Jasper County · Marker 27-14
Pine Level Baptist Church
Grays Hwy. (U.S. Hwy. 278), just S. of Pine Level Church Rd., Grays vicinity
Front inscription
This church, organized on January 6, 1872 with Rev. M.H. Shuman as its first minister, held services in members' homes until a sanctuary was built on this site between 1876 and 1881. A second sanctuary, built in 1906, served the congregation until a new sanctuary was built .4 mi. N. in 1995. Revs. J.J. Nix (1900-1929) and Frank Fisher (1945-1966) were the longest-serving ministers here.
Reverse inscription
Charter members of Pine Level Baptist Church were Mary Cleland, Rebecca Dewitt, Oscar Ellis, J.J. Gooding, Deborah Gooding, Rosa C. Grimes, Rachel Mew, Mary Phillips, Alexander Smith, Cecelia R. Smith, Deliah W. Smith, George H. Smith, James R. Smith, Lucretia Smith, Mary Smith, Harriet Tindal, W.F. Wheeler, and Sarah J. Wheeler.