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Ordinations to the eldership were, Geo. W. Hahn, 1915; Harry K. Zeller, 1942; and S. A. Hylton, 1943.
The following have served as elder-in-charge: P. H. Beery, 1901- 05; William Harshbarger, 1905-06; Isaac Branson, 1906-10 and 1911- 12; J. C. Murray, 1910; A. C. Young, 1910-II ; D. F. Hoover, 1912- 13; Henry Fadely, 1913-14, 1915-17; D. E. Bowman, 1914-15; J. A. Miller, 1917; J. W. Norris, 1917-18, 1922-23; W. Carl Rarick, 1918- 19; S. G. Greyer, 1919-22; H. C. Early, 1923-25; I. B. Wike, 1925- 26; George L. Studebaker, 1926-1932; George W. Hahn, 1932-33; F. E. Hay, 1933-45 ; S. A. Hylton, 1945; R. C. Wenger, 1945-49; R. L. Showalter, 1949-
The following have served as pastors: P. H. Beery (ass't. by Clara E. Stouffer ) 1901-04; J. W. Rarick, 1905-06; George Mishler, 1906-07; D. E. Sower, 1907-08; W. Carl Rarick, assisted by Mary Stoner (Wine), 1909-10; J. C. Murray, 1910; Sister W. Carl Rarick (mission worker), 1910-11; S. G. Greyer, 1919-22; S. A. Hylton, 1922; C. A. Wright, 1922-24; G. L. Studebaker, 1925-31; Russell G. West, 1931-35; Clinton I. Weber, 1936-38; Harry K. Zeller, 1940-43; I. D. Leatherman, 1943-45; Russell C. Wenger, 1945-49; Dan Long, 1949-
The following have served as Sunday-school superintendents : (figures are number of years)-Franklin Hoffert (4), W. Carl Rarick (2), S. A. Hylton (6), Stella Abby (1), Wm. A. Lawrence (1), J. J. Kintner (6), Helen Guynn (1), Floyd McQuire (2), Vernon Fairburn (2), Wilbur S. Barnhart (7), D. D. Hylton (5), M. B. Stump (2), Raphael Wolfe (1), Leonard Blickenstaff (I), Paul Keller (1), Arnold Hanna (3), Arthur Shull (3), and James Barnhart since 1948.
The present membership is one hundred seventy-five.
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KOKOMO
Kokomo was on the boundary between the Howard and Plevna churches. Plevna has become the Dunkard Brethren Church.
In 1897 Elder Daniel Bock and wife and Sister Cynthia Deardorff moved into Kokomo. Sister Deardorff was the daughter of Elder Hiel Hamilton and widow of Silas Deardorff. The first services were held in the home of Granville McClaines, and later moved to a room in the city hall and later meetings were held in the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Chester Poff and Elmer Phipps were early workers. In 1912 Brother L. E. Ockerman, a minister from Ohio, moved into the con- gregation. He was of great service to the Church. He was a preacher of ability and his daily life counted for much. He was ordained April 23, 1915. Brother Peter Houk was interested in the possibilities and helped much to encourage the Brethren in Kokomo.
The District Mission Board placed Brother Ockerman as pastor and J. W. Root as Elder. The church was given permission to solicit money of the congregations in the district for funds to build a church house. The building committee was Brethren John Flora, John Root, Alvin Rogers, Leslie E. Ockerman and Samuel Williams. The building cost $3,764.35, and is still the Kokomo house of worship. It was dedi- cated Nov. 5, 1916, Brother Otho Winger, President of Manchester College, delivering the sermon.
In 1917 the membership numbered sixty-six.
The Elders ordained at Kokomo are: Leslie E. Ockerman, April 23, 1915; Oscar D. Werking, Dec. 17, 1917; Alva Hewitt, March II, 1929. Other ministers are Roy S. Richey, Dec. 2, 1940 and Byron P. Royer, April 7, 1946.
The Deacons are: Alvin Rogers, Nov. 27, 1914; Nixon Capp, Dec. 17, 1917; Otto Endsley, Dec. 17, 1917; Lloyd Capp, Oct. 24, 1921 (not now in the church ) ; Chester Hiatt, Oct. 24, 1921 ; Homer Clelland (inactive) ; Walter Hoppes, April 7, 1946; Donald E. Meyer, April 7, 1946; Charles Rogers, Oct. 16, 1949; Arthur Green, Oct. 16, 1949; and Lawrence Deardorff, Oct. 16, 1949.
Brethren Chester W. Poff, Alva Hewitt, Perry Coblentz and Leslie Ockerman served in the free ministry.
The Elders of the church since 1914 who served are as follows : John Flora, 1914-1915; John Root, 1916-1918, 1920-1921 ; Oscar D. Werking, 1919-1920; E. O. Norris, 1921-1922 ; J. A. Miller, 1922-1929,
Indianapolis
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1931-1932, 1935-1937; J. G. Stinebaugh, 1929-1931 ; Perry Coblentz, 1932-1935; T. A. Shively, 1937-1944; R. L. Showalter, 1944-1950.
Pastors serving Kokomo Church are: Chester Poff, 1914-(?); Oscar Werking, 1917-1920; Fred Fair, 1920-1922 ; J. A. Miller, 1922- 1925 ; J. G. Stinebaugh, 1929-1931 ; R. M. Lantis, 1937-1938; Robert Sherfy, 1938-1941 ; Isaiah Oberholtzer, 1941-1942; Roy S. Richey, 1942-1944; Robert A. Byerly, 1944-1951.
The Sunday School Superintendents since 1913 are: Alvin Rodg- ers, 1913-1916; Luther Archer, 1917-1920; Grace Hiatt, 1920-1921 ; Chester Hiatt, 1922-1923; Harry Murphy, 1923-1924, 1926, 1933- 1936; Harley Ronk, 1925, 1927-1929, 1937-1938; Howard T. Dear- dorff, 1930-1933; Roy Fife, 1934, 1941-1942; Roy S. Richey, 1937, 1938-1941 ; Byron P. Royer, 1942-1944; Lawrence Deardorff, 1944- 1945, 1948-1950; Donald E. Meyer, 1945-1948.
On November 22, 1949, Anna and Karapet Garibian came to Kokomo from an U.N.R.R.A. Camp in Stuttgart, Germany. The Ko- komo church opened their homes and shared their goods with these once unfortunate DP's. The Garibians are Armenian folk who speak mostly Russian, but also can speak German, Polish, Armenian and now are becoming acquainted with the English language. Mr. Garibian is a professional violinist. The pastor and wife, Brother and Sister Robert Byerly, shared the parsonage with their Armenian friends and helped them to get started in the "new life." This experience has been a splen- did testimony for the church, and has also brought blessing to the church as well as to those who were unfortunate victims of war. The membership of the Kokomo church is one hundred twenty-three.
LADOGA
In 1826 Elder William R. and Mary Smith moved from Darke Co., Ohio, to Putnam Co., Indiana, and settled on the Big Raccoon Creek. Elizabeth Roberts, Jacob and Hannah Ronk, Henry and Frances Moss, and others moved the same year. We have no papers showing the date of the organization of the church but no doubt it was organized at once with W. R. Smith as its first bishop. William and Sarah Guiliams, Mary Smith and Christian Landis came in the fall of 1827.
In the autumn of 1829 an election was held for two deacons. Jacob Ronk and Alexander Smith were chosen. The letters of Jacob Garver and Sarah Garver, his wife, are dated September 26, 1830. In his letter he is recommended as "house father and bishop with us on Obion Creek." It does not give the name of the church, county, or State. It is signed by Brethren James McCoy Spea, Joseph Moyers, Abraham Miller, William Souder and William Pringle.
About 1830 Daniel Miller and wife moved from the Four Mile Church, Union County, Ind., and located near the east line of Park
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County, Indiana, on the Big Raccoon. He was a bishop. Thomas Miller and wife, Sally, moved from the Four Mile Church with letters dated July 2, 1832. They located in Putnam County, Indiana.
An election for a minister was held in the Raccoon Church District in 1835. Brother Thomas Miller was elected. He moved to Missouri in 1847 or 1848. In 1837 Francis Meyers was called to the ministry and Samuel Britts to the office of deacon.
In their early days they had their troubles. Elder W. R. Smith wanted to hold church meetings publicly. Deacon Ronk and others said it was not according to the rules of the Brethren. They sent for Brethren Boenin and Wine of Virginia who came on horseback to the little or- ganization on Raccoon Creek. They heard the case and decided the Ronks were right and that Smith was wrong. For this and other reasons the church was put under the care of Daniel Miller.
In the thirties the Harshbargers, Meyers, Britts, Graybills, Pet- fleys, Stoners, and Ronks came from Virginia and settled around La- doga. This was quite encouraging to the little church. On Aug. 21, 1846, at the home of Elder Jacob Garver, on Raccoon Creek, Jeremiah Wooden was called to the ministry. Elder William Gish moved into the church in 1847 and became its third elder. About this time Daniel Miller and Francis Meyers moved to Iowa where they died.
In 1848 the first church house was built in the south part of Mont- gomery County, called Cool Spring meetinghouse. Thus we see the church worshiped in homes for twenty-two years. In 1853 Daniel Himes and Eversley Burk were elected to the ministry. August, 1857, John Guilliams and George Stover were elected deacons. Matthias Frantz, who came from Botetourt, Virginia, was ordained in 1856. He lived to be nearly 90 and died in 1898.
August 16, 1858, an election was held for two ministers. Robert H. Miller and Daniel Stoner were elected (Daniel Stoner was the Bro. of David Stoner, Samuel Stoner's father.). This election was in charge of Hiel Hamilton, Samuel Murray, Daniel Himes, and Wesley Burkett. At this time Brother Matthias Frantz was bishop. We have no date of his taking charge. The papers showing the date of Robert Miller's advancement and installation are lost. His house was burned in 1863, with all of its contents, including valuable church papers. He was bishop of the church from some time in the early sixties till Oct. 22, 1880.
In September, 1864, an election was held resulting in the calling of Martin Neher to the ministry and Jacob Neff to the office of deacon. April 27, 1867, Jacob Mahorney and William R. Harshbarger were elected to the ministry. October 8, 1867, David Peffley and Samuel Rettinger were chosen deacons. William Harshbarger was advanced to the second degree and Jacob Neff was elected to the ministry. At this
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time William Frame, John Neff, and Jacob Himes were elected deacons. October 22, 1890, William R. Harshbarger was ordained and the church put under his care.
December 6, 1881, there were elected to the ministry William Lauter, Thomas Watkins and Thomas Everson; Willliam Lauter died in Putnam County, Thomas Watkins died in California, and Thomas Everson died in the Ladoga church.
L. T. Holsinger and family moved into this church some time in the year 1888 and rendered valuable service during their seven years' stay.
October 1890, Samuel D. Stoner was called to the ministry, ad- vanced to the second degree October, 1899 and ordained to the elder- ship January 4, 1904. Howard H. Keim and wife came from Pennsyl- vania January 19, 1891. He was ordained in the eldership May 22, 1897. They moved to Newberg, Oregon, in 1910 and from there to Nampa, Idaho, where he died, 1951.
January 13, 1891, the following deacons were elected: William Hicks, Jesse Ronk, Frank Rose, John Himes, and Wilford Harshbarger. May 31, 1900, E. N. Goshorn was chosen minister and Charles Caylor deacon. May 31, 1906, E. N. Goshorn was forwarded to the second degree of the ministry and Clayton Mahorney was chosen deacon. Feb- ruary 29, 1908, E. N. Goshorn was ordained to the eldership, succeeding William Harshbarger and in January, 1909, was chosen bishop of the church which position he held until his death, April 15, 1930. He became bishop of Mt. Pleasant church July 3, 1909, and held that position until July, 1911. The presiding elders since 1930 are: John Root, June to December, 1930; V. B. Browning, December, 1930, to March, 1935; W. J. Heisey, 1935-1942 ; A. P. Musselman, 1942-1947 ; Albert Harsh- barger, 1947 -.
In 1861 the second house was built in Putnam County and called Little Walnut. In 1869 the third house was built, one and one half miles north of Ladoga and called Bethel. This is the only church whose doors are still open. In 1888 Mount Pleasant church house was built about four and one half miles east of Ladoga in Montgomery County. In 1894 the fifth house was built in Boone County about eighteen miles east of Ladoga and ten miles south of Lebanon known as Bethany .. An Elder, Brother Bowser, and family moved into this church but he died of typhoid fever a few months later. He was the only resident elder to live in this church. William Hicks and Oscar Harrison, both deceased, were the deacons. The church was closed about 1921.
The Little Walnut church was organized December 1, 1892, with fifty members. William Harshbarger was bishop with Zimri Marker and Hiram Heady deacons. The membership became quite small and
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was disorganized in 1923. Most of the members moving their letters to Ladoga.
The Mount Pleasant Church was organized as a separate church January 4, 1904, with eighty-seven members and ninety-four members in the Ladoga church. Samuel Stoner was elected presiding elder with Elder H. H. Keim associate minister. Jesse Ronk and Charley Caylor deacons. Sister Emma Norris Miller, the widow of Robert H. Miller, moved into the Mount Pleasant church about four years after her hus- band's death. She was a great blessing to this church. Her godly life and mental keeness fitted her for any duty that was given her. Being the sister of Lina Stoner, the wife of Samuel D. Stoner, she sought the fellowship of kindred in the Lord and in the flesh. She was the mother of four small sons. Twenty members moved to Tennessee. May Man- ners went to do mission work in Ottumwa, Iowa. Bro. H. H. Keim and Bro. Jesse Ronk moved to Oregon and California, respectively. The presiding elders of Mt. Pleasant were Samuel Stoner, S. F. Sanger and E. N. Goshorn. Samuel Stoner was presiding Elder for thirty years. W. J. Heisey was Elder 1935-1937. The church was served largely by the free ministry.
Pastors who have served Mount Pleasant are: Otto L. Minnick, 1921-1922; Alvin Brightbill, 1927-1928; Walter J. Heisey, 1934-1937.
Charles W. Ronk and David L. Stoner were elected to the ministry Aug., 1908. Robert H. Miller was elected Jan. 1, 191I, and ordained 1917 in the South Los Angeles Church (now Calvary) by the Elders George Chamberlin and N. J. Brubaker. Jesse D. Ronk and Daniel L. Miller were elected to the ministry and ordained.
John Edgar Stoner and Benjamin O. Stoner were elected to the ministry.
Mt. Pleasant merged with the parent Ladoga church, Oct. 9, 1937. During the thirty-three years that Mount Pleasant church stood the above several ministers were chosen. David Stoner died in 1915, while a useful young man. Brethren Jesse Ronk and son Charles, both Elders, died in California and Idaho, respectively. Robert H. Miller has been a successful pastor and is now teaching Bible at Manchester College. Daniel Miller serves in the free ministry in the Ladoga Church. Dr. John E. Stoner and Benjamin Stoner, while ministers, serve in Educa- tion and business at Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., and Cin- cinnati, Ohio, respectively. Mrs. W. W. Peters and Mrs. G. L. Wine were reared in the Mt. Pleasant church, being the two daughters in the Samuel D. and Lina N. Stoner family. Three other children, sons, making their contribution. Paul and family residing at the Stoner home- stead near the Ladoga church are active in service. The Ladoga church elected Albert Harshbarger to the ministry in 1933.
Pastors serving the Ladoga church are : Leo H. Miller, 1920-1924;
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B. F. Summer, J. W. Heisey, 1935-1937; Lewis Deardorff, 1937-1943 ; Cletus Deardorff, Herbert Fisher and Ernest Jehnsen, and Lloyd Evans. Robert L. Heeter is the present pastor. The deacons are: Oliver N. Miller, Delbert E. Williams and Clayton Mahorney.
The present membership is eighty.
LAFAYETTE
Lafayette is the newest church organization in Southern Indiana. Quite a few loyal members have moved into the city to find work and to build homes, and some are students in Purdue. Most of these people are from Fairview, Rossville and Pyrmont churches. The first meeting was at Columbian Park. The first public worship was led by Brother Harold Michael and held in the University Presbyterian Church, March, 1946. There were a few services held in the Y. W. C. A. until it was arranged to meet in the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
Brother Michael served from March until October, 1946, when his health made it necessary for him to resign. At that time Eugene Gnagy who was in Bethany seminary came to Lafayette over the week- ends until his graduation in June, 1947, when he moved to Lafayette. He served from June, 1947, until September, 1948, when he moved to Fort Wayne.
The District and General Mission Boards assist the church in financial support.
The first administration meeting was held in the home of Brother and Sister George Hildreth September 14, 1946. A Pastor's Council was formed. Brethren Hymnals were purchased. It was advised that all who could were to buy two hymnals, one for the church and one to take home. A communion was held in the spring of 1947.
Brother Kenneth Hartman, a ministerial student at Bethany Semi- nary comes each week since the fall of 1948. Since his graduation, in 1950, he lives and serves in Lafayette.
The church has purchased a fine location for a church building at the corner of Eighteenth, Central and State Streets. Plans are under way to erect a fully equipped modern church house. The membership is sixty-three.
MAPLE GROVE
The Lick Creek Church was organized September 28, 1852, with thirteen members. This small nucleus of membership began near Clay City in the southern part of Clay County. Elder Jacob Kaub was the first minister. On the day of organization George Long was elected minister and Samuel Burger, deacon.
In 1870 the first meeting house was built in the western part of Owen County, just across the line from Clay County. This house was
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named Denmark and was about six miles east of Clay City. The Church grew through migration and conversions and in 1881 there were eighty members.
Later the membership extended to the north of Clay City and the second house was built in 1905, about three miles northeast of Saline City. This house was named Maple Grove. Both Denmark and Maple Grove were in the organization known as the Lick Creek congregation and were presided over by the same Elder until August 28, 1916. At that time it was decided to be under District direction.
The membership of this church has never been large yet many leaders have come from this congregation. Some of these are Elder Jacob Sommers, David Culler Sr., the Goshorns, Annetta Mow, the Mitchells, Campbells, Brother and Sister Charles Dumond of Topeka, Kansas, G. W. Kieffaber and Goldie Killion. Brother Sommers was a native of Pennsylvania, and married Martha Ockerman, they lived together more than fifty years. They were the parents of thirteen children and at the time of his death in 1871 there were one hundred and two grandchildren and thirty-six great-grandchildren.
Brother D. D. Culler Jr. was a strong man in the ministry and a much loved teacher at Mount Morris College, Ill. He died in 1915. Brother Robert Goshorn was a leader in southern Indiana. His wife was a daughter of Elder Jacob Sommers. To them were born five sons and three daughters. Robert Goshorn was elected to the ministry Dec. 6, 1870. He was presiding Elder of the Lick Creek congregation for eighteen years. He was often chosen as a District officer and served once on the Standing Committee (1892). He died in 1903 on his way to church.
Three sons : B. F., G. V., and Ezra N. Goshorn were ministers. B. F., the oldest son, was called to the ministry Oct. 23, 1885 and or- dained in 1910. He was active in the work at the home church. G. V. Goshorn was chosen for the ministry Oct. 21, 1887. He was a Mount Morris graduate. He was also a teacher in country schools and super- intendent of Indian schools in the west. He traveled in every state in the Union, in Canada and Europe. His last days were full of suffering, faith, and hope.
Ezra N. Goshorn was a student, graduating from Mount Morris College, and DePauw University, receiving his A.B. and A.M. degrees. For one year he edited the Clay City paper. He taught at Mount Morris College and he was elected to the ministry in the Ladoga Church in 1900. He was a good preacher and a spiritual leader. He died April 10, 1930.
Annetta Mow was born here while her father was in school.
Brother and Sister J. C. Mitchel have spent their lifetime in this church. Brother Mitchel is now ninety-five and his wife, Barbara,
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eighty-nine. They are the parents of seven children. They still attend church when it is at all possible. Dora, their devoted daughter, gives much time to the Women's Work and the teaching and the music of the church. Others of the children are in California. Two beside Dora remain in the Maple Grove church.
Brother Alfred Campbell and wife are caring for the church now. Their son, Glen Campbell, married Betty Brooks, daughter of Harlan Brooks, of India. These young people are preparing for service as mis- sionaries to India. Another son, Henry, is a minister and just graduated from Manchester College.
Brother Farrel Culler is a minister serving also in the Maple Grove church.
During the years some families moved away. A number from the Denmark house were organized into the Brethren, or Progressive Brethren as it was then called, and only a few members remained near the Denmark church house. The work there was discontinued in 1920 and the house was sold in 1930. The name Lick Creek was dropped and the organization is officially known as Maple Grove.
The presiding elders have been: Jacob Kaub, four years; Jacob Sommers, fifteen years; David Culler, fourteen years; Robert Goshorn, eighteen years, until his death in 1903. O. D. Werking and Carl Rarick served at different times. D. C. Campbell closed his supervision at Maple Grove in 1918. Since then the following Elders have served : George L. Studebaker, 1919-1921 ; 1925-1926; W. L. Hatcher 1921- 1924; I. B. Wike 1926-1927 ; Ira T. Hiatt, 1927-1931, V. B. Browning 1931-1935, J. A. Miller 1937-1949, Albert Harshbarger 1949 -.
The Deacons have been: Samuel Burger, John Long, Patrick Heagy, Martin Row, Samuel Sommers, Jacob Baker, Jacob Mitchell, J. E. Miller, Noah Slife, G. B. Culler, Adam Storm, and W. H. Silvius. Those elected since 1917 are: Herman Culler, Blanche Baker, Jacob Culler and wife, Benjamin Deardorff and wife and Vincent Young- blood and wife.
Ministers elected since 1917 and some not reported in the previous history are: Charles Dumond, Aug. 4, 1926; Farrel A. Culler, Sept. 17, 1933 and ordained Sept. 17, 1939; John C. Mitchell ordained Dec. 16, 1916; Paul Hiatt licensed June 18, 1938, Glen C. Campbell, July 20, 1944, and ordained Sept. 15, 1945.
. Sunday School Superintendents since 1916: Alfred Campbell 1916, Grace Mitchell 1917-1919, Herman Culler 1920-1922, Benjamin Dear- dorff 1930-1931, Lulu Campbell 1932-1933, 1940-1943, Vincent Young- blood 1934-1935, 1937-1938, Farrel A. Culler 1935-1936, 1946-1949, George Culler 1938-1939, Catherine Culler 1939-1940, 1944-1945. Lulu Campbell is the present Superintendent.
Maple Grove has an active Women's Group which contributed the
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largest per cent of money per capita of any Southern Indiana Women's Work group in 1949. They have C.B. Y.F., children's and Intermediate department. The present membership is thirty-eight with Brother Alfred Campbell as pastor and Brother Albert Harshbarger as Elder.
Brother F. M. Hollenberg spent a few of his earliest childhood days here. Others who grew up in the Denmark vicinity and are serv- ing in the ministry are Elder G. W. Kieffaber, Sister Goldie Killian. Also Elder D. D. Culler, Jr., was elected to the ministry at the Denmark House but soon moved away.
MIDDLETOWN
The early history of Middletown is the same as Upper Fall Creek. In 1882 a one room building was built in town, being the second house in the Upper Fall Creek congregation.
The Middletown Church was organized on October 13, 1917 as a separate congregation. The following elders have served: Albert B. Roof 1917-1920, J. W. Lewis 1920-1922, O. D. Werking 1922-1925, Frank Dillon, 1925-1933, J. A. Miller 1933-1948, Carl Hilbert, 1948 -.
Since the church in Middletown was organized it has been served in the ministry by the following local men: J. W. Lewis, A. F. Car- penter, Ora Zirkle, E. L. Mccullough, Frank M. Dillon, William Dillon and W. E. Hamilton.
Those called to the ministry are: O. H. Zirkle 1919, and Estel Mccullough in 1926. The church was served by the free ministry until 1946. After serving in the free ministry for thirteen years E. L. McCul- lough moved to Beech Grove in 1942, this left O. H. Zirkle the only minister in the congregation. He served as full time pastor from 1942 until 1948. W. E. Hamilton became the full time Pastor in 1949.
Deacons that have served the church are: David Roadcap, Benja- min Ritchie, J. A. Leckron, Ora H. Zirkle, Michael Andes, Marion Ryne, George W. Ritchie, Bryan Leckron, D. D. Blickenstaff, Arza Dillon, Harold Grady, Floyd Spearman, Asberry Gudgel and Peter Spearman.
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