Oak Grove United Methodist Church
Hattiesburg, MS
Oak Grove United Methodist Church
Hattiesburg, MS
OUR HISTORY
On September 6, 1936, Oak Grove United Methodist Church was organized with 48 charter members. The organizational meeting was held in a new church built on land donated by the M.H. Crews Family. The Rev. Thomas O. Prewitt, pastor of Broad Street Methodist Church, presided over the meeting.
Members, with Mr. A.C. Lynde acting as church secretary, designated Rev. J. Melvin Jones, assistant pastor at Broad Street Methodist Church, as the first pastor of Oak Grove Methodist Church. Other elected offices were: J.J. Shelton, Sunday School Superintendent; E.A. Smith and C.M. Crews, Stewards; L.M. Howell, Trustee of Church Property; and Velma King, Church Conference Secretary.
OUR PASTORS
Melvin Jones 1936-1937
Thomas O. Carruth 1937-1938
Wilkerson B. Alsworth 1938-1939
Robert M. Matheny 1939-1941
J. Albert Bridewell, Sr. 1941-1942
T.E. Hightower 1942-1943
Warren Pittman 1943-1945
W. Grandell McRaney 1945-1946
C.C. Koskie 1946-1947
Roy N. Barlow 1947-1950
N.D. Pearce 1951-1952
T.E. Wilson 1952-1953
Samuel W. McRaney, Jr. 1953-1955
B.F. Simpson 1955-1956
Preston Scarborough 1956-1959
Robert Wallace 1959-1961
Marvin D. Moody 1961-1963
H.J. Hedgepeth 1963-1965
Curtis L. Easley 1965-1966
T. Edward Hasselle 1966-1968
Gaines M. Thomas 1968-1970
James A. Walker 1970-1973
H.J. Hedgepeth 1973-1979
Marshall Burnett, Jr. 1979-1982
Doyle L. Moore 1982-1985
Charles E. Waddell 1985-1992
Danny R. Estes, Sr. 1992-1994
Barry Dickerson 1994-2000
Gene Vance 2000-2002
Mark Anderson 2002-2011
Chris Young 2011-2015
Andy Cotten 2015-2019
Amy Roller 2019-Present
OUR MISSION
To Serve Christ through our service to others