Notes for George Foreman Rixey

Notes for George Foreman Rixey

Educated in Jonesburg (Missouri) Public School; attended Central College,
Central Wesleyan College, in Missouri, the University of Missouri, and
Vanderbilt University. In Sept. 1910, he was admitted in the Missouri
Conference Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He served churches in Louisiana,
Gallatin and Chillicothe, Missouri until he entered the Army in 1917. Fort
Riley in 1917 for training camp, then Fort Monroe - commissioned 1st Lieut.,
Reserve, C.A.C., on active duty as such at Jackson Barracks, Louisiana.
Accepted commission as Chaplain, Regular Army, Oct. 1917. Served as this in
France during the war. On return, he served at: Camp Funston, Kansas; Camp
Meade, Maryland; Fort Washington, Maryland; Philippine Islands and Presidio of
San Francisco, California. On Aug. 16, 1931 was promoted to rank of Major.