BIG CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH
ANNA, ILLINOIS
HISTORY
1852-1983

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Excerpts from the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives


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BIG CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH MESSENGERS
TO
THE CLEAR CREEK BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Through 1930

1901

W. T. CAMPBELL
T. C. BAKER
J. L. LEYRLE
Alt. Dennis LEYRLE

1902

Tobias DAVIS
T. C. BAKER
W. T. CAMPBELL
Alt. J. L. LEYRLE

1903

-. T. CAMPBELL
T. C. BAKER
J. L. LEYRLE
Alt. J. L. LEYRLE

1904

T. C. BAKER
T. J. LEYRLE
Wm. CAMPBELL
Alt. M. V. BROWN

1905

T. C. BAKER
Wm. CAMPBELL
Oscar KARRAKER
Alt. Robert BEVENS

1906

T. C. BAKER
W. T. CAMPBELL
W. S. LEYRLE
O. O. KARRAKER, Alt.

1907

T. C. BAKER
O. O. KARRAKER
George ANDERSON
Alt. L. N. NIMMO

1908

Sanford CORZINE
Lewis NIMMO
T. C. BAKER

1909

O. O. KARRAKER
Sanford CORZINE
George ANDERSON

1910

Sanford CORZINE
George ANDERSON

1911

George ANDERSON
Sanford CORZINE
James NELSON
Alt. T. C. BAKER

1912

No Names Recorded?

1913

Sanford CORZINE
T. C. BAKER
G. W. ANDERSON

1914, 1915, 1916 - No Names Recorded

1917

Nelson ANDREWS
Mrs. Della CAMPBELL
Cleta ANDERSON

1918, 1919, 1920 - No Names Recorded

1921

Harvey A. PLOTT
G. W. ANDERSON
Della CAMPBELL
Alt. Carrie GARROTT

1922, 1923 - No Names Recorded

1924

George ANDERSON
Della CAMPBELL
Mae PLOTT
Alt. Rev. J. B. SWANNOR

1925, 1926 - No Names Recorded

1927

Alonza PARKER
Faye PARKER
Mae PLOTT
Alternates: Alma BROWN, Helen PLOTT and Edna GARROTT

1928

James E. CORZINE
Mabel POOLE
Helen PLOTT

1929 - No Names Recorded

1930

Della CAMPBELL
Mae PLOTT
J. E. CORZINE
Alternates: Jesse GARROTT, Faye PARKER, Mabel POOLE

MUSIC IN THE BIG CREEK CHURCH

In the early years no musical instrument was used. The song books were written in shaped notes and harmony was achieved by tuning forks. Mr. PLOTT, our oldest member, states that the first quartet he remembers hearing sing at Church was comprised of his Mother and Father - Hiram and Amanda PLOTT, brother John A. LEYERLE and his wife, Jane LEYERLE. Mrs. PLOTT sang the lead. The name of the song books were "Southern Harmony."

Later an Organ was purchased for Church use and we find the following in our minutes:

1910 - Motion and Second that we elect an Organist. Motion carried. Sister Bessie DARROW, organist and Sister Josie HESS, Assistant.

1916 - Motion and second that Sister Edith PLOTT and Velma CORZINE be elected as organists. Motion carried.

Other members remember that Brother L. W. CORZINE played the organ. Brother Cyrus PLOTT led the singing in the old Church.

From the time the new building was erected, the church used a pian0 in the services. Beginning with the year 1926, the following people have served as Choister and Pianist in the Church:

CHOISTER	PIANIST
Jesse J. GARROTT	Helen PLOTT
Lon PARKER	Ihlene GARROTT
Daphne GOLDSMITH	Phillis WINN
Maribeth STARKEY	Martha GARROTT
Paul WINN	Afton GARROTT
Jane BOYD	Elaine RUSHING
Norma Lee PLOTT	Jane BOYD
Floyd LANDIS	Maribeth WINN
Gene PLOTT	Barbara BOYD
Carl SCHUMACHER	Barbara LASLEY

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