Benjamin Rice Lacy, Jr. (1886-1981) was born in Raleigh, North Carolina to Benjamin R. Lacy, Sr. and Mary L. Burwell. He received a Doctor of Divinity in Theology from Davidson College, North Carolina in 1919. He had been ordained a minister in the Presbyterian Church in the United States in 1914. During World War I, he served as chaplain in the 113th Field Artillery in the 30th Division. At the end of the war, Benjamin Lacy moved to Atlanta, Georgia where he began work as pastor for the Central Presbyterian Church. In 1919, he also married his wife, Emma Elizabeth White. His four children were: Benjamin Rice III, William White, Robert Burwell, and Emma Elizabeth. Benjamin Lacy served in Atlanta, until 1926 when he became President of the Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. Other genealogical information about the family is currently unavailable.
From the description of Dr. Benjamin R. Lacy Correspondence, 1907-1935 (Atlanta History Center). WorldCat record id: 191064759
