"A HISTORY OF THE DAVIESS-McLEAN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION IN KENTUCKY, 
1844-1943" by Wendell H. Rone.  Probably published in 1944 by 
Messenger Job Printing Co., Inc., Owensboro, Kentucky, pp. 378-380.  
Used by permission. [Christian]

ERNEST OVERTON COTTRELL:  Ernest O. Cottrell was born on October 30, 
1876, in Daviess County on the Leitchfield Road about two and one 
half miles from Owensboro, and is the third son born to James 
Harrison Cottrell and Mary Kate Dawson.  He is a great-grandson of 
Elder Reuben Cottrell, founder of the First Baptist Church of 
Owensboro.
	Our subject was converted in a meeting held by Dr. J. S. Felix 
at the Mission of the First Baptist Church located at Sixth and 
Center Streets late in he year 1888 and was baptized into the 
fellowship of the First Baptist Church by Dr. Felix.  He was one of 
the 491 who withdrew from the First Church to organize the Third 
Baptist Church in the year 1896 and is therefore a charter member of 
the last mentioned Church.
	For several years he had impressions of a call to the ministry 
but did not yield to the call until May, 1900, in connection with a 
meeting held by Dr. Len G. Broughton of Atlanta, Georgia, when he 
preached on "Living In The Perfect Will of God".  Our brother was 
licensed to preach by the Third Baptist Church on August 28, 1901.  
He was ordained by this same Church on December 27, 1904, with Elders 
W. D. Nowlin, E. H. Maddox, B. F. Jenkins, T. E. Jasper, H. E. Gabby, 
R. T. Bruner, and Dr. J. J. Taylor of Georgetown College serving as 
the presbytery.  Dr. J. J. Taylor preached the ordination sermon from 
Luke 4:18.
	He quit school after completing the sixth grade and went to 
work in a tobacco factory in Owensboro.  When he yielded to the call 
to preach, he held the position of foreman of the "picking room".  He 
also had experience as a clerk in a general and grocery store.  He 
entered the "prep department" of Georgetown College in the fall of 
1900 and after a year and a half he dropped out and worked for a time 
with the engineering department of the city of Owensboro in street 
construction work.  He returned to Georgetown College in 1904 and 
continued until June, 1907.  He served Great Crossing Church near 
Georgetown, Kentucky, from January, 1905, to September, 1907, with 
great success.  After the last mentioned date he entered the Southern 
Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.  Upon entering the Seminary, it was 
learned that he was available for supply and pastoral work, and as a 
result, Elder W. H. Dawson, whose health was failing, had him to come 
and supply for the Yellow Creek Church the second Saturday and Sunday 
in December, 1907.  Brother Dawson was present at the Saturday 
service which was the last public service he was privileged to 
attend.  Brother Cottrell continued to supply for him at Yellow Creek 
and Maceo until his death in March, 1908, when he became pastor of 
these Churches.  He continued as pastor of the Yellow Creek and Maceo 
Churches until July, 1911, and June, 1912, respectively.  He served 
Sorgho Church from December, 1910, to March, 1912; Glenville Church 
from May, 1909, to March, 1910; Macedonia Church from August to 
December, 1910; and the Chestnut Grove Church from September, 1908, 
to January, 1911.
	He was clerk of the Daviess County Association in the period 
1908-1911, preached the annual sermon in 1911, organized and served 
as the first president of the Associational [sic] Sunday School 
Convention, and served acceptably as the clerk of the District 
Mission Board.  He served as editor of the Daviess County Baptist for 
some time and the paper was later discontinued after he left the 
Association.  He became a member of the State Board of Missions in 
1912 and held this position for several years.  He was elected as one 
of the Assistant Moderators of the General Association in 1914.
	He has served as pastor of the Cloverport, Guthrie, Second 
Church at Hopkinsville, Earlington, and Adairville Churches.  He 
organized the Walnut Street Church in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, in 1931 
and remained as pastor through the year 1935.  His pastorates have 
all been successful.  He has served as Moderator of the Bethel 
Association and preached the annual sermon before that body.  After 
doing supply and evangelistic work for some time he located at 
Jasper, Tennessee, in September, 1939, and has since served two one-
half time Churches in that territory.  The Jasper Church has recently 
adopted full time work.
	He was united in marriage to Miss Eulah Bernice Miller.  
daughter of E. Oscar Miller and Merab J. Thrasher Miller, on June 16, 
1909.  She had taught for eight years in the public schools of 
Owensboro and in the Sunday School of the Third Baptist Church.  She 
has been very active through the years in Church and Associational 
[sic] work and has been a worthy helpmate to her husband.  They have 
two daughters; Dorothy Ellsworth and Virginia Miller, both of whom are 
graduates of Bethel Woman's College, Hopkinsville, Kentucky.  Miss 
Dorothy served as a teacher in the Senior High School at Owensboro, 
Kentucky, from 1931 to 1943.  She has been Mrs. Walter M. Price since 
January, 1942.  Miss Virginia is now Mrs. Herbert McMath of 
Louisville, Kentucky.
	Brother Cottrell has been a useful preacher and a successful 
pastor and has accomplished a lasting work wherever he has labored.  
He is a Baptist of the old school and takes Pride in the fact that he 
is an ardent admirer of the late Dr. B. H. Carroll, the "Spurgeon of 
Texas".  He is still very active after spending almost forty years in 
the Baptist Ministry.

Cottrell Dawson Felix Broughton Nowlin Maddox Jenkins Jasper Gabby 
Bruner Taylor Miller Thrasher Ellsworth Price McMath Carroll
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Daviess Georgetown-Scott-KY Louisville-Jefferson-KY Glenville-McLean-KY 
Cloverport-Breckinridge-KY TN Earlington-Hopkins-KY Adairville-Logan-KY

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