FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY, Pickens County, SC
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Version: 3.0 Effective: 3-Aug-2005 Text File: P263.TXT Image Folder: P263
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CEMETERY LOCATION:
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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:
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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:
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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.
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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
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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