F. W. Barnett

Dr. F W. Barnett is shown here on the speaker's stand at the dedication of a building at Auburn University in 1929.



He was  born in  Glenville, AL, about 1865.

He was a student at Vanderbilt University, the University of Alabama, the Sorbonne in Paris, the University of Berlin, the  University of Vienna, the University of New York, and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

He practiced law in Birmingham, Atlanta, and New York.

He was ordained September 23, 1895, by First Baptist Church of Atlanta.

He served as pastor of Johnson City, TN, Baptist Church; associate pastor of First Baptist Church of Nashville for 8 months, and pastor of First Baptist Church of  Forsyth, GA, for 18 months.

Frank Willis Barnett served as pastor of the Washington church from December1899 to December 1901.

He then went to Alabama where he served as editor of "Alabama Baptist."

The campaign proved effective. In one year, significant collections of books were given by the first president, Dr. Samuel S. Sherman, Mrs.. Charles Manly, and F. M. Molton, totaling over 2500 volumes. Frank Willis Barnett, editor of the ALABAMA BAPTIST gave "for the use of students a large number of popular magazines and papers." He continued giving these sources and providing periodicals as a broadening resource. (Howard College Catalog, 1906-07, 1914-15).