DEACONS - HILL GROVE. BAPTIST CHURCH (1822 - 1997)
Appointed or Elected

John Jenkins July 13,1822
Theoderick James Hubbard July 13,1822
Robert Simmons Jan. 1, 1823

Elijah Ashcraft Sep. 18, 1824
Robert Overall Mar. 18, 1826
George Humphrey Aug. 16, 1828
John Taylor Dec. 7, 1833
Paul Chamberlain Nov. 8, 1834
John F. Williams Oct. 19, 1839
Moses Jackson Oct. 19, 1839
Jetson Willett Oct. 22, 1842
Richard Willett, Sr. Oct. 19, 1844
John Shacklett May 27, 1848
Armstead Barnes May 27, 1848
Samuel Best Williams Oct. 26, 1850
Worden Kendall Oct. 13. 1860
John C. Anderson Oct. 13, 1866
E. A. Shacklett Oct. 7, 1871
Samuel M. Wrather Oct. 7, 1871
George W. Smith Oct. 9, 1875
Ben W. Shacklett Jan. 11, 1877
John G. Shacklett Oct. 12, 1878
William Board Oct. 11, 1879
E. A. Smith Oct. 21, 1882
Thomas Roberts Feb. 26, 1887
Henry Smith Oct. 24, 1889
Richard Willett, Jr. Oct. 22, 1890
Jacob Marks Williams Nov. 26, 1892
William A. Shacklett Oct. 22, 1898

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DEACONS - CONTINUED (1822 - 1997
Appointed or Elected

Noah Hicks Oct. 22, 1899
J. L. Jordan Oct. 29, 1904
Henry Wallace Feb. 24, 1906 (Ordained earlier at
another church)
J. K. Smith Mar. 21, 1906 (Ordained June 24,1906)
Wilbur Harrison Shumate Mar. 21, 1906 (Ordained June 24, 1906)
T. J. Miller Mar. 24, 1906 (Ordained June 24, 1906)
Richard Adams Mar. 24, 1906 (Ordained June 24, 1906)
Herbert 0. Dutsche Aug. 28, 1928
Roy R. Payne Aug. 28, 1928
T. E. Stith Aug. 28, 1928
John Moreman Williams, Sr. Apr. 23, 1949 (Ordained June 26, 1949)
George H. Cox Apr. 23, 1949 (Ordained June 26, 1949)
Norman T. Gerkins Apr. 23, 1949 (Ordained June 26, 1949)
Dalton B. Henry Apr. 28, 1956 (Ordained June 24, 1956)
Ralph Ogden Stith Apr. 28, 1956 (Ordained June 24, 1956)
Henry Sturgeon Apr. 28. 1956 (DECLINED)
Tom Doner May 26, 1956 (Ordained June 24, 1956)
* William F. Gerkins Oct. 23, 1965
Roy McCrary Oct. 23, 1965
Randall Dowell May 1971 (Ordained June 13, 1971)
Howard Gerkins May 1971 (Ordained June 13, 1971)
Howard Hicks May 1971 (Ordained June 13, 1971)
James Kendall May 1971 (Ordained earlier at
another church)
Danny Board Mar. 1974 (Ordained Apr. 21, 1974)
Carl Guthrie Mar. 1974 (Ordained Apr. 21, 1974)
* K. E. Birkhead Mar. 1974 (Ordained Apr.
21,1974)
Harold Moore Mar. 15, 1982 (Ordained Oct. 24,1982)
Kenneth Lee Berry Jan.18, 1987 (Ordained Mar. 1, 1987)
* Chester Singleton Jan.18, 1987 (Ordained
Mar. 1, 1987)
Rodney Zeller Jan.18, 1987 (Ordained Mar. 1, 1987)
Jeff Allen Feb. 1991 (Ordained Sep. 29,1991)
* Tony Bunger Feb. 1991 (Ordained Sep. 29,
1991)
Harold Williams Feb. 1991 (Ordained Sep. 29, 1991)
Francis King Feb. 1991 (Ordained Sep. 29, 1991)
* Ed Lay Sep. 26, 1993 (Ordained at
another church)
* Barry Darnall Feb. 1996 (Ordained at another
church)

* Active, presently serving