1911 — 2012

PERDIDO KEY, FLORIDA — Bishop Mack B. Stokes, 100, of Perdido Key, Florida, died peacefully in his sleep Nov. 21, 2012.   Bishop Stokes was born in Wonson, Korea, on Dec. 21, 1911. He grew up in a missionary home with three brothers, all of whom became Methodist preachers. Mack graduated from the Seoul Foreign High School at age 16.  He received his A.B. from Asbury College, his B.D. from Duke University, and his Ph.D. from Boston University.  For 31 years he was a professor at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology, where he was Parker Professor of Systematic Theology, and associate dean. He taught thousands of young preachers, who became his friends for life.  He was elected to the episcopacy of the United Methodist Church in 1972, and served as Bishop in Mississippi ...