yesterday's tennessee

History, First Baptist Church, Parsons, Tennessee

PERSONNEL, COMMITTEES AND OFFICERS (1974)

PASTOR

Paul H. Shell

MUSIC DIRECTOR

Glaydon Lifsey, Jr.

CHURCH TRAINING DIRECTOR

Ralph Smith

CHURCH TREASURER

H L. Townsend. Jr.

WOMANS MISSIONARY UNION DIRECTOR

Alpha Bridges

CHURCH ORGANIST

Wands Conger

YOUTH MUSIC DIRECTOR

Bettye Lifsey

CHURCH SECRETARY

Peggy Yates

CHAIRMAN OF DEACONS

H.L. Townsend, Sr.

SUNDAY SCHOOL DIRECTOR

Glaydon Lifsey, Jr.

CHURCH LIRARIAN

Hilda Townsend

CHURCH CLERK

Ruth Carrington

CHURCH PIANIST

Sophia Townsend

TRUSTEES

Dilly Steve, Chairman
James Jordan
Albert Bowman
Raymond Townsend
Noble Lindsey
Esco Carrington*
W.B. Townsend*

BUILDING

H.L. Townsend, Sr., Chairman
Maxie Doyle
James Tinker
Ralph Smith
J.T. Morgan
Hugh Laseter*
Quinn & Quinn, Builders
Tinker Lumber Co., Materials

FINANCE

H.L. Townsend, Jr., Chairman
Olis Quinn, Sr.
Raymond Townsend
J.T. Morgan

DECORATION

Jewel Tinker Chairman
Nancy Yarbro
Raymond Townsend
Mary Morgan
Ben Southerland*

LIBRARY

Hilda Townsend, Chairman
Sue Carrington
A.W. Primm
R.C. Montgomery
Barbara Bowman
John D. Townsend

ORGAN

Glaydon Lifsey, Chairman
Sue Carrington
Linda Watkins
Mrs. H.L. Townsend, Sr.
Wanda Conger
Noble Lindsey
A.W. Prlmm
Maxie Doyle
Ruth E. Townsend
Sophia Townsend

PROGRAM

Raymond Townsend, Chairman
Sophia Townsend
Bettye Lifsey
John Jones
Kathleen Fisher

DEACONS

Howard Belew
A.L. Bowman
Maxie Doyle
John Jones
Glaydon Lifsey
R.C. Montgomery
J.T. Morgan
Carl Partin
Wallace Powers
A.W. Primm
Leroy Rushing
Lawrence Smith
Ralph Smith
JA. Tinker
H.L. Townsend, Sr., Chairman
Raymond Townsend
John Young
Esco Carrington*
A.F. Tolley*
Hugh Laseter*

EX-OFFICIO: Paul H. Shell

*Moved or Deceased

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