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Our Pastors, Past and Present

The name of Rev. James Laughbridge, first pastor and builder of the church, does not appear in the register of pastors below.  Other pioneer pastors names are missing also, including Rev. Thomas Lowery and Rev. Amos Kendall.  These do not appear probably because the area was not part of an organized annual conference at the time or because the records are not available.  Our register of pastors begins in 1881.

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Name of Pastor

Appointment
  
H. E. Smith November 1881
T. J. Harris November 1882
Eugene Johnson November 1883
J. R. Roberson December 1887
Help R. Tucker December 1889
J. C. Park December 1893
J. W. Anderson December 1894
J. W. Bell December 1897
H. C. Morehead December 1900
W. D. Lester December 1901
W. L. Graves December 1904
L. W. Caine December 1908
R. P. Neblett December 1910
N. C. Augustus December 1914
J. W. Raper December 1915
E. M. Shaw December 1917
E. E. McKeithen December 1921
W. N. Dodds December 1924
A. Sandifer Raper December 1928
G. H. Boyles December 1931
W. J. Dawson December 1936
G. R. Williams December 1940
W. C. McCay December 1943
A. C. Bishop May 1950
L. P. Jumper May 1953
Walter D. Smith May 1957
Paul E. Russell May 1961
John Bowie May 1965
H. L. Hathorn May 1969
Grady Bailey, Jr. May 1979
Harold Robinson May 1985
Bryan Scarbrough May 1988
Roger McGrew May 1993
Mike Childs May 1997
Walter Goldsmith June 2005
Phillip S. Dearman June 2008
Larry Patrick June 2011