Calhoun-Cleburne-Randolph County AlArchives News.....DeArmanville Methodist Church is Celebrating 100th Birthday August 28, 1960
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The Anniston Star, Anniston, Alabama August 28, 1960
Source: The Anniston Star
Sunday, August 28, 1960

DeArmanville Methodist Church is Celebrating 100th Birthday

The DeArmanville Methodist Church has announced its special program in 
celebration of its 100th anniversary in the DeArmanville community.

THE CENTER METHODIST CHURCH (NOW KNOWN AS DeARMANVILLE), WAS ORGANIZED IN 
1860, BY UNCLE DICKY ROBERTS (RICHARD GAINES ROBERTS, SR.)  THE CONGREGATION 
MET IN THE OLD SCHOOLHOUSE OF SPLIT LOGS AND PUNCHEON SEATS, LOCATED NEAR THE 
PRESENT CHURCH.

In 1861, the community built a two-room schoolhouse of logs, which was used in 
a place of worship by the church.  Services were held monthly, on week days, 
until after the Civil War, when the meeting day was changed to Sunday.

At the time the church was organized, the community was known as Center and 
did not have a railroad station or post office.

After the station and post office were established, the early settlers changed 
the name to DeArmanville, the family name of the first station agent for the 
railroad.

The change in name was necessary because another Alabama town already carried 
the name of Center.

Additional Comments:
Name: Richard Gaines Roberts Sr.
Born: January 17, 1817 Near Cowpens Battle-Ground, Spartanburg Dist.,S.C.
Died: April 14, 1887 Oxford, Calhoun County, Alabama
Buried: Oxford Memorial Gardens, Oxford, AL
Father: Michael Brown Roberts Sr.
Mother: Mary "Pollie" Harris Roberts
Spouse: Sarah Amanda Norred
Children:
James "Jimmie" Madison Roberts (Frances "Fannie" America Hayes)
Mary J. Roberts (Joseph Madison Hayes)
Nancy A. "Linie" Roberts (Sterling Lane Newsom or Newsome)
Lewis C. Roberts
Richard Gaines Roberts Jr. (Eliza Wyatt Hornbuckle)
Cassa I. Roberts
Perry Roberts

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