Served North End – 1951-1953<\/p>\n
Uncle Tom was born in 1903 in Shawnee, Ohio. His brother George, also a
\npreacher, was my grandfather. Tom\u2019s first wife drowned in the Ohio River in a
\ncar crash. He later married Martha Dotson. You may be familiar with his chil
\ndren, Leona Grear, Alverda Stanley, Tom D., and Bill Butterfield. Tom was pri
\nmarily an evangelist, which meant he was continually holding gospel meetings
\nup and down the Ohio Valley. Three week meetings were very common in those
\ndays. He was also a located preacher at Vienna\u2019s 34th Street, Southside, and
\nNorth End from 1951-1953. He preached his first sermon at North End in 1944.
\nDuring his time here, the church built our present building (now the MPR). Does
\nanyone know where the Mountain Flower Church of Christ was in Wood Coun
\nty? Tom held meetings there in the 1920\u2019s. He died in Parkersburg in 1994 after
\n70 years in the pulpit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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