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Wilson Memorial United
Methodist Church
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City
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Lottie
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Address
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5828 Hwy
81 E.
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2003 Membership
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18
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Date Founded
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c.1880
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The Cottonwood Church was first built around 1880
on land bought from the Clarks. The cemetery is still located in that area.
A new larger church was built in 1905 and the original church taken own.
Services were held once a month in those days. We dont have details
of the early days because the church records were burned in a fire in 1925.
The congregation decided to move to Lottie in 1920.
The church asked the conference for $1,500 in the
mid 1930s for repairs.
In the early 1940s, a student pastor from LSU allowed the church to
hold services more than once a month. Plans for a new church and
parsonage were started while Rev. C.D. Pinkard was pastor.
The church and property were sold in 1950 and a
new structure built in Lottie on land donated by Mrs. John M. Wilson and
her children (McDonald and Nannie Sue). The land was to belong to
the congregation as long as there was a church in operation. The
new church was named Wilson Memorial. The current parsonage was acquired
at this time. |
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How to Get There:
Take Hwy 190 to Lottie. Turn south onto Hwy 81 and cross the RR tracks.
Turn right on Old State Hwy. Take a left on Main St. and you will
see the church immediately to your right. |
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