Memorial Day At Historic Old House of Worship Last Sunday. 

Sunday, May 30, was a memorable day at Pleasant Hill Church, the occasion being a service dedicating the new building just recently erected.

This is one of the oldest church organizations in that section of Weakley County, dating back to the year 1847, when the ground was donated by Rev. Philemon White.  The old church building had become somewhat dilapidated, and, in fact, was larger than the requirements of its present membership, hence the movement to erect the structure just completed, and which was dedicated on the above mentioned date. 

During Pleasant Hill's earlier days there was something like one hundred and fifty members enrolled, but the intervening years have wrought many changes, both by death and removal to other sections, and there now are only about twenty-five or thirty who still hold fellowship with this dear old church, and a list of whose names, so far as could be ascertained, follows: 

Irby FOWLER and wife and their daughter; Mrs. Leila WILSON; Tom WOODRUFF and wife; Mrs. Allie SMITH and daughter, Miss Mattie; Mrs. Walter SMITH; John West SMITH and father, Tom SMITH; Mrs. Mattie HASKINS; Mrs. Mary Lee WRIGHT; Mrs. Bill FOWLER; John MOSS and wife; J.M. PUCKETT and wife; their son, Cecil PUCKETT and wife and their daughter, Mrs. Maude BOAZ; Miss Ellen FOWLER; W.C. FOWLER; Mrs. Momie MYRICK and daughter, Mrs. Nola TUCKER  All except the three last named are still local residents and attend the regular services. 

Now, a word regarding the dedicatory program.  The new building was presented by J.S SMITH, chairman of the building committee, and the dedication sermon was preached by Rev. H.E. JENKINS, pastor.  An interesting feature of the day was the song service rendered by the Mt. Hermon quartette.  The gentlemen composing this quartette were Messrs. CARTER, WINSTON, GILBERT and Carl SMITH.  At the noon-hour a sumptuous dinner was spent under the stalwart old oaks and no words were necessary to evidence the fact that everyone present thoroughly enjoyed the bounty of the table.  As was true when the Master fed the five thousand, " all were filled and there was taken up fragments that remained."Dinner being over many greetings, hearty hand-shakes and reminiscence of auld lang syne were enjoyed, after which the congregation repaired to the church to hear a fine and forceful sermon by Rev. P.A. FOWLER, of Somerville. 

It was timely, indeed, that at this splendid occasion the remaining children of Rev. Joseph A. FOWLER and sister Sarah FOWLER (both now deceased and both of whom were strong factors in the up-building of Pleasant Hill church) should meet in a reunion, and worship once again together in the church of their childhood.  From a large family of children there now remain only five, as follows:  W.C. FOWLER of Jackson; Mrs. Emilye FOSTER of Obion; Miss Ellen FOWLER; and Mrs. Ada PUCKETT; the two latter still remain in the neighborhood of their youth. 

 It was significant too, that this dedication day should fall on May 30, a national holiday. It is the general custom to meet at the cemetery on this date each year to clean off and decorate the graves of loved ones "gone before," so the 30th falling on Sunday, it was decided to do this work on Saturday.  Many beautiful floral offerings were laid by loving hands on the mounds representing the last resting places of the sainted dead, and even though there were heart pangs in the performance of this sweet service, all went away from the sacred spot feeling that it was good to have been there. 

Perhaps more could be appropriately said of this noteworthy occasion, but fearing this article might assume proportions too great will not make it of further length. Thanking you in advance for giving it space, and with all good wishes for the Enterprise, will subscribe myself    by "only - A Visitor".