ABOUT US : History of FBC : Past Pastors
Pastors Who Have Served Faithfully at First Baptist Church
1905 – 1907 Rev. W.L. Richardson
1907 – 1909 Rev. W.J. Banks
1909 – 1911 Rev. Sam N. Hurst
1911 – 1913 (Without a pastor)
1913 – 1914 Rev. R.K. Johnson
1914 – 1915 Rev. E.S. Vaughan
1915 – 1916 Rev. C.E. Anderson
1920 – 1923 Rev. G.A. Chocklett
1923 – 1925 (First full-time pastor) Rev. A.C. McGee
1926 – 1933 Rev. J.R. Johnson
1933 – 1936 Rev. John Leslie Hart
1937 – 1952 Rev. Hebert R. Carlton
1952 – 1957 Rev. Robert F. Cochran
1958 – 1958 (Interim Pastor – 3 months) Rev. Rev. J.P. Gulley
1958 – 1958 (Interim Pastor – Summer months) Rev. Joe Hough, Jr.
1958 – 1962 Rev. R. Claxton Hall
1962 – 1962 (Interim Pastor) Rev. L.D. Ussery
1962 – 1976 Rev. James C. Pickens
1976 – 1977 (Interim Pastor) Dr. Charles Taylor
1977 – 1981 Dr. Kenneth Hemphill
1981 – 1984 Dr. William Palmer
1984 – 1988 Dr. Donald Reid
1988 – 1988 (Interim Pastor) Dr. Leon H. Hollingworth
1988 – 1995 Dr. Carroll Golden
1995 – 1996 (Interim Pastor) Rev. Brent Bond
1996 – 1997 (Interim Pastor) Dr. Lawrence Childs
1997 – 2002 Rev. David E. Slayton
2002 – 2003 (Interim Pastor) Dr. Paul Parker
2003 – 2007 Rev. Gene T. Strickland
2008 – 2009 (Transition Pastor) Dr. Winford L. Hendrix
2010 - (Interim Pastor) Rev. Sam Bartlett