History in Brief

Second Sunday in May, 1947
First Sunday School class held with 11 from the community in attendance:

Ethel & Ben O’Bryant
Lamar & Reginald O’Bryant
Lucille & John Clay
Mae Westbrooks
G. V. Westbrooks
Wynelle Westbrooks
Dewey Wilson
Reverend Charles Drake
And four or five others from First Baptist Church.

Second Sunday in May, 1949
Church constituted with charter members as listed:

Reverend & Mrs. Marshall C. Howard
Ethel & Ben O’Bryant
Lucille & John Clay
Mr. & Mrs. T. A. Merritt, Sr.
G. V. Westbrooks
Mae Westbrooks
Wynelle Westbrooks
Margaret Westbrooks Newberry
Virginia Otwell
One as yet unidentified woman

Bought property for present church building

Summer, 1949 the original church building completed and dedicated: 1950

First Deacons ordained, October 1950

Ben O’Bryant
John Clay
Ervin Sewell

Pastors:

1. Marshall C. Howard, 1949-1950
2. Harry Thacker, 1950-1951
3. Gene F. Evans, 1952-1955
4. Claude Underwood, 1956-1958
5. J. T. McHan, 1958-1983
6. William H. Rabern, Jr., 1983-1985
7. R. L. Caswell, 1985-1989
8. William H. Rabern, Jr., 1990-1994
9. Scotty H. Davis, 1995-1996
10. Mark K. Agan, 1997-2000
11. Jeff Buchanan, 2001-2004
12. Ryan Bunch, 2004-2006