sentences:  During his time at Sewanee de Ovies's ministry began with his ordination to the deaconate in 1900 and three years later he was ordained as a minister.De Ovies's first assignment was as rector for Grace Church in Sheffield, Alabama from 1901 to 1903.On June 18, 1902 he would marry Elizabeth Eggleston DuBose, the daughter of Robert Marion DuBose, longtime Treasurer of the university and descended from a number of prominent South Carolina families.