Providence Baptist Church - Lanett, AL
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N 32° 52.650 W 085° 16.030
16S E 662107 N 3639037
Located about 5 miles west of Lanett on Country Club Rd, this marker provides the early history of this church.
Waymark Code: WMK3Z3
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 02/09/2014
Views: 4
Marker Text:
Side 1
Providence Baptist Church was organized before 1836 by Elder Francis Calloway. It was one on the ten charter churches of the East Liberty Baptist Association. The small white frame church was built during the ministry of Reverend George E. Brewer, who served Providence 1883-1889. It has served some of the best known families in all this section including the: Askews, Harringtons, Wolfes, Calloways, Barrows, Meadors, Slaughters, Shealeys, Wallaces, Lancasters, Burdetts, Meadows, and others.
Side 2
Providence has been served by many noted pastors: W. D. Harrington, 21 years; W. C. Bledsoe, W. E. Lloyd, George E. Brewer, C. J. Burden. A. S. Brannon, W. P. Cofield, J. P. Hunter, C. B. Martin, Earle Trent, Oley C. Kidd, Albert Strozier, Carl Burke, Ralph Williams, U. M. Starnes, Jimmy Auchmuty, J. H. Carroll, James Coleman, Robert Crowder. Several early members left Providence Church to go out and form other Baptist churches.
Marker Name: Providence Baptist Church Chambers County, Alabama
Marker Type: Rural Roadside
Addtional Information::
Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1979
Marker Number: Not Listed
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