Men of Valor

See this great story about two of our men of valor!

Mrs. Martha Francis

(as told by Ada Callaway) Mrs. Francis played the piano at the church for years. She was a Sunday School teacher for the Rainbow class for many years. They lived on a farm and she didn't have much, but she always gave what she could to the church. "We went out there for a meeting one time and she showed them how she had wallpapered her bedroom wall with newspaper so that she could give to the church." (this happened 50-60 years ago - sometime around 1950. The Rainbow class was started around 1943 so this happened in the late 40s)

She had three sons and her husband also attended church with her. By this time the sons were grown. She was the first teacher for the Rainbow class. Ada is the last member of that original group. Barbara Walker was a later member and Peggy Allen also joined early on. Virginia Ann Thomas knew her also.

In the old church, the church heating system was converted from coal to oil. The ladies cleaned out the old coal room and made it into their class. There were not many classrooms in the old church. Many of the classes met in sections of the sanctuary. After they cleaned out the room they found some old chairs that were fastened together side-by-side to use in their class. It was in the North end of the basement in the old church. The basement was not very large. In addition to the coal room there were two restrooms down in the basement.