LAMAR COUNTY, GA - Churches Green Mount United Methodist Church

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    History

Green Mount United Methodist Church celebrates its 117 th
anniversary today, having been organized in 1884 A.D.  A group
of men of this community had a dream…perhaps they had no idea
of the number of foot prints that they were leaving to the
future generations.

These men of vision were: Aaron Jackson, Jonas Jackson,
Shepherd Hawthorn, Rufus Floyd, Early Vaughn, Walter Jackson,
John Gipson, Thomas Bush, Matt Bush, George Bush, Isham Bush,
Nathan Jackson, John Clark and Charlie Porch.

In 1884, according to the deed, these men purchased some land
near the property of Charlie Porch, back off of the main road.
Who is to know how many meetings had been held or prayers
prayed or songs sung before the land was purchased?  At any
rate, that is when the dream began.

Many illustrious leaders followed in the line of splendor as
pastors:

The Reverends Ed Moore, L.G. McLendon, John Giddens, Edgar
Crawford, D.L.Clark, Mr. Kemp, John Beasely, Samuel D.
Bankston, E.D.McMillan, Carson H. Richardson, Adolphus
Dickerson, Joshua Reddick, J.H.Jackson, Rev. Hatcher,
R.W.Sutton, J.T.Jewell, Mr. Johnson, Douglas Crockett, Vance
Ross, Harvey J. Palmer, James E. Reed, Arundel Hope,
R.D.Pollard, Alfred Hoard and our present pastor, Rev. Hubert
Brown.

In 1985 the four churches of the Barnesville Parish purchased a
three bedroom, brick parsonage for the pastor.

The various accomplishments under our present pastor’s
leadership have been the following:the purchase of a church bus
for the outreach program, a copying machine donated by General
Tire Co., the Black Tie Extravaganza, the monthly Kiddie Fest,
the Annual Gospel Fest, church services each Sunday morning
and the unification of John Wesley UMC with Green Mount UMC on
January 1, 1999.

We mourn the loss of our beloved members Fannie Jane Bush
Julian and her brother Warren Bush during the year 2000.