FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY, Pickens County, SC a.k.a. > Version: 3.0 Effective: 3-Aug-2005 Text File: P263.TXT Image Folder: P263 ******************************************************************************** It's believed that the usage of any original work submittals contained within these webpages such as articles, compiling, photographs or graphics, conform to Fair Use Doctrine & Copyright Guidelines. COPYRIGHT NOTE: (1.) Works published before 1923, are considered to be public- domain. (2.) Works published 1923-1977 without a copyright notice, are considered to be public-domain. (3.) Unpublished non-copyrighted works will have Author permission for public-domain. Facts, names, dates, events, places & data can not be copyrighted. Narration, compilations and creative works can be copyrighted. Copyright law in the U.S. does not protect facts or data, just the presentation of this data. REPRODUCING NOTICE: These electronic pages may only be reproduced for personal or 501(c) Not-For-Profit Society use. Use the following names, if, you would like to give any author compiling credit. AUTHORS: Paul M. Kankula-NN8NN & Gary L. Flynn-KE8FD *********************************************************************** 05-01-15 RECORDING ...... : Judy Ballard at digroots@lowcountry.com in Oct-2005 CEMETERY LOCATION: ------------------ 1 mile NW of Norris. N34 46.063 Latitude x W82 45.943 (for church) N34 45.948 Latitude x W82 45.881 (for cemetery) CEMETERY HISTORY: ------------------------ In 1947, a church was organized under the name Gospel Tabernacle on FIwy. 137, Norris, South Carolina. The first pastor was Rev. Maze Chambers. The church met in a house using its one-of-a-kind church steeple, a table leg given by Minnie Mauldin. Louise Tant, one of our present members, still has the table leg. In 1949, Rev. Garland Sentell became the pastor and the name was changed to Faith Baptist Church. During that period of time, the church experienced a great revival with 106 professions of faith. A new church building was built in 1955 and the old house was moved to another location. In the early 1960s, a fellowship building and a parsonage was built. The woodframed church building was remodeled and bricked. Several well-known preachers have come out of the church, and among them are: Rev. Hovie Revis, Jr., Rev. John Revis, Dr. Wyatt Mullinax, Rev. Howard Watson, Rev. Doyle Johnston, Rev. Frank Barrett, Rev. Willard Coleman, Rev. Bud Allsep, Rev. Alien Moore. On August 10, 1980, the church called Rev. Gary James as pastor, and he is still the pastor at the time of this writing, August 13, 2003. In 1992, the fellowship building was doubled in size. In 1998, the church purchased 25.5 acres of land just 1/8111 mile east of the present church location. It is the long-range plan to relocate to the new property. The church has been a member of the Piedmont Baptist Association since 1949. By: Piedmont Baptist Association 2003 TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: ------------------------------ a. = age at death b. = date-of-birth d. = date-of-death h. = husband m. = married p. = parents w. = wife See http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p263/ for photo/inscription links. o----------o Inscriptions Sorted by Surname: Photo # (dcp_00??.jpg) , Surname, Given Name, Born, Died, Other Comments 79, ADKINS, Jesse Roy, b. 19-apr-1945, d. 22-oct-2003 78, LITTLETON, Wallace E., b. 1949, d. 2004 83, MCPHERSON, Rena Byrd, b. 5-oct-1957, d. blank, Married 10-nov-1990 82, MCPHERSON, Thomas Melvin, b. 25-jan-1959, d. 17-apr-2004, Married 10-nov- 1990 81, PILGRIM, Karley M., b. 2003, d. 2003 o----------o Inscriptions Sorted by Photo #: Photo # (dcp_00??.jpg) , Surname, Given Name, Born, Died, Other Comments 78, LITTLETON, Wallace E., b. 1949, d. 2004 79, ADKINS, Jesse Roy, b. 19-apr-1945, d. 22-oct-2003 81, PILGRIM, Karley M., b. 2003, d. 2003 82, MCPHERSON, Thomas Melvin, b. 25-jan-1959, d. 17-apr-2004, Married 10-nov- 1990 83, MCPHERSON, Rena Byrd, b. 5-oct-1957, d. blank, Married 10-nov-1990