ROCK HOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH
1901--1908, 1938--1965
PICTURE PROVIDED BY BURT AND CHARLENE ROSE
ROCK
HOUSE SCHOOL, CHURCH, MASONIC LODGE
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HAMILTON
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Rock House Baptist Church
was organized before August, 1901, and was admitted to Hamilton County Baptist Association on 16 August,
1901, and existed until about 1908. Rock House Baptist Church was
reorganized on 6 November, 1938, and admitted again to Hamilton County Baptist Association on 22 August,
1939. This church was dissolved about 1965.
Rev. T. Lynn Stewart, Rev. John Dempsey West,
Rev. John S. Deaton, and Rev. Samuel Marshall "Sam" Drake met
with a group of residents of the Rock House community on Sunday afternoon,
6 Nov., 1938, to re-organize the church. Charter members were Mr.
and Mrs. Randell Simpson, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Cozby, Mr. and Mrs.
S. A. Joiner, Mr. Charlie Miles, Mrs. George Gray, Mrs. Charlie Casey,
Mrs. C. H. Miles, and J. T. Miles. Sam Drake was called as the
pastor to preach on the first Sunday of each month.
Early pastors have
included:
Steven Anderson Rains,
1901
J. A. Walker,
1902--1904
W. A. Franklin,
1905
John Dempsey West,
1906
Lewis Carl,
1907
Samuel Marshall "Sam" Drake,
1939
Clifford Hampton, 1940--1941
George Evans, 1943
Tom Lowrance,
1944--1945
Harlan Abel, 1947
Max Holleyman, 1948
Early church clerks included:
S. W. Emert, 1901
Christopher Columbus Powell,
1902--1903
S. E. Crabb, 1904
W. A. Richardson,
1905--1906
Mrs. George Gray,
1939--1940, 1943, 1945
Miss Vonceil Casey,
1944
Mrs. A. M. Massingill
Early messengers to the annual
association meeting were:
1901--S. W.
Emert, J. S. Crab, R. O. Leach
1902--W. T.
Tankersly, Rev. F. M. Walker
1903--W. T.
Tankersley, S. E. Crabb
1904--J. A.
Parker, F. M. Walker, Sister Ruth Walker
1905--J. A.
Parker, F. M. Walker
1906--W. T.
Tankersley, C. T. Tankersley, William Lawrence
1907--Lewis
Clark
1930--Charley
Casey
1940--H. D.
Blue, J. T. Miles
1941--Charlie
Casey, Norman Thompson
1942, 1943, 1944, & 1946--Mr.
and Mrs. Charley Casey
1945--Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Miles
1947--Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Pylant, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lobstein
1948--Mrs. Henry
Pylant, Mrs. Burl Massingill, Mrs. Tom Taylor, Mrs. Alford Livingston,
Mrs. Alton Cozby, Mrs. A. M. Massingill.