CLARENCE A. MORTON
PASTOR OF
1. CARLTON BAPTIST CHURCH
A new church building was completed in
Carlton in September, 1917 by J. L. Thompson. This was the last
building Mr Thompson built before his death. The first couple married in
the new church were Rev. Clarence Allen Morton and Miss Hallie
Adams who were married 30 June, 1921 (Hamilton County Marriage Record Bk.
8, p. 169) by Roy S. Hollomon of Waco.
2. HAMILTON BAPTIST CHURCH/FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH HAMILTON,
1922-1925, 1926-1927 (1929?)
3. HICO BAPTIST CHURCH/FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, HICO
1925-1926, (1929?)
4. HAMILTON BAPTIST CHURCH/FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH HAMILTON,
A Funny Incident.
Blue
Ridge Baptist Church hosted the 47th Annual Session of HCBA on August
22 to 24, 1923. It was at one of this early associational meeting that two
mischievous church women (my grand aunts)--(Anna Jane Stribling and Sarah
Bertie Sparks Grisham), served fried chicken gizzards to a visiting pastor
(Clarence Allen Morton--pastor of Hamilton
Baptist Church), who fondly loved these "delacacies." These
ladies gathered the gizzards of all 49 chickens which came to church
that day and strung togetherthe gizzards with needle and
thread, then placed the connected gizzards on a platter with some other
pieces of chicken on top. The ladies took a platter of chicken to the
gizzard-loving-preacher and asked if he would like a piece. Spying a
gizzard peaking out Bro. Morton inserted his fork into the protruding
gizzard and immediately the lady withdrew the platter leaving this
preacher holding a strand of 49 fried chicken gizzards.--Elreeta Weathers
