. Our mountain work [serial] . hout his ministry, he pre-ferred to read a passage in Greek beforebuilding his sermon around it. In his ministerial student days, he wasassociated with Dr. E. 0. Guerrant inHome Mission Work in Breathitt County,Kentucky. His first charge after graduating was atMadisonville, Ky., followed by pastorate atNew Providence Church, Stony Point,Tenn., where he remained ten years untilhe resigned to volunteer his services inthe Chaplains Corps in World War I. Hewas commissioned Lieutenant and station-ed at Walter Reed Government Hospital,Washington, D. C, acting as Protes
. Our mountain work [serial] . hout his ministry, he pre-ferred to read a passage in Greek beforebuilding his sermon around it. In his ministerial student days, he wasassociated with Dr. E. 0. Guerrant inHome Mission Work in Breathitt County,Kentucky. His first charge after graduating was atMadisonville, Ky., followed by pastorate atNew Providence Church, Stony Point,Tenn., where he remained ten years untilhe resigned to volunteer his services inthe Chaplains Corps in World War I. Hewas commissioned Lieutenant and station-ed at Walter Reed Government Hospital,Washington, D. C, acting as ProtestantChaplain for the Post. He was transferred from this point tobecome Chaplain on the Troop Transport, Postures, returning soldiers fromforeign duty. He made six trips to honorable discharge, he travelled asField Representative of the Committee ofChristian Education and Ministerial Reliefuntil becoming pastor of the WaynesvillePresbyterian Church in 1920, where he re-mained for ten years, resigning to become. REV. S. R. CROCKETT Superintendent of Maxwell Farm Homefor Boys, at Franklin, N. C. The Maxwell Home was later closed andthe boys sent to The Mountain Orphanageat Black Mountain, N. C. He was latercalled as pastor of the Hazelwood Church,where he had often filled the pulpit duringhis pastorate in Waynesville. He was a member of Asheville Presby-tery from 1920 until his death on January6, 1948. Rev. Mr. Crockett was on leave from hispastorate at Hazelwood-Bethel and WhiteOak Churches during his illness. In addi-tion to being a great spiritual force in hisChurch, he was known as a builder whowas responsible for many improvements iochurch property. He was President of theCounty Ministerial Association and Chap-lain of the Legion Post at his death. Ac-tive in civic circles, he was a speaker whocould combine humor with common was a Past President of the HazelwoodBoosters Club and a former Commanderof the Legion Post. Not only his home and his congreg
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