MOUNT CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH

MOUNT CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH

Located at the intersection of Ga. Hwy. 51 and Georgia Hwy. 323 Banks County, Georgia

Organized in 1886 by Rev. Ford Gowder, who though blind, was a fervent and forceful religious leader. George James Brooks gave the land in July 1889 on which Mount Carmel Baptist Church was built. Miss Atlanta M. Brooks gave a plot of land for the cemetery in 1907.

Pastors:

Ford Gowder 1886-1899

W. L. Barrett 1899-1916

S. A. Pless 1916-1917

G. W. Wallace 1917-1919

S. A. Pless 1919-1929

G. W. Wallace 1921-1923

N. T. Lancaster 1923-1924

W. M. Slaton 1924-1928

C. W. Davis 1928-1928

W. F. Scales 1928-1936

S. A. Pless 1936-1942

J. Robert Martin 1942-1944

Ed. L. Aiken 1944-1947

Chalmus H. Jordan 1947-1950

Hubert W. Samples 1950-1956

J. W. Morris 1956-1957

Clerks:

Mell C. Meeks 1916

M. H. Chambers 1916-1918

Mell C. Meeks 1918-1923

Carl C. Adamson 1923-1924

A. G. Westmoreland 1924-1930

Mell C. Meeks 1930-1932

Clarence E. Hope 1932-1933

Frank Morris 1933-1937

W. E. Gowder 1937-1941

Mell C. Meeks 1941-1950

W. E. Gowder 1950-1953

Luther C. Jordan 1953-1954

Oscar Chapman 1954-1955

A. G. Welborn 1955-1956

Mell C. Meeks 1956-1959

Sam Chitwood 1959-1963