CORINTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Historical
marker, 1996.
PIONEER
SETTLER C. A. MCMILLEN ESTABLISHED THE CORINTH SOCIETY CHURCH ON AUGUST 2, 1846.
THOUGHT TO BE OLDEST CONTINUING CHURCH CONGREGATION IN COLLIN COUNTY, ITS
CHARTER
MEMBERS INCLUDED THE MURPHY WILKINS, AND MAXWELL FAMILIES. THE CHURCH SERVED AS
BOTH A PRESBYTERIAN AND A COMMUNITY CHURCH.
THE CONGREGATION FIRST MET EAST OF MURPHY IN THE MAXWELL SCHOOLHOUSE. AFTER THE
CIVIL
WAR, THE CHURCH MEMBERS MET IN THE MCMILLEN HOME, AND LATER AT THE WILKINS
SCHOOLHOUSE. SEVERAL YEARS LATER, THE CONGREGATION CONSTRUCTED ITS FIRST CHURCH
BUILDING
AT THE CORNER OF GREY LANE AND GREGORY LANE.
IN THE EARLY 1920S MR. AND MRS. C. C. GREGORY DONATED MORE THAN TWO ACRES ON
PARKER
ROAD TO THE CHURCH. A NEW SANCTUARY WAS COMPLETED IN 1923, AND THE CONGREGATION
COMMEMORATED ITS DEDICATION WITH DAY-LONG EVENTS AT THE NEW STRUCTURE. THE
CHURCH
BUILDING WAS REFURBISHED IN THE 1980S, AND A BELL STEEPLE WAS ADDED.
THE CHURCH CONTINUES TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF ITS MEMBERS, PARTICIPATES IN
COMMUNITY
ACTIVITIES, AND SUPPORTS OUTREACH PROGRAMS IN THE AREA. CORINTH PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH HAS
BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE PARKER AREA FOR MORE THAN 150 YEARS.
CORINTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Historical marker application.
...The first
available minutes of Corinth Presbyterian Church are dated June 8, 1873. The
officers present were: W. P. Cloyd, Moderator; C. A. McMillen; J. M. Dunlap; W.
C. Parker; R. S. Sneed and E. B. Dishman. The first recorded pastor of the
church was Rev. S. M. Wilkins. Corinth Presbyterian Church went through many
pastors over the years.... beginning in 1874 are: Rev. S. M. Wilkins, Rev.
Malone, Rev. Quaite, Rev. W. F. Cloyd, Rev. J. R. Blewett, Rev. B. F. Spencer,
Rev. D. W. Broughton, Rev. Cooley (Mod.), Rev. W. R. Okulley, Rev. John Collier,
Rev. G. M. Hall, Rev. B. L. Hunter, Rev. C. N. Jerrell, Rev. B. L. Hunter, Rev.
J. L. A. Prather, Rev. J. M. Borrks..., Rev. J. H. Dickerson, Brother McGee,
Rev. C. H. Dickey, Rev. Glen L. Sneed, Rev. G. A. Crane, Rev. J. B. Turner, Rev.
S. E. Kennon, Rev. T. A. Davis, Rev. Lockett Adair, Rev. L. E. Lawler, Rev.
Ballew, Rev. Shell, Rev. Sterling Richardson, Rev. P. M. Ford, Rev. McGaughey,
Rev. P. M. Ford, Rev. D. Cox, Rev. Joe Bennett, Rev. John B. Gaines, and Rev.
Truman. Minutes from 1911 to 1924 are missing in the Record Book, which was
during the Pastorate of Rev. Sterling Richardson. Ruling Elders in Chronological
Order: C. A. McMillen, W. C. Parker, Joe Wilkins, J. M. Dunlap, R. S. Sneed, E.
B. Dishman, George Robbins, Charles Wallace, Tom Wood, C. N. Shelton, J. O.
Newsome, T. J. Sneed, Hosea Woods, T. E. Hogge, W. D. Robbins, Bob Masters,
Olney Dellehay, John Houston Hogge and Margaret Hogge. The first Sunday School
at Corinth Presbyterian Church was established May 24, 1896. W. C. Parker was
Superintendent, T. J. Woods was Vice Superintendent, Miss Cora B. Sneed was
Secretary, and W. A. McMillen was Treasurer.
CORINTH PRESBYTERIAN
WORK
BEGINS ON CHURCH AT PARKER
Plano Star Courier, July 26,1923
The Corinth
Presbyterian church, at Parker, in Collin county, is this week commencing the
erection of its new $10,000 church building. The Corinth church for the last
seven years was conducted as a “Demonstrative Parash”[sic] in charge of the Rev.
Sterling Richardson, as pastor, and under the direct supervision of Rev. Warren
H. Wilson, Ph. D., Director of the Board of Home Missions and the recognized
leading authority on Rural Life in America.
About seventy-five years ago this community organized a Presbyterian church. The
present one-room frame building has served the people for the last forty years.
The membership has grown from sixty-five, when Mr. Richardson came here seven
years ago, to one hundred and seventy-five at the present time.
The erection of this building registers the culmination of the first stage of
the work projected under the Demonstration Parash plan. it has been a faith
testing period because of the lack of equipment and of the means for providing
it. The spirit of loyalty and faith on the part of the people and the steady
hand of the pastor has carried the work forward until finally the means for
providing an adequate church edifice and manse seems near at hand.
The buildings are to be erected on the two and one-half acre plat given for the
purpose by Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Gregory of Parker. This plat of ground is
sufficient to provide a spacious building site for the church also for the
Gospel Tabernacle, which is 40x48 feet, as well as space for the manse which
will be built on the extreme west side of the plat. There will then be space
enough left for a garden, garage, orchard, a small park and a play-ground for
the children.
The plans for the church buildings made by C. D. Hill and Company, Architects,
Dallas, Texas, provides for a building 50x59-6. It will have a full sized
basement which will provide ample space for the social activities of the
community The main floor will contain the church auditorium to be used for
worship and other formal occasions such as lectures, etc. A large rostrum will
provide space for a chorus choir and the pulpit. In addition, there are two
attractive separate rooms for the use of th young men and the young women in
their Bible class and literary work.
The contractor, Mr. C. D. Hudson, of Dallas, expects to complete the work in
abut sixty days. The following are the names of the local Building Committee,
Mr. Hugh Chaddick being the Chairman and Business Manager for the committee:
Executive committee: Hugh Chaddick, chairman, and Treasurer; H. R. Wood, Clerk
and chairman of committee on construction; T. J. Sneed, Chairman Finance
committee; R. L. Vinson, local chairman Finance Committee; V. D. Hooper; L. H.
McCreary, Chairman of Committee on furnishings.
General committee: Rev. Sterling Richardson, O. C. Dillehay, Cecil Gregory,
James Reed, De Witt Hogge, R. E. Hall, Floyd Wood, Geno Wilson, Will Stinson,
Miss Fannie Dillehay, Miss Doris Chaddick, Miss Opal Wood, Miss Sallie Rossetter,
Miss Leta Lyon, Mrs. L. H. McCreary, Miss Pansy Masters.
Advisory Committee: W. J. Robbins, C. C. Gregory, W. E. Edens, Earl Hogge.
Ex-Officio: Rev. Warren H. Wilson, Ph. D., New York City; Rev, B. Wrenn Webb, D.
D. Synodical Supt., Dallas; Rev. Daniel E. Griesar, Chm. Presbytery’s Committee
on Church Erection; Rev. Chas T. Greenway, Agent of the Board of Home Missions,
New York City.
Parker
Churches Index
- Recommended citation:
- "Corinth Presbyterian Church,
Collin County Churches," Collin County, Texas History and Genealogy Webpage
by Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
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