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HISTOHY
Of
UNION CI'l'Y METHODIST CHURCH
TEl m Tl!: HISTORY t1IO J C Y'",,-,_ HO'JISI' Cl-1URCH
A true hist ory of nion City T'ethodist C urc cennot be wr Otten uri il
muc' research has been conducted, former p stors end members contacted end
irrtervie\"led, old reccrds found 811d utilized. For these reesonr:, t,his brief
st~t ep'errt of the }list ory of t he Church is at best only t eme+ ive.
According i;(I) information received from the Rev. H. C. Emory, \Yho
organized t e Church, he !l1['de the first move t owprd onganizint"1' Cl"urch
in Union City in 1910 soon after he 'las appointed' astor of the Ff'irburn
Circuit. Brot11r Emory recognized tre need for churc in the thriving
to m of' Union City, then ve. y rouch live because of the business of the
old Ferr.ers' Union ~ hich once had it 8 nat ional he dquart ers in thi8 pIece. Emory
Thus the n rne--Union City. Brother/came to Unicn City in 191 or in the
spring of 1911, set up a tent near the tlanta and rest Po:irrt qailroed
ne r the preserrt sit e of the ~d. 1. Green Co., end conducted e revivel.
At the close of the meeting he called toget ler t. ose :'Tho had been con
veried and those VI 0 had sho,7ed by the~r regular 8tt~ndal1ce and prcyers
their loyalty, and for1!lerly organized a J etllodist Church at Pnion City.
T e c1 erier members nu. bered forty-four of -,1 ich t\"70--1 rs. J. T. Braswell
and ~·rs. Paul S. Bsrrett--ere st ill members of t e Churc • Some of tt>e
f3I:li1y n'Jr"es of J. e c 1 rter e bers 'ore: C8rr'ic£ll, (bies, Patton, Upchurc ,
res Tell, ~~d ~endrix.
nne reason for a lack of inf orn::et. ° on ebout Union City l'ethodist Church
is the feet t. 1St unt"l 1951 it 88 on a circu~t, erd was cont!ll1uolly being
S\1itc ed from one circuit J· o eno+}1er itrout eny thought ~oward keeping
accurate records on individu.al churches. Tre Conference Journals ~re of
little help in tr'cing t e C urch's h~story for t.his reason.
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T.'e fo110\l jng is 8 Ijst of the rast ors 'Tho hove ~erved Unjon City
'et ocUst C urch and the. eers of their terrore:
r H. C. Emory 1910-14
C ~rles L. Bass lC?14-15
John Spier In6
Cash 1917-19
D. p. Helson, Jr. 1919-20
George E. Sv. ers 1921-23
Henry I. Bullock 1924
J. D. Bass 1925
J. E. Statham 1925-26
• C. ~cPherson 1926-27
L. pradley 1928
H. Gardner 1928-29
Rev. Bright 1929
J. D. S\7agerty 1930
B. P. Read 1931
• H. Rcyal 1931-32
y. A. lila Hey 1932
.• 1'. Rogers 1933-34
Grover Kno 'les 1935
Hubert Dodd 193n-~7
L. G. Cousrt 1938
T. L. Rutland 1939-41
T. S. ill 1942-44
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v. V. !ill 1944
A. J. Gilliam 1944, C. "l" . Hughes 1944-46.
Comer Bro\7nlor 194 -47
11. • Jackson 1947-48
"Ta lt er Cross 1948-49
.~ illiam Lyons 1949-50
.....alt er C. Ban Ie 1950-51
Toombs • Kay, Jr. 1951----
T_16 liates listed for the }-E'storates v;ould teke a good deal of
exrlenat ion. So e of he: [I s+ ors uid nat serve an ent ire year, one
serv:in as little E'S two mont s.
rnion City !'ethodist Church has ad bad and ood days. In the
more d:fficult days of its history it 'as once considered }.r8ctjcel1y
rdead 2nd one of its merbers offered to buy it so tlwt tre buHd:in
\7culd oi be a C omplet e loss. But t ere \. er e "bbose rho ,"oule. not
""'ive u , \"lho con;inued to r:;eet to["8 er, to s:i.n , rray, ~1"d Fors ip.
1'. eir rreserv"nce has been re arded menyfold by the ne\'l life 110\7
t hrobin in t he church ~-roe:ram.
In 1950-51 the avercZe ettendarce at t e C urcl> Sc 001 nss 72.
Today it :'Jill average almost 10". The me bership of the church con
t:':nues to grow. In leSO-51 thirty-five ne\! r::!e:bers ,""ere added to the
churc 1. In 1951-52 twenty- six came into the n8nbersh 'p. \8 of ray 1,
1953, fort neu members "'vc been received. '::1'e resident merbers .i: is
150 todE', .nd the: total 1e bership is 177. tTOs~.ects are alr"ost un
Ii lit ed.
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'T'he hysicel }-lFlrt of the C urch includes t he House of -'ors'iF \/ ichJ.
is Elf. I resent undergojn@" extensive rel irs. In 1947 e 12,000.(1 Educ8
tionrl ,-lont \":8S errec ed. o rever, the equ ip ~ent is 8 rdly ad equat e
for tho present, ~nd e Church ~,ill most certe:.'nly :reve to consider new
buildinf" plans in the next fer yecrs.
The ChlT c became a' studerrt stat ion in 1951. It has no I crsor p.:e,
but II nf ere bdnp- laid -Co construct one :in 'che very near future. T1 e
fre::ent bud et is 4200.0n. '1'he C urch iE' ex eriencing no difficulty in
r[':isin'- hot mount, flus (1500.00 outside the bl~dget for extra lur:.oses.
i7rom t).,e above COI'ir'lEmt s, :it is ep. arent \"Thy t i he s been t er ed a
tentet ive h:" story of Union Cit et hodist Church. The COI'l1"itt ee on T-fist cry
and qecords saIl cortinue to lebor -l het 8 more corn:lete end Bccur t e
hi story ray be \"TriJ-ten and }.ubli:?hed.
_ey 11, 1953