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Creation Date
5-24-2014
Description
The marker reads: "COLUMBIA METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH., SOUTH -- On June 26, 1883, a Good Templers Lodge was organized at the church with about 25 members to promote temperance in the community. Prominent church members have included: Rev. Alpheus Reid Adams (1859-1933), a Methodist preacher of early churches in Barbour and (old) Henry County; Dr. John Fletcher Yarbrough (1864-1950), who was involved in work to eradicate pellagra; Mr. William L. Lee (1873-1944), a distinguished attorney who served southeast Alabama; Bishop Clare Purcell (1884-1964) who was elected President of the Council of Bishops; and Dr. William Graham Echols (1892-1982), minister and professor of religion at a number of colleges and universities. ERECTED BY THE HISTORIC CHATTAHOOCHEE COMMISSION S.A. AND GERRY WILLIAMS AND THE COLUMBIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 2009". Historic Chattahoochee Commission Alabama-Georgia emblem at the top of the sign.
Latitude, Longitude
31 deg 17' 33.32", 85 deg 6' 34.97"
Recommended Citation
Taylor,, George Lansing Jr., "Columbia Methodist Episcopal Church South Marker (Obverse), Columbia, AL" (2014). George Lansing Taylor Collection Main Gallery. 7248.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/7248
