Chowan County NcArchives News.....FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH  1909 January 11, 2006
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THE CHOWAN HERALD January 11, 2006
BY EARLINE WHITE:STAFF WRITER FOR THE CHOWAN HERALD JANUARY 11,2006
   EDNA LASSITER HARRELL IS LIKE SO MANY OF THE OTHER SPECIAL PEOPLE WHO SINCE
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IT'S FOUNDING IN 1909 HAVE FOUND THE CHURCH THERE 
HOME.
   IT WAS A BLESSED EASTER SUNDAY APRIL 21, 1946  WHEN EDNA LASSITER HARRELL AND
HER SISTER, MADGE LASSITER WHITEHURST WERE BAPTIZED AT FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
ON THE CORNER OF MOSELEY AND QUEEN STEETS IN EDENTON N.C. NOT ONLY WAS IT A 
MOMEMENTOUS OCCASSION FOR THOSE BEING RECEIVED INTO THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE CHURCH
ON PROFESSION OF FAITH, BUT THE WHOLE CONGREGATION WAS ECSTATIC, FOR IT WAS THE
FIRST SERVICE HELD IN THE NEW CHURCH BUILDING WHICH SURVIVED SEVERAL ADDITIONS
AND RENOVATIONS.
    MR. BELK, THE HEAD OF BELK'S DEPARMENT STORE CHAIN NATION WIDE DONATED ALL
OF THE BRICK FOR FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BUILDING. THERE IS A PICTURE OF MR.
BELK, IN THE HALL IN HIS MEMORY."
    EDNA'S FAMILY WAS DEEPLY ROOTED IN THE CHURCH, HER MOTHER WAS DEVOUT 
METHODIST WHILE HER FATHER WILLIAM "JACK" LASSITER WAS AMONG THE FIRST APPOINTED
AT FIRST PRESBYREIAN CHURCH.
    GROWING UP WITH MITCHENERS, BALLS, AND MUTHS, EDNA ALSO REMEMBERS THE 
INFLUENTIAL AND INDISPENSABLE LADIES, BESSIE MITCHENERS AND MARY LEARY, WHO HELD
IT ALL TOGETHER.
    THERE HAVE BEEN VERY FEW SUNDAY'S IN THE PAST 60 YEARS THAT EDNA WAS NOT
FOUND AMONG THE CONGREGATION OF FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. WHEN SHE MARRIED
HER MILL VILLAGE SWEETHEART SHE DID FOR A WHILE GO TO FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 
WITH HIM BUT SOON FOUND HER WAY BACK TO HER CHURCH FAMLILY. THOUGH  SHE CAN'T
PUT HER FINGER ON WHAT IT,IS THAT KEEPS BRINGING HER BACK TO THIS PARTICULAR 
CHURCH, THERE IS SOMETHING OF THE DIVINE AT WORK.
    FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IS LOACATED IN EDENTON CITY LIMITS IN CHOWAN
COUNTY N.C. AT THE CORNER OF QUEEN AND MOSELY STREETS.


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