Robert Spencer Hough

1911 - 2003  (92 years)

• Name	Robert Spencer Hough  [1, 2]
  Birth	31 Mar 1911	Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 May 2003	Mount Pleasant, Isabella, Michigan   [1, 4, 5]
  Person ID	I48994	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2019

  
  

  Father	Robert Ervin Hough
  Mother	Nannie Jane Roddey
  Family ID	F23694	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary E. Wacaster,   b. 29 Jul 1911, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi d. 9 Jun 1999, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	14 Feb 1939  [1, 6]
  Children	1. Robert Winslow Hough,   b. 22 Apr 1945, Tarboro, Edgecombe, North Carolina d. 13 Jan 2006, Needham, Norfolk, Massachusetts (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F23621	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  The Charlotte Observer May 8, 2003 The Reverend Dr. Robert S. Hough, 92, formerly of Charlotte, died Tuesday, May 6, 2003 in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan where he had recently relocated to be near his son. Dr. Hough was born March 31, 1911 to the late Reverend Robert Ervin Hough and Nannie Jane Roddey Hough at the site of the former manse of Chalmers Memorial ARP Church, where his father was pastor. He was a graduate of Columbia Theological Seminary in Atlanta where he received a degree in Theology and later earned a Doctorate of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary. Dr. Hough also received an honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Rhodes College and an honorary Doctorate of Law from Bristol Colleg During his sixty-six-year ministry beginning in 1936, he served Presbyterian churches in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and Florida before returning to Charlotte where he pastored East Presbyterian Church from 1970 to 1979, McGee Presbyterian Church from 1979 to 1989 and Westover Hills Presbyterian Church from 1990 until his retirement in 2002. He was married February 14, 1939 to the former Mary Wacaster, whom he met in the first grade. She preceded him in death June 9, 1999. In 1945 Dr. and Mrs. Hough became the parents of Dr. Robert W. Hough who is a Professor of Religion at Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.

  
  

• Sources

  [S22741] Descendants of Squire Hascall and Elizabeth Chandler/Russell, (compiled by Richard K. Hascall for the Haskell Family Association). [S59538] Descendants of Sarah Hascall and Jonathan Barrett edit review Mar 2019 by Andrew Barrett Turner, (HFA library code FamRec0228). [S39214] Obituary, The Charlotte Observer, Robert S. Hough. [S53585] SSDI: Social Security Death Index. [S39213] Obituary, The Charlotte Observer, Robert S. Houg, (May 8, 2003). [S39211] Obituary, The Charlotte Observer, Mary W. Hough, (June 10, 1999).