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I have a lot of memories of FBC Flat...
including the day I was saved,
my baptism
and my wedding
and the birth of our first son.
Some of the pastors before
Bro. Wright Price were:
Bro. Maurice McLeroy , Bro. Earl Callaway (baptized me), Bro. Don Burnett
(or maybe it was Barnett, I just remember calling him Bro. Don), I think there
was a Bro. Dwayne Green there sometimes before that or maybe he just held a
revival there.
There was a Brother Bennett, I think after Bro. Barty Cox and before my husband, Bro. Stan Ortner.
Or, Bro. Bennett may have been before
Bro. Barty Cox, I'm not sure.
I also remember that my grandmother Eloise "Weezie" Wall taught the Dorcas class
for a long time.
My grandfather, Travis Wall, believe, kept the nursery for a long time and kept
the records for Sunday School.
I asked Jesus into my heart during the devotional
time before Sunday School when the pastor of the church at that time, Bro. Earl
Callaway, presented the plan of salvation to the children.
I don't remember the
exact date, but I know it was in the '60's.
I was baptized a few weeks later.
I
do remember one of the Bruton girls was baptized on the same day, but I can't
remember if it was Judy or Brenda.
Joy Clawson was the Jr. Girls Sunday School
Class teacher at that time
and I think Gene Bruton was
teaching the Jr. Boys .
I
was married in the church on
January 5, 1974.
Bro. Maurice McLeroy,
who was
pastor in the late '60's,
and Bro. Miles Miears
performed our wedding.
Bro. Miles had preached several
revivals at Flat during that time and later went into full time evangelism, then
in the last few years has gone back into the pastorate and last I heard, was
pastor at Jonesboro.
Jamie Clawson
was a candle lighter
and John Clawson was a ring bearer.
Nathan Price, son of former
pastor Wright Price,
was a groomsman.
Lagene Sands
(daughter of A.J. and
Elizabeth Smith) was a bridesmaid.
My husband, Stan Ortner
was called to preach
in 1971 during a revival being held at the church. Bro. Jimmy Brazzil, who is the
nephew of
the late Arlington Barr and Gladys Barr, was preaching the revival.
Our oldest son, Daniel,
was born in 1978,
while we were pastoring at Flat.
Some of
the people I remember while growing up at Flat, were A.J., Elizabeth,
Darrell
and Lagene Smith,
George and "Miss Polly" Clawson,
Ray, Joy, Jamie and John
Clawson,
Bessie Whittenburg, Minnie Webb,
Mrs. Clawson (Jean King's mother), Gene,Barbara, Paula, Judy,
Brenda and David Bruton,
Roy and Maimie
Bruton,
Marshall and Jeanne King and Juan,
O.B and Grace Cunningham,
Zonnell,
Betty,
Keith and Anjannette Haynes,
Priss Botkin,
Jackie and Kristi Brown (who
passed away), Pearl,
Sammy and Connie Whigham,
Harris, Nell,
Charles and Donald
Griffith,
Oran and Betty Henderson,
Duffie, Martha, Mike and Carla Riddle,
Darrell Harrington,
Linda and Donna Harrington,
Priscilla Caldwell,
Robert and
Janie Jett,
Arlington ("Barr") and Gladys, Lanna, Ronnie
and Mike Barr, Dorothy Brazzil, and Ellen Ann
McFarlin.
There really are so many, I hate to
leave any out.
They all had such a great impact
on my life.
I was really excited to learn of this website
and the history of the church
because so much of my life was spent there....
Although I have been away from there for almost 27 years,
and the old building is gone now and most of the people I remember are gone now,
it will always be "home" for me. |