History, First Baptist Church, Parsons, Tennessee

PASTORS OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

  1. N.C. Duke, 1890 to 1893
  2. R.A. Kimbrough, 1893 to 1895
  3. J.J. Ammerson, 1895 to 1897
  4. B.F. Bartles, 1897 to 1898
  5. B.F. Parlow, 1898 to 1899
  6. N.B. Williams, 1900 to 1903
  7. A.U. Nunnery, 1903 to 1905
  8. J.A. Carmack, 1905 to 1906
  9. W.F. Boren, 1906 to 1909
  10. F. Ball, 1910 to 1913
  11. Floyd Crittendon, 1914 to (?)
  12. E.K. Chapman, 1914 to 1915
  13. O.H. Huckabee, 1915 to (?)
  14. C.S. Thomas, 1915 to 1917
  15. T.M. Boyd, 1917 to 1918
  16. R.L. Bell, 1918 to 1919
  17. I.N. Penick 1920 to 1921
  18. Joe Jennings, 1921 to 1922
  19. E.F. Olive, 1922 to 1923
  20. T.F. Lowery, 1923 to 1925
  21. L.P. Fleming, 1926 to (?)
  22. Roy Keathley, 1926 to 1929
  23. G.G. Joyner, 1929 to 1935
  24. T.T. Newton, 1935 to 1936
  25. W.R. Belew, 1936 to 1937
  26. H.L. Waters, 1938 to 1940
  27. Joe Cruse, 1940 to 1941
  28. D. Wade Smith, 1941 to 1942
  29. R.K. Bennett, 1942 to 1946
  30. Wade Carver, 1947 to 1950
  31. Archie L. Partain, 1950 to 1952
  32. James A. Overton, 1952 to 1955
  33. H.H. Boston,* 1955 to 1956
  34. George Capps, 1956 to 1961
  35. H.H. Boston,* 1961 to 1962
  36. B.F. Hammonds,1962 to 1967
  37. James K. Sparkman,* 1967 to 1967
  38. Paul Shell, 1967 to 1974
  39. S.R. Woodson,* (?) to 1975
  40. Allen Carter, 1975 to 1979
  41. Dr. Bob Agee,* 1979 to 1979
  42. Doyle Neal, 1979 to 1985
  43. Dr. H.C. Zachry,* 1985 to 1986
  44. David Ray, 1986 to Present

*Interim Pastors

N. C. Duke
1890-1893

A. U. Nunnery
1903-1905

W. F. Boren
1906-1909

Fleetwood Ball
1910-1913

I. N. Penick
1920-1921

Joe Jennings
1921-1922

E. F. Ollive
1922-1923

T. F. Lowery
1923-1925

G. G. Joyner
1929-1935

T. F. Newton
1935-1936

R. K. Bennett
1942-1946

Wade Carver
1947-1950

Archie L. Partain
1950-1952

George Capps, Jr.
1956-1961

Billy Hammonds
1962-1967

Paul Schell
1967-1974

Allen Carter
1975-1979

Doyle Neal
1979-1985

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