Jerry Thomas Bramlett, Sr.



In 1970 Jerry Bramlett was preaching in Nettleton, Miss. He was born in Tupelo, Miss on Sept. 21, 1934. He was baptized August 1962. His wife was Betty Harbor whom he married Sept. 20, 1957. His children are: Rocky, Vicki, and Steven. Jerry began preaching at Gum in Fulton, Miss. in September 1963. His training included Itawamba Junior College, David Lipsomb College, B.A., and Harding Graduate School.

He preached for the following churches: Gum, Fulton, MS, 1963-64; Acorn Hill, White Bluff, TN, 1965-66; West Chapel, Aberdeen, MS, 1967-68; Northside, Ruston, LA, 1969, and Nettleton, 1969. In Nettleton, he also served as a teacher and assistant football coach at the Nettleton High School.

Preachers of Today IV, 1970, p. 30

Georgia Robertson Christian College Monument at Mammoth Cave



It is believed that R. P. and Mollie Larimore Meeks visited Mammoth Cave in 1899 and left a monument. The hand-painted sign atop a stone monument in Mammoth Cave's Gothic Avenue. Photo is courtesy of Jackie Wheet, National Park Service. A full story was written by Laquita Thomson and reported in Past, Present, & Future, Erin Adams, Freed-Hardeman University Archivist.

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




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, MS 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.

Photo and information are from Al Price, Henderson, TN.



Cemetery entrance photo by Donald G. Dalrymple, www.findagrave.com

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After several months of hunting, I found the gravesite of Milton Hatley Armor. He was a graduate of Kentucky University in 1878. J. A. Thornton is named after him. Click here is his page.

Donald W. Kester was born in Ft. Dodge, Iowa in 1914. He married Juanita Smith in 1938. He began preaching in Staunton, MO in 1941. Don attended Freed-Hardeman College and Union University. He graduated with honors from both schools. He has preached for the following churches: Wood River, IL, Salem, IL, Bells, TN, Greenfield, TN, Murray, KY, and Elk City, OK.

Preachers of Today, Vol. 2, 236

Don is buried in the Hornbeak Cemetery near Greenfield, TN.

HUBERT THOMAS McGEE (1864-1946)
Hubert Thomas McGee was born in Henderson, Tennessee on June 7, 1864. His father was Dr. Thomas H. McGee, a physician who practiced at Henderson, Tennessee for many years.
McGee was educated in Henderson and became an architect. He drew the plans for the following buildings: Young Men's Christian Association building in Jackson, Chester County Courthouse, Henderson High School, Georgia Robertson Christian College, and several Freed-Hardeman dormitories.
In Memphis, he drew the plans for various Clarence Saunders buildings, one of which is now known as the Pink Palace Museum. It is built of pink and gray Georgia marble.
McGee is buried in the Henderson City Cemetery, across the pavement from the grave of N. B. Hardeman.