Mecklenburg County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Williams, Rev. Herbert T. Sr., 1939 

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HERBERT TAYLOR WILLIAMS

REV. H.T. WILLIAMS DIES HERE; CHASE CITY PASTOR 43 YEARS

   The Rev. H.T. Williams Sr., 79, for 43 years pastor of the Chase City 
Baptist Church, died Thursday at Johnson-Willis Hospital.

   An illness of little more than a month brought to an end his tenure of 
service with the Chase City Baptist Church, the second longest held by a 
pastor in the Virginia Baptist Association.  He was stricken ill on August 2, 
while visiting his son, H.T. Williams, Jr., in this city, and for the past 
three weeks had been confined to the hospital.

   He had completed his forty-third year as pastor of the church on 
September 1, this year.  Only one other pastor, the Rev. H.F. Winfree, pastor 
of Winfree Memorial Baptist Church in Chesterfield County for 51 years, has 
served for a longer time.

   The Rev. Williams long had been active in the educational work carried on 
by the Baptist church and for more than 30 years had served on the Virginia 
Baptist Board of Missions and Education.

   He was born in Gates County, N.C., November 19, 1860, a son of Elisha and 
Mary Taylor Williams.  He was graduated from Wake Forest College and was 
ordained in 1887.  Before taking over the Chase City pastorate, he occupied 
pastorates at Ahoskie, Seaboard and Roxboro, N.C.

   He is survived by three sons, R.E. Williams of Raleigh, N.C., H.T. Williams 
Jr., Richmond, and C.V. Williams of Tulsa, Okla.; two brothers, Dr. Horace 
Williams of Chapel Hill, N.C., and P.C. Williams of Hickory, N.C.; and two 
sisters, Mrs. Blackwell Smith and Mrs. Sue Applewhite, both of Capron.

   Funeral services will be held at Chase City at a time to be announced later.


[Rev. Herbert Taylor WILLIAMS, Sr., 
 43-year pastor of Chase City Baptist Church, 
 b. 19 Nov 1860, Gates Co., NC, d. 7 Sep 1939, Richmond, age 79, 
 interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 114*), Franklin, 
    3 Jul 1985, 
 donated obit, newspaper unknown, dated Sep. 8, 1939] 

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