{"sEcho":1,"iTotalRecords":100,"iTotalDisplayRecords":100,"aaData":[{"chu_id":1,"chu_name":"Acona Methodist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.26854927199831","chu_lon":"-90.01970085609912","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"acona_methodist_1.jpg","chu_caption":"Acona Methodist Church Established In 1874<br>Photo taken 28 Jul 2011","chu_text":"<style>\r\n#page_Text p { text-indent: 0; }\r\n<\/style>\r\n<p>The <strong>Acona Methodist Church<\/strong> is located 11.9 miles north of the Lexington Courthouse on MS-17. The property, which the church was built on in 1874, was bought from Mrs. A. T. Landfair - two and one-half acres purchased for $25. Some years later, J. P. Harvey, who had purchased the Landfair place, deeded an additional one-half acre more or less, \"for love of the church\" the deed said.<\/p>","chu_cem_fk":2,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":44,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":2,"cem_name":"Acona Methodist Church Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"Acona Methodist Church School","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Acona"},{"chu_id":2,"chu_name":"Annie York Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.129167","chu_lon":"-90.260278","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":30,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Marcella"},{"chu_id":3,"chu_name":"Antioch Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.03304330809846","chu_lon":"-90.1137643300872","chu_address":"3309 Brozville Rd., Lexington","chu_image":"antioch_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Antioch Baptist Church, Brozville","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":5,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":5,"cem_name":"Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Brozville"},{"chu_id":176,"chu_name":"Antioch Missionary Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.12887261547912","chu_lon":"-90.2602234839258","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":86,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":51,"cem_name":"Antioch MB Church Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Westfield"},{"chu_id":4,"chu_name":"Asia Missionary Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.117061","chu_lon":"-90.057272","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"asia_missionary_baptist.jpg","chu_caption":"Asia Missionary Baptist Church","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":5,"chu_name":"Bell Grove Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.129444","chu_lon":"-90.094167","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":6,"chu_name":"Belmont Missionary Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.12061764725003","chu_lon":"-89.84617332940887","chu_address":"Old Edsville Road","chu_image":"belmont_church_view.jpg","chu_caption":"Belmont Missionary Baptist Church. Photo  courtesy of |29|, used by permission.","chu_text":"<div class=\"col-xs-4\">\r\n<figure>\r\n<img class=\"scan img-responsive center-block\" src=\"images\/nws_images\/book-16\/book-16_pg-019_pic-01.jpg\" alt=\"Belmont MB Church\">\r\n<figcaption>Belmont [Missionary] Baptist Church. Melton and Crawfield Place on Old Edsville Road. Photo taken from the |289|.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":162,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":10,"cem_name":"Belmont Church Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Durant"},{"chu_id":7,"chu_name":"Beth El Pentecostal Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.112528","chu_lon":"-90.058099","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"beth_el_pentecostal_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Beth El Pentecostal Church was the third to use the Temple Beth El Synagogue.","chu_text":"The Beth El Pentecostal Church began using the Temple Beth El Synagogue for worship services during the summer of 2013. The church is now closed.","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":8,"chu_name":"Bethesda Chapel","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.136667","chu_lon":"-89.946944","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":4,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Bowling Green"},{"chu_id":9,"chu_name":"Bethesda Presbyterian Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.13672346997799","chu_lon":"-89.94706135750323","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"<style>\r\nh4 { text-align: center; color: #000; }\r\np { margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 2rem; text-align: justify; }\r\n.herald {background-color: BlanchedAlmond; }\r\n<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-4 col-xs-offset-2\">\r\n<p>A Presbyterian Church and cemetery were located on a three- acre plot about one-half mile southwest of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church. There was a union of the churches and the members of the Presbyterian Church went to another church. The building was left unused until it eventually deteriorated and fell down.<\/p>\r\n<p>Another version said it was destroyed by fire and never rebuilt. A smaller church building (no denomination) was later built about 1939-1940. The pine trees on the church and cemetery property were cut to build the Bethesda Chapel which was used so funerals could be held inside when the weather was bad. The building is no longer there.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"right\"><em>Eloise Alderman<\/em><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-4 herald\">\r\n<span class=\"whisper\"><em>Holmes County HERALD<\/em><\/span>\r\n<h4>Bethesda name given for church<\/h4>\r\n<p>In addition to the cemetery, there was the Bethesda Presbyterian Church and the Bethesda Consolidated School.<\/p>\r\n<p>These were located about one half- mile southwest of Pleasant Ridge Church and Cemetery in the Sand Hill Community.<\/p>\r\n<p>The cemetery and church were, it seems, on a three-acre plot, and the school and teacher\u2019s house were nearby on a two-acre plot.<\/p>\r\n<p>Bethesda Presbyterian Church was destroyed by fire, according to local reports, and never rebuilt. A smaller church building (no denomination) was erected, primarily for use as a place to hold funerals when the weather was bad, according to Mrs. Ophelia McLemore of Lexington.<\/p>\r\n<p>Calvin Moore of Lexington believes this building was erected in 1939 or 40 because his uncle hauled the logs to the sawmill in his new, 1939, Chevrolet truck. The pine trees on the church and\/or cemetery property were cut to build this second church.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":11,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":4,"cem_name":"Bethesda Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Bowling Green"},{"chu_id":11,"chu_name":"Bethlehem Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.09098584312439","chu_lon":"-90.3902146271956","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":3,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Bee Lake"},{"chu_id":10,"chu_name":"Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"32.92009189623553","chu_lon":"-89.94585653531225","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"bethlehem_mb_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, Goodman, Holmes Co., MS<br>Photos taken by |29|, May 2022.","chu_text":"<p>\r\n<img src=\"images\/chu_images\/bethlehem_mb_sign.jpg\" class=\"photo img-responsive center-block\" width=\"400px\" alt=\"Goodman Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, Holmes Co., MS\">\r\n<\/p>","chu_cem_fk":12,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":20,"cem_name":"Bethlehem Church Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Goodman"},{"chu_id":12,"chu_name":"Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.221667","chu_lon":"-90.232778","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"3115 Old Hwy 49","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":45,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Tchula"},{"chu_id":13,"chu_name":"Beulah Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.090482","chu_lon":"-90.092125","chu_address":"6910 Hebron Road, about 3.2 miles South of Lexington.","chu_image":"beulah_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Beulah Baptist Church, Lexington","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":163,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"Beulah Church Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":14,"chu_name":"Beulah Grove All Faith Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.16000090579847","chu_lon":"-90.01531809295663","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"<div class=\"col-xs-3\">\r\n<p>First Sunday, Rev. Lenoria Meekie, Jr. reopened the old Beulah Grove Church on Beulah Grove Road in Lexington. During the summer and fall of 2016, I talked with him. He said the church would be named Beulah Grove All Faith. Congratulations to Rev. Meekie and may God bless him. Last fall he told me All Faith means anybody can attend.<\/p>\r\n<p><em>Holmes County Herald<br>Thursday, May 11, 2017<\/em><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-6\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Beulah Grove All Faith Church<\/strong><\/p>\r\nBeulah Grove Church was located on the road to Crossroads Community when I lived there. Elder James Rodgers who was pastor said he didn't see any prospects for growth as long as they stayed there so he moved the congregation to town and began the Guiding Light Church on Mulberry St. True to his thinking, the church has prospered in the new location<\/p>\r\n<p>In Cohen's one day years ago, we were talking about churches. I asked him what was done with the old church building. He said he owned it and hoped something useful could be done with it.<\/p>\r\n<p>The articlel I clipped from May 11, 2017 Holmes Co. Herald said that Rev. Lenoria Meekie has reopened the old Beulah Grove Church and named it Beulah Gove All Faith Church. He said that All Faith means anybody can attend.<\/p>\r\n<p>Elder James Rodgers died a few years ago so he didn't live to see the building being used again for the Lord's work.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em>Eloise Alderman<\/em><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-3\">\r\n<p>Saturday evening, March 31 at 4 p.m., the Beulah Grove All Faith Church pastored by Rev. Lenoria Meeky, Jr., hosted Family and Friends Day. The crowd was small but the service was great. The youth of the Trinity M.B. Church had an inspiring Easter program first Sunday. The mothers and some of the elderly ladies of the church were given Waster bags from the youth department. The youth had an Easter egg hunt after service.<\/p>\r\n<p><em>Holmes County Herald<br>Thursday, April 4, 2019<\/em><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":15,"chu_name":"Blanch Chapel","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.224444","chu_lon":"-90.274722","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":30,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Marcella"},{"chu_id":16,"chu_name":"Bowling Green Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":null,"chu_lon":null,"chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"<div class=\"col-xs-6 col-xs-offset-3\">\r\n<h4>Bowling Green Baptist Church<\/h4>\r\n<p>When we were young, we lived four miles from Bowling Green. We attended church services there at the white frame building on Sunday a month. We always went to the revivals. A Rev. Williams was pastor.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nMost of the folks who went to Bowling Green Baptist Church finally moved, died, or found another churches that had regular church serv ices every Sunday and also Sunday School for the children to attend.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"eac_Name\"><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":4,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Bowling Green"},{"chu_id":17,"chu_name":"Bowling Green Community Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.16226825140421","chu_lon":"-89.92106748989805","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"bowling_green_community_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Bowling Green Community Church. No longer active.<br>Photo circa 2012 taken from the |289|.","chu_text":"<div class=\"col-xs-4\">\r\n<figure>\r\n<img class=\"photo img-responsive center-block\" src=\"images\/nws_images\/book-16\/book-16_pg-045_pic-01.jpg\" alt=\"Bowling Green Church Side View\">\r\n<figcaption>Closeup view of Bowling Green Church. It is a Community Church Now.<br><em>Eloise Alderman<\/em><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-4\">\r\n<p>This church building was first used by the Methodist. When the Methodist church ceased to exists it was used as a Community Church. The building is no longer used for religious services. Location on Bowling Green Road<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-4\">\r\n<figure>\r\n<img class=\"photo img-responsive center-block\" src=\"images\/nws_images\/book-16\/book-16_pg-045_pic-02.jpg\" alt=\"Bowling Green Church Front View\">\r\n<figcaption>Ronnie Shaws holds services in this church now.<br>(Closed now - meets in a home.) <em>Eloise Alderman<\/em><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":4,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Bowling Green"},{"chu_id":18,"chu_name":"Bowling Green Methodist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.16226825140421","chu_lon":"-89.92106748989805","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"bowling_green_methodist_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Bowling Green Methodist Church, Holmes Co., MS<br>Photo taken by |29|, May 2022.","chu_text":"<div class=\"col-xs-6 col-xs-offset-3\">\r\n<h4>Bowling Green Methodist Church<\/h4>\r\n<p>This church was in the building to the right of the Baptist Church.\r\n<\/p><p>Some of the families who went there were Tate, Carr, Carnathan, Williamson, Sudbeck, Grantham, Ellington, Gulledge, McLellan, Siddon and McNeer.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nI was told that the building was finally moved on account of its old location and water problems. Services were held at the present location on Bowling Green Road on special occasions.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"eac_Name\"><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":4,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Bowling Green"},{"chu_id":186,"chu_name":"Calvary Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.0751266266742","chu_lon":"-89.85057082180234","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"durant_calvary_baptist.jpg","chu_caption":"Calvary Baptist Church, formally Eastside Mission.<br>Photo taken from the |289|. Photo taken ca 2012.","chu_text":"<div class=\"col-xs-6\">\r\n<figure>\r\n<img class=\"photo img-responsive center-block\" src=\"images\/chu_images\/durant_calvary_baptist_side.jpg\" alt=\"Calvary Baptist Church\">\r\n<figcaption>Side view of Calvary Baptist Church<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-6\">\r\n<p>In the early 1950\u2019s some men of Durant First Baptist Church saw a need for a Baptist witness in another part of town so they began a Mission Sunday School in a small vacant building on Hamilton Street Extension. After several months another house was renovated and became Eastside Mission with one of Durant First Baptist young men, <sa>Virgil McBride<\/sa>, a ministerial student, as first pastor. He was followed by <sa>Aubrey McLellan<\/sa>, also of First Baptist. The mission grew until it was necessary to have a pastor on the field. <sa>Reverend Cecil Mulloy<\/sa> was called as pastor. He was succeeded by <sa>Reverend H.C. Ellis<\/sa>. In 1962, under his leadership, Eastside Mission became Calvary Baptist Church. In 1957 the Durant Baptist Church had bought a lot on East Madison Street and built a concrete building to house the growing congregation. In 1968, Calvary Baptist Church was deeded the property on East Madison Street.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":10,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Durant"},{"chu_id":19,"chu_name":"Calvary Episcopal Church (Historical)","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.214722","chu_lon":"-90.140000","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"Historical","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":45,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Tchula"},{"chu_id":20,"chu_name":"Central Baptist Church (Historical)","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"32.925000","chu_lon":"-90.018889","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"Historical","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":11,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Ebenezer"},{"chu_id":21,"chu_name":"Chestnut Ridge Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.026988","chu_lon":"-90.109091","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"chestnut_ridge_sign.jpg","chu_caption":"Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church, Brozville, MS","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":164,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"Chestnut Ridge Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":187,"chu_name":"Church of Christ","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.073434163512914","chu_lon":"-89.85681558011261","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"durant_church_of_christ.jpg","chu_caption":"Durant Church of Christ. Church is no longer active. Building no longer exist.<br>Photo taken from the |289|.","chu_text":"<h5>Durant Church of Christ<\/h5>\r\n<div id=\"colText\" class=\"justify\">\r\n<p>The first congregation of the Durant Church of Christ began meeting in 1858 in the dining room of Hotel Durant. They continued to meet at the Hotel until June 7, 1953, when they bought an old residence in a residential section one block from Highway 51 at the corner of [West] Cedar Street and South Washington Street. All members worked hard to convert the building into a nice meeting place with an auditorium and several classrooms. Over the years, there have been reverses, one of them the loss of ten families through the closing of the hosiery mill. Though small in number, the congregation has continued to meet on a regular basis throughout the years.<\/p>\r\n<p>Two located ministers worked with the Durant Church of Christ during the mid 1900's. Brian van der Spuy from South Africa served the Church for one year, and he went back to South Africa for mission work. Rubel Clayton ministered to the Church beginning in 1965 for one and a half years, moving to other service in Dunlap, Tenn.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nThrough faith and determination the congregation decided to build a new building, which was started in March, 1965, and completed in June, 1965. On June 20, 1965, the Church had open house in their new building and invited their friends and neighboring congregations to worship with then. Brother Paul Sparks from Indianola preached for this occasion with Brother Charles Cash of Kosciusko acting as master of ceremonies. On the same day, Brother Ralph Carnahan from Kimball Avenue Church of Christ, Memphis, TN, started a revival meeting which continued through Friday of that week, the results being three baptisms and one restoration.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nThe Durant Church of Christ has held services regularly each Sunday morning and night with Bible services on Wednesday. The new building contained seating for two hundred or more with four classrooms and a nursery. Elders in the Church in the past have been L. T. Burress and Albert Cooper. Deacons have been Otho Burns, G. B. Horn and W. E. Thomas.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":10,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Durant"},{"chu_id":188,"chu_name":"Church of Christ","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.11264764774133","chu_lon":"-90.04515923395424","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"lexington_church_of_christ.jpg","chu_caption":"Lexington Church of Christ established 1969. Now home of New Beginnings Church of Christ.<br>Photo circa 2012  taken from the |289|.","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":23,"chu_name":"Church of the Nazarene","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":null,"chu_lon":null,"chu_address":null,"chu_image":"durant_nazarene_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Church of the Nazarene, Durant. Location unknown.<br>Photo taken from the |289|.","chu_text":"Other than the location of South Washington St., as indicated in the associated article (see link below), the location is unknown.","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":10,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Durant"},{"chu_id":71,"chu_name":"CongrJehovah's","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.121872","chu_lon":"-90.055229","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":24,"chu_name":"Coxburg Methodist Protestant Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"32.99891163751311","chu_lon":"-90.20994709181863","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"coxburg_mp_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Coxburg Methodist Protestant Church, Coxburg","chu_text":"<div class=\"col-xs-4 col-xs-offset-4\">\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center; color: #000000;\">Coxburg Methodist Protestant Church<\/h4>\r\n<p>The first church in the community was founded around 1860. According to a deed in the Holmes County Chancery Clerk\u2019s office, <sa>William Bailey Netherland<\/sa> and <sa>John F. Wallace<\/sa> conveyed, for one dollar, an acre of land to the trustees of the Methodist Protestant Church on July 9, 1894. Three trustees whose names were legible were <sa>J.F. Wallace<\/sa>, <sa>D.H. Edwards<\/sa>, and <sa>J.M. Wiggley<\/sa>. The land was said to be lying between the Lexington and Tchula Roads, being in the southwest comer of SE \u00bc of Township 13, Range 1 East.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":29,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":7,"cem_name":"Coxburg Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Coxburg"},{"chu_id":25,"chu_name":"Cruger Baptist Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.32197648568356","chu_lon":"-90.23877911931397","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"cruger_baptist_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Cruger Baptist Church","chu_text":"First church constructed in 1902. Photo from |289|, ca 2012.","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":8,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Cruger"},{"chu_id":26,"chu_name":"Cruger Methodist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.32146029915789","chu_lon":"-90.24002459956013","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"cruger_methodist_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Cruger Methodist Church. Photo from the |289|, ca 2012.","chu_text":"<div class=\"col-xs-4 col-xs-offset-4\">\r\n<p>The <strong>Cruger Methodist Church<\/strong> had Its beginning in 1905 when a group of that faith met and made plans for its. organization. During that first year the Conference sent three ministers here to hold services at regular intervals. They were Rev. J.T. McCafferty, W.N. Duncan, and W.L. Duren.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":8,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Cruger"},{"chu_id":27,"chu_name":"Cypress Chapel\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"32.967500","chu_lon":"-90.047500","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":11,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Ebenezer"},{"chu_id":28,"chu_name":"Damascus Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.04831562697616","chu_lon":"-89.8930075497921","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"damascus_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Damascus Church, Holmes Co., MS<br>Photo taken by |29|, May 2022.","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":10,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Durant"},{"chu_id":32,"chu_name":"East Jones Chapel\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.120833","chu_lon":"-90.133889","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":23,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Howard"},{"chu_id":33,"chu_name":"Eastside Mission Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.07519678666321","chu_lon":"-89.85056036836058","chu_address":"See Durant Calvary Baptist Church","chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":10,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Durant"},{"chu_id":34,"chu_name":"Eastside Missionary Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":null,"chu_lon":null,"chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"<style>\r\nh4 { text-align: center; color: #000; }\r\n#spec_Words  {column-count: 1}\r\n<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-6 col-xs-offset-3\">\r\n<h4>Eastside Baptist Church<\/h4>\r\n<p>In the fifties we attended church at Eastside because it was missionary Baptist like my husband was. It was organized by the Leo Ellis family. I remember a pastor named Bro. Amos Strickland who was a brick layer and lived next door to the church. He laid the stones from Arkansas for the outside of the church sanctuary. The old part of the building remained as was and the rooms were used as Sunday school rooms.<\/p>\r\n<p>Another pastor I remember was Bro. Keenum who came with his family from Belzoni every Sunday for several years. Some of the families who attended services there were the Granthams, Thompsons, Logans, Chisholms, Jenkins, Slatons, Flower, Sims, Aldermans, and Bro. Walter Jordan who filled the pulpit when the pastor was not there.<\/p>\r\n<p>As the years passed and older members moved away or died, other pastors came who were not missionary Baptist. The last one I remember was Bro. Whitehead. The newer members left for other churches and Eastside did not continue to operate on Cemetery Street. A local pastor and his congregation met there for awhile.<\/p>\r\n<p>Finally the building was sold to a black man who said he was going to start a new church, but the building burned before the church was started.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"eac_Name\"><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":35,"chu_name":"Ebenezer Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"32.974746","chu_lon":"-90.088798","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"ebenezer_baptist_view.jpg","chu_caption":"Ebenezer Baptist Church. Photos taken by |29|, April 2022.","chu_text":"<img src=\"\/images\/chu_images\/ebenezer_baptist_sign.jpg\" width=\"400px\" class=\"img-responsive photo center\" alt=\"Ebenezer Baptist Church\">","chu_cem_fk":38,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":11,"cem_name":"Ebenezer Church Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Ebenezer"},{"chu_id":36,"chu_name":"Ebenezer Mt. Zion United Methodist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"32.967082","chu_lon":"-90.091345","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"ebenezer_mt_zion_chu3.jpg","chu_caption":"Ebenezer Mt. Zion United Methodist Church.<br>Photo taken by |29|, April 2022.","chu_text":"<img src=\"\/images\/chu_images\/ebenezer_mt_zion_sign.jpg\" width=\"400px\" class=\"photo img-responsive center\">","chu_cem_fk":124,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":11,"cem_name":"Ebenezer Mt. Zion Church Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Ebenezer"},{"chu_id":179,"chu_name":"Ebenezer United Methodist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"32.967025","chu_lon":"-90.091282","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"ebenezer_united_methodist_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Ebenezer United Methodist Church.<br>Photo taken by |29|, April 2022.","chu_text":"<img src=\"\/images\/chu_images\/ebenezer_united_methodist_sign.jpg\" width=\"400px\" class=\"photo img-responsive center\">","chu_cem_fk":39,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":29,"chu_twn_fk":11,"cem_name":"Ebenezer United Methodist Church Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"Dinstel, Donna","twn_name":"Ebenezer"},{"chu_id":46,"chu_name":"El-Bethel Bibleway Apostolic Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.19224433161429","chu_lon":"-90.22497932382986","chu_address":"North on 49E towards Greenwood","chu_image":"el-bethel_church.jpg","chu_caption":"El-Bethel Bibleway Apostolic Church photo from the |298|, taken ca. 2012.","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":45,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Tchula"},{"chu_id":37,"chu_name":"Emory Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.25572509461555","chu_lon":"-89.91134905175734","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"emory_baptist_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Emory Baptist Church, Holmes Co., MS<br>Photos taken by |29|, May 2022.","chu_text":"<img src=\"images\/chu_images\/emory_baptist_sign.jpg\" class=\"photo img-responsive center-block\" width=\"400px\" alt=\"Emory Baptist Church Sign\">","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":14,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Emory"},{"chu_id":38,"chu_name":"Emory Methodist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.254169213690126","chu_lon":"-89.91717553426975","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"emory_methodist_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Emory Methodist Church, Holmes Co., MS<br>Photos taken by |29|, May 2022","chu_text":"<img src=\"images\/chu_images\/emory_methodist_sign.jpg\" class=\"photo img-responsive center-block\" width=\"400px\" alt=\"Emory Methodist Church Sign\">","chu_cem_fk":40,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":14,"cem_name":"Emory Methodist Church Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Emory"},{"chu_id":39,"chu_name":"Epworth Methodist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.10785871787617","chu_lon":"-90.05270238710217","chu_address":"17583 S Hwy 17, Lexington, MS","chu_image":"epworth_methodist_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Epworth Methodist Church, Lexington MS. Photo circa 2012 taken from the |289|.","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":40,"chu_name":"Faith Friendship Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.10148793707613","chu_lon":"-89.99617604746753","chu_address":"24545 Hwy 12 E, Lexington, MS. Church now closed.","chu_image":"faith_fellowship_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Faith Fellowship Church. Photo circa 2012 taken from the |289|.","chu_text":"<div class=\"col-xs-8 col-xs-offset-2\">\r\n<h5>Fellowship Faith Church<\/h5>\r\n<p> This Church of God was organized by Joel Smith in the G & S Building across from Fleetwood Industries. It was organized in 1984 and during 1895 a permanent place for worship was completed on Highway  12E. With Joel Smith as pastor, their numbers grew and they added another building and a bus ministry.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Years ago a cemetery was started. Today there are several graves in the cemetery including Pastor Smith's wife's grave.<\/p>\r\n<p>2012 - Faith Fellowship Church is no longer an active church. The congregation goes to Immanuel Church of God in Durant<\/p>\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":29,"chu_name":"First Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.07595375525214","chu_lon":"-89.85746031145747","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"durant_first_baptist_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Durant First Baptist Church. Photo taken from the |289|, ca 2012.","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":10,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Durant"},{"chu_id":72,"chu_name":"First Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.115506","chu_lon":"-90.053814","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"lex_fbc_front.jpg","chu_caption":"Lexington First Baptist Church, founded 1846","chu_text":"<img src=\"images\/chu_images\/lex_fbc_sign.jpg\" class=\"photo img-responsive right\" width=\"300px\" alt=\"Lexington, MS First Baptist Church Sign\">\r\n<p><b>First Baptist Church Lexington<\/b>: This church was organized on September 1, 1846, with twenty-two charter members. A. W. Rowe, Daniel W. Beall, Nathan B Hooker, Thomas S. Wright, Otho Beall, John and Alice Shaw Garland and Rebecca Noel Sutton were among the charter members.<\/p>\r\n<p> Mr. Otho Beall donated the lot upon which the church now stands. A small frame building was built soon after the church was established and served until 1890, when the present sanctuary was built.<\/p>\r\n<p>Additions and renovations in 1916, 1968, and 1973 established the church facilities that the members enjoy today.<\/p>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":147,"chu_name":"First Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.18291201492674","chu_lon":"-90.2237724415244","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"tchula_first_baptist_church.jpg","chu_caption":"First Baptist Church, Tchula, Holmes Co., MS","chu_text":"Main Street, by the lake","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":45,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Tchula"},{"chu_id":41,"chu_name":"First Pilgrim Rest Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.221111","chu_lon":"-89.919722","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":4,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Bowling Green"},{"chu_id":42,"chu_name":"First Presbyterian Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.116731","chu_lon":"-90.053403","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"lex_fpc_main.jpg","chu_caption":"First Presbyterian Church on Church Street in Lexington","chu_text":"<p>The <strong>Lexington First Presbyterian Church<\/strong> was organized on May 10, 1834. The Rev. Jacob Rickhow preached an appropriate sermon and was the moderator of the meeting. The Rev. A. C. Dickerson, who lived in the recently incorporated town of Lexington, assisted in the service. Samuel Long, Hugh Cameron, and John McFarland, having been ordained ruling elders in other places were elected officers of the new church. The other charter members were Margaret Cameron, Mar McFarland, Mary W. Dickerson, Sophronia Wilson, Martha Beall, Joseph Patrick, David Cohennauer, and Joseph Hall.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>On June 3, 1973 the congregation voted unanimously to ask the Presbytery of Central Mississippi for dismissal to the Presbytery of the Mississippi Valley. It was granted on July 19, 1973. After being in the Presbyterian Church in the United States for more than a hundred years the Lexington church regretted the circumstances that made the break advisable. Feeling that the PCUS was moving the \"ancient landmark\" by revising the Westminster standards, a large number of congregations have united in forming The Presbyterian Church in America. It is dedicated to continuing the high standards of the Reformation.<\/p>\r\n<br>\r\n<p><i>Extracted for \"History of the Lexington Presbyterian Church 1834-1976\" by Miss Marianna Kimbrough, Mrs. Lucile Davis, and the late Miss Meta Moore.<\/i><\/p>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":43,"chu_name":"First United Methodist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.113624","chu_lon":"-90.053484","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"lex_fum_front.jpg","chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":44,"chu_name":"First United Pentecostal Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.089693","chu_lon":"-89.850372","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"durant_united_pentecostal_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Durant First United Pentecostal Church. Photo taken from the |289|. Photo taken ca 2012.","chu_text":"Located North of Durant on Bowling Green Road.","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":10,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Durant"},{"chu_id":45,"chu_name":"Franklin Presbyterian Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.033361500645206","chu_lon":"-89.99489025488857","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"franklin_presbyterian_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Ante-Bellum Church<br>Site of Civil War Battle","chu_text":"<div class=\"col-xs-4 col-xs-offset-4\">\r\n<p>The above picture of the Franklin Presbyterian Church which organized in 1841 was provided by Julian Watson. Once a year the church holds a homecoming with singing, preaching, speaking, and lunch on the grounds. Julian makes his famous ice cream to serve and they all have a great time.<\/p>\r\n<span class=\"whisper right\"><em>Eloise Alderman<\/em><\/span>\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":44,"chu_mkr_fk":7,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":16,"cem_name":"Franklin Cemetery","mkr_name":"Franklin Church","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Franklin"},{"chu_id":47,"chu_name":"Gages Springs Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.061111","chu_lon":"-89.958333","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":38,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Owen's Wells"},{"chu_id":48,"chu_name":"Galilee Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.013889","chu_lon":"-90.070278","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":49,"chu_name":"Georgeville United Methodist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.020835131225695","chu_lon":"-89.95382630041328","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"georgeville_united_methodist_gps.jpg","chu_caption":"Georgeville United Methodist Church, Holmes Co., MS.<br>\r\nPhoto taken by |29|, May 2022.","chu_text":"<div class=\"col-xs-4\">\r\n<figure>\r\n<img class=\"scan img-responsive center-block\" src=\"images\/chu_images\/georgeville_united_methodist_sign.jpg\" alt=\"Georgeville Methodist Church\">\r\n<figcaption>Georgeville United Methodist Church sign<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-8\" style=\"column-count: 3\">\r\n<p>It appears that the first church in the Georgeville settlement came after Ki Harrington, son of Kennedy Harrington, donated the land on Oct. 19, 1889 to the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church. This deed was signed by R.J. Moody, Mayor of Goodman and ex. off. J.P.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nThe deed described the church land as \"two acres bounded on the north by the Georgeville and Coons Ferry Road (this is the Georgeville-Franklin Road today) and on the West bv the Georgeville and Goodman Road.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nKi Had inherited a large tract of land that was known as the Ki Harrington Plantation, according to Nancy Killebrew Lowe, daughter of the late John Robert Killebrew who bought 850 acres of the former Harrington place in 1936.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":20,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Goodman"},{"chu_id":50,"chu_name":"Good Hope Baptist Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.110880","chu_lon":"-90.290595","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"good_hope_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Good Hope Baptist Church, Thornton MS. 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Photo circa 2012 taken from the |289|.","chu_text":"<p>Lebanon Church was a frame building 118 years ago according to Annie Gilmore who attends services there now (2007). The old building burned and the next building was a brick building which is still intact. I don\u2019t know what they plan to do with it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The new building is to the left of the other brick building. It was finished in 2005. It does not have the steps the older brick building has and will be easier for older members to enter for services.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> A Google street level view (older) of the church area shows the old building still standing but, the Google satellite view (newer) shows the building removed.\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":181,"chu_name":"Missionary Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.08908191335393","chu_lon":"-89.84884098107786","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"durant_mb_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Durant Missionary Baptist Church, Holmes Co., MS<br>Photo taken by |29|, May 2022.","chu_text":"<p>\r\n<img src=\"images\/chu_images\/durant_mb_sign.jpg\" class=\"photo img-responsive center-block\" width=\"400px\" alt=\"Durant Missionary Baptist Church Sign\"><\/p>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":10,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Durant"},{"chu_id":81,"chu_name":"Mount Calvary Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.085278","chu_lon":"-89.909444","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":38,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Owen's Wells"},{"chu_id":82,"chu_name":"Mount Carmel Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":null,"chu_lon":null,"chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"Historical","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":83,"chu_name":"Mount Everet Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.230278","chu_lon":"-90.300556","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":30,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Marcella"},{"chu_id":84,"chu_name":"Mount Harmon Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.166667","chu_lon":"-90.273056","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":30,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Marcella"},{"chu_id":85,"chu_name":"Mount Moriah Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"32.958333","chu_lon":"-89.984444","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":20,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Goodman"},{"chu_id":87,"chu_name":"Mount Pleasant Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.23558504925127","chu_lon":"-89.87998097674492","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"mount_pleasant_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, West, Holmes Co., MS","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":90,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":50,"cem_name":"Mount Pleasant Church Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"West"},{"chu_id":88,"chu_name":"Mount Rosies Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.178889","chu_lon":"-90.263889","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":30,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Marcella"},{"chu_id":89,"chu_name":"Mount Sinai Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.006944","chu_lon":"-89.993333","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":38,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Owen's Wells"},{"chu_id":90,"chu_name":"Mount Sinai Church Marcella","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.249167","chu_lon":"-90.255278","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":30,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Marcella"},{"chu_id":91,"chu_name":"Mount Valley Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.278333","chu_lon":"-90.262500","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":35,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Montgomery"},{"chu_id":92,"chu_name":"Mount Vernon Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.16874057985413","chu_lon":"-89.82878991590796","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"mt_vernon_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, West, MS. Photo taken Jun 2025 by |29|.","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":50,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"West"},{"chu_id":93,"chu_name":"Mount Zion Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.079167","chu_lon":"-90.420556","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":3,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Bee Lake"},{"chu_id":94,"chu_name":"Mount Zion Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.138889","chu_lon":"-90.195556","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":45,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Tchula"},{"chu_id":139,"chu_name":"Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.185738551208296","chu_lon":"-90.2214823309817","chu_address":"46 First Street, Tchula, MS","chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":45,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Tchula"},{"chu_id":86,"chu_name":"Mt. Olive MB Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.22891065237135","chu_lon":"-90.1065986114884","chu_address":"Rosebank-Mt Olive Rd, Tchula, MS","chu_image":"mt_olive_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Mt. Olive MB Church. Photo taken by |29|, October 2023.","chu_text":"<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-4 col-xs-offset-4\">\r\n<figure>\r\n<img class=\"scan img-responsive center-block\" src=\"images\/chu_images\/mt_olive_sign.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Olive Church Sign\">\r\n<figcaption>Mt. Olive MB Church Sign. Photo taken by |29|, October 2023.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-4\">\r\n<figure>\r\n<img class=\"photo img-responsive center-block\" src=\"images\/chu_images\/mt_olive_plaque-3.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Olive Plaquue-1\">\r\n<figcaption>Organized and Built in 1869<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-4\">\r\n<figure>\r\n<img class=\"photo img-responsive center-block\" src=\"images\/chu_images\/mt_olive_plaque-2.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Olive Plaquue-1\">\r\n<figcaption>Rebuilt in 1955<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-4\">\r\n<figure>\r\n<img class=\"photo img-responsive center-block\" src=\"images\/chu_images\/mt_olive_plaque-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Olive Plaquue-1\">\r\n<figcaption>Renovation and Addition, 2003<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\r\n<p class=\"centerbold\">The plaque photos above were taken by |29|, in November 2023.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":89,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":45,"cem_name":"Mt. Olive Church Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Tchula"},{"chu_id":22,"chu_name":"New Beginnings Church of Christ","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.11264764774133","chu_lon":"-90.04515923395424","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"new_beginnings_church.jpg","chu_caption":"New Beginnings Church of Christ, Lexington, MS. Photos taken by |29|, Jun 2020.","chu_text":"<div class=\"col-xs-4\">\r\n<img src=\"images\/chu_images\/new_beginnings_sign.jpg\" class=\"photo img-responsive\" alt=\"Church Sign\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-4\">\r\n<strong>Directions: <\/strong>From the Courthouse square take Depot St. East for 1.2 mile. Turn left just past Church's Chicken. The church sets back off the road.\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":95,"chu_name":"New Hope Baptist Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.095650","chu_lon":"-90.127496","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":23,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Howard"},{"chu_id":96,"chu_name":"New Mount Zion Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.309722","chu_lon":"-90.285556","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":35,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Montgomery"},{"chu_id":97,"chu_name":"New Zion Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.217222","chu_lon":"-90.220833","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":45,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Tchula"},{"chu_id":98,"chu_name":"Newport Missionary Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"32.994426","chu_lon":"-90.051285","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"newport_mb_sign.jpg","chu_caption":"Newport Missionary Baptist Church, Ebenezer, Holmes Co., MS.<br>Photos taken by |29|, Apr 2022.","chu_text":"<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-4\">\r\n<img src=\"\/images\/chu_images\/newport_mb_chu-front.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive photo\" alt=\"Newport Church Front\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-4\">\r\n<img src=\"\/images\/chu_images\/newport_mb_chu-sign.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive photo\" alt=\"Newport Church Sign\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-4\">\r\n<img src=\"\/images\/chu_images\/newport_mb_church_2022.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive photo\" alt=\"Newport Church Front\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":189,"chu_mkr_fk":6,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":11,"cem_name":"Newport MB Church Cemetery","mkr_name":"Elmore James","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Ebenezer"},{"chu_id":99,"chu_name":"Oak Grove Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.046618","chu_lon":"-90.217673","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"oak_grove_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Oak Grove Baptist Church, Tolarville, MS. Photos taken by |29|, July 2023.","chu_text":"<figure>\r\n<img class=\"scan img-responsive center-block\" src=\"images\/chu_images\/oak_grove_church-sign.jpg\" alt=\"Oak Grove Baptist Church Sign\">\r\n<\/figure>","chu_cem_fk":93,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":47,"cem_name":"Oak Grove Church Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Tolarville"},{"chu_id":100,"chu_name":"Old County Line Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.225833","chu_lon":"-89.831389","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":50,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"West"},{"chu_id":180,"chu_name":"Old Pilgrims Rest MB Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.221189887505545","chu_lon":"-89.92003996980019","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"old_pilgrims_rest_chu_sign.jpg","chu_caption":"Old Pilgrims Rest MB Church Sign. Photo taken by |29|, April 2022.","chu_text":"<img src=\"\/images\/chu_images\/old_pilgrims_rest_chu.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive photo center-block\" width=\"400px\" alt=\"Old Pilgrims Rest Church, Holmes Co., MS\">","chu_cem_fk":191,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":50,"cem_name":"Old Pilgrims Rest Church Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"West"},{"chu_id":101,"chu_name":"Oregon Memorial Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.140468","chu_lon":"-90.112022","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"oregon_memorial.jpg","chu_caption":"","chu_text":"<div class=\"col-xs-3\">\r\n<figure>\r\n<img class=\"photo img-responsive center-block\" src=\"images\/chu_images\/oregon_church_sign.jpg\" alt=\"Oregon Memorial Church Sign\">\r\n<figcaption>Photo taken by |29|, May 2021.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-9\">\r\n<p><b>Directions to Church<\/b>: From the north side of the Lexington square take Carrollton St. North and take the left fork onto MS 12 West. Travel a total of 4.3 miles to Oregon Rd. on the left. On the Oregon Rd. travel 0.3 miles to the 3-way intersection. Turn left for 0.1 mile to the church.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":100,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"Oregon Memorial Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":102,"chu_name":"Owens Wells Methodist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":null,"chu_lon":null,"chu_address":null,"chu_image":"owens_wells_methodist.jpg","chu_caption":"Owens Wells Methodist Church. Photo of postcard taken from |289|.","chu_text":"<div class=\"col-xs-6 col-xs-offset-3\">There was a union church built by A.G. Owen when the town was more prosperous, about 1890. After it no longer served the community as a church, it became a residence. Mr. Jim Rhyme's family lived in it when I took my sixth grade class to see Owens Wells. (author unknown). Location unknown.<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":38,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Owen's Wells"},{"chu_id":103,"chu_name":"Pickens Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":null,"chu_lon":null,"chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":40,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Pickens"},{"chu_id":104,"chu_name":"Pickens Methodist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":null,"chu_lon":null,"chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":40,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Pickens"},{"chu_id":105,"chu_name":"Pickens Presbyterian Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"32.8851779520688","chu_lon":"-89.97266372049984","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"<p>Google map indicates the location of the church as a vacant lot. It is unknown when the church was closed and the building demolished.<\/p>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":40,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Pickens"},{"chu_id":106,"chu_name":"Pine Grove Missionary Baptist Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.234722","chu_lon":"-90.041111","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"pine_grove_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Pine Grove MB Church. Photo taken by |29| June 2021.","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":192,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"Pine Grove MB Church Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":107,"chu_name":"Pleasant Green Baptist Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"32.94155739647513","chu_lon":"-90.0792009256105","chu_address":"1619 Ebenezer-Pickens Rd., Pickens, MS","chu_image":"pleasant_green_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Pleasant Green Baptist Church, Holmes Co., MS. Photo taken by |29|, taken November 2023.","chu_text":"<div class=\"col-xs-3 col-xs-offset-2\">\r\n<figure>\r\n<img class=\"photo img-responsive center-block\" src=\"images\/chu_images\/pleasant_green_church-old.jpg\" alt=\"Pleasant Green Church\">\r\n<figcaption>Original Pleasant Green Church, founded 1917. Photo taken by |29|, November, 2023<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-3 col-xs-offset-2\">\r\n<figure>\r\n<img class=\"photo img-responsive center-block\" src=\"images\/chu_images\/pleasant_green_church_sign-1.jpg\" alt=\"Pleasant Green Church Sign\">\r\n<figcaption>Pleasant Green Church Sign. Photo taken by |29|, November, 2023<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":141,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":40,"cem_name":"Pleasant Green Church Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Pickens"},{"chu_id":108,"chu_name":"Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.14020809025312","chu_lon":"-89.94217055591878","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"pleasant_ridge_baptist_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church, Holmes Co., MS<br>Photos taken by |29|, May 2022.","chu_text":"<div class=\"col-xs-4 col-xs-offset-2\">\r\n<p>The first <strong>Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church<\/strong> was built in 1852. A <sa>Reverend T.S. Wright<\/sa> was pastor in 1865. The building now standing is the third one having been dedicated on Sunday, April 1, 1906. A big all-day affair was held with dinner on the grounds. <sa>Reverend T.J. Bailey<\/sa> gave the devotional and <sa>Reverend J.J. Shanks<\/sa> presided. <sa>J.T. Ellis<\/sa> was pastor at that time.<\/p>\r\n<p>The pastor that was preaching when I was in school at Bethesda was <sa>Reverend A.H. Miller<\/sa>. He would give a devotional for us at school the next morning. He was well-liked by everyone.<\/p>\r\n<p>There has always been a well-kept cemetery.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"right\"><em>Eloise Alderman<em><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-4\">\r\n<figure>\r\n<img src=\"images\/chu_images\/pleasant_ridge_church_sign.jpg\" class=\"photo img-responive center-block\" width=\"400px\" alt=\"Pleasant Ridge Church Sign\"> \r\n<figcaption>Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Sign<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":107,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":4,"cem_name":"Pleasant Ridge Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Bowling Green"},{"chu_id":109,"chu_name":"Popular Springs Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.036944","chu_lon":"-90.172500","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":23,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Howard"},{"chu_id":31,"chu_name":"Presbyterian Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.07519360358341","chu_lon":"-89.85475072554053","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"durant_presbyterian_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Pictured is the present Immanuel Church of God building which was formally the building used by the Durant Presbyterian Church. Photo taken by |29|, May 2022.","chu_text":"The <strong>Durant Presbyterian Church<\/strong> ceased to exist sometime before May 22, 2005 when the Immanuel Church of God first met in the building.","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":10,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Durant"},{"chu_id":110,"chu_name":"Promise Land MB Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.083889","chu_lon":"-90.299444","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"promise_land_mb_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Promise Land M.B. Church, Thornton, MS. Photos taken by |29|, July 2023.","chu_text":"<figure>\r\n<img class=\"scan img-responsive center-block\" src=\"images\/chu_images\/promise_land_mb_sign.jpg\" alt=\"Promise Land M.B. Church Sign\">\r\n<\/figure>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":46,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Thornton"},{"chu_id":111,"chu_name":"Providence Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.246111","chu_lon":"-90.141389","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":45,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Tchula"},{"chu_id":112,"chu_name":"Quinn Chapel A. M. E. Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.11569146535633","chu_lon":"-90.04646255093581","chu_address":"419 Martin Luther King Drive, Lexington, MS.","chu_image":"quinn_chapel_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Quinn Chapel A. M. E. Church. Photo circa 2012 taken from the |289|.","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":113,"chu_name":"Quofaloma Missionary Baptist Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.111340","chu_lon":"-90.346461","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":46,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Thornton"},{"chu_id":114,"chu_name":"Richland Methodist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"32.97297463603714","chu_lon":"-89.98656526125671","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"richland_methodist_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Richland Methodist Church","chu_text":"<style>\r\nh4 { text-align: center; color: #000; }\r\n.herald { padding: 0.5rem; background-color: BlanchedAlmond; }\r\n<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-8\" style=\"column-count: 2;\">\r\n<p>Backstory on the photo - As with most churches these days a lot the churches in her book are now closed, especially the rural ones. One of the forgotten ones is the Richland Methodist Church. Town of Richland is long gone as is the church.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>While working on adding another book on churches from the <em>Eloise Alderman Collection<\/em> I came across a clipping from the book about the church but it didn't have a newspaper name or date. I did a Newspapers.com search and found an article dated Aug 1961 that stated that the church was mentioned in a July 1961 edition of the <em>Methodist TOGETHER<\/em> magazine. I did a search for the magazine and found some eBay offerings for some of the editions... of which July 1961 was one.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/em>I contacted the seller to inquire (before buying) if in fact the church was mentioned. She responded that she did not see an article but was nice enough to photo each of the pages and send them to me.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Yes, there was no article BUT, there was a picture (above) with caption about the pews, made by slaves, being over a 100 years old. I emailed the seller, thanked her for the find, and hit the Buy the Item button.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>As stated in the article (right), the church building no longer exists and thus the exact location is unknown. The article linked below states that a new building was built just north of The Little Red School House. The above GPS coordinates point to a likely clearing as stated.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-4 herald\">\r\n<span class=\"whisper\"><em>Holmes County HERALD<br>June 9,1960<\/em><\/span>\r\n<h4>Richland Methodist Church<\/h4>\r\n<h5 class=\"center\">By Mrs. Eva Burwell<\/h5>\r\n\r\n<p>For over a hundred years the \u201cbell with the mellow tone\u201d of the Richland Methodist Church has been calling people to worship for miles around. In the year of 1856 the church was built in the cemetery near where the monument of Mr. John Morrow now stands. In 1883 the building was blown down by a cyclone and the present church was erected on a lot donated by Dr. John Tackett.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In 1869, a district conference was held in Richland conducted by Bishop Keener of New Orleans. This was the beginning of the District Conference of the Methodist Church South. The roster of the membership from 1856 to 1886 shows the outstanding people that were members of the church at that time: the Morrows, Shepherds, Targetts, Peppers, Dotys, Samples, Lipseys, Dulaneys, Parkers, Pickens, Carters and the Douglas family&hellip; all prominent people.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>When the railroad was built through Goodman the members moved into town until finally only a handful remained. The past and the present are united in this old church; the same old wide plank floors of long ago look up at the new walls. The same old homemade benches placed there in 1856 remain and it has the original chandelier, although it is now wired for electric lights. A modem touch is the butane heaters.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The following have been pastors of the Richland Church, although we do not have a complete list: Rev. G.T. Vicker, 1856; R.R. Jones, Boone, Backman, Wade, Evans, Cameron, Bancroft, Ed Lewis, R.H.B. Gladney, Dr. Dye, J.D. Simpson, W.M. Langley, R.P. Neblett, E.C. Driskell, G.W. Curtis, David Harris, R.R. Godbold and the present pastor is Rev. George Ledbetter.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":113,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":43,"cem_name":"Richland Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Richland"},{"chu_id":115,"chu_name":"Rock of Ages COGIC","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.185840701844896","chu_lon":"-90.22159701331961","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"rock_of_ages_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Rock of Ages Church of God in Christ. Photo taken from |289|. Photo taken ca 2012.","chu_text":"Located on Hwy 49E going toward Greenwood.","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":45,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Tchula"},{"chu_id":116,"chu_name":"Rocky Springs Church (historical)\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.131389","chu_lon":"-89.857778","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":10,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Durant"},{"chu_id":117,"chu_name":"Rosebank MB Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.20086307371864","chu_lon":"-90.1693008733976","chu_address":"Rosebank-Mt. Olive Rd (Co Rd-119), Tchula, MS","chu_image":"rosebank_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Rosebank MB Church. Photo taken by |29|, October 2023.","chu_text":"<div class=\"col-xs-4 col-xs-offset-4\">\r\n<figure>\r\n<img class=\"photo img-responsive center-block\" src=\"images\/chu_images\/rosebank_church_sign.jpg\" alt=\"Rosebank MB Church Sign\">\r\n<figcaption>Rosebank MB Church Sign. Photo taken by |29|, October 2023.<\/figcaption>\r\n<figure>\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":45,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Tchula"},{"chu_id":118,"chu_name":"Rosehill Missionary Baptist Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.168333","chu_lon":"-90.184722","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"rosehill_church_01.jpg","chu_caption":"Rosehill Missionary Baptist Church. Photo by |296|, ca 2012.","chu_text":"<div class=\"col-xs-8 col-xs-offset-2\">\r\n<figure>\r\n<img class=\"scan img-responsive center-block\" src=\"images\/chu_images\/rosehill_church_02.jpg\" alt=\"Rosehill Missionary Baptist Church\">\r\n<figcaption>Church is located across the road from S. V. Marshall School<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":45,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Tchula"},{"chu_id":121,"chu_name":"Saint John's C. M. E. Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.15067704958876","chu_lon":"-90.24368338751053","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"st_john_church.jpg","chu_caption":"St. John's C.M.E. Church, Tchula, MS. Photo taken by |58|, Used by permission.","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":45,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Tchula"},{"chu_id":123,"chu_name":"Saint Mary's Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"32.976924","chu_lon":"-89.926472","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":20,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Goodman"},{"chu_id":126,"chu_name":"Saint Peters Rock Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"32.959319","chu_lon":"-90.097226","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":11,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Ebenezer"},{"chu_id":128,"chu_name":"Salem Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.079722","chu_lon":"-89.911944","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":38,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Owen's Wells"},{"chu_id":129,"chu_name":"Salem-Pickett Missionary Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"32.916583","chu_lon":"-90.021017","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"salem-pickett_mb.jpg","chu_caption":"Salem-Pickett MB Church photo courtesy of |4|, used by permission.","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":199,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":40,"cem_name":"Salem-Pickett Church Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Pickens"},{"chu_id":182,"chu_name":"Sandridge Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"32.95883815021283","chu_lon":"-89.91505676453025","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"sandridge_baptist_church_sign.jpg","chu_caption":"Sandridge Baptist Church, Holmes Co., MS<br>Photos taken by |29|, May 2022.","chu_text":"<p>\r\n<img src=\"images\/chu_images\/sandridge_baptist_sign.jpg\" class=\"photo img-responsive center-block\" width=\"400px\" alt=\"Sandridge Baptist Church\">\r\n<\/p>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":130,"chu_name":"Saron Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.080278","chu_lon":"-89.912222","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"saron_baptist_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Saron Baptist Church. No longer active, building has fallen down.<br>Photo taken from |289|.","chu_text":"<h5>Saron Baptist Church<\/h5>\r\n<div id=\"colText\" class=\"justify\">\r\n<p>The church came into being in 1854 according to deeds in the Holmes County Chancery Clek's office. One deed, dated January 30, 1854, from Sampson and Emily Batters to Celia West described land in Section 6, 7 and 8 of Township 14, Range 4d East. The land in Section 8 is where Saron Church and cemetery are.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>The deed specified an exclusion of 4 acres which was reserved for the Baptist Church. On August 23, 1854, Anderson West and wife Celia sold 80 acres of land in Section 8 to J.J. Kennon. The deed stated \"80 acres less 4 acres and a fraction of an acre upon which the Baptist Church called Sharon now stands.\" From this information, it appears that the Batters couple gave the land for the church and cemetery. I believe the church building is now abandoned.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In the vicinity of Old Saron Baptist Church, about four miles west of Durant, early settlers of that city first located. A store in the area was called Lockhart's, which was a gathering place for the settlers on Saturday. Behind the now long gone church building was a cemetery, marked with tombstones of some early families. Several members of the Sproles family are buried there. In the early days, the county was evenly divided among Whigs and Democrats. The Sproles family was to large that whoever they voted for would win the election.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Another article I have read on Saron church said it was established in 1842 near Castalian Springs about four miles west of Durant on the old road to Lexington.<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"eac_Name\"><\/p>","chu_cem_fk":122,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":10,"cem_name":"Saron Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Durant"},{"chu_id":131,"chu_name":"Second Pilgrim Rest Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.118056","chu_lon":"-89.863611","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":10,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Durant"},{"chu_id":133,"chu_name":"Shady Grove C.M.E. Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.15367491381418","chu_lon":"-89.96853708761427","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"shady_grove_cme_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Shady Grove C.M.E. Church, Holmes Co., MS (No longer active)<br>Photo taken by |29|, May 2022.","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":132,"chu_name":"Shady Grove Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.058056","chu_lon":"-90.211944","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":38,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Owen's Wells"},{"chu_id":134,"chu_name":"Shady Grove Methodist Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.015000","chu_lon":"-89.910833","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":23,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Howard"},{"chu_id":135,"chu_name":"Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.256111","chu_lon":"-89.966667","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":3,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Bee Lake"},{"chu_id":136,"chu_name":"Southside Missionary Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.10720916842778","chu_lon":"-90.05497370826897","chu_address":"311 4th Street, Lexington, MS","chu_image":"lexington_southside_mb_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Southside M.B. Church. Photo circa 2012 taken from the |289|.","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":138,"chu_name":"Spring Hill Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.068889","chu_lon":"-90.021111","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":128,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"Spring Hill Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":137,"chu_name":"Spring Valley Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.314167","chu_lon":"-90.267222","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":35,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Montgomery"},{"chu_id":119,"chu_name":"St. James Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.11185660825414","chu_lon":"-90.03729333146819","chu_address":"155 Jaycee Drive, Lexington, MS\r\n\r\n","chu_image":"lexington_st_james_church.jpg","chu_caption":"St. James Church. Photo circa 2012 taken from the |289|.","chu_text":"<style>\r\n#spec_Words  {column-count: 1}\r\n<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-4 col-xs-offset-4\">\r\n<p>Many years ago this building was the Church of God on Jaycee Drive. It closed and the building was used for a ladies dress shop named The Cottage. Jane Weathersby and Carolyn Campbell owned the shop. After they closed, part of it was used for a daycare center or nursery. It is now a church called St. James. I believe it was begun in 2004.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"eac_Name\"<\/p>\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":120,"chu_name":"St. James COGIC Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.319560174083755","chu_lon":"-90.22957035082162","chu_address":"100 Holly Grove-Meeks Road, Cruger, MS\r\n","chu_image":"st_james_cogic_church.jpg","chu_caption":"St. James Temple of Deliverance COGIC<br>Photo taken from the |289|, HERALD article dated Jan 2002.","chu_text":"<div class=\"col-xs-3\">\r\n<p>Saint James Church of God in Christ was founded in the 1900\u2019s on the Barnes Archer Plantation at Cruger under the pastor ship of Elder James L. Pleas. On May 2, 1932, the church purchased a site at 42 Patty Street in Cruger. In the early part of the year 2000, the church acquired the present site on Holly Grove\/Meeks Road at Cruger and began to build in the early part of 2001. Worship services were held in the new church building on Sunday, Jan. 6. Today, the church is under the pastor ship of Elder Leslie Brown (shown in front of the building) and is named Saint James Temple of Deliverance Church of God in Christ.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":8,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Cruger"},{"chu_id":189,"chu_name":"St. John C. M. E. Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.114882987714445","chu_lon":"-90.04727085331902","chu_address":"400 Martin Luther King Drive, Lexington, MS","chu_image":"lexington_st_john_cme_church.jpg","chu_caption":"St. John C.M.E. Church, Lexington MS. Photo June 2017 taken from the |289|.","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":122,"chu_name":"St. Joseph COGIC Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.20437311326655","chu_lon":"-89.79628811554562","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"west_st_joseph_church.jpg","chu_caption":"St. Joseph COGIC Church. Photos taken by |29|l, May 2022.","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":50,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"West"},{"chu_id":124,"chu_name":"St. Mary's Episcopal Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.117138","chu_lon":"-90.053826","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"st_mary_church.jpg","chu_caption":"St. Mary's Episcopal Church - Established 1878.<br>This building was built in 1899. The first one burned in 1894.","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":18,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"St. Mary's Episcopal Church","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":125,"chu_name":"St. Paul COGIC","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.102344","chu_lon":"-90.053390","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"st_paul_cogic.jpg","chu_caption":"St. Paul Church of God in Christ, Lexington, MS.","chu_text":"<script> .center {text-align: center; }<\/script>\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-4\">\r\n<img src=\"images\/chu_images\/st_paul_church_lex.jpg\" class=\"photo img-responsive\" alt=\"St. Paul COGIC church\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-4\">\r\n<p class=\"center\">St. Paul Church of God in Christ Church & Sign.<br>Photos taken by |29|, Jun 2022.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-4\">\r\n<img src=\"images\/chu_images\/st_paul_sign.jpg\" class=\"photo img-responsive\" alt=\"St. Paul COGIC Sign\">\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":14,"chu_sch_fk":13,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"St. Paul Church of God in Christ","sch_name":"Saints Academy & College","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":127,"chu_name":"St. Thomas Catholic Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.113605318463605","chu_lon":"-90.05481021162086","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"lex_st_thomas_church.jpg","chu_caption":"St. Thomas Catholic Church built in 1910-1911.<br>First one was destroyed by fire in 1908.<br>History began as far back as 1870.<br>Photo taken by |29|, May 2022.","chu_text":"<div class=\"col-xs-3\">\r\n<img src=\"images\/chu_images\/lex_st_thomas_gray.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive photo\" width=\"400px\" alt=\"St Thomas Catholic Church-Old Photo\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-3\">\r\n<img src=\"images\/chu_images\/lex_st_thomas_front.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive photo\" width=\"400px\" alt=\"St Thomas Catholic Church-Front Photo\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-3\">\r\n<img src=\"images\/chu_images\/lex_st_thomas_snow.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive photo\" width=\"400px\" alt=\"St Thomas Catholic Church-Snow Photo\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-3\">\r\n<img src=\"images\/chu_images\/lex_st_thomas_rectory.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive photo\" width=\"400px\" alt=\"St Thomas Catholic Church-Rectory\">\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":140,"chu_name":"Steele Chapel Independent Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.278954944187284","chu_lon":"-90.04955296071986","chu_address":"Holmes Co Rd-163","chu_image":"steele_chapel_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Steele Chapel Independent Church. Photo taken by |29|, October 2023.","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":2,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Acona"},{"chu_id":141,"chu_name":"Sunnymount Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.221111","chu_lon":"-90.011111","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":142,"chu_name":"Sweet Canaan Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.213056","chu_lon":"-90.085000","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":143,"chu_name":"Sweet Canyon Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.335556","chu_lon":"-90.279722","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":35,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Montgomery"},{"chu_id":145,"chu_name":"Sweet Home MB Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.086915","chu_lon":"-90.054902","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"sweet_home_sign.jpg","chu_caption":"Sweet Home MB Church, Holmes Co., MS.<br>Photos taken by |29|, April 2022.","chu_text":"<img src=\"\/images\/chu_images\/sweet_home_church_close.jpg\" class=\"photo img-responsive\" width=\"400px\" alt=\"Sweet Home Church\">","chu_cem_fk":206,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"Sweet Home MB Church Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":144,"chu_name":"Sweet Kingdom Baptist Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.066667","chu_lon":"-90.328889","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":46,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Thornton"},{"chu_id":146,"chu_name":"Sweetwater Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.19636530993716","chu_lon":"-90.024965135524","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">William Clower donated land for Sweetwater Church<\/h4>\r\n<div id=\"colText\">\r\n<p>William Clower and his wife Purity, were early settlers in Holmes County. They owned land in 1833, when Holmes County was formed from Yazoo County. William was born in Georgia, 1790 and died in Holmes County in 1861. Purity was also born in Georgia, in 1794 and died in Holmes County in 1854.<\/p>\r\n<p>From this marriage, there were nine children, five boys and four girls. Three sons were in the Confederate army and one died during the Civil War.<\/p>\r\n<p>The Clower land was in the vicinity of Sweetwater Church, located at the intersection of Sweetwater Road and Hopewell Road. The Clower home was on the northeast comer of this intersection, now in a pine grove. Land for the Sweetwater Church was donated by William and Purity Clower, in 1841. This is on the cornerstone of the church.<\/p>\r\n<p>Located at intersection of Sweetwater Road and Hopewell Road.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":134,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"Sweetwater Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":148,"chu_name":"Tchula Methodist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.180380","chu_lon":"-90.218924","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"tchula_methodist.jpg","chu_caption":"Photo taken from the |289|, ca 2012.","chu_text":"The original <strong>Tchula Methodist Church<\/strong> is now the <strong>Good Samaritan Ecumenical Church<\/strong>.","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":45,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Tchula"},{"chu_id":149,"chu_name":"Tchula Presbyterian Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.18122323507777","chu_lon":"-90.22034529377378","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"tchula_presbyterian.jpg","chu_caption":"Tchula Presbyterian Church. Photo taken by |296|, ca 2012.","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":45,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Tchula"},{"chu_id":150,"chu_name":"Temple Beth El","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.112528","chu_lon":"-90.058099","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"temple_beth_el.jpg","chu_caption":"Jewish Synagogue 1905 - 2005 (Closed)","chu_text":"<p><img class=\"right responsive\" src=\"images\/chu_images\/lewis_n_herrman.jpg\" width=\"200px\" alt=\"Lewis-Herrman\"><b>Temple Beth El: A Brief History<\/b> - The first Jewish family to settle in Holmes County was that of Jacob Sontheimer in the late 1830s. By the end of the 19th century, more than 50 Jewish people lived in and around Lexington.<\/p>\r\n<p>In 1904 land was donated by Morris Lewis Sr. and Sam Herrman for both a cemetery and a site for a building. Temple Beth El was dedicated Nov. 1, 1905. The first officers were Henry Rosenthal, president; Morris Lewis Sr., vice president' an Simon Fisher, secretary-treasurer. The first Sunday school classes were taught by Lena Levy and Julia Cohen Flowers.<\/p>\r\n<p>In the 1930s almost 90 attended High Holy Day services. During WWII, 16 members of the congregation served in the military.<\/p>\r\n<p>Through the years there have been numerous weddings, funerals and confirmations, with 13 confirmands in the largest confirmation class in 1929. There have been two bar mitzvahs and one bat mitzvah.<\/p>\r\n<p>Temple Beth El closed its doors for the final time in 2009. In the fall of 2011 Pastor Bobby Williamson started Temple Community Church and closed it in the middle of April 2012. A Pentecostal church began worship services on Saturdays during the sumer of 2013 in the Synagogue building. They called he church Beth El Pentecostal Church. This church later closed also.<\/p>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":151,"chu_name":"Temple Community Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.112528","chu_lon":"-90.058099","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"temple_community_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Temple Community Church was the second church to use the original Temple Beth El Synagogue.","chu_text":"Pastor Bobby Williamson started Temple Community Church Aug 21, 2011 and closed it the middle of April 2012.","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":152,"chu_name":"Thornton United Methodist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.086928","chu_lon":"-90.329515","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"thornton_church_front.jpg","chu_caption":"View of Thornton United Methodist Church","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":135,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":46,"cem_name":"Thornton Church Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Thornton"},{"chu_id":153,"chu_name":"Tomes Chapel\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.233611","chu_lon":"-90.276389","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":30,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Marcella"},{"chu_id":154,"chu_name":"Tredwell Grove Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.076667","chu_lon":"-90.189167","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":23,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Howard"},{"chu_id":155,"chu_name":"Trinity Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.099444","chu_lon":"-90.186944","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":23,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Howard"},{"chu_id":190,"chu_name":"Union African Methodist Episcopal Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.26458033563398","chu_lon":"-90.02781608118373","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"union_methodist_cem_1.jpg","chu_caption":"Union African Methodist Church. Photo taken by |29|, October 2023.","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":2,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Acona"},{"chu_id":157,"chu_name":"Union Grove Missionary Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.1154032139832","chu_lon":"-90.04183174715959","chu_address":"608 Martin Luther King Drive, Lexington, MS","chu_image":"union_grove_mb_church.jpg","chu_caption":"Union Grove Missionary Baptist Church. Photo circa 2012 taken from the |289|.","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":156,"chu_name":"Union Memorial United Methodist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.07599518391917","chu_lon":"-89.85712512230891","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"<div class=\"col-xs-4\">\r\n<p>Location identified in the article to the right as \"corner of West Mulberry St. and Southwest Ave\". Building no longer there. May have been on the site of the present First Baptist Church.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-8\" style=\"column-count: 3;\">\r\n<p>The first church in Durant was a Union Church, according to <sa>Mrs. Cornelia West<\/sa> in her 1901 history. Early citizens built this church on a lot donated by <sa>W. R. (Wilson Richard) Sproles<\/sa>, and it was located on the comer of West Mulberry Street and South West Avenue. The carpenters who accomplished most of this task were <sa>John<\/sa> and <sa>Will Hamblin<\/sa>. Residents of Durant of all faiths worshipped in this structure until the separate denominations began to organize after the war. The <em>Saron Baptist Church<\/em> and <em>Wesley Chapel Methodist Church<\/em>, both located about four miles west of the Durant town site, were the home churches for the founders of the town of Durant.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":208,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":10,"cem_name":"Union Memorial Church Cemetery","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Durant"},{"chu_id":158,"chu_name":"Union Paradise Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.083333","chu_lon":"-89.980556","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":38,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Owen's Wells"},{"chu_id":30,"chu_name":"United Methodist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.076900","chu_lon":"-89.856141","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"durant_methodist.jpg","chu_caption":"Durant United Methodist Church","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":34,"chu_twn_fk":10,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"Blasingame, Mark","twn_name":"Durant"},{"chu_id":159,"chu_name":"Upper Shady Grove Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.153889","chu_lon":"-89.980833","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":4,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Bowling Green"},{"chu_id":160,"chu_name":"Valley View Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.304722","chu_lon":"-90.328056","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":35,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Montgomery"},{"chu_id":161,"chu_name":"Valley View Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.323056","chu_lon":"-90.147500","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":8,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Cruger"},{"chu_id":184,"chu_name":"Wade Chapel C. M. E. Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.16704324367242","chu_lon":"-89.92584820025658","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"bowling_green_wade_chapel.jpg","chu_caption":"Wade Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Bowling Green, MS<br>Photo taken by |29|, May 2022.","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":4,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Bowling Green"},{"chu_id":174,"chu_name":"Waldon Chapel United Methodist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"32.974755","chu_lon":"-89.916518","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":20,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Goodman"},{"chu_id":162,"chu_name":"Walnut Grove Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.048889","chu_lon":"-90.362500","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":46,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Thornton"},{"chu_id":163,"chu_name":"Wesley Chapel Methodist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.066667","chu_lon":"-89.908056","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"4 miles West of Durant, Extinct","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":10,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Durant"},{"chu_id":164,"chu_name":"West Baptist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.196569","chu_lon":"-89.778801","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"west_baptist_church.jpg","chu_caption":"West Baptist Church. Photo taken by |29|, May 2022.","chu_text":"<div style=\"column-count: 3\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"images\/chu_images\/west_baptist_interior.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive photo\" width=\"500px\" alt=\"West Baptist Church-Interior\">\r\n<div class=\"caption\">Interior of church<\/div>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"images\/chu_images\/west_baptist_sign.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive photo\" width=\"500px\" alt=\"West Baptist Church-Sign\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"images\/chu_images\/west_baptist_window.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive photo\" width=\"500px\" alt=\"West Baptist Church-Window\">\r\n<div class=\"caption\">Church Window<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":50,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"West"},{"chu_id":165,"chu_name":"West Grove Missionary Baptist Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.039800","chu_lon":"-90.070360","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Lexington"},{"chu_id":166,"chu_name":"West Hill Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.096111","chu_lon":"-89.911111","chu_address":null,"chu_image":null,"chu_caption":"","chu_text":"","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":38,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"Owen's Wells"},{"chu_id":167,"chu_name":"West Methodist Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.197792426619166","chu_lon":"-89.77972574430346","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"west_methodist_church.jpg","chu_caption":"West Methodist Church. Photos taken by |29|, May 2022","chu_text":"<div class=\"col-xs-4\">\r\n<img src=\"images\/chu_images\/west_methodist_sign.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive photo\" width=\"500px\" alt=\"West Methodist Church-Sign\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-4\">\r\n<h5>West Methodist Church<\/h5>\r\n<p>The Methodist church was organized in West in 1870 as a Union Church. In 1885 the Methodist Church withdrew and in the same year the present sanctuary was erected and dedicated<\/p>\r\n<p>The dedication service was held by Bishop Charles Bettis Galloway. Mr. Mike Ammons was the builder.<\/p>\r\n<p>Rev. George W. Brown, who in 1884 had persuaded the Methodist people to build a church, was its first pastor.<\/p>\r\n<p>Some of the charter members were: Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Green, Jr., Mrs. B. W. Creswell, Misses Mary Green, Minerve Gowen, Jennie and Olivia Gowen, Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Tom G. Ellis, and Mr. Luke A. Powers.<\/p>\r\n<p>Mr. Powers was the first Sunday School superintendent. A permanent Sunday School was established and met in the sanctuary.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-4\">\r\n<img src=\"images\/chu_images\/west_methodist_bell.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive photo\" width=\"500px\" alt=\"West Methodist Church-Bell\">\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":50,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"West"},{"chu_id":168,"chu_name":"West Missionary Baptist Church\u00a0","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.19728501872817","chu_lon":"-89.78658755581034","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"west_mb_church.jpg","chu_caption":"West M. B. Church. Photo taken by |29|, May 2022.","chu_text":"<style>\r\np {\r\n    margin-bottom: 0;\r\n    text-indent: 1rem;\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"col-xs-4 col-xs-offset-4\">\r\n<h3>West M.B. 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Emma Jean Martin.<\/p>\r\n<p>Musicians - Katherine Kirkwood and Trenton Martin (in training).<\/p>\r\n<br>\r\n<span>Source: <em>Holmes County Herald<\/em>, date unknown<\/span>\r\n<\/div>","chu_cem_fk":null,"chu_mkr_fk":null,"chu_sch_fk":null,"chu_sub_fk":null,"chu_twn_fk":50,"cem_name":"","mkr_name":"","sch_name":"","sub_name":"","twn_name":"West"},{"chu_id":169,"chu_name":"West Presbyterian Church","chu_county":"Holmes","chu_lat":"33.19817931873272","chu_lon":"-89.77951258362467","chu_address":null,"chu_image":"west_presbyterian_church.jpg","chu_caption":"West Presbyterian Church. 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