Freed-Hardeman Connections
Researching the Restoration Movement in Mississippi and West Tennessee
Mary A. Fuqua, mother of E. C. Fuqua
Birth: March 3, 1838; Death: November 26, 1900
Inscription: Wife of Nathan Fuqua & mother of Edward C. Fuqua
Nathan Fuqua, father of Edward C. Fuqua, was born 18 Aug 1833 in TN and died 1898 in Davidson Co. TN. Edward C. Fuqua was born in Tennessee in 1876.
Picture above is Al Price who visted the grave at Long Branch Cemetery in Yalobusha County, Mississippi in the 1970s. Al has some photos of the old homeplace.
E. C. Fuqua debated Thomas B. Warren in the 1950s.
E. C. Fuqua is buried in Escondido, Calif. Alan Highers visited him when he lived in Fort Worth around 1955. He published The Vindicator for about 30 years and sold it to Dillard Thurman. G. C.Brewer tells about visiting Fuqua when Fuqua lived around Florence, AL. He even had a paper there called Fervent Appeal. Brewer described him as "strong as a lion."
Another story is that when brother Fuqua held a meeting at Burgess, MS. One night he went to the services and a mound of dirt was piled up at the front door in the form of a grave and a sign there read, "Here in this grave E. C. Fuqua lies, and in this meeting only told lies." Or something similar.
Fuqua preached around Water Valley, Mississippi once, holding meetings in various communities and stayed there for a while living in a cabin used for cotton.
His mother visited him while he was down there and died. Below are some pictures taken on the spot where the cabin stood. Since they lived in poverty, she was buried there in the Long Branch cemetery. It was later that some of the brethren erected a small marker. Fuqua's father is buried near Lebanon, TN.
Photos and information are from Al Price, Henderson, TN.
GPS Coordinates for the Long Branch Cemetery: Latitude: 34.08280, Longitude: -89.77500
Birth: March 3, 1838; Death: November 26, 1900
Inscription: Wife of Nathan Fuqua & mother of Edward C. Fuqua
Nathan Fuqua, father of Edward C. Fuqua, was born 18 Aug 1833 in TN and died 1898 in Davidson Co. TN. Edward C. Fuqua was born in Tennessee in 1876.
Picture above is Al Price who visted the grave at Long Branch Cemetery in Yalobusha County, Mississippi in the 1970s. Al has some photos of the old homeplace.
E. C. Fuqua debated Thomas B. Warren in the 1950s.
E. C. Fuqua is buried in Escondido, Calif. Alan Highers visited him when he lived in Fort Worth around 1955. He published The Vindicator for about 30 years and sold it to Dillard Thurman. G. C.Brewer tells about visiting Fuqua when Fuqua lived around Florence, AL. He even had a paper there called Fervent Appeal. Brewer described him as "strong as a lion."
Another story is that when brother Fuqua held a meeting at Burgess, MS. One night he went to the services and a mound of dirt was piled up at the front door in the form of a grave and a sign there read, "Here in this grave E. C. Fuqua lies, and in this meeting only told lies." Or something similar.
Fuqua preached around Water Valley, Mississippi once, holding meetings in various communities and stayed there for a while living in a cabin used for cotton.
His mother visited him while he was down there and died. Below are some pictures taken on the spot where the cabin stood. Since they lived in poverty, she was buried there in the Long Branch cemetery. It was later that some of the brethren erected a small marker. Fuqua's father is buried near Lebanon, TN.
Photos and information are from Al Price, Henderson, TN.
GPS Coordinates for the Long Branch Cemetery: Latitude: 34.08280, Longitude: -89.77500