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History of the First Baptist Church
Paint Rock, Texas
1886 - 1962
Dedicated to:
J. M. Patton and J. B. Waide
"Two extraordinary men"
by
James L. Golden
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    This brief history was written because there was a definite need for preserving the records of the church, as well as a need for the collecting of general information from numerous people in the community. There are, of course, mistakes in this small book, however, it must be realized that exact information is sometimes difficult to obtain, as part of the church records have been misplaced. Some names are probably missing, but none have been left out, except by mistake or lack of records.
    Throughout this work, many lists appear, some were contributions in conjunction with them. The printing of the amounts contributed is not a means of emphasizing or de-emphasizing any person. Since this is a history, it would naturally mean the printing of facts. Most lists were printed in the original form.
    Space would not permit a list of all the people who have worked on this book. Over the months of work, it has been a process of collecting, writing, correcting, and rewriting. Yet, thee are still some mistakes despite the efforts of the interested people. A work of thanks and recognition to those who contributed financially for the printing of this history. Originally, there was no intention of having the history printed in book form, but when the subject was mentioned many wanted to help, so in your hands you hold a small volume, the story of the Paint Rock Baptist Church.

            Dedication _______________________________________________1
            Forward _________________________________________________2
            Meet the Pastor____________________________________________4
            Picture of Deacons _________________________________________5
            Contributors Church Bldg. 1907 ________________________________6
            Contributors Church Furniture 1961_____________________________7
            Contributors Church Bldg. 1932________________________________7
            General History____________________________________________8
            Charter Members __________________________________________8
            Picture Old Parsonage______________________________________10
            Picture First Church Bldg ____________________________________11
            Picture R. W. (Bob) Morris ___________________________________13
            Church Statistics___________________________________________14
            Picture Present Church Bldg. _________________________________16
            Picture P. R. Cabin at Lake __________________________________18
            Picture Present Parsonage __________________________________19
            Memorial Fund____________________________________________21
            Contributions to Parsonage Fund ______________________________23
            Resident Membership_______________________________________24
            Contributions for Printing of Church History _______________________25
            Pastors P. R. Baptist Church _________________________________25
            Deacons P. R. Baptist Church    _______________________________26
            In Memoriam______________________________________________27

James L. Golden was born in Tenaha, Texas, of Shelby County on August 21, 1933. He was the second son of Leon and Vera Golden. Her father was killed in an accident in 1938, oat Odessa, Texas, where he was employed by the Arrow Drilling Company. After this, the family moved to East Texas and james attended school there. he graduated from high school at Van, Texas, in 1951. Immediately after graduation, he joined the U. S. Marine Corps and was stationed in California during most of his five year service, with the exception of fourteen months which was spent in Korea in 1952-53. After his discharge in 1956, work was begun on a college degree, and after two years and eight months he received his B.A. Degree from Howard Payne College in Brownwood.
During the college years, James pastored the Lohn Baptist Church at Lohn, Texas. This was his firs pastorage and it proved to be enjoyable as well as extensive, lasting nearly four years. After graduation he accepted a ob teaching school at Paint Rock, Texas, where he is presently teaching in his third year. The First Baptist Church of Paint Rock, called him as pastor in February of 1961.

    David Royce Currie was born in San Angelo on December 3, 1952 and raised in Paint Rock. He is the son of Joe Roy and Mary Jim Currie, the grandson of the late J. M. and Ruth Patton, also the late W. G. and Minnie Currie, faithful and long time workers in the First Baptist Church of Paint Rock.
    David graduated from Paint Rock High School in 1971 and from Howard Payne University, Brownwood with a Bible Degree in 1975. He received his Master of Divinity from Southwester Baptist Seminary, Fort Worth in 1978.
    He worked for the Christian Life Commission in Nashville, Tenn. from 1978-80, then pastored at First Baptist Church in Mason two years.
    David is the author of one book "On The Way!" by Broadman Press and has written many articles for Southern Baptist publications.

Ladies Aid	$100.00	Dick Pounds	1.00
A. L. Burk	100.00	J. P Alexander	5.00
J. C. Jones	100.00	Tom Shuler	2.50
S. Roach	100.00	Joe Currie	10.00
Mr. and Mrs. Huston	100.00	Miss Ludie Tom	2.50
R. W. Morris	100.00	First National Bank	10.00
A. C. Flemister	75.00	M. W. Morris	10.00
D. E. Sims	50.00	A. J. Hall	10.00
T. K. Wilson	25.00	H. W. Gober	10.00
E. N. Barbee	25.00	Harman Miexner	1.00
F. Wyatt	25.00	Dr. France	2.50
Dr. Crunk	15.00	George Hanna	2.50
J. E. Howze	12.50	J. A. Waide	5.00
W. B. Woodruff	25.00	Miss Eunice Younger	5.00
J. B. Waide	25.00	J. Lackey	2.50
J. F. Fowler	10.00	J. B. Lee	1.00
A. J. Wolf	10.00	H. H. Kendrix	5.00
Earl Willis	10.00	J. W. Jones	2.50
A. R. Maddoux	10.00	T. F. Benge	5.00
J. D. Clay	5.00	J. F. Bass	2.50
R. W. Warren	5.00	R. C. Tillery	1.00
J. W. Warren	10.00	A. D. Moss	5.00
W. J. Tomerlin	5.00	R. H. Woodard	1.00
Ed Anderson	5.00	J. V. Alexander	1.00
D. Reed	5.00	John Robertson	2.00
J. J. Millwee	5.00	W. Jeff Wilcox	1.00
T. F. Jackson	10.00	Ira Harris	5.00
H. A. Shurman	2.50	W. S. Boswell	10.00
H. H. Ratchford	2.50	T. A. Riley	3.50
Hugh L. Gober	2.50	Cudellas Waide	5.00
A. C. McCulley	5.00	S. L. Hicks	1.00
J. S. Gregory	12.00	Harold Tomerlin	.50
Mrs. H. A. Shurman	2.50	Wallie Ratchford	.50
Curtis Norman	1.00	John W. Goodwin	5.00
J. W. Norman	50.00	Mrs. S. W. Benge	5.00
Sid Oxford	5.00	R. C. Sloan	2.50
C. F. Cottrell	5.00	J. K. Norman	5.00
James Howze Jr	2.50	Mrs. J. S. Jones	5.00
W. W. Gober	5.00	Walter Haglestein	1.00
John Norman, Jr	2.50	Mrs. Bessie Jackson	1.00
J. M. Burk	25.00	Hargis Bros.	20.00
C. Haglestein	5.00	J. E. Roberts	1.00
Walter Boswell	2.50	Mrs. Sisson	1.00
V. D. Fuller	2.50	O. E. Hanna	2.50
W. H. Leake	1.00	T. E. Tomerlin	5.00
TOTAL			$1290.00

Joe Brosig	$250.00	Ed Mosteller	150.00
W. B. Bishop	75.00	Jim Neal	100.00
Waide Crunk	25.00	Mrs. A. Novian	50.00
Mrs. Earl Conley	10.00	J. M. Patton	50.00
Bill Currie	250.00	Mrs. Nellie Pierce	5.00
Floy Currie	100.00	Florence Pirtle	6.00
Mrs. Johnny Coffee	3.00	T. D. Pope	25.00
Roy Currie	200.00	Hilton Stephenson	106.00
Wyma Davis	10.00	Roy Tomlinson	50.00
A. D. Davis	25.00	Mrs. Roy Terry	10.00
Mrs. Zeb Deck	15.00	Charlie Thomas	10.00
Jack Dewitt	25.00	N. T. Underwood	50.00
Mrs. Ed Dusek	50.00	Mary West	100.00
Mrs. R. H. Fowler	10.00	W. E. Wright	100.00
Coy Garrett	20.00	Bobby Wood	10.00
James Golden	106.00	Mary Wood	10.00
Robert Huston	10.00	Mrs. Wilbur Waide	20.00
Frank Herridge	10.00	J. B. Waide	25.00
Joe Hurt	22.00	Imogene Waide	100.00
Floyd Higginbotham	50.00
Mrs. Carrie Kemp	25.00
Joe King	50.00
Ethel King	100.00
Willard Estep	110.00	TOTAL	$2858.00

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF PAINT ROCK