Attebery, E. Raymond (Edgar Raymond), 1895-1944.

Seattle clergyman and civic leader.

Born in Missouri in 1895, Edgar Raymond Attebery joined the Oregon National Guard in 1917 and served for two years, including 14 months in WW I France. He earned his B.A. from the University of Washington in 1921, attended Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship, and received his bachelor of theology degree from Harvard Divinity School in 1925. In that year, he became pastor of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church in Seattle (renamed Grace Methodist Church ca. 1939). Attebery was active in civil causes. In 1929 he played an active role in the effort to free International Workers of the World (IWW) members jailed after the 1919 Armistice Day clash between workers and veterans in Centralia. He was also a vocal advocate of Prohibition and a critic of American isolationism. Attebery joined the Washington National Guard as a chaplain in 1929. He was called to active duty in September 1940 and died while landing with his division on Biak Island, New Guinea, in May 1944.

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