Gwinnett County GaArchives Church Records.....Grayson Methodist Episcopal (South) Copyright Date 1911
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Grayson.

	This church is known as Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, South, a name given
it at the time of organization in 1884. The town of Grayson has grown up around
it, and it is now being rightly called the Grayson Methodist church.

	G. M. Brand, Mrs. G. M. Brand, G. W. Cates, Mrs. G. W. Cates, Mrs. Jane Head,
Mrs. Carrie Johnson, Miss Mary Langley, R. E. Browning, Mrs. R. E. Browning,
Robt. Frisby, Mrs. Robt. Frisby, James Conner, Mrs. James Conner were the first
members of this church and were present at its organization.

	The church building was erected in 1885, and is valued at $2,000.

	M. E. Eakes was its first pastor and served the church from 1885 to 1887. He
was followed by S. D. Evans, who served from 1887 to 1889; G. T. J. Edwards,
1889-'91; G. M. Brand, 1891-'93; Rev. Hargrove, 1893-'96; John Austin, 1896-'9S;
S. H. Braswell, 1898-'00; Rev. Taylor,. 1900-'01; L. Roper, 1901-'03, forty
additions; W. W. Morris, 1903-'04, two additions; W. *W. Gaines, 1904-'0G,
twenty-nine additions; W. O. Butler, 1906-'08, nine additions; S. H. Dimon, 1908
to the present time, twenty-six additions.

	J. W. Ethridge is superintendent of the Sunday school, Blanche Jacobs,
secretary, J. E. Jacobs, Mrs. Ellena Petty, Mrs. Dr. Rhodes, G. W. Jacobs,
teachers.

	The church has services once a month and pays its pastor a salary of $100. The
church contributes to all causes about $175 annually. Below is given the name of
each of its members:

	R. H. Cates, Mrs. Lou Cates, G. W. Cates, Mrs. Geo. Cates, Mrs. Ellena Petty,
Mrs. Jane Head, Miss Mary Langley, Mrs. Carrie Johnson, E. A. Cates, Miss Bobbie
Hawthorn, Jessie Pate, Carl Pate, Jessie Oliver, Ellery Oliver, C. C. Johnson,
Mrs. Nina Hinton, Miss Ludie Brand, Mrs. Eliza Camp, Albert Roberts, Carl Nix,
J. S. Oliver, Miss Hattie Oliver, G. M. Brand, Mary Barrett, Adline Cates,
Alpharetta Cates, N. P. Butler, Eliza Butler, W. T. Butler, Miss Noby Butler,
Mrs. Mary Cates, Susie McCart, R. H. Donaldson, Mrs. Maud Thompson, Zephyr
Hutchins, R. E. Langley, Jennie Johnson, Addie Petty, Mattie Petty, Florence
Holt, G. C. Cates, Sophia Cates, Mattie Rhodes, N. L. Patch, Mrs. Ida Patch,
Clarence Patch, S. H. Jacobs, Mrs. S. H. Jacobs, J. W. Ethridge, Mrs. J. W.
Ethridge, Exer Patch, Mrs. Annie Sawyer, J. E. Jacobs, G. W. Jacobs, Synthy
Jacobs, Fred Jacobs, W. I. Tuggle, Mrs. W. J. Tuggle, Eula Tuggle, Homer Tuggle,
Grady Rhodes, W. A. Henderson, G. L. Webb, Mrs. G. L. Webb, A. H. Jackson, Mrs.
A. H. Jackson, Mary Jackson, Mrs. Maud Cooper, Mrs. Dora Craig, Miss Martha
Hawthorn, Miss Essie Jacobs, J. P. Johnston, Homer Johnson, Eula Johnson, Andrew
Johnson, Plennie Johnson, Mrs. W. A. Cooper, Mrs. M. P. Pratt, H. P. Oliver,
Mrs. H. P. Oliver, Odessa Gower, Mae Gower, Blanche Jacobs, Mrs. M. R. Gower,
Emma Henderson.


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GWINNETT CHURCHES
A COMPLETE HISTORY OF EVERY CHURCH
IN GWINNETT COUNTY, GEORGIA,
WITH SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF ITS
MINISTERS
BY
J. C. FLANIGAN
1911


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