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 ROCK HOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH

1901--1908, 1938--1965

PICTURE PROVIDED BY BURT AND CHARLENE ROSE

ROCK HOUSE SCHOOL, CHURCH, MASONIC LODGE

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ROCK HOUSE SCHOOL, MASONIC LODGE, CHURCH

PICTURE PROVIDED BY THE 

HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY

 

Rock House Baptist Church was organized before August, 1901, and was admitted to Hamilton County Baptist Association on 16 August, 1901, and existed until about 1908. Rock House Baptist Church was reorganized on 6 November, 1938, and  admitted again to Hamilton County Baptist Association on 22 August, 1939.  This church was dissolved  about 1965.

Rev. T. Lynn Stewart, Rev. John Dempsey West, Rev. John S. Deaton, and Rev. Samuel Marshall "Sam" Drake met with a group of residents of the Rock House community on Sunday afternoon, 6 Nov., 1938, to re-organize the church.  Charter members were Mr. and Mrs. Randell Simpson, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Cozby, Mr. and Mrs.  S. A. Joiner, Mr. Charlie Miles, Mrs. George Gray, Mrs. Charlie Casey, Mrs. C. H. Miles, and J. T. Miles.   Sam Drake was called as the pastor to preach on the first Sunday of each month.  

 

Early pastors have included:

Steven Anderson Rains, 1901

J. A. Walker, 1902--1904

W. A. Franklin, 1905

John Dempsey West, 1906

Lewis Carl, 1907

Samuel Marshall "Sam" Drake, 1939

Clifford Hampton, 1940--1941

George Evans, 1943

Tom Lowrance, 1944--1945

Harlan Abel, 1947

Max Holleyman, 1948

Early church clerks included:

S. W. Emert, 1901

Christopher Columbus Powell, 1902--1903

S. E. Crabb, 1904

W. A. Richardson, 1905--1906

Mrs. George Gray, 1939--1940, 1943, 1945

Miss Vonceil Casey, 1944

Mrs. A. M. Massingill

Early messengers to the annual association meeting were:

1901--S. W. Emert, J. S. Crab, R. O. Leach

1902--W. T. Tankersly, Rev. F. M. Walker

1903--W. T. Tankersley, S. E. Crabb

1904--J. A. Parker, F. M. Walker, Sister Ruth Walker

1905--J. A. Parker, F. M. Walker

1906--W. T. Tankersley, C. T. Tankersley, William Lawrence

1907--Lewis Clark

1930--Charley Casey

1940--H. D. Blue, J. T. Miles

1941--Charlie Casey, Norman Thompson

1942, 1943, 1944, & 1946--Mr. and Mrs. Charley Casey

1945--Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Miles

1947--Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pylant, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lobstein

1948--Mrs. Henry Pylant, Mrs. Burl Massingill, Mrs. Tom Taylor, Mrs. Alford Livingston, Mrs. Alton Cozby, Mrs. A. M. Massingill.

 

 
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