Tne Deve.J:e\J.X Meli.!O -1st Churw is such a oOlllOina ion of .. ' stor, and. religion we t a lOBs ,v..'4at to reoord, and what to omit in BUah a or ief spaoe •

~le pr~aise looality of the first sa lotuary of the Metl10dist of Dev­erel.1.ll, Ebene1.er, was .oout ten l11ile8 from the present site. flueu Eb ­. zer Oe03,Ul6 a lead t memory OIl w~lioh to look baok" it 'las . perseCl- ~ ed b_y Reynolds Ch pel in IdS?, and 119.med in lOoor of it 6 first lili iater. T.le oongregat ion was then bro l.1" t to with in tvlO loil, of Devereux. Some of the rll1nisters serviIlt:> Reynolcis 9. el werE=:: J.R. King-1886, W.W. JJ l.I1pkin-Ia66-87, B.E. T W.,lOllS-I887-89, W.A. F!U'ris-I890-92, Wl11iam Duno~ 189 -9·t, :-- :lor e Id35-9?, J .n . .ue',liu and --W tklIlS I8~7-99,

E. H. Woo.. - 1802-04" J. S. L. Sapp ington and L. M. T\"I iggs-1904-08 J J\. D· EalO ls - r90'rJ-

This conc regt3.tion was not one to let t{-t'aa8 b1'o;1 umler i 8 fe~t, SO .all though ts turned to the ser ious IA~tte' 0 bUilding tne present red br iok e lfio t Devereux. Bishop W. N. Ai l3'VOJ.th preached and directe tne Oornersto eJ'e oi3es, ::3i ..lOp \V.A. Ott ldler offioially 0 ganiZ....d nd j..

dedi a.te' The Devere x Met odist lurch in 1911. The LIli iatry of im.my 1!11nisters .n.l3.S been a benediotion to the Devereux Metnodist C11-l.1roo. T1'J.ey

e: A.D Eo~ols -1910 -- Sewell -I9II w.s Gins -1912 C. II i10rtull - 1913- I::i M.K. Patillo-I914-Io .3. L. Hellur ioks-1'- 11-21 J.S. Hill-I922-23 G.W: Hamil~on-I~34-25

.V. We tlers- IB26-27 W.A. Maxwell- 1927-30 G.A. cow~t-I931-35 A. T. Hi11(1- 1'03:5 -40 Geor~e S~~ne- IV4J J.A. Griffies -1940-44 W. Ii.. 'i'::fson, Jr., - I~5-47 Roland Walker- I~7 F .E. Jenk11ls- 1948-49 C. • Wl1ee 1 1. - I· 0•w. rf!J.Y 0 r- 1951

T11e attraotive .and C01~0 t'l- le p-:u-s Babe "{9.S bu' It at Devereux aoon after the oOLIlplet ioa of t.ae urch.

Tne \J...l 1.1'00 t e'J'ere'J.x believes in the total prograul of the murah.. oy Soout Troups h').'1e oeen sponsored, Cburo.'l Saho 1 work' RoB ueen progress­ive and. continuous. An aotive W.S.C.S has wade a iritual Fl.nd. wateris.l O3.n­t. ihuG VL16 to t.le U.1" l' :1. Its work in prOlllQting he missionary eCluoatioIl of ti'le o.l.1ildren and foun;:; eople "{9.S outstandin until the churoh a66UI­

t~i6 1'e 0 mioility.

,,\,_ e ahurO.l.l is proud. of hav1116 had one young an enter the Ulini try from its 00 '1-Jre _t ion.

Compi1ed by A. P • Rocker 'y 26, 1951

11'1 ~- C11'trA~ ~£iVt-

Hi"tory Of Cu verton l~ethodist Church... rom 1899 to 951.

Be inning in 1899 the Rev. John R. T,ewis was the Culverton ~ ethodist Chlrrch and served throu h

pastor90.

of

He was followed Rev. A. C. Cantre 1 who served unti 1903.

'rhe fol owin preachers served successive y thrcu h 951. Rev. • P. Kin 1906 ­ 1907 Rev. C • C • Co.ry 1907 ­ 1909 Re • J • R. Jones 1909 ­ 1910 Rev. C • M. Verdel 1910 ­ 912 Rev. _ • R. ea born 1912 ­ 191.3 Rev. T. O. Butler 19 3 ­ 915 Rev. S. H. DimC'n 1915 ­ 1917 Rev. • •.atkins 1 17 ­ 1920 Rev. C • D. Read 1920 ­ 1922 Rev. J • A. Griffies 192 ­ 1924 Rev. 19~? ­ 19~(j• TJ • Ha e Rev. R. • Green 196 ­ 1928 Rev. A. P. utkins 19?9 - 930 Rev. J • J. Snead '1930 ­ 193 Rev. Z. V. Havks 1 32 ­ 1 33 Rev. G. B. Henderson 1933 ­ 193 Rev. E. O. Vicker 193~ - 937 Rev. arry ~. U tcham ---- 37 - 940 Rev. Jno. O. core 940 ­ 1942 Rev. R. C. Tappan 1942 ­ 943 Rev. Bill ~n ton 1943 ­ 1944 Rev. J • O. Brand 1944 ­ 1948 R v. • E. Jen ins 1948 ­ 1950 Rev. C • H. ec is 2 mo. 950 Rev. 'r . Taylor 1950 - 195

At the s ssicn of the Annua Con erence in 948 the Culverton Charge was dis 0 ved and the Cu yerton Church was placed on the Devereaux Char e. Our first pastor was Rev. • E. Jenki