By: Fred McCaleb First services began about 1845 or earlier. One Sunday a series of meetings began at Berea W.A.Black doing the preaching. A large crowd was in attendance for the first session. Many people from surrounding areas attended this meeting in each year. They had special attachment to the church. History dates deep into [...]
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A SHORT HISTORY OF BEREA CHURCH OF CHRIST
Posted in Fred McCaleb, tagged Church on February 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
White’s Chapel Church of Christ
Posted in Fred McCaleb, tagged Church on August 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
By: Fred McCaleb This church was established in 1927 with the following charter members: Bob and Cordia Herren, Jerry and Siddy White, Oscar and Dell Dodd, Mr. and Mrs. Boss Tucker, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hollingsworth, Mr. and Mrs. White Howell, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Howell, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hollingsworth. Some of the earlier [...]
Skimming Ridge School or Boxes Creek School
Posted in Fred McCaleb on August 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
By: Fred McCaleb (Front row and third one from left is Fred McCaleb) From the best info I could obtain from the old timers in the area of this old one teacher school, it was built about 1910-12. It was located on the road between Berea Church of Christ and New River Baptist Church in [...]
MY FATHER
Posted in Fred McCaleb, tagged childhood, memories on August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By: Fred McCaleb My father was H McCaleb. The H was just a letter of the alphabet and not an initial for a given name. Sometimes it was spelled Aytch. His mother, Rejina Catherine Hollingsworth McCaleb,studied the Blueback Speller (memorized much of it) at the little log schoolhouse she attended. She memorized the spelling of [...]
Nick Morris Diary Comments
Posted in Fred McCaleb, tagged diary on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: Fred McCaleb Nick Morris started his diary by telling what he was doing in 1890, by telling who he had visited, by telling who had visited him. He told who had died and who he and William Ervin had made a coffin for and dug the grave and telling that he went to Glen [...]
