OLD POPLAR LOG MISSION

OLD POPLAR LOG MISSION

The Old Poplar Log Mission

Organized about 1931 by "Uncle" Henry Richards, the Old Poplar Log Mission met in Cole's Pasture, about 200 yards east of the present-day Congregational Holiness Church on Farmer Street. Services were each Sunday morning and Wednesday night. Lanterns were places in the trees to provide light for night services. When the group moved to Jefferson Street, a portion of the Poplar log was installed in the building and the name Poplar Log Mission was retained. In this photo are most of the charter members. The young boys in front are sitting on the Old Poplar Log from which the name originated. Among those in the group, not in order, are Leonard Barnes, Willard Hall, James Horton, Jack Watts, Earl Watts, Alton Watts, John Watts, Horace Wallace, the Rev. Jim Wallace, "Granddaddy" Wallace, John Thompson, "Stumpy" Thompson, another Thompson, James "Possum" Thompson, Charlie Horton, Willie Davis, "Uncle" Henry Richards, Byron C. Stone, Leonard Stone, Emory Williams, Cecil Williams, Lish Attaway, George Kelley, Ezra Martin, Thomas Fleming, Gus Barnes, Reece Newell, "Red" Samples, Richard Long, Frank Long, J.T. Lewis, Leonard Tarleton, Ed Tarleton, Jim Ellard, Joseph Bracknell, Lon Thrower, Roy Barnes, Starling Mapp, Cecil Godby, Arthur Hall, Grover Garner, Lon Morris and Raburn Haynle.

Newnan Times-Herald

1931

J.P. Stone

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CCR 1986.03.04

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