Wilson Methodist Chapel - Lowry Crossing
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Wilson Chapel
This church was deeded on Sept. 5, 1894 by A. E. and Bertie Wilson as a site for the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The first trustees were H. C. Rutledge, H. C. Bridgefarmer and A. L. Reneau. It still retains the original bell in the bell tower. The last living deacon and one of the first groundskeepers was Samuel H. Smith (1883-1975). Bertha M. Thomas (1913-2006) was the last living member. In the early 1900's the chapel was serviced by deacons who rode a circuit including Princeton & Bethel. Circuit riding ministers were Rev. W. R. Gouldelock, Rev. J. D. Cunningham, J. E. Short, L. A. Hanson, Rev. H. H. Bain, J. A. Bell, C. F. McKinney, J. R. Jordan, and M. L. Dickey. Claus H. Rohlfs was the church's last preacher. He served in the early 1950's. Some of the prominent family names in the early church were Lowry, Bridgefarmer, Rutledge, Reneau, Scalf, Smith and Myrick. The chapel and the adjacent cemetery are all that remains of the early Wilson Community. |
