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A HISTORY
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MALLARY BAPTIST
ASSOCIATION

HISTORY
Of The
MALLARY BAPTIST
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1883-1983
A CENTURY FOR CHRIST
By
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COPYRIGHT 1983
MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
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Preface
The occasion for the writing of a history of the Mallary Baptist
Association is the Centennial Celebration, October 12, 1983. The history
is not intended as an exhaustive treatise, but rather a look at the life and
ministry of the churches who have made Mallary Association what it is.
While much study and research has gone into the writing of this
history, it is written more in narrative fashion than technical style with
footnotes. Every effort has been taken to insure accuracy. If some facts
are not presented accurately, please be assured that it is unintentional.
Thanks and appreciation for their help goes to the Associational
Historical Committee, Mrs. Elmer McCrary, chairman; J. O. Leath, and
Henry C. Duggan, Jr. Their support and help in research and many other
ways is gratefully acknowledged.
A special word of appreciation is due to my wife, Myrtice Taylor
Pelham, Annette Murry and Doris Hall, Mallary Association
Secretaries, for their labor of love in typing and proofing this entire
manuscript.
Major sources used in preparation of this history include Minutes of
the Association from 1883-1982; A History of the Georgia Baptist Con-
vention, 1822-1972 by James A. Lester; The Southern Baptist Convention
and Its People, 1607-1972 by Robert A. Baker; Minutes of First Baptist
Church of Albany; History of Worth County, Vol. 2, and others.
THE AUTHOR
The Baptists of Mallary Association are indebted to James E.
Pelham for his labor of love in writing this history. James has spent hun-
dreds of hours in researching, interviewing, and writing this material.
But his sacrifice in time should be no surprise to Mallary Baptists since
he has spent most of his life living out the servant role.
James was born on November 7,
1926 in Slocomb, Alabama. He
graduated from High School in Walnut
Hill, Florida, and received his Bachelor
of Arts degree from Stetson Universi-
ty, Deland, Florida. Between high
school and college, James served two
years in the U.S. Army. In 1954, he
graduated from New Orleans Baptist
Theological Seminary with a Masters
of Religious Education degree. Since
then he has served the Lord at the
First Baptist Church of Sweetwater,
Tennessee; Park Street Baptist Church
of Columbia, South Carolina; Allen
Street Baptist Church of Charlotte,
North Carolina; Riverside Baptist
Church of Tampa, Florida; Arlington
Baptist Church, Jacksonville, Florida;
and Byne Memorial Baptist Church,
Albany, Georgia. Since 1970, James
has served as Director of Missions of
The Mallary Baptist Association. As Director of Missions, he has sought
to lead the churches of this Association in their missions and educational
ministries. James has been tireless in his efforts as he served the Lord
and the churches in the Dougherty, Lee and Worth County areas of
Georgia.
The Southern Baptist Convention has benefited by James ministry.
He has served on the faculty at Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly for ten
years, as leader in numerous Sunday School Campaigns in many states,
and currently serves on the Brotherhood Commission of the Southern
Baptist Convention.
Serving along side of James is his wife, Myrtice, who is constantly
encouraging him and supporting him in the work of The Kingdom.
The Baptists of Mallary Association wish to say thank you to
James E. Pelham for this labor of love.
Earnie Pirkle
Moderator of Mallary Association 1983
Centennial Picture
James E. Pelham
Table of Contents
Preface.......................................................v
Section 1 The First Century of Mallary Baptists.........ix
Chapter I Our Namesake..................................... 1
Chapter II Getting Started.................................. 4
Chapter III Settling Down................................... 18
Chapter IV Reaching Out................................... 24
Chapter V Back to Basics.................................. 38
Chapter VI Our Centennial Year............................. 62
Section 2 pi Our Organizations............................ 69
Chapter VII Sunday School................................... 70
Chapter VIII Womans Missionary Union........................ 79
Chapter IX Church Training................................. 90
Chapter X Brotherhood .................................... 96
Section 3 Our Churches..................................101
Chapter XI Dougherty County Churches.......................102
Chapter XII Lee County Churches.............................140
Chapter XIII Worth County Churches...........................147
Section 4 Statistical Information.......................187
Appendix A Historical Table................................188
Appendix B Selected Statistics.............................192
Appendix C Churches and Their Pastors......................195
Appendix D Pastors and Their Churches......................201
Appendix E All-time Records................................215
Appendix F Host for Annual Meetings........................217
Appendix G Former Churches.................................218
Appendix H Ministers Ordained by Mallary Association Churches 219










SECTION I
THE FIRST CENTURY
OF MALLARY BAPTISTS
CHAPTER I, OUR NAMESAKE
1
Chapter I
OUR NAMESAKE
Nearly a century of time can fade the memories and the lack of
records can make finding information about the early years of the
Association a difficult task. It is evident that the Association was named
after a man named Mallary. According to the minutes of First Baptist
Church, Albany, dated January 13,1884, a new association was organiz-
ed in December 1883, to be called Mallary in memory of Brother Charles
Dutton Mallary, deceased.
Charles Dutton Mallary was born in West Poultney, Rutland Coun-
ty, Vermont, January 23, 1801. One of his brothers, Rollin C. Mallary,
became an eminent lawyer, and represented his native state for many
years in the United States Congress.
C. D. Mallary completed the usual preparatory studies and entered
Middleberry College in August, 1817. He graduated in August, 1821,
with first honor.
From his earliest years he had been the subject of deep religious im-
pression which he ascribed in large measure to the instructions and
prayers of pious parents, especially of his devout and honored mother.
In the sixteenth year of life, during a revival service, he experienced
that great moral change which renewed his heart in a salvation ex-
perience. He was baptized into the fellowship of the Baptist Church in
West Poultney, Vermont, in June, 1822.
In October, 1822, Charles left New England and traveled south, pass-
ing through Charleston, and settled in Cambridge, Abbeville district,
South Carolina. He had made the decision to become a preacher before
leaving Vermont and now in South Carolina circumstances were
favorable for commencing his work and he was soon licensed as a
minister.
A church in Columbia, S. C., called him as pastor and he was ordained
in April, 1824. On July 11, 1825, Susan Mary Evans and Charles were
married. Susan was the granddaughter on the maternal side of the emi-
nent man of God, Rev. Edmund Botsford. Two children were born to this
union, Charles and Rollin. Susan died of consumption at Milledgeville,
Georgia in 1834.
Charles Dutton Mallary pastored several churches in South Carolina
and then in 1830 accepted the call from the Baptist Church in Augusta
where he served for four years. He moved to Milledgeville in 1834. A
health problem kept him from serving as faithfully as he would have liked
and he moved around quite frequently.
From 1837-1839 Mallary served as an agent of Mercer University. In
1840 he was employed as missionary in Central Association. Perhaps this
was the period of his greatest usefulness. His powers were fully matured
and he moved in congenial and appreciative circles. In company with
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Dawson, Campbell, and others, he engaged in extensive preaching tours,
and in protracted meetings, which were attended with memorable
revivals, and which operated powerfully in giving tone and character to
the Baptists of Georgia. This ministry made him very popular and
respected as a leader in Baptist circles in Georgia.
Six years following the death of his first wife, Mallary married Mrs.
Mary E. Welch of Twiggs County, Georgia. They were married nearly 22
years before she died suddenly in 1862. After his second marriage he took
up his abode on his wifes plantation near Jeffersonville.
Far from retirement, Mallary pastored half-dozen churches during
the first few years in Twiggs County. In 1848 he was called to the
LaGrange Church and in spite of constantly failing health, he served four
years.
Unable to carry out his pastoral duties, he left LaGrange and moved
to Albany, where he lived until his death July 31, 1864 at the age of 63.
Dr. Mallary was buried in Albany. Dr. S. G. Hillyer preached his funeral
sermon. He was as active as his health would permit until the end. He
loved to preach. The name of Jesus was fragrant and precious to him,
always in his heart and often on his lips. He loved the brethern.
Dr. Mallary was singularly kind and charitable in his judgment of
others. He was never heard to utter a biting sarcasm, a stinging jest, a
cruel inuendo, nor even a word that savored of slander against a fellow
creature.
To the more solid qualities of the understanding, such as a quick and
clear perception, a calm, sound judgment, a tenacious memory, a capaci-
ty for bold and vigorous thinking, he added a fertile fancy and a soaring,
creative imagination, which enabled him to adorn and illustrate whatever
he touched.
The degree of Doctor of Divinity, conferred by Columbian College,
District of Columbia, though little prized by him, was richly merrited.
Dr. Mallary wrote several books. The more widely known are the Life
of Botsford, 1832; Memoirs of Elder Jesse Mercer, 1834; and Memoirs of
B. M. Sanders, 1854. He wrote for the American Tract Society and The
Christian Index.
In the book, A History of the Georgia Baptist Convention, 1822-1972,
by James A. Lester, Charles Dutton Mallary is pictured along with a few
others as an Early Convention Leader.
Dr. Mallary was on hand in Augusta in 1845 for the organizational
meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. He, along with W. B.
Johnson, Thomas Curtis and Richard Fuller, was appointed to form a
committee to prepare an address to the public setting forth the reasons
which led to the formation of this body (The Southern Baptist Conven-
tion).
At the time of the organization of the Southern Baptist Convention
in Augusta in 1845, J. B. Jeter of Virginia was named as president and C.
D. Mallary as corresponding secretary on the Board of Managers for
Foreign Missions. Dr. Mallary was unable to serve because of poor
health.
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3
Rollin D. Mallary, son of C. D. Mallary, pastored First Baptist
Church in Albany briefly in 1876 and resigned to accept the presidency of
the Female College in Rome, Georgia (now Shorter College, one of five
Baptist schools in Georgia).
It is very apparant that this association selected an outstanding man
of God who lived his last dozen years in the Albany area as her namesake.
Religion was the atmosphere in which Charles Dutton Mallary lived,
moved and had his being. He did not separate his life into the sacred, and
secular, saying, this is for God, and that is for the world it was all for
God. As we celebrate the one hundreth anniversary of the founding of the
Mallary Association his philosophy of life stands as our challenge for the
next century.
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Chapter II
GETTING STARTED
The organizational meeting that led to the establishment of the
Association was attended by representatives from at least 8 churches.
The meeting was held at Mt. Enon Church in Mitchell County on
December 29, 1883.
The charter member churches were:
Cool Springs Colquitt County
Rose of Sharon Colquitt County
Mt. Enon-Mitchell County
Mulberry-Mitchell County
Friendship-Worth County
Ty Ty-Tift County
Union-Worth County
Albany was represented at the
meeting but chose not to affiliate with
the new Association until a request for
dismission from the Bethel had been
acted on.
Five churches presented petitionary
letters at the 1884 meeting and were ac-
cepted into the Association:
Albany-Dougherty County
Camilla-Mitchell County
Leesburg-Lee County
New China Grove-Mitchell County
Pine Bluff-Dougherty County
The oldest copy of Minutes are dated November 7-9,1884 and is titl-
ed Minutes of the Second Session of the Mallary Baptist Association
and was held with the Baptist Church in Albany. The moderator was C.
M. Irvin and the clerk, W. E. Sheppard.
J. C. Bass had been elected Moderator at the 1883 meeting and
tendered his resignation at the beginning of the 1884 session because of
ill health. C. M. Irvin was elected to succeed him.
Information in the Committee on Missions report stated that the
Home Mission Board had 144 missionaries. The Foreign Mission Board
had 95 missionaries serving in Africa, China, Europe, Brazil and Mexico.
In Georgia, the Georgia Baptist Convention had 32 missionaries in its
employ. The report concluded with a recommendation: We recommend
the appointment of an Executive Board of this Association, having its
headquarters in Albany, whose business it shall be to take in hand the
mission work of the Association, and, as for as possible, to supply the
destitution.
Mt. Enon Church
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5
The Executive Committee report stated that the Committee was
persuaded that a missionary should be employed to preach in the
destitute portions of the area. Brethern W. E. Sheppard and James C.
Bass have rendered service of this kind during the past year and we
recommend that they be paid $25.00 out of the funds available for that
purpose.
Earliest records (1884) indicate this information about the 12 chur-
ches:
Members
192
Church
Albany
Camilla
China Grove
Cool Spring
Friendship
Leesburg
Mt. Enon
Mulberry
Pine Bluff
Rose of Sharon
TyTy
Union
County
Dougherty
Mitchell
Mitchell
Colquitt
Worth
Lee
Mitchell
Mitchell
Dougherty
Colquitt
Tift
Worth
Total
87
26
74
16
43
51
13
62
8
32
40
644
Pastor
J. L. Lloyd
J. L. Underwood
C. M. Irvin
W. E. Sheppard
J. Long
J. L. Underwood
J. L. Underwood
None listed
J. L. Underwood
J. T. Sauls
S. E. Blitch
Wm. Hurst
One of the Resolutions adopted at the 1884 meeting was as follows:
Be it resolved, that the Executive Committee of this Association be in-
structed to take steps to secure 0 missionary to labor for the next year in
the destitute sections within our borders, and that they call upon Bro.
Devotie, of the State Board, for aid and co-operation in this matter.
The 1885 meeting at Pine Bluff Church in Dougherty County (not the
same church as the Pine Bluff Church in existence now) was held,
November 6-8, beginning on Friday. Bethel Church in Worth County was
voted into the Association bringing the number of churches to thirteen.
According to information in the minutes, Albany was the only
church in the Association having services every Sunday. Two churches
(Camilla and Leesburg) had services two Sundays a month and ten chur-
ches had services only one Sunday a month.
The Association responded to mission needs: During the late
January blizzard, nearly a hundred dollars were expended for wood alone
for the poor of Albany. Many families were found without fuel and were
made happy by the timely providence. He that hath pity on the poor
lendeth to the Lord.
A concern was evidenced as early as 1885 for Bible study: We hope
the recommendation of the committee on Sabbath-Schools will receive
due attention, and that every church in the Association, if they have not
already done so, will organize a Sabbath-School in which every member of
the church will be interested. Dont leave the work for someone else to
do.
A rather ambitious endeavor was started in January, 1886. A
publication called, The Association Pioneer was to be issued monthly.
The first issue took the place of the 1885 Minutes by carrying a report of
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the 1885 Annual Meeting. Also, the Pioneer contained articles on severed
areas of work, even one for children. Sunday School lessons for the five
Sundays of January 1886 were included. Unfortunately, the editor, Rev.
W. B. Dix, pastor of Albany Church, died in August, 1886, and the
Association Pioneer with him. Only one copy has been perserved.
A stewardship editorial was carried in the Association Pioneer and is
rather amusing. If Christians would give systematically a small amount
each week, the burden would be much lighter, and the reflex influences
upon the heart would be many times greater. The man who only gives
once a year is like the child who said he could not understand how his
companions could comb their heads every day, for he could barely endure
to have his combed once a week.
The Association continued to atract churches, some from other
associations. In 1886 Sumner (Worth County), Bethel (Baker County)
and New Prospect (Dougherty County) came into the Mallary. Mt. Siani
(Colquitt County) and Thundering Springs (Lee County) in 1887 and New
Bethel (Worth County) in 1888 were added bringing the total number of
chuches to 19.
There began to be changes in the church belonging to the Associa-
tion. Mulberry was not mentioned after 1888. New China Grove became
Flint in 1887 and was not listed after 1894. Pine Bluff was not listed after
1892. Camilla was not listed after 1894. Cool Springs was dismissed in
1901.
Coming into the Mallary were Isabella (Worth County) in 1890,
Sylvester (Worth County) in 1893, Pine Forest (Worth County) 1895 and
in 1898: Salem (Worth County), Union, Jr. (Worth County-Warwick),
Harmony (Worth County), Mt. Horeb (Worth County), and New Hope
(Worth County).
In 1899, Baconton (Mitchell County), and Oakfield and Emanuel
(Worth County) came into the Mallary Association. Mt. Siani was
dismissed by her own request in 1899.
At the turn of the century these 26 churches in seven counties made
up the Association:
Bethel (14 members)
Cool Springs (110 members)
Rose of Sharon (62 members)
Acree (50 members)
Albany (317 members)
Leesburg (93 members)
Thundering Springs (73 members)
Baconton (36 members)
Mt. Enon (88 members)
Pleasant Grove (41 members)
Bethel (28 members)
Emanuel (20 members)
Friendship (38 members)
Harmony (51 members)
Isabella (75 members)
Mt. Horeb (41 members)
Baker County:
Colquitt County:
Dougherty County:
Lee County:
Mitchell County:
Worth County:
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New Bethel (85 members)
New Hope (30 members)
Oakfield (48 members)
Pine Forest (63 members)
Salem (99 members)
Sumner (108 members)
Sylvester (107) members
Union, Jr.-Oakfield (65 members)
Union, Sr.-Near Doerun (45 members)
Tift County: Ty Ty (23 members)
The total membership of the 26 churches was 1810. Baptisms
reported in 1900 were 84, with 11 churches not reporting any. Albany led
with 29.
Mission giving in 1900 was as follows:
Minutes & Clerk.........................................$ 42.75
Associational Missions..................................... 51.88
Home Missions.............................................. 19.49
Foreign Missions........................................... 70.25
Aged Ministers............................................. 29.00
Orphans Home............................................. 117.69
State Missions............................................ 173.24
Mercer University........................................... 4.00
Monroe College............................................. 38.50
Missionary (P.R. Jones)..................................... 9.38
General Missions & Benevolent Home Work .................. 456.20
$1,012.38
The first Constitution and By-laws were published in the 1887
Minutes. This is the reproduction of the document.
WHEREAS, It has been found expedient for the churches of
Jesus Christ within convenient distance of each other, to be in some
way associated in order to promote mutual piety, and to secure uni-
ty of faith; and concert of action in Christian work; we, therefore,
messengers of the following named churched, to-wit: Albany, Bethel
(Baker), Bethel (Worth), Camilla, Cool Springs, Friendship,
Leesburg, Mt. Enon, Mt. Sinai, Mulberry, New China Grove, New
Prospect, Pine Bluff, Rose of Sharon, Sumner, Thundering Springs,
Ty Ty and Union, do hereby set forth the following articles of faith
as the basis on which the said churches propose to associate:
1. We believe in the only true and living God; and that there is a
Trinity of persons in the Godhead-the Father, the Son and the Holy
Spirit and yet there are not three Gods, but one God.
2. We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New
Testaments are the Word of God, and that they are the only rule of
faith and practice.
3. We believe in the fall of Adam; in the imputation of his sin to
posterity, in the corruption of human nature and the inability of
man to recover himself from his lost estate.
4. We believe in the everlasting love of God to his people, and in
the eternal election of a definite number of the human race to grace
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and glory; and that before the world began there was a covenant
between the Father and the Son, in which the salvation of the
redeemed is made secure.
5. We believe that the righteousness of Christ imputed to sin-
ners is the only ground of their justification before God.
6. We believe that the spirit and power of God will effectually
call, regenerate, sanctify and support those who were chosen in
Christ, so that they may preserve in Grace, and so that not one of
them will finally be lost.
7. We believe that good works are the part of faith that they
follow justification, and are the evidence of a gracious state.
8. We believe that there will be a resurrection of the dead and a
general judgement, and that the happiness of the righteous and the
punishment of the wicked will be eternal.
VIEWS OF GOSPEL ORDER
1. We believe that a visible church is a congregation of profess-
ed believers in Jesus Christ, who enjoying Christian fellowship with
each other, have associated with each other, have associated
themselves together with a view to keep up public worship and
discipline, agreeable to the rules of the Gospel.
2. We believe that Jesus Christ is the great Head of the church,
and the only law-giver; but that the administration of the laws on
earth are vested in each church for itself. An equal share in the ad-
ministration being the privilege of each member, and that discipline
is intended for the purity of the church, and for the reclaiming of
those members who may be disorderly, either in principle or prac-
tice, and should be faithfully kept up for the Glory of God.
3. We believe that Baptism in water and the Lords Supper are
the only ceremonial ordinances of Jesus Christ, and are to be con-
tinued until His second coming.
4. We believe that the Scriptures prescribe no mode of baptism;
the baptism and immersion are equivalent terms, and that conse-
quently to substitute sprinkling or effusion for baptism, is to
disobey the commands of our Saviour. We also believe that only
those who make credible profession of faith in Christ are subjects of
Scriptural baptism.
5. We believe that none but regular baptized church members
have a right to commune at the Lords table.
6. We believe that it is the duty of every born soul to make a
public profession of faith, to be legally baptized, to become a
member of the visible church and to partake of the Lords Supper at
every legal opportunity in the course of life.
Having set forth the foregoing abstract of what we believe to be
the faith of the churches which we represent, we lay down for
ourselves the following regulations: to wit:
ORGANIZATION
1. The Association shall consist of those members of churches
in the union who may be regularly chosen to represent them in this
body, and who may convene for that purpose.
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9
2. The member so chosen and convened shall produce letters
from their respective churches certifying their appointment and
stating the number of members, the number of those baptized,
received or dismissed by letter, restored, excommunicated or
deceased since the last meeting of the Association.
3. The member thus chosen and convened shall be denominated
the Mallary Baptist Association.
4. The Association shall have a Moderator, Clerk, and
Treasurer, who shall be chosen by the messengers present.
5. If other churches should desire to be admitted into the union,
they shall petition by letter and by messengers; and if upon ex-
amination found orthodox and orderly, they shall be received into
the Association, and the Moderator shall welcome the messengers
by giving the right hand of fellowship.
6. Each church in the union shall be entitled to at least 2
messengers, and to an additional messenger for every fifty members
over fifty.
POWER AND DUTIES
1. Furtherance of the objects set forth in the preamble of these
articles, the Association may give advice to the churches of the
union in cases of difficulty, and if fellowship should be broken be-
tween any of them, shall endeavor to restore the same; and shall
withdraw from any church, or churches, that may be regarded by
the body as unsound in principle or immoral in practice; and shall
correspond, as far as convenient with other Associations of the
same faith and order.
2. This Association shall be vested with no ecclesiastical power
whatever.
3. Every querry sent to the Association by any church in the
union shall be read, and the Moderator shall put to vote whether it
shall be debated; if the vote is afirmative, the querry shall then be
discussed; but if not, it shall be laid upon the table; provided always,
that those querries which affect the fellowship of the churches shall
be discussed FIRST.
4. This Association shall meet annually, beginning at such
place as may be agreed upon.
BY LAWS
1. Every motion in order, duly made and seconded, shall be
acted on by the Association, unless it be withdrawn by the member
who made it.
2. Every person who speaks in debate shall rise from his seat
and address the Moderator, and shall not be interrupted while
speaking unless on a point of order.
3. No person shall speak more than twice on the same subject
without leave of the Association.
4. There shall be no whispering or talking in time of public
speech, or reflection cast on any member.
5. No member shall absent himself from the Association
without leave from the Moderator.
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6. If any member shall violate any of these rules, he shall im-
mediately be reproved by the Moderator.
7. It shall be the duty of the Clerk to record in a book the pro-
ceedings of the Association, have them published, together with
these articles, and distribute among the churches and the Associa-
tion shall see that he is suitably renumerated for this service.
8. The minutes of the Association shall be read (and corrected,
if need be) and signed by the Moderator and Clerk before the
Association rises.
The Treasurer shall report to the Association all funds paid.
The first Associational Missionarys report was published in 1886. It
read as follows:
MISSIONARYS REPORT
Albany, Ga. Oct. 17th, 1886
To Executive Committee of the Mallary Association.
The following is a correct report of the work done by myself as
your authorized Missionary within the bounds of the Mallary
Association since April 10th, 1886;
For the month ending May 15th, 1886 -9Number of sermons
preached, 6; number of prayer meetings attended, 3; miles traveled
by railroad, 58; by foot or private conveyance 45; amount collected
for missionary fund $2.40.
For month ending June 15th, 1886 Number of sermons
preached, 10; number of prayer meetings attended, 8; number of
miles traveled by railroad, 81, by private conveyance 86, total, 167;
amount collected for missionary funds, $3.00.
For month ending July 15th, 1886 8 Number of sermons
preached, 12; number of prayer meetings attended, 8; other religious
meeting attended, 5; number of miles traveled by railroad, 140; by
foot or private conveyance 54; amount collected for missionary
fund, $2.60.
For month ending August 15th, 1886 Number of sermons
preached, 5; number of prayer meetings attended, 6; number of
miles traveled by railroad, 112; by private conveyance, 70; no collec-
tions taken.
From August 25th to October 10th was away on account of
sickness.
Total number of sermons preached in four months, 33; prayer
meetings attended, 25; miles traveled, 646; amount collected, $8.06.
Besides the above I have made several pastoral visits and
assisted in organizing two Sabbath schools. Respectfully
JAS. W. WILLIS
An interesting item in the 1887 minutes stated that Albany Chinch
hosted the Georgia Baptist Convention in April of that year.
From time to time the Association took disciplinary action against
member churches. In 1893 there was a recommendation that fellowship
be withdrawn from Union because of the false doctrine of sinless perfec-
tion. Similar charges were brought against Ty Ty in 1895 and Union
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again in 1896. The charges were investigated each time and church
agreed to purge itself of the errors and was restored without any actually
being dismissed.
It is not clear whether the aciton taken by the Association in 1901 in
reference to B. S. Hatcher was to correct an error or to take away his or-
dination because of his conduct. There was a motion to strike the words
Ordained Minister from B. S. Hatchers name in Bethels (Worth
County) Church letter.
For several years the Uniform Church Letter carried columns to in-
dicate the number of members dismissed and the number restored to
membership. Evidently the churches and the Association did not hesitate
to take action because of conduct unbecoming a Christian and church
member.
A resolution adopted in 1895 asked that the Executive Committee be
authorized to arrange for a Sunday School Convention within our bounds
and to receive invitations for its entertainment. In the regular report of
Sabbath Schools it was not until 1899 that Sunday Schools ter-
minology was used. In 1901 there was a motion to appoint a committee
to form a Sunday School Association in bounds of Association. Elder E.
H. Shingler was elected chairman of the Sunday School Committee.
Regular reports on Sabbath Schools were made to the Association.
This one in 1898 was typical:
Your committee on Sabbath Schools beg leave to submit the
following report: The Sabbath School is the training ground of the
church. The children of every church and community need active
and informed teachers that are members of the church. We recom-
mend that every church in the Association organize a Sabbath
School, as we find a deficiency in the interest of Sabbath Schools in
the bounds of the Association.
Respectfully submitted,
T. J. Cox, Chairman
W. J. Fillyaw
E. J. Rhodes
Evidently a motion in 1900 that the Moderator appoint a committee
of five to canvass the advisability of establishing a high school in the
bounds of the Mallary Association did not result in a favorable report by
the committee.
The first mention of BYPU was in 1901. In the Executive Committee
report was this statement: Recommend BYPU organization in all
churches where practical.
In 1902 the Association adopted a report of the Committee on Nor-
man Institute which included the motion that the Association accept one-
fourth interest in Norman Institute. Concern for Bible training led to a
committee being appointed to consider the advisability of holding Bible
Institutes within the bounds of Mallary Association. This was im-
plemented in the years to come.
12 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
During the first quarter century the Association elected messengers
to the Georgia Baptist and Southern Baptist Convention.
Summary of men serving as Missionaries in the Association
(sometimes in partnership with the State Board) during the first 25 years
were:
1884 W. E. Sheppard and Jas. C. Bass
1885 W. E. Sheppard
1886 P. R. Jones, J. W. Willis
1887 C. M. Irvin, P. R. Jones
1888 J. C. Bass, P. R. Jones
1889 H. V. Golden
1890 H. V. Golden
1897 W. E. Sheppard
1898 G. Tom West
1899 G. Tom West
1900 J. L. Milner
1903 G. Tom West
1906 W. J. Langston
1908 M. W. Tidd
From time to time, the Association helped young men with loans to
enable them to go to school, usually Mercer University or Norman In-
stitute. In 1895 W. J. Sullivan who had been loaned money at 4% interest
to attend Mercer was reminded that he had been out of school for 2 or 3
years and that he should honor his contract and repay the loan.
The first mention of WMU was in 1903. A statement was carried in
the minutes that there was an effort to organize a WMU organization in
the Association, but did not have sufficient representation. The report
was signed by Mrs. D. A. Golden, Chairman.
In 1903 E. H. Shingler was appointed to visit churches to solicit
funds to employ a missionary. His work was partially successful as Bro.
G. T. West was employed and served for 5 months until money ran out.
The emphasis on Sabbath and Sunday Schools had some success. By
1903, 9 of 17 Church Letters reported having a Sunday School. There
were 22 churches in the Association. Evidently there was a problem then
as now getting every church to turn in a Letter on time to be included in
the minutes.
The minutes of 1904 carried a note that Baconton Church was
destroyed by fire. Relief was obtained in the amount of $102.00 in
pledges and $6.70 collected in cash. The Association sent a request to the
State Board for $300.00 to help Baconton rebuild.
Efforts were made in 1904 and 1905 to secure funds for a missionary.
The goal was $1,000.00. We can see $500.00 but waited to secure a
sensible man, a report stated.
The Association adopted recommendation in 1905 as follows: That
this Association provide as a part of its work an annual Sunday School
Convention to be known as the Baptist Sunday School Convention of the
Mallary Association. The first convention was held March 29 April 1,
1906. Annual conventions were held for some 40 years. The Minutes of
CHAPTER II, GETTING STARTED 13
the Associaton carried a separate report of the Sunday School convention
as an Auxiliary to the Association.
A change was adopted in 1906 in the formula for churches determin-
ing the number of messengers to the Annual Meeting. The new plan was
2 messengers for the first 50 members and 1 for each 50 additional
members. No church could have more than five. (It was not until 1971
that this formula was changed. Each church could have 2 messengers for
the first 100 member and 1 messenger for each additional 100 members
with the maximum being 10. The only other change came in 1972 when
members was changed to resident members.)
In 1906 a missionary was employed. He was Rev. W. J. Langston,
D.D., from Greenville, S. C. Highlights of his report to the Association
covered 37 weeks in 1906; traveled 1,540 miles, preached 158 sermons
and 48 addresses, baptised 31, distributed 4,531 tracts, and collected
$534.47 for Missions, $326.00 for Poulan Church and $139.07 for other
purposes.
Brother Langston was authorized to collect funds to purchase a tent
to use in his associational work. He worked until April 1, 1907 and
returned to South Carolina.
The Executive Committee adopted this statement following Bro.
Langstons resignation as Missionary; We recommend that the Associa-
tion procure at an early date as possible a good live man as missionary for
our association, for all his time.
M.W. Tidd was employed February 1,1908, as missionary at a salary
of $40.00 per month for half his time.
The first table of Sunday School statistics appeared in 1906. Ten
Sunday Schools were reported with enrollment of 852.
The Association passed a recommendation that the Executive Com-
mittee of the WMU be authorized to employ a suitable lady for as much
of her time as possible to visit the various churches, organize Womans
Missionary Societies where it can be done and visit them for a few times
until they understand the work. (There is no indication that this was im-
mediately implemented.)
The Minutes dated 1907 had an item stating that this Association
withdrew fellowship from the Albany Church. Early in the 1908
meeting a motion carried that the Albany Church is restored to
membership in this body. There is no indication as to what the problem
was.
held membership with a total of 2,244 members. A total of 114 baptisms
was reported the 25th year (1908). Seventeen Sunday Schools reported
1,233 members enrolled.
Changes in churches since the listing in 1900 were as follows:
Coming in were Doerun in 1901 with Cool Springs leaving.
In 1904 Poulan came in, Oakfield left.
In 1906 Schley and Bridgeboro Churches came in.
In 1908 Gordy and New Prospect came into Mallary Association.
These churches made up the Association in 1908 at the end of the
first quarter century of Getting Started.
14 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
County
Colquitt
Colquitt
Colquitt
Colquitt
Dougherty
Dougherty
Lee
Lee
Mitchell
Mitchell
Mitchell
Tift
Turner
Worth
Worth
Worth
Worth
Worth
Worth
Worth
Worth
Worth
Worth
Worth
Worth
Worth
Worth
Worth
Church
Doerun
New Prospect
Rose of Sharon
Schley
Acree
Albany
Leesburg
Thundering Springs
Baconton
Mt. Enon
Pleasant Grove
TyTy
Harmony
Bethel
Bridgeboro
Emanuel
Friendship
Gordy
Isabella
New Bethel
New Hope
Pine Forest
Poulan
Salem
Sumner
Sylvester
Union, Sr.
Union, Jr.
Pastor
J. C. Mays
W. M. Tidd
W. M. Tidd
M. S. Clark
E. H. Shingler
W. L. Richards
J. A. Ivey
R. C. Poole
B. W. Davis
D. S. Williams
C. E. Walters
C. E. Walters
L. W. Crenshaw
W. M. Tidd
C. E. Walters
C. E. Walters
W. W. Mabry
P. F. Poston
R. B. Taylor
C. D. Carter
C. W. Stitt
J. S. Fillyaw
W. D. Hammock
R. B. Taylor
A. W. Thompson
J. J. Davis
Total
Members
108
19
64
49
75
323*
110
87
39
53
38
50
86
43
21
82
54
50
69
78
43**
60
48
129
100
212
120
47
2,257
Last reported figure (1902).
**Last reported figure (1904).
Getting started as a new association including establishing a Con-
stitution and Articles of Faith. Here is a reprint of these statements:
Constitution of the Mallary Baptist Association
1. This Association shall be called the Mallary Baptist Associa-
tion and shall consist of such churches as shall agree to the terms of
the union, and whose faith and constitution shall be deemed sound
and satisfactory. Each church shall be entitled to two messengers,
and one additional, for every fifty members or fractional part
thereof after the first fifty. It is stipulated that no church shall be
entitled to more than five messengers.
2. This Association shall have no right to legislate for the chur-
ches nor in any way interfere with their internal affairs.
3. It will be only an advisory body having for its object a more
perfect union of the churches, a more systematic and harmonious
concert of action among them and the spreading of the Gospel
throughout the world.
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15
4. Its officers shall consist of a Moderator, Clerk, and
Treasurer, who shall be elected annually from the body, by ballot or
otherwise.
5. The Moderator shall preside over the deliberations of the
body, give general direction to business and settle all questions of
order; subject however to appeal to the Association upon motion
and second.
6. The Moderator shall appoint all committees, subject to the
ratification or revision of the Association.
7. He shall see that brethren maintain the proper courtesies of
debate, and may call any speaker to order if he departs from the sub-
ject, or uses any indecorous or unbrotherly language.
8. The Moderator may speak upon any subject under discus-
sion by calling some brother to the chair, but shall have no voice in
determining questions except in case of a tie.
9. The Clerk shall keep a correct record of the proceedings of
the body, receive and read all communications addressed to it, when
required, and shall print, and distribute the minutes among the
several churches belonging to the Association, and shall be paid for
his services such sum as the body shall, from time to time, ap-
propriate to that purpose.
10. The Treasurer shall receive all money belonging to the
Association, and pay out such money as the Association, through
her Executive Committee, may order. He shall keep a balance sheet
and make an annual report to the Association for each fiscal year.
11. The Association shall have a regular order of business
adopted at the beginning of each session, and it shall be implicitly
followed unless suspended for a specific object by a majority of the
Association upon motion and second, and when that specific thing
is disposed of, the Moderator shall return to the regular order of the
house.
12. All motions, when seconded, must be put to a vote, unless
withdrawn by the mover. Substitutes and amendments shall always
be in order.
13. No member shall be permitted to speak more than twice on
the same subject without leave of the Association, but shall not
be interrupted while speaking unless he departs from the subject or
uses unbecoming or unbrotherly language.
14. A motion for reconsideration must be made by one who
voted with majority, and can only prevail when a majority of the
members enrolled as messengers are present.
15. The motion for adjournment shall take precedence of all
others.
16. Any member leaving before the close of the meeting
without permission shall have his name stricken from the roll.
17. This constitution and rules shall be subject to alteration by
two-thirds of the members present at any session of the Associa-
tion, except the second, which shall be unalterable.
18. There shall be appointed annually an Executive Committee
consisting of five members chosen from the membership of the chur-
16 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
ches composing the body, whose duty it shall be to obey the instruc-
tions of this body in regard to missionary work. Said Committee
shall have power to elect a chairman, fill any vacancy that may oc-
cur, either in their own number or the office of treasurer, during the
recess of this body, and to have a general supervision over any pro-
perty or financial claims or interest of the Association.
19. It shall be the duty of the Clerk to have published in every
annual minutes the Order of Business, Articles of Faith and the
Constitution of the Mallary Baptist Association.
Articles of Faith
Article 1 We believe the Holy Bible was written by men
divinely inspired and is a perfect treasure of heavenly instruction;
that it has God for its author, salvation for its end and truth
without any mixture of error for its matter.
Article 2 We believe there is one true and living God, and on-
ly one whose name is Jehovah, the maker and supreme ruler of the
universe, revealed under the personal and relative distinction of the
Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, equal in every divine perfec-
tion.
Article 3 We believe that man was created in a state of
holiness under the law of his Maker, but by voluntary transgression
fell from this holy and happy state, in consequence of which all
mankind are now sinners and under just condemnation to eternal
ruin, without defense or excuse.
Article 4 We believe that the salvation of sinners is wholly of
grace through faith in the Son of God.
Article 5 We believe that justification consists in the pardon
of sin and promise of eternal life on principles of righteousness, and
not any works of righteousness which we have done, but solely
through Christs redemption and righteousness.
Article 6 We believe that the blessings of salvation are made
free to all people by the Gospel: that all are invited to Christ; that
God is no respecter of persons, but in every nation he that feareth
God and worketh righteousness is accepted of Him.
Article 7 We believe the doctrine of election; that it is the
gracious purpose of God, according to which He regenerates, sanc-
tifies and saves sinners.
Article 8 We believe in the perseverance of the saints
that all those who are truly regenerated and born again will
ultimately be saved in Heaven: that a special Providence watches
over their welfare and that they are kept by the power of God
through faith unto salvation.
Article 9 We believe that a gospel church of Christ is a con-
gregation of immersed believers in Christ, associated by covenant in
the faith and fellowship of the Gospel; that its only proper officers
are bishops and deacons.
Article 10 We believe that Christian baptism is the immer-
sion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, Son and Holy
Spirit; that it is prerequisite to the privileges of a church relation-
ship and to the Lords Supper.
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17
Article 11 We believe that communion is a church ordinance;
that such only are entitled to partake of it as have given a creditable
evidence of faith in Christ and have been legally baptized.
Article 12 We believe in a general judgment and the resur-
rection of the dead, and the end of this; that at the last day, Christ
will descend from Heaven and raise the dead from the grave to a
final retribution; that a solemn separation will be adjudged to
endless punishment and the righteous to endless joy, and that this
judgment will fix forever the final state of man in Heaven or Hell,
on principles of righteousness.
Reports to the Association were very serious and meaningful and on
many subjects such as missions, State of Religion, Sunday Schools,
Temperance, Womans work, Georgia Baptist Orphans Home, publica-
tions, and regular reports such as Executive Committee, treasurer and
nominations. A sample report of this period is the Missions Report in the
1906 Minutes.
Report of Committee on Missions
Sylvester, Ga., November 13, 1906
To the Mallary Association, Greeting;
Dear Brethren We, your committee, beg leave to submit the
following report on Missions:
The mission work in our Association has been ably carried on
through this year by our efficient missionary, Rev. W. J. Langston.
We note with pleasure a greater interest manifested in missions
than has ever been before in our Association. We are glad to say that
through the influence of our Missionary some have missionaries
now at work on the foreign field, and that others will soon be placed
on the field.
We wish to say that so far as we know Brother L. W. Lundy has
the honor of being the first person anywhere in this secion suppor-
ting a native preacher, he now having a man on the foreign field.
We wish to emphasize the importance of mission work; the life
and prosperity of our churches depend upon it. Brethren, let us
think of what this fair Southland of ours would be without the
Gospel of Jesus Christ, and then let us think of the command of our
blessed Master when he said Go into all the world and preach my
gospel to every creature, and let the precious words sink down in
our hearts and may they spring up in liberal giving of ourselves and
our substance to the Masters cause.
We recommend the continuance of the missionary work in our
association, and most heartily recommend Brother Langston as the
man for the work.
Respectfully submitted,
J. W. Smith
C. G. Tipton
G. E. Grant
18 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Chapter III
SETTLING DOWN
1909-1933
The Association began the second quarter century with what would
now be quite unusual. A resolution adopted at the 1909 Annual Meeting
came from the Executive Committee: That we suggest that the chur-
ches in the bounds of our association lengthen time for holding then-
revivals services to at least three months instead of two, as the custom
now is. There is some question as to whether weeks were meant instead
of months but regardless of that, it was recognized then that the longer
the meeting the more fruitful it was.
Beginning in 1909 there appeared some one designated to preach a
second message called Missionary Sermon at each Annual Meeting.
During the early yeals of the Association it was the custom to have
several sermons. Visiting men, especially the representatives of the State
Board or one of the Baptist Institutions, were frequently asked to
preach. The names of the men giving the Introductory (which became the
Doctrinal sermon) and the Missionary (or second) sermon are listed in the
Historical tables in each years annual minutes.
During the second quarter century more churches joined neighboring
associations. Baconton was granted a letter of dismission in 1909. Schley
and Doerun were granted letter of dismission in 1910. In 1912 Rose of
Sharon and New Prospect churches left to join Colquitt Association. In
1932 Ty Ty was dismissed to unite with Mell Association.
Several churches were dropped with the reason sometimes uncertain.
A church called Union, Jr., was dropped in 1918 after several years of no
report. Parkerville Church came along succeeding Friendship which had
disbanded in 1929.
In 1930 Parkerville was abolished and Friendship reinstated. Also,
in 1930, Callaway Memorial Church in Leesburg was listed as a Mallary
Association church. Leesburg Church changed its name to Callaway
Memorial in 1923 as condition for a generous contribution by the
Callaway family for a new brick church building. After a few years it was
again changed to Leesburg Baptist Church.
Mt. Enon was reported in 1931 to have disbanded and was dropped
from the list of churches.
Churches were also being voted in and the number of churches in the
Association fluctuated from 28 to 1908 and ended with 27 also in 1932.
Added to the Association during this period were:
Byne Memorial, 1910
Antioch, 1911
Red Oak, Acorn Pond, 1922
Baconton, Shingler, 1923
Pine Hill, 1926
Parkerville, 1929
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19
Bridgeboro, 1930
Liberty Hill, 1932
During the years of 1909 to 1933, the Association reported having a
missionary only a few times.
C. Thos. Greer began serving December 1, 1908 and served 11 mon-
ths. His salary was $1,000. He was reported as missionary in 1910 sub-
ject t6 endorsement by the State Board. He did not stay in Mallary
Association since he accepted other work elsewhere.
Again in 1911 C. Thos. Greer served as missionary 3A time and
Sumner Church V* time as pastor.
Beginning in 1912 no missionary (more often the terminology was
Field Worker) was mentioned through 1933. In 1924 a Mercer University
student was mentioned as having been employed as a Sunday School
worker. He was also pastor at Sumner. His total salary was $100.00 per
month with Vt being paid by Mallary Association and lA by Sunday
School Board. However, he suddenly resigned after 2 months, for
reasons best known to himself.
In 1925 Miss Susie Eubanks was employed jointly with Tucker
Association as a Sunday School Field worker for the months of June, Ju-
ly and August. She taught the Sunday School Manual in 9 churches with
the results of 51 finishing the course and receiving diplomas. Miss
Eubanks worked also in 1926 apparantly on the same terms.
In 1930 J. Frank Watson served 2 months as a Sunday School Field
worker. He led a Sunday School revival in which 25 out of 28 churches
participated. A census was conducted by 281 volunteer workers and
6,387 possibilities for our Sunday Schools were found. 2,003 unchurched
people above 9 years of age expressed Baptist preference. At this time,
the resident membership of all churches in the Association was 2,282.
828 unaffiliated Baptist were found who had their Church Letters in their
trunks or in some Baptist Church elsewhere. The average attendance was
570 teachers and workers for the training classes held in each par-
ticipating church.
An interesting namesake, C. L. Mallary was listed as a messenger to
the 1911 Annual Meeting from Byne Memorial. Later in 1923 a man by
the name of Frank L. Mallary was Associational Stewardship Director
listed as being from Baconton, Georgia. He headed a new committee
which was reported on for the first time.
It was Frank L. Mallarys stewardship committee that launched
God Acre plan in 1924. In 1931 God Acre or the Lords plot program
was in full swing. Poulan church had 6 acres; Gordy, 7 acres; Acorn Pond,
11 acres; Red Oak, 1 acre. The Gordy Church is also mentioned as having
Sunday eggs given to missions.
The 1933 minutes carried a full description of Gods Acre and related
stewardship promotion plans:
A Gods Acre or Lords plot is a parcel of ground dedicated and set
aside to be planted, cultivated and harvested for the extension of
our Lords kingdom here on earth, the proceeds to be contributed
through the local church for the support of both the church and the
Cooperative Program.
20 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Related plans employed by the women, boys and girls, such as con-
tributions of Sunday eggs, the proceeds of one or more hens, the
organization of pig and calf clubs, and other features have been
highly successful.
The Gods Acre plan is not offered as a substitute for Stewardship
and tithing as taught in the Bible. It is presented as a practical plan
to help those who farm find a way to have a part in the support of
their churches and the denominations missionary program and to
discover and put into practice the teachings of full Bible Steward-
ship.
Perhaps these men named Mallary were related to Charles Dutton
our Associations namesake.
Conditions in many of the agencies in the Southern Baptist Conven-
tion began to experience financial difficulties. World War I was not men-
tioned very much in the minutes but local churches must have experienc-
ed hard times as did our denomination. In 1918 the Association set a goal
of $7,000.00 in cash and Liberty Bonds to help Southern Convention get
out of debt.
The 75,000,000 campaign was launched by the Southern Baptist
Convention in 1919 and endorsed by the Association. The success of the
campaign will help everything that we are doing and its failure would
hurt everything. The eyes of the Lord and of the whole world are upon us
and we must succeed in the great thing to which we have laid our hands.
Many of the churches made regular contributions to the 75 Million
Campaign. 1924 was the last year of the 75 Million Campaign and
Mallary Associations goal was $13,500. When the Cooperative Program
was introduced in 1925, $10,602.00 was the goal for the first year and
this was to be apportioned among the churches.
A report on the new South-wide Cooperative
Program was presented by Mrs. H.H. Perry who
was Womans Missionary Society president from
First Church, Albany. Here is the report as it was
presented and adopted:
Here Eire four vital reasons why the Co-
Operative Program of Southern Baptist is en-
titled to the most sympathetic and liberal sup-
port of our association and churches.
1. This Program embraces every form of
cooperative work our Baptist people are engaged foreign mis-
sions, home missions, state missions, ministerial relief and our Bap-
tist schools, orphanages and hospitals.
2. The plan of the Program greatly simplifies the appeal of the
denomination of the churches in that it lays before the churches our
whole denominationed work in one well wrought out plan instead of
disturbing the churches with repeated appeals from separate in-
terests many times during the year. This method also results in sav-
ing much effort and money.
3. Support of the Co-Operative Program on the part of our
churches and people tends to their well-rounded development,
AflMlCM,
Is Putting
Your Arms
Around
the World.
We Do It Through the
COOPERATIVE PROGRAM
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21
leading them to support all our causes in a proper proportion rather
than giving to just a few of our enterprises.
4. When it is properly supported by all our people the Co-
Operative Program will insure an adequate income to every depart-
ment of our organized Baptist work, thus relieving our state and
general secretaries and heads of institutions of constant solicitation
of funds and setting them free to plan for the enlarged scope and in-
creased efficiency of the work entrusted to them.
In view of these considerations and the fact that the Southern
Baptist Convention and our various state Conventions have com-
mitted themselves unreservedly to the Co-Operative Program as the
best possible means of providing for the general work of our
denomination, and have adopted a financial objective of $9,000,000
for the South as a whole for 1927, we hereby voice our approval of
the principle and plan of the Co-Operative Program and pledge our
best efforts in insuring its success within the bounds of this associa-
tion.
In taking this action we agree to assume a definite financial ob-
jective for this association and instruct our Executive Board, or
such committee as it may designate for this purpose, to com-
municate with the representatives of every church in this associa-
tion with a view of enlisting each church in assuming a definite ob-
jective for the Program for the ensuing year, and then putting on an
every-member canvass for underwriting such objective. If churches
cannot now be enlisted in putting on the every-member canvass we
would urge this committee to seek to secure a special cash offering
for our general denominational work at least once in the fall and
again in the spring months.
Evidently the goal of more than $10,000 year to the cooperative pro-
gram was a bit high. In 1930 mission giving was reported as follows:
Cooperative Program...................................$4,611.85
Association.............................................. 64.00
Total to all Missions causes.......................... 7,128.68
Things were hard financially in the Association too. A plan was
adopted that the clerk would estimate financial needs (clerk hire,
minutes, postage, travel, etc.) and notify each church 30 days in advance
of the Annual Meeting of their share.
During this Settling Down period, only 3 churches had services
every Sunday. They were First Albany, Byne Memorial and Sylvester.
Baconton and Callaway Memorial had preaching two Sundays a month.
All others had preaching only one Sunday a month.
Pastors salaries reflected the economy of the times which were hard.
Only the three full-time churches paid their pastors more than $1,000.00
a year. Of the others Callaway Memorial (Leesburg) paid the highest
salary of $750.00 per year and Isabella the smallest at $60.00 per year.
In 1930 only 3 churches (the same three full time churches) owned
homes for their pastors.
Changes were made in the Constitution also during this period. In
1923 section 18 was amended. The new statement was:
22 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
There shall be appointed annually an Executive Committee to con-
sist of not less than 2 and not more than 4 from each of the 4
Associational Districts with all ministers holding membership and
pastoring churches in our bounds as Honorary Members.
Three years later in 1926 this section was amended again as follows:
There shall be appointed annually an Executive Committee con-
sisting of one member from each church of the association, and the
pastors holding membership with us; and that no member be ap-
pointed who does not assent to appointment and agree to attend the
sessions of the committee.
A motion was passed at the same annual meeting (1926) establishing
a quorum as 50% of the churches represented. The next year the quorum
of the Executive Committee was changed to 5-three lay members
(Moderator counts as a lay member); other 2 may be ministers.
An activity began in 1922 that continued into the 1960s. A resolution
adopted that year states it: That the Executive Committee form a plan
by appointing a committee to solicit provisions, etc., and send a carload
to the Orphans Home. Also, that one Sunday prior to December 1, be
designated Orphans Day and special collection be taken by the churches
for our orphans. It caught on and in 1930, 2 cars were loaded and sent to
the Home.
In the organizational life of the Association things looked up in some
areas. From 1,233 enrolled in Sunday Schools in 17 churches, in 1908, the
number enrolled increased to 2,678 in 23 of 25 churches with average at-
tendance of 1,500 by 1924.
Baptist Young Peoples Union (BYPU) had been reported for a few
years. Adult BYPUs were just beginning and in 1930 two churches (First
Albany and Byne Memorial) reported enrollments for Adult Unions. In
all 754 in 15 churches was reported as being enrolled in BYPU.
Ten churches reported WMUs with 701 enrolled in 1930.
There were no Vacation Bible Schools reported as of 1930.
Revival meetings were held in every church in 1931 and one had 2. It
is not known whether they were for 3 weeks or longer duration. Baptisms
were being reported at about 200 or 250 per year during this time period.
A summary of the Associational Statistics at the end of this second
quarter century indicate that the churches had settled down and were
ready to reach out.
In BYPU work, Mallarys was recognized as the best in the state of
Georgia in 1932. Mallary had the best Intermediate and best Senior
Unions in the state too. Fifteen churches out of 27 had BYPUs.
WMU work had grown to 10 churches. Sunday School enrollment
was 3,193 with average attendance of 1,586.
Total membership was 5,113. There were 3 full-time, 3 half-time and
21 quarter-time churches. 249 baptisms were reported in 1933.
Gifts to the Cooperative Program and other missions reflected the
depression: Cooperative Program $2,852.35 and total to all missions
courses, $4,477.76.
Attendance at the 50th Annual Meeting in 1933 was 83 messengers
from 26 churches. The formula for the number of messengers was 2 from
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each church, then additional messengers at the rate of 1 for each 50
members or fractional with the maximum of 5. If each church had sent
their full quota of messengers, attendance would have been 116.
There seemed to be no notice taken of the significance of the 50th An-
niversary Meeting.
24 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Chapter IV
REACHING OUT
1934-1958
Unlike the previous quarter century, the years from 1934 to 1958
were years of rapid expansion in the number of churches. The second
quarter century (1909-1933) began with 27 churches and ended with 27.
Even though new churches came in, an equal number left.
Corinth Church in Albany was voted into the Association in 1934.
The 28 churches were located by counties as follows:
Dougherty (4): First Albany
Acree
Byne Memorial
Corinth
Worth (20): Acorn Pond
Antioch
Bethel
Bridgeboro
Emanuel
Evergreen
Friendship
Gordy
Isabella
Liberty Hill
New Bethel
Pine Forest
Pine Hill
Poulan
Red Oak
Salem
Shingler
Sumner
Sylvester
Union
Lee (2) Callaway Memorial
Thundering Springs
Mitchell (2): Baconton
Pleasant Grove
The center of associational life logically fell in Worth County by vir-
tue of the number of churches if for no other reason.
Someone said in explaining why Georgia had 159 counties and
neighboring states far less (Alabama and Florida only 67 each for in-
stance) said that the goal in Georgia was that a county seat be within a
days buggy ride of all Georgians.
In Worth County there seems to have been a goal of establishing a
Baptist Church within an hours buggy ride of all Worth Countians.
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Corinth Church in Albany later became Tabernacle Baptist Church.
The name change first appeared in the 1936 minutes. The church was con-
stituted in 1934.
Visiting preachers filling the pulpits of Mallary Association churches
became a problem. Evidently there had been some disappointments and
occasions when the visiting preacher would use the occasion for selfish
purposes. In 1934 the Association adopted a recommendation from the
Executive Committee concerning this problem: We recommend that the
Mallary Association go on record as urging our churches to exercise cau-
tion in the matter of opening their pulpits to visiting ministers and
evangelists, unless said visitors have been invited by the pastor, Board of
Deacons after consulting the pastor, or the church in regular conference.
An interesting observation of this period in associational history is
the changing of terminology to what most of us know or grew up with.
While many living today remember BYPU, the name change in 1934 to
BTU Baptist Training Union is familiar to more of us. When this
change was made in November, 1934, the aim of BTU was stated: to
train and develop church members that they might find their place of ser-
vice and be better prepared to carry on the work of the kingdom;1
On the associational level, there were changes in Sunday School too.
In 1935 the monthly and quarterly meetings gave way to an Annual
Meeting calling it Sunday School Convention. In addition, the associa-
tion voted to hold Sunday School Rallys in each of four districts on Fifth
Sunday afternoons.
The Callaway Memorial Church in Leesburg requested a letter of
dismission in 1936 to affiliate with the Friendship Association. The
church came into the Association in 1884 as the Leesburg Baptist Church
and changed her name in 1923.
The Association was without the services of a Field Worker for
several years. In 1938 when 89 messengers from 27 churches met at Pine
Hill interest was expressed about contacting adjoining associations
relative to securing a Field Worker jointly with Mallary. Nothing came of
it at the time.
Pleasant Grove hosted the Annual Meeting of the Association in
1939 and asked for letter of dismission at that meeting to join the Tucker
Association. Pleasant Grove had been a member of Mallary Association
since 1889.
Over the years the Association spoke to the issues of the day only oc-
casionally. A good example of speaking out on various issues is the
resolutions adopted in 1939.
As the Mallary Baptist Association, we do hereby go on record as
condemning with all our heart and life the following evils in our civic life:
1. The liquor business with all its attendant evils.
2. Corrupt picture shows and Sunday movies. The State
Supreme Court has ruled that it is illegal for theatres to operate on
Sundays regardless of their purported charities. For city or state of-
ficials, theatre operators, and any others to take it upon themselves
to violate all laws that they do not admire, they become traitors to
the high institution of law and to the public good. They destroy that
which they may call upon some day for protection.
26 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
For an institution to continue to operate on Sunday against the
decree of the State Supreme Court, or for a city to hold elections to
permit things in the city that are illegal in the State, that is nothing
more nor less than being traitor and outlaw to our great common in-
stitution LAW and traitor to the common and public good.
Citizens beware of those who would tear down your only great pro-
tection.
3. We condemn Sabbath baseball, auction sales, pleasure
resorts, and any other enterprises that commercialize the Holy Sab-
bath day.
4. We condemn road houses with their iniquities, gambling
dens with their promoteres and protectors, and advertising by press
or radio of alcoholic liquors and beverages and of programs of road
houses and dens where indecency and immorality are sponsored.
5. We condemn in high places and low, doing wrong to raise
funds for good. Illustrations of this: promoting Sunday baseball
games and Sunday picture shows to raise money for charity. Also
the annual Presidents ball to raise money for victims of paralysis.
This or similar actions will create a moral and spiritual paralysis
that will affect ten thousand times more people and will be one thou-
sand times more deadly. In other words, doing bad for good purpose
is wrong.
6. We cannot name all the wrongs, but we urge our church
membership, our loyal citizens, our law making bodies and our law
enforcing agencies to be loyal to the highest and best in making, en-
forcing, and abiding by good laws, and in building up a citizenship
that is a safe place for our wives and children and homes. Let us
remember that Righteousness exalteth a nation but sin is a
reproach to any people.
A review in 1940 of the work among the churches reveals that out of
27 churches only 3 were full-time, 2 were half-time and 22 were quarter-
time. Ten had weekly prayer meetings. Eight reported no baptism for the
1939-40 church year. Membership was 5,689; Sunday School enrollment
2,815 in 19 churches with average attendance of 1,291; 12 churches
reported having Baptist Training Unions, and 8, Womans Missionary
Unions.
The financing of the work in the Association was a perennial pro-
blem. Various suggestions were made from time to time to meet the
needs. One suggestion came in 1941 as a recommendation from the Ex-
ecutive Committee: that each church contribute a minimum of $1.00 per
month towards a fund for the support of the Baptist Training Union and
the Sunday School work of the Association. M.C. Owen from Sylvester
Church, was named as Secretary-Treasurer of the fund. It was approved.
M.C. Owen reported in 1942 that $154.00 had been received from 15
churches. More than half the churches cooperated in this plan for financ-
ing BTU and SS work.
A year later M.C. Owen presented a recommendation to the Associa-
tion that the Executive Committee of the Mallary Baptist Association
be empowered to call upon the churches of the Association for the sup-
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27
port of a Field Worker as soon as plans of the State Board have been
learned. The committee recommends that a Field Worker be employed if
at all possible. He further stated that the $253.45 on hand to be applied
toward a Field Worker.
In 1944 the Association took further action in anticipation of
employing a Field Worker. A proposed budget was $4,000.00:
$2,000 to be raised by private and personal appeals in the
Association. $2,000 to be requested from the State Board after local
amount is raised.
Suggested use:
$2,400 salary for Missionary
600 expenses for travel
I, 000 for supplies to be used in the promotion of the work.
J. A. Love was employed for 2 weeks in 1944 to be paid from funds
already on hand. W.O. Cruce was the first Field Worker that led on into
the position that is now called Director of Missions. He served from
February 1 until November 1,1945. T.H. Wilder began serving February
1, 1946. Then followed Ansley Jordan, Joe Frank Barton and James
Pelham. More about these men later on.
W.O. Cruce made a detailed report of his first years work as Field
Worker. Since it is the first report and set a pattern for the future, we
include his full report:
FIELD WORKERS REPORT
On February 1, 1945, W.O. Cruce took up the work as Field
Worker for the Mallary Association. Being a stranger, the first
thing to do was to get acquainted with the people and locate the
churches. To do so meant he must learn the roads and routes to each
church, which was not so easily done; however, the worker has
visited all the churches and spoken in twenty-six out of the twenty-
eight. In each church and home in which the worker has gone, the
people have been very kind and responded to the program in a very
beautiful way. The worker reports his work as follows:
Home visits........................................ 217
Sermons preacher.................................... 81
Church visits....................................... 76
Group or Associational Conferences................... 3
Individual Conferences on Church work............... 38
Community visits.................................... 52
Census Taken........................................ 14
Vactaion Bible Schools............................... 7
Study Courses
Sunday School....................................... 3
B.T.U............................................... 4
Evangelistic Revivals................................ 7
Sunday School visits................................ 30
Mission Points visited............................... 1
Subscriptions secured for Christian Index............ 8
Professions of Faith................................ 16
Members by letter.................................... 6
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Baptisms............................................ 16
Organized Womans Missionary Societies .............. 2
Ordination Service (Deacon).......................... 1
Tracts given ...................................... 500
Church improvement................................... 1
Letters written.................................... 164
Miles traveled....................................8,920
Sunday Schools organized............................. 5
Committee Meetings .................................. 9
The primary work thus far has been to assist the pastors and
create a more cooperative spirit in the various churches in the local
and associational program.
It has been the workers happy privilege to present the whole
denominational program of our State and Southern Baptist Conven-
tion. The worker wishes to express appreciation to the Steering
Committee and pastors for their very kind and sympathetic
cooperation. It is the opinion of the worker that the program will be
more profitable next year as the foundation has been layed and the
churches seem to be very appreciative for the work.
Recommendations
1. It is our belief that a good beginning has been made in held
work in this association. Therefore, we recommend that it be con-
tinued.
2. Further, that the Executive Committee be authorized to con-
tinue the collection of funds for this purpose and that they request
churches to place given amounts in their budgets for this purpose.
3. And that, the Executive Committee be authorized to con-
tinue to appoint a committee to control and direct the field work.
4. And that, the Executive Committee be authorized to reauest
support from the Georgia Executive Committee for field work in
the Mallary Association.
A new program of the Southern Baptist Convention came to the at-
tention of Mallary Baptists in 1941. It was the introduction of the
Ministers Retirement Plan. Henry Mangum, Pastor, Byne Memorial,
presented the following resolution which was adopted:
The Southern Baptist Convention in recognition of the faithful
services of its pastors has set up a plan, July 1, 1939, whereby the
preachers can retire from active service when they become disabled
or reach the age of 65. This plan is carried forward and the money
provided by the pastor paying three percent of his salary and the
church or churches that he serves paying a like amount and the
State Convention paying two percent, which makes eight percent of
the pastors salary... This is a worthwhile plan and one to be great-
ly appreciated by our pastors and churches. Therefore, we would
like to recommend this Ministers Retirement Plan to every pastor
and church of our Association for we believe it worthy of every con-
fidence and cooperation.
In 1943, four years after the retirement plan began, 1,139 churches
and 626 pastors in Georgia, and 10 churches and 7 pastors in Mallary
Association were included in the plan.
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A typical treasurers report will illustrate how little money was
handled even for 1941:
Receipts
October 17, 1940 To balance on hand..............$ 22.27
October 18 Received from Churches.......... 116.56
November 13 Received from WMU................. 4.90
December 30 Received for J.B. Smith.......... 26.00
Total Receipts..............$169.73
Disbursements
November 2 Paid A.K. McGill for program.... 2.00
December 12 Paid W.G. Paul, Clerk hire....... 30.00
December 12 Paid Tyler Printing Co. for minutes. 89.67
December 30 Paid J.B. Smith.................. 26.00
Total Disbursements.........$147.67
Balance on hand............. 22.06
Church staff members began to have their names listed during this
time. The first to be listed in the Minutes was J.E. Longino as Educa-
tional Director for First Baptist, Albany.
The year, 1941, was significant for another thing. The first
Brotherhood directors to be listed were Hugh Buis, Byne Memorial and
Dr. Joe L. Johnson, Sylvester, Brotherhood did not enjoy continuity in
these early days. In 1942 C. A. Alford, Sylvester, was the only
Brotherhood director listed.
A first in 1942 was that four churches reported Vacation Bible
Schools: First Albany, Baconton, Sylvester, and Thundering Springs.
Under the direction of First Albany, Southside Mission was organiz-
ed in 1941. Reporting in 1942, Southside had 38 members, 112 enrolled in
Sunday School, 60 enrolled in BTU, 12 baptisms and 7 received by letter.
The mission was not constituted as a church until 1958.
First Albany also sponsored another mission which began in 1942.
After the death of W. Raleigh White in 1943, this new church was named
for him. In 1944 the Association requested $25.00 a month pastoral aid
for J. A. Love, the pastor of Raleigh White. The church was accepted into
the Association in 1943. The same amount of pastoral aid was also re-
quested for Tabernacles pastor, W. A. Gafford who began serving,
August 1, 1944.
World War II had its affect on meetings of the Association. Sunday
School and Training Union held meetings only once each year during the
war years. The war may have had something to do with the fact that in
1943 there were no Brotherhoods reported and only 2 Vacation Bible
Schools. Attendance at Annual Meetings held up even during the war. In
1944 all 28 churches were represented. In 1942, 43 and 44 Annual
Meetings were limited to one day. As the war effort eased somewhat, the
Association began to meet over a two day period in 1945.
A recommendation was adopted in 1944 that the Association begin
in 1945 taking an offering to aid host churches in the expense of enter-
taining the sessions. But in 1945 this action was rescinded and the
Association voted to take an offering to go into the general fund for the
30 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
expenses of printing and preparing the minutes. The offering this first
time in 1945 was $24.86.
In 1945 another first came along. The office of Vice-Moderator was
established by adding to the constitution, article 5. In 1946 a calendar
of activities was included for the first time.
In 1943 17 out of 28 churches in the Mallary Association gave
through the Cooperative Program. This plan of giving to all Southern
and Georgia Baptist causes is only 18 years old and is being well receiv-
ed by many of the churches. In 1946, 6,638 members of Mallary Associa-
tion churches gave $6,606.39 through the Cooperative Program. While
this was less than $.02 per week and less than $1.00 per year, it is moving
in the right direction.
As T. H. Wilder assumed the position of Field
Worker, February 1, 1946, concern was raised for
his support. Each church was asked to contribute a
definite amount toward his support. As a result of
this plan, $2,507.82 was contributed. The largest
gifts were given by First Albany, $1,000; Byne
Memorial, $300; and First Sylvester, $400.
From October 1, 1946 until September 30, 1947
was the first time the association had a Field
Worker for a full time church year. His pay for this
year was broken down as follows:
Salary.................................$1,400.00
Car Allowance............................ 600.00
Housing Allowance ....................... 400.00
Total........................... $2,400.00
The work of the Field Worker paid off. The record for 1947 showed 28
churches; 25 reported Vacation Bible Schools, 10 Baptist Training
Unions, 11 Womans Missionary Societies, 19 Young People Organiza-
tions, but no Brotherhoods.
Beginning in 1948, salary supplements were provided by the State
Convention for the Field Worker.
The plan that is similiar to the plan we follow for the make up of the
Executive Committee began in 1947. Each church was allowed the pastor
and one lay member. Also on the Executive Committee are the organiza-
tion heads (SS., BTU, and WMU in 1947), and the officers of the Associa-
tion.
In 1948, Raleigh White and Tabernacle became missions of First
Church Albany. East Albany Mission was organized that year and V. A.
Moss was called to pastor all three of these missions. The State Conven-
tion provided $100.00 per month salary aid for Brother Moss. East
Albany mission reported 35 baptisms in 1948.
Rev. B. F. Barbee was recognized as the oldest pastor in Mallary
Association in point of service. He retired in 1948.
In 1949 Field Worker, T. H. Wilder, was presented a new automobile.
M. L. Ward, auto dealer and deacon at First Albany, worked out a liberal
arrangement to purchase the automobile. Eight churches gave the
$1,490.00 needed to buy the car.
T. H. Wilder
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The year 1949 was a good year in several areas of the work. While
there was no Associational Brotherhood organization, 2 churches
reported Brotherhoods. Emanuel reported an enrollment of 7 and
Thundering Springs, 30.
The Sunday School promoted simultaneous Sunday School cam-
paigns, January 31 February 4, 1949. It resulted in an increase in Sun-
day School enrollment from 4,608 in 1948 to 5,270 in 1949.
The Associational Sunday School and Baptist Training Union
Organizations met monthly. The Association still loaded cars of produce
for the Georgia Baptist Childrens Home. Tabernacle and Raleigh White
were reestablished as churches and East Albany was received into the
Association as the 29th church.
Evangelism was effective during the late 1940s. In 1949 Byne
Memorial reported 74 baptisms and First Albany 60.
It was in 1949 that Mrs. W. J. Holland was reported as the librarian
of Byne Memorial. This was the first church to report a church library.
To close out the decade of the 1940s, all 29 churches reported Sunday
Schools and Vacation Bible Schools. There were 15 BTUs and 14 WMUs
reported also.
In the 1950 Annual Meeting two men who meant a great deal to the
work of the Association were recognized. W. G. Paul had completed 25
years as Clerk and continues to serve. S. S. Story died September 16,
1950 at the age of 94 having served as Treasurer for 24 years.
The Association adopted resolutions honoring these men:
32 HISTORY OP THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
RESOLUTION ON W. G. PAUL
We the members of a special committee on Resolutions wish to
submit the following report to this, To Mallary Baptist Associa-
tion.
Brother W. Gordon Paul has now served as active clerk of this
Association for twenty-five (25) years in succession. We find that in
the performance of Brother Pauls duties as our Clerk through these
years that he has made all reports and compiled records with a
degree of accuracy that we feel could not be excelled.
He has been loyal to this body. He has been faithful in the per-
formance of all his duties. He has served in a manner that will
reflect credit to the office of clerk, as well as to this Association as a
whole, in its endeavor to conduct the affairs of the various churches
in the Name of our Lord and Master.
Therefore, Be it Resolved:
That during the season of this assembly, at a time, and in a
manner deemed appropriate, by the Moderator, that recognition be
given to this the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Brother Pauls
clerkship.
That he be commended for his devotion to the task and for his
faithful performance of the duties of his office.
That the membership of this Association express to him their
sincere appreciation of his devoted service for these twenty-five
years. That we pledge him our prayers for the blessing of a con-
tinued usefulness in the future.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be printed in
our regular minutes for a permanent record.
Respectfully submitted,
J. C. Findley, Chairman
T. J. Terrell
RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING JUDGE S. S. STORY
Whereas, on the morning of September 16, 1950, our heavenly
Father in His infinite wisdom removed from us our friend and
fellow-worker, Judge S. S. Story, age 94; and
Whereas, his departure leaves a deep sense of loss in the hearts
of his many friends and fellow-workers.
Therefore Be It Resolved by the Mallary Baptist Association in
the Sixty-Seventh Annual Session:
1. That we bow submissively to the will of God.
2. That we thank our heavenly Father for the Christian life and
character of this good man who lived in Worth County for many
years.
3. That we remember with gratitude his long useful life as a
faithful member of the Acorn Pond Baptist Church since June 17,
1896, and for many years as Clerk and Treasurer of his church, miss-
ing but very few services of his church since becoming a member; as
efficient treasurer of the Mallary Association since 1926; and as
trusted Ordinary of Worth County for thirty-three years.
4. That we extend to the members of his family our sincere
sympathy and pray that God may give them comfort.
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33
5. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family, a copy
be made a permanent part of the record of the Mallary Association,
and that a copy be published in The Christian Index and the county
newspaper.
Respectfully submitted,
J. R. Miller, Chairman
W. G. Paul
Gower Latimer
Brother T. H. Wilder served as Field Worker from February 1,1946
through 1951. In recognizing the excellent work that he did, these
statistics were published in the 1951 minutes:
Comparison of Work in Mallary Association 1945-1950
1945 1950 Gain
No. of S. S.............. 25 29 16%
Enrolled in S. S. ... 3,117 5,987 92%
No. of B. T. U.s ... 6 22 267%
Enrolled in B. T. U. 450 1,706 279%
No. of W.M.U.s . . . 12 16 33%
Enrolled in W.M.U. 729 1,170 60%
Local Gifts.......$60,970.36 $163,730.04 168%
Mission Gifts.....$17,092.51 $30,073.59 73%
Baptisms ............... 231 481 109%
A report was carried in the 1951 Minutes listing the churches and
amount each gave toward a new automobile for the Field Worker. Heres
the report:
Statement of Offerings made on Automobile of Field
Worker, Bro. T. H. Wilder Amount $950.00
Churches Amount Paid
Albany First ......................................$551.30
Byne Memorial...................................... 200.00
Sylvester First..................................... 75.00
Sumner............................................. 13.08
New Union........................................... 15.00
Tabernacle........................................... 8.00
Raleigh White....................................... 10.00
Union............................................... 70.00
East Albany.......................................... 7.62
Total $950.00
The 1949 Minutes carried the report that an automobile had been
given Brother Wilder. The $950.00 was the amount needed for trading in
the two year old automobile for a new one.
The Association adopted these statements concerning Brother
Wilder:
Recommendation
That we be thankful for all the work of the Association this year
and that a* committee be appointed by the Association to write a
resolution of appreciation for the work of our Field Worker, Rev. T.
H. Wilder for the more than five years he has served. It shall be
understood that the automobile is the property of Rev. T. H. Wilder.
34 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
An Appreciation of Rev. T. H. Wilder
The Mallary Association has been blessed beyond words with
the years of service of our beloved Field Worker, Rev. T. H. Wilder.
We are grateful to God for all his excellent work and leadership. He
has been most gracious to all of us and all our churches in so many
ways as we have made the substantial progress as shown in his an-
nual reports.
We recommend him to the fellowship of the Omega Church
where he is becoming their pastor.
Abiding appreciation will always be in our hearts for him and
his excellent Christian life among us.
We assure him that he will always be a welcomed guest in any of
our churches and in all of our associational meetings.
Leonard A. Stephens
Bro. Wilder resigned to become pastor of Omega Baptist Church.
Mallary Associations relationship to Norman Junior College was
always one of support financially and otherwise. Two trustees were
elected from the Association. In 1951 the Association adopted this
resolution concerning the college:
A Resolution
Be it resolved that we, the Mallary Baptist Association meeting
in Annual Session, October 19,1951, reaffirm confidence in Norman
Junior College and our support for the continued usefuless of this
school.
Furthermore, that we use this means to express our sincere ap-
preciation for the work of the retiring President, Dr. Allen C. Cutts,
and pledge our prayers that God shall continue to bless and use him.
And furthermore, that we declare our intention of supporting
the new administration of Rev. Guy Atkinson, who shall become
President next January 1st; and that a copy be mailed to Norman
Junior College and to the men whose names are mentioned.
T. H. Wilder
Leonard A. Stephens
Norman was one of six schools supported by Georgia Baptists. The
resolution speaks of the close relationship between the school and the
Association.
J. Ansley Jordan
Beginning in 1956, the 16 associations
in Southwest Georgia were asked to elect
only 1 trustee each for Norman College.
J. Ansley Jordan became the new Field
Worker in November, 1951. He lived in
Sylvester as did the Field Workers before
him.
In 1954 Mercedes and Sunnyside were
received into the Association bringing the
number of churches to 31. In 1955 Calvary
came in and the same year the title Field
Worker was changed to Associational
Missionary.
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35
In 1954 the first definite interest in owning their own camp was ex-
pressed as the Association named a committee to look into the purchase
of a camp. Dr. Leonard Stephens, Moderator, appointed these to serve on
the camp committee: R. Lee Long, T.O. Morris, J.C. Findley, and E.E.
Nelms. The WMU appointed a committee to work along with this
associational committee. Mrs. C.E. Booth was Young Peoples leader of
WMU and had a great interest in a camp.
To round out the third quarter century of Mallary Association called
the Reaching Out years, other churches came into the Association:
Sherwood, 1956; Northside, 1957; Westview, 1957; and Southside, 1958.
Beginning with Westview, churches were received at an annual meeting
with final acceptance being the following year.
The emphasis A Million More in 54 resulted in significant growth
in not only Sunday School enrollment but in new churches, church
organizations and expenditures. Heres a comparative report:
Item
Churches
Baptisms
Church Members
Sunday School enrollment
Training Union enrollment
WMU enrollment
Brotherhood enrollment
Total Expenditures
1953 1955
29 32
340 577
9,460 9,952
6,856 9,145
2,113 2,642
1,509 1,552
154 317
$279,130 $319,835
The issue of alcohol was dealt with off and on over the years. In 1956
the Social Service report was right to the point with the traditional posi-
tion of Baptists of being opposed to drinking alcoholic beverages in any
form:
REPORT ON SOCIAL SERVICE
The report on Social Service covers a wide field. We could
discuss many topics under this heading. All of these things are im-
portant, but, yet one of the greatest is the problem of alcoholic
beverages.
It is reported that $250,000,000 is spent each year by the liquor
industry to persuade people to buy their products.
There are four objectives to liquor advertising; to create the
desire to drink; to advance sales; to keep brand name before the
public; to increase social approval of drinking customs.
This is the problem before the fathers and mothers of America
all this present day play-up and glorification of liquor drinking by
the advertising media of this country. Advertisements of beer, wine,
and liquor, are as the indispensable ingredients of joyful birthdays,
happy holidays, fishing trips, picnics, weddings, bridge parties, and
family gatherings.
What else can we expect in this country but an evergrowing,
liquor-soaked, teen-age crime wave when day after day and night
after night all sporting events are presented with the compliments
and best wishes of the big brewing interest?
Use of alcohol by some seventy million drinkers is one of the
major factors in instability of home life today.
36 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Some people say that whiskey brings money to many people.
Here are the facts:
From a bushel of corn the distiller got four gallons of whiskey,
which retailed at ......................................$16.80
The farmer got..............................................25
The U.S. Government got.................................. 4.40
The railroad got......................................... 1.00
The manufacturer got..................................... 4.00
The drayman got.............................................15
The retailer got ........................................ 7.00
The consumer got ........................................Drunk
The wife got............................................Hunger
The children got..........................................Rags
The politician got......................................Office
We are faced day after day with alcoholic beverages and then-
harmful effects. What will we do? We can fold our hands, beat our
breasts, and bemoan the fact that our community is going to hell.
Or we can roll up our sleeves and go to work, right where we live,
and clean up our cities for the sake of our children.
Respectfully submitted,
Allison L. Carlock
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, our association if faced with the constant problem
of alcoholic beverages and their evil effects;
BE IT RESOLVED that every church in our association take a
definite stand against this eternal evil, and may every member of
every church make this vow, NOT TO DRINK ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES OF ANY KIND, AT ANY TIME.
In the 1957 Minutes the Association adopted the following report:
RESOLUTION ON RACE RELATIONS
Be it resolved by the Mallary Baptist Association, in regular an-
nual meeting on October 18, 1957, that we believe in Christian at-
titudes in all things including relations between all races of
mankind.
Be if further resolved, that, we believe any group of people have
the right to organize and conduct their own church or churches and
that it is Christian to thus carry on the work of Christ without the
integration of races in the churches.
Be it further resolved, that we maintain Christian attitudes
toward all those who may not have this view and that we feel we
have the moral right to advise our denominational leaders of our at-
titude and thus request them to lead in maintaining separate
organizations for white and negro Christians in our beloved
southland.
Be it further resolved, that, we constantly seek wisdom and
guidance from God in helping to relieve tensions and unchristian at-
titudes which seem to threaten our usual good relations between the
two races in the southland and that we shall endeavor by all
CHAPTER IV, REACHING OUT. 1934-1958 37
reasonable means to continue Christ-like in all our relations between
the races.
Respectfully submitted,
Allison L. Carlock
Joe Frank Barton
R. B. Averett
As the year 1958 closed this third quarter century of the Mallary
Association, a committee was appointed to study and make a survey of
our area in regard to establishing new missions. The committee was
composed of Joe Frank Barton, Albert L. Caldwell, J. Ansley Jordan, H.
E. Phillips, Jr., and R. E. Bell.
The Mallary Ministerial Association was organized in 1958. The
report of this organizational meeting is as follows:
REPORT ON MALLARY MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION
All the Pastors of the Mallary Association were invited to a
supper and a meeting at Red Rock School building by Bro. H. E.
Phillips, Pastor of Bethel Baptist Church,on December 5,1957. The
purpose of this meeting was to organize a Ministerial Association.
At this meeting after due discussion and consideration it was
agreed by this group to organize a body, called Mallary Baptist
Ministerial Association. The members of this body are composed
of the pastors of the Mallary Association and Association Mis-
sionary. The object of this body is to furnish a medium of fellowship
and cooperation for the pastors of the Churches and thereby pro-
mote Christs program of work. For we believe that we can work bet-
ter and accomplish more by joining hands and working together.
This body meets monthly and on dates worked out by the
Calendar Committee. Meeting into the different churches in our
Association by invitation.
The officers of this body are three in number president, vice-
president, secretary-treasurer. They are elected annually by this
body. The officers for this Association year are as follows: presi-
dent, H. E. Phillips; vice-president, W. M. Dunagan; secretary-
treasurer, Boyett Averett.
We feel that an organization such as this has long been needed
and trust that as we meet each month for fellowship, prayer and
enlightment, that we might be able to work together to bring
honour and glory to Christs name and be better able to point lost
souls to Christ as Savior and Lord.
Respectfully submitted,
Boyett Averett, secretary
The program of support of the Georgia Baptist Childrens Home by
loading cars of produce to be sent to the Home continues.
The Association still elects messengers to the Georgia Baptist and
Southern Baptist conventions.
From 1934-1958 the number of churches increased from 27 to 35.
Church membership increased from 5,106 to 11,992. These and other
statistics bear out that these were indeed years of Reaching Out.
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Chapter V
BACK TO BASICS
1959-1982
The fourth quarter century began with Central and Southside Chur-
ches coming into the Association bringing the number of churches to 37.
Two committees were appointed in 1959 that were of great
significance. One committee, composed of Joe Frank Barton, J. R. Whid-
don, J. B. Coston, Gower Latimer, R. B. Aberett and W. G. Paul, was ap-
pointed to study the possibility of dividing into 2 associations. After stu-
dying the situation thoroughly, the recommendation was that no action
be taken and the committee was discharged. This same question was con-
sidered at least two more times but more or less unofficially. Since the
membership and contributions of Worth County is not sufficient to sup-
port their own association, the Mallary Association continues to be made
up of churches from Dougherty, Lee, and Worth Counties.
The other committee appointed in 1959 was to study unified budget
plan and make a recommendation if it were desirable to use it in the
Association. The committee made the study and recommended that the
Association adopt a unified budget for its work. The first unified budget
was for 1959-60 and the amount was $8,810.08.
At the 1959 Annual Meeting hosted by Byne Memorial, Dr. Gower
Latimer offered a resolution to Article One of the constitution as follows:
The application of any church applying for membership in the
Mallary Association will be referred to the committee on applications for
membership, to consider the constitution, Articles of Faith, and the work
of such a church. The committee will report to the Association in Annual
Session. The application shall be filed with the committee ten days before
the annual session of the Association. The motion was approved.
A year later a motion was made to revoke the change to Article One
of the Constitution. It passed and Article One reverted to what it was
prior to 1959.
In another action concerning the Constitution in 1960, the word
Bishop was changed to Pastor in Article 9.
Leesburg church returned to the Mallary Association in 1960. It was
known as Callaway Memorial when it transferred to Friendship Associa-
tion in 1936. Lakeside and Thomas Memorial churches were voted into
the Association also in 1960. The total number of churches was now 40,
13 of which were half-time.
As the decade of the 60s began, the Association still sponsored the
loading of cars with produce and other commodities for the Georgia Bap-
tist Childrens Home.
J. Ansley Jordan resigned as Missionary effective May 1, 1960. Joe
Frank Benton was named for the balance of the year. Bro. Jordan had
served as Associational Missionary since November, 1951.
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39
It was infrequently that the Association adopted a resolution dealing
with an issue other than the normal expressions of appreciations to the
host churches, officers, etc. But in 1960, an election year for the presiden-
cy of the United States, the Association adopted a resolution opposing
the election of a Roman Catholic president. The resolution was as follows:
That we the messengers to the Mallary Baptist Association express
our concern over the possible election of a Roman Catholic to the
presidency of the United States; that we believe such election would con-
stitute a serious threat to separation of church and state, and to our
religious liberty and a very real handicap to the program of missions
around the world; that we do not preach or feel hatred for the Catholic
people, but to seek to protect principles and beliefs that are dear to us.
The 41st and 42nd churches were received in the Association in 1961,
namely New Hope and Pine Bluff. It was also in 1961 that a committee
was appointed to make a study and report to the Executive Committee
about a camp site and surplus building from the Board of Education.
In 1962 the Camp Committee reported that the Association camp
would be held at Norman College and that we would keep in mind the
goal of acquiring land and buildings for a Christian camp at a centrally
located area.
A year later M. E. Bearden brought a camp report from the Camp
Site Committee and recommended that we accept a 20 acre parcel of land,
valued at $6,000.00, located between County Line and Red Rock Roads
at Acree. The land to be a gift of Mr. J. D. Davis, who is a member of Cen-
tral Baptist Church. It was also voted that we should proceed with
necessary surveys of the land.
In December, 1963 the deed was received and recorded at the Worth
County Court House. January 8,1964, was designated as clean up day at
the camp site. In August, 1964 an engineer was employed to run a
topography map. On October 8 an architect from the Sunday School
Board came to look over the site. He drew a set of plans to be presented to
the Association. It was decided that camp funds be set up in a separate
account from the Association.
In 1965 a motion passed for the Camp Committee, working with the
Executive Committee, by given permission to explore possibility of a
bond issue and/or other means of raising money for camp buildings.
The decision was made to build the administration building and drill
2 four inch wells. George Carswell, architect, drew the plans.
Camp funds on September 30,1965 totaled $1,194.93. The funds had
grown to $5,635.28 in 1966. Ray Bridges, well driller donated his ser-
vices. A 250 gallon tank and 200 feet of 4 inch casing were donated. Plans
were announced to build a block house over the well and to stake out the
roads and parking areas. Timber cut from the property was sold for
$90.00 and donated to the camp fund.
A $40,000 bond program was voted by the Executive Committee, Ju-
ly 28, 1966, for the first unit. Providence Church Plan, Inc., handled the
bonds.
In 1967 plans for a Mallary Camp suddenly changed. The work on
the camp site near Acree halted and the Executive Committee voted to
40 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
purchase Kinchafoonee Lodge and property from E. G. Farrand at the
cost of $39,548.50. The purchase was completed in August 1967. The pro-
perty is located West of Leesburg, about 15 miles Northwest of Albany.
The payment into a sinking fund for the bonds was $5,512 per year.
With other expenses such as utilties, insurance, care taker, maintenance,
etc. the budget for the camp was $15,536.00 per year. The regular budget
of the Association was about $10,900 and virtually unchanged in several
years.
The camp committee that brought the report to purchase the Kincha-
foonee property was made up of D. S. Hautman, Chairman; Bobby Moye,
Phil Hargrove, Craddock Durham, Tommie Jones, Ralph Willis, R. B.
Averett, Henry Duggan and Mrs. Sarah Brock.
To many Worth County church members a severe blow had been
struck. The dream for years had been to have a camp in a centrally
located place in the Association. Property had been given in such a loca-
tion, lots of work had been done which included drilling 2 wells and bonds
had been sold to build the first unit. Then at a regular Executive Commit-
tee meeting with apparently no previous notice, the Camp Committee
(which included only 2 of 9 members from Worth County) brought the
recommendation to purchase the Kinchafoonee Lodge property, which
was about the same distance from Albany as the Acree property. But
from Sylvester the Kinchafoonee property was 35 miles away rather than
10 for the property of Acree.
This action involving the camp caused a lot of tension, disappoint-
ment and hurt feelings between people of Worth County and Dougherty
County. In the years since, the situation has improved only slightly. It is
difficult to get Worth County folk to attend meetings in Dougherty and
vice-versa.
Soon after trying to operate the camp in Lee County, it was apparent
that the Association was in financial trouble. In a camp report in 1967
churches were asked to give 3% of their budget to the Association to sup-
port the camp and the other work. Very few churches did so. At one time
at least 60% of the income of the Association was needed to just main-
tain the camp.
The use of Kinchafoonee Lodge was primarily for social occasions.
The years the RAs and GAs held summer camps, attendance was small.
The buildings on camp property needed repair. The garage was enlarged
and became the kitchen and dining room. The lodge was the chapel.
Showers and bath rooms were built. It soon became evident that the level
of giving in the Association was not sufficient to make the improvements
that were really needed.
When Norman College closed and became Norman Baptist
Assembly, it caused Mallary Association to take a new look at their cam-
ping program. The State and Southern Baptist conventions would pro-
vide many training opportunities at Norman and related programs. The
nearness of Norman Assembly and the projected cost of from $250,000 -
$400,000 to build adequate facilities on the Kinchafoonee property were
factors in the decision by the Executive Committee to sell the camp pro-
perty.
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As an example of the financial situation the Association found itself,
in 1968 the income of the Association was $20,263 with $14,619 or 72%
going to camp expenditures during the first full year of operation.
The minutes did not report how or where the meetings were held but
the Training Union report in 1961 stated that 2,157 attended M-Night,
19th highest in the Southern Baptist Convention. In 1962 the report was
even better with 2,397 in attendance and this ranked 13th in the entire
Southern Baptist Convention. Evidently meetings were held in several
churches since no church or other auditorium in the 3 county area would
seat that number in a single meeting.
In 1962 the Association had hard times financially. A called Ex-
ecutive Committee meeting for March 15,1962 authorized the borrowing
of $1,000.00 to pay for the printing of the minutes and to take care of
other immediate needs. Later on recommendation came that giving be in-
creased by 2% to the Cooperative Program and that 3% to be given to
Associational Missions. The Association budget was $10,000.08 with an
additional amount of $5,000.00 for the camp.
W. G. Paul resigned as clerk in September, 1962. He served in 1913
and then from 1925-1962 for a total of 38 years. In the 1963 Annual
Meeting he was presented a plaque and a love offering of $171.42.
First Baptist Church, Putney, came into the Association in 1963 br-
inging the number of the churches to 43.
Visiting the 1963 Annual Meeting, Dr. Searcy S. Garrison, Ex-
ecutive Secretary, Georgia Baptist Convention, presented a new gavel to
the Association. The inscription read: Presented to Mallary Baptist
Association, In appreciation for cooperation in the Ministries of the
Georgia Baptist Convention, 1963.
Two half-time churches, Gordy and New Bethel merged and became
the Gordy-New Bethel Baptist Church with Buford Pittman as full-time
pastor. He was pastor of both the churches prior to merger in 1964.
Also in 1964 Beacon came into the Association. Since two churches
became one, and with one new church added, the number of churches re-
mained at 43. In 1965, Radium Springs came into the Association and
this raised the number of churches to 44.
In 1965 the Association sent Missionary Joe Frank Barton to the
Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas, Texas, and to the Baptist World
Congress in Miami Beach, Florida.
During the mid-60s attempts were made to upgrade the Constitu-
tion. In 1962 Article 9 was amended to read as follows:
There shall be elected annually by the member churches, one lay
member from each church, who, with officers of the Association,
Pastors serving churches in the Association, and the Missionary,
president of the WMU, president of the Brotherhood, Minister of
Music, president of Church Library, director of Training Union and
Superintendent of Sunday School shall constitute the Executive
Committee.
Dr. Leonard A. Stephens, Chairman of a committee appointed to
make a study of the Constitution, presented the report in 1966. After
discussion these amendments were adopted:
Amend Article 11 in the Constitution by striking the words and
42 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
by-laws and adding after a thirty day notice in writing has been
furnished the Executive Committee.
To Article 4, By-Laws: add and may be paid for his services such
sums as the body shall from time to time appropriate to this pur-
pose.
With Alpha in 1966, Faith in 1967, and Good News in 1969 Mallary
Association reached the peak in the number of churches at 47. From
1967-69 Friendship was listed in name only. No statistics were reported
and the church was inactive. Clyde Evans worked with Friendship and
was listed as Supply preacher in 1965. They reported 18 resident
members that year. The church name was dropped from the Association
in 1970 and the number of churches dropped to 46.
Kinchafoonee came into the Association in 1970 and Thomas
Memorial dropped out since they became an Independent Baptist
Church. Baconton dropped out in 1971 to join Tucker Association and
Oak Ridge Church came in, so the number held at 46.
The mid-70s saw a dropping out of the Association by Acorn Pond
(to join Houston Association) in 1973, Emmanuel disbanded also in 1973,
Oak Ridge (to join Colquitt Association) in 1975, Good News disbanded
in 1976, and Pine Bluff withdrew also in 1976 to become an Independent
Baptist Church. Added to the Association was Unity in 1973 and Sylvan-
dale Mission in 1976. Sylvandale Mission led by Louis Y. Grindle, Jr.,
disbanded after 2 years. In 1977 the number of churches was down to 42
where it remained until the Gillionville Forest Church was added in 1982
bringing the total to 43.
Joe Frank Barton was called as Associa-
, tional Missionary following Ansley Jordans
f \ resignation in 1960. He served until April
30, 1969.
During the Barton years the name of
Training Union was changed to Church
Training (1968). The Constitution was ad-
justed to reflect the changes in titles and
quorum was defined as 10 pastors and 10
lay members for the Executive Committee.
The need for new churches was em-
phasized in 1968 as the population of the
Association territory was projected to in-
crease from 107,500 to 174,334 in 1975.
Following the retirement of Joe Frank
Barton, he was honored with a love gift of
$1,625.92. The next 8 to 10 years were
Joe Frank Barton among the most fruitful for Brother Barton
in the role of interim pastor. He died August 21,1980 at the age of 84. He
was a Southern Baptist Minister for 60 years. He served as pastor of Sun-
nyside Church in Albany from 1956-60. He was Associational Missionary
(in retirement) from 1960-69, and interim pastor in more than 25 chur-
ches since 1960.
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ANNUAL MINUTES DEDICATED TO
1970 1976
Stephens
Pastor, First Albany, 1943-58
Pastor, Centred, 1959-68
Moderator, Mallary Association,
1953-55, 1967
1980

L. Pelham
Wife of Director of Missions
Director of Food Services,
Byne Memorial, 1967-79
Training Union Director,
1929-34, 1953, 1959-61
Historian, 1963-67
Clerk, 1968-70
1979
Joe Frank Barton
Pastor, Sunnyside, 1956-60
Missionary, Mallary Association,
1960-69
Interim Pastor, 28 churches
1960-80
44 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Following Brother Bartons retire-
ment as Associational Missionary, the
Association was 17 months without a
Missionary. Perry Webb, Jr., pastor,
Albany First Church, chaired the com-
mittee that recommended James
Pelham, Minister of Education and
Associate Pastor of Byne Memorial
Baptist Church in Albany, as the new
Associational Missionary. He began
serving Oct. 1, 1970.
Walter W. Green, Jr. passed away
August 30, 1970. He had served
Mallary Baptist Association long and well. He was director of Training
Union from 1958 to 1961. He served on several committees and as
Librarian and Historian. He was clerk from 1967 until his death. The
1970 Minutes were dedicated to his memory.
Kinchafoonee came into the Association in 1970. Friendship was
dropped since it had been inactive for several years. Thomas Memorial
withdrew July 30, 1970, and the Pelham years began with 46 churches.
In 1971 Oak Ridge was received into the Association, a new constitu-
tion and By-Laws adopted, and the Southern Baptist Statement The
Baptist Faith and Message adopted as Mallary Associations statement
in leiu of Articles of Faith.
The decision to sell the Kinchafoonee camp property was a difficult
one. Before the decision to sell was made, a project to build a swimming
pool at the camp was launched. Easter Sunday, April 11, 1971, was a
special Day of Prayer and offering and the pool was to be a memorial to
W. W. Green, Jr. who had served the Association long and well. Promo-
tion material was prepared at the cost of $137.50. The total offering
received for the swimming project was $229.12. This was a final indica-
tion that the churches in the Association would not support the camp.
During the 17 months without a Missionary, money accumulated in
the bank account. But after calling a Director of Associational Work,
these funds were depleted in a few months.
In an effort to deal with the financial crisis, the Camp Committee
made the following report at the 1971 Annual Meeting:
REPORT ON CAMP KINCHAFOONEE, 1971
Our camp was not used nearly as much as it should have been
during the associational year 1970-71. The leaders of our churches
have shown poor stewardship of a possession with which God has so
richly blessed us. Many souls were won to a saving knowledge of
Jesus Christ through the limited use of the camp and it is felt that
many others could have been won if others had taken advantage of
use of these facilities. Many leaders have failed here because of per-
sonal grievances which should never enter into the work of our Lord.
The Camp Committee offered help to any church which needed
assistance in setting up and carrying out a youth retreat or other ac-
tivities but received no request from any church for assistance. This
James E. Pelham
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45
is the main function of your Camp Committee and we again offer our
assistance.
The camp was used by only 20 different groups with 1225 total
attendance in 1971. These groups represented 11 churches, 4
associational groups, and 6 other groups. The churches represented
were: (1) Byne Memorial 5 times with 152 total attendance; (2) Cen-
tral 1 time with 17 attendane; (3) Good News 3 times with 79 total
attendance; (4) Kinchafoonee 2 times with 22 attendance; (5)
Lakeside 1 time with 40 attendance; (6) Mercedes 2 times with 65
total attendance; (7) Radium Springs 1 time with 16 attendance; (8)
Sherwood 4 times with 200 attendance; (9) Sunnyside 3 times with
113 attendance; (10) Sylvester, First 1 time with 50 attendance; and
(11) Calvary 1 time with 25 attendance. Associational groups includ-
ed (1) WMU 1 time with 11 attendance; (2) GAs 1 time with 45 at-
tendance; (3) Youth 2 times with 70 total attendance; (4) RAs 2
times with 125 total attendance. Other groups included (1) Christian
Business Men 1 time with 15 attendance; (2) Palmyra Community
Club 1 time with 18 attendance; (3) Riverview Academy 1 time with
50 attendance; (4) Dawson Boy Scouts 1 time with 45 attendance; (5)
First Baptist Church, Dawson 1 time with 37 attendance; (6) BSU, 1
time with 30 attendance.
The ExecutiveCommitteeapproved the following recommenda-
tions at its January 28 meeting: (1) A master plan, suggested by the
Church Recreation Department and the Church Architecture
Department of the Baptist Sunday School Board, was adopted for
the development of the camp. (2) The name of the camp was changed
from the Mallary Baptist Camp to Camp Kinchafoonee with the
legal name remaining Mallary Baptist Camp, Inc. (3) Easter Sun-
day, April 11, was set aside as Day of Prayer for Associational
missions with each church urged to take a special offering for the
Walter Green, Jr. Memorial Pool at Camp Kinchafoonee. (4) Plans
were presented for a 30 x 60 feet pool. The pool balance is $91.62.
About 125 youth from at least 15 churches attend the Youth
Advance on Saturday, June 19, at Camp Kinchafoonee. The pro-
gram consisted of group singing, testimonies, special music, and
message by Rev. Pat Gilley.
On September 9 the Camp Committee met with the Steering
Committee for the purpose of studying the financial situation in our
Association and giving recommendations to the Executive Commit-
tee. The recommendations were: 1. That we continue to operate the
camp under a program of finance which will (a) Completely retire in-
debtedness on camp in three years, (b) Build a swimming pool at
camp for use by summer 1972. (c) At end of three years begin to
make additions to camp on a pay as you go basis. 2. That we develop
a year round camping program which will include: (a) Association
plan program, (b) Counselors, Camp pastors be pastors of churches
in Association or other approved personel. (c) Other personnel from
churches be enlisted to serve on a voluntary basis, (d) Camp Com-
mittee be composed of one elected representative from each church
46 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
in Mallary Baptist Association. At the first meeting of the year,
this committee will elect their Administrative Committee who will
act in lieu of Camp Committee between sessions. Camp Committee
will meet four times a year and for other called meetings when need-
ed. (e) Suspend all charges now being charged for churches in
Association to use camp for picnicing on grounds. Charges will re-
main for overnight use.
It is our prayer that the camp will be used more in the future for
the glory of our Lord. Each church is expected to elect a represen-
tative to the Camp Committee for 1971-72 associational year and
submit that name to Rev. James Pelham as soon as possible.
Our appreciation to Rev. James Pelham who worked so closely
with this committee and also to Rev. Joe Frank Barton, Mrs. Ruth
McCrary, and Rev. Phil Hargrove who served on the Camp Commit-
*'ee' Respectfully submitted,
John T. Parker, Chairman
An important consideration to the question of Mallary Associations
camp was that on March 13,1971, the Trustees of Norman College voted
to close the school and to recommend that the property be converted into
a Baptist Assembly. This was approved by the Georgia Baptist Conven-
tion Meeting at Jekyll Island, Nov. 9,1971. A swimming pool was added
and ready for use in the summer of 1972.
The response to the very bold Camp report in 1971 was almost nil.
This along with Norman Assemblys opening led to the following camp
report:
MALLARY BAPTIST CAMP, INC. REPORT
At the January 27,1972 meeting of the Executive Committee of
the Mallary Baptist Association, a motion was unamiously adopted
to sell the camp. Reasons cited included Inadequate financial sup-
port for the entire associational program, lack of interest in the use
of the camp by churches in the association, nearby location and
availability of the Norman Baptist Assembly and pressing needs of
the Association for other areas of mission work.
The committee appointed to sell the camp was composed of: E.
A. Abbott, Byne Memorial, Chairman; Dexter Wilson, First
Sylvester; S. D. Slappey, Red Oak; Neal Hager, First Acree; Johnny
Boyd, First Putney; Joe Yost, Good News.
The property was listed with the firm of Walden and Kirkland,
Realtors, Albany, for $60,000.00.
A called meeting of the Executive Committee was held on
March 15 at Byne Memorial to consider the report of the committee
for sale of the camp. By majority vote the sale to Douglas Griffin
was approved.
The real estate companys fee was $6,000.00 and recording fee
was $60.00. The remaining $53,940.00 was deposited in the First
Federal Savings and Loan to draw interest until the Association
decides how it is to be used. It is anticipated that approximately
$23,940.00 will be needed to pay off all outstanding bonds and in-
terest coupons. The sale of the camp was completed May 29, 1972.
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47
Following the sale of the camp, the week of July 17-21 reserved
at Norman Assembly for a Youth Camp. A total of 115 Youth and
Adults attended and had a tremendous week. Rev. and Mrs. Tony
Stella, Missionaries to Korea, were special guests and made quite a
hit with the Youth.
The week of July 16-20, 1973, is reserved for Youth Camp at
Norman Assembly next year.
Respectfully submitted,
James E. Pelham
Beginning in 1972, Mallary Association Camp has been at Norman
Assembly. From the first camp with attendance of 115, the 1982 camp
had more than 300 in attendance.
Mrs. M.P. George was the first part-time Secretary for Mallary
Association which was provided office space in the Educational Annex
(Allen Building) of First Church, Albany. She served until 1972. Mrs.
Randy Tucker served as office secretary in 1972 followed by Mrs. Linda
Thomas in 1973, and Mrs. Harold Covey, 1973-76.
For three years (1969/70, and 71) the Association met with all 3 ses-
sions held on the same day. Beginning in 1972 and still continuing to do
so, meetings went back to being held in two churches. Thursday after-
noon and evening sessions with a fellowship meal being served by the
host church and a Friday morning session in another church became the
pattern which is still followed.
At the 1972 Annual Meeting, a special study committee was ap-
pointed to study the needs of the Mallary Association as to ministry pro-
jects, mission needs, program suggestions, etc. The Committees report
was made in 1973 as follows:
SPECIAL REPORT
to
MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
After more than a year of study and several meetings with
representatives of the Home Mission Board, the following report is
made concerning mission needs in the Mallary Baptist Association
territory.
A total of 14 special needs were discussed at length and the
listing below is the order of priority placed on the top ten needs:
t* Fellowship among pastors and members of the churches;
2. A perrenial training program designed to help both pastors
and lay persons;
3. Help for small churches
4. Chaplaincy program for Phoebe Putney and Palmyra Park
Hospitals in Albany
5. Involvement of youth in challenging, church related ac-
tivities
6. New missions and churches. At least four areas in the
greater Albany area need missions now. Perhaps as many as ten will
be needed by 1980. It was noted that the Association has a new
site fund which is for the purpose of helping churches purchase or
put options on property for missions and churches.
48 HISTORY OP THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
7. Public Relations publicizing the work of the Association and
churches to the community.
8. Assistance to elderly and ill in nursing homes in Sylvester
and Albany.
9. Assisting public schools in classroom work and tutoring.
10. Crisis and family ministries. Assist existing organizations
and programs already relating to these needs in the community.
It is suggested that each church study these needs and begin ef-
forts immediately to render service in any and all areas possible.
The Association Council will be the group in the Association to
study follow-up programs to be recommended through the Ex-
ecutive Committee to the Association.
Additional study will be made on a continuing basis to help us
as the largest religious group in our community render the greatest
service in meeting physical as well as spiritual needs of people.
Respectfully submitted,
James E. Pelham, Fred McCoy,
Alice Hall, Ken West, Jean Pye,
Johnny Boyd, Mrs. E. F. Brooks,
Zila Bamford, Ruth McCrary,
Tom Nance, Louise Smith, Nell
Graham, Mrs. Walter Clark,
Dwight Bolton, Rev. and Mrs.
Wendell Apperson, Rev. and Mrs.
Malvin Miller
Raleigh White sold their property on South Slappey in Albany and
secured property on Phillips Drive, west of Westover Road. Dedication of
their new building on Phillips Drive was held September 24, 1972.
Acord Pond Church was voted out of the Association in 1972, in
keeping with their request to re-join the Houston Association.
The year 1972 was an important one for Mallary Association. In ad-
dition to the many things already mentioned, the largest number of bap-
tisms ever reported by the Association (1095) came that year. Also James
Pelham began the program of recognizing a church of the year at the
Annual Meeting. The first recipients were Calvary and First Putney.
The complete record of Churches of the Year is as follows:
1972 Calvary, R. W. Anglin, pastor
First Putney, Johnny Boyd, pastor
1973 Pine Forest, Dexter Wilson, pastor
1974 Isabella, W. G. Tyson, pastor
Lakeside, John Parker, pastor
First Putney, Johnny Boyd, pastor
1975 East Albany, Bob Hughes, pastor
First Sylvester, Paul Mason, pastor
1976 Thundering Springs, Huey Brock, pastor
Byne Memorial, E. A. Abbott, pastor
Salem, Clyde Evans, pastor
Northside, David Pickard, pastor
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1977 Lakeside, John Parker, pastor
Mercedes, Terry Rice, pastor
Northside, David Pickard, pastor
Poulan, Herman Williams, pastor
1978 Central, Gene Bowman, pastor
First Putney, J. B. Redd, pastor
Westview, Bill Coggins, pastor
1979 Central, Gene Bowman, pastor
First Albany, Bill Nichols, pastor
Kinchafoonee, Frank Hughes, pastor
1980 Calvary, John Lanier, pastor
Poulan, Eben Carson, pastor
Sherwood, W. A. Smith, pastor
Sunnyside, Bobby Moye, pastor
1981 Sumner, Harold Covey, pastor
Tabernacle, Burford Pittman, pastor
1982 Bridgeboro, Bill Mayhew, pastor
First Acree, Charles Fisher, pastor
Mercedes, R. W. Anglin, pastor
Sherwood, W. A. Smith, pastor
1972 1980
Pelham, Anglin, Boyd
During the 11 years of the program 23 churches have received the
recognition. The basis of the award is that a church competes against
itself, not any other church. The record of the church for this year is com-
pared to the year before. If the church reports an increase in all 11 items,
she is church of the year. If no church has an increase in all 11, then the
church with the most increases is Church of the Year. The 11 items are:
1. Resident Membership
2. Baptisms
3. Sunday School Average Attendance
4. Church Training Enrollment
5. Music Ministry Enrollment
6. W.M.U. Enrollment
7. Brotherhood Enrollment
8. Total Undesignated Income
9. Giving through the Cooperative Program
Smith, Carson, Moye, Lanier
50 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
10. Giving to Mallary Association Association office
11. Total Gifts to Missions
In December, 1973, the office of
the Association moved to its present
location at 200 Thornton Drive in
East Albany. Money from the sale
of the camp was used to purchase
the property, equipment and fur-
nishings.
At the 1973 Annual Meeting,
Unity was voted into the Associa-
tion with one year under watch care.
A constitutional change was Albany, Ga. 31705
adopted whereby the elected officers
of the Association (Moderator, Associate Moderator and Clerk) would
serve as trustees during their term of service.
In 1974, Unity was given final vote of approval. A tornado destroyed
Liberty Hill and damaged Antioch Churches in April, 1974. Another item
of interest in 1974 was that the Association had a tent for an exhibit at
the Exchange Club Fair of Southwest Georgia in Albany. Pictures and in-
formation of each church was displayed. Choirs and youth groups from
severed churches presented special music and handed out tracts.
The number of churches in the Association was down to 44 in 1975.
Emanuel disbanded with 1971 being the last year any statistical informa-
tion was carried. Oak Ridge transferred to Colquitt Association in 1975.
In 1976, Miss Myrtice Taylor became the first full-time office
secretary as she began her work on August 15. Other items of note in
1976: Sherwood entered a new sanctuary, valued at $1,400,000 on Feb.
29; Joe Frank Barton was named Pastor Emeritus of Sunnyside Baptist
Church; the 1976 Minutes were dedicated to Dr. Leonard Stephens who
had pastored in Albany for 25 years (First Albany, 1943-1958; Central,
1959-1968) and he was moderator of Mallary Association in 1953, 1954,
1955, and 1967; and Mrs. Elmer McCrary, chairman of the History Com-
mittee, called attention to 1983 as the 100th Anniversary of the Associa-
tion and for the need to have a history of each church so that a book could
be written for the occasion.
Rodney Van Dyke, Minister of Education and Administration, Byne
Memorial, presented James Pelham with all 7 workers diplomas (Sunday
School, Church Training, Brotherhood, WMU, Deacon, Church Music
and Christian Development) available at that time. It is believed that he
is the first if not only Director of Missions in the Southern Baptist Con-
vention to earn all 7 diplomas.
Mallary Association did not adopt resolutions, other than more or
less routine ones, every year. It was in 1976, during our Nations Bi-
Centennial, that a resolution was presented and adopted concerning op-
position to Bingo gamblings. The report is as follows:
Resolutions were presented by Chairman, R. B. Averett:
BE IT RESOLVED:
That we express gratitude to God for the 43 churches in the
CHAPTER V, BACK TO BASICS, 1959-1982 51
Mallary Baptist Association, and for their support of Gods work
around the world.
That we express our appreciation to our Director of Associa-
tional Missions, Rev. Janies Pelham, and pledge our continued sup-
port and prayers to him.
That we express our appreciation to our Moderator, Rev. Kelly
Pritchett; Associate Moderator, Johnny Boyd; and Clerk, Ike
Bazhaw and all other persons who have served on associational com-
mittees and in other places of leadership.
That we express our deep appreciation to the host churches,
Radium Springs and Thundering Springs, for their warm and
friendly hospitality to the Mallary Baptist Association.
That the Mallary Baptist Association composed of 43 Southern
Baptist Churches with a combined membership of over 20,000 does
hereby declare its opposition to the proposed 20th Amendment of
the Georgia Constitution. This would legalize Bingo gambling by
non-profit organizations. We see this as the first step to wide-open
legalized gambling in our state. The amendment, if passed will bring
all of the associated evils of gambling and organized crime to
Georgia.
That the Mallary Baptist Association support Amendment 22
to the Georgia constitution. A yes vote on this Amendment will
continue the tax-exempt status of non-profit convalescent homes.
May 30,1976 was a day of emphasis for Associational Missions. One
feature was an exchange of pulpits by several churches in the Associa-
tion.
A change in the constitution was adopted in 1976 to the effect that
there would be no quorum requirements for regular meetings of the Ex-
ecutive Committee, but the quorum for a called meeting would be 10
pastors and 10 lay members. There had been occasions when there would
not be a quorum of 10 pastors and lay persons present for regularly
scheduled meetings.
Interesting happenings in 1977 included the presentation of Lottie
D by Cynthia Clauson and Courtney Ragan at First Albany with the
other churches being invited.
Also Westview hosted an Association Interfaith Conference in
November.
In 1978 Byne Memorial hosted the State WMU Annual Meeting,
March 20-21. In May, 1978, a Denominational Emphasis Program was
held with 30 churches participating. Mercedes provided the Saturday
night fellowship meal to launch the program.
An addition to the office was completed in 1978 at the cost of nearly
$10,000 which was paid for out of savings (some from sale of camp, some
new site funds).
One of the highlights each year is Missions Nights. This supper
meeting is sponsored by the Association Brotherhood. These have been
occasions along with M-Nights, to bring noted Southern Baptist leaders
and other outstanding speakers to the Association. Heres the speakers
used to date:
52 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
MISSIONS NIGHT SPEAKERS
1975 1976
Porter Routh
James L. Sullivan
Owen Cooper
1977
Searcy S. Garrison
1978
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1973 Lester Maddox (Lt. Governor of Georgia)
1974 E- Dr. & Mrs. Herbert Caudill (Missionaries to Cuba)
1975 Owen Cooper (Convention President)
1976 Searcy S. Garrison (Georgia Baptist Convention)
1977 Porter Routh (Executive Committee, SBC)
1978 B- James L. Sullivan (President, Sunday School Board, SBC)
1979 Hal Hunter (Foreign Missionary, Japan)
1980 Ray Rust (Baptist College President)
1981Jim Griffith (Exec. Secretary, Georgia Bapt. Convention)
1982 Landrum P. Leavell II (New Orleans Seminary President)
1983 g- Carolyn Weatherford (President, W.M.U., SBC)
1984 James Smith (President, Brotherhood, SBC)
In 1977 ten or more churches used the ACTION plan of Sunday
School Enrollment and the highest Sunday School Enrollment in history
was reported. In 1977 a total of 14,234 was reported by 42 churches, an
increase of 1280 in one year. Lay Evangelism schools were conducted in
1979 which illustrates how Mallary Association churches kept abreast of
the latest programs that came from Georgia and Southern Baptist
leaders.
In 1978 Mallary Association had 5 Summer Students to serve as
Missionaries. They worked under the supervision of Marjorie Rudd and
more than 80 Backyard Bible Clubs were reported. The summers ac-
tivities were launched with a parade through downtown Albany, June 10,
with buses and other vehicles representing the churches.
A new feature began in 1979 in the Southern Baptist Convention and
in Mallary Association. It was to recognize four fastest growing Sunday
Schools. Two are recognized on the basis of numerical increase in enroll-
ment and attendance and two are recognized on the basis of percentage of
increase in both enrollment and attendance. The first years awards were
as follows:
Largest numerical increase in Sunday School enrollment........
.............................................. First Albany, 53
Largest numerical increase in Sunday School attendance........
.................................................Sherwood, 39
Largest percentage increase in enrollment.....................
............................................Kinchafoonee, 120%
Largest percentage increase in attendance.....................
............................................Kinchafoonee, 291%
Kinchafoonee also was recognized for having the largest percentage
increase in Sunday School attendance in both the Georgia Baptist Con-
vention and the Southern Baptist Convention. Pastor Frank Hughes and
family was given an expense paid trip to the Ridgecrest Baptist Con-
ference Center for a Sunday School Week. The publication Sunday
School Growth Journal sent a reporter to interview and took pictures of
the pastor and church. The article and pictures appeared in the first issue
of the Growth Journal.
FASTEST GROWING SUNDAY SCHOOL RECOGNITIONS
ITEM 1980 1981 1982
Numerical increase in enrollment: Sherwood, 273 Sherwood, 189 Sherwood, 271
54 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
ITEM 1980 1981 1982
Numerical increase in attendance: Sherwood, 252 Sherwood,-77 Sherwood, 113
Percentage increase in enrollment: Sumner, 209% Sumner, 106% 1st Acree, 77%
Percentage increase in attendance: Sumner, 88% Tabernacle, 100% Acree, 51%
The attendance at the Associational camp continues to increase.
Since holding the camp at Norman Assembly, this is the report:
Profession of
Year
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
Attendance
115
239
288
252
230
252
319
303
Faith
40
24
20
14
39
28
Total Decisions
14
147
77
70
51
92
46
CAMP MISSIONARY
1972 Rev. Anthony Stella, Jr., Korea
1973 Miss Marie Conner, Taiwan
1974 Rev. L. Raymond Brothers, Nigeria
1975 Rev. John Isaac, Alaska
197691
1977 Dr. George W. Fade, Jr., Ghana, West Africa
1978 E Rev. Calvin King, Journeyman, Ghana
1979
1980 Rev. Wayne Gresham, Philippines
1981 Rev. Mack Mobley, Japan
1982 Rev. and Mrs. Don (Julia) Rice, Tanzania
1983 Rev. Caley Nichols, Montana
At the 1979 Annual Meeting, the report of the Resolutions was
adopted and one of the resolutions was of special significance:
A Resolution Concering Raising Legal Drinking Age
WHEREAS, the risk of incurring negative consequences
associated with alcohol abuse is higher in late adolescence and early
adulthood than at any other point in the lifespan with the highest
rates of problem drinking occuring among men in the 18 to 20 age
group, and
WHEREAS, alcohol-related accidents and violence play an
especially prominent role in death and injury among younger age
groups, and
WHEREAS, the percentage of high school students being in-
toxicated has increased dramatically with one of five admitting be-
ing intoxicated at least once a month, and
WHEREAS, estimates indicate that 90,000 Georgia teenagers,
14-17 years old have serious drinking problems with 70 percent of
them having their first drink by 13 years of age, and
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WHEREAS, many youth use alcohol as a gateway to or in com-
bination with other drugs, and
WHEREAS, studies indicate that lowering the legal drinking
age to eighteen has resulted in significant increases in alcohol-
related accidents and fatalities of youth and young adults and the
also availability and alcohol-related problems of high school
students,
BE IT, THEREFORE, RESOLVED That the Mallary Baptist
Association meeting in Pine Forest and Acree Baptist Churches on
October 18 & 19,1979 does hereby petition the General Assembly of
Georgia to return the minimum drinking age to twenty-one.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mallary Baptist
Association urge the pastors and membership of the churches to
communicate with their individual state senators and represen-
tatives urging their support of returning the legal drinking age to
twenty-one.
BE IT RESOLVED:
THAT we express our sincere appreciation to the 42 churches of
our association for their support of our worldwide missions pro-
gram; and
THAT we give our special gratitude to Rev. James Pelham, our
Director of Association Missions, for the outstanding ministry he
has rendered us the past nine years; and we express our appreciation
for his Christ-like example of courage and witness in the loss of his
dear wife; and
THAT we give our appreciation to our Moderator, Rev. John
Dudley; the other Associational Officers; Secretary and Treasurer,
Miss Myrtice Taylor; Clerk, Rev. Harold Covey; and all those who
serve our Lord through the Mallary Baptist Association; and
THAT we express our deep appreciation to the host churches,
Pine Forest and Acree for their friendly hospitality; and
THAT the 42 churches of Mallary Baptist Association give con-
tinued support through prayer and participation to the Southern
Baptist Bold Mission Thrust; and
THAT WE encourage our churches to pray for our president
and other world leaders who are involved in seeking to bring peace
to the Middle East and other areas of world tension.
Respectfully submitted,
Bill Nichols, Chairman
Buford Pittman
Shirley Covey
J. B. Redd
Tragedy struck the Pelham family when James wife, Mary, was
discovered to have cancer on August 23. She died of cancer of the liver on
September 23, 1979.
The Executive Committee recommended and the Association ap-
proved dedicating the 1979 Minutes to Mrs. Pelhams memory.
Again in 1980, the Resolutions Committee presented their report and
Mallary Baptist spoke to the issues of gambling and the hostages in Iran:
56 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Whereas legalized pari-mutual gambling is gaining public sup-
port on a wide range scale in our State, and,
Whereas legalized pari-mutual gambling is known to breed
organized crime, therefore,
Be it resolved that the Mallary Baptist Association continue
to oppose legalized gambling in any form and encourage its member
churches to do likewise, and,
Be it further resolved that the Mallary Baptist Association
will continue to pray for the release of our fellow Americans held
hostage in Iran.
Be it resolved that we express our sincere appreciation to the
42 churches of our Association for their support of our world wide
mission program.
That we express our appreciation to the host churches,
Calvary and Beacon, for their friendly hospitality, and,
That the 42 churches of the Mallary Association give con-
tinued support through prayer and participation to the Southern
Baptist Bold Mission Thrust.
Respectfully submitted,
Buford Pittman
Mrs. Thomas Lawhorne
Mrs. A. P. Pate
J. B. Redd, Chairman
A sister Association relationship was established in 1980 with the
Southern Tier Baptist Association in New York, John Simmons, Director
of Missions. This means that from time to time, resorces of personnel and
programs will be shared with Southern Tier.
Mallary Association voted to participate in Tell Georgia Crusade,
April 19-26, 1981.
In the Directors period, James Pelham spoke of the need of several
new churches on Mission in the greater Albany area. It had been 14 years
since a new work was started he pointed out and the population has in-
creased significantly during this period of time.
In the closing period of the 1980 Annual
Meeting, Moderator John Lanier, recognized
James Pelham as having completed 10 years as
Missionary. A round of applause was given.
At the Ministers Christmas Party a cou-
ple of months later, John Lanier presented
Brother Pelham with a beautiful plaque and a
cash gift of $550.00.
The Sunday Schools response to Bold
Mission Thrust was the 8.5 X 85 Enrollment
program. It was introduced in 1980 and five
year goals were worked out for the Mallary
Association Churches as follows:
8.5 by 85 GOALS
James E. Pelham
CHURCH
CHAPTER V, BACK TO BASICS, 1959-1982
SUNDAY SCHOOL ON-GOING ENROLLMENTS
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
57
1985
Alpha
Antioch
Beacon
11
75
192
12
78
200
13
81
208
14
84
216
15
87
225
16
90
234
Bethel
Bridgeboro
Byne Memorial
40
84
2346
42
87
2440
44
90
2538
46
94
2639
48
98
2745
50
102
2855
Calvary
Central
East Albany
344
625
77
358
650
80
372
676
83
387
703
86
402
731
89
418
760
93
Evergreen
Faith
First Acree
86
215
277
89
224
288
93
233
300
97
242
312
101
252
324
105
262
337
First Albany
First Leesburg
First Putney
2083
356
568
2166
370
591
2253
385
615
2343
400
640
2437
416
666
2534
433
693
First Sylvester
Gordy-New Bethel
Isabella
649
102
197
675
106
205
702
110
213
730
114
222
759
119
231
789
124
240
Kinchafoonee
Lakeside
Liberty Hill
98
146
84
102
152
87
106
158
90
110
164
94
114
171
98
119
178
102
Mercedes
New Hope
New Union
174
38
14
181
40
15
188
42
16
196
44
17
204
46
18
212
48
19
Northside
Pine Forest
Pine Hill
315
83
38
328
83
40
341
89
42
355
93
44
369
97
46
384
101
48
Poulan
Radium Springs
Raleigh White
249
177
234
259
184
243
269
191
253
280
199
263
291
207
274
303
215
285
Red Oak
Salem
Sherwood
93
141
1429
97
147
1486
101
153
1545
105
159
1607
109
165
1671
113
172
1738
Shingler
Southside
Sumner
Union
Unity
Westview
25
143
34
26
149
35
27
155
36
28
161
37
29
167
38
94
120
157
98
125
163
102
130
170
106
135
177
30
174
40
Sunnyside 602 626 651 677 704 732
Tabernacle 96 100 104 108 112 116
Thundering Springs__________302 314 327 340 354 368
110
140
284
114
146
292
TOTALS
13,213 13,742 14,292 14,864 15,459 16,077
58 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
FULL-TIME OFFICE SECRETARIES
1976-81
1981-82
Myrtice Taylor Pelham
Gwen Lott
1982-1983
1983-
Doris Hall
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59
The 8.5 by 85 means that the goal is to
have 8.5 million enrolled in Southern Baptist
Sunday Schools by September 30, 1985.
The Sunday School enrollment for the
Association as of September 30,1982 is 13,904
or just 388 under the projected goal of 14,292. The meeting of the final
goal of 16,077 by 1985 is very possible for Mallary Association as her
part of the 8.5 million goal for Southern Baptists.
Joe Frank Barton, former pastor of Sunnyside and former Mis-
sionary of Mallary Association passed away August 21, 1980. The 1980
Minutes were dedicated to his memory.
The Association participated in a World Missions Conference,
February 3-10, 1980, with 30 churches cooperating. The next World Mis-
sions Conference is scheduled for February 3-5, 1985.
The year 1980 had other things happening. The South Georgia Bap-
tist Counseling Center, Dr. Richard Christian, Counselor, was opened
with space provided by First Church, Albany. The Association voted to
recognize the Center as a Southern Baptist Agency in order for the
employees to be able to participate in insurance and retirement programs
of the Southern Baptist Annuity Board.
The income of the Association passed the $50,000 mark for the first
time in 1980.
James Pelham and office secretary, Myrtice Taylor, were married
June 27, 1980 at Byne Memorial with pastor Michael G. McBride of-
ficiating.
Myrtice retired as office secretary effective March 1, 1981 after
more than 414 years of service. Mrs. Danny (Gwen) Lott became the new
secretary and served until August, 1982.
Beginning in October, 1982 and serving for six months as secretary
was Mrs. Bill (Annette) Murry. Our present secretary, Mrs. Tommy
(Doris) Hall began serving March 14, 1983. Doris served as church
secretary at Sunnyside for seven years and at Byne Memorial for one
year prior to assuming the position with the Association.
The first new church in Dougherty County in 15 years was con-
stituted December 13, 1981 with John T. Lanier as pastor. A group from
Calvary Baptist Church had been meeting since October 4 and in seeking
to begin a new church asked Raleigh White to be the sponsoring church.
A site for the new church was purchased on
Gillionville Road at Byron Plantation
Road. The name Gillionville Forest Bap-
tist Church was selected. Rev. R. P.
Tomberlin, Jr., pastor, Raleigh White, led
in the constituting service. Gillionville
Forest is now under watchcare and will
be a regular member church when voted
upon at the 1983 Associational Meeting.
Funds are available from the Association for new work. A grant of
5% of the cost of the property is given for the new work. Gillionville
Forest received a grant of $1,500, the first church to receive a gift after
Henry K. Neal presents check for
$7,500 to John Lanier as Janies
Pelham looks on.
60 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
the fund was established. A second grant ($1,000) was presented to First
Baptist Church of Putney for the purchase of property for a mission
church on Moultrie Road at County Line Road.
Sherwood Baptist Church purchased property in 1980 for a future
mission. It is located on old Dawson Road near Doublegate Country
Club. The Associational Missions Committee has designated seven addi-
tional areas in Lee and Dougherty counties as possible locations for new
churches.
At the 99th Annual Meeting in 1982 a recommendation was made by
the History Committee to ask the churches for a contribution to the
History Fund for the printing costs of the book to be written by James
Pelham. A formula was worked out based on resident membership and
each church was asked to contribute as follows: (The amount in paren-
thesis is the amount the church has given as of July 1, 1983):
Alpha
Antioch
Beacon
Bethel
Bridgeboro
Byne Memorial
Calvary
Central
East Albany
Evergreen
Faith
First Acree
First Albany
First Leesburg
First Putney
First Sylvester
Gillionville Forest
Gordy-New Bethel
Isabella
Kinchafoonee
Lakeside
Liberty Hill
5.00
50.00
100.00
25.00
50.00
600.00
155.00
260.00
70.00
40.00
170.00
110.00
550.00
170.00
160.00
210.00
25.00
45.00
85.00
35.00
95.00
40.00
(50.00)
(100.00)
(25.00)
(50.00)
(600.00)
(100.00)
(70.00)
(60.00)
(170.00)
(110.00)
(550.00)
(170.00)
(210.00)
(25.00)
(45.00)
(100.00)
(95.00)
(40.00)
Mercedes
New Hope
New Union
Northside
Pine Forest
Pine Hill
Poulan
Radium Springs
Raleigh White
Red Oak
Salem
Sherwood
Shingler
Southside
Sumner
Sunnyside
Tabernacle
Thundering Sp.
Union
Unity
West view
TOTAL
115.00
20.00
5.00
105.00
30.00
15.00
90.00
85.00
125.00
35.00
50.00
500.00
5.00
150.00
15.00
255.00
75.00
135.00
35.00
40.00
75.00
$5010.00 ($4350.00)
(50.00)
(20.00)
(10.00
(30.00)
(15.00)
(90.00)
(85.00)
(125.00)
(40.00)
(50.00)
(500.00)
(30.00)
(150.00)
(50.00)
(255.00)
(75.00)
(135.00)
(30.00)
(40.00)
The books will sell for about $10.00 and each church will be given the
number of copies of the book that their contribution will purchase. The
church then may sell the copies and recover the contribution.
Let us close out this chapter by recognizing those men who serve the
Association for 5 years or more as moderator or clerk:
W. G. Paul, Clerk 38 years, 1913, 1925-62
W. E. Shepherd, Clerk 5 years, 1884-86, 89-90
T. M. Wilder, Clerk - 17 years, 1893-99, 1915-24
D. A. Willis, Clerk 7 years, 1905-1911
H. E. Phillips, Jr., Clerk 15 years, 1962-66
E. B. Carroll, Moderator 6 years, 1886-90, 92
H. L. Long, ModeratorE 15 years, 1898-1902, 1911, 1917-18
E. L. Baskin, Moderator 5 years, 1925-29
W. R. White, Moderator 9 years, 1931-33, 1937-42
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Moderator
Associate Moderator
Earnie Pirkle
Bill Mayhew
Clerk Treasurer
Myrtice T. Pelham
Doris Hall
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Chapter VI
OUR CENTENNIAL YEAR
(1982-83)
The first major event in our Centennial year of Celebration was
M-Night. After 8 years of having 2 M-Nights, one in Albany and one in
Sylvester, only one was held October 25,1982 at Byne Memorial. Dr. Roy
Edgemon, Director Church Training Department, Baptist Sunday
School Board, Nashville, Tennessee, was the speaker for this unified
M-Night. Cornerstone, musical ensemble from Sunnyside, provided
special music.
With an emphasis on our Centennial and coming together in oneness,
the attendance was about 200 less than in 1981. Thirty churches were
represented with attendance reported as follows:
Alpha..............1 First Putney.....11 Ral. White.......31
Beacon............28 First Sylv. ......3 Red Oak..........14
Bridgeboro.........9 Gill. Forest .....9 Sherwood........80*
Byne Mem..........48 Lakeside ........14 Shingler..........9
Calvary ...........3 Mercedes.........67 Southside........28
E. Albany .........7 New Hope........17 Sumner ...........4
Evergreen.........10 Pine Forest......43 Sunnyside........20
Faith..............4 Pine Hill........20 Tabernacle......53*
First Acree.......19 Poulan...........19 Union............25
First Albany.......5 Rad. Springs......2 Unity.... .......22
Awarded attendance banners
Church Training Director a total of 21 Church Training Directors
and 20 Pastors were among the 626 present.
Next year, Northside in Sylvester and Sher-
wood in Albany will host M-Nights. Eben Car-
son is Church Training Director.
A second major event in our Centennial
Year was the Associational Brotherhood
Meeting, November 29, 1982, at Faith Baptist
Church. The Royal Ambassadors were led in a
separate program by the Bibleland Puppets
directed by Minton Goulden from Faith, and
Chester Free from Walnut Hill, Florida (former
pastor at Beacon). Ron Castleberry is Associa-
tional R.A. Leader.
The men, Gene Snipes, Brotherhood Director, had an excellent
meeting with David Fisher, pastor, Northside Baptist Church, Fitz-
gerald, Georgia, as speaker. A total of 276 men and boys attended from
27 churches.
The next major event was the Annual Mallary Ministers Christmas
Party at First Church, Sylvester, December 7. The regular Ministerial
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Conference meets at night in December and
wives are invited. The program was provided
by the musical ensemble, Cornerstone, from
Sunnyside and Handbell Ringers from First
Sylvester. There were 89 in attendance, 20 of
which were pastors.
The Associational Girls in Action, led by
Cathy Morey, had a Christmas party,
December 9 at Central Baptist Church.
The next major event was an Associational
Evangelism Conference. Byne Memorial
hosted the conference, the first in about 10
years, on January 28-29. Charles Fisher,
Associational Evangelism Director, put
Evangelism Director
Brotherhood Director
Gene Snipes
together an excellent program. Speakers in-
cluded Billy Smith, Pastor, Sherwood; Mike
McBride, Pastor, Byne Memorial; John
Phillips, evangelist; and Gene Bowman,
Pastor, First Church, Perry. Special music was
arranged by Reamon Beaty, Associational
Music Director. Joining him in presented
special music were Music Director
the Mallary Brass,
Susan Ivey, Bonnie
Carson, Byne
Memorials Adult
Choir led by Wayne
Roberts, and Roger
Charles Fisher Ezell, Minister of
Music, First Church, Pelham.
The attendance was poor for the Friday
night and Saturday conference. About 150 at-
tended Friday night and 50 Saturday. Reamon Beaty
WMU Director Another major event was Missions Night,
January 31, sponsored jointly by the Associa-
tional Brotherhood and W.M.U. Miss Carolyn
Weatherford, Executive Director of Womans
Missionary Union, SBC, Birmingham,
Alabama, was the speaker. First Church,
Albany, hosted the meeting and a delicious
meal added to the fellowship. A total of 340 at-
tended, including 18 pastors, from 29 chur-
ches. Miss Weatherford spoke to an Associa-
tional Baptist Womens Meeting at Sunnyside,
January 30. Hard work by Marjorie Rudd,
Associational WMU Director and Dot Haut-
man, Baptist Womens Director, resulted in
Marjorie Rudd the good attendance.
In cooperation with the Baptist Sunday School Board and the
Georgia Baptist Convention, Mallary Association was the first Associa-
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tion in Georgia to conduct an 8.5 x 85 Sunday School
Enrollment/Enlargement Campaign. A presentation meeting and three
preparation meetings were held to enlist and train church leaders to con-
duct the campaign. Only five churches (Beacon, Calvary, Faith, First
Putney and Poulan) took advantage of the program. Outside directors
came and worked with these five churches and each conducted the cam-
paign February 19-27 and had excellent results.
The first Denominational Emphasis Program in six years was held,
March 19 - 20. The kick-off supper was hosted on Saturday night by
Mercedes Baptist Church. On Sunday representatives from many areas
of Georgia Baptist life spoke in the churches as follows:
Church Speaker
Beacon........................................James N. Griffith
Bethel........................................Harry V. Smith
Bridgeboro....................................John Wortham
Byne Memorial...........................................Bill Clinton
Calvary...............................................Archie Mayo
Central.......................................George Balentine
East Albany...................................Claud Healan
Faith.........................................John Wortham
First Acree...................................T.M. Underwood
First Leesburg................................Ronald Weitman
First Putney........................................John Carr
First Sylvester...............................Kenneth Dobbs
Gillionville Forest.................................A1 Davis
Lakeside ..................................Howard Ethington
Mercedes......................................T.M. Underwood
Northside.....................................W. Lynn Wood
Pine Forest...........................................Grover Jones
Poulan........................................Cleason Melton
Radium Springs .....................................Bill Long
Shingler......................................Kenneth Dobbs
Southside.............................................Archie Mayo
Sunnyside.....................................Edwin L. Cliburn
Tabernacle....................................W. Lynn Wood
Thundering Springs............................Harry V. Smith
Unity....................................................Don Folsom
The Denominational Emphasis program is scheduled about midway
between World Missions Conferences. Our next WMC is scheduled for
February 3-6, 1985.
The annual Bible Drills and Speakers Tournament was held at First
Baptist Church, Albany, Saturday, March 26, 1983. Twenty children
from four chinches participated in the Childrens Bible Drill. Four par-
ticipants from three churches were represented in the Youth Bible Drill.
Two older youth were participants in the Better Speakers Tournament
representing Beacon and Central churches.
A time of recreation was led by Ken Reid, Associational Youth Com-
mittee Chairman. Eighteen of the Children Bible Drillers and the Youth
Bible Drill Winner (Tim Oliver, Northside), and the Speakers Tourna-
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ment Winner (Amy Monroe, Central) represented Mallary Association in
the Region 7-B events at First Baptist Church, Moultrie, April 7. Amy
Monroe came in second in the Regional Speakers Tournament.
In the Centennial year, an update was
made in the Sunday Schools Enrollment Goals
in the 8.5 x 85 Program. Five year goals were
projected in 1980 for each church in Mallary
Association. At mid-point of the five year pro-
gram, goals for the final period were revised.
After two years, 13 churches had met or ex-
ceeded their goals for 1982 (See Chapter 5).
Another four churches had an increase in Sun-
day School enrollment, but not enough to meet
projected goals. Twenty-three churches had ac-
tually declined in enrollment and in 2 churches,
enrollment was the same as 1980.
Sunday School Director
Ron Wildes
Beginning with the 13,904 enrollment for 1982, goals for 1983, 1984
and 1985 are listed here:
Church 1982
Enroll.
Alpha 11
Antioch 60
Beacon 201
Bethel 49
Bridgeboro 82
Byne Memorial 2,532
Calvary 184
Central 600
East Albany 74
Evergreen 99
Faith 180
1st Acree 510
1st Albany 1,971
1st Leesburg 314
1st Putney 520
1st Sylvester 714
Gillionville Forest 92
Gordy-New Bethel 121
Isabella 174
Kinchafoonee 61
Lakeside 157
Liberty Hill 90
Mercedes 278
New Hope 46
New Union 14
Northside 336
Pine Forest 66
Pine Hill 34
Poulan 371
1983 1984 1985
Goal Goal Goal
12 13 14
63 66 69
211 221 232
51 54 57
86 90 95
2,659 2,792 2,932
193 203 213
630 662 695
78 82 86
104 109 114
189 198 208
536 563 591
2,070 2,174 2,283
330 347 364
546 573 602
750 788 827
97 102 107
127 133 140
183 192 202
64 67 70
165 173 182
95 100 105
292 307 322
48 50 53
15 16 17
353 371 390
69 72 76
36 38 40
390 410 431
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Church Enroll.
Radium Springs 202
Raleigh White 311
Red Oak 80
Salem 117
Sherwood 1,889
Shingler 23
Southside 138
Sumner 40
Sunnyside 584
Tabernacle 68
Thundering Springs 263
Union 82
Unity 67
Westview 109
TOTALS 13,904
1983 1984 1985
Goal______Goal______Goal
212 223 234
327 343 360
84 88 92
123 129 135
1,983 2,082 2,186
24 25 26
145 152 160
42 44 46
613 644 676
71 75 79
266 279 293
86 90 95
70 74 78
114 120 126
14,602 15,334 16,103
The Associational Vacational Bible School Clinics were held at First
Church, Sylvester, Tuesday, April 12 and at Raleigh White, Albany,
Thursday, April 14. Attendance in the Sylvester clinic was 65 from 15
churches and in the Albany clinic, it was 79 from 15 churches. The faculty
serving were:
Middle Preschool Myrtice Pelham
Older Preschool -SKathy Drew
Younger Children Wanda Campbell
Middle Children Janice Wildes
Older Children Rob Nordan
Youth 9 John Fain
Adults S Ron Wildes
General Officers 9 A. R. Wilbourn and James Pelham
Events scheduled later in our Centennial Year of Celebration include
Mallary Camp, August 1-4, at Norman Assembly. Camp is for boys and
girls in grades 4-10. Attendance at camp has grown to about 300 per year
and even more are anticipated this year.
The Associational Brotherhood will meet May 30 and August 29 for
regular meetings. Men and boys attend and have separate programs.
The new Understanding books on Sunday School work will be
taught in the Sunday School Workshop scheduled September 12 and 13.
This same time frame is used each year to study the newest books on
Sunday School work.
September 19 is the date of the W.M.U. Fall Meeting. At this
meeting, age group workers on the Associational WMU Team will lead
conferences on WMU work, 1983-84.
The final events planned during the Centennial year are the Celebra-
tion Service, October 12 and the 100th Annual Meeting of the Associa-
tion, October 13-14.
The Centennial Celebration service will be held at the new Albany
Civic Center, Wednesday, October 12. The featured speaker will be Dr.
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Jimmy Draper, President of the Southern Baptist Convention. Churches
are asked to come together with Sunday morning size attendance for
this special service. Former churches and neighboring associations will
receive special invitations to join the celebration.
The Thursday (Oct. 13) session of the Annual Meeting will be hosted
by First Church, Albany, our oldest church (1839). The Friday morning
session will be hosted by Union, the only church to be a member of
Mallary Association for the entire 100 years. Dr. James Griffith, Ex-
ecutive Director of Georgia Baptists, will be denominational represen-
tative speaker at the Thursday session.
During this Centennial Year, Pastors and Staff members came into
the Association and some left. Men coming into Mallary Association
were:
Jeff Reynolds, Minister of Music, Northside Church, Oct. 10, 1982
Larry Layfield, Pastor, Shingler, Oct. 17, 1982
Freddie White, Pastor, Sumner, Nov. 29, 1982
Robert Tamney, Minister of Music and Youth, First Acree, Jan. 1,
1983
Ron Perry, Min. of Education and Youth, First Sylvester, Jan. 9,
1983
W. R. Payne, Pastor, Isabella, Mar. 13, 1983
Dan Hodges, Pastor, First Albany, April 10, 1983
Clay Krummel, Min. of Educ. and Adm., Byne Memorial, June 1,
1983
Julian West, Pastor, Central, June 15, 1983
Leaving were:
Gene Bowman, Pastor, Central to First Church, Perry, Oct. 10,1982
Pete Brannan, Min. of Music, Education and Youth, Radium Spr-
ings, to Eastside Church, Tifton, Dec. 5, 1982
Morris Davis, Pastor, Lakeside to Rochelle Church, Rochelle, Mar.
16, 1983
Eben Carson, Pastor, Poulan to First Church, Jesup, April 17,1983
Reamon Beaty, Min. of Music and Youth, First Putney to Morning
Star Baptist Church, April 24, 1983
Bill Mayhew, Pastor, Bridgeboro to Victory Heights, Columbus,
June 19, 1983
Two other events will conclude this history of the Mallary Baptist
Association. On Thursday, Dec. 29, 1983, a special prayer meeting is
scheduled at Mt. Enon Church in Mitchell county. This is the exact
church and location where the organizational meeting took place on the
same date in 1883. No better climax to the Centennial Celebration could
be planned than to return to the exact spot and praise God for what He
has done in these 100 years.
The other event is the Brotherhood meeting, Jan. 30, 1984 at Byne
Memorial. The speaker will be Dr. Jim Smith, President of the
Brotherhood Commission, Memphis, Tennessee. This will be a ladies
night meeting and the attendance goal of 500 should be reached. This pic-
ture shows Jimmy Draper, Jim Smith and James Pelham discussing
these exciting plans for Mallary Associations Centennial Celebration.
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James Smith, James Pelham,
Jimmy Draper

SECTION II, OUR ORGANIZATION
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SECTION II
OUR ORGANIZATIONS
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Chapter VII
SUNDAY SCHOOL
The earliest copy of the Minutes (1884) carries a report of Sabbath
Schools. Here is that report:
REPORT OF SABBATH SCHOOLS
Your Committee begs leave to submit the following:
There are not a great many Sabbath Schools in the territory of
the Mallary Association, but in those there exists zeal, and earnest
consecrated work is bearing good fruit. There is every token of a
healthful growth in interest and numbers, yet neither is what it
should be. We respectfully suggest that each pastor of every church
co-operate heartily with the superintendents in organizing Sabbath
Schools. Every school should be under the constant watchcare of
the church, and every member should, unless providentially
prevented, be either teacher or pupil, thereby discharging his or her
duty to God in the most inviting field of Christian labor.
J.S. DAVIS Chairman
By 1890 the terminology for the Bible teaching agency of the church
changed from Sabbath Schools to Sunday Schools. Actually both terms
were used interchangeably for several years until Sunday School final-
ly won out. The report of the Sunday School in 1890 was made by A. M.
Croxton, pastor of Flint Baptist Church. A part of the report read: one
great hindering cause of the progress of Sunday School work is the very
erroneous view abroad in the land that the Sunday School is proper only
for children. But we are convinced that many of the grown-up people
especially need the training of the Sunday School.
Two years later in 1892 the Sunday School report made the sugges-
tion, We hear of places destitute of churches, where we believe that a
well organized Sabbath School would be productive of much good. We
therefore urge our missionary, should any be employed, to establish a
Sabbath School at every available place, feeling assured that God will
own and bless such effort.
Even though Sunday School was urged for all ages, the concept that
it was primarily for children had not died out. In 1900 the report on Sun-
day Schools stated, While the Sunday School is intended for the
children, it will also prove of great benefit to old Christians. They cannot
afford to neglect its advantages and privileges. Its influence for good can
not be estimated. This particular report was submitted by C. L.
Mallary, thought to be a grandson of Charles Dutton Mallary, namesake
of the Mallary Association. C. L. Mallary served on the Associational Ex-
ecutive Committee along with B. W. Davis, G. T. West, D. F. Hart, and J.
L. Milner. C. L. Mallary was a messenger from Albany Church along with
their pastor B. W. Davis, G. T. West was pastor of Thundering Springs;
D. F. Hart was a messenger from Sylvester Church; and J. L. Milner was
pastor of Acree.
In 1901 a committee was appointed to form a Sunday School
Association in the bounds of Association.
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The first reference to the number of churches having Sunday Schools
was made in 1902 when the report said, Your committee finds that most
churches have Sunday Schools, but are sorry that seven churches
neglected to report Sunday Schools. There were 25 churches in the
Association at that time and 18 of them reported that they had a Sunday
School.
Beginning in 1902 the churches in the Association were divided into
9 districts as follows:
District 1: Oakfield, New Hope, Union, Jr.
District 2: Harmony, Isabella
District 3: Salem, Bethel (Worth), Acree
District 4: Sumner, Ty Ty, Pine Forest
District 5: Sylvester, New Bethel, Emanuel
District 6: Bethel (Baker), Baconton, Mt. Enon
District 7: Leesburg, Thundering Springs, Albany
District 8: Doerun, Rose of Sharon
District 9: Friendship, Union Sr., Pleasant Grove
In 1903 a recommendation was included in the Sunday School report:
to schedule four Bible Institutes in the bounds of the Associaton,
the first to be held with Leesburg Church beginning the second Sun-
day in January, 1904, and continuing till the following Friday night.
Bro. E. H. Shingler to give lessons on Acts of the Apostles each day.
Bro. H. L. Crumley will give five lessons on religion in the home.
Other lessons on the Holy Spirit development of young Christians
will be given. Every Brother and Sister is requested to attend.
The second meeting will be held with the Sylvester Church
beginning the fourth Sunday in February. The other two meetings
both time and place to be provided for at the Sylvester meeting.
The 1904 Minutes mentioned that the third Bible Institute was held
at Sumner in March.
The committee on Bible Institutes reported in 1905 that one In-
stitute was held in May at Sylvester, which was fairly well attended, ex-
cept by the pastors of the Association. Getting pastors to become involv-
ed in things outside their own church seems to have been a problem for a
long time.
A motion was passed in 1905 as follows: the time for holding a Sun-
day School Convention is placed in the hands of the following committee;
E. H. Shingler, J. W. Smith, E. H. Lee.
The report of the committee included this recommendation:
That this Association provide, as a part of its work, an annual Sun-
day School Convention, to be known as the Baptist Sunday School
Convention of the Mallary Association, with time and place for the
meeting and such other details as may be necessary to its success.
The report went on to suggest that each church equip themselves
with every outfit essential to success, viz. comfortable rooms, maps,
blackboards, teachers meetings and special prayer for conversion
and training workers.
The 1906 Minutes tells about the first Sunday School Convention. It
was held at Sylvester, March 29 - April 1. The attendance was not what
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it should have been, many of the churches failing to send delegates. The
next Sunday School Convention was scheduled for New Bethel in April,
1907.
The Sunday School report in 1906 stated that there were ten Sunday
Schools all using The Southern Baptist Convention Series. A table of
statistics appeared for the first time in 1906. This report listed the names
of 16 Superintendents which meant that there were 16 instead of 10 chur-
ches with a Sunday School. There were 26 churches in the Association at
that time. In 1907 there were 831 enrolled in Sunday School. The 1908
report showed a total of 17 schools with an enrollment of 1,233. The
report also showed that 3 churches had Sunday School enrollments larger
than their memberships.
Byne Memorial, a new church, reported Sunday School enrollment of
112 in 1910.
The Sunday School report in the 1913 Minutes quotes President
Woodrow Wilson as saying:
No study is more important to the child than the study of the Bi-
ble, and of the truths which it teaches, and there is no more effective
agency for such study than the Sunday School. It is certainly one of
the greatest factors in our lives in the building of character and the
development of moral fibre, for its influence begins almost as soon
as the child is able to talk and continues throughout life. The Sun-
day School lesson of today is the code of morals of tomorrow. Too
much attention cannot be paid to the work which the Sunday School
is doing.
In 1913 the membership of the 23 churches was 2,147 with 1,604
enrolled in 18 Sunday Schools. The increase in enrollment over 1912 was
216. Sunday Schools were growing as only 5 churches did not report a
school.
Sunday School Convention began in 1908 but in 1915 the Sunday
School report stated that it is with regret that we note the neglect of our
Sunday School Convention for the past four years because no church in
our bounds saw fit to make a way for such a meeting. The report also
stated that two great needs are evident in most Sunday Schools. First,
the enlistment of the unenlisted and second, an efficient teaching force.
(The emphasis of Sunday Schools, on teaching and outreach in the 1980s
is not new.)
The 1917 Executive Committee report to the Association recom-
mended that the Association look out a man among themselves to help
in Sunday School and prayer meeting work, and he be paid for his ser-
vices.
At this time (1917) 19 churches reported having a Sunday School.
Albany was the largest with 375 enrolled. Three other churches had a
hundred or more enrolled. Isabella had 101, Sylvester 175, and Thunder-
ing Springs 111 enrolled. Total enrollment was now above 1700 with
average attendance at 958.
A recommendation in the Sunday School report in 1919 was for a
Teachers Training Class in every Church during the next Associational
year. The report also recommended that an Associational Sunday
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School Convention be organized at once that we may be better prepared
to carry on this world-wide task.
The Sunday School Convention which met at Sylvester in 1906 was
the first annual Sunday School Convention. These continued only until
1913.
In 1909 the Association Minutes carried condensed minutes of a Sun-
day School Convention. The report was on the meeting held at Gordy
Church, April 12-14, 1909. Thirteen churches were represented. A. L.
Young was Moderator and J. A. Martin, Secretary of the Sunday School
Convention.
A part of the 1913 Associational Executive Committees report car-
ried this report of the Sunday School Convention:
It is important that Baptists stand for unmixed Sunday School
Associational work in county organizations, the committee insists
on a more earnest attention to our Associations convention, mak-
ing it of first importance the teaching service of the church in
that a convention be held during the coming year at some point to
which we shall be invited during this session.
Sunday School work was slow over the next few years. The Sunday
School Convention did not meet from 1913 until 1923. The 1922 Sunday
School report carried this resolution which was adopted:
Resolved, That we organize an associational Sunday School Con-
vention, the time and place to be announced later.
This resolution was implemented as a Sunday School Convention
was held at Gordy in May, 1923 and a year later at Sumner.
Statistically in 1923, 23 out of 26 churches reported a Sunday School.
The enrollment was 2,678 with average attendance of 1,500.
The Convention at Sumner in 1924 voted to employ a Field Worker
for the months of June, July and August. Bro. Alfred Pullen was selected
and started this work but due to several reasons, principally because of
the fact that our churches exhibited so little interest in preparing the
way for him, the work was called off after three weeks.
The Second Sunday School Conventions Minutes were carried in the
1924 Associational Minutes. The Minutes contained information about
raising money ($200.00) to pay half of the salary of a Field Worker for
June, July and August, 1924. The president of the Sunday School Con-
vention, G. F. Alford, was to secure the Field Worker who would be paid
jointly by the Baptist Sunday School Board and Mallarys Sunday
School Convention.
The Executive Committee of the Association reported that Miss
Susie Eubanks was secured and worked the three months of June, July
and August, 1925. She was a very fine worker teaching the Sunday
School Manual in 9 churches with 51 finishing the course and receiving
Diplomas. As she traveled among the churches, Miss Eubanks graded
many Sunday Schools.
At the next Executive Committee Meeting, the matter of employing
a Sunday School Field Worker full-time was discussed. It was decided
not to go full time but we must have a worker 3 months and 6 if possi-
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ble. A plan was also discussed to employ jointly with Tucker Associa-
tion a Field Worker who would work full time between the two Associa-
tions. The Executive Committees of each Association were to work out
the details.
Miss Susie Eubanks was jointly employed by the Mallary and
Tucker Associations for 1926.
A Sunday School Field Worker was desired because this work was
calculated to stimulate greater interest in the Sunday Schools and train
officers and teachers to meet the demands of an up-to-date school; this
has revolutionized the schools in other Associations. The results
evidently didnt meet the expectations. The 1926 Sunday School report
carried this grim statement:
We are sorry to say that nearly ten months have passed, five of
which belonged to us and only seven churches in that time have
availed themselves of the opportunity. This is in no manner the
fault of Miss Eubanks nor of the Executive Committee as every ef-
fort has been put forth to get the churches to co-operate and use the
worker. This lack of interest on the part of the churches extends to
the Sunday School Convention also, as there were very few churches
represented at our Annual Session, held with Emanuel on April
30th of this year.
Although this report thus far has a pessimistic sound there is
a note to optimism from which we can take courage, as interest in
Sunday Schools over the Association is slowly but surely gaining
ground.
Rev. C. M. Goforth, Field Worker of the Colquitt Association, spoke
at the 1927 Sunday School Convention. He later spoke at the Annual
Associational meeting on the subject of Sunday School and general
Associational work. This generated renewed enthusiasm for a Field
Worker for Mallary Association.
E. M. Altman made the motion, with a second by S. S. Story, That
this Association go on record as backing the Executive Committee for
the employment of a Sunday School Field Worker, should the Executive
Committee find that they can make such an arrangement as will assure
the success of the undertaking. The motion was adopted by standing
vote.
The securing of a Field Worker did not materialize right away. Just
as plans were about set to employ Rev. C. M. Goforth for one-fourth of
his time, he was called as Assistant Pastor of the Moultrie Church.
The Enlargement Campaign, which was sponsored in cooperation
with the State Board, began to be promoted in 1928. The individual
church would pay the expenses of their campaign worker at an estimated
cost of $10 or $12. Taking a survey of the community was a vital part of
the Campaign.
The population of the Mallary Association territory was 17,000 in
1926 according to the Sunday School report in 1929. Baptists number
4,753; 3,000 belong to churches of other denominations, for a total of
7,753. The difference is 9,247 who make no profession of religion. This
means that Baptists were reaching about 27% of the people in 1926. (If
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this same ratio were being reached in 1983, Mallary Baptists would have
35,296 members. The number actually on the rolls of our 43 churches as
of Sept. 30, 1982 was 23,458. The percentage being reached by our chur-
ches has declined from 27% to 18%.) Brethren, let us remember that it
was our Master who said, Go teach all nations. If we fail to go, and to
teach, are we not disloyal to Him who gave Himself for us, and command-
ed us to go, give and teach?
According to the 1931 Minutes of the Associational, J. Frank Wat-
son served as a Sunday School Field Worker for two months, February
and March. The Moderator, Dr. W. R. White, was given authority to
secure a Sunday School Field Worker.
The Annual Sunday School Conventions ended with the 1931
meeting. The Sunday School started having monthly meetings in 1932 on
the first Sunday afternoons.
Sunday School made excellent progress in recent years. In 1931 with
church membership of 4,642; Sunday School enrollment was 3,039 in 24
of the 28 chinches.
The Standard of Excellence began to take hold and was used by 1933
as a tool for measuring good Sunday School work.
After monthly and quarterly meetings for five years, the Sunday
School Convention went back to an Annual Sunday School Convention in
1936. Quarterly meetings continued on fifth Sundays in districts.
Sunday School work was more or less inactive in the next few years.
In 1940 only 18 out of 25 churches reported having a Sunday School. The
enrollment was 2,815. Total church membership at the same time was
5,689.
Vacation Bible School statistics were carried in the Sunday School
table in the Associational Minutes for the first time in 1942. The report
indicated that four churches (First Albany, 201; Baconton, 35; Sylvester,
175; and Thundering Springs, 40) conducted a VBS in 1942. Enrollment
was 451 with 347 in average attendance. Only 2 VBSs were reported in
1943 and 7 in 1944. VBS enrollment reached 1,000 for the first time in
1946.
Sunday School work in general showed marked improvement in
1946. The report carried in the Associational Minutes for 1946 reflects
this. Here is the report:
REPORT OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK
The Mallary Association has had the most active year in Sun-
day School work in its history. Twenty-three of the twenty-eight
churches have Sunday Schools, and we are sure the reports to the
Association will show a large increase in attendance over last year.
The greatest increase in activity has been in the number of
study courses and Vacation Bible Schools. Thirteen Sunday Schools
have held one or more study courses and 222 awards have been
given. Sixteen Sunday Schools held Vacation Bible Schools with
891 pupils enrolled. This is a fine record, compared with previous
records. We are sure that this is just the beginning of a teaching-
training program in the Association. We trust to be able to report
next year a training course in every school and a Vacation Bible
School in every church.
76 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
We would urge every church to work for a Standard Sunday
School, and recommend that the Associational Sunday School
organization be fully set up to help the churches reach this goal.
The plan for growing a Sunday School that would be known as the
Flake Formula was first mentioned in the Sunday School report in 1949.
The five point plan of action to improve the growth of Sunday Schools is
as follows:
1. Know your possibilities
2. Enlarge your organization
3. Provide more space
4. Train your worker
5. Go after the people through visitation
For the first time, in 1949, all 29 churches reported having a Sunday
School and a Vacation Bible School. Sunday School enrollment was 5,270
and Vacation Bible School enrollment was 1,025. Since 1949, all churches
in Mallary Association have had a Sunday School.
Georgia Sunday School Department began in 1950 a special program
to increase Sunday School enrollment in Georgia by 500,000 by October 1
of that year. The following year, emphasis was placed on enlargement
campaigns. Mallary Association voted in the 1950 meetings to cooperate
with the state-wide Simultaneous Enlargement Campaigns in February,
1951.
The Sunday School report in 1951 did not specifically mention the
enlargement campaigns, but the net increase in enrollment was 301 in
one year.
One of Southern Baptists greatest promotional programs was A
Million More in 54. Mallary Association was fully involved. The Sun-
day School recommended in 1953 to cooperate in the crusade of reaching
A Million More in '54. Georgias goal was an increase of 100,000.
While the goal was not reached, the increase in enrollment was signifi-
cant. The increase in Mallary Associations Sunday School enrollment
was 1,790 or 26% in 1954 compared to 1953.
Over the years the on going emphasis of Sunday School was enlarge-
ment, training and use of the Standard of Excellence. Sunday School
work grew rapidly.
The report in 1958 by M. E. Bearden is typical:
Churches, 36
Sunday Schools, 38
Enrollment increase, 583
Observed January Bible Study Week, 20
Vacation Bible Schools, 18
Observed Preparation Week, 5
Churches reporting Training awards, 17
Training awards earned, 530
Standard Sunday Schools, 2
Average attendance at monthly Sunday School meetings, 206
Sunday School enrollment topped 10,000 for the first time in 1960
for the 39 churches. That year 34 VBSs were held with an enrollment of
4,031.
CHAPTER VII, SUNDAY SCHOOL 77
Enrollment continued to climb. It passed 11,000 in 1961; 12,000 in
1962; 14,000 in 1977; and in 1982 was 14,227.
In his report in 1969, James Pelham, Sunday School Superintendent,
stated that major changes were coming to all church organizations in
1970. One change was in terminology. Familiar terms such as Nursery,
Beginners, Primaries, Juniors, Intermediates, and Young People gave
way to Preschool, Children and Youth. Age divisions were introduced
and would be the same for all church organizations. (Music, Missions,
Church Training, and Sunday School). The new grouping plan was:
Preschool, Birth i~- 5 years of age
Children, age 6-11 or grades 1-6
Youth, ages 12-17 or grades 7-12
Adults, age 18-up
New periodicals and study course books would be released January 1,
1970 to support the changes. For each age division in Sunday School,
three new books were introduced. The books were in the areas of ad-
ministration, teaching and understanding.
The Life and Work curriculum series was introduced in 1966. Chur-
ches now choose between Convention Uniform and Life and Work cur-
riculums for Adults and Youth. Life and Work is the series for Children
and the Foundation series for Preschoolers. The curriculum for
Preschoolers is the same for Church Training and for Sunday School.
A third curriculum line of Sunday School lessons for Youth and
Adults was introduced in 1978. The Bible Book Series is a plan to
study through the Bible in 9 years.
Beginning in 1981 the Convention Uniform Series was expanded to
include Children and in 1982 to include Preschoolers. Now, Adult and
Youth have three choices and Children and Preschoolers have two choices
of curriculums to choose from in the Sunday School. All are thoroughly
Southern Baptist with the 1963 Baptist Faith and Message statement
being the doctrinal guidelines for lesson commentary.
In 1971, the Sunday School work in Georgia celebrated its 150th an-
niversary. Throughout the State, the goal that year was to increase
enrollment by 15%. Mallary Association picked up on the idea and pro-
moted it. Enrollment increased 654 in our 46 churches. This is significant
since enrollment had leveled off and even declined slightly in recent
years.
Leon Kilbreath, known as Mister Sunday School to many, led the
Association in a Sunday School Revival in 1973. This emphasis was held
at Sunnyside and it was so successful that Mr. Kilbreath came back in
1974 for a second Sunday School Revival. Services in 1974 were held at
Byne Memorial Monday through Wednesday nights and then moved to
Albany High School auditorium for the rest of the week as an
evangelistic crusade.
Another great milestone of Sunday School work came along about
1977 in Mallary Association. It was the beginning of the ACTION pro-
gram which is the plan of enrolling anyone, anytime, any place, as long as
he agrees to be enrolled in your Sunday School. Mallary Association had
10 churches to participate in the ACTION Campaign and they added
1,200 new members to their Sunday Schools.
78 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
In 1983 another approach to enlargement was introduced as 5 chur-
ches in Mallary Association conducted 8.5 X 85 Enrollment/Enlarge-
ment Campaigns. The 8.5 by 85 refers to the Southern Baptist program
of reaching 8,500,000 in Sunday School enrollment by October 1, 1985.
Mallary was the first Association in Georgia to use the program.
A final item in this Sunday School history is about High Attendance
days. These began in 1977 and are usually scheduled on the last Sunday
in October. Mallarys goal was 7,500 and the actual attendance reported
October 30, 1977 was 7,566.
The Sunday School with its two-fold emphasis on teaching and
outreach continues to be the churchs best channel for growth and
evangelism.
SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS
(Called Director since 1970)
1924 G.F. Alford
1925 G.F. Alford
1926 G.F. Alford
1927 G.F. Alford
1928 J.A. Love
1929 J.A. Love
1930 R.D. Dodd
1931 R.D. Dodd
1932 E.H. Heidt
1933 E.H. Heidt
1934 M.C. Owen
1935 M.C. Owen
1936 E.H. Heidt
1937 E.H. Heidt
1938 M.C. Owen
1939 M.C. Owen
1940 E.E. Edwards
1941 E.E. Edwards
1942 W.S. Newsome, Jr.
1943 W.S. Newsome, Jr.
1944 Charlie G. Mann
1945 Charlie G. Mann
1946 J.W. Parker
1947 C.A. Alford
1948 C.A. Alford
1949 Charlie G. Mann
1950 Charlie G. Mann
1951 Charlie G. Mann
1952 Charlie G. Mann
1953 Charlie G. Mann
1954 Charlie G. Mann
1955 W.A. McLemore
1956 W.A. McLemore
1957 M.E. Bearden
1958 M.E. Bearden
1959 M.E. Bearden
1960 M.E. Bearden
1961 M.E. Bearden
1962 M.E. Bearden
1963 J.C. Bradley
1964 Rayferd Bowman
1965 Rayferd Bowman
1966 Rayferd Bowman
1967 Phil Hargrove
1968 Phil Hargrove
1969 James E. Pelham
1970 Ralph E. Stults
1971 Ralph E. Stults
1972 Ralph E. Stults
1973 Jim Lott
1974 Jim Lott
1975 Neron Smith
1976 Johnny Boyd
1977 Johnny Boyd
1978 Hap Worsham
1979 John Nichols
1980 Don Driskill
1981 Don Driskill
1982 Bill Durham
1983 Ron Wildes
CHAPTER VIII, WOMANS MISSIONARY UNION
79
Chapter VIII
WOMANS MISSIONARY UNION
The first reference to Womans work in the Association in the way of
a report was in the 1903 Minutes. This is that first report:
Not having sufficient representation we would not enter into an
organization, but would submit the following: Realizing the impor-
tance of womans work in the homes, in training, in the churches
and extending the Lords kingdom, we ask the pastors of the
Mallary Association, together with every layman and sister, to
yield themselves to this question and insist on a meeting of the
Womans Missionary Union at the next session of this body.
Respectfully submitted, Mrs. D.A. Golden, Chairman.
W.M.U. work was mentioned again in 1907 with this information:
Realizing the great good that is being accomplished through our
Womans Missionary Society, we recommend the following: That
this body authorize your Executive Committee to employ a suitable
lady for as much of her time as possible to visit the various chur-
ches, organize Womans Missionary Societies where it can be done,
and visit them for a few times until they understand the work.
Beginning in the 1907 Minutes, the minutes of the Womens work
was carried. The first reported meeting of the Womans Missionary
Union of the Mallary Association was held at Doerun, Thursday, Oct. 17.
Miss Lizzie Bell Milner was appointed superintendent of the W.M.U. of
the Mallary Association and represented the Mallary Union at the State
convention, which met at Waynesboro, Nov. 5, 1907. A talk on mission
work was given by Mrs. Landrum at this first W.M.U. meeting.
The custom of men only speaking at Annual Associational Meetings
meant that a committee of men would make the report on Womans work.
Their report for 1908 stated that the Mallary Associations W.M.U. had
given $802.61 to missions. This was a significant amount for an organiza-
tion only one year old.
The Minutes of the W.M.U. meeting carried in the 1908 Associa-
tional' Minutes indicated that it was held in the M.E. Church in Sumner
with Miss Lizzie Bell Milner of Sylvester as Superintendent. The
Association was divided into three districts:
District 1, Mrs. R.J. Bacon, Albany, Superintendent; Albany,
Acree, Baconton, Bethel, Leesburg, Mt. Enon, and Thundering Spr-
ings.
District 2, Mrs. W.O. Lunsford, Sylvester, Superintendent;
Bridgeboro, Doerun, Friendship, Gordy, New Hope, Rose of Sharon,
Schley, and Union.
District 3, Mrs. H.D. Hansford, Poulan, Superintendent; Emanuel,
Harmony, Isabella, New Bethel, Poulan, Pine Forest, Sumner,
Sylvester, and Ty Ty.
80 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
A formal constitution and By-Laws was adopted stating the
name, purpose, power, officers, etc.
Heres a copy of the original constitution:
PREAMBLE
We, the women of the Baptist churches of the Mallary Associa-
tion, desirous of stimulating the missionary spirit and the grace of
giving among our women and young people, and aiding and collec-
ting funds for missionary purposes to be disbursed by the Boards of
the State and the Southern Baptist Convention, adopt the following
Constitution:
ARTICLE 11 NAME
The organization shall be known as the WOMANS BAPTIST
MISSIONARY UNION, auxiliary to the Mallary Association.
ARTICLE II OBJECT
The object of the Missionary Union shall be, to distribute mis-
sionary information, stimulate effort and encourage the organiza-
tion of Womens and Young Peoples Missionary Societies.
ARTICLE III - POWER
It shall have power to form rules, make arrangements and ap-
point committees for the accomplishment of its work.
ARTICLE IV - OFFICERS
The officers shall be a Superintendent and three District
Superintendents.
ARTICLE V - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
There shall be an Executive committee composed of the
Superintendent, the three District Superintendents and two others.
ARTICLE VI - MEETINGS
The Union shall meet annually, the time and place for the next
meeting to be decided by the body then in session.
ARTICLE VII -
REPRESENTATION AT ANNUAL MEETINGS
Each Society shall be entitled to two delegates and to one addi-
tional delegate for each $50.00 contributed annually for Missions,
provided the representation does not exceed four delegates from any
one Society. The officers of the Union and members of the Ex-
ecutive committee shall be delegates ex officio.
ARTICLE VIII - CONDUCT OF MEETINGS
Every session of the Union shall be opened and closed with
religious services.
ARTICLE IX - AMENDMENTS
The Constitution and ByLaws may be altered or amended only
at the regular annual meeting, and at that time only by the vote of
two-thirds of the delegates actually enrolled; but for the transaction
of any other business a majority of the votes cast by those present
shall be sufficient.
BYLAWS
ARTICLE I - ELECTIONS
All officers of the Union (except the Associational Superinten-
dent, elected by the State Union) and delegates to the State Union
CHAPTER VIII, WOMANS MISSIONARY UNION 81
and members of the Executive committee shall be elected annually
by the Union.
ARTICLE II - SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent shall preside at the annual meetings and
appoint all committees not otherwise provided for.
ARTICLE III - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The Executive Committee shall carry out the instructions of the
Union and transact all business between its sessions. It shall meet
quarterly, and oftener when necessary. Four members shall con-
stitute a quorum. This committee shall report at the annual
meetings.
The complete report on Womans work took up 11 pages in the 1908
Associational Minutes. In addition a 12th page was a page of tables
which showed that there were 12 Societies, 3 Sunbeam Bands, and 2
Young Womens Auxiliaries.
In 1910 Minutes, the report on Womans work was only a half-page
in length. A new Superintendent, Mrs. C. A. Poindexter from Poulan,
Georgia was elected. Mrs. Spurlin was re-elected secretary.
Beginning in 1912, the W.M.U. began holding its annual meeting
separate from the Association. Meeting at another time and place has
continued through the years.
In 1913 meeting of the Womans Missionary Union (W.M.U.) of the
Mallary Association was held at Sylvester. Albany First, Byne
Memorial, Acree, New Bethel, Isabella and Sylvester churches were
represented. W.M.U. work among Southern Baptists was now 25 years
old. During this time $3,000.00 had been raised for missions. Miss John-
nie West of Albany was elected Superintendent. Others elected at this
1913 meeting were Mrs. T. A. Spurlin, secretary and treasurer; Mrs. Ella
Calloway of Albany as First District Secretary; Mrs. D. S. Bowen of
New Bethel as Second District secretary; and Miss Bessie Lundy of
Isabella as Third District secretary.
Due to some unexplained reason, Miss West did not serve as
Superintendent. Miss Edwina Davis was listed in 1914 as having been
Superintendent during 1913.
In 1915 the Association was divided into four districts. The
secretaries elected for each district were: First, Mrs. J.S. Winter, Albany;
Second, Mrs. D.A. Bowen, New Bethel; Third, Miss Mamie Gassert,
Acree; and Fourth, Miss Meryl Westberry, Sylvester. Mrs. J. S. Davis of
Albany was elected Superintendent and Mrs. T. A. Spurlin of Sylvester,
was re-elected as secretary.
By 1919 a worker was elected as Leader of Young People. In 1919
Miss Johnnie West held that position and reported splendid work done
dining the past year and several Young Peoples Societies organized. Her
aim was to have a Young Peoples Society in every church.
In 1920, Mrs. J. M. Kingsley was elected Young Peoples leader.
Statistically in 1920 seven churches reported W.M.U. work. Albany First
reported three organizations, Acree one, Byne Memorial two, Gordy one,
Leesburg one, Poulan two, and Sylvester three for a total of 14. It is in-
teresting to note that one of Poulans organizations was Royal Am-
bassadors the only chapter reported in the Association.
82 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
A more detailed report of W.M.U. auxiliary to Mallary Baptist
Association was carried in the Associational Minutes in 1921. One of
the speakers at the 1921 meeting at Leesburg was Miss Bridges, a return-
ed missionary from the East. She said, If the women in America could
realize how the women in the other lands are downtrodden they would be
glad to be enlisted in our Missionary work among them, and if we would
see how the missionaries depend upon the ones at homes for their en-
couragement as well as our prayers and money. The Home Missions work
is the foundation of Foreign Mission work. We hold the ropes for the
others to go down.
A summary report of four churches reporting outstanding W.M.U.
work was carried in the 1923 report to the Association. Heres the report:
WOMANS WORK
Albany, Ga., October 17, 1923.
To The Mallary Association in Meeting of October 17-18, 1923:
Your Committee on Womens Work begs to submit the follow-
ing report:
It has been impracticable to secure reports from the Womens
Organizations of the various churches, and we have tried, through
the President of the Womens Organization, who we found could not
give us detailed data on account of the reports not being at hand for
the year yet. However, we have been able to secure information
about the activities of the Women in the Association that should in-
spire all of us.
The Sylvester Church is recognized as the livest church in the
Association, and much of the work done by it should be placed to
the credit of its faithful and splendid women. This church has long
been well to the front in State and Foreign Missions, and its work
during the past year has kept step with its previous records. They
also helped needy school children of Sylvester and Worth County.
The Leesburg Church has done good work through its good
women at the railroad depot, the Seventy-Five Million Campaign
and has done special work in support of a foreign missionary.
The Byne Memorial Women have done especially good personal
work at the hospital in Albany, and conducted services at the coun-
ty jail; also through the regular organization of missionary circles
have done splendidly for the Seventy-Five Million Campaign as well
as much personal work.
The First Church in Albany, through its women, has conducted
services in the county jail, and made monthly contributions towards
the salary of the city missionary; and done much personal work at
the Phoebe Putney Hospital; and co-operated with the women of the
colored churches in their various activities. The missionary circles
in addition to their work in raising the Seventy-Five Million funds,
have clothed a girl a college, and one of the Philathea class raised
$500 to pay for additional land on the church lot for Sunday School
extension and supported an orphan.
The Nominating Committees report in 1923 presented the regular
officers except for the Superintendent. The place of Superintendent was
CHAPTER VIII, WOMANS MISSIONARY UNION
83
left vacant with a recommendation from the committee that a person be
paid a salary so that she might be able to give her entire time to the
work.
The minutes of the 1924 meeting listed Mrs. Frank Mallary from
Baconton as Superintendent. Mrs. Mallary reported that three new
societies had been organized. Only two were named, one at Isabella and
one at Parkerville.
Mrs. Mallary served only a year since she moved to another state.
In the 1926 W.M.U. report in the Associational minutes reference
was made to a Miss Ruth Jinks. It said that the Association helps to sup-
port her, who is our worker in the S.W. District. The report went on to
report that one society in the Association has supported two Bible
women in China.
In the directory section of the 1926 Minutes, 9 W.M.S. presidents
were listed, 2 Y.W.A. leaders, 2 G.A. leaders and 2 Sunbeam Band
leaders. A total of 9 churches reported one or more W.M.U. units.
Through the W.M.U. report annually, many mission endeavors by
several churches were reported. The Association paid $4.50 each month
toward Miss Ruth Jinks salary as a Divisional worker. First Albany
reported in 1928 to have sent Miss Essie Fuller back to her field of labor
in Pernambuco, Brazil, paying her passage and her salary each month.
For several years the W.M.U. awarded a W.M.U. Pin to the woman
who studied the most mission books. Here are some of the winners:
1928 Miss Edith Nance (7 Books)
1929 Mrs. J. M. Kingsley (11 Books)
1930 not reported
1931 Mrs. E. L. Baskin (7 Books)
The work of the W.M.U. went along more or less routinely year by
year. In review the statistics, in 1940 nine churches reported a total of 28
W.M.U. organizations with 786 enrolled.
Beginning in 1943 the term personal service was changed to com-
munity missions. At that time 27 churches reported 9 Missionary
Societies and 19 Young Peoples organizations. In 1942 Byne Memorial
reported the only fully graded Union in the Association. In 1943, Byne
and First Albany were fully granted.
The purpose of Womans Missionary Union was stated in 1943 as
follows:
The purpose of a Missionary Society may be explained by
stating the chief aims of the B.W.M.U.
PRAYER. We believe in individual and united prayer for every
phase of Kingdom work at home and abroad. Last year about 900 of
our State Societies observed the special seasons of prayer for State,
Home and Foreign Missions.
STUDY. We learn Gods will for the world and our lives as we
follow the monthly studies in our magazine, Royal Service, and as
we study the splendid mission study books provided for us. Schools
of missions were held in 44 of our churches last year.
TITHES AND OFFERINGS. We believe in tithes and offer-
ings as the Bible plan of giving. If we were all obedient to this law of
84 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
God our blessings would be greater and our opportunities for ser-
vice larger. Almost 10,000 tithers were reported for last year.
MISSIONARY EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE. It is im-
portant to give to our young people a vision of Gods eternal pur-
pose for his world so that they might relate themselves to it.
COMMUNITY MISSIONS. There are always spiritual and
physical needs right at our door steps. We must see and meet these
needs in a way worthy of the name we bear as Christian women.
There were 842 societies in our state last year who reported definite
activities in community missions.
A contribution of $200 was given by the W.M.U. to furnish a room at
Norman Junior College.
An outstanding project for 1946 was the sending of a boy on a tour of
Home Missions fields. The boy selected was a Royal Ambassador, Pat
Harrison of Byne Memorial.
An update of W.M.U. work in 1953 indicates that there were 18 Mis-
sionary Societies and 23 Young Peoples organizations with a member-
ship of 1,361 in 29 churches.
Beginning in 1956 on the fiftieth anniversary of W.M.U. in Mallary
Association, a Fall W.M.U. Meeting was held. The first one met at Sun-
nyside, September 28, 1956, with Mrs. A. P. Fain, Superintendent,
presiding. Rev. Joe Frank Barton was host pastor. The meeting consisted
of a morning and an afternoon session. The purpose of the meeting was to
train church leaders who will be serving in the year ahead. This pattern is
still followed today where there is a Spring Inspirational Meeting and a
Fall Meeting for Worker Training.
W.M.U. work grew rapidly over the next few years. The statistics for
1961 is an example:
31 WMS organizations.................................1,233 members
59 GA organizations .......................... 639 members
7 Sunbeam nurseries .......................... 86 members
8 YWA organizations................................... 89 members
40 Sunbeam organizations.............................. 532 members
145 TOTAL ORGANIZATIONS.......................2,579 members
Beginning in 1961 the night session of the Spring Meeting was held
at a different church. This continued through 1963. From 1964 the Spr-
ing Meeting was spread over two days. This pattern continued until
1969.
Mallary W.M.U. completed the requirements and was recognized as
an Honor Association in 1963. Southwide W.M.U. celebrated her 75th an-
niversary in 1963 and Mallary W.M.U. celebrated with a tea at Sun-
nyside, attended by about 100. Girls Auxilary observed her 50th an-
niversary also in 1963 with an anniversary banquet being held at Byne
Memorial with 261 attending.
Mallary Association in 1963 conducted their GA camp at Norman
Park with 76 girls and 16 adults attending. Camp attendance in 1964 was
142 at Norman Park. Camp attendance continued to grow year by year.
CHAPTER VIII, WOMANS MISSIONARY UNION
85
The organization of W.M.U. was changed to have fewer officers and
no standing committees. The new officers are W.M.U. Director, W.M.S.
Director, W.M.S. President, Y.W. A. Director or Leader, G.A. Director or
Leader, Sunbeam Director or Leader. Achievement Guides replaced Aims
for Advancement as the standard for measuring good work. The new
look began October 1, 1968. Key ideas were simplicity and flexibility.
New materials were produced to support and interpret the new plans.
The Spring Meeting in 1969 was held February 17 & 18. Because of
snow and ice two of the scheduled speakers were prevented from atten-
ding. Miss Martha Morrison, scheduled Missionary speaker, fell on ice
and broke her shoulder, and Miss Alexine Gibson, State Worker, was
weatherbound in North Georgia. Miss Mary Sue Moyte, missionary to
Indonesia, accepted a last minute invitation to bring the missionary
message.
This meeting in 1969 closed the book on a formal meeting with
Minutes being kept as had been done for 63 years. In the Associational
Minutes only a W.M.U. report was carried. A page of W.M.U.
statistics is still carried in the tables.
Mallary Association W.M.U. was recognized as Distinguished, the
highest award under the Achievement Guide. This recognition continued
each year so that in 1983, Mallary Association was recognized at the
State W.M.U. Annual Meeting in Tifton as being Distinguished for
the 14 th consecutive year.
At the fall meeting in 1970, the new director of missions, James
Pelham, led in the prayer of dedication for the W.M.U. officers who would
serve in 1970-71.
The ongoing purpose of the Associational Womans Missionary
Union is to assist W.M.U.s in churches to do their work and to represent
them in doing work which could not be done as effectively by each church
working alone. Assistance is given to churches in organizing W.M.U. age-
level work, in training W.M.U. leaders, and in teaching and informing
them about current mission work of Southern, Georgia and Mallary Bap-
tists.
The latest report of W.M.U. is as follows (1982):
WMU Work in 36 of the 43 churches;
40 Mission Friends organizations with 409 members;
54 Girls in Action organizations with 547 members;
28 Acteens organizations with 260 members;
16 Baptist Young Women organizations with 190 members;
43 Baptist Women organizations with 1,008 members;
181 total organizations with 2,542 members.
Mallary W.M.U. is regularly represented at the State W.M.U. An-
nual Meeting, State leadership conference for Associational officers,
Association officers conference at Norman Assembly, GA Venture at
Norman, B.W. and B.Y.W. prayer retreats at Camp Pinnacle and Ac-
teens and G.A. camps at Camp Pinnacle.
James Pelham was awarded a W.M.U. pin on the occasion of his 10th
anniversary as Director of Missions at the 1981 Spring Meeting at First
86 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Sylvester. He had studied the six required books and earned the W.M.U.
Leadership Diploma.
W.M.U. Director, Mrs. Marjorie Rudd, served as supervisor of three
visiting Sojourners enlisted by the Home Mission Board to serve during
the summer of 1983, Mallary Association Centennial Year. The goal was
to conduct 100 Backyard Bible Clubs and to survey areas where new
churches are planned.
Mrs. Dorothy Dupree will return to serve as W.M.U. Director for
1983-84. She had served previously from 1979-82.
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90 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Chapter IX
CHURCH TRAINING
We use the term Church Training as title to this chapter but it was
only in the last few years, about 1970, that the terminology changed. The
first designation was BYPU (Baptist Young Peoples Union) and the first
reference to this organization was made in the 1901 Minutes. In the
report of the Executive Committee, G. Tom West, Chairman, included
this statement: We recommend B.Y.P.U. organizations in all churches
where practicable. We would urge a more zealous spirit revived in Sun-
day Schools, missions and prayer services.
In the 1917 Associational Minutes the first BYPU report was made.
It had the title of Report of Committee on B.Y.P.U. Work. Heres that
report:
As far as your committee has been able to ascertain there are
only four Young Peoples unions in the Mallary Association. The
Sylvester union has about 30 active members and 20 at least who at-
tend occasionally.
Leesburg has a very promising union with a good active
membership.
We understand the Poulan union has been inactive for several
months but they expect to reorganize in the near future.
The fourth union was organized a few weeks ago, at the Gordy
Baptist Church, but we are not in position at this time to make any
definite report on their membership.
The Sylvester union, in the past twelve months, undertook to
organize unions at Isabella and New Bethel, but both failed to keep
going and have now disbanded.
We feel that it is the duty of every member of the various chur-
ches of the Mallary Association to encourage the organization of
unions in their churches and to assist by their presence and co-
operation in keeping alive this branch of church work. A union pro-
perly organized, with the backing of the whole church membership
cannot fail to materially assist in the forward movement of this
church in the kingdom of God, for its aim and object is to train and
fit young people in every branch of church work. Our churches are
constantly needing Sunday School superintendents, teachers and
other officers, who are familiar with Baptist beliefs, and are fitted to
take hold and be leaders in whatever branch they may be fitted. The
B.Y.P.U. develops the talent that otherwise might lie dormant and
makes useful young men and women who might without this in-
fluence and development, stray into unknown paths and if not lost
souls be forever unmindful of their Christian duties.
Let us hope that this be given serious consideration and that
the Mallary Association will in the year 1918 take steps to see that
CHAPTER IX, CHURCH TRAINING
91
this important branch of work be established in every church in the
Association, for the Honor and glory of God.
Respectfully submitted,
G. F. ALFORD, Chairman
BYPU work was slow in getting started. It was not until 1919 that a
regular report was made at the Annual Associational Meeting. In 1920
the BYPU report stated that among the 24 churches, there were only 6
Senior BYPUs and 3 Junior BYPUs. Albany First, Byne Memorial,
Friendship, Leesburg, Isabella and Sylvester reported unions.
The report in 1920 further stated that the Baptist Young Peoples
Union is the church training its young people in church activities. It is to
the church of tomorrow what the never failing spring is to the creek. It is
a life saver for the church. Since this is true, a BYPU in each church was
heartily recommended.
A review of the status of BYPU work in the churches was carried in
1922. There were five active Senior, three Intermediate and two Junior
unions in the Association. First Albany had two Senior, one Intermediate
and one Junior union. Byne Memorial had one Senior, one Intermediate
and Junior union. First Sylvester had one Senior and one Junior union.
Leesburg had one Senior union and Poulan had one Intermediate union.
Unions met on Sunday nights except Leesburgs which met on Friday
nights and Poulans on Monday jiights. Unions had been organized in
Friendship, Isabella, Thundering Springs, Gordy and Bridgeboro but
these were not active in 1922 as far as the committee could determine.
Reference was made in 1923 to the first Associational Convention be-
ing held at Emanuel Church on the fifth Sunday in April. The report for
1923 listed churches having unions. The list was a tremendous increase
over 1922. Heres the listing:
First Albany: Two Senior, One Intermediate, Two Junior Unions
Byne Memorial: One Senior, One Intermediate and One Junior
Union
Sylvester: One Senior, One Intermediate and One Junior Union
Ty Ty: One Senior Union
Poulan: One Intermediate Union
Acorn Pond: One Intermediate Union
Isabella: One Junior Union
The 1927 Associational Minutes carried the Minutes of the Sixth
Annual Session of the BYPU Convention. It was held at Byne Memorial
and Mrs. B. A. Duncan served as acting president. Evidently there is no
record of the first five conventions.
In the 1928 report emphasis was placed on missionary work and
tithing as things that BYPU sought to lead out in.
A first was reported in 1928. Byne Memorial reported an Adult
Union, the first in Mallary Association.
Walter Green, Jr., member of First Church, Albany, began serving as
president of BYPU in 1929. He served until 1934 and again from 1959 un-
til 1961.
The BYPU report in the 1930 Minutes was 3 pages long. Many great
things happened in 1930. Heres a review of some highlights:
92 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
1. Sending Christmas gifts to the Orphans Home in Hapeville. Toys,
clothes, candy, fruit, nuts and money were sent.
2. Associational-wide training school led by Frank Watson. Over 300
awards were issued.
3. Southwestern Regional BYPU convention in Tifton. Mallary was
recognized as having the best Association in the whole
Southwestern Region. Byne Memorials Junior BYPU won the
award for having the best Junior Union in the Region for the second
straight year. Mrs. T.C. Rutland was the leader of this Union.
4. Annual BYPU Convention held at Byne Memorial. The State
BYPU Secretary was a great speaker. At this convention a plan of
financing the Associational BYPU work was approved which was
for each Union to contribute $.50 each quarter. A second decision at
this meeting was to begin quarterly meetings as required in the
Standard to achieve A-l recognition. A third action was to set a goal
of a BYPU in each church in the Association.
5. An Efficiency Banner program was started and Thundering Springs
was the first church to receive the banner. At the next quarterly
meeting, banners for Junior, Intermediate and Senior unions were
introduced.
6. At the State BYPU Encampment, First Church in Albany had 20 in
attendance, the largest number from any church in the state. First
Churchs Adult union was voted the best in the State.
The total number of unions in the Association was 31 with an enroll-
ment of 732 in 16 churches.
1930 was truly a banner year for BYPU.
Three years later, in 1933, the number of unions had increased to 41
in 15 churches. BYPU meeting were being held quarterly on the first Fri-
day nights of October, January, April and July with the April meeting
designated as the Annual Meeting.
The Better Speakers program began in Mallary BYPU in 1934. Six
representatives spoke on the subject, What it means to be a Christian.
Time allotted each speaker was 6 minutes. The speakers were Miss
Elizabeth Griffin, First Albany; Wilton John, Byne Memorial; Miss
Hazel Giddens, Union; Miss Estelle McClelland, Baconton; Miss Helen
Davis, Sylvester; and Fincher Greene, Gordy. Miss Helen Davis of
Sylvester Church was selected as first place winner with Miss Elizabeth
Griffin of Albany First Church as runner up.
The Georgia Baptist Convention voted to change the name from
BYPU to BTU (Baptist Training Union). This was done at the request of
the Baptist Sunday School Board for the purpose of including the Adult
Union more recently organized into the organization. The aim of BTU is
to train and develop church members that they might find their place of
service and be better prepared to carry on the work of the Kingdom.
The new title for the BTU leader is director. It had been presi-
dent since the beginning of BYPU.
The entire age span was included in the BTU organization beginning
in 1936 when Story Hour was added for children, birth through 8 years
old. Byne Memorial was the first church to report a Story Hour. In 1937
CHAPTER IX, CHURCH TRAINING
93
First Albany and Byne Memorial reported Story Hours.
In 1940, only 9 churches reported a Training Union. There were 9
Adult Unions, 10 Young Peoples Union, 12 Intermediate Unions, 10
Junior Unions, and 2 Story Hours for a total of 43 Unions with an enroll-
ment of 633.
The aim of Training Union was stated as Training in Church
Membership. BTU sought to enlist its members in:
1. Daily Bible reading and daily prayer.
2. Systematic study of great religious themes in the quarterlies.
3. Participation in the discussions in the weekly meetings.
4. The study of stewardship and missions.
5. Regular attendance upon the worship and other services of the
church.
6. Participation in all forms of church work, with particular em-
phasis on personal witnessing to the lost.
7. Faithful Christian living in every area of life.
Concern for church members spiritual growth was expressed early in
Training Union work. In 1944 the Training Union report to the Associa-
tion carried a note that would be even more true today:
What a tradegy is the under-nourished, undeveloped Christian!
Peter admonished his readers to Grow in the grace and knowledge of our
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (2 Peter 3:18). Our Training Union offers
this growth and knowledge to all church members.
But Training Union lagged during the decade of the 40s. In 1945 the
number of churches with a training program dropped to 6 with an enroll-
ment of 450. Improvement in Training Union began in the late 40s. The
1948 report showed 12 Training Unions with an enrollment of 1,064.
M-Night was being actively promoted by 1950. It was first mention-
ed in the 1947 Minutes. A goal of 400 in attendance was set for 1948. The
1949 report indicated that less than 100 attended. Attendance was better
in 1950 with 393 in attendance with 17 out of 24 churches with Training
Unions represented.
Training Union responded to the Sunday Schools emphasis A
Million More in 54 with a slogan of their own. Georgia BTU adopted a
goal of 400 more churches enlisted and 40,000 more enrolled in Training
Union in 54. Mallary Associations enrollment increased from 2,113 in
1953 to 2,642 in 1955.
When T.O. Morris, pastor of Isabella, was Training Union Director,
bold goals were set for 1956-57. Goals were:
1200 Study course awards
1300 M-Night attendance
Vs of our churches reaching Standard
Association reaching Standard
Reports were not made in such a way to determine if these goals were
met. But generally, Training Union was growing rapidly. Enrollment
passed 3,000 in 1957 in 30 of 34 churches with training programs.
Standard recognition for the Association was achieved in 1959.
Under leadership of W. W. Green, Jr. M-Night attendance in 1959 was
20th in the entire Southern Baptist Convention. Actual attendance was
94 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
not listed. A year later 36 of 37 churches had a Training Union and enroll-
ment passed the 4,000 mark.
M-Night attendance was reported at 2,159 in 1961 and 2,397 in 1962.
Details were not given as to where or how an attendance of 2,397 could be
accomodated. Evidently several were held, perhaps each church having
their own. Anyway, 2,397 was the highest ever reported. Attendance is in
the 700 to 800 range in the 1980s.
The Training Union curriculum and program was changed in 1966 to
include three basic areas: New Church Member Orientation, Church
Member Training and Church Leader Training. This new concept helped
strengthen training. In 1968 enrollment passed, 5,000 in 42 of 45 chur-
ches.
It was in 1959 that the term Church Training replaced Training
Union as the title of the training organization in the church.
Beginning October 1, 1970 the age division changed for Church
Training to conform with the other church program organizations. The
four age division were Preschool, Children, Youth, and Adults. The Eight
Point record system was replaced with a 5-Point plan including Present,
Preparation, Bible Skills, Worship Attendance, and Study Course. New
literature and concept books accompanied the new plans for the 70s.
Unfortunately these new concepts did not increase enrollment in
Church Training. The opposite was true. In 1971 enrollment had dropped
to 4,020, the lowest since 1959. The regular on-going enrollment flux-
uated over the years. The highest in the seventies was 4,689 in 1975. The
latest on-going enrollment (1982) was 4,070.
The theme, Church: The Sunday Night Place, was launched in
1974 and was the emphasis through 1977.
The emphasis New Day for Training was launched in Georgia
April 14,1976. Since there were four churches in the Mallary Association
without a Training program, one of the goals set in the New Day em-
phasis was to begin a training program in 3 churches.
A new manual for New Member Orientation was introduced in 1979
called A Survival Kit for Christians. In 1981 additional kits were in-
troduced for children and youth.
The Standard of Excellence replaced Achievement Guides in 1978 as
a tool for measuring good work.
Equipping Centers, short-term training materials, are available now
in addition to the on-going dated curriculum materials. There are 40
modules available in six major subject areas in the Equipping Centers:
(1) Evangelism and Missions
(2) Christian Doctrine
(3) Family Life
(4) Church and Community
(5) Christian Growth
(6) Leadership Training
These modules may be studied individually, one to one, small group
seminar or a combination of approaches.
MasterLife for adults and DiscipleYouth for youth are new
materials for discipleship training and are second to none.
CHAPTER IX, CHURCH TRAINING
95
There has never been a time when Southern Baptists have had such a
wealth of excellent training materials available to assist the church in
developing believers. The present decade of the 80s is characterized by
as many as 87% of new converts failing to be discipled in the Christian
life.
The theme of Church Training for 1983-84 is Developing Believers.
Doctrinal study will lead off the Fall quarter (October-December) as all
age groups in the regular curriculum materials study Dynamic Doc-
trines. The next 9 months will follow the theme, Bringing Together
Belief and Behavior.
And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as
evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of saints
for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we
all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of
God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the
fullness of Christ. Ephesians 4:11-13 (NASV)
CHURCH TRAINING DIRECTORS
1927 George Stewart 1956 T.O. Morris
1928 Mrs. B.A. Duncan 1957 T.O. Morris
1929 Walter W. Green, Jr. 1958 T.O. Morris
1930 Walter W. Green, Jr. 1959 W.W. Green, Jr.
1931 Walter W. Green, Jr. 1960 W.W. Green, Jr.
1932 Walter W. Green, Jr. 1961 W.W. Green, Jr.
1933 Walter W. Green, Jr. 1962 Ray Wheeler
1934 Walter W. Green, Jr. 1963 Ray Wheeler
1935 Fred Henderson 1964 Ralph Willis
1936 G.A. Cooper 1965 Ralph Willis
1937 G.A. Cooper 1966 Ralph Willis
1938 Chester Rouse/Frank Bozeman 1967 Ralph Willis
1939 R. Marvin Jones 1968 Ralph Willis
1940 J.B. Smith 1969 Ralph Willis
1941 J.B. Smith 1970 Ralph Willis
1942 J.E. Longino 1971 Ralph Willis
1943 J.E. Longino 1972 Johnny Boyd
1944 Miss Marjorie Combs 1973 Johnny Boyd
1945 M.S. McDonald 1974 Johnny Boyd
1946 Robert N. Sider 1975 Cecil Clegg
1947 M.P. Harrison 1976 Cecil Clegg
1948 M.P. Harrison 1977 Cecil Clegg
1949 M.P. Harrison 1978 Cecil Clegg
1950 E.C. Pitts 1979 Cecil Clegg
1951 E.C. Pitts 1980 Eben Carson
1952 E.C. Pitts 1981 Eben Carson
1953 Walter W. Green, Jr. 1982 Eben Carson
1954 Walter M. Carter 1983 Eben Carson
1955 Walter M. Carter
96 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Chapter X
BROTHERHOOD
(Originally the Laymens Missionary Movement)
Upon request of the Bro. R. J. Bacon, a member of the State Commit-
tee of the Laymens Missionary Movement, a committee was appointed
to represent the work in Mallary Association. The committee was made
up of W. E. Carter and A. C. Soule of Albany and E. H. Lee of Sylvester.
The committee set January 29 and 30,1912 for a Laymans Rally at Byne
Memorial. The meeting was of great profit.
In 1912 Minutes carried a report of the Laymens Missionary Move-
ment Committee which stated that meetings were held at New Bethel,
Thundering Springs, Emanuel and Bethel with meetings scheduled at
Salem and Isabella being rained out.
The purpose of the work was stated as:
1. To boost the Sunday School
2. To tell of Laymens Movement
3. To preach missions
4. To effect business methods in religious work
Reports of the Laymens Committee was not carried in the Minutes
every year. The report in 1916 stated that the committee was always
ready to visit or hold meetings at churches whenever it is possible when
requested. The committee stated also that the men are not as well inform-
ed on the subject of missions as our women are.
By 1919, churches began to express more interest in mens work. The
Laymens Committee reported that six meetings had been held during
the year and in each church a Laymens Committee appointed.
The report in 1919 indicated that the laymen of the Association are
unorganized and inactive. It stated that the work of the churches are
generally borne by one or two of the brethren or by the ladies of the
church when they are organized and sometimes by the young people; in
other words, there is an indifference among the laymen of our Associa-
tion that stands out very conspicuously. The 1919 report ended with
these recommendations:
1. That the Moderator will appoint at this session a committee of
five members that will take active charge of this work and will
direct it for the next associational year.
2. That the Layman at this session pledge themselves to cooperate
with the executive committee in securing for the association an
evangelist and that we will work with and for their employees that
all in the bounds of our association may soon be Christians and may
properly enjoy Christianity.
3. That we further pledge ourselves to co-operate and assist in
securing for our churches the best qualified pastors; that we will fur-
ther aid and assist the auxiliaries of our church and thereby bring
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97
our Sunday Schools to a standard and will attend and aid the young
people in their B.Y.P.U. work, for through these auxiliaries we ex-
pect our future Laymen.
4. That we desire one of the fifth Sunday meetings to be given to
the Laymens work.
5. That the 75 Million Dollar Campaign has our heartiest endorse-
ment and support and that we the Laymen of this association with
the help of God we will have victory.
6. That we offer our lives and services that 1920 may be the
greatest year for our denomination and Master.
Respecfully Submitted,
Leon F. Hobby, Chairman
Organized Laymens work was slow coming. The 1920 report to the
Association stated that as far as the Committee knew, there was no
organized Laymens work in the Mallary Association the past year.
The 1921 report of the Committee on Laymens Work dealt with one
of the most serious problems the church is facing today the participa-
tion of its members in the modern dance and card playing. It is
something that will have to be handled with extreme care and after much
wise counsel. We believe a Laymens organization could be of great
benefit in arriving at the proper solution of such matters if discussed free-
ly in an open meeting of this kind, and certainly the time has arrived
when something must be done in this direction.
The report goes on to say, In our opinion, there is only one or
two alternatives and an active laymens organization in every
church is needed to study this important problem and decide which
one of the two is the sanest and the best in keeping with the example
set by our Savior.
First: If we are to still hold to the belief that all dancing and
card playing is not in keeping with the life of a Christian and,
therefore the members should not be allowed to participate in this
form of amusement, then every violation should be properly dealt
with and the rules strickly enforced and in that, manner compel
respect for the rules. We think, however, that our decorum should
be read to every member when they join, as one often hears
members say that they have never seen or heard of anything in the
decorum against dancing or card playing. We believe you will
agree that our churches very seldom read the decorum to the con-
gregation and that the average member does not really know what
we stand for.
The other alternative, and to be consistent we will have to ac-
cept one or the other, is to recognize that not all dancing and card
playing is evil and at least no more so than many other forms of
amusement that they are social amusement that are gradually
taking a hold on our members, that like other amusements they can
possibly be made clean and wholesome if properly guarded and that
there are conscientious members who, though opposed to the
modem dance and gambling with cards, believe, nevertheless, that
certain forms of dancing and card playing in the home is not wrong,
98 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
and therefore, those who would care to do so should be allowed to
participate without violating the rules of the church. If we agree to
this view then the rules should be so amended and the influence of
the church should go toward making these amusements as clean as
it is possible to do so.
The report concluded with a Resolution:
Whereas, one of the most serious and menacing by-products of the
World War is the great increase of the dance evil and the ex-
travagant extremes to which it has gone, accompanied, as it is, by
immodest dress, by close physical contact of the sexes, by the lack
of restraint, it is undoubtedly doing much to undermine the morals
of our young people. It is beyond question that in many cases, it
leads to moral wreck and ruin. The time has come when from every
pulpit, strong and persistent protest must be made and wise and
faithful teaching must be given. The time has come when our chur-
ches, as such, must take a positive position against this corrupt and
corrupting evil. Undoubtedly the parents are largely responsible.
Resolved, That this Association go on record in most positive
terms, as opposing this evil, reiterating our stand that we have
taken as Baptists for years against the evil of dancing, card playing,
whiskey drinking and many others and appeal with all possible em-
phasis to all our people; especially the pastors and parents that
these growing evils be checked and abolished.
We recommend, further, that each individual church in this
Association through a Laymens Organization or the regular church
conference, take steps at once to handle the violations of these rules
by its members, in some persistent manner, that there may be no
mistake as to how we stand as Baptists toward these matters.
(Signed by G.F. Alford
and G.L. Hammonds)
The first Brotherhood reported in the Association was by Byne
Memorial which reported 1 organization with 21 enrolled in 1935. Again
in 1936 Byne Memorial was the only church to report having a
Brotherhood. There were no reported Brotherhoods in 1937, 1938 and
1939 and then again in 1940, Byne Memorial reported a Brotherhood
with 25 enrolled (RAs were still under WMU leadership at this time).
The first Brotherhood Director for the Mallary Association was A.E.
Runnels in 1941. There was no report in the Associational Minutes on
Brotherhood work but in the Tables 2 chinches reported having a
Brotherhood. Byne Memorial had 25 enrolled and Sylvester had 30
enrolled. Mens Brotherhood statistics were included in the WMU Table
for 1941.
The next mention of Brotherhood was in 1949 when it was stated
that the Association had no Brotherhood Organization but 2 churches,
Emanuel and Thundering Springs, did. Luther Willis was the Associa-
tional contact man for 1948 and 1949.
A page of statistics in the Associational Minutes has been carried
since 1949.
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99
A regular Brotherhood report in the Minutes began in 1951. In that
report it stated that these 505 churches have organized mens work in
Georgia. In Mallary Association the number of churches with mens work
had grown to 5.
Quarterly Brotherhood Meetings in the Association began in 1952. It
was in 1955 that Royal Ambassadors became the responsibility of the
Brotherhood. The last listing of RAs by the WMU showed 70 enrolled in
3 churches (First Albany, Byne Memorial and East Albany). The first
report in 1955 with the RA information being listed with the
Brotherhood showed 118 enrolled in 3 churches (First Albany, Byne
Memorial and Sunnyside).
By the end of the 50s, Brotherhood work had advanced con-
siderably. The 1959 statistics showed:
20 Mens Brotherhood Presidents, 782 enrolled
16 Royal Ambassador Committee Chairmen, 246 enrolled
1029 Total enrollment
Changes came in the Royal Ambassador Program, October 1, 1961.
The boys were divided into three groups: Crusaders for boys ages 9-11,
Pioneers for boys 12-14, and Ambassadors for boys 15-17.
Brotherhood enrollment passed 1,000 for the first time in 1961. RA
enrollment was 408 and the mens, 655. Organized work was now in four
areas: (1) Royal Ambassadors, (2) Christian Witness, (3) Personal
Stewardship, and (4) World Missions. Every church was challenged in the
1963 report to recognize the potential values in such an organization
and provide an opportunity for the men of the church to serve in
Brotherhood work.
Beginning in 1970, quarterly Brotherhood meetings were held on
fifth Monday nights. This practice has continued throughout the 70s
and into the 80s.
The decade of the 70s began with 30 of 46 churches reporting either
mens and/or Royal Ambassador work with an enrollment of 1,583.
A change in age grouping, October 1,1970, lowered the age for Royal
Ambassadors to include boys 6-8. The new organization for RAs is
Crusaders, grades 1-6 or ages 6-11 and Pioneers, grades 7-12, ages 12-17.
Men begins with age 18 and are called Baptist Men. Brotherhood is the
name of the organization that includes Royal Ambassadors and Baptist
Men.
The revised tasks of Brotherhood are to:
1. Teach missions
2. Engage in mission action
3. Support World Missions through praying and giving
4.. Provide and interpret information regarding the work of the
chinch and denomination.
Mission study, mission support, and mission action continues to be
the basic tasks of Brotherhood work in our churches.
Beginning with Judson Luckies tenure as Brotherhood director,
Mission Nights were a highlight of the year. Speakers for these special
meetings were listed in chapter 5 and are not repeated here.
100 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
The response to Brotherhood work in the last few years is reflected in
attendance at the quarterly meetings. Attendance has exceeded 300
several times at recent meetings. Gene Snipes and Ron Castleberty
(Royal Ambassador Leader) are doing an excellent job and men and boys
are responding.
The most recent statistics on Brotherhood work (1982) are as follows:
Number of churches..................................... 43
Number with Brotherhood work.......................... 35
Churches with Crusader work............................ 24
Enrollment........................................... 368
Churches with Pioneer work............................. 25
Enrollment........................................... 220
Churches with Baptist Mens work ...................... 29
Enrollment........................................... 683
Total Brotherhood Enrollment.........................1,477
BROTHERHOOD DIRECTORS
1941 A. E. Runnels
1949 Luther Willis
1950 Luther Willis
1951 Paul Brown
1952 Paul Brown
1953 Hansell Souter
1954 Hubert Scott
1955 M. L. Wiggins
1956 M. L. Wiggins
1957 M. L. Wiggins
1958 M. L. Wiggins
1959 Kenneth Young
1960 Andrew M. Conely
1961 Andrew M. Conely
1962 Mack G. Knight
1963 Bob Jarrett
1964 M. E. Bearden
1965 P. M. Kearse
1966 P. M. Kearse
1967 P. M. Kearse
1968 Fred Broome
1969 Fred Broome
1970 Judson Luckie
1971 Judson Luckie
1972 Judson Luckie
1973 Judson Luckie
1974 Judson Luckie
1975 Judson Luckie
1976 O. H. (Buddy) Harden, Jr.
1977 O. H. (Buddy) Harden, Jr.
1978 Milton Mayo
1979 Milton Mayo
1980 Milton Mayo
1981 Milton Mayo
1982 Gene Snipes
1983 Gene Snipes
SECTION III, OUR CHURCHES
101
SECTION III
OUR CHURCHES
102 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Chapter XI
DOUGHERTY COUNTY CHURCHES
BEACON
Organized, 1964; Entered Mallary Association, 1964
Beacon Baptist Church
A group of Christians met in May of 1964 in the home of Jimmy
Knight, on the Leary Highway, to discuss the possibility of organizing a
new church. The decision was to go ahead and on June 14, 1964 the
Beacon Baptist Church was constituted with 85 people coming into the
church that day and 20 more within 2 weeks. John T. Dudley was called
as the first pastor.
The church met a few Sundays in the West Dougherty Community
Center. Buildings on the Nilo Plantation were made available and after
some renovations became the meeting place for the church.
In July 1964 land purchase was discussed. In August a bond pro-
gram was accepted to finance the purchase of land and the building. The
purchase of the land where the church is now located was made in Oc-
tober and construction began on the new building.
CHAPTER XI, DOUGHERTY COUNTY CHURCHES 103
The first service was held in the
new building on February 7,1965, with
Brother Dudley bringing the message.
Beacon has ordained five men for
the ministry: Charles Scott, Floyd
Glass, Neal Hager, Earldene Mc-
Coryey and Minton Goulden.
Bro. Dudley served until 1967 and
after seven years returned in 1974 and
continued until his retirement in 1982.
Ronald P. Wildes is the present pastor.
A complete list of pastors is included in
Appendix C.
Pastor since March 7, 1982
Ron Wildes,
104 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
BYNE MEMORIAL
Organized, 1910; Entered Mallary Association, 1910
Byne Memorial Baptist Church
The Byne Memorial Baptist Church began as the Bynesville Mission
at the corner of Second Avenue and Washington Street. The church was
constituted on January 24, 1910. There were thirty-three charter
members. The New Testament was adopted as their guide in faith and
conduct and the Baptist Church Covenant was also adopted.
After a few months, a lot was purchased at the corner of Jackson
Street and Society Avenue, where services were held in a tent until the
new building was completed. The church building was a gift from Mrs. G.
M. Byne and her daughter, Mary Lou, in memory of their husband and
father, Mr. G. M. Byne.
By 1920, Sunday School, Baptist Young Peoples Union, Cradle Roll
work and WMU had been started. During the next ten years a church
choir was organized, a pastorium constructed on the corner of First
Avenue and Jackson Street, an educational worker was employed, the
first Vacation Bible School was conducted, which lasted three weeks, and
the White Educational Building was added.
During the 1930s God blessed Byne in every endeavor. Church
membership reached 549, and WMU enrollment reached 125 by 1940. In
1934 Byne helped to organize the Tabernacle Baptist Church on Tenth
Avenue.
CHAPTER XI, DOUGHERTY COUNTY CHURCHES 105
The Pittard building was purchas-
ed in the 1940s, allowing space for
enlarging the Sunday School. An organ
for the church sanctuary was purchas-
ed in 1948.
Byne continued to provide addi-
tional space. A new educational
building was completed in 1952 at the
cost of $114,000. Also, in the 50s the
Binns, Bobe and Shackleford houses
ifcwere purchased for expansion of the
H Sunday School. In 1966 Byne moved
jHinto their new 1100 seat sanctuary and
SB in 1979 a new Family Life Center, that
cost about $1,000,000 was completed.
Under Dr. C. R. Pittards leader-
Bship, Byne organized the Sunnyside
Baptist Church in 1954, in the Five
Pastor since September 23, 1979 Points area of East Albany. Also, in
1954, a new pastorium was built on Benjamin Street.
A bus ministry was started, under E. A. Abbotts leadership and it
grew to the point of regularly reaching 165 persons a week. A Day Care
Ministry was also started during Bro. Abbotts ministry. It is now one of
the largest week day ministries in the area. Facilities for the day care pro-
gram were included on the first floor of the Family Life Center.
Byne has an outstanding Ministry to the Deaf and is the mother of
deaf ministries in several churches in Southwest Georgia.
Several pieces of property have been purchased and a huge parking
lot paved. Byne has been Albanys largest church in Resident Member-
ship (2,030 in 1982) since 1975.
Dr. Michael G. McBride, present pastor, began his ministry in 1979.
A complete list of pastors is carried in Appendix C.
Michael G. McBride,
106 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
CALVARY
Organized, 1955; Entered Mallary Association, 1955
Calvary Baptist Church
A group of interested people met at Radio Station WJAZ, on May 9,
1955 and voted unanimously to form a missionary Baptist church in the
Northwest section of Albany. The Calvary Missionary Baptist Church
was constituted on May 12, 1955, with Rev. J. W. Jenkins serving as
Moderator. Seventy-six persons joined the new church and H. C. Chance
was called as pastor. By the end of the first month, the membership had
grown to 110.
Five lots were purchased on May 22, 1955 on the corner of 13th
Avenue and Hoover Street for $3,500. Meetings were held at WJAZ until
July 10 at which time services were held at the new location in a tent
rented from the Salvation Army.
The first revival was preached by Ansley Jordan July 17-29, 1955.
The first baptismal service was held July 31,1955 at Tabernacle Baptist
Church with six persons being baptized.
On October 5, 1955, the churches voted to call T. F. Calloway as
pastor and to construct a concrete block building. The work was done by
the men of the church in three weeks and the first services were held on
Sunday, October 30, 1955. In March of 1957, a second building was add-
ed. The present sanctuary was dedicated on September 19, 1965 on the
churchs 10th Anniversary celebration. In 1970 the original building was
CHAPTER XI, DOUGHERTY COUNTY CHURCHES 107
taken down and a new educational
building erected. The house next door
to the church property was purchased
in 1972 and is used for Sunday School
classes.
John W. Fain is the present pastor.
A complete list of pastors is listed in
Appendix C.
John Fain,
Pastor since December 5, 1981
108 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
CENTRAL
Organized, 1958; Entered Mallary Association, 1959
Central Baptist Church
Four men (Albert Cates, Garrett Hayes, Leland Ferrell and Jack
White) met on a Friday night, November 14, 1958, to discuss and pray
over the matter of the creation of a new church. On Saturday several
friends were called, resulting in a total of 49 people meeting for Sunday
School and Worship on Sunday, November 16, 1958.
Jack White loaned a building at 808 Oglethorpe for the meeting
place. The church was organized, Wednesday, November 19, 1958, with
69 people meeting and agreeing to a resolution of organization of what is
now Central Baptist Church.
The first pastor of Central was Dr. Leonard A. Stephens. He was call-
ed on November 23, 1958, but being pastor of First Baptist Church,
Albany, he was not able to assume full responsibility as pastor of Central
until March 1, 1959.
During the first year, 3.6 acres of land was purchased for $32,500 at
the intersection of Dawson Road and Third Avenue. Ground breaking
was held January 22, 1961 for the new building.
The first unit was completed and entered on October 22, 1961 with
special dedication services being held November 8, 1961. The drive and
parking areas were added and on June 6, 1962 the outside walls and the
first floor were completed. The second floor, kitchen and dining area was
completed in January of 1967. The first meal was served on February 8,
1967.
Another wing of educational space was added in 1980, during Gene
Bowmans tenure as pastor. Only the first floor was completed on the in-
side.
The present pastor, Dr. Julian West, began his ministry June 12,
1983. A complete list of pastors is included in Appendix C.
CHAPTER XI, DOUGHERTY COUNTY CHURCHES 109
EAST ALBANY
Organized, 1949; Entered Mallary Association, 1949
East Albany Baptist Church
In the early 1940s, the East Albany community was mainly
undeveloped land and farms. The community had only one small church
which was Methodist. Several Baptist families lived in the community
and felt the need for a church of their own which would contribute to a
closer walk with the Lord. A group began meeting every Friday and Sun-
day afternoons in homes. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Chatman, Mr. and Mrs. E.
P. Dupree, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Oxley, and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Brown
and Mrs. Liska Clower opened their homes for these meetings. Out of
these meetings for gospel singing and prayer, grew the desire for a Bap-
tist church in the East Albany community.
In 1944, H. J. Chatman, Bud Collins and W. M. Scott were asked to
contact First Albany Church, Albany, about beginning a Mission in East
Albany. First Church was supportive and asked these men to put forth
every effort to organize a Sunday School and they would support them
with workers and a little money.
Materials for Sunday School were provided by First Church and soon
homes were not large enough to take care of attendance. Trinity
Methodist Church made their building available to the Baptists on Sun-
day afternoons. First Baptist sent J. M. Giddens, E. H. Heidt and R. B.
Wills to help. Under their leadership a Sunday School was organized with
workers being elected from East Albany people.
110 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
First Church and East Albany
began a building fund and soon proper-
ty for a building site was purchased.
Contract for a building was let in
August of 1947. The building was com-
pleted and the people moved in about
mid-year, 1948. Rev. U. A. Moss, led
the Mission as her first pastor in
1948-49. The church was constituted in
1949.
The church burned in 1956 and
while E. L. Lewis was pastor, the pre-
sent building was built.
Bob Hughes has been pastor since
1969. A complete list of pastors is in-
cluded in Appendix C.
Bob Hughes,
Pastor since March 2,1969
CHAPTER XI, DOUGHERTY COUNTY CHURCHES 111
FAITH
Organized, 1966; Entered Mallary Association, 1967
Faith Baptist Church
A group of eighteen people met in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Varner, on June 24, 1966, and established the Faith Baptist Church. Of-
ficers were elected and an offering of $45.00 was received.
E. L. Lewis was called as pastor at an organizational meeting, July
jTi .... w.
A. R. Wilbourn,
Pastor since September 19, 1976
31, 1966. A total of eighty-three
charter members were received into the
church. The temporary meeting place
was 1518 Third Avenue in Albany.
Early in 1971 the contract was let
for the construction of the new
building on property located on
Oakridge Drive in Southwest Albany.
Dedication of the new facilities was
held August 1, 1971.
The church presented the pastor,
E. L. Lewis, a new car in 1974. In both,
1975 and 1976, $5,000.00 was paid
toward the church debt.
Under Bro. Lewis influence as
pastor, William E. Sirmons in 1973,
Jimmy Prosser in 1976, and Steve Ed-
112 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
wards in 1975, were licensed to preach the gospel.
A. R. Wilbourn began serving as pastor in September of 1976, follow-
ing the retirement of Bro. Lewis.
Steve Edwards was ordained to the ministry in 1980. Also in 1980,
an educational and recreational building was completed. In 1982, Mike
Cook and Bill Barrett were licensed to the ministry.
Brother Lewis and the present pastor, Brother Wilbourn are the only
two pastors Faith has had.
CHAPTER XI, DOUGHERTY COUNTY CHURCHES 113
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF ACREE
Organized, 1886; Entered Mallary Association, 1886
First Baptist Church of Acree
A group of Wilkes County people settled the wild lands about five
miles east of Albany about 1852. They erectd a chapel with a burial
ground known as Pine Bluff near or on the grounds of the present Pine
Bluff Baptist Church. The original Pine Bluff came into Mallary Associa-
1 tion in 1884 and was listed in 1892. The
building burned and evidently ceased
I to exist under that name until the new
Pine Bluff was organized in 1961.
People from the Pine Bluff
* fellowship migrated further east and
helped organize New Prospect Church
in 1886. In 1900 the name was changed
to Acree and to First Baptist Church of
Acree in 1963. The first pastor of New
Prospect was H. V. Golden. He served
in 1886 and again from 1888-1891.
The present sanctuary was built
about 1960 anu 'was totally renovated
Charles Fisher 1978. A new educational building
Pastor since March 11, 1981 was comPleted in 1974-
114 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
The present pastor, Charles Fisher, began serving March 11, 1981.
He also serves as Evangelism director for the Association.
A complete list of pastors is included in Appendix C.
CHAPTER XI, DOUGHERTY COUNTY CHURCHES 115
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF ALBANY
Organized 1839; Entered Mallary Association, 1884
First Baptist Church of Albany
The First Baptist Church of Albany, organized in 1839, is the oldest
in the Association. In total membership, she has been the largest during
these ninety-nine years with a present membership of 3,030 in 1982.
Albany was only a village just three years old when First Baptist
Church was organized. There was no church building of any kind in
Albany then, so all denominations worshipped in the Academy Building
that stood on the Southeast corner of Broad and Jefferson Streets.
The first building erected on the present site was a wooden building
completed in 1844. This one was replaced by a larger one in 1892. In 1911
the wooden church was torn down and the foundation laid for the brick
building in which the church worships today. World War I caused an in-
terruption in building plans and it was not until 1918 that the new
building was completed. A Sunday School Annex was constructed in
1925. A second educational building was completed in 1951 and the sanc-
tuary was completely remodeled in 1954.
As the City of Albany grew, the congregation was led to purchase
surrounding property. Almost all of the block bounded by Pine, Jeffer-
son, Broad and Monroe belongs to the church.
A new educational and activities building was completed in 1969 at
the cost of $700,000. The value of the property occupied by the church
was listed at $2,430,000 in 1982 with a building program going on.
116 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
First Baptist shared in the
development of several churches in the
Albany area. They are Pine Bluff
(which later became Acree Baptist
Church), Byne Memorial, Tabernacle,
Raleigh White, East Albany and Sher-
wood.
First Church has consistently been
a leading church in the State of
Georgia in giving to missions, fre-
quently being in the top ten churches.
Almost $110,000 was given to mis-
sions in 1982, out of an income of more
than $865,000.
Miss Edna Fields served as Church
Treasurer for forty-two years, retiring
The present pastor, Dan M. Hodges, has served since April 4, 1983.
A complete list of pastors is included in Appendix C.
Dan Hodges,
Pastor since April 4, 1983
in 1975.
CHAPTER XI, DOUGHERTY COUNTY CHURCHES 117
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF PUTNEY
Organized, 1962; Entered Mallary Association, 1963
First Baptist Church of Putney
Licensed Minister Lester D. Smith worked in the Putney area, con-
tacting residents to attend a meeting at the Community Center, on
March 4, 1962, to pray for guidance in formulating plans for a Baptist
Church. Twenty-four people met and organized as Putney Baptist Mis-
sion, sponsored by Southside Baptist Church of Albany.
A tent was erected on the property of Mr. and Mrs. Tyner on Second
Avenue, east of highway, U. S. 19. Benches were donated by Southside.
The first Sunday School and Worship Service was held March 25, 1962.
Sixteen people pledged their time, talents and money by placing their
membership in the Mission. Lester D. Smith was called as the first
pastor. He served (unpaid), from March 4 to July 15, 1962.
The old F. F. Putney General Store and Warehouse was purchased.
Members and friends met nightly to repair and remodel the building. It
was ready for the church to use on May 20,1962. On that date, Joe Frank
Barton, Associational Missionary, served as Moderator and the Putney
Baptist Missionary Church was organized. There were fifty-one Charter
Members.
Brother Barton led in the ordination of Lester D. Smith on July 8,
1962.
In 1965 a house and 1.23 acres of land adjacent to the church was
purchased for a pastorium, but was never used for that purpose since the
118 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
church grew so rapidly and the greater
need was for Sunday School and Train-
ing Union.
In 1966 three acres of land on
Stagecoach Road was purchased and a
pastorium built and ready for use by
the end of that year.
In 1965 the name was changed to
First Baptist Church of Putney.
A Long Range Planning Commit-
tee began their work in April, 1969. A
Bond Program was used to raise
money to purchase property and build
new facilities at a new location on
Stagecoach Road, Northeast of the
original property.
Ground breaking was held for the
new building on August 16, 1970 with
Mrs. S. C. Pate, oldest member, Fran-
cis Paustian, newest member, and
Kenneth Cloud, pastor, wielding the shovel to the delight of a large crowd
of people.
The first Sunday services in the new building on the new 8.4 acre site
was held March 28, 1971 with James E. Pelham, Associational Mis-
sionary bringing the message.
Johnny R. Boyd was called as pastor on May 16,1971. Dedication of
the new facilities and installation of the new pastor was held on July 18,
1971 in services led by Dr. Searcy S. Garrison, Executive Secretary of
Georgia Baptist Convention.
J. B. Redd is the present pastor. A complete list of pastors is includ-
ed in Appendix C.
CHAPTER XI, DOUGHERTY COUNTY CHURCHES 119
GILLIONVILLE FOREST
Organized, 1981; Entered Mallary Association, 1982
Gillionville Forest Baptist Church
A group of 61 interested people met Sunday night, October 4, 1981,
at the Ramada Inn in Albany for the purpose of beginning a new church.
The new church agreed to organize on the basis of being a Southern Bap-
tist Church, making outreach and evangelism a priority, being a missions
minded church and support all Southern Baptist Mission causes, and
seeking to locate in one of the targeted areas in Mallary Association
where new work is needed.
The first Wednesday night service was held at Western Steer
Restaurant on North Slappey with 60 in attendance.
Sunday School was held for the first time on October 11,1981 and 47
were enrolled. Fifty-eight attended morning worship.
A building at 910 West Oglethorpe Boulevard, in downtown Albany,
was given rent-free by J. K. Prince as the temporary meeting place.
At the first business meeting, October 14, 1981, action was taken to
begin immediately giving 6% of budget receipts to the Cooperative Pro-
gram, 2% to Mallary Association and 2% to a local mission fund. It was
also decided to proceed with the purchase of five acres of land on Gillion-
ville Road at Byron Plantation Road. A week later the name Gillionville
Forest Baptist Church was officially accepted as the name for the new
church. Rev. John T. Lanier was called as pastor.
120 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
The budget receipts for the first
month were $3,011.53, with an addi-
tional $1,200.75 for the building fund.
A binder of $1,000 was placed on
the proposed site with a $29,000
balance to be paid at the end of the 6
month contract.
The first profession of faith was
made on November 1, bringing the
membership to 81. Raleigh White, R.
P. Tomberlin, Jr., pastor, the sponsor-
ing church, received these members in-
to their membership until the con-
stituting service for Gilhonville Forest.
Gillionville Forest was constituted
as a church on Sunday, December 13,
1981 at Raleigh White. R. P.
Tomberlin, Jr., pastor of Raleigh
White and Gene Bowman, pastor of
John T. Lanier, Central and Moderator of Mallary
Pastor since October 4,1981 Association led in the service.
A grant of $7,500 was received from the Georgia Baptist Convention
on February 22, 1982, toward the purchase of the property. Mallary
Association gave $1,500 toward the purchase of the property.
The first Lottie Moon offering goal of $500 was exceeded. Likewise
the Annie Armstrong offering of $250 was exceeded.
The goal of raising the $30,000 for the property was reached by April
25, 1982.
In September 1982, giving to missions was increased to 8% for the
Cooperative Program, 3% for the Mallary Association and 2% for local
missions.
A contract was entered into with Lamar Reese and Associates for
preparatory work at the new site. Smithwick Construction Company was
given the contract for the first building. The first unit is scheduled for
completion in July, 1983.
The church celebrated her first homecoming, October 3, 1982, with
dinner at the temporary location. B. J. (Barbara Johnson) furnished
special music. Ground breaking was held at the new site that afternoon.
The first unit will be 50 x 100, and will cost $165,000.
The first Church Letter to the Association reveals the following
statistics, after one year:
Resident Members..........................................88
Baptisms.................................................. 6
Average Sunday School Attendance..........................55
VBS Enrollment............................................64
Total Tithes and Offerings...........................$71,905
Cooperative Program....................................2,343
Mallary Association......................................857
Total to Missions.....................................5,121
CHAPTER XI, DOUGHERTY COUNTY CHURCHES 121
LAKESIDE
Organized, 1960; Entered Mallary Association, 1960
Lakeside Baptist Church
Lakeside Baptist Church was constituted on May 1, 1960, fulfilling
the dream of twelve people who had met on March 17,1960 to plan a Bap-
tist Church in the Lakeside community. A total of sixty-two Charter
Members, some still active today, united with the church. E. L. Lewis
and Joe Frank Barton led the constituting service. Rev. R. E. Riddle was
called as the first pastor.
The church has been located in three different places. The first was at
120 Philema Road in a two story frame building. When it overflowed, a
tent was set up out back to be used as the sanctuary. In December of
1961, the church purchased property at 200 Georgia Power Road. The
tent was moved to this site and served as sanctuary, class rooms, and
social hall. Near by homes were used also. This property was zoned com-
mercial, but after much negotations the zoning approved for a church.
Early in 1962 a barracks building was purchased and moved to the
property on Georgia Power Road. The interior was remodeled and it was
wonderful to have wooden floors and walls. The church grew numerically
and spiritually.
News came to the church that a By-Pass Highway around Albany
would take their property. Once again a new site had to be found. A piece
of property on North Jefferson Street was purchased. The barracks were
moved to the new location. Ground breaking for the present building was
122 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
held August 26,1967. The first service was held on February 4,1968 with
dedication services being held on February 18.
The pastorium was built in 1971. An educational wing was added in
1977. The pastorium was enlarged to include a garage and patio in 1978.
In 1980, Childrens Church, under the leadership of the pastors wife,
Mrs. Rosalie Davis, was started. Bell Chimes were dedicated April 13,
1980, given by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Rogers in memory of Mrs. Rogers
daughter and father.
The barracks were torn down in 1980 and an activities building con-
structed. Dinner on the grounds was enjoyed in the new building on the
21st Anniversary of the church in April of 1981.
Lonnie Gibson, Charles Whatley and Bill Mayhew have been ordain-
ed to the ministry by Lakeside.
By 1982, the church had grown from 62 members to 349 members.
The immediate past pastor was Morris Davis, who served from
1979-1983. A complete list of pastors is included in Appendix C.
CHAPTER XI, DOUGHERTY COUNTY CHURCHES 123
MERCEDES
Organized, 1954; Entered Mallary Association, 1954
Mercedes Baptist Church
Rev. A. M. Mash, who became the first pastor, began a three-week
revival in a tent, set up on property owned by Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Talent
on Mercedes Street. Interest was expressed in such strength that Raleigh
White Baptist Church sponsored the new work as a mission. The Talents
presented a deed to the plot of land on which the church would be built.
The mission met on February 4, 1954 and constituted a church to be
known as the Mercedes Baptist Church.
In the spring of 1954 a building program was begun for the construc-
tion of a block building. Additional land was purchased in April, 1959, for
a new building. The new church was completed in November, 1965 after
having just completed a pastorium in July. A childrens building and
social hall were completed in 1969. Later in 1973, property east of the
church, 121 Moultrie Road and a church bus were purchased.
The membership of the church began at 68, when organized in 1954
and grew to its peak of 673 in 1974. Sunday School peaked at 228 in
average attendance in 1968 and Training Union had its highest average
attendance in 1967 with 112.
Ministers licensed by Mercedes, include Glenn D. Whiddon, Johnny
Collins, Ron McCallum, Mr. McDonald and Cecil Peterson.
The longest single pastorate has been by W. Truitt Kendrick, Jr.,
who pastored nearly six years from 1958-1964 (5 years and 10 months).
124 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
The present pastor, Russell W.
Anglin served from 1964-1970 (5 years
and 8>/2 months) and at present since
November 15, 1981.
A complete list of pastors is car-
ried in Appendix C.
Russell Anglin
Pastor since November 15, 1981
CHAPTER XI, DOUGHERTY COUNTY CHURCHES 125
RADIUM SPRINGS
Organized 1965; Entered Mallary Association, 1965
Radium Springs Baptist Church
A census conducted in the Radium Springs community, January 9,
1961, revealed a large number of Baptists living there and many of them
not affiliated with any church. An interest was expressed for a church in
that area.
Under the leadership of the Missions Committee from Sherwood
Baptist Church, the first of a series of organizational meetings was held,
March 12, 1961. After securing considerable support, services began.
During the first month 35 members were received into the mission and by
the end of two months, 100 were enrolled in Sunday School. The services
were led by Albert Cardwell, Sherwoods pastor, and lay workers.
The first worship services of the Radium Springs Mission were held
at the Radium Springs Casino led by Dr. Cardwell. Sunday School, Train-
ing Union and Morning and Evening Worship Services were held on that
first Sunday, April 9,1961. After meeting at the Casino for a few months,
services were moved to the Girl Scout Hut on Radium Springs Road.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. McCutcheon and their family attended and led
all services at the mission until a pastor was called.
On July 27,1961, the Mission voted to purchase an adequate piece of
property from Radium Springs, Inc., at the corner of Magnolia Boulevard
and Roxana Road.
126 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Two barracks buildings from the
Corps of Engineers at Turner Air Force
Base were purchased in November,
1961, to be used for the Sanctuary and
Sunday School rooms.
Rev. Joseph W. Maxwell, Jr. was
called as pastor of the Mission on
December 3, 1961. By this time, with
services being held at the Girl Scout
Hut on Radium Springs Road,
membership had reached 58, Sunday
School enrollment was 130, and Train-
ing Union enrollment 30. The Mission
voted to be called the Radium Spr-
ings Baptist Church, June 3, 1962. It
was constituted as a church, October 3,
1965, while Tommie Jones was pastor.
The membership was 144 at the time
the church was constituted.
The church organized a WMU and Brotherhood, June 27, 1962. In
September of that year services were moved into yet unfinished
buildings. The first permanent buildings were completed in April, 1963.
By May 6, 1973 the original church bonds were retired.
The church voted on August 12, 1973 to build a new sanctuary. The
church membership of 285 set a goal of raising $25,000 for the new
building, with the remaining cost to be borrowed from Security Bank and
Trust Company.
December 16, 1973, was a cold and cloudy Sunday, but it did not
hinder the gound breaking ceremony for the new sanctuary. Smithwick
Construction Company moved on to the lot and began construction the
next day. On June 2,1974 the first services were held in the new building.
Following the service of dedication, dinner on the grounds was enjoyed
by all who attended.
While W. B. Milton was pastor, his wife Vi led in beginning a puppet
ministry in 1977. Mrs. Kaye Patrick, part-time, minister of music,
organized a fully grated choir program in 1978.
Full-time staff members included Harlan E. Thorne, who served from
April 1 until September 28, 1980, and W. L. (Pete) Brannan, who served
from December 28, 1980 until December 4, 1982.
The present pastor, R. Creig Kelly, began serving October 1,1980. A
complete list of pastors is carried in Appendix C.
Creig Kelly,
Pastor since October 1, 1980
CHAPTER XI, DOUGHERTY COUNTY CHURCHES
127
RALEIGH WHITE
Organized, 1943; Entered Mallary Association, 1943
Raleigh White Baptist Church
A short while before 1940 interest was expressed for a church in
Southwest Dougherty County. Some fellow Christians from the Christian
Business Mens Class of First Baptist Church of Albany, promised to
help establish a church.
A survey of the area was taken and donations accepted. Charlie
Mann was a key leader in these early days. Soon a building was started
on a piece of land on Jeffries Avenue purchased by Dr. Raleigh White,
Pastor of First Church, Albany.
In the earliest days, prayer meetings were held in different homes.
Later, for nine months, Sunday School was held under a tree on the
church site. The building was ready and the first prayer meeting was held
on February 12, 1940. The new work was dedicated as a Mission in May,
1940 and was known as Southside Mission. Charlie Mann was
Superintendent of the Mission until it became a church. Dr. Raleigh
White brought the dedication message of the Mission. The first converts
were baptized by Dr. White on May 25, 1941.
The Mission was organized into a church on February 14,1943, after
three years as a Mission. The name Raleigh White Baptist Church was
selected since he had done so much to get the work going. Rev. J. A. Lane
was the first pastor.
128 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
The church wasnt strong enough
to carry on by itself, so First Church,
Albany continued to help. In 1947,
Raleigh White again assumed full
responsibility for its work.
During the pastorate of Rev. W. A.
McLemore, the property on Jeffries
was sold and a piece of land on Slappey
Drive was purchased. Since Bro.
McLemore was a contractor, he was
responsible for the building, doing
much of the work himself. The church
moved to the new location on Slappey
Drive in 1949 or 1950.
Even during difficult times, the
east wing, including the fellowship
hall, was completed in 1955. The audi-
torium was started before Brother Coston left and completed while W.
Vereen Clark was pastor in 1960.
During the early 60s, First Baptist and The Cooperative Program
helped the church financially and soon was strong enough again to fully
support themselves.
In February, 1963, John Hunter came to Raleigh White as the first
full-time minister of music and education. Before Bro. Clark left as
pastor, in 1964, the remodeling of the auditorium and a Sunday School
addition was begun. Rev. Norman Waldrip, pastor 1964-69, led in the
dedication of the Sunday School rooms and remodeled auditorium.
Rev. Buford Pittman became pastor in 1970. The church voted soon
thereafter to sell the church facilities including the pastorium to Apostle
Isaiah Revells. The transaction was completed September 1, 1971.
Raleigh White met at the Seventh Adventist Church while searching for
a new location and then during construction of the new buildings. The
new site was located on Phillips Drive and ground breaking was held
January 2, 1972. The building was dedicated September 24, 1972. Rev.
Pittman, also in the construction business, led the construction.
Other staff members serving over the years include, Ernest Boone,
Bill Seay, Joe Crook, Eddie Potts, Jim Beasley, Harlan Thorne and Jack
Davis.
The present pastor, R. P. Tomberlin, Jr., came in 1975. A Christian
School was started in the fall of 1979 during his pastorate. A Family Life
Center was completed and dedicated in 1982.
Mercedes (1954), Calvary (1955) and Thomas Memorial (1960) Bap-
tist Churches were formed by members of Raleigh White.
A complete list of pastors is carried by Appendix C.
R. P. Tomberlin, Jr.
Pastor since October 12, 1975
CHAPTER XI, DOUGHERTY COUNTY CHURCHES 129
SHERWOOD
Organized, 1956; Entered Mallary Association, 1956
Sherwood Baptist Church
Sherwood Baptist Church evolved from an idea that originated in a
Sunday School Class of the First Baptist Church, Albany, in 1954.
Lenders were George Plummer, R. C. Wills, Mrs. Bob Nix and Mr. and
Mrs. Carey Burnett. It was the Agoga Sunday School Class, taught by
George Plummer that actively promoted the establishment in the Nor-
thwest area of Albany.
After discussion with Dr. Leonard Stephens, pastor of First Church,
Albany, and then with the Deacons, it was agreed that this was a worthy
project. After some delay, a Mission Sunday School was started, August
14,1955, at the Armory on Gillionville Road with seventeen present. Col-
onel W. M. Wilder was instrumental in securing the Armory as the
meeting place and Mr. J. M. Giddens was Sunday School Superinten-
dent.
The Sunday afternoon Sunday School operated with classes for all age
groups. Needed equipment was acquired. A financial account was
established through First Baptist church for the new mission.
A Steering Committee was elected, September 19, 1955, which was
made up of J. M. Donaldson, J. M. Giddens, John Beck, I. S. Fogle, R. C.
Wills, M. W. Wilder, Jennings Parrish, Mrs. L. W. Bunch, Mrs. M. W.
Kirkham, Mrs. M. W. Johnson and George Plummer, who was added at a
later date.
130 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
A Site Committee was selected and
began to work.
It was on October 2, 1955 that a
full program was held for the first time.
This included Sunday School, Morning
Worship, Training Union and Evening
Worship. Rev. Cecil Hazen was the
speaker. Wednesday night Prayer
Meeting was held at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Martin. Mrs. Carey
Burnett served as choir director and
held rehearsals in her home. On Oc-
tober 2, 1955, the Sunday School
enrollment was one hundred and the
Training Union enrollment was forty-
six. A week later there were one hun-
W. A. Smith, dred, thirty-eight enrolled in Sunday
Pastor, since May 1,1979 School and fifty-nine in Training
Union, which is an example of the rapid growth of the mission.
The Armory facilities had to be vacated by December 31, 1955, and
the Seventh Day Adventist Church was used as the meeting place for
Sunday and Wednesday services.
The Womans Missionary Union was organized November 12, 1955,
in the home of Mrs. G. L. Markey and Mrs. R. L. Allen was elected presi-
dent. A full WMU program was established, which included Royal Am-
bassadors at that time.
Dr. Leonard Stephens went to Southern Seminary in Louisville, Ken-
tucky, and after interviewing severed men, invited Albert Cardwell to
come to Albany to be considered as pastor of the mission. The result was
that he was called as pastor and began serving February 5, 1956.
The Site Committee presented to the congregation the possibility of
two pieces of property. One was on Third Avenue and the other on
Whispering Pines Road. The Whispering Pines Road site was selected.
The land was a gift from Mr. J. T. Haley.
There were several suggested names, but Sherwood Baptist Church
was selected on February 19, 1956.
Charter members were received through February 26,1956, on which
seventy-two were received bringing the total number of charter members
to three hundred and nine. On March 4, Sherwood requested that the mis-
sion become an independent missionary Baptist church. The request was
granted and money in the missions account was given to the new church
along with a gift of $10,000 to be used for a new building.
Sherwood Baptist adopted a Constitution and by-laws and the
church was incorporated on March 18,1956 and the church was duly con-
stituted.
The church immediately proceeded to elect deacons and a building
committee. Other committees were added as needed.
The church rented two, four room apartments at the corner of
Palmyra Road and Eighth Avenue for church offices and educational
CHAPTER XI, DOUGHERTY COUNTY CHURCHES 131
space. The first budget was for six months, from July 1 to December 31,
1956 in the amount of $24,771.
A loan was made with the C & S Bank of Albany for $150,000 at five
percent interest to construct a new building to cost about $250,000. The
building was completed in December, 1957.
Because of the rapid growth, additional space was needed within a
short period of time. Plans for a new building were approved and on Oc-
tober 5, 1960, the bid was accepted and construction began.
Sherwood organized a Mission in April, 1961, which became the
Radium Springs Baptist Church.
Over the years several Ministers of Education served on the Church
Staff. These included Lawrence Eugene Lawson, J. C. Bradley, Phil
Hargrove, J. Neron Smith, W. F. Wilkerson and Dr. C. William Eidenire.
Fulltime Ministers of Music, included Frank Kennedy, John Baker
Thomas and Wayne Linderman.
A new position of Minister of Activities was started in 1976, with
Bill Fogarty called to serve in that position. Art Harris is now serving in
this position.
The present auditorium and allied facilities were completed at a cost
of more than $1,386,000. The first services were held February 1, 1976.
First Baptist Church came to worship at Sherwood at the evening service
on that day. Curtis Burge was pastor of Sherwood diming the construc-
tion of the sanctuary.
After a peak in Sunday School attendance of 870 in 1963, a period of
decline was reversed when Dr. W. A. Smith became pastor. Sherwood
with an average of 1019 in 1981-82 became Albanys largest Sunday
School.
A Family Life Center is now under construction at a cost of more
than $1,000,000.
A complete list of pastors is carried in Appendix C.
132 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
SOUTHSIDE
Organized, 1958; Entered Mallary Association, 1958
Southside Baptist Church
A group of people gathered on June 21,1958, for the purpose of form-
ing a church. Rev. E. A. Shaw led in the forming of the new church and
served as the first pastor.
Brother Shaw said that God gave him a vision in which he revealed
the need of a new church, where it was to be located, and what the name
should be. Southside was the name God revealed to Brother Shaw and
it was accepted by the church. The property at the corner of what is now
Radium Springs Road and Oakridge Drive was purchased. It was agreed
that all who united with the church during the first ninety days would be
considered charter members.
The first service of Southside Baptist Church was held on July 6,
1958, with thirty-five attending Sunday School, sixty to seventy-five in
Morning Worship, and an offering of $38.55 was given. That night thirty-
eight attending Training Union and seventy-five was the attendance for
the Evening Worship Service. Thirty-eight additions to the church were
received the first Sunday and these added to the thirty-seven who helped
form the church, brought the membership to seventy-five. Charter
members grew to more than one hundred by October 1, 1958.
Meetings were held in a tent until a new sanctuary was completed in
1960. Dedication of the new facilities was held in August, 1961. Rev. N.
B. Jordan was called as the first full-time pastor.
CHAPTER XI, DOUGHERTY COUNTY CHURCHES 133
In February of 1962, Southside
voted to sponsor a mission, which is
now the First Baptist Church of
Putney.
The church incorporated in 1962
and sold church bonds in order to
finance a two story educational
building.
A home was purchased in 1966,
located at 1604 Radium Springs Road,
for a pastorium. Marvin B. Kelly, who
came as pastor January 1, 1967 was
the first pastor to live in the
pastorium.
More bonds were sold in 1967 to
build a new sanctuary. It was
George Burnham, dedicated July 14, 1968.
Pastor since May 9,1976 George Burnham, a man who came
out of the church to enter the ministry, is now the pastor of Southside. He
began serving in 1976.
A complete list of pastors is carried in Appendix C.
134 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
SUNNYSIDE
Organized, 1954; Entered Mallary Association, 1954
Sunnyside Baptist Church
On February 28, 1954, Roy McCutcheon, Chairman of the Missions
Committee of Byne Memorial Baptist Church, and Dr. C. R. Pittard,
pastor, reported a need of a mission in the Five Points area of East
Albany. As a result of this meeting, Sunnyside Baptist Church began as
a mission of Byne Memorial on March 7, 1954. Services were held in the
McFadden residence and garage and the office of the Albany Granite
Company. A full time program was set up from the beginning. Dr. C. R.
Pittard, pastor of the mother church, preached both services on March 7,
the day of beginning as the mission. A week later, Howard Hembree of
Doerun, Georgia was called as mission pastor.
Byne Memorial purchased a track of land on South Mock Road on
which to erect a building. Sunnyside purchased four additional acres in
1956. Plans for a church and educational building were given to Sun-
nyside by the Northside Baptist Church of Valdosta. The C. F. Hadden
Construction Company started the first unit of the building program in
1954 and it was completed in January, 1955.
The mission was organized as the Sunnyside Baptist Church on Oc-
tober 3, 1954, with one hundred and twenty-four charter members. The
name selected for the church was submitted by Shirley McLemore, now
Mrs. Myron Hancock, Jr.
CHAPTER XI, DOUGHERTY COUNTY CHURCHES 135
January 9, 1955 was a memorable
day for Sunnyside when thirteen ladies
and fourteen men were baptised into
the fellowship of the church.
Four deacons, E. E. Baker, Jack Crab-
tree, W. R. McFadden and Marvin
Wiggins were ordained. Jesse Coston,
already an ordained deacon, also serv-
ed as a deacon.
The construction of the new educa-
tional building began in November of
1956 and was dedicated on June 9,
1957. The construction of the new
sanctuary began in the summer of
1972. The first services in the new
sanctuary were held January 7, 1973,
and dedication services on January 14,
with Dr. C. R. Pittard as the guest
speaker.
Bobby C. Moye, Following the construction of the
Pastor since May 31, 1970 sanctuary the educational building was
renovated to add more classrooms, library, enlarge fellowship hall and
kitchen and restrooms.
A kindergarten program for four and five years began in 1972.
Enrollment averaged sixty-four and was the only church related
kindergarten program in the East Albany area at that time. Since
kindergarten is now a part of the public school, Sunnyside has discon-
tinued theirs.
Sunnyside grew rapidly, especially during the pastorate of Joe Frank
Barton. Sunday School attendance reached 534 in 1964.
The present pastor, Bobby C. Moye, began his tenure May 31, 1970.
A complete list of pastors is carried in Appendix C.
136 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
TABERNACLE
Organized, 1934; Entered Mallary Association, 1934
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Tabernacle was organized, January 28, 1934, as the Corinth Baptist
Church with twenty Charter Members. Of the original Charter Members,
Bill Sadler, Inez Singletary and Mrs. E. R. Shiver are still members.
In the early days, Flint River Cotton Mill Community House was us-
ed for regular services. May 5, 1934, Rev. N. C. Green was called as the
first pastor.
The name of the church was changed to Tabernacle Baptist Church
on October 4, 1936.
A Building Committee was elected in 1942. Trustees were elected for
the first time in 1949. The first Vacation Bible School was held in 1950.
Homecomings date back to 1951.
Ministers ordained to the ministry include, T. O. Morris in 1952,
Wallace Willis in 1956, Billy Morris in 1963, Calvin King in 1976, and
others.
Flint River Cotton Mill, in 1954, deeded Tabernacle the property at
527 Tenth Avenue, in exchange for a duplicate of the building on a lot fur-
nished by the mill.
March 8, 1953 was the date for construction of an addition to the
church. The church was air conditioned in 1959 and a phone installed in
1960. The educational building was painted in 1961.
CHAPTER XI, DOUGHERTY COUNTY CHURCHES 137
A new piano was purchased in
1960. Six new pews were purchased
and installed in 1962. In 1963, sixty
new Broadman Hymnals were bought.
The Mallary Associational
Brotherhood met at Tabernacle on
November 18, 1965.
Further remodeling of the building
took place in 1967 as steps were built
on the front and sides of the church and
a parking lot was purchased.
Ministers licensed by Tabernacle,
include, John Brothers in 1954, Morris
Harp and Calvin King in 1968.
Calvin King was appointed as a
Journeyman to Ghana, Africa, by the
Buford Pittman Foreign Mission Board in 1976. Taber-
Pastor, since May 13, 1973 nacle ordained Calvin to the ministry
before he left for the two year term of service. The church gave him a
minature tape recorder for use on the mission field. A Royal Ambassador
Chapter was named the Calvin King Chapter in 1977, in honor of Taber-
nacles Missionary to Africa.
The present pastor, Buford Pittman, has served since 1973. A com-
plete list of pastors is included in Appedix C.
Buford Pittman, Calvin King,
James Pelham
138 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
WESTVIEW
Organized, 1957; Entered Mallary Association, 1957
Westview Baptist Church
Brother T. L. Howell led the congregation in singing, I Am Bound
for the Promised Land to begin the organizational meeting, October 13,
1957, in which the Westview Missionary Baptist Church was organized.
After opening prayer, led by Joe Coston, Dr. Leonard A. Stephens, acting
moderator, read Matthew 16:15-17.
A resolution of organization was read and approved. A motion to call
E. L. Lewis as pastor for an indefinite period was made by W. M. Ellison
and seconded by John Freeman. The vote was unanimous.
Property consisting of 2% acres was purchased at 205 South
Magnolia Street, Albany, for the location of the church facilities. Ground
breaking was held April 13, 1958 with large attendance. The next day a
building permit was secured and construction began. The first service in
the new building was held August 3, 1958. The first, baptismal service
was held on August 10, 1958.
E. L. Lewis served as pastor from 1957 until July, 1966. The second
pastor was J. O. Leath, who served from August, 1966 until June, 1976.
It was under his ministry that indebtedness on the Sunday School
building and social hall was paid off.
In 1981 the flat roof was replaced with a gable roof and steeple. The
sanctuary was remodeled. These improvements were made during the
pastorate of Bill Coggins, who served from August, 1977 until July,
1981.
CHAPTER XI, DOUGHERTY COUNTY CHURCHES 139
Vernon Rodgers,
Pastor since January 31, 1982
The present pastor, Vernon
Rodgers, has served since January 31,
1982. A complete list of pastors is car-
ried in Appendix C.
140 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Chapter XII
LEE COUNTY CHURCHES
ALPHA
Organized, 1966; Entered Mallary Association, 1966
Alpha Baptist Church
The organizational meeting was held February 23, 1966 at the home
of Charles Smith. The first service was held at the American Legion in
Leesburg on the following Sunday with 12 present.
The name Alpha Baptist Church was adopted March 6, 1966. The
constitution and by-laws were adopted July 13, 1966.
The land on which the church stands today was purchased July 20,
1967. A contract for the construction of the building was signed in April,
1968. Dedication services were held August 18, 1968 for the new
building. In March 1980 the note for the church was paid.
Charter members were: E. J. Boyer, Sara Boyer, Mrs. Emma Cook,
Walter Cook, Richard Daniel, Mrs. Shelby Daniel, Mrs. Judy Hurst,
Wayne Hurst, Baugh Jenkins, Rev. J. W. Jenkins, Ralph Jenkins, Sadie
Jenkins, Mrs. Thelma Jenkins, B. B. Lane, Mrs. B. B. Lane, Mrs. Bessie
Odom, Peggy Odom, Charles L. Smith, Mrs. Margaret Smith, Patricia
Smith and Ricky Smith.
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141
Mack Eubanks was ordained as a
deacon June 25, 1967. Others serving
as deacons were B. B. Lane, Fred
Hathcock and William Howell.
The first pastor of Alpha was J. W.
Jenkins, who pastored from June, 1966
to November 1967, and a second time
from September, 1968 until March,
1973. The present pastor, Louis Y.
Grindle, Jr., began serving in
November, 1978. A complete list of
pastors is included in Appendix C.
Louis Y. Grindle, Jr.,
Pastor since November 8,1978
142 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF LEESBURG
Organized 1871; Entered Mallary Association, 1884 and 1960
(1937-59 in Friendship Association)
First Baptist Church of Leesburg
When Lee County was first settled, shortly after 1826, the Baptist
faith was dominant. Baptist churches were first established at Palmyra
and Starkville. It was not until after the Civil War that Leesburg came
into being.
C. B. Callaway conveyed land in 1871, which was known then as
Wooten Depot to C. M. Irvin, W. A. Jones and S. B. King for the erection
of a Baptist Church. With money almost non-existent following the war,
the people somehow built a church on the land that is a part of the pre-
sent property.
The first sermon was preached by Rev. M. B. Wharton, on December
17, 1871. The church originally was called Wooten Baptist Church, but
the name was changed to Leesburg Baptist Church, August 3, 1873.
There were eleven original members.
At least four buildings have been built on the present site. The first
wooden building faced north. The second faced south and had twin
steeples with a bell in one which rang to announce religious meetings.
For fifty years the name of the church was Leesburg Baptist, but in
1923 it was changed to Callaway Memorial Baptist Church in recognition
of the contribution the Callaways made to build a brick verneer building.
On Sunday Morning, March 16,1941, the building was destroyed by fire.
Plans to rebuild began immediately and on February 22, 1942 the first
CHAPTER XII, LEE COUNTY CHURCHES 143
service was held in the new building
with dedication services being held on
March 28,1943. At that time the name
of the church was changed back to
Leesburg Baptist Church. In 1963 it
was changed to First Baptist Church
of Leesburg.
The present pastorium next door
to the church was a gift of Mrs. Grace
C. Davis, Rev. G. Ashton Smith and
family was the first to live in it.
Additional property was purchas-
ed in 1972. A two story educational
building, including a fellowship hall
and church offices, was completed and
dedication was held July 4, 1976. The
sanctuary was completely renovated in
Thomas Roberson, 1980 with new pews and carpet in-
Pastor since April 9, 1978 stalled.
From 1937 until 1960, First Church Leesburg was a member of the
Friendship Association.
Rev. Thomas R. Roberson, who came in 1978, is the present pastor.
A complete list of pastors is included in Appendix C.
144 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
KINCHAFOONEE
Organized, 1968; Entered Mallary Association, 1970
Kinchafoonee Baptist Church
Kinchafoonee Baptist church was established, February 11,1968, by
the first pastor, Dallas Bell, Sr., who served as pastor until May 1970. It
was a mission of First Baptist Church, Leesburg, until September 1970
when it became a self-supporting church.
The church met the first couple of years at the Mallary Association
Camp on Kinchafoonee Creek. It moved to the present location January
10, 1970. The new building was dedicated on this date.
During Frank Hughes tenure as pastor, the church grew rapidly. It
was recognized in 1979 as the fastest growing Sunday School in the en-
tire Southern Baptist Convention in the percentage of increase in atten-
dance. The growth in attendance was from 11 in 1978 to 43 in 1979 for an
increase of 291%.
The foundation is down and construction is underway for a new sanc-
tuary. Lack of funds makes for slow progress.
Donny Nix is the present pastor. A complete list of pastors is includ-
ed in Appendix C.
CHAPTER XII, LEE COUNTY CHURCHES 145
THUNDERING SPRINGS
Organized, 1853; Entered Mallary Association, 1887
Thundering Springs Baptist Church
The Thundering Springs Baptist Church was organized in 1853, in
the Red Bone District of Lee County. From its beginning and until after
the Civil War, the church was located to the North of Thundering Springs
Cemetery. It was a log cabin type building. The story is told that there
was a spring where the water fell on the rocks making a thundering noise.
Thus, the name of the church.
Thundering Springs became a member church of the Houston
Association in 1853 with Rev. Lott Warren as pastor. Rev. Warren is
listed on the corner stone of First Baptist Church, Albany (organized in
1839), as their first pastor. He was a judge, lawyer and congressman.
In 1844, twenty-nine baptisms were reported along with four other
additions, bringing the membership to forty-four, of which seven were
black. By 1857 the membership had grown to one hundred and seventy-
eight baptisms were reported that year.
Thundering Springs asked for a letter of dismissal from the Houston
Association in 1869, and in 1872 affiliated with the Bethel Association.
During the War membership declined and hard times were experienc-
ed. Recovery was slow. In 1880 the membership was listed as eighteen
males and eighteen females.
Thundering Springs dropped out of the Bethel Association about
1881. Mallary Association was organized in 1883 and Thundering
146 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Springs joined the Mallary Association
in 1887.
In 1899 when W. L. Cutts was
pastor, the church moved to the Moore
place across the road and North of the
present location. The church spend
$300 for a building.
The church voted in 1920 to secure
a deed from S. M. Stocks for one-half
acre of land adjoining the school house
for a place to build the church. On Oc-
tober 20,1920 they voted to sell the old
building for not less than $100.
The church decided in 1922 to
begin the new building. About $365
was on hand and a building committee
was selected with instructions to erect
a building, costing approximately
W. T. Berry, $1,000. People of Albany and
Pastor since June 4,1978 Leesburg, as well as those in the com-
munity, were generous in contributing to the building fund. The new
building was dedicated in March of 1923.
The church began in January 1923 with a guaranteed pastors salary.
The amount of $109 per year with services being held one Sunday per
month.
While Rev. R. H. (Blue) Forrester was pastor, he asked the church, in
1933, for permission to preach to blacks in their own church and it was
unanimously approved.
Beginning in 1940 the church voted to begin calling pastors for an in-
definite period.
The first Vacation Bible School was held in 1946. In 1949, a
Brotherhood was started. Training Union began in 1950. Mid week
prayer services were started in 1952. The Womans Missionary Union
was first reported in 1954.
The old church building evidently was not sold, because it was
reported to have burned about 1948.
Mack Knight, Chairman of the Deacons, led the church to make a bid
of $4,000 for the purchase of the old school building. It was accepted by
the School Board. Over the next few months, beginning in December,
1960, attention was given to fixing up the building.
Over the next few years many improvements were added to the
church building and the pastorium. The church grew and while John C.
Forsman was pastor the membership reached four hundred and five.
A building fund was started in 1970, since there was a need for more
space. While Jack Reynolds was pastor, in 1975 a new auditorium with
classrooms was completed. Growth was rapid. More than one hundred
baptisms were reported in 1975-76.
W. T. Berry has been pastor since. 1978. He was pastor from 1961
until 1963, also. A complete list of pastors is listed in Appendix C.
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Chapter XIII
WORTH COUNTY CHURCHES
ANTIOCH
Organized, 1911; Entered Mallary Association, 1911
Antioch Baptist Church
In the fall of 1909, A. L. Young began preaching in the Gregory
School House and continued through the summer of 1910. The church
was organized in 1911 and P. U. Waters was called as pastor and served
until 1922 and again from 1944-45.
A tornado destroyed the building on the first Sunday in March, 1931.
A motion in a business meeting at Gregory School following the tornado
to the effect of granting letters to all the members so they could join
other churches was discussed. Before voting, Brother John W. Fowler,
asked that the motion be withdrawn and he made a motion that the
pastor W. J. Adair stay with them and that they rebuild the church. This
they did. With the materials they recovered from being scattered by the
tornado they were able to build a smaller building. Services were held in
the school until July when the new building was completed.
The church began having services on the first and third Sunday each
month with conference on the first Saturday night. Until 1952 services
148 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
were held on the first Sunday only. In
1963 the church went full time except
for the fifth Sunday and Conference
changed to the first Wednesday night.
Sunday School began about 1930
and has continued with only a brief in-
terruption in 1946 and 1947.
In 1957 the church began talking
about a new building. When a sill broke
with the church filled with people on
Homecoming Day, October 1962, it
was evident that a new building was
needed immediately. The new building
was started in February, 1963. Dedica-
tion was held September 29, 1963.
W. H. Adams, Many new things were added to
Pastor since October 1,1958 the church in the next few years: pulpit
furniture in 1963, heating and cooling equipment in 1967, new windows
and carpet in 1971. A cemetery was started in 1974, padded pews in 1974,
three new Sunday School rooms and a pastors study in 1976, and an
organ in 1978.
Harvey Giddens gave additional land to the church in 1972 for an an-
nex. In February, 1973 a tornado damaged the church building. The stee-
ple and roof had to be replaced and the walls repaired and painted. In
1974 the new annex was dedicated.
Additional remodeling was done in 1980, making Antiochs
auditorium one of the most beautiful in the Mallary Association.
Preachers ordained by Antioch include Walter Carter, 1957; Cecil
Leverette, 1958; and S. J. Calhoun, 1961.
Pastor W. H. Adams, who holds the distinction of the longest
pastorate in the association, will celebrate his 25th Anniversary, October
1, 1983.
A complete list of pastors is included in Appendix C.
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149
BETHEL
Organized, 1863; Entered Mallary Association, 1885
Bethel Baptist Church
During 1863 and 1864 the founders of Bethel Baptist Church met
under a barrel church shelter with only pine straw for seats, when the
weather permitted, with services being held the third Saturday and Sun-
day each month. Founders of the church were Wesley and Mary
Faircloth, Henry and Melvian Rouse, Fulton and Belle Shiver, J. Hue
and Lizzie Shiver, and John and Emily Waters.
Property consisting of 5 acres of land was donated by Isaac and Nan-
cy Howard. A round log building was built and served as the meeting
place for several years. Later members built a hewn log building with
wooden windows, doors and plank seats. This building was replaced with
a frame building in 1910.
The first Sunday School and Training Union was organized in 1948.
Half-time services were started in 1949. Three Sunday School rooms were
added to the building at this time.
The church went full time in 1955. A new concrete block building was
built in 1960 and stood in front of the frame building which continued in
use as an educational building.
The first Womans Missionary Society was organized in 1963.
The frame building was torn down in 1965 and a modern brick, air
conditioned building was constructed adjoining the block building. Miss
Effie Shiver donated a new piano for the new sanctuary.
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James and Ann Day donated the land for a pastorium and it was com-
pleted and dedicated on September 16, 1973.
William A. Suggs, Jr., is the present pastor of Bethel. A complete list
of pastors is included in Appendix C.
CHAPTER XIII, WORTH COUNTY CHURCHES 151
BRIDGEBORO
Organized, 1930; Entered Mallary Association, 1930
Bridgeboro Baptist Church
Beginning in 1913, Baptists gathered for services in the Methodist
church with Rev. Johnson holding a revival which resulted in several can-
didates being baptized as Bridgeboro Baptists. Since Baptists had no
meeting place of their own, the Methodist church allowed them to have
monthly services in their church. Rev. Ott was the first pastor called with
Williams, Claxton, Sauls and West, following. For seven years there was
no pastor.
In 1930, Ashley Pickern was invited to hold a tent revival. The
church was reorganized at that time with Bennett Pickern called as
pastor.
During the depression and after much donated materials and labor a
church building was completed in 1932. Raleigh White preached the
dedication sermon on the second Saturday in September.
The land for the Bridgeboro Baptist Church was donated by one of
the Alford brothers. Trees for lumber were given by Mr. Hillhouse and
Dolph Greene sawed them free of charge. Mrs. Pheobe Putney donated
seventy seats and two large lamps.
As the church grew, the need for remodeling and enlarging became
evident. The kitchen area was remodeled in 1964. The inside was
renovated and the outside was bricked. Pastor W. G. Tyson led the
152 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
church to designate the first Sunday in
every month as building fund day and
he gave his salary to the fund. In-
debtedness was paid off and a
pastorium acquired in three years.
The pastorium was remodeled and
modern appliances, carpet, panneling,
etc., added. In April 1972, open house
was held. Preston Taylor was pastor at
that time.
In 1974 another building program
was begun which resulted in a new
educational wing with six classrooms
being added. The cost was $12,666.90,
but was only a fraction of its value due
to donated labor and materials. Fur-
ther renovations were made in the
auditorium as it was painted, new pews
and carpet installed, rostrum extended
to enlarge choir area and new floor covering laid in the kitchen and dining
area.
Bill Mayhew is the immediate past pastor. He was Moderator of the
Mallary Baptist Association during this Centennial year of celebration.
A complete list of pastors is included in Appendix C.
Bill Mayhew,
Pastor December 1, 1978
June 19, 1983
CHAPTER XIII, WORTH COUNTY CHURCHES 153
EVERGREEN
Organized, 1917; Entered Mallary Association, 1917
Evergreen Baptist Church
Evergreen Baptist Church was organized in September of 1917. Rev.
P. N. Sullivan preached the sermon. Rev. P. U. Waters was called as the
first pastor, meeting one Sunday a month.
Sunday school was organized in 1918 with R. P. Herring as
Superintendent. The first organ was purchased in 1918.
The land for the building was given by J. B. Green and the deed
secured May 1, 1918.
Beginning in 1919 the first Sunday in March was set for Homecom-
ing at Evergreen.
The building was completed in 1919. A revival was held in July that
year. Eleven members were received in this first revival. Kerosene lamps
were used at night.
In 1936 the first piano was bought. Three years later, electric lights
were installed and the monthly bill was $1.25.
The church began having services twice a month in 1942.
Addtional land, between the church and cemetery, was purchased in
1945. The following year five new Sunday School rooms were built. In
1947 gas heaters were installed.
The first Vacation Bible School was held in 1948. The first Training
Union was organized in 1950.
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44-;
Asbestos shingles were put on the
church building in 1952. New Sunday
School rooms on the south side were
built in 1956.
Full time services began in 1962. It
was in 1974 that two new restrooms
were built. Also, in 1974, Mrs. O. A.
f Potts was honored. She joined the
I church in 1926 and from 1929 until
m 1956 served as a teacher of Juniors.
The longest pastorate was held by
Edwin Bass, who served from 1968 un-
til he retired for medical reasons in
1982.
Grady Morey is the present pastor.
Grady Morey, A complete list of pastors is included in
Pastor since September 12, 1982 Appendix C.
CHAPTER XIII, WORTH COUNTY CHURCHES 155
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF SYLVESTER
Organized, 1893; Entered Mallary Association, 1893
First Baptist Church of Sylvester
This part of Georgia was Indian territory until 1825. Worth County
was formed out of Dooly and Irwin Counties in 1853. In 1878 the
Brunswick and Albany Railroad was charted and settlements grew along
the route. Sylvester, known at first as Isabella Station, was one of them.
The community grew rapidly.
The home of J. S. Westberry was open to itinerant preachers and ser-
vices were often held in their home. In 1885 Rev. James Bass held a ser-
vice and organized an interdenominational Sunday School and a weekly
prayer meeting. From this particular movement the First Baptist Church
(known simply as Sylvester Baptist Church for many years) and also a
Methodist Church was born.
A one room school house had been built and it served as the meeting
place for the Baptist for some time.
In 1891 the Baptists organized. They met on alternating Sundays
with the Methodist meeting on the other Sunday at the school house. The
Baptist Church erected a temporary building on the east side of North
Isabella Street (about the fifth block). In 1900 a brick building was
erected on the present site. The present sanctuary, with only minor
changes, is the same as the one built in T 900. The original building had
only four class rooms. By 1915 additional facilities were badly needed.
156 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Because of the War it was not until
1920 that the sanctuary was remodeled
and a three story addition added to the
rear. Stained glass windows, an organ
and chimes were installed.
The first pastorium was provided
in 1905, located where the educational
building now stands. Later a residence
on Isabella Street had been purchased
for a pastorium. In 1950, a large two-
story educational building was erected
on the site of the old pastorium. A
long, enclosed corridor with rooms for
offices and a library was built to con-
nect the new educational building with
the other church buildings.
In 1965 the sanctuary was again
redecorated and refurnished. In 1969
the old educational annex was re-
modeled. A new kitchen and a new heating and cooling system, and a
chapel and prayer room were added.
J. R. Miller willed their residence to the church and it was used as the
pastorium for a few years. Because of business encroachment, the proper-
ty was sold and in 1973 a new brick pastorium was built on the corner of
Oak and McPhaul Streets.
Rev. G. Tom West was the first regular pastor, serving from 1892-93.
Rev. Earnest T. Pirkle the present pastor came in 1980. A complete list of
pastors is included in Appendix C.
fliliiiiiii
Earnest T. Pirkle,
Pastor since January 27,1980
CHAPTER XIII, WORTH COUNTY CHURCHES
157
Gordy-New Bethel Baptist Church
On September 9,1964, Gordy and New Bethel Baptist Churches held
a joint meeting at New Bethel to discuss the possibility of merging the
membership, property and debts of the two churches into one. Buford L.
Pittman was serving as pastor of both half-time churches. By secret
ballot vote, the merger was approved by 95% of those present and
voting.
Gordy Baptist Church dated back to 1907. Forty-two Charter
Members united with the newly formed church. The church was accepted
into the Mallary Association in 1908. A Sunday School was started in
1908, the Ladies Society in 1911, and Baptist Training Union in 1927. An
addition to the church of five Sunday School rooms was built in 1948.
Buford L. Pittman was called as pastor in 1961.
New Bethel Baptist Church was older, having been organized in
1887, with seven Charter Members. The original name was Springvale
after the church in Randolph County from which the seven Charter
Members came. Tom Coram from Randolph County organized a Sunday
School and built a log house for a meeting place. Rev. James C. Bass a
missionary sent from Bethel Association, helped to organize the church.
In 1890 the new location for a new church was selected at the cross roads
between Sylvester and Gordy. Dedication services were held September
GORDY-NEW BETHEL
Organized, 1864; Entered Mallary Association, 1964
mm'
158 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
5, 1891 with Brother Bass preaching
the sermon. A Sunday School was
started in 1892, the first Vacation Bi-
ble School in 1948, Training Union in
1955, and built a pastorium in 1956.
Buford L. Pittman was called as pastor
in 1961, the first time both Gordy and
New Bethel had called the same pastor.
Ground breaking was held
January 2, 1966, at the new construc-
tion site for the new sanctuary. The
pastor, Brother Pittman, Mrs. L. D.
Matthews, oldest member, Linda Kay
Pittman, youngest member, and
Charles O. Brown, chairman of the
building committee turned the first
J. O. Leath, shovel of dirt. The building was com-
Pastor since December 12, 1976 pleted in just four months and on May
1, 1966 it was dedicated. Brother Pittman served as pastor until
December 31, 1967.
Additional land was purchased and a new pastorium built next to the
church following the sale of the old pastorium in 1979. In 1980 three more
acres of land were purchased and in 1983 a new fellowship hall with
educational space and restrooms was completed.
The present pastor, J. O. Leath, has been serving since December 12,
1976. A complete list of pastors is included in Appendix C.
CHAPTER XIII, WORTH COUNTY CHURCHES 159
ISABELLA
Organized, 1889; Entered Mallary Association, 1890
Isabella Baptist Church
Isabella was the county seat of Worth County for about fifty years,
having been laid out as such in 1854. The Courthouse was located on the
ground where the County Bus Shop now stands. It was customary for
local preachers to hold worship services in the Courthouse. About 1859 a
group of believers of the Baptist faith organized a church and continued
to meet at the courthouse. The little group disbanded during the Civil
War and moved their membership to Old Bethel Church.
A movement to re-organize the church started in 1888. Rev. H. V.
Golden, who became the first pastor, was largely responsible for the re-
organization which was accomplished in 1889. The first building was
erected in 1890. During construction a sudden windstorm destroyed the
partially completed building and the work had to be started all over. The
completed frame building, heated with a pot-bellied stove, had a steeple
reaching heaven ward. During the years that Isabella was the County
Seat, the church was large and flourishing.
The present building was constructed in 1949. The blocks were laid
four feet around the old building and when the walls were ready for the
rafters, the old church was torn down. The courthouse was again used
during construction.
Services were held only once a month until 1945. After meeting twice
160 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
a month for ten years, the church
began having services every Sunday
(1955).
Today Isabella Baptist Church has
modern facilities with several Sunday
School rooms, Social Annex, Baptist-
try, Nurseries, Central heating and air
conditioning, carpeting and padded
pews. The present membership is 368.
W. G. Tyson retired in 1982 after
serving as pastor since 1977. W. R.
Payne, who came March 13, 1983, is
the present pastor. A complete list of
pastors is included in Appendix C.
W. R. Payne,
Pastor since March 13, 1983
CHAPTER XIII, WORTH COUNTY CHURCHES 161
LIBERTY HILL
Organized, 1932; Entered Mallary Association, 1932
Liberty Hill Baptist Church
The Liberty Hill Baptist Church had a small beginning in 1920, when
John B. Lewis and Pickett Greene were responsible for a meeting held in
an old abandoned church building located about one mile North of the
present location on the Albany highway. A tenant house on the O. W.
Smith farm was used as the meeting place until the church moved to the
present location in 1930.
The Liberty Hill Baptist Church was voted into the Mallary Associa-
tion on October 14, 1932. Rev. W. O. Whittle was pastor, and John B.
Lewis was treasurer and clerk. Other officers included Walter Lewis, Sun-
day School Superintendent and Miss Bertie Lewis, BYPU director. Other
members included Ivie Bells, Amos Faison, J. E. Brooks, and Bob
Russell.
An old Methodist Church on the Putney estate near Albany was tom
down in 1934 and the material moved on wagons to the present church
site. Members of the church constructed a building, using these
materials. Rev. W. J. Brown was the pastor during this time.
A block building was completed in 1946. The planning and construc-
tion was during T. H. Wilders and N. D. Freemans pastorates. A
pastorium was added to the church property in 1971. The land given to
the church was owned by O. W. Smith and Mrs. G. W. Edge.
162 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
The church began having services
every Sunday in 1953, while James Jer-
rell was pastor.
It was on April 18,1974 that a tor-
nado destroyed the church and
pastorium. The church began im-
mediately to rebuild. Neighboring
churches, individuals, and the Georgia
Baptist Convention helped financially.
This assistance along with sacrificial
giving by many church members,
enabled the church to build a beautiful
new brick building. In 1981 a new
pastorium was added. Rev. Michael
Fisher was the first pastor to live in the
new pastorium.
W. G. (Doc) Tyson, Ministers who were ordained by
Pastor since November 14, 1982Liberty Hill include R. W. Jenkins in
1946, James Jerrell in 1953, W. G. Tyson in 1956, Chefa Hathcock, Jr. in
1957 and Curtis Whitman in 1981.
One of their own, W. G. Tyson is the present pastor. A complete list
of pastors is carried in Appendix C.
CHAPTER XIII, WORTH COUNTY CHURCHES 163
NEW HOPE
Organized, 1906, Entered Mallary Association, 1961
New Hope Baptist Church
Beginning in 1898, the Minutes of Mallary Association listed a New
Hope Baptist Church in Worth County. The church was not listed after
1910. Evidently this is not the same New Hope that is now a Mallary
Association Church.
New Hope is located about 10 miles South of Sylvester on Highway
256 in the Scooterville community. Money was scarce and everyone
worked hard to build the church and keep it going in the early years.
The church was organized in 1906, with fifteen members, by W. L.
Head, who conducted a revival in the Old Prospect school house. The
name New Hope Baptist Church was selected for the new church.
Land for the church was purchased from J. M. Beaty, adjoining New
Prospect School grounds. Services were held in New Prospect School dur-
ing the building of the church. In December of 1907, the first services
were held in the new building even though it was not completed.
Men sat on one side and women on the other with the children up
front around the pump organ during the services. The church was in the
Colquitt Association from 1921 until joining the Mallary Association in
1961.
A new building was started in 1953 under the leadership of Rev. Ray-
mond Wildes. Ground was broken Easter Sunday. In September the
164 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
foundation and floor was poured and
by the end of 1953 all outside walls
were up. Because of a drought, con-
struction stopped until 1956. The
building was not quite finished, but the
Colquitt Association met there in 1956
to celebrate the churchs 50th Anniver-
sary.
Ministers who have gone out from
the church include R. T. Medders, Ar-
tis Patterson, Lee Roy Patterson and
Carl Sikes.
Rev. Billy Murphy is the present
pastor. A complete list of pastors since
joining the Mallary Association in
1961, is included in Appendix C.
Billy Murphy,
Pastor since August 20, 1981
CHAPTER XIII, WORTH COUNTY CHURCHES
165
NEW UNION
Organized, 1898; Entered Mallary Association, 1937
New Union Baptist Church
The New Union Baptist Church, located between Doles and Warwick
on State Road 313, was organized in 1898. On July 26, 1902, a deed for
two acres of land was given to the church by Mr. D. H. Davis. The deed
was given to Deacon Spencer B. Brown and witnessed by A. J. Davis and
W. H. Woodland. The land was to be used for a building for church ser-
vices, a school and for burial grounds adjoining. The building, including
the floor, was made of wide pine boards.
Two of the earliest pastors were Rev. Joe Davis and Rev. Floyd Hob-
by-
In the 1940s the church was remodeled, which included new outside
walls, ceiling, flooring and painting. Later in the 1950s, a more extensive
remodeling was accomplished. Four new Sunday School rooms were add-
ed and completely furnished with tables and chairs. A choir loft was built
and new pews purchased for the sanctuary.
This church is special. It is the only half-time church left in
Mallary Association. It is the only church that is not air conditioned. It
has out-door facilities. It has a rich heritage.
Dinner on the grounds are enjoyed at least twice a year, on Easter
Sunday and on Homecoming, the second Sunday in September.
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sea


R. B. Averett,
Pastor since July 10, 1966
Rev. R. B. Averett, pastor since
1966, has the second longest tenure in
the Mallary Association. He also
pastored from 1959 to 1963. A com-
plete list of pastors is included in Ap-
pendix C.
CHAPTER XIII, WORTH COUNTY CHURCHES 167
NORTHSIDE
Organized, 1957; Entered Mallary Association, 1957
Northside Baptist Church
A long felt need for a second Baptist Church in Sylvester began to
move toward reality on January 27, 1957, when a committee met with
Rev. and Mrs. W. A. McLemore for the purpose of securing his services
when a new church was organized. Forty-five interested workers and
friends met on January 31,1957, at the Womans Club to formulate plans
to organize the new church. Eighteen persons asked for membership that
night and became Charter Members.
Temporary officers were elected as follows: W. W. Cox, Sunday
School Superintendent; Harvey Ellis, Training Union Director; Francis
Jones, Church Clerk; Oris Thompson, Treasurer; and Mrs. E. J. Rigsby,
Pianist. Lawhornes Garage became the first meeting place, which was
rented for $50 per month. By March 27, the house across the street was
rented for Sunday School classes.
After meeting only two weeks, the first revival meeting was held
with Rev. Howard Merritt doing the preaching. The membership at that
time was thirty-one and twelve more were added during the meeting,
bringing the total to forty-three.
The five weeks old church was officially constituted on March 27,
1957 with seventy-eight members. The constituting coucil was composed
of Joe Frank Barton, Moderator, Ansley Jordan, Howard Merritt, J. W .
168 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Jenkins, Herman Howell, along with laymen, R. E. Bell, Sr., Walton
Ellis, and J. Gilchrist.
Mrs. N. G. Houston, Sr., gave a lot located on East Street, on which
to build a church sanctuary. Groundbreaking was held September 15,
1957 and construction began.
Clarence Ogletree was the first music director. Mrs. W. T. Britt was
the first WMU president and Robert Allen the first Brotherhood presi-
dent.
The first budget adopted by the church was $110 per week. A used
piano was given by the W. W. Cox family.
The new building was entered in December of 1957. Northside won
the percentage attendance banner for Training Union at M-Night in
1957.
In 1958 G. S. Walker, Jr., Bryon Golden and Harvey Ellis were or-
dained to the gospel ministry. The church was incorporated in 1959 and
borrowed $16,000 to complete the church building. The WMU donated
shrubbery in 1960, which was set out by Catos Nursery of Albany.
The Pastor, W. A. McLemore, resigned in March of 1960, and R. L.
Long was called to replace him. Bro. Long, began serving the fifth Sun-
day in May of 1960.
Mr. J. T. Gaissert and Mrs. J. M. Simpson, heirs of Miss Theresa
Gaissert, deeded the pastorium to the church in 1961.
Additional property was purchased in 1961 and was renovated to in-
clude a kitchen and social hall.
The pastorium on Isabella Street was sold in 1971 and later a house
was purchased on Sumner Street for a pastorium.
Northside was recognized by the Mallary Association as Church of
the Year, both in 1976 and 1977, the first church to be honored for two
consecutive years.
The church purchased a new site on Westberry Street in order to
relocate. The new building was completed and dedication services were
held in May of 1982.
Northside hosted the 99th Annual Meeting of the Mallary Associa-
tion in October in 1982.
A complete list of pastors is included in Appendix C.
CHAPTER XIII, WORTH COUNTY CHURCHES
169
PINE FOREST
Organized, 1894; Entered Mallary Association, 1895
Pine Forest Baptist Church
A group of people in the Pine Forest community decided to organize
a church and have a regular preacher. They met October 28,1894, at Hob-
by School House about % miles north of where the church is located.
They continued at the school until the church building was completed.
Rev. J. S. Fillyaw was the first pastor.
Services were held on Saturday and Sunday each month for about
one year. There were thirteen Charter Members.
The church was destroyed by fire on March 3, 1909. A new building
was completed in 1910.
Mr. D. F. Sumner was recognized in 1956 for having served as
Church Clerk for forty years.
The present building was built in 1958 under the leadership of
Pastor, Glenn Hobby. During Dexter Wilsons pastorate, 1950-54, a
building fund was set up. The WMS ladies did a beautiful job with land-
scaping. Dedication services were held on June 5, 1958.
Later, during Raiford Archers pastorate, the buildings were air con-
ditioned and carpeting and pew cushions were added.
An annex has been added. It is equipped with a kitchen and dining
facilities.
In 1973, Pine Forest was the only Church of the Year in Mallary
170 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Association and was so recognized by
James Pelham, director of missions at
the Annual Meeting, held at Northside
Baptist Church.
In 1979, Pine Forest hosted the
Annual Meeting of Mallary Associa-
tion. A delicious barbecue meal was
served to those in attendance.
Mallary, a pig grown by one of the
members was killed and barbequed for
the occasion.
Dexter Wilson returned in 1971 as
pastor. A complete list of pastors is in-
cluded in Appendix C.
Dexter Wilson,
Pastor since November 21, 1971
CHAPTER XIII, WORTH COUNTY CHURCHES
171
PINE HILL
Organized, 1910; Entered Mallary Association, 1926
Pine Hill Baptist Church
A Missionary Baptist Church was organized near Pine Hill School,
February 19, 1910, with J. R. Ballinger, P. R. Jones and G. L. Cook ac-
ting as presbytery. The name of Pine Hill Baptist Church was chosen by
the twelve members. Pine Hill was a branch of Pine Forest Baptist
Church.
Services were held in a tent until a building was constructed. Rev. J.
A. Cox was called as pastor. The church affiliated with the Mell Associa-
tion. Services were held one Saturday and Sunday each month. The
church did not go to services every Sunday until about 1958. The new
church building was dedicated in 1923.
Pine Hill united with the Mallary Association in 1926.
Sunday School rooms were built in 1953 and a dedication service was
held in October.
Men ordained to the ministry from Pine Hill include, A. L. Young,
1911, Thomas R. Eason, 1949, Donald Mitchell, 1954 and R. B. Averett,
1955.
The years from 1964 to 1980 were very constructive years at Pine
Hill, projects to remodel the church, add an annex with bathrooms, pur-
chase a van, begin a cemetery with a chain link fence, new heating and
cooling equipment, new song books and other items were completed.
172 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Rev. Donnie Wright of Tifton is
the present pastor. A complete list of
pastors is included in Appendix C.
Donnie Wright,
Pastor since April 18, 1982
CHAPTER XIII, WORTH COUNTY CHURCHES
173
POULAN
Organized, 1903; Entered Mallary Association, 1904
Poulan Baptist Church
Minutes of the Mallary Association indicate that Poulan Baptist
Church was organized in May, 1903. An associational missionary from
South Carolina, a Rev. Langford, helped with the organization.
Mr. C. A. Alford of Willingham donated heavily wooded land upon
which the first church building was built by D. A. McGirt. The timber on
the land provided material for the building. The timber was cut and saw-
ed at the sawmill of J. B. Charles, a Roman Catholic. He did the work
without charge and even donated some additional lumber. Others giving
lumber were Tom Robinson and Eric Robinson, brothers of Mrs. V. C.
Hardage. Mr. Peckron, Superintendent of the Poulan Cotton Mill, and
Mrs. Peckron also gave to the building. They were from Massachusetts.
Mr. Pate, a furniture dealer from Sylvester, donated the pulpit fur-
niture. The building was completed in 1906.
Rev. R. B. Taylor was the first pastor. He was also pastor of the
Sylvester church. Services were held at Poulan on Sunday afternoons.
Following Rev. Taylor, C. W. Stitt was called as pastor and services were
held on Sundays, morning and evening. Mr. Stitt was a teacher at
Shingler.
The first deacons were W. C. Underwood, a turpentine operator and
later a teacher in Sylvester, H. D. Hansford and A. H. Callaway.
174 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
The first member received into the church was Miss Pearle Chapman.
The membership was 19 in 1906.
A tornado destroyed the first building in 1952. The present building
was built while Walter M. Carter was pastor.
Ministers ordained to the ministry by Poulan are: Delton Collins,
1955, W. T. Altman, Jr., 1967 and Wayne Gresham, 1970.
The Wayne Greshams left December 9, 1970 for the Philippines to
serve as Southern Baptist Missionaries. Mrs. Gresham is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Julious Aultman, Sr.
Marvin Miller and Herman Williams each served as Moderator of
Mallary Association while serving as pastor of Poulan.
Ralph Willis served eight years as Training Union Director of the
Association, the longest of any other Training Union Director.
Eben Carson, now pastor of First Baptist Church, Jesup, Georgia,
was pastor from 1978 to 1983. During his ministry additional property
was purchased, educational building remodeled, and long-range master
plan adopted.
Rob Nordan, Minister of Music and Education, began serving May
17, 1981. Poulan reported 312 resident members and an average Sunday
School attendance of 165 in 1982, the highest ever reported in these two
categories.
A complete list of pastors is included in Appendix C.
CHAPTER XIII, WORTH COUNTY CHURCHES
175
RED OAK
Organized, 1854; Entered Mallary Association, 1921
Red Oak Baptist Church
The Red Oak Baptist Church was constituted on November 5, 1854
in the Doles Community of Worth County. Charter members were Mr.
and Mrs. R. D. Sinclair, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. W. Head, Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Tanner, Mr. W. G. Rhodes, Luerana Brown, Mr. and Mrs. John
Williams, Richard R. Conner, Holly R. Gaughf, Thomas Aldridge, Larkin
Joiner and Warren Dykes, who served as Moderator.
The first building was thirty feet by forty feet and constructed of
hewn logs on Lot 90 in the 16th District of Worth County, Georgia. The
land was a gift by Mike Champion. On the land stood many huge red oak
trees, which gave the founders the inspiration for the name of this new
church.
Red Oak joined the Houston Association in 1855. The report for that
year included twenty-two baptisms, two received by letter, making a
total of thirty-one members of which eight were black.
. The first known pastor was G. C. Powell in 1857. That year Red Oak
sent $1.00 to Foreign Missions and $2.75 to Domestic Missions. By 1879
the church membership had grown to one hundred and nine.
A second building was constructed near the site of the old log church
and had wooden shutters and doors, but no windows or ceiling. The pre-
sent building is the third one constructed and dates to about 1890. It was
several years later that it was painted and not until 1940 that it was
176 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
wired for electricity. Nine Sunday
School rooms were added in 1957,
while Allison Carlock was pastor. A
year later under the leadership of a new
pastor, Russell Thornton, services
were held every Sunday for the first
time.
The present building was again
remodeled in 1964 and 1965. A
vestibule, pulpit, carpet, pews and cen-
tral heat and air conditioning were add-
ed during the pastorate of Bill
Bodenhamer.
While Grady Morey was pastor,
the pulpit area was enlarged and a bap-
Ray Dell, tistry was installed. A fellowship hall
Pastor since June 17, 1979 was added adjacent to the main church
building connected by a covered walkway.
The Sunday School was organized in 1893 and the WMU in 1899.
BYPU was active in 1920.
The church left Houston Association and became a member of the
Mallary Association in 1921. The Mallary Association met at Red Oak in
its annual meeting in 1946.
Highlights of the church include men who were ordained into the
gospel ministry. These men were ordained by Red Oak as follows:
Isaac Hobby, December 25, 1859
J. Floyd Hobby, December 6, 1915
Glenn Hobby, May 20, 1956
Ray Dell, the present pastor began serving in 1979. A complete list of
pastors since 1921 is carried in Appendix C.
CHAPTER XIII, WORTH COUNTY CHURCHES
177
SALEM
Organized, 1886; Entered Mallary Association, 1898
Salem Baptist Church
Salem Baptist Church, located in the Red Rock Community of Worth
County, was organized September 18,1886, by Rev. Ike Hobby and Rev.
I. M. Champion. Services were held monthly on the fourth Saturday and
Sunday. The first services were held in a two room building about a mile
east of the present church location.
Ernest Courtny gave four acres of land at the present site and a
building was put up in 1888. This building became too small and in 1903
a large wooden building was constructed.
Under the leadership of pastor, W. T. Bodenhammer, the church
began having services on the second and fourth Sundays in 1948. The
church began having services every Sunday in 1956, when George E.
Granade was pastor.
The present sanctuary, a beautiful brick building, modern and air
conditioned, was completed in July, 1962. The educational building was
added in 1975. The sanctuary was remodeled and enlarged in 1970. The
educational building was enlarged in 1973. A beautiful stained glass win-
dow with the figure of Christ in sparkling colors graces the sanctuary
behind the pulpit and choir area above the baptistry.
During the ministry of Rev. Raymond Akridge, a full Southern Bap-
tist Program was started.
178 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
New padded pews, carpeting, public address system and other items
have been provided, making Salem one of the most beautiful small chur-
ches in Mallary Association.
Salems most recent pastor, B. J. Wilburn, served from 1978-1982.
A complete list of pastors is carried in Appendix C.
CHAPTER XIII, WORTH COUNTY CHURCHES 179
SHINGLER
Organized, 1916; Entered Mallary Association, 1923
Shingler Baptist Church
Shingler Baptist Church was organized November 17, 1916. It is
located in Land Lot No. 19, Block 16, in the little town of Shingler, which
is unincorporated. The land was purchased for $200.00 from Mrs. J. E.
Evans by Mr. O. A. Bozeman, a
deacon, and his successors in office.
The church minutes prior to Oc-
tober, 1947, have been misplaced, thus
the charter members cannot be named.
Mrs. Beulah Houston, the last remain-
ing charter member passed away in
1972.
Pastors serving the church since
1947 were, R. W. Jenkins, H. E.
Phillips, P. L. Branch, William L.
Wood, Wallace Willis, Grady Jones,
Horace Harvey, Larry Ford, H. A.
Green, Wallace Willis (a second time),
Rufus Monk, Gerald Sadler and the
present pastor, Larry Layfield.
Pastor since October 17, 1982
Larry Layfield,
180 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Preaching services were held on the second and fourth Sundays with
Sunday School and Training Union every Sunday until few years ago.
The church meets every Sunday for worship now.
At present (1982 Minutes) there are 36 members and a Sunday
School enrollment of 23. The church is making a comeback after
several years of decline.
A complete list of pastors is carried in Appendix C.
CHAPTER XIII, WORTH COUNTY CHURCHES 181
SUMNER
Organized, 1881; Entered Mallary Association, 1886
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Sumner Baptist Church
On the fourth Sabbath Morning in May, 1881, a large group gathered
at Sumner Station, Worth County, Georgia to constitute a Missionary
Baptist Church in Sumner. Elder J. C. Bass preached the sermon.
Brother Bass from Bowen Association and P. R. Jones of Houston
Association were Moderator and Clerk of the Presbytery.
New members received at the constituting service included Y. A. J.
Jones and Lusettia Jones, his wife, and Sisters Mary A. Jones, Jane A.
Jones, Mary A. L. Jones and Brother Oscar R. Jones from Evergreen.
Meetings of the church were set for the fourth Sabbath and day
before in each month. The name was voted on in June, 1881, to be
Sumner Missionary Baptist Church.
P. R. Jones was called in July, 1881, as the first official pastor. In
1883 the church pledged $20.00 for the pastors salary.
The church met in a brush arbor during its early years. All activities
had to be halted in rainy and cold weather. Services continued in the
brush arbor until 1886, when arrangements were made with the trustees
of Sumner Academy to hold services there. A building committee began
working and a new church building was entered on the third Sabbath,
March, 1888.
182 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Sumner became a member of the
Houston Association in 1883. It was in
1886 that Sumner changed to the
Mallary Association.
Sunday School began at Sumner in
1886. Both Brotherhood and
Sisterhood (WMU) are mentioned
working early in the history of the
church, but the exact date is unknown.
The inside of the church was finish-
ed out in 1889. A belfry was built in
1890 and a bell purchased in 1894. Sun-
day School rooms were built, a kitchen
added and other renovations were
made from 1949-1960.
The first man ordained to the
ministry was Rex Whiddon on Novem-
Freddy White, ber 12, 1942. In 1955 Janis McCrary
Pastor since November 28, 1982 dedicated her life to fulltime Christian
Service while a student at Norman College. In 1956 God called her for a
greater service. She was killed in an automobile accident in Norman Park.
The church celebrated her Centennial on the fourth Sunday in May of
1981, with a large crowd attending. Rev. Harold Covey led the church in
a new period of growth in all organizations. The Mallary Association
recognized Sumner as Church of the Year in 1981.
Freddie White, the present pastor, began serving in November, 1982.
A complete list of pastors is carried in Appendix C.
CHAPTER XIII, WORTH COUNTY CHURCHES 183
UNION
Organized, 1862; Entered Mallary Association, 1883
Union Baptist Church
Union Baptist Church was constituted in the home of Mrs.
Temperance Wingate in 1862, by Rev. William W. Holamon. Located in
the Southwest comer of Worth County, it was the first Missionary Bap-
tist Church in Worth County, south of the railroad. Services were held on
the front porch of the Wingate home until a log building was erected
about 1875.
The Sunday School was organized in 1878, making it the first south
of the Railroad.
The log building was pulled down and a frame building was erected in
the 1880s. A. W. Thompson came to the church as pastor in 1903 and
baptized sixty-five persons into the membership, the first year. Feeling
the need for a larger building, a larger, well built, comfortable house was
constructed in 1905. This building burned in 1943 and the present brick
building was erected. T. H. Wilder was pastor at the time and the church
membership had grown to one hundred and three resident members and
forty-eight non-resident members for a total of one hundred and fifty-one.
Baptist Training Union began about 1940 and Womans Missionary
Union about 1943.
In 1950, five Sunday School rooms and a baptistry were added to the
present building. A. W. Thompson was pastor. In 1956 a pastorium was
184 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Curtis Whitman,
Pastor February 8, 1981
July 10, 1983
built while Joe Holden was pastor.
In 1962 a half-acre of land was pur-
chased and a deep well was dug. The
same year on the fourth Sunday in
November the Centennial celebration
was held. W. W. Goins was pastor at
the time.
Philip Newton began his tenure as
pastor in June of 1965 and served until
his retirement in 1980. Curtis Whit-
man served from Feb. 8, 1981 through
July 10, 1983.
A complete list of pastors is car-
ried in Appendix C.
CHAPTER XIII, WORTH COUNTY CHURCHES 185
UNITY
Organized, 1973; Entered Mallary Association, 1973
Unity Baptist Church
On January 25, 1973 a group of seventy-seven concerned people met
to have an open discussion and testimony regarding the possibilities of
beginning a new work in the Sylvester area. The people voted to organize
a church. Officers and church leaders were elected and the temporary
name of Unity Baptist selected at this
meeting.
The first service was held on
January 28, 1973, in a building owned
by Jack Mayo, near Gordy. Charter
Membership of the church was one
hundred and two.
The church rented a building on
Highway 82 owned by Story and Pate
Realtors as the temporary meeting
place. Unity was retained as the per-
manent name of the church.
On March 7, 1973 Ed McGee was
called as the first pastor. By April 1,
the Sunday School enrollment was one
Pastor since August 13,1982 hundred, forty-four.
Roy Burdette,
186 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Property on the east side of Sylvester, formerly a restaurant, was
purchased for the church. It was remodeled and became the log cabin
church. Later an annex was built with Sunday School rooms and a
fellowship hall.
The present pastor, Roy Burdette, began serving, Aug. 13, 1982. A
complete list of pastors is included in Appendix C.
SECTION IV, STATISTICAL INFORMATION
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1936 Thundering Spr. J. S. Winn_W. G. Paul___W. R. White_______J. C. Grimes
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192 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
APPENDIX B
Year Churches
SELECTED STATISTICS
Total Sunday School Gifts to
Members Baptisms Enrollment Missions
1883
1884
1885
7
12
13
234
644
723
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124
126
129
1886
1887
1888
16
18
19
926
996
1,045
104
99
62
153
194
325
1889
1890
1891
20
21
21
1,260
1,292
118
62
83
264
210
346
1892
1893
1894
21
21
18
1,426
1,380
1,236
70
114
72
264
184
180
1895
1896
1897
19
19
19
1,257
1,306
1,410
21
53
64
274
280
333
1898
1899
1900
24
26
26
1,660
1,744
1,810
95
102
84
459
672
577
1901
1902
1903
26
24
24
1,723
1,306
1,727
83
92
122
1,273
574
250
1904
1905
1906
24
24
26
1,989
2,044
1,686
103
112
117
427
457
356
1907
1908
1909
25
28
27
1,787
1,842
1,896
97
114
136
1,121
1,275
2,184
2,496
1910
1911
1912
28
25
25
2,312
2,079
2,147
103
123
100
1,165
1,416
1,388
1,613
3,805
3,651
1913
1914
1915
23
23
23
2,290
2,388
2,523
166
173
159
1,604
1,365
1,650
3,031
2,592
1,978
1916
1917
1918
23
24
24
2,661
2,807
2,975
168
108
1,757
1,719
1,600
2,248
3,641
4,937
1919
1920
1921
24
24
23
3,124
3,228
3,320
174
101
206
2,149
9,204
17,566
8,392
1922
1923
1924
25
26
26
3,829
4,050
4,372
207
252
251
2,678
2,140
11,199
9,178
8,513
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Year Churches
Total
Members
Baptisms
Sunday School
Enrollment
Gifts to
Mission
1925
1926
1927
26
27
27
4,458
4,753
4,703
218
180
162
2,416
2,449
2,888
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7,720
1928
1929
1930
27
27
28
4,507
4,552
4,642
108
193
236
2,762
3,039
10,617
8,329
7,129
1931
1932
1933
27
28
27
4,835
5,045
5,113
210
231
249
3,235
3,201
3,193
7,276
5,865
4,478
1934
1935
1936
28
28
28
5,106
5,290
5,403
162
164
148
3,452
3,084
2,953
7,571
4,435
4,929
1937
1938
1939
28
28
28
5,312
5,527
5,702
130
218
215
2,762
2,811
2,459
4,753
4,410
4,643
1940
1941
1942
27
27
27
5,689
5,940
6,067
185
219
180
2,815
2,643
2,579
5,007
5,182
6,557
1943
1944
1945
28
28
28
6,198
6,414
6,638
118
252
231
2,409
2,727
3,117
8,658
13,021
17,093
1946
1947
1948
28
28
29
6,802
7,128
7,436
217
192
295
3,458
4,060
4,608
24,524
28,829
28,579
1949
1950
1951
29
29
29
7,738
8,262
8,612
233
481
383
5,270
5,987
6,288
31,463
30,074
33,933
1952
1953
1954
29
29
31
9,073
9,460
10,280
310
340
515
6,520
6,856
8,646
36,844
34,365
39,689
1955
1956
1957
32
33
34
9,952
10,751
10,934
577
598
440
9,145
9,047
9,193
42,001
50,813
56,466
1958
1959
1960
35
37
40
11,992
12,716
13,991
732
601
679
9,312
10,090
10,885
64,224
66,788
76,928
1961
1962
1963
42
42
44
14,557
15,220
15,578
735
529
664
12,209
11,792
12,340
80,227
99,714
98,277
1964
1965
1966
44
44
45
16,249
16,489
16,801
641
515
669
12,321
12,582
12,252
124,309
120,542
135,750
194 HISTORY OP THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Year Churches
Total
Members
Baptisms
Sunday School
Enrollment
Gifts to
Missions
1967
1968
1969
45
45
46
17,362
17,462
18,262
663
600
686
12,315$ 144,141
12,373 164,400
12,397 181,022
1970
1971
1972
46
46
46
18,451
18,866
19,909
652
591
1,095
11,925
12,005
12,559
194,949
194,792
232,955
1973
1974
1975
45
45
44
19,950
20,468
20,824
721
836
746
12,252
12,679
12,762
312,087
283,005
261,113
1976
1977
1978
42
42
42
20,003
20,994
21,412
706
688
510
12,954
14,234
13,658
297,042
367,025
394,168
1979
1980
1981
1982
42
42
42
43
21,818
22,376
22,753
23,458
607
745
719
793
13,196
13,175
13,189
13,904
464,021
539,578
625,435
697,354
APPENDIX C
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APPENDIX C
CHURCHES AND THEIR PASTORS
ALPHA: J. W. Jenkins, 1966-67, 68-71; Dallas Bell, 1967-68; Morris
Harp, 1968, 1971; Robert W. Gault, 1973-75; Ray Dell, 1975-77; Billy
Murphy, 1977-78; Harold Covey, 1978; and Louis Y. Grindle, Jr., 1978-
ANTIOCH: A. L. Young, 1909-12; P. U. Waters, 1912-22, 45-46; W. J.
Adair, 1922, 27-29, 33-36; R. M. Hall, 1922-24; J. J. Davis, 1924-27; Perry
L. Branch, 1929-32; R. L. Robinson, 1936-37; A. W. Green, 1938-44, 46;
William Davis, 1946-47; A. J. Zimmerman, 1948-55; George E. Robinson,
1955- 56; Caris J. Sheffield, 1956-58; Cecil Leverette, 1958; and W. H.
Adams, 1958-
BEACON: John T. Dudley, 1965-67, 74-81; Chester B. Free, 1968-71;
Mack Sadler, 1972; Ted Vick, 1973; Ronald P. Wildes, 1982-
BETHEL: P. R. Jones, 1885-86; H. V. Golden, 1887-88; R. L. Rachals,
1889-91; I. Long, 1891-92; S. G. Burges, 1893-95, 1899-1900, 04; H. W.
Sullivan, 1896-97, 1905; J. L. Milner, 1898; D. A. Mashburn, 1902; J. S.
Williams, 1907; L. H. Crenshaw, 1908-12; P. U. Waters, 1913-23, 26-27,
33-35, 40-48; L. F. Crenshaw, 1919; W. J. Adair, 1928-32; T. H. Wilder,
1936-38; Olif Barfield, 1939; H. E. Phillips, Jr., 1949-62; Robert Hughes,
1964-66; William L. Veale, 1967-72; Joseph Shank, 1972-74; Ernest Gurr,
1975-79; William A. Suggs, Jr., 1982-
BRIDGEBORO: J. B. Pickern, 1930-33; B. F. Barbee, 1934-35; Frank
Pickern, 1936; R. Marvin Jones, 1937-39; W. Harvey Wages, 1940-46; R.
W. Jenkins, 1947-50; Vernon E. Grimes, 1951; Byron Nelson, 1953; E. A.
Shaw, 1954-55; W. G. Tyson, 1956-69; Hewlett Maples, 1970-71; Preston
Taylor, 1971-72; Johnny Richter, 1973-78; Bill Mayhew, 1978-83
BYNE MEMORIAL: O. T. Moncrief, 1910-12; Lee McB. White, 1913-14;
Rev. McMahon, 1915-16; H. H. Parrish, 1917; J. S. Claxton, 1918-20; R.
J. OBryant, 1921; C. B. Glaize, 1922; E. M. Altman, 1923-28; E. M.
Palmer, 1928-29; R. D. Dodd, 1930-31; J. S. Winn, 1932-35; G. A. Cooper,
1936-40, 45-47; Henry Mangum, 1941-42; Hugh Dozier, 1943-44; C. R.
Pittard, 1948-61; G. Merrill Meadows, 1962-65; E. A. Abbott, 1966-78;
and Michael G. McBride, 1979-
CALVARY: H. C. Chance, 1955; T. F. Callaway, 1955-56; J. R. Whiddon,
1956- 59; J. O. Griffith, 1960-61; Tom W. Harrell, 1962-63; H. Clayton
Silas, 1964-71; Russell Anglin, 1971-73; L. N. Scarbrough, 1974-75; John
T. Lanier, 1976-81; and John W. Fain, 1981-
CENTRAL: Leonard A. Stephens, 1959-68; W. Rodney Stamey, 1968-74;
Gene T. Bowman, 1976-82; and Julian West, 1983-
EAST ALBANY: U. A. Moss, 1948-49; Lonnie D. Tyner, Sr., 1949-52; E.
L. Lewis, 1954-56; W. M. Dunagan, 1958-59; W. Judson Lecroy, 1959-61;
Bobby Stripling, 1962-63; A. B. Thomas, 1964-65; Delton Collins,
1966-67; Riley H. George, 1967-68; and Robert Hughes, 1969-
EVERGREEN: P. U. Waters, 1917-20, 34-35; C. E. Walters, 1921-30; R.
Q. Whittle, 1930-31; J. F. Hobby, 1931-34; J. A. Love, 1935-38; W. J.
Brown, 1938-41; W. Harvey Wages, 1941-48; R. W. Jenkins, 1948-50; N.
196 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
D. Freeman, 1960-56; W. G. Tyson, 1966-62; R. L. McCorvey, 1962;
Lowell G. Schramm, 1964; Ray Dell, 1965-67; Edwin Bass, 1968-82, and
Grady Morey, 1982-
FAITH: E. L. Lewis, 1966-76 and A. R. Wilbourn, 1976-
FIRST ACREE: (New Prospect) H. V. Golden, 1886, 1888, 1891; P. R.
Jones, 1887; W. E. Shepard, 1889; G. Tom West, 1892-96; W. O. Darsey,
1897; J. L. Milner, 1898-99; (Acree) J. L. Milner, 1900-01; T. N. Coleman,
1902; E. H. Shingler, 1903-14; J. R. Ballinger, 1915; M. L. Lawson,
1917-1918; J. H. Wyatt, 1922; W. J. Adair, 1923-36; J. A. Love, 1937-38;
P. U. Waters, 1939-45; Robert N. Sides, 1946-47; Herman Howell, 1948;
L. R. Thomas, 1949-54; Robert C. Black, 1955-56; Robert E. Bowen,
1957-59; W. Vareen Clark, 1960; J. C. Doss, 1961-65; Jack Fryer, 1967-69;
W. Neal Hager, 1970-72; Malvin Miller, 1972-74; Cecil Clegg, 1974-78;
Andrew J. Hollinger, 1979-80; and Charles Fisher, 1981-
FIRST ALBANY: J. L. Lloyd, 1884; W. B, Dix, 1885; E. E. Folk,
1887-88; B. D. Ragsdale, 1889; E. B. Carroll, 1890-94; P. F. Crawford,
1895; J. J. Bennett, 1896-97; B. W. Davis, 1898-1900; W. L. Richards,
1902-09; Lamar Sims, 1911-19; James Allen Smith, 1920; James B.
Turner, 1922-26; Cecil V. Cook, 1927-28; W. Raleigh White, 1930-42;
Leonard A. Stephens, 1943-58; Brooks Ramsey, 1959-62; Perry F. Webb,
Jr., 1964-75; Bill Nichols, 1976-81; and Dan W. Hodges, 1983-
FIRST LEESBURG: (Leesburg) J. L. Underwood, 1884-87; L. W. Par-
rott, 1888-90; W. H. Norton, 1891-94; W. L. Cutts, 1896-1900; B. A.
Geiger, 1901-02; P. A. Jessup, 1903-05; J. A. Ivey, 1906-15; Paul Price,
1916; R. L. Bivins, 1917; Claude Bridges, 1918-19; J. H. Wyatt, 1920-23;
(Callaway Memorial) J. H. Wyatt, 1923-24; W. M. Burns, 1925; John R.
Joyner, 1926-28; J. E. Dupree, 1929-33; J. C. Grimes, 1934-36; (Leesburg)
Willis Freeman, 1960-61; Bobby Moye, 1962-69; B. W. Harmon, 1970-72;
Kelly Pritchett, 1972-77; and Thomas Roberson, 1978-
FIRST PUTNEY: Lester D. Smith, 1963-64; W. R. Crews, 1965-66; Bob-
by Musselwhite, 1967-69; Kenneth Cloud, 1969-70; Johnny R. Boyd,
1971-77; and J. B. Redd, 1977-
FIRST SYLVESTER: G. Tom West, 1892-93; F. T. Snell, 1893; J. M.
Champion, 1893-94; W. A. Crumbly, 1894-95; P. A. Jessup, 1895,
1899-1903; W. O. Darsey, 1895-96; A. C. Wellons, 1897-99; H. L.
Crumley, 1903-05; R. B. Taylor, 1906-08; J. A. Reiser, 1909-15; M. L.
Lawson, 1916-24; E. L. Baskin, 1924-44; Chester M. Savage, 1944-45;
Gower Latimer, 1946-59; Milton C. Gardner, Jr., 1960-63; John C.
Tucker, 1964-67; Allen N. Stickney, 1967-70; Paschal Gilley, Jr., 1971-74;
Paul Mason, 1974-76; Ray Simpson, 1976-79; Earnest Pirkle, 1979-
GILLIONVILLE FOREST: John Lanier, 1981-
GORDY-NEW BETHEL: (New Bethel) P. R. Jones, 1888-92; G. Tom
West, 1893-97; S. J. Hargroves, 1899; A. B. Hawkes, 1900; E. H.
Shingler, 1902-03; S. J. McLeod, 1904-05; W. W. Mabry, 1906-07; R. B.
Taylor, 1908-09; A. C. Wellons, 1910-11; V. T. Johnson, 1912-13; B. W.
Davis, 1914; J.I.D. Miller, 1917-18; O. G. Ott, 1919; B. F. Barbee,
1920-23, 30-32; S. J. Akers, 1925; J. G. Stodghill, 1927; J. A. Love,
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1928-29; J. F. Hobby, 1934-36, 38; E. G. Carter, 1937; R. Marvin Jones,
1939; J. Ansley Jordan, 1940-44; W. L. Pitts, 1945, 47; Paul Swafford,
1946; Artis Patterson, 1948, 52; E. W. Golden, 1949-50; David D. Liles,
1951; Howard B. Merritt, 1953-56; Johnny W. Howard, 1957-60; Buford
L. Pittman, 1961-63; (Gordy) W. W. Mabry, 1908; J. D. Corley, 1909-11;
C. D. Carter, 1912; J. G. Corley, 1913; G. T. Jennings, 1915; W. L. Culber-
son, 1917; W. F. Hinsley, 1918-19; J. F. Hobby, 1919-20; M. L. Lawson,
1923; C. E. Vines, 1925-26; C. E. Walters, 1927; W. J. Adair, 1928-29; C.
W. Willis, 1930-33; T. H. Wilder, 1934-37; R. L. Robinson, 1938; R. Mar-
vin Jones, 1939; P. L. Branch, 1940; Olif Barfield, 1941; A. W. Green,
1942-44; John W. Parker, 1945-46; Sidney L. Combs, 1947; H. E. Phillips,
Jr., 1948-52; Artis Patterson, 1953; Lonnie D. Tyner, Sr., 1954-57;
Herbert Mercer, 1958-59; Norman McDuffie, 1960; Buford L. Pittman,
1961- 63; (Gordy-New Bethel) Buford L. Pittman, 1964-67; Bill Miller,
1968-69; Ernest L. Gurr, 1970-74; Chefa Hathcock, 1974-76; J. Oliver
Leath, 1976-
ISABELLA: H. V. Golden, 1889; W. J. Sullivan, 1890; R. L. Rachals,
1891-92; F. L. Wimberly, 1893; J. L. Milner, 1895-96; S. E. Blitch,
1897-98; J. F. Culpepper, 1899; W. A. Mabry, 1900; E. H. Shingler, 1902,
1904-05; W. H. Norton, 1903; J. T. Roberts, 1906; P. F. Poston, 1908; J.
W. Smith, 1909-10; J. A. Reiser, 1911; A. L. Young, 1912; P. U. Waters,
1913-14; M. L. Lawson, 1917; B. F. Barbee, 1918-20, 30-31; A. C. Camp,
1923-25; C. W. Willis, 1926-28; A. G. Ott, 1929; P. L. Branch, 1932-33; W.
J. Adair, 1934-36; A. W. Green, 1937-42; C. C. Owen, 1943; W. Harvey
Wages, 1945-46; W. R. Bass, 1947-48; Ralph Beasley, 1949; E. W.
Golden, 1950-51; Artis Patterson, 1952-53; T.O. Morris, 1954-57; James
Tisdel, 1958-59; Chefa Hathcock, 1960-61; Dexter Wilson, 1962-63;
Charles C. Baker, 1964-65; Horace C. Harvey, Jr., 1966-67; Ira Crump,
1969; W. G. Tyson, 1971-82; and W. R. Payne, 1983-
KINCHAFOONEE: Dallas Bell, 1968-70; Bobby Sheffield, 1970-72;
Morris Harp, 1972-74; I. H. Bazhaw, 1974-78; Frank Hughes, 1979-81;
William E. Kammin, 1981-82; and Donny Nix, 1982-
LAKESIDE: R. E. Riddle, 1960-61; R. A. Bowen, 1961; Jack Clark,
1962- 63; Alvin Bush, 1963-65; Raymond Akridge, 1965-69; John T.
Parker, 1969-72, 73-78; Robert E. Ferrell, 1972-73; Roy McCulley, 1979;
Morris Davis, 1980-83.
LIBERTY HILL: R. Q. Whittle, 1932-33; W. J. Brown, 1934; J. A. Love,
1935; B. L. Bond, 1936-39; Jack Bridges, 1940; T. H. Wilder, 1941-45; N.
D. Freeman, 1946-49; J. A. Parker, 1950; George E. Robinson, 1951-52;
James W. Jarrell, 1953-54; Raymond Wildes, 1955; Earl Smith, 1956-57;
A. H. Brock, 1958-60; J. O. McClung, 1961-62; Willie G. Brown, 1963-67;
Buford L. Pittman, 1968-69; David Pickard, 1970-72; Ray Dell, 1972-75;
Jack Doyle, 1976-81; Michael Fisher, 1981-82; and W. G. Tyson, 1982-
MERCEDES: A. M. Mash, 1954-56; E. A. Shaw, 1956-58; W. Truitt Ken-
drick, 1958-64; Fred McCoy, 1970-74; Terry Rice, 1976-77; W. L. Barnes,
1978-79; J. E. Frazier, 1980-81; and Russell Anglin, 1964-70, 1981-
NEW HOPE: Erie L. McMichen, 1961-63; David A. Stokes, 1964-66;
Fred Smithwick, 1967-68; W. L. Brown, 1968-69; W. H. Hodges, 1969; D.
198 HISTORY OP THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
E. Beasley, 1970-71; L. R. Patterson, 1971-72; Tony Mooney, 1971; Ralph
Hobbs, 1972; Steve Johnson, 1972-78; Harold Tillery, 1979-80; and Billy
Murphy, 1981-
NEW UNION: A. W. Green, 1937-40; 43, 46; Jack Hathcock, 1941;
Charles Davis, 1942; Arthur Zimlen, 1944; A. J. Zimmerman, 1947-49; W.
H. Woodard, 1950-51; T. 0. Morris, 1952-54; Bob Farrell, 1955; Caris J.
Sheffield, 1956-57; Bob Mathis, 1958; H. C. Harvey, Jr. 1965; R. B.
Averett, 1959-64, 66-
NORTHSIDE: W. A. McLemore, 1957-60; R. Lee Long, 1960-64; Dexter
Wilson, 1964-68; Ralph E. Smith, 1968-71; Charles Houston, 1971-73;
Howard Pickles, 1973-75; David Pickard, 1975-80; and Ed McGee,
1980-82.
PINE FOREST: J. S. Fillyaw, 1895-98, 1903-05; George F. Clark,
1899-1902, 10, 23; C.E. Walters, 1906; C. D. Carter, 1907-08; V. T.
Johnson, 1912-13; G. T. Hunt, 1914; A. G. Ott, 1915; W. F. Hinsley,
1917-19; T. W. Branch, 1920; W. J. Adair, 1924-26; C. W. Willis, 1927-29;
J. J. Boswell, 1930-35; J. A. Love, 1936; T. H. Matthews, 1938; L. B.
Allen, 1938-41; D. C. Rainey, 1942-44; J. A. McKeithen, 1946; Sidney L.
Combs, 1947; W. J. Brown, 1948; W. C. Robinson, 1949; H. E. Sims,
1954; John Lane, 1955; Glenn V. Hobby, 1956-64; Raiford Archer,
1964-71; and Dexter Wilson, 1950-54, 71-
PINE HILL: J. A. Love, 1926-27, 35-38; T. H. Matthews, 1928-29, 40-41;
L. B. Allen, 1930-32, 34, 45-46; J. F. Hobby, 1933-34; Olif Barfield, 1939;
W. Harvey Wages, 1941-44; J. A. West, 1947-49; W. J. Williams, 1950; J.
Frank Baker, Jr., 1951; A. W. Thompson, 1952-55; Paul Bennett,
1956-58; W. J. Ellis, 1960-61; George Willis, 1962-63; S. J. Calhoun,
1964- 69; Roy McCulley, 1969-72; Carlton Goddard, 1972-73; L. E. Pitts,
1974-82; and Donnie Wright, 1982-
POULAN: T. E. Farmer, 1905; R. B. Taylor, 1907; C. W. Stitt, 1908; J.
W. Smith, 1909-10; A. L. Young, 1911; R. F. Kersey, 1912-13; J. H.
Webb, 1914; G. T. Hunt, 1915; George F. Clark, 1917, 22-27; G. F. Claud,
1918; F. M. Blalock, 1919-20; J. B. Pate, 1925; C. W. Willis, 1928-33,
35-36; N. C. Green, 1934; E. G. Carter, 1937; H. B. Shepherd, 1938-39;
York Chambliss, 1940; J. Ansley Jordan, 1941-43; N. D. Freeman,
1944-49; H. E. Rogers, 1950; W. H. Woodard, 1951; Robert McDearmid,
1952, 55; L. M. Potts, 1953; J. W. Jenkins, 1954, 57-58; Raymond Wildes,
1956; Jimmy Mulkey, 1959-62; Robert C. Black, 1964; Allen E. Bates,
1965- 66; Donald Smith, 1967-69; Malvin Miller, 1970-72; Herman
Williams, 1973-78; Eben Carson, 1978-83
RADIUM SPRINGS: Tommie L. Jones, 1964-68; Glenn V. Hobby,
1969-74; W. B. Milton, Sr., 1975-80; and Creig Kelly, 1980-
RALEIGH WHITE: J. A. Love, 1943-44; C. C. Hurst, 1945-46; H. P.
Nelson, 1947; U. A. Moss, 1948; W. A. McLemore, 1949-50; A. B.
Thomas, 1951-53; H. Cecil Chance, 1954; J. B. Coston, 1955-60; W.
Vareen Clark, 1960-64; Norman R. Waldrip 1964-69; Williams W. Goins,
1969-70; Buford L. Pittman, 1970-73; Charles Pollock, 1973-75; and R. P.
Tomberlin, 1975-
APPENDIX C
199
RED OAK: B. F. Barbee, 1922-31, 36-40; M. F. Reeves, 1932-34, 52-55;
W. D. Mobley, 1935; A. B. Hosea, 1941-44; John W. Parker, 1945; J. C.
Moore, 1946; M. J. Bennett, 1948-50; David D. Liles, 1951; Allison L.
Carlock, 1957-58; Russell Thornton, 1958-59; W. T. Bodenhamer,
1960-71; Grady Morey, 1971-76; Duain Newsome, 1978-79; and Ray Dell,
1979-
SALEM: Isaac Hobby, 1886; J. J. Davis, 1898; J. S. Fillyaw, 1899-1908;
B. F. Barbee, 1909-12; P. U. Waters, 1913-20; W. J. Adair, 1922-33; T. H.
Wilder, 1933-41; Olif Barfield, 1941-42; Mack Sadler, 1942-44; John W.
Parker, 1945; A. W. Green, 1946; T. H. Matthews, 1947; W. T.
Bodenhamer, 1948-50; Horace C. Harvey, 1950-54; George E. Granade,
1955-56; William W. Goins, 1956-58; Ben J. Story, 1958-61; J. B. Ben-
nett, 1961-62, 63-64; Billy Morris, 1963; Glenn V. Hobby, 1964-68; Ed
McGee, 1968-71; J. D. Johnson, 1971-73; Raymond Akridge, 1973; Clyde
Evans, 1975-77; and B. J. Wilburn, 1978-82
SHERWOOD: Albert L. Cardwell, 1956-63; Law M. Mobley, 1964-67;
Curtis A. Burge, 1968-77; and W. A. Smith, 1979-
SHINGLER: J. F. Hobby, 1925-28; Perry L. Branch, 1929-36, 49-53; R.
L. Robinson, 1938; W. J. Brown, 1939; J. Ansley Jordan, 1940-43; J. C.
Moore, 1944-46; R. W. Jenkins 1947; H. E. Phillips, Jr., 1948; William D.
Wood, 1954-55; Wallace Willis, 1956, 1972-76; F. Grady Jones, 1958-60;
Horace C. Harvey, 1961-65; Larry Ford, 1967; H. A. Green, 1968-71;
Rufus Monk, 1977-78; James Blewett, 1978-79; William A. Suggs, Jr.,
1979-80; B. Gerald Sadler, 1982; and Larry Layfield, 1982-
SOUTHSIDE: E. A. Shaw, 1959-60; N. B. Jordan, 1961-62; Allison L.
Carlock, 1962-64; C. A. Alexander, 1965; Marvin B. Kelly, 1967-69; D. A.
Vickers, 1971-72; Charles Pollock, 1972; Judson Luckie, 1973-74; Jim
Bennett, 1975-76; and George E. Burnham, 1970-71, 76-
SUMNER: S. E. Blitch, 1886-87; Isaac Hobby, 1888; R. L. Rachals,
1889-92; F. T. Snell, 1893-94; W. E. Shepard, 1895-96; W. O. Darsey,
1897; J. H. Paston, 1898; W. F. Cox, 1899; C. G. Dilworth, 1900-01; P. A.
Jessup, 1902; A. L. Blizzard, 1903-04; W. W. Mabry, 1905; W. D. Ham-
mock, 1906-10, 12, 17; C. Thos. Greer, 1911-12; Lester Lane, 1913; G. T.
Hunt, 1919-20; J. H. Wyatt, 1921-22; Alfred Pullen, 1924-26; Julius H.
Spears, 1927-28; J. J. Boswell, 1931-32; J. P. Sauls, 1933-34; E. M.
Palmer, 1934-38; W. T. Bodenhamer, 1939-42; John W. Parker, 1945-46;
H. E. Sims, 1947-53; George Granade, 1954-55; E. M. Keebler, 1956-57;
C. E. Finleyson, 1957-58; George C. Schroeder, 1958-59; James Howell,
1959-61; M. B. Owens, 1961-62; Wallace Willis, 1963-76; Jim Littleton,
1977-78; Rufus Monk, 1978-79; Harold Covey, 1979-82; and Freddie
White, 1982-
SUNNYSIDE: Howard Hembree, 1954-56; Joe Frank Barton, 1956-60;
William J. Lacy, 1960-63; Roy Lee, 1964-66; Caley R. Nichols, 1966-69;
Bobby C. Moye, 1970-
TABERNACLE: N. C. Green, 1934-36; A. L. Phillips, 1936-38; B. L.
Caldwell, 1939; H. W. Caldwell, 1940; J. A. Love, 1941-43; W. A. Gafford,
1944; C. C. Hurst, 1945-46; Robert N. Sides, 1947; U. A. Moss, 1948;
200 HISTORY OP THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Herbert M. Hawkins, 1948-51; R. Lee Long, 1952-53; Roger E. Bass,
1954-65; Claud A. Hill, 1965-67; George Robinson, 1967-69; Judson
Luckie, 1969-73; Buford L. Pittman, 1973-
THUNDERING SPRINGS: J. C. Bass, 1887; I. Long, 1889-90; W.J.
Sullivan, 1891-92; G. Tom West, 1895-96,1900, 03; J. L. Milner, 1897-99;
W. L. Cutts, 1899; C. A. Dupree, 1904; J. M. Walters, 1905-06; 14; W. E.
Kinmore, 1907; R. C. Poole, 1908-11; 13; Q. J. Pinson, 1912; W. F. Culpep-
per, 1917-20; J. W. Daniels, 1921-23; J. H. Wyatt, 1924; R. H. Forrester,
1925-28, 32-33, 49-50; W. J. Adair, 1929-31; W. E. Browne, 1934-36; Carl
Ayres, 1937-39; A. R. Ogletree, 1940; Garnie A. Brand, 1941-42; George
Bobo, 1943; W. O. Cruce, 1944; W. M. Taylor, 1945-46; W. R. Gaddy,
1947; Wolfe Lee, 1948; W. A. McLemore, 1951-52; W. R. Veatch, 1953;
Allison L. Carlock, 1954-55; G. T. Hunt, 1956; Bobby L. Sheffield,
1958-60; John C. Forsman, 1964; Dan E. Williams, 1966-68; Kenneth
West, 1969-73; Jack Reynolds, 1974-76; Huey Brock, 1976-78; and W. T.
Berry 1961-63, 78-
UNION: William E. Hurst, 1884; J, C. Bass, 1885-87; B. R. Wingate,
1888-89; P. R. Jones, 1890-92; P. E. Cone, 1893-95; George W. Ridley,
1896-97; R. S. Clifton, 1898; Elias Turner, 1899-1900; C. B. Barbee, 1902;
R. Herring, 1903; A. W. Thompson, 1904-1911; Green, 1912; C. E.
Walters, 1913-14; J. J. Adams, 1915; W. F. Hinsley, 1917-19; C. R.
Wingate, 1922; B. F. Barbee, 1923-39; T. H. Wilder, 1940-45; W. L. Pitts,
1946-47; Bryant Leverett, 1947-48; A. W. Thompson, 1948-51; J. Frank
Baker, Jr., 1951-56; Joe Holden, 1956-60; W. W. Goins, 1961-63; Edwin
Bailey, 1963-65; Philip E. Newton, 1965-80; and Curtis Whitman,
1981- 83
UNITY: Ed McGee, 1973; Mack Sadler, 1973-74; Lamar Evans, 1976-77;
Charles Houston, 1978-80; Brad Hendricks, 1981; and Roy Burdette,
1982-
WESTVIEW: E. L. Lewis, 1958-65; J. Oliver Leath, 1966-76; Tommy
McConnell, 1976-77; Bill Coggins 1977-81; and Vernon Rodgers, 1982-
APPENDIX D
201
APPENDIX D
PASTORS AND THEIR CHURCHES
ABBOTT, E. A.: Byne Memorial, 1966-78
ADAIR, W. J.: Acree, 1923-36; Antioch, 1922, 1927-29, 1933-36; Bethel,
1928-32; Gordy, 1928-29; Isabella, 1934-36; Pine Forest, 1924-26; Salem,
1922-33; and Thundering Springs, 1929-31
ADAMS, J. J.: Union, 1915
ADAMS, W. H.: Antioch, 1958-
AIKINS, J. E.: Cool Springs, 1896-98
AKERS, S. J.: New Bethel, 1925
AKRIDGE, Raymond: Lakeside, 1965-69 and Salem, 1973
ALEXANDER: C. A.: Southside, 1965
ALLEN, L. B.: Pine Forest, 1939-41 and Pine Hill, 1930-32, 34, 1945-46
ALTMAN, E. M.: Byne Memorial, 1923-28
ANGLIN, Russell: Baconton, 1963-64; Calvary, 1971-73; and Mercedes,
1964-70; 1981-
APPERSON, Wendell: Good News, 1973
ARCHER, Raiford: Pine Forest, 1964-71
ATKINS, Bob: Gooti News, 1974-75
AVERETT, R. B.: Emanuel, 1956-72 and New Union, 1959-64, 1966-
AYRES, CARL: Thundering Springs, 1937-39
BAILEY, Edwin: Baconton, 1965-66 and Union, 1963-65
BAKER, Charles C.: Isabella, 1964-65
BAKER, J. Frank, Jr.: Pine Hill, 1951 and Union, 1951-56
BALLINGER, J. R.: Acree, 1915; Bridgeboro, 1915 and Friendship,
1917
BARBEE, B.F.: Acorn Pond, 1922-41, 1943; Bridgeboro, 1934-35;
Isabella, 1918-20, 1930-31; New Bethel, 1920-23, 1930-32; Red Oak,
1922-31, 1936-40; Salem, 1909-12; and Union, 1923-39
BARBEE, C. B.: New Hope, 1900; Union, Jr., 1900 and Union, 1902
BARFIELD, Olif: Bethel, 1939; Gordy, 1941; Pine Hill, 1939; and Salem,
1941-42
BARNES, W. L.: Mercedes, 1978-79
BARTON, Joe Frank: Sunnyside, 1956-60
BASKIN, E. L.: Sylvester, 1924-44
BASS, Edwin: Evergreen, 1968-82
BASS, J. C.: Thundering Springs, 1887 and Union, 1885-87
BASS, Roger E.: Tabernacle, 1954-65
BASS, W. R.: Isabella, 1947-48
BATES, Allen E.: Poulan, 1965-66
BATTS, H. Lewis: Baconton, 1946-50
BAXLEY, Ronald: Thomas Memorial, 1968-69
BAZHAW, I. H.: Kinchafoonee, 1974-78
BEASLEY, D. E.: New Hope, 1970-71
BEASLEY, Ralph: Isabella, 1949
BELL, Dallas: Alpha, 1967-68 and Kinchafoonee, 1968-70
BELL, T. J.: TyTy, 1890
BENNETT, Jim: Southside, 1975-76
202 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
BENNETT, J. B.: Salem, 1961-62, 63-64
BENNETT, J. J.: Albany, 1896-97
BENNETT, M. J.: Acorn Pond, 1944-66 and Red Oak, 1948-50
BENNETT, Paul: Pine Hill, 1956-58
BERRY, W. T.: Thundering Springs, 1961-63; 1978-
BIVINS, R. L.: Leesburg, 1917
BLACK, Robert C.: Acree, 1955-56 and Poulan, 1964
BLALOCK, F. M.: Poulan, 1919-20
BLEDSOE, H. L.: Emanuel, 1952
BLEWETT, James: Shingler, 1978-79
BLITCH, S. E.: Isabella, 1897-98; Sumner, 1886-87; and TyTy, 1884-86,
1903-04
BLIZZARD, A. L.: Sumner, 1903-04
BOBO, George: Thundering Springs, 1943
BODENHAMER: W. T.: Red Oak, 1960-71; Salem, 1948-50; and
Sumner, 1939-42
BOND, B. L.: Liberty Hill, 1936-39
BOSWELL, J. J.: Pine Forest, 1930-35 and Sumner, 1931-32
BOWEN, Robert E.: Acree, 1957-59
BOWEN, R. A.: Lakeside, 1961
BOWMAN, Gene T.: Central, 1976-82
BOYD, Johnny R.: First Putney, 1971-77
BRANCH, Perry L.: Antioch, 1929-32; Emanuel, 1934-41; Gordy, 1940;
Isabella, 1932-33; and Shingler, 1929-36, 1949-53
BRANCH, T. W.: Pine Forest, 1920
BRAND, Gamie A.: Thundering Springs, 1941-42
BRIDGES, Claude: Leesburg, 1918-19
BRIDGES, Jack: Liberty Hill, 1940
BROCK, A. H.: Liberty Hill, 1958-60
BROCK, Huey L.: Baconton, 1970 and Thundering Springs, 1976-78
BROWN, W. J.: Evergreen, 1938-41; Liberty Hill, 1934; Pine Forest,
1948; and Shingler, 1939
BROWN, W. L.: New Hope, 1968-69
BROWN, Willie G.: Liberty Hill, 1963-67
BROWNE, W. E.: Thundering Springs, 1934-36
BRYAN, E. H.: Rose of Sharon, 1895
BUCHANAN, Alfred: Baconton, 1944
BULLINGTON, T. R.: Harmony, 1903
BURDETTE, Roy: Unity, 1982-
BURGE, Curtis A.: Sherwood, 1968-77
BURGES, S. G.: Bethel, 1893-95, 99-1900, 04 and Emanuel, 1899, 1902
BURNETTE, H. A.: Mt. Siani, 1898 and Pleasant Grove, 1899-1902
BURNAM, George: Southside, 1970-71; 1976-
BURNS, W. M.: Calloway Memorial (Leesburg), 1925
BUSH, Alvin: Lakeside, 1963-65
CALDWELL, B. L.: Tabernacle, 1939
CALDWELL, H. W.: Tabernalce, 1940
CALHOUN, S. J.: Pine Hill, 1964-69
CALLAWAY, T. F.: Calvary, 1955-56
APPENDIX D
203
CALLAWAY, T. M.: Baconton, 1923
CAMP, A. C.: Isabella, 1923-25
CARDWELL, Albert L.: Sherwood, 1956-63
CARLOCK, Allison L.: Red Oak, 1956-57; Southside, 1962-64; and
Thundering Springs, 1954-55
CARROLL, E. B.: Albany, 1890-94; Camilla, 1885-89; Flint, 1888-89; Mt.
Enon, 1889
CARSON, Eben: Poulan, 1978-83
CARTER, C. D.: Gordy, 1912 and Pine Forest, 1907-08
CARTER, E. G.: New Bethel, 1937 and Poulan 1937
CHAMBLISS, York: Poulan, 1940
CHAMPION, J. M.: Mt. Horeb, 1900 and Sylvester, 1893-94
CHANCE, H. Cecil: Calvary, 1955 and Raleigh White, 1954
CLARK, Frank: Baconton, 1941-43
CLARK, George F.: Pine Forest, 1899-1902, 1910, 1923; Poulan, 1917,
1922-27; and Rose of Sharon, 1896-97
CLARK, Jack: Lakeside, 1962-63
CLARK, M. S.: Pleasant Grove, 1903-07, 1912; Rose of Sharon,
1899-1900; and Schley, 1906-08
CLARK, W. Vareen: Acree, 1960 and Raleigh White, 1960-64
CLAUD, G. F.: Poulan, 1918
CLAXTON, J. S.: Byne Memorial, 1918-20
CLEGG, Cecil: First Acree, 1974-78
CLOUD, Kenneth: First Putney, 1969-70
CLIFTON, R. S.: Union, 1898
COGGINS, Bill: Westview, 1977-81
COLEMAN, T. N.: Acree, 1902
COLLINS, Delton: East Albany, 1966-67
COMBS, Sidney, L.: Gordy, 1947 and Pine Forest, 1947
COOK, Cecil V.: First Albany, 1927-28
COOPER, G. A.: Byne Memorial, 1936-40, 1945-47
CONE, P. E.: Union, 1893-95
CORLEY, J. D.: Gordy, 1909-11
CORLEY, J. G.: Gordy, 1913
COSTON, J. B.: Raleigh White, 1955-60
COVEY, Harold: Alpha, 1978 and Sumner, 1979-82
COX, W. F.: Sumner, 1899
CRAWFORD, P. F.: Albany, 1895
CRENSHAW, L. F.: Bethel, 1919
CRENSHAW, L. H.: Bethel, 1908-12; Friendship, 1910; Mt. Enon, 1910;
and Rose of Sharon, 1909
CREWS, W. R.: Putney, 1965-66
CROSBY, A. W.: Pine Bluff, 1885
CROXTON, A. M.: Camilla, 1890 and Flint, 1890
CRUCE, W. O.: Thundering Springs, 1944
CRUMBLY, W. A.: Sylvester, 1894-95
CRUMLEY, H. L.: Sylvester, 1903-05
CRUMP, Ira: Isabella, 1969 and Oak Ridge, 1971-72
CULBERSON, W. L.: Gordy, 1917
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CULPEPPER, J. F.: Isabella, 1899
CUMBIE, M. P.: Cool Springs, 1902 and Mt. Siani, 1895-97
CURRY, W. L.: Camilla, 1891-92 and Flint, 1891-92
CUTTS, W. L.: Leesburg, 1896-1900 and Thundering Springs, 1899
DANIELS, J. W.: Thundering Springs, 1921-23
DARSEY, W. 0.: New Prospect, 1897; Sumner, 1897; and Sylvester,
1895-96
DAVIS, B. W.: Albany, 1898-1900; Doerun, 1909-10; Mt. Enon, 1908-09;
and New Bethel, 1914
DAVIS, Charles: New Union, 1942
DAVIS, J. J.: Antioch, 1924-27; Harmony, 1899, 1905-07; New Hope,
1902, 1909; Oakfield, 1899, 1902; Salem, 1898; and Union, Jr., 1898,
1903-04, 1907-08
DAVIS, Morris, Lakeside, 1980-83
DAVIS, William: Antioch, 1946-47
DELL, Ray: Alpha, 1975-77; Evergreen, 1965-67; Liberty Hill, 1972-75;
and Red Oak, 1979-
DEWEESE, R. D.: Baconton, 1899-1902 and Emanuel, 1900
DILWORTH, C. G.: Sumner, 1900-01 and TyTy, 1900, 1902
DIX, W. B.: Albany, 1885
DIXON, J. B.: Oakfield, 1903-04
DODD, R. D.: Byne Memorial, 1930-31
DOSS, J. C.: Acree, 1961-65
DOYLE, Jack: Liberty Hill, 1976-81
DOZIER, Hugh: Byne Memorial, 1943-44
DUDLEY, John T.: Beacon, 1965-67, 1974-81 and Thomas Memorial,
1963
DUNAGAN, W. M.: East Albany, 1958-59
DUPREE, C. A.: Thundering Springs, 1904
DUPREE, J. E.: Callaway Memorial, 1929-33
EASON, Thomas R.: Baconton, 1951-53
ELDRIDGE, R. J.: Emanuel, 1951
ELLIS, W. J.: Pine Hill, 1960-61
EUBANKS, J. G.: Schley, 1909-10
EVANS, Clyde: Salem, 1975-77
EVANS, Lamar: Unity, 1976-77
FAIN, John W.: Calvary, 1981-
FARMER, T. E.: Poulan, 1905
FARRELL, Bob: New Union, 1955
FERRELL, Robert E.: Lakeside, 1972-73
FILLYAW, J. S.: Harmony, 1900-02; Pine Forest, 1895-98, 03-05; and
Salem, 1899-1908
FINLEYSON, C. E.: Sumner, 1957-58
FISHER, Charles J.: First Acree, 1981-
FISHER, Michael: Liberty Hill, 1981-82
FOLK, E. E.: Albany, 1887-88 and Pine Bluff, 1887-88
FORD, Larry: Shingler, 1967
APPENDIX D 205
FORRESTER, R. H.: Baconton, 1926-29 and Thundering Springs,
1925-28, 32-33, 49-50
FORSMAN, John C.: Thundering Springs, 1964
FRAZIER, J. E.: Mercedes, 1980-81
FREE, Chester B.: Beacon, 1968-71
FREEMAN, N. D.: Evergreen, 1950-56; Friendship, 1934-48; Liberty
Hill, 1946-49; and Poulan, 1944-49
FREEMAN, Willis: Leesburg, 1960-61
FRYER, Jack: First Acree, 1967-69
GADDY, W. R.: Thundering Springs 1947
GAFFORD, W. A.: Tabernacle, 1944
GARDNER, Milton: Baconton, 1935
GARDNER, Milton C., Jr.: First Sylvester, 1960-63
GAULT, Robert W.: Alpha, 1973-75
GEIGER, B. A.: Leesburg, 1901-02
GEORGE, Riley H.: East Albany, 1967-68
GILLEY, Paschal, Jr.: First Sylvester, 1971-74
GLAIZE, C. B.: Byne Memorial, 1922
GODDARD, Carlton: Pine Hill, 1972-73
GOINS, William W.: Raleigh White, 1969-70; Salem, 1956-58; and Union,
1961-63
GOLDEN, E. W.: Isabella, 1950-51 and New Bethel, 1949-50
GOLDEN, H. V.: Bethel, 1887-88; China Grove, 1886; Friendship,
1887-88, 1891; Isabella, 1889; New Prospect, 1886, 1888, 1891; Pine
Bluff, 1886; and TyTy, 1889
GRANADE, George E.: Salem, 1955-56 and Sumner, 1954-55
GREEN, A. W.: Antioch, 1938-44, 46; Gordy, 1942-44; Isabella, 1937-42;
New Union, 1937-40, 43, 46; and Salem, 1946
GREEN, H. A.: Shingler, 1968-71
GREEN, N. C.: Corinth (Tabernacle), 1934-36 and Poulan, 1934
GREEN, W. D.: New Prospect (Colquitt County), 1910
GREEN,-------: Union, 1912
GREER, C. Thos.: Sumner, 1911-12 and TyTy, 1911
GRIFFITH, J. O.: Calvary, 1960-61
GRIMES, J. C.: Callaway Memorial (Leesburg), 1934-36
GRIMES, Vernon E.: Bridgeboro, 1951
GRINDLE, Louis Y., Jr.: Alpha, 1978-
GURR, Ernest L.: Bethel, 1975-79 and Gordy-New Bethel, 1970-74
HAGER, Neal: First Acree, 1970-72
HALL, R. M.: Antioch, 1922-24
HAMMOCK, W. D.: Sumner, 1906-10, 12, 17
HANCOCK, M.: Cool Springs, 1895 and Rose of Sharon, 1891-94
HARGROVES, S. J.: Friendship, 1899 and New Bethel, 1899
HARMON, B. W.: First Leesburg, 1970-72
HARP, Morris: Alpha, 1968, 71 and Kinchafoonee, 1972-74
HARRELL, Tom W.: Calvary, 1962-63
HARVEY, Horace C., Jr.: Isabella, 1966-67; New Union, 1965; Salem,
1950-54; and Shingler, 1961-65
HATHCOCK, Chefa: Gordy-New Bethel, 1974-76 and Isabella, 1960-61
206 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
HATHCOCK, Jack: New Union, 1941
HAWKES, A. B.: New Bethel, 1900
HAWKINS, Herbert M.: Tabernacle, 1949-51
HEMBREE, Howard: Sunnyside, 1954-56
HENDERSON, J. M.: Doerun, 1904-05
HENDRICKS, Brad: Unity, 1981
HERRING, R.: Union, 1903
HILL, Claud A.: Tabernacle, 1965-67
HINESLEY, L. J.: Emanuel, 1921
HINSLEY, W. F.: Emanuel, 1918-19; Gordy, 1918-19; Pine Forest,
1917-19; and Union, 1917-19
HOBBS, Ralph: New Hope, 1972
HOBBY, Glenn V.: Pine Forest, 1956-64; Radium Springs, 1969-74; and
Salem, 1964-68
HOBBY, Isaac: Harmony, 1898; Salem, 1886; and Sumner, 1888
HOBBY, J. F.: Emanuel, 1917,1920-25; Evergreen, 1931-34; Friendship,
1918; Gordy, 1919-20; Harmony, 1920; New Bethel, 1934-36, 1938; Pine
Hill, 1933-1934; and Shingler, 1925-28
HODGES, Dan W.: First Albany, 1983-
HODGES, W. H.: New Hope, 1969
HOLDEN, Joe: Union, 1956-60
HOLLINGER, Andrew J.: First Acree, 1979-80
HOSEA, A. B.: Red Oak, 1941-44
HOUSTON, Charles: Northside, 1971-73 and Unity, 1978-80
HOWARD, Johnny W.: New Bethel, 1957-60
HOWELL, James: Sumner, 1959-61
HOWELL, Herman: Acree, 1948
HUGHES, Frank: Kinchafoonee, 1979-81
HUGHES, Robert: Bethel, 1964-66 and East Albany, 1969-
HUNT, G. T.: Thundering Springs, 1956
HUNT, G. T.: Harmony, 1913-15; Pine Forest, 1914; Poulan, 1915; and
Sumner, 1919-20
HURST, C. C.: Raleigh White, 1945-46 and Tabernacle, 1945-46
HURST, William E.: Cool Springs, 1892; Pleasant Grove, 1891-93; and
Union, 1884
IRVIN, C. M.: China Grove, 1884
IVEY, J. A.: Leesburg, 1906-15
JACKSON, J. M.: Baconton, 1907 and Mt. Enon, 1907
JARRELL, James W.: Liberty Hill, 1953-54
JENKINS, J. W.: Alpha, 1966-67, 1968-71; Emanuel, 1955; Friendship,
1961-62; and Poulan, 1954, 1957-58
JENKINS, R. W.: Bridgeboro, 1947-50; Evergreen, 1948-50; and
Shingler, 1947
JENNINGS, G. T.: Gordy, 1915 and Bridgeboro, 1917
JESSUP, P. A.: Leesburg, 1903-05; Sumner, 1902; and Sylvester, 1895,
1899-1903
JOHNSON, J. D.: Salem, 1971-73
JOHNSON, Steve: New Hope, 1972-78
APPENDIX D 207
JOHNSON, V. T.: Bridgeboro, 1913; New Bethel, 1912-1913; Pine
Forest, 1912-1913; and TyTy, 1912-1914
JOYNER, John R.: Callaway Memorial (Leesburg), 1926-28
JONES, F. Grady: Shingler, 1958-60
JONES, P. R.: Bethel, 1885-86; Cool Springs, 1887-90, 1893-94;
Mulberry, 1885-88; Mt. Siani, 1887-92, 1894; New Bethel, 1888-82; New
Prospect, 1887; Pleasant Grove, 1894-95; Rose of Sharon, 1887; and
Union, 1890-92
JONES, R. Marvin: Bridgeboro, 1937-39; Gordy, 1939; and New Bethel,
1939
JONES, Tommie L.: Radium Springs, 1964-68
JORDAN, J. Ansley: New Bethel, 1940-44; Poulan, 1941-43; and
Shingler, 1940-43
JORDAN, N. B.: Southside, 1961-62
KAMMIN, William E.: Kinchafoonee, 1981-82
KEEBLER, E. M.: Sumner, 1956-57
KELLEY, O. N.: Friendship, 1919
KELLY, Marvin B.: Southside, 1967-69
KELLY, R. Creig: Radium Springs, 1980-
KENDRICK, W. Truitt: Mercedes, 1958-64
KERSEY, R. F.: Poulan, 1912-1913 and Rose of Sharon, 1905-06
KINMORE, W. E.: Thundering Springs, 1907
KNOWLES, R. L.: Baconton, 1931-33
LACY, William J.: Sunnyside, 1960-63
LANE, John: Pine Forest, 1955
LANE, Lester: Sumner, 1915
LANIER, John T.: Calvary, 1976-81 and Gillionville Forest, 1981-
LATIMER, Gower: First Sylvester, 1946-59
LAWSON, M. L.: Acree, 1917-18; Gordy, 1923; Isabella, 1917; and
Sylvester, 1916-24
LAYFIELD, Larry: Shingler, 1982-
LEATH, J. Oliver: Westview, 1966-76 and Gordy-New Bethel, 1976-
LECROY, W. Judson: East Albany, 1959-61
LEE, Roy: Sunnyside, 1964-66
LEE, W. M.: Doerun, 1911
LEE, Wolfe: Thundering Springs, 1948
LEVERETT, Bryant: Union, 1947-48
LEVERETT, Cecil, Antioch, 1958
LEWIS, E. L.: East Albany, 1954-56; Faith, 1966-76; and Westview,
1958-65
LILES, David D.: New Bethel, 1951 and Red Oak, 1951
LITTLE, J. Wallace: Pine Bluff, 1968-76
LITTLETON, Jim: Sumner, 1977-78
LLOYD, J. L.: Albany, 1884
LONG, I: Bethel, 1891-92; Friendship, 1884-86; Pleasant Grove, 1889-90;
and Thundering Springs, 1889-90
LONG, R. Lee: Northside, 1960-64 and Tabernacle, 1952-53
LOVE, J. A.: Acree, 1937-38; Emanuel, 1926-29; Evergreen, 1935-38;
208 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Liberty Hill, 1935; New Bethel, 1928-29; Pine Forest, 1936; Pine Hill,
1926-27, 1935-38; Raleigh White, 1943-44; and Tabernacle, 1941-43
LUCKIE, Judson: Southside, 1973-74 and Tabernacle, 1969-73
MABRY, W. A.; Isabella, 1900
MABRY, W. W.: Gordy, 1908; New Bethel, 1906-07; and Sumner, 1905
MANGUM, Henry: Byne Memorial, 1941-42
MAPLES, Hewlett: Bridgeboro, 1970-71
MARTIN, J. W.: Mt. Enon, 1904, 1917-19
MASH, A. M.: Mercedes, 1954-56
MASHBURN, D. A.: Bethel, 1902 and Rose of Sharon, 1898
MASON, Paul: First Sylvester, 1974-76
MATHIS, A. J.: Friendship, 1956
MATHIS, Bob: New Union, 1958
MATTHEWS, T. H.: Pine Forest, 1938; Pine Hill, 1928-29, 40-41; and
Salem, 1947
MAYHEW, Bill: Bridgeboro: 1978-83
MAYS, J. C.: Doerun, 1908
McBRIDE, Michael G.: Byne Memorial, 1979-
McCARNE, J. P.: Flint, 1893
McCLUNG, J. O.: Liberty Hill, 1961-62
McCONNELL, Tommy: Westview, 1976-77
McCORVEY, R. L.: Evergreen, 1962
McCOY, Fred: Mercedes, 1970-74
McCULLEY, Roy: Pine Hill, 1969-72 and Lakeside, 1979
McDEARMID, Robert: Poulan, 1952, 55
McDUFFIE, Norman: Gordy, 1960
McGEE, Ed: Northside, 1980-82; Salem 1968-71; and Unity, 1973
McKEITHEN, J. A.: Pine Forest, 1946
McLEMORE, W. A.: Friendship, 1951; Northside, 1957-60; Raleigh
White, 1949-50; and Thundering Springs, 1951-52
McLEOD, S. J.: New Bethel, 1904-05
McMAHON, Rev.: Byne Memorial, 1915-16
McMICHEN, Erie, L.: New Hope, 1961-63
MEADOWS, G. Merrill: Baconton, 1940 and Byne Memorial, 1962-65
MERCER, Herbert: Gordy, 1958-59
MERRITT, Howard B.: New Bethel, 1953-56
MILLER, Bill: Gordy-New Bethel, 1968-69
MILLER, J.I.D.: Doerun, 1903; Mt. Enon, 1926-27; and New Bethel,
1917-18
MILLER, Malvin: First Acree, 1972-74 and Poulan, 1970-72
MILNER, J. L.: Acree, 1900-01; Bethel, 1898; Isabella, 1895-96; Mt.
Horeb, 1899; New Prospect, 1898-99; Thundering Springs, 1897-99; and
TyTy, 1896
MILTON, W. B., Sr.: Radium Springs, 1975-80
MOBLEY, Law M.: Sherwood, 1964-67
MOBLEY, W. D.: Red Oak, 1935
MONK, Rufus: Shingler, 1977-78 and Sumner, 1978-79
MOORE, J. C.: Red Oak, 1946 and Shingler, 1944-46
MOORE, Tolbert: Pine Bluff, 1967
APPENDIX D
209
MONCRIEF, O. T.: Byne Memorial, 1910-12
MOONEY, Tony: New Hope, 1971
MOREY, Grady: Red Oak, 1971-76 and Evergreen, 1982-
MORRIS, Billy: Salem, 1963
MORRIS, T. O.: Isabella, 1954-57 and New Union, 1952-54
MORRIS, W. E.: TyTy, 1899
MOSS, U. A.: East Albany, 1948-49; Raleigh White, 1948; and Taber-
nacle, 1948
MOYE, Bobby: First Leesburg, 1962-69 and Sunnyside, 1970-
MULKEY, Jimmy: Poulan, 1959-62
MURPHY, Billy: Alpha, 1977-78 and New Hope, 1981-
MUSSELLWHITE, Bobby: First Putney, 1967-69
NASH, Robert: Baconton, 1956-58
NELSON, Byron: Bridgeboro, 1953
NELSON, H. P.: Raleigh White, 1947
NEWSOME, Duain: Red Oak, 1978-79
NEWTON, Philip E Union, 1965-80
NICHOLS, Bill: First Albany, 1976-81
NICHOLS, Caley R.: Good News, 1969-72 and Sunnyside, 1966-69
NIX, Donny: Kinchafoonee, 1982-
NOBLES, C. C.: Friendship, 1952, 1958-60
NORTON, W. H.: Isabella, 1903 and Leesburg, 1891-94
OBRYANT, R. J.: Byne Memorial, 1921
OGLETREE, A. R.: Thundering Springs, 1940
OTT, A. G.: Isabella, 1929; Parkerville, 1929; and Pine Forest, 1915
OTT, O. G.: New Bethel, 1919
OWEN, C. C.: Isabella, 1943
OWENS, M. B.: Sumner, 1961-62
OWENS, S. C.: Harmony, 1911-12
PALMER, E. M.: Byne Memorial, 1928-29
PALMER, E. M.: Sumner, 1934-38
PARKER, J. A.: Friendship, 1950 and Liberty Hill, 1950
PARKER, John T.: Lakeside, 1969-72, 73-78
PARKER, John W.: Gordy, 1945-46; Red Oak, 1945; Salem, 1945; and
Sumner, 1945-46
PARRISH, H. H.: Byne Memorial, 1917
PARROTT, L. W.: Leesburg, 1888-90
PASTON, J. H.: Sumner, 1898
PATE, J. B.: Poulan, 1925
PATTERSON, Artis: Gordy, 1953, Isabella, 1952-53; and New Bethel,
1948, 52
PATTESRON, L. R.: New Hope, 1971-72
PAYNE, W. R.: Isabella, 1983-
PEAVY, B. T.: Oak Ridge, 1973-74
PHILLIPS, A. L.: Tabernacle, 1936-38
PHILLIPS, H. E., Jr.: Bethel, 1949-62; Emanuel, 1953-54; Gordy,
1948-52; Shiingler, 1948; and Thomas Memorial, 1964-65
PICKARD, David: Liberty Hill, 1970-72 and Northside, 1975-80
210 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
PICKERN, Frank: Bridgeboro, 1936
PICKERN, J. B.: Bridgeboro, 1930-33 and Emanuel, 1930-31
PICKLES, Howard: Northside, 1973-75
PINSON, Q. J.: Mt. Enon, 1912 and Thundering Springs, 1912
PIRKLE, Earnest: First Sylvester, 1979-
PITTMAN, Buford L.: Gordy, 1961-63; Gordy-New Bethel, 1964-67;
Liberty Hill, 1968-69; New Bethel, 1961-63; Raleigh White, 1970-73; and
Tabernacle, 1973-
PITTARD, C. R.: Byne Memorial, 1948-61
PITTS, L. E.: Pine Hill, 1974-82
PITTS, W. L.: Emanuel, 1945-46; New Bethel, 1945, 47; and Union,
1946-47
POLLOCK, Charles: Raleigh White, 1973-75 and Southside, 1972
POOLE, R. C.: Thundering Springs, 1908-11, 13
POSTON, P. F.: Isabella, 1908
POTTS, L. M.: Poulan, 1953
POWELL, J. E.: Flint, 1887
PRICE, Paul: Leesburg, 1916
PRITCHETT, Kelly: First Leesburg, 1972-77
PULLEN, Alfred L. Sumner, 1924-26
RACHALS, R. L.: Bethel (Worth County), 1889-91; Bethel (Baker Coun-
ty), 1889-90; Friendship, 1889-90, 92, 96-98; Isabella, 1891-92; and
Sumner, 1889-92
RAGSDALE, B. D.: Albany, 1889
RAINEY, B. F.: Harmony, 1918-19
RAINEY, D. C.: Pine Forest, 1942-44 and TyTy, 1917-32
RAMSEY, Brooks: First Albany, 1959-62
REDD, J. B.: First Putney, 1977-
REEVES, M. F.: Red Oak, 1932-34, 52-55
REISER, J. A.: Isabella, 1911 and Sylvester, 1909-15
REYNOLDS, Jack: Thundering Springs, 1974-76
RICE, Terry: Mercedes, 1976-77
RICHARDS, W. L.: Albany, 1902-09
RICHTER, Johnny: Bridgeboro, 1973-78
RICHTER, Tommie: Friendship, 1955
RIDDLE, R. E.: Lakeside, 1960-61
RIDLEY, George: Union, 1896-97
RIGSBY, J. T.: Pleasant Grove, 1918-20, 22-40
ROBERSON, C. L.: Baconton, 1955
ROBERSON, Thomas: First Leesburg, 1978-
ROBERTS, J. T.: Isabella, 1906
ROBINSON, George E.: Antioch, 1955-56; Liberty Hill, 1951-52; and
Tabernacle, 1967-69
ROBINSON, R. L.: Antioch, 1936-37; Gordy, 1938; and Shingler, 1938
ROBINSON, W. C.: Pine Forest, 1949
RODGERS, Vernon: Westview, 1982-
ROGERS, H. E.: Poulan, 1950
SADLER, B. Gerald: Shingler, 1982
APPENDIX D 211
SADLER, Mack: Beacon, 1972; Emanuel, 1942-43; Salem, 1942-44; and
Unity, 1973-74
SAULS, J. P.: Sumner, 1933-34
SAULS, J. T.: Rose of Sharon, 1884
SAVAGE, Chester M.: Sylvester, 1944-45
SCARBROUGH, S. N.: Calvary, 1974-75
SCHRAMM, Lowell M.: Evergreen, 1964
SCHROEDER, George C.: Sumner, 1958-59
SELLERS, Adam: Rose of Sharon, 1889
SELLERS, Amos: Acorn Pond, 1970-72
SHANK, Joseph: Bethel, 1972-74
SHAW, E. A.: Bridgeboro, 1954-55; Mercedes, 1956-58; and Southside,
1959-60
SHEFFIELD, Bobby L.: Acorn Pond, 1967-69; Kinchafoonee, 1970-72;
and Thundering Springs, 1958-60
SHEFFIELD, Caris J.: Antioch, 1956-58 and New Union, 1956-57
SHEPHERD, H. B.: Poulan, 1938-39
SHEPARD, W. E.: (Also Shepperd, Shepherd) Bethel (Baker County),
1886-88, 91-93; Cool Springs, 1884-86; New Prospect, 1889; Pine Bluff,
1889; Pleasant Grove, 1896-98; Rose of Sharon, 1885; and Sumner,
1895-96
SHINGLER, E. H.: Acree, 1903-14; Isabella, 1902, 04-05; and New
Bethel, 1902-03
SIDES, Robert N.: Acree, 1946-47 and Tabernacle, 1947
SILAS, H. Clayton, Calvary, 1964-71
SIMPSON, Ray A.: First Sylvester, 1976-79
SIMS, H. E.: Sumner, 1947-53 and Pine Forest, 1954
SIMS, Lamar: First Albany, 1911-19
SMITH, Donald: Poulan, 1967-69
SMITH, Earl: Liberty Hill, 1956-57
SMITH, James Allen: Albany, 1920
SMITH, J. R.: Acorn Pond, 1942
SMITH, J. W.: Friendship, 1914-15; Harmony, 1909-10; Isabella,
1909-10; and Poulan, 1909-10
SMITH, Lester D.: Putney, 1963-64
SMITH, Marvin D.: Emanuel, 1947
SMITH, R. A.: New Hope, 1906 and Union, Jr., 1906
SMITH, Ralph E.: Northside, 1968-71
SMITH, Robert: Baconton, 1937-39
SMITH, W. A.: Sherwood, 1979-
SMITHWICK, Fred: New Hope, 1967-68
SNELL, F. T.: Mt. Enon, 1893-94; Sumner, 1893-94; and Sylvester, 1893
SPEARS, Julius H.: Sumner, 1927-28
STAMEY, W. Rodney: Central, 1968-74
STANFIELD, E. B.: Emanuel, 1948-50
STEPHENS, Leonard A.: Central, 1959-68 and First Albany, 1943-58
STICKNEY, Allen N.: First Sylvester, 1967-70
STITT, C. W.: Poulan, 1908
STODGHILL, J. G.: New Bethel, 1927
212 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
STOKES, David A.: New Hope, 1964-66
STORY, Ben J.: Salem, 1958-61
STRIPLING, Bobby: East Albany, 1962-63
STUBBS, G. W.: New Prospect, 1909
SUGGS, William A., Jr.: Shingler, 1979-80 and Bethel, 1982-
SULLIVAN, H. W.: Bethel (Worth County), 1896-97, 1905
SULLIVAN, W. J.: Isabella, 1890; Pine Bluff, 1891; and Thundering Spr-
ings, 1891-92
SWAFFORD, Paul: New Bethel, 1946
SWINSON, Gene R.: Baconton, 1967-68
TAYLOR, A. J.: Rose of Sharon, 1911
TAYLOR, M. C. (Murt): Bethel (Baker County), 1894-1900
TAYLOR, Preston: Bridgeboro, 1971-72
TAYLOR, R. B.: New Bethel, 1908-09; Poulan, 1907; and Sylvester,
1906-08
TAYLOR, W. M.: Thundering Springs, 1945-46
THOMAS, A. B.: East Albany, 1964-65; Raleigh White, 1951-53; and
Thomas Memorial, 1960-62
THOMAS, L. R.: Acree, 1949-54
THOMPSON, A. W.: Emanuel, 1903-06, 11; TyTy, 1915; and Union,
1904-11
THORNTON, Russell: Baconton, 1961 and Red Oak, 1958-59
THRASHER, G. B.: Rose of Sharon, 1902
TIDD, W. M.: Bridgeboro, 1906-10; Doerun, 1906-07; Friendship,
1909-10; New Prospect, 1908; and Rose of Sharon, 1907-08
TILLERY, Harold: New Hope, 1979-80
TISDEL, James: Isabella, 1958-59
TOMBERLIN, R. P., Jr.: Raleigh White, 1975-
TUCK, N. Malvin: Thomas Memorial, 1967
TUCKER, John C.: First Sylvester, 1964-67
TURNER, Elias: TyTy, 1897-98 and Union, 1899-1900
TURNER, Jas. B.: First Albany, 1922-26
TYNER, Lonnie D., Sr.: East Albany, 1949-52 and Gordy, 1954-57
TYSON, W. G.: Bridgeboro, 1956-69; Evergreen, 1956-62; Isabella,
1971-82; and Liberty Hill, 1982-
UNDERWOOD, J. L.: Camilla, 1884; Evergreen, 1889-93; Leesburg,
1884-87; Mt. Enon, 1884-88, 90-92, 1903; and Pine Bluff, 1884
VEALE, William L.: Bethel, 1967-72 and Pine Bluff, 1961-66
VEATCH, W. R.: Thundering Springs, 1953
VICK, Ted: Beacon, 1973
VICKERS, D. A.: Southside, 1971-72
VINES, C. E.: Friendship, 1923-24 and Gordy, 1925-26
WAGES, W. Harvey: Bridgeboro, 1940-46; Evergreen, 1941-48; Isabella,
1945-46; and Pine Hill, 1941-44
WALDRIP, Norman R.: Raleigh White, 1964-69
WALTERS, C. E.: Emanuel, 1907-14; Evergreen 1921-30; Friendship,
1903-08; Gordy, 1927; Harmony, 1908; Pine Forest, 1906; TyTy, 1905-10;
and Union, 1913-14
APPENDIX D 213
WALTERS, J. M.: Rose of Sharon, 1904 and Thundering Springs,
1905-06, 14
WALTERS, J. T.: Emanuel, 1915, 23 and Pleasant Grove, 1915
WATERS, P. U.: Acree, 1939-45; Antioch, 1912-22, 45-46; Bethel,
1913-23, 26-27, 1933-35, 40-48; Evergreen, 1917-20, 34-35; Isabella,
1913-14; and Salem, 1913-20
WATERS, Thad: Pleasant Grove, 1913-14
WEBB, J. H.: Poulan, 1914
WEBB, Perry F Jr.: First Albany, 1964-75
WELLONS, A. C.: Bridgeboro, 1918-19; Mt. Enon, 1895-1902; New
Bethel, 1910-11; and Sylvester, 1897-99
WEST, G. Tom: Bethel (Baker County), 1902; Friendship, 1893-95,1921;
New Bethel, 1893-97; New Prospect, 1892-96; Sylvester, 1892-93;
Thundering Springs, 1895-96, 1900, 1903; and TyTy, 1892-93
WEST, Julian: Central, 1983-
WEST, J. A.: Pine Hill, 1947-49
WEST, Kenneth: Thundering Springs, 1969-73
WHIDDON, J. R.: Calvary, 1956-59
WHITE, Freddie: Sumner, 1982-
WHITE, Lee McB.: Byne Memorial, 1913-14
WHITE, W. Raleigh: First Albany, 1930-42
WHITMAN, Curtis: Union, 1981-83
WHITTLE, R. Q.: Evergreen, 1930-31; Friendship, 1930-33; and Liberty
Will 1 QQO.QQ
WILBOURN, A. R.: Faith, 1976-
WILBURN, B. J.: Salem, 1978-82
WILDER, T. H.: Bethel, 1936-38; Gordy, 1934-37; Liberty Hill, 1941-45;
Salem, 1933-41; and Union, 1940-45
WILDES, Raymond: Liberty Hill, 1955 and Poulan, 1956
WILDES, Ronald: Beacon, 1982-
WILLIAMS, Dan E.: Thundering Springs, 1966-68
WILLIAMS, D. S.: Pleasant Grove, 1908-10
WILLIAMS, Herman: Poulan, 1973-78
WILLIAMS, J. S.: Bethel, 1907
WILLIAMS, W. J.: Pine Hill, 1950
WILLIS, C. W.: Emanuel, 1932-33; Gordy, 1930-33; Isabella, 1926-28;
Pine Forest, 1927-29; and Poulan, 1928-33, 35-36
WILLIS, George: Pine Hill, 1962-63
WILLIS, Wallace: Shingler, 1956, 1972-76 and Sumner, 1963-76
WILSON, Dexter: Isabella, 1962-63; Northside, 1964-68; and Pine
Forest, 1950-54, 71-
WILSON, Johnny: Baconton, 1959
WIMBERLY, F. L.: Isabella, 1893
WINGATE, B. R.: Mt. Siani, 1893 and Union, 1888-89
WINGATE, C. R.: Union, 1922
WINN, J.S.: Byne Memorial, 1932-35
WOOD, William D.: Shingler, 1954-55
WOODARD, W. H.: New Union, 1950-51 and Poulan, 1951
WOODS, Billie: Shingler, 1954
214 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
WRIGHT, Donnie: Pine Hill, 1982-
WYATT, J. H.: Acree, 1922; Callaway Memorial (Leesburg), 1923-24;
Leesburg, 1920-23; Sumner, 1921-22; and Thundering Springs, 1924
YOUNG, A. L.: Antioch, 1909-12; Isabella, 1912; and Poulan, 1911
ZIMLEN, Arthur: New Union, 1944
ZIMMERMAN, A. J.: Antioch, 1948-55; Friendship, 1953-54; and New
Union, 1947-49
APPENDIX E
APPENDIX E
Church
ALL TIME
Date
Consti.
Date Year
RECORDS
Resident
Mship
No. Year
215
S. S.
Baptisms Attend.
No. Year No. Year
Alpha
Antioch
Beacon
Feb.23 1966
1911
June 141964
52 1976
175 1979
364 1982
15 1967 33 1966
34 1914 85 1977
50 1966 146 1967
Bethel
Bridgeboro
Byne Memorial
1863
1930
Jan. 24 1910
144 1966
178 1982
2,030 1982
15 1888
73 1960
139 1954
68 1972
84 1976
984 1977
Calvary
Central
East Albany
May 12 1955
Nov. 19 1958
Oct. 1949
552
879
494
1977
1982
1963
84 1972
35 1981
70 1955
256 1972
296 1982
239 1955
Evergreen
Faith
First Acree
Sept. 16 1917
July 31 1966
1886
143
559
435
1962
1981
1982
19 1959
74 1972
69 1972
80 1959
175 1973
196 1982
First Albany
First Leesburg
First Putney
1839
1871
Mar. 4 1962
2,182
600
525
1955
1982
1981
128 1956
38 1973
45 1970
1,1101955
184 1977
219 1975
First Sylvester
Gill. Forest
Gordy-New Bethel
May 1893
Dec. 13 1981
Sept. 9 1964
751
88
193
1976
1982
1975
65 1944
6 1982
24 1975
413 1962
55 1982
75 1975
Isabella
Kinchafoonee
Lakeside
1889
Feb.11 1968
Mayl 1960
318
126
362
1980
1980
1972
36 1974
19 1980
58 1966
125 1974
51 1980
137 1978
Liberty Hill
Mercedes
New Hope
1932
Feb. 4 1954
Aug. 1 1906
138
538
88
1982
1972
1963
27 1950
70 1972
11 1963
75 1955
228 1968
60 1975
New Union
Northside
Pine Forest
1898
Mar.27 1957
Oct. 28 1894
84
382
127
1956
1982
1951
18 1956
57 1972
28 1913
65 1957
194 1972
65 1963
Pine Hill
Poulan
Radium Springs
Feb. 19 1910
May 1903
Oct. 3 1965
135
312
285
1943
1982
1981
19 1930
48 1939
34 1970
78 1955
165 1982
191 1966
Raleigh White
Red Oak
Salem
Feb. 14
Nov. 5
Sept. 18
1943
1854
1886
455
250
219
1982
1946
1945
48 1953
22 1930
24 1940
338 1957
69 1963
98 1970
Sherwood
Shingler
Southside
Mar. 18
Nov. 17
June 21
1956
1916
1958
1,852
93
505
1982
1946
1981
166 1982
12 1944
54 1969
1,0191982
42 1956
162 1965
Sumner
Sunnyside
Tabernacle
May 22
Oct. 3
Jan.28
1881
1954
1934
78
991
464
1954
1982
1964
27 1889
88 1965
69 1958
50 1959
534 1964
185 1963
Thundering Springs
Union
1853 514 1979 94 1976 202 1978
1862 192 1953 25 1950 84 1950
216 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Church
Unity
Westview
Mallary Assoc.
Date Resident S. S.
Consti. Mship Baptisms Attend.
Date Year No. Year No. Year No. Year
Jan.25 1973 151 1980 18 1977 92 1975
Oct.13 1957 524 1964 88 1958 315 1967
Dec.29 1883 17,281 1982 1,0951972 6,7431982
APPENDIX F
217
APPENDIX F
HOST FOR ANNUAL MEETINGS
Church:
Alpha
Antioch 1943 1977
Beacon_______1980______________________________________________
Bethel 1917 1937 1957
Bridgeboro 1955
ByneMem. 1911 1942 1959________________________________
Calvary 1967 1980
Central 1970 1978
East Albany 1967_______________________________________________
Evergreen 1919 1935 1948 1960
Faith
1st Acree 1903 1913 1947 1964 1979__________
1st Albany 1884 1921 1951 1983
1st Leesburg 1891 1899 1920 1928 1964 1982
1st Putney 1974______________________________________________
1st Sylvester 1897 1900 1904 1912 1922 1944 1965 1974
Gillion. Forest
Grdy-N.Bethel 1895NB 1910q 1932q 1950NB 1957q 1968
Isabella 1914 1933 1952 1972
Kinchafoonee
Lakeside_______________________________________________________
Liberty Hill 1949 1963
Mercedes 1972
New Hope_______________________________________________________
New Union 1953 1962
Northside 1973 1982
Pine Forest 1898 1905 1948 1979_________________________
Pine Hill 1938 1958
Poulan 1924 1951 1956 1977
Radium Spr. 1976_______________________________________________
Raleigh White 1954 1973
Red Oak 1946 1956 1963
Salem________1915 1929 1941 1955 1975__________
Sherwood 1966 1981
Shingler 1946 1960
Southside____1978______________________________________________
Sumner 1888 1892 1908 1926 1949
Sunnyside 1958 1975
Tabernacle 1952 1961 1971________________________________
Thunder. Spr. 1936 1950 1962 1976
Union 1893 1925 1940 1947 1959 1983
Unity
Westview 1961 1981
218 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
APPENDIX G
Church
FORMER CHURCHES
In Mallary
County Assoc._____Where are they now?
Acorn Pond
Baconton
Bethel
Worth
Mitchell
Baker
1922- 1972
1899-1908;
1923- 70
1886-1901
Houston Association
Tucker Association
unknown
First Camilla
China Grove
Cool Springs
Mitchell
Colquitt
Colquitt
1884-1893
1884-1893
1883-1901
Tucker Association
Colquitt Association
Tucker Association
Doerun
Emanuel
Evergreen
Harmony
Mt. Enon
Mt. Horeb
Colquitt
Worth
1901-1911
1899-1972
Mitchell 1889-1892
Colquitt Association
Disbanded (now Indepen-
dent Church)
unknown
Friendship Worth 1883-1966 Disbanded
Good News Dougherty 1969-1975 Disbanded
Gordy____________Worth 1908-1964 Merged with New Bethel
Worth
Mitchell
Worth
1898-1920
1883-1927
1898-1900
Turner Association
Meets annually
Meets annually
Mt. Sinai
Mulberry
New Bethel
Colquitt
Mitchell
Worth
1887- 1898
1883-1888
1888- 1964
Colquitt Association
unknown
Merged with Gordy
New Hope
New Prospect
Oakfield
Worth
Colquitt
Worth
1898- 1901
1908-1911
1899- 1904
unknown
Colquitt Association
Houston Association
Oak Ridge
Parkerville
Pine Bluff
Worth
Worth
1971-1974
1929
Dougherty 1961-1975
Colquitt Association
unknown (may be same as
Friendship)
Independent Church_______
Pine Bluff Dougherty 1884-1892 Disbanded following a fire
Pleasant Grove Mitchell 1889-1939 Tucker Association
Rose of Sharon Colquitt 1883-1911 Colquitt Association_____
Schley
Thomas Memorial
TyTy
Union (Jr.)
Colquitt 1906-1910 Colquitt Association
Dougherty 1960-1969 Independent Church
Worth 1883-1932 Mell Association
Worth 1898-1910 unknown (was located in
Warwick area)
APPENDIX H 219
APPENDIX H
MINISTERS ORDAINED BY
MALLARY ASSOCIATION CHURCHES
(Gleaned from the Minutes)
Church_______________Name__________________________Year
Acorn Pond___________C. R. Gamble__________________1964
Alpha________________Louis Y. Grindle, Jr._________1979
Antioch Walter M. Carter 1957
Cecil M. Leaverette 1958
_____________________S. J. Calhoun_________________1961
Baconton_____________Fred Collins__________________1966
Beacon Charles Scott 1965
A. F. Glass 1967
Walter Neal Hagar 1968
Earldene McCorvey 1970
Minton Goulden 1974
Byne Memorial Edmond Dinant
Forest Watkins 1947
M. P. Harrison, Jr. 1951
Max Miller 1952
Paul Stouffer 1954
Hilton Garrett 1955
Joe Porter 1955
I. A. Worsham 1962
Kenneth Brown 1974
Eben Carson 1974
Jack Reynolds 1974
Jim Littleton 1977
Harold Covey 1978
Keith Alderman 1979
James Blewett 1979
John Clark 1979
Keithen Tucker 1979
Bill Gibson 1981
Paul Kennedy 1981
_______________________Ronnie Perry______________________1981
Calvary Joseph Jenkins 1967
_______________________David Collyer_____________________1982
Central________________Stephen Holloway__________________1975
East Albany H. N. Earnest 1956
Robert Ferrell 1956
T. L. Howell 1956
J. R. McFarland 1957
_______________________Robert Riddle_____________________1957
Evergreen______________Lowell M. Schramm_________________1964
First Acree Robert N. Sides 1947
W. A. McLemore 1949
220 HISTORY OF THE MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Church_________________Name______________________________Year
First Albany James W. Parrish 1934
Findley Edge 1938
Charles W. Mitchiner 1952
Donald W. Martin 1958
Warren J. Valine 1960
Steve Wilkerson 1966
John Harry Robson 1969
Frank Faircloth 1970
John G. Smith 1979
_______________________Don McGhee________________________1981
Faith__________________Steve Edwards_____________________1980
Friendship_____________James A. Parker___________________1950
Gillionville Forest____B. Gerald Sadler__________________1982
Good News______________Bob Gault_________________________1973
Isabella_______________Ira Crump_________________________1955
Lakeside Lonnie Gibson
Charles A. Whatley 1968
James William Mayhew 1975
William E. Krammin 1981
Liberty Hill R. W. Jenkins 1946
James W. Jerrell 1953
W. G. Tyson 1956
Chefa Hathcock, Jr. 1957
Curtis Whitman 1981
Mercedes_______________Jim D. Goodwin, Jr._______________1954
New Hope R. T. Medders 1913
Artis Patterson
Lee Roy Patterson
_______________________Carl Sikes ___________________________
New Union W. H. Woodard 1950
_______________________A. T. Kenmore_____________________1953
Northside Harvey Ellis 1958
Byron Golden 1958
_______________________G. S. Walker, Jr._________________1958
Pine Bluff_____________Billy Joe Carter__________________1969
Pine Hill A. L. Young 1911
Thomas R. Eason 1949
Donald Mitchell 1954
R. B. Averett 1956
_______________________Roy McCulley______________________1970
Poulan Delton Collins 1955
W. J. Aultman, Jr. 1967
Wayne Gresham 1970
APPENDIX H 221
Church_________________Name____________________________Year
Raleigh White George E. Robinson 1951
Thomas D. Thorne 1963
John D. Hunter 1963
_______________________Riley H. George_________________1965
Red Oak William H. Norton 1866
J. Floyd Hobby 1915
_______________________Glenn Hobby_____________________1956
Sherwood J. C. Bradley 1962
Russell Martin 1962
Phil Hargrove 1966
Larry Ford 1967
Louis Franklin Kennedy, Jr. 1970
James L. Naylor, Jr. 1981
_______________________Reginald Joiner_________________1982
Shingler Jack Hathcock 1941
Walter A. Glass 1956
_______________________H. C. Harvey, Jr._______________1965
Southside Huey Brock 1960
Lester D. Smith 1962
Johnny Richter 1970
George Burnham 1971
James A. Bennett 1975
M. Frank Hughes 1979
_______________________Donny Nix_______________________1982
Sumner_________________L. R. Whiddon___________________1943
Sunny side Joel Land 1961
Clyde C. Evans 1967
W. R. Baxter 1971
Bill Durham 1980
_______________________Billy Durham, Jr._______________1982
Tabernacle H. P. Nelson 1947
C. C. Nobles 1952
T. O. Morris 1953
Wallace Willis 1957
Billy Morris 1963
Dewey L. Morris 1964
_______________________Calvin King_____________________1976
Westview David E. Townsend 1958
Raymond Akridge 1965