Freed-Hardeman Connections
Researching the Restoration Movement in Mississippi and West Tennessee
Jess Menton Wilcoxson (1918-2002)
Jess M. Wilcoxson was born in Florence, Alabama, Lauderdale County, October 13, 1918. He graduated from the Lauderdale County High School in 1936; Rogersville, Alabama. He went to work for the Western Auto Supply Company in 1936. He move up from stock boy to at one time managing three stores in Alabama and Mississippi. His work inclued warehouses in Memphis, Tennessee for the purpose of training in buying. He worked for about eleven years for them in all.
Brother Wilcoxson served in the Alabama National Guard from 1938-1940. Then he served during World War Two in the ETO; most of the time served overseas in the Army.
He married to Jessie Hagan Young on October 30, 1938. They have two daughters: Frances and Jane.
He served as Educational Director for the Freed-Hardeman Youth Camp in 1959, teaching Bible in it each year since it began. He appeared on one lectureship at FHC in 1958.
Brother Wilcoxson began preaching in Florence, Alabama in 1948 at the Pine Street Church of Christ. He preached in the state of Georgia for six years; Henderson, Tennessee for four, and Texarkana, Texas from September to June 1960-1961. Each year, he conducted four to six gospel meetings. He spoke on radio for 10 years and has conducted a TV program in Macon, Georgia and Texarkana, Texas.
Brother Wilcoxson was baptized by Brother H.A. Dixon in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in 1946.
Jess M. Wilcoxson was born in Florence, Alabama, Lauderdale County, October 13, 1918. He graduated from the Lauderdale County High School in 1936; Rogersville, Alabama. He went to work for the Western Auto Supply Company in 1936. He move up from stock boy to at one time managing three stores in Alabama and Mississippi. His work inclued warehouses in Memphis, Tennessee for the purpose of training in buying. He worked for about eleven years for them in all.
Brother Wilcoxson served in the Alabama National Guard from 1938-1940. Then he served during World War Two in the ETO; most of the time served overseas in the Army.
He married to Jessie Hagan Young on October 30, 1938. They have two daughters: Frances and Jane.
He served as Educational Director for the Freed-Hardeman Youth Camp in 1959, teaching Bible in it each year since it began. He appeared on one lectureship at FHC in 1958.
Brother Wilcoxson began preaching in Florence, Alabama in 1948 at the Pine Street Church of Christ. He preached in the state of Georgia for six years; Henderson, Tennessee for four, and Texarkana, Texas from September to June 1960-1961. Each year, he conducted four to six gospel meetings. He spoke on radio for 10 years and has conducted a TV program in Macon, Georgia and Texarkana, Texas.
Brother Wilcoxson was baptized by Brother H.A. Dixon in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in 1946.