Glenn A. Toomey

Glenn Alfred Toomey was born in 1920 in Monroe County, Tennessee. He graduated from Harrison-Chilhowee Baptist Academy in Seymour, Tennessee and then attended Carson-Newman, graduating in 1948. It was here that he began to write church and associational histories, a passion that he would cultivate throughout his life. He then went on to Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1980 he received the first Tennessee Baptist Heritage Award presented by the Tennessee Baptist Convention’s Tennessee Baptist Historical Society. During his lifetime he served as Director of Missions for both the Jefferson County and Nolachucky Baptist Associations over a thirty-five year period, as well as pastoring several churches in East Tennessee. In addition he worked extensively as archivist with what were the early beginnings of the Baptist Archives at Carson-Newman. Through Rev. Toomey’s efforts and generous donation of materials and research from a lifetime of work, the Baptist Archives has developed into a rich resource for the study of Baptist history. Rev. Toomey passed on to be with his Savior November 30, 2000 at age 80.