William Cleveland Rowe, New Zion Pastor, St. Helena Parish, La. File submitted by Bonnie Bridges McMillan ------------------------------------------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Many thanks goes to Bonnie Bridges McMillan, author of "New Zion Baptist Church, 1869-1994" from which this file was taken. REV. WILLIAM CLEVELAND ROWE 1953 - 1955 Rev. William Cleveland Rowe (1893 - August 4, 1960) served as pastor during the time the church constructed the present sanctuary. A native of Arkansas, he was graduated by the Baptist Seminary, New Orleans, Louisiana. He was a Mason. He organized 50 new Baptist churches in his 39 years as a minister. Information given by his son Judge Sam Rowe. "Arkansas Gazette", Thurs., Aug. 4, 1960 REV. WILLIAM ROWE, CHURCH FOUNDER, DIES Rev. William Cleveland Rowe, aged 67, of 1321 Hanger Street, who organized 50 new Baptist churches in his 39 years as a minister, died Wednesday at a Little Rock hospital. Mr. Rowe had been working with his 50th congregation - the White Rock Chapel Baptist Church on U.S. Highway 65 south of Little Rock. He was a missionary of the First Baptist Church at Little Rock. He attended high school in Lonoke and Prairie Counties and was graduated by the Baptist seminary at New Orleans. He was a Mason. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Eula Speight Rowe; three sons, H.Y. Rowe of El Dorado, Sammy Rowe of Alexandria, La., and Rev. Jerald Rowe of Berryville; a daughter, Mrs. Jane Moiser of Brooklyn; a brother, Doyle Rowe of Little Rock; four sisters, Mrs. Alma Morehead of Hensley, Mrs. Ada Laney of Pine Bluff, and Mrs. Gracie Mallard and Mrs. Elise Griffin, both of Gould, and 10 grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be announced by North Little Rock Funeral Home.