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Shady Grove A. R. Presbyterian Church ~~ Bulletin and History
Click on History photo to view larger image. (236 KB) Names include: Rev. J. P. Marion, Soloman Gardner, W. T. Carmichael, W. H. Ware, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Leslie, Mrs. Mary Leslie Truett, Calvin Davis, James Stirling, Will Alexander, Mrs. Susan Leslie Stewart, Mrs. Jane Leslie Stewart, Rev. J. L. Young, Rev. H. M. Henry, Rev. J. S. A. Hunter, Rev. T. G. Boyce, Dr. O. J. Vance, Norman Moseley , Rev. W. A. M. Plaxco, Rev. T. B. Stewart, Rev. E. B. Anderson, Rev. J. W. McCain, Rev. W. A. Kennedy, Sr., Rev. E. B. Hunter, Rev. J. P. Snipes, Rev. Samuel Boyce, Rev. R. L. Davis, Rev. L. M. Shedd, Rev. A. B. Love, Rev. W. M. Willis, Rev. Charles Edwards, Rev. J. R. Edwards, Rev. W. H. Quinn, Rev. J. B. McFerrin, Rev. J. Calvin Smith, Rev. W. F. Mitchell, Rev. G. I. Williamson, Rev. W. W. Parkinson, Rev. T. G. Morris, Rev. James Sewell, Rev. Charles Mills, Rev. Dr. Mark Grier, Rev. Thomas Sale, Ray Shipley, Joe Daniel, Neal Boyce, Calvin Shipley and surnames of Bell, Cherry, Ellis, Simmons, Hendrickson, Goodrich, Edmondson, Campbell, Gardiner, Warren, Trammell.
Note: Joseph Leslie was the father of Mary Truitt, Jane Stewart , and Susan Stewart. He was also the father-in-law of W. T. Carmichael. All these families moved to Arkansas from Coweta County, GA.
These photographs appear courtesy of Ilene Jeffers.
Article from The Eagle Democrat, Warren, Arkansas
Wednesday, September 20, 1967, Page 7
Submitted by Robbie Reaves
The Churches of Bradley County ~ Shady Grove Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
-- Northwest of Warren
History:
The old Shady Grove Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church is located ten miles from Warren on Highway 8.
This church was organized about 95 years ago in 1873 by settlers who had moved to the territory from the Carolinas and Georgia. In 1874 Rev. J. S. A. Hunter became minister of the church.
At the time of its organization, the church had no building, so the members began at once to construct a house of worship. The walls, floors, doors, and windows were all made of rough lumber, planed smooth by hand. An elevated pulpit was constructed and yet remains.
Early members of the Shady Grove ARP Church were the Sterlings, Carmicals, Davis', Parrotts, Galloways, Stewarts, Truitts, Kirkpatricks, and Galloways. Later, in 1880, came the Gardners, Neals, Bells, Boyces, Hunters, Trammells, and others. From their names, we can assume that all were of Scotch-Irish descent.
More than 50 years ago, the Shady Grove congregation built a church at New Edinburg and began to worship there. Since then the old house of worship has fallen into decay, and is only used for an occasional "home-coming" and for funerals in the nearby churchyard.
The cemetery is well-kept, and it is most interesting to wander about in it and to read the names on the gravestones. Many good Methodist and Baptist rest in this old graveyard, begun by the Presbyterians almost 100 years ago.
In 1887, the first minister, Rev. J. S. A. Hunter, left the pastorate of Shady Grove and went to Tampico, Mexico, where he and his wife spent the rest of their lives as missionaries.
Pastors of this church included Reverends Boyce, Stewart, Young, McClain, Anders, E. B. Hunter, Snipes, and others.
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