin L. McKissack, junior member in the firm of McKissack and McKissack, Nashville, and Abraham McKissack of Pulaski; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Frances Utley and Mrs. Annie Maxwell, both of Pulaski.
Active pallbearers will include his six sons and E. T. Winder and B. L. Mitchell.
Services Tomorrow For Pioneer Builder At Capers CME Church
Funeral services for Moses McKissack Sr., 73-year-old Negro architect, who gained national prominence, will be tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Capers Memorial CME church, 321 Fifteenth ave., N. The Rev. L. A. Story will officiate. Burial will be in Mount Ararat cemetery. The body, now at Patton Brothers funeral home, 419 Eighth ave., S., will be at the residence, 1501 Edgehill ave., after 6 p.m. today.
Mr. McKissack died yesterday at his home following a serious illness of several months. The exact cause of death was not known.
Native of Pulaski
A native of Pulaski, Tenn., Mr. McKissack was a pioneer architect in Nashville.
He was the son of Gabriel and Dollie Ann Maxwell McKissack. His father was also an architect and contractor. He attended school in Pulaski and the old Roger Williams University here.
Mr. McKissack came here in 1905 to build a home for Granberry Jackson. The home was later sold to Thomas Marr.
After that, he continued to live here. In 1912, he was married to Miss Miranda P. Winter of Nashville.
Mr. McKissack had been active in church work for many years and was a member of the board of trustees of Capers Memorial church.
Call From Roosevelt
Just before World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt called Mr. McKissack from the White House to discuss housing problems with him.
His firm, with offices in the Morris Memorial building here and in the Universal Life Insurance Co. building in Memphis, was architect and contractor for $7,000,000 air base at Tuskegee, Ala., the biggest job ever awarded a Negro firm at that time.
Mr. McKissack was also president of College Hill Housing development which is near Tennessee A&I state university.
Built Other Projects
Other projects on which his firm was architect or contractor or both include the Haynes county school; Pearl high school; Ford Greene school; health and physical education center now under construction at A&I; library, engineering building and dairy barn at A&I; Washington junior high school; Meigs junior high school; Morris Memorial building; the Knights of Tabor hospital at Mount Bayou, Miss.; a college building in Fort Valley, Ga.; buildings at Texas college in Tyler, Texas; and the Riverside sanitarium; the Masonic Temple building on Fourth ave., N., and the Universal Life Insurance Co. building in Memphis.
He was a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Omega Psi Phi social fraternity, the National Technical association, the board of directors of the Universal Life Insurance Co., and a former officer and director of the National Negro Business league.
Body To Be at Home
Mr. McKissack's body is to be at his home after 6 p.m. today until time for funeral services. Patton Brothers of Nashville and Queen Anne Funeral home of Pulaski are in charge of arrangements.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by six sons, Lewis Winter McKissack, Moses McKissack IV, L. H. McKissack, Calvin A. McKissack and William DeBerry McKissack of this city, and Samuel M. McKissack of Murfreesboro; three brothers, Thomas E. McKissack of Cleveland, Ohio, Calvin L. McKissack, junior member in the firm of McKissack and McKissack, Nashville, and Abraham McKissack of Pulaski; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Frances Utley and Mrs. Annie Maxwell, both of Pulaski.
Active pallbearers will include his six sons and E. T. Winder and B. L. Mitchell.
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