The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-20
N COY MEMORIAL
WORTHY TRIBUTE
TO NOTABLE MAN
Ground Will Be Broken Sept. |
For Structure To Cost
$125,OOO

Inc heiHofy OF the late Bishop
James H. Mccoy, will live through
the ages in brick and mortar, in what
is to be known as the Mccoy Memo
rial church, to be built at Owenton,
under the shadow of the Birming-
ham Southern college, where for a
number of years the late Bishop
headed this institution as Its pres
ident The ground for the memo
rial church will be broken Septem-
Ter l, the building committee having
been assured of the $125,000 building
fund.
L. Z. Branscomb. one of the bish-
ops closest friends, said OF him that
The hardest. and perhaps the best,
work of his life was done as president
of Birmingham college. His inspir-
ing utterances, his brotherly kind
ness. his high ideals and his resplen-
dent life set a standard for his stu
dents that was truly great. Eternity
alone will reveal the results Of those
years of glorious service at this In
stitution.'
Many of his friends throughout the
state have expressed their opinions
that it is peculiarly fitting that there
shall be erected on the campus of the
ngham- Southern college a great
church as memorial to Bishop Nc
Coy. Through the swiftly flying
years this church shall perpetuate
his name and influence and from it's
sacred walls generations of college
men shall go out to serve unselfishly
the church, the state and the world.
The present church In the college
community is a small frame struc-
ture of the village type, without a
single Sunday school class room, and
with seating capacity of only $50.
1t is entirely inadequate to care for
the hundreds of students of this rap
| idly growing institution. AS re-
suit of this need resolutions were
adopted by the two annual confer
ences OF the state, authorizing that a
sum of $4,000 be raised by popular
subscription throughout the state.
and west Florida. In addition to
this the North Alabama conference
will contribute $4,000, while the
| joint committee on education CEN
ters has appropriated 100000 from
the special church building fund set
aside from the centenary by the gen.
| eral conference. The college COM
munity will give $4,000 of the
total amount of s125,o0O.
In the erecting of this church Ala
bama Methodists will not only honor
their late Bishop but will fill an
this church college. stated Bishop
Hoyt NJ Dobbs. which will be ade-
| quate and worthy to house on Sum
| days the future leadership of Ala
| bama Methodism.
The committee in charge of the
| erection of this memorial is com
| posed of DR.. Guy E. Snavely, chair
| man; J. H. Adams, ]. B. Broome, E.
G. Mackay. ]. NJ. Malone. w. F. Price,
| John w. Simpson, with Z. G. Mackay,
campaign director, and c. c. Daniel
director of the Alabama conference.
| The advisory committee is composed
OF Bishop w. B. Murrah, chairman;
| Sid H. Blan, l.. C. Branscomb. c. c.
Daniel Robert Echols, j. w. Frazer
NJ. E. Lazenby. NJ. NJ. Mccall, B. F
! Ray, w. H. Stockham, George r
| Stuart and j. II. Wilson. When the
above committee was appointed the
late r. S. Munger was member OF
| this board.
| Mr.. Munger was quoted as having
/ said that Mccoy Memorial church
| adjoining the campus of the Biz
! mingham- Southern college, was mos
appropriate. In the church our be-
loved bishop offered himself as {
| living sacrifice. On the campus, he
, gave the best years of his life. He
| further urged that the building H.
erected, saying: Build that the ideals
| of his life be perpetuated, and build
that those ideals, through the stu
| dents, may radiate to the uttermost
parts of tke world"