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From: Peggy Beaubouef <>
Subject: [LALINCOL-L] History of First Baptist Church of Homer, LA
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 22:34:30 -0600

I'm very pleased to announce the addition of the book "A Faithful
Witness - A History of First Baptist Church of Homer, Louisiana" by
Barbara Smith to the Claiborne Parish Archives. Barbara very graciously
submitted her wonderful book and we are deeply grateful!

This book contains biographical sketches of the pastors of FBC, Homer
from its inception through present day, along with a very thorough and
well written history of the church (est. ca. 1845) and the early
Baptists of North Louisiana. Following is a list of the bio sketches
contained in the book:

George Washington Bains
James Edward Paxton
Richard Allen Hargis
John Q. Burnett
Samuel Harris
Andrew E. Clemmons
Richard F. Fancher
William Carey Crane
John L. Mays
William C. Moreland
Austin Harris
Henry Zubley Ardis
John West Melton
William H. McGee
William Peterson Carter, Sr.
L.A. Traylor
G.W. Griffin
Charles Blufred Hollis
John Tully Barrett
James Drane Jameson
O.M. Keller
W.M. Reese
J.U.H. Wharton
W.A. Freeman
G.H. Hoster
William Martin Jordan
Arthur N. Couch
Henry Milton Garnett
Joseph C. Cox
Thomas Walton Talkington
P.Q. Cason
Shervert Hughes Frazier
J.L. Stone
Vernon L. McKee
Harold L. Rutledge
Gerwald W. Trussell
Eugene Lamar Skelton
Rufus H. Zachry
George Milton Hall
Billy Kenneth Smith
Albert Odessa Jenkins
Richard B. Allen
Darrell O. Foster
D. Glenn Simmons
James Edgar Mateel Simeon

Again, our sincere thanks to Barbara Smith for sharing this wonderful
work with us!!!!!!

Peggy Beaubouef
Claiborne, Lincoln, & Winn Parish
USGW Archive Coordinator

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