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the li^r' *r. a !«!' , M;i. : M l1-" , A - A t I “ I Mr. and Mr- W. charter members tton of the church the second Sun.iav Apparently other used as meeting pit erection of the t'hurch in 1!>13. Th B. Dixon, as I tie organiza dates hack to in June 1908. hurches were i'1' - until the i’i e tbyte rian Kev. K. L. pa-tor of the I mis until ‘ted Sun 11*12. the re . nt church nue was laid, or.-ecrated in Siler was the i;rst church, serving frr 1917. The St. James episcopal Church traces its origin :. th. invit.ri..n ,.f Major John W ,.n, a devout Prc*byterian, t.» hi- friend, th. Kev. A. DeK Meat. to hold a communion service at his hous for some 1 pi.-copa. an guests and neighbors. This wa f,.Mowed by other hou-e service Then per mission was ured use The Methodist Church, .n day On St. Jam.- ■ Day cornerstone of the p., edifice on Vance aver. • And the build wa 1917. The beginnings >f Friendship Chapel 1’resbyterinn Church on the Montreal Road, (do 1 hear the Rev Arniistead and Adrian Hardwick saying that I should omit Chape! from the title") seem to be found jin the Missionary zeal of the Mon (treat folk. Work menti .nod a arly as HHI2. The first building as across the road from the >res.-nt site. In June ,,f I9ll( ;t as decided to build the church, he building was finished enough use by Feb. 14, 1912. The chapel as completed in 1914 The chapel eived its name from one of the ible classes, the Friendship lass. In 1948 the members voted turn the chapel into a church. The Free Will Baptist move nt dates back in this community a number of tent meetings held this locality during the 1880’s, number of the Missionary Ban ts from the North Fork Church, by “Jonse' W alker became y much interested and withdrew m the North Fork Church on urday before the first Sunday Dee., 1887. The Homer’s Chapel re Will Baptist Church was [anizeil Feb. 25, 1888. Rev. John inry Ballard was called as the t pastor. The church ,s named for one of John lker’s Ions, Homer Walker, • died from diptheria and was first person to k<' buried in church cemetery. I,and for s church wa donated by I >an The Kerlee Baptist Church was aimed August 31, 1941. The v. B. (1, Dalton w;c called to the first pa-tor. He was suc ceed by the Kcv. Janu-s Islcy, 0 in turn, was succeeded by Rev. Vernon Hensley, the sent pastor. Prior to the organ tion of the Kerlee Baptist urch, the Presbyterian t'liurch d carried on religion- activitie the same location, under the me of Kerlee Chapel. The Ker t’hapel work began in the h one tlf he late Columbus Kerlee with Hnday school cla ;scs held in the nkrlee living room. Later M ■irlee donated land for the build log of a chapel and it was named inf his honor. The work received OAU1 h encouragement from the Rev. Harry Boehme, who erved the Black Mountain Presbyter an Chinch in 1922. jfifhe Lakey Cap Chape! wa c begun nifer the auspices of the local ?|i|j>byterian Church under the eadership of the Rev. Boehnte in 922. He co-operated with Mi> Inr and Miss Lyde Wilson in atablishing a neighborhood Sun ay school. Previously, Mis- I yde Vflsi>n had taught Sunday school >r neighboring children under an pple tree. Mrs. John William-"!'. tJp was anxious for her children *1 have a Sunday school nearby ape the land on which the Lakey ip Chapel is located. The Chapel fains it.- Presbyterian affii a l ■ he youngest of Black Moun Jn’s churches, the Christian lurch, was organized April 23, f>0 in a meeting held at the As fnbly Grounds, formerly the Turn to Page S, this Sec. I » Mountain View Baptist Church, Rev. . ■ * ,C. A Eugene Byrd, I’astor Ridgecrest Baptist Church, Rev. Cecil M. Perry, Pastor Black Mountain Presbyterian Church, Rev. \V. VV. Preston, Pastor Church of God, Rev. L. 1). King, Pastor East Black Mountain Baptist Church, Kev. Charlie Hollifield, I’astor
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