Mack B Stokes

Marion “Mack” Boyd Stokes (December 21, 1911 – November 21, 2012) was an American Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1972. He was born in Wonsan, Korea of missionary parents. He is a graduate of Asbury College (A.B. degree), Duke Divinity School (B.D. degree, 1935), and Boston University (Ph.D. degree). He was a professor of systematic theology and Christian Doctrine at Candler School of Theology at Emory University from 1941 until 1972. After retiring as a Bishop, Stokes served as Associate Dean and Professor of Theology at Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma. He died at the age of 100 in 2012.