John Warren Branscomb

Who was John Warren Branscomb?

John Warren Branscomb was an American Bishop of the Methodist Church, elected in 1952.

He was born 11 May 1905 in Union Springs, Alabama. He attended Emory University and was a clergy member of the Florida Annual Conference. He was elected to the Episcopacy by the Southeastern Jurisdicitional Conference of the Methodist Church. He was assigned to the Jacksonville episcopal area, which included Cuba and the Florida Conference.

Branscomb auditorium, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, was named after Bishop Branscomb and stands on the campus of Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida.

He died of a heart attack on 16 January 1959 in Orlando, Florida at Orange Memorial Hospital now known as Orlando Regional Medical Center, the Funeral service was held in Orlando, Fl and he was buried in his hometown of Union Springs, Alabama.