ROCK
CHURCH HOLDS MEMORIES
FOR MANY
FOR MANY
The Marvin Chapel Church known as Rock Church, was built in the year of 1874. This two-storystone building that stands on the bank of the Paluxy river holds many memories not to some few who still live near it but to many who have moved to far away places. Most any time you go into this building you see names and addresses written on the black board by those who have come back to strole [sic] over the playgrounds and go through the building where they one time attended church and went to school.
For years this rock building was used for church, rural schools and the second story for [a] Masonic Lodge, at one time it was one of the largest rural schools in the county.
In the year of 1906, a new Methodist Church (a frame building) was built by Mr. Alvin WOOD of Tolar, the ones who donated money to build this little country church [pictured above], were:
| Adam CARAWAY A.E. CARAWAY J.P. JACKSON Geo. JACKSON J.T. WILLIAMS Bryant WILLIAMS J.M.B. COWAN J.V. BROOKS Sam BROOKS T.A. WHITE Norton KEAKEY [sic] H.D. DENNIS Isaac MOORE W.W. STOKES R.N. DAVIS G.W. WOOD Dr. J.B. GORDON Mrs. Laura JACKSON T.T. CURL Mary WILLIAMS Martha DUNIGAN Pearl CARAWAY W.W. REED Will ROBINSON N.O. JACKSON J.F. BROOKS Jno. GIFFORD Jessie CARAWAY J.H. DOYLE Jessie and Lee NUTT Jess BAKER E.B. CRITES C.A. CRITES Ferrell & Co. G.L. PATE J.T. WILLIAMS, Co. clerk |
Frank GASTON Lee KIGHT B.M. ESTES P.H. KENNON W.E. BAUGH A.R. PRATHOO C.M. MARTON J.B. SIKES W.B. DANELL J.R. MORRIS Grnabury [sic] buggy and harness Co. Bud LARNED Roy HIGHTOWER Jesse NUTT J.M. NUTT Harrilson Dry Goods Co. M.F. JONES Baker Hardware Co. G. & H. WRIGHT Dr. E.L. MENEFEE Miss Flake SMITH D.C. COGSDELL A.W. CROCKETT Gordon & Oxford Jno. SWOFFORD R.C. MULKEY A.N. MEADORS J.M. WHITE Arthur HOLMES Bryant COWAN Henry WATERS Katie ROUSE Mary STOKES Geo. HUDSON Will RAWLINS |
I.P. COWAN J.A. DUCKETT J.V. WALVERTON J.C. SINGLETON G.W. PEARCY W.D. TURNER Dock BARBEE Dow WOOD E.T. PHILLIPS Geo. CUNNINGHAM Sallie MOORE Duglas [sic] WARREN Branch WILLIAMS Allia TINNIN Rock HARLAND Almer JACKSON Dunigan WHITE W.L.S. WOOD Blanche TINNIN W.B. BLANKENSHIP Archie HOLMES Billie CARAWAY Bruce CARAWAY Alice CARAWAY Arthur JACKSON Cecil STOKES Emmitt TINNIN Milton WOOD Howard WATERS Homer WATERS Sid JACKSON Eunice HUDSPATH Tom TINNIN Eulis WOOD Lizzie JACKSON John KING |
Although there is no longer a school in the community and the lodge has disbanded or its members affiliated with other lodges, the building is still kept in repair. It is used when the community needs a meeting place for any occasion.
SOURCE:"Rock Church Holds Memories for Many," copy of loose clipping from unidentified newspaper, dated Thursday, 27 Mar 1952. Judge Henry Davis Records Collection, Hood County Library, Granbury, Texas.
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