Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Newspapers.....Crutchfield, Rev. Gaither C., 1956 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Ceremony at Antioch FRANKLIN - The Antioch Christian Church near Windsor, one of the oldest Congregational Christian churches in this area, will break ground for an educational building on Sunday, March 1 at 3 p.m., according to an announcement today by the Rev. G.C. Crutchfield, pastor. Dignitaries of the Southern Convention will be present for the groundbreaking ceremonies. The building, to be known as the Gray Memorial Education Plant, will be a memorial to the late Willie Gray of Windsor, who remembered the church in his will. Mrs. Gray, his widow, will participate in the groundbreaking. Gray Memorial Education Plant groundbreaking planned for 1 Mar 1959, Antioch Christian Church, near Windsor, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 49, Fri., Feb. 27, 1959, p. 10 The ceremony may have been postponed, as Rev. Gaither Cincinatus CRUTCHFIELD, died the day of this announcement from a heart attack at Mt. Carmel Christian Church, Walters - his other charge. (D.Cert. 7516 {Windsor #3}) Notice of his death ("Suffolk News-Herald," Mar. 3, 1959, p. 10) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/c632g1ob.txt Rev. CRUTCHFIELD (b. 12 Jul 1899 NC) is buried at his former charge, Bethlehem Christian Church, Altamahaw, Alamance Co., NC. (Find a Grave Memorial #118776536) Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/news/19590227nh.txt