Dedication services for the new annex and remodeled Richmond
Baptist Church will be held Sunday.
The entire building has been brick veneered and centrally
air conditioned and heated. Six new Sunday School rooms, pastor's study,
kitchen, a carpeted foyer, and two restrooms have been added.
The building committee was Eugene McDaniel, chairman,
Willie Schumpert and Doug Bradley, Houston Moore was the building contractor.
This Church was organized in 1845 and is believed to
be one of the oldest in this area. The first known pastor was a Rev.
Black. The present pastor is Rev. Marvin Murphy.
Three young ministers originally from this church have
been invited to speak at teh 11:00 o'clock hour.
They are Rev. Bob Posey, full-time evangelist of Birmingham,
Ala., the Rev. Doug Westmoreland, pastor of Liberty Grove Baptist Church,
Jackson, Tenn., and the Rev. Price Harris, minister of music, Calvary Baptist
Church, Shreveport, La.
An old fashioned "dinner on the ground" will be spread
at noon.
A dedication service is plannedat 2:00 p.m. when former
pastors and the Lee County missionary will speak. Special music will
be the Richmond ladies quartet and the junior girl's trio.
Open house is planned from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. Everyone
is invited.