CALVARY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH HISTORY

In 1903 Mr. L.B. (Berry) Blalock donated a plot of ground at South Eighth and Farthing streets, for the erection of a church and parsonage.  This was to be known as Blalock’s Chapel.  

The Rev. A. G. Holder organized the church.  

In 1919 the name of the church was changed to Second Methodist Church and remained that way until 1942 when the name was changed to Calvary.  

In 1933 the original frame building was torn down and replaced by a larger and more modern brick structure.  

In 1991 the church moved from its original location to the intersection of Tucker Road and Highway 303.

Pastors for Conference Years 1902-2006

1902 - A.C. Holder -assigned to establish the church

1903 - A.C. Holder

1904 - J.A. Moody

1906 - T.P. Ramsey & T.W. Hardin

1907 - T.P. Ramsey

1908 - J.L. Hunter

1909 - W.P. Hamilton

1910 - W.A. Banks

1911 - E.W. Nelson

1913 - S.W. Peeples

1916 - J.W. Hagler

1919 - G.W. Cobb

1920 - E.E. Spears

1921 - T.E. Calhoun

1925 - J.T. Banks

1926 - J.A. Kelly

1930 - J.E. James

1931 - T.H. Davis

1934 - H.F. Clayton

1938 - E.A. Riggs

1940 - O.H. Lafferty

1941 - E.A. Phillips

1945 - G.S. Smith

1947 - M.H. Alexander

1950 - A.G. Childers

1951 - M.W. Jones

1954 - Athel Shepherd

1960 - R.W. Jones

1964 - L.R. Rodgers

1967 - Paul McAdoo

1969 - Cecil Bellew

1971 - Dossie Wheatley

1975 - A.R. Bivens

1977 - R.L. Dotson

1979 - Willard Watson

1982 - Steve Cavitt

1988 - Bill Hart

1989 - Alvin Ralph Gunter

1991 - Jim Glass

1994 - Bill Riley, Jr.

1999 - Fred French

2002 - to Present  - Joel Jackson