Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1920-06-04
PLEASANT HILL
CHURCH DEDICATED
Memorial Day At Historic Old
House of Worship last
Sunday.

Sunday, Moy 80, was a memorable
day at Pleasant Hill church, the oc-
casion being a service defeating the
new building just recently erected.
This is one of the oldest church
organizations in that section of
Weakley county, dating back to the
year 1847, when the ground was do
mated by Rev. Philemon White. The
old church building had become some
what delapidated, and, in fact, was
larger than the requirements of its
present membership, hence the
movement to erect the structure
just completed, and which was dedi-
Gated on the above mentioned date.
During Pleasant Hills earlier days
there were something like one hnn.
dred and fifty members enrolled, but
the intervening years have wrought
many changes, both by death and
removal to other sections, and there
now are only about twenty-five OF
thirty who still hold fellowship with
this dear old church, andt st Of
whose names SO far al J
certained, follows;
\ h'bY Fowler and vi
daughter ms Leila lIson,
Woodruff and wife, Mrs. s1EIit
Smith and daughter Miss Matte
Mrs. Walter Smith, John esi
Smith and father, Turu lnifh;s Mrs
Matte Haskins, Mrs. Mary Lee
Wright, Mrs. Bill Fowler, John
Moss and wife, ]. M. Pickett and
wife, their son, Cecil Pickett, and
wife, and their daughter, Mrs
Maude Boaz, Miss Ellen Fowler, W
C. Fowler, Mrs. Monte Myrick and
daughter, Mrs. Nola Tucker. All
except the three last named are
still local residents and attend the
regular services.
Now, a word regarding the dedi-
catory program. The new building
was presented by ]. W. Smith,
chairman of the building committee,
and the dedication sermon was
preached by Rev. H. E. jenkins, pas
tor. An interesting feature of the
day was the song service rendered
by the Mt. Hermon quartette. The
gentlemen composing this quartette
were Messrs.' Carter, Winston, Gil
bert and Carl Smith.
At the noon-hour sumptuous din
ner was spent under the stalWart
old oaks and no words were neces-
sorry to evidence the fact that every
one present Thoroughly enjoyed the
bounty of the table. AS was true
when the Master fed the five thou
sand, "all were filled and there was
taken up fragments that remained" "
Dinner being over many greetings,
hearty hand-shakes and remims-
cence of auld lang syne were en-
loved, after which-the congregation
repaired to the church to hear fine
and forceful sermon by Rev. P. A.
Fowler, of Somerville.
It was timely, indeed, that at this
splendid occasion the remaining
children of Rev. Joseph A. Fowler
and sister Sarah Fowler (both
now deceased and both OF whom
were strong factors in the up-bulld-
ing of Pleasant HilEchurch) should
meet in a re-union, and worship
once again together in the church
of their childhood. From large
family of children there now remain
only five, as follows; W. c. Fowler,
of Jackson, Mrs. Emilye Foster Of
Obion, and Miss Ellen Fowler and
Mrs. Ada Pickett, the two latter
still remain in the neighbOrhood OF
their youth.
1t was significant, too, that this
dedication day should fall on May
80, a national holiday. It is the
general custom to meet at the ceme-
terry on this date each year to clean
off and decorate the graves of leved
ones t'gone before" SO the Both
falling on sunday,,.it was decided to
do this work on Saturday Many