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DARDEN BAPTIST CHURCH HISTORY

Darden Baptist Church was organized and built in 1893. It joined the Beech River Association the same year 1893. The Church burned in 1905 and was replaced in 1908. The church hosted the Association in 1898. Again in 1929, when approximately 1200 attended.

The church hosted the Association in 1977. The following is the list of Pastors since the church began:

I.M. Penick, 1893-1894
B.F. Parlow, 1895
B.F. Bartles, 1896
A.U. Nunnery, 1897-1900
T.F. Moore, 1901
G.L. Ellis, 1902
Vacant, 1903
A.L. Bray, 1904
W.F. Boren, 1905-1911
G.M. Workman, 1912
W.F. Roren, 1913
W.Q. Young, 1914-1915
Vacant, 1916
A.U. Nunnery, 1917
Vacant, 1918
J.T. Bradfield, 1919
W.F. Boren, 1920-1925
J.W. Barnett, 1926-1927
Fleetwood Ball, 1928
G.G. Joyner, 1929-1933
Joe Jennings, 1934
George Bolen, 1935
Bertis Fair, 1936
G.E. Azbill, 1937-1938
G.G. Joyner, 1939
H.L. Waters, 1940
G .G. Joyner, 1941-1943
A.U. Nunnery, 1944-1952
Arvin Rhodes, 1953-1955
J.V. Reeves, 1956-1958
James F. Rogers, 1959-1961
J.T. Todd, 1962-1964
Dennis Reeves, 1965-1966
L.awton Brewer, 1967-1968
Nelson Renfroe, 1969-1973
Rufus Chandler, 1974-1977
Cletus Duke, 1978-1986

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