Tazewell County, Virginia
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Church Records
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Graham Baptist Church

aka:  Soldiers' & Sailors' Memorial Baptist Church

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Source --  John Newton Harman, Sr.  Annals of Tazewell County, 1800-1922, in Two Volumes (Richmond VA:  W. C. Hill Publishing Co., 1922), Reissued as 2 vols. in 1 in 1975 by Netti Schreiner-Yantis, Springfield, VA, Vol. I.  Extracted and submitted by:  June White
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ORGANIZED:  GRAHAM BAPTIST CHURCH,  March of 1900 at the close (Vol. 2, pgs. 307-312)  of a meeting conducted by Rev. E. T. Mason, Jr., and Rev. J. H. Franklin.  CHARTER MEMBERS:  Mr. & Mrs. D.C. Burton;  Mr. & Mrs. S.W. Garnett and daughter, Olia;  Mr. & Mrs. S.M. Harvey and daughter, Gertrude;  Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Repass;  Mr. and Mrs. Wayman Seabolt;  Miss Hattie Longworth;  S. T. Litz;  W. S.  King and A. W. Barbe.  PASTORS UP TO 1922:  Rev. E.T. Mason, Jr.; Rev. G. C. Duncan;  Rev. B. C. James, died of typhoid fever on  2 November 1906 ;  Rev. L. M. Holloway;  Rev. J. H. Franklin;  Rev. J. E. Gibson;  Rev. J. M. Newton;  Rev. T. H. Campbell;  H. W. Riddle, a ministerial student;  Rev. G. S. Ellyson; and Rev. M. O. Alexander.  BUILDING COMMITTEE, 1921:   J. M. Newton; C.S. Pippin, C.W. Matthews, Mrs. J.A. Strickland and Miss Glenna James.  NAME  CHANGE:  Soldiers' and Sailors' MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH