Cedar Grove BaptistCedar Grove Baptist
Church
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Martin-Wall History Room of the Davie County
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Mocksville, North Carolina
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S - DA VIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1971
Cedar Grove Baptist Get New Minister i
Rev. Kelly Oliver Perry
Goodwin will serve as pastor at
Cedar Grove Baptist Church on
Route 3, Mocksville.
The Rev. Mr. Goodwin is also
pastor at Mt. Zion Baptist
Church in Winston-Salem and is
affiliated with a large numberof professional and community
activities. He hiis traveled
extensively in the USA and in
foreign countries.He is a native of Washington,
D. C. He attended public school
in Steelton, Pa. He received an
A. B. degree at Howard
University, Washington, D. C.
and did graduate work in the
Dept. of Religion and received a
B. D. Degree at United-Theological Seminary at
Dayton, Ohio. He did further
study at Temple Univ. of
Religion at rnuaaeipnia. Pa.
and holds a counselling cer
tificate from North
Carolina Baptist Hospital
School of Pastoral Care at
Bowman Grey School of
Medicine in Winston Salem.
Rev. Mr. Goodwin also has an
A.D.D. degree from Shaw
Univ., Raleigh, Virginia Union
Univ. of Richmond, Va. and
Urban Training Center for
Christian Mission at Chicago,
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Rev. K. O. P. Goodwin
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Church Has Served
Community For 125 Years
Like the church one of its
former members pastors, Cedar
Grove Baptist Church is a
"solid rock.*'
For 125 years, the church in
southeastern Davie has been
providing the spiritual net^s of
the black community.
The church, appropriately on
Cedar Grove Church Road, has
seen improvements and changes
in memberships.
Odell Brown, 73, a deacon,
has been attending the church
since he was 10 years old, "We
had a larger crowd but the struc
ture was smaller," he said.
The church now has about 50
members.
"We are one big family, I tell
you that," said Ipng-time
member IMna Allen. '^If . we
weren't, we coaldnH get
along."
For the church's 85th an
niversary , Nancy Goolsby
Hairston wrote Ae history,
which is quoted in follpwing
paragraphs. .
"The Cedar Grove Baptist
Church was organized,
perhaps, during the dark days
of slavery and consisted of the
settlers comprising the slave
holders in the conununity ," she
wrote.
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It is also the oldest church
serving predominately black
Davie residents.
The first meetings were held
on Peter Hairston's plantation at
a place known as "^e Shaw."
The history lists organizers as
Father H. Cowan, Columbus
CroweU, Zuck Haughtin, John
Dock Hargrove and Gwrge
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"The families of the' com
munity consisted principally of
the Haristpns, Maspns, Scales,
Browns, WyatU, YohP|s,
Hegies, Howar4s and others."
Most were slaves under the
Hairston and Mason families.
After many years, the
meetings were held at a brush
arbor built by Wise Hairston.
An acre of land was latpr pur
chased, and the name
Grove given.
"The building was erected
under the leadership of the Rev.
Thornton Hairston, who was
among the first pastors with a
vision to lead the church."
"Rev. Thornton stood as a
hero — many of his standards
continue to exist.'* '
Sunday School and Young
People's Societies were fonqed
under his leadership.
Dr. J.T. Hairston was ordain
ed at Cedar Grove in 1900, and
later became moderator of the
Rowan Baptist Association. He
also became president of Jhe
state convention.
"Other great personalities
from the church were the late
Revs. Andrew Rorie, John F.
Ma^pn, Sherlip IJ. Mason, I.H.
; Hairston ;.. B.K. Mason."
Other Cedar Grove sons were
the l^ev; pi§her Mason, the
; Rev. Baxter Sherroon Mason,
the Rev. N. A. Mason and the
{Revs. Qbediah-Mason, J.B.
n Mason^ D.D. Mason, J.B.
Mason Jr. and Thomas M^qn.
"Dr. J.Wr Hairston .T. is
almost in a class to himself
when it come? to preaching and
pastoring. Jppw preachers have
done for die Baptisfs of the statej.
^ what he has done.'
"The church has been:
pastored principally by th^ •
Hairstpi^ and Masons since the;
time it was set apart froih the;
plantation.
' "The Rev. Wise Hairston/
and Thornton Hairston were
' among the first. Then comes the
Revs. /jW, l^irston, F.R:;J
\ Mason,. W.L,.; Mason, J.E, {
Melton, Aler E. Graham, Israel '
• Hairston, W.L. Sloan and R-M^ f
^Pitts." :?
' Yi^e history praised the Rev.;
Pitts fpr improvements made /
! during his leadership, calling
^ him " a real administrator. The
'i church found great admiratiori:
' for him." V
I Under Pitts, the Rev. Bairter !
</.S. Mason II was licensed.' :
JC.Q,P. Goodwin became;
p^tor in October of 1970.
"Under his leadership, the
> church is progressing ahead as
one of the leading churches in
Davie County," the history^
: says. . /
Joining Pastor Goodwin as
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pastor of the church is the team
of licentiate ministers from the
Mount Zion Baptist Church in
Winston-Salem, where Good
win was pastor until he retired
to a-pastor-emeritus status in
1977
Those licentiates are: Howard
Parker Jr., Calvin J. Banks,
William R. Hariston Jr., Carl J.
Gist Jr. and Douglas Summers.
Other licensed ministers with
roots from Cedar Grove are the
^ev. John Mason, the Rev.
fames Mason and the Rev. John
r. Brown.
'The members of the church
sk their friends to join with
rr; 'N. them to help make the cnurcn
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- names, are responsbile for th«survival and fruitftil productivi;^
n lf/ ty of the church. ■iM "Hopefully, this brief sketchV }/#/ will serve as an inspiration to'\||^ those still present in the church■ ffc|j to further the work that was s6
nobly begun 125 years ago. ;"The pioneers left this
honorable heritage for the pre:
sent members of the Cedar
Spft Grove Baptist Church tofollow." according to the writ
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Special
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The Cedar Grove Baptist Church of
287 Cedar Grove Church Road, Mocks-
ville, will have aday of special services
on Sunday, July 12.
Their hew education building,
which connects the church and the
fellowship hall, will be dedicated and a
comer stone laying will follow the 11
a.m. worship service. The Rev. Dr.
John B. Mason of Mt. Zion Baptist
Church of Jamaica, N.Y. will be thei
guest speaker, accompanied by his
choir.
After the morning service, dinner
will be served. Guest speaker for the ?>
p.m. service will the Rev. John Mas^n
of New Bethel Baptist Church in Hi>gh
Point. His choir and congregation will
accompany him. fiha n
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Cedar Grove dedicates new edifice
Special to The Chronicle
Historic Cedar Grove Baptist
Churchy based in Mocksville,
-NXdTSedicated their new educa
tional building and expansion of
the fellowship hall on July 12.
The day of celebration began
with its pastor, the Rev. Kevin C.
Ingram, presiding over the 11
a.m. worship service. The Rev.
John B. Mason and the congre
gation of Mt. Zion Baptist
Church, based in Jamaica, New-
York, were the special guests.
Following this service, the entire
congregation recessed to the new
educational building for the lay
ing of the cornerstone and litany
of dedication. Lunch was served
afterwards.
At 3:00 p.m., the Rev. John
Mason and the congregation of
New Bethel Baptist Church,
based in High Point, were the
special guests for the afternoon
service. At the conclusion of the
service, the educational building
and the new wing of the fellow
ship hall were presented to the
church community by the pastor
and deacon John Goolsby, chair
man of the deacon board.
Both of the guest speakers.
Mason and Mason III are "sons"
of Cedar Grove.
Cedar Grove Baptist Church
has established a rich history in
Mocksville/Davie County. The
church was organized in 1862,
making it the oldest black church
on record in Davie County. Its
inception began during the dark
days of slavery and consisted of
the slave holders in the communi
ty-Through the years, the church
moved from a meeting house on
the Hairston Plantation to the
area where it presently stands.
The fi rst acre of land was pur
chased August 8, 1891, and a new
building was erected. As God
blessed, additional acres were
acquired.
Some of the founding fathers
and pioneer pastors of those
early years were: Father H.
Cowan, Columbus Cromwell, the
Rev. Wise, the Rev. T. Hairston
and the Rev. Sloam, to name a
few^ In 1946, the Rev. R. M. Pitts
of Winston-Salem was called and
served faithfully for 23 years. In
1970, the Rev. Dr. Kelly O. P.
Goodwin of Winston-Salem
became pastor following Pitts'
death. His dedicated ministry to
the church spanned 23 years until
his retirement in December of
1994.
Following the capable leader
ship of Goodwin and one and
one-half-year interim pastorate
of the Rev. Bill Hairston, The
Rev. Kevin Craig Ingram was
called as pastor on January 19,
1997 with the Hairston serving as
associate minister.
Under the leadership and
spiritual guidance of Ingram,
Cedar Grove continues to grow.
Five deacons and four trustees
have been added. Nineteen mem
bers have joined the fold. New
programs have been
implemented by him and his wife
Susan. Such programs include
Family Night, New Members
Training Classes, the Women's
Fellowship and establishment of
a scholarship fund. Also under
his leadership, the new educa
tional building was erected and
fellowship hall expanded.
God has tremendously
blessed this ministry. All are
invited to attend. The church is
located at 287 Cedar Grove
Church Road and based in
Mocksville. For more informa
tion on upcoming events call the
church office at (336) 940-5632.
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RALEIGH. NC 27603
TEL (919)833-2079
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Cedar Grov^ Missionary Baptist celebrates homecoming
Special to The Chronicle
Cedar Grove Missionary Bap
tist Church in Mocksville will cel
ebrate its annual homecoming on
May 2 at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. The
137-year-old church is the oldest
black church on record in Davie
County. Rev. Kevin C. Ingram is
pastor
The Rev. John T. Brown of the
United Solid Rock Baptist
Church in Springfield Gardens,
N.Y will speak at 11 a.m. His
choir and congregation members
will accompany him. He is a
native of Mocksville and is affili
ated with Ministers Conference
of Queens, N.Y.; the Full Gospel
Fellowship and the National Bap
tist Conven
tion, U.S.A.,
Inc.
Lunch will
be served in the
fellowship hall
after morning
worship.
Rev. Dr.
Robert C.
Scott, pastor of
Union Baptist
Church in Lex
ington, his choir and congrega
tion will be the special guests on
Sunday afternoon. Scott is a
Rev. Ingram
native of Monticello, MS, and is
a resident of Greensboro. He has
numerous affiliations: national
member of the faculty of the
National Baptist Congress of
Christian Education, Interde
nominational Ministerial
Alliance, board member of Lex
ington Family Enrichment Cen
ter, member of the General Bap
tist State Convention, to name a
few.
The Cedar Grove family
anticipates a glorious day in the
Lord. The church extends an invi
tation to all. For more informa
tion, please call (336) 940-5632 or
985-7852.
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(First Lady Ingram to give initial sermoni
First Lady Susan Smith
Ingram, the wife of Pastor Kevin C
Jngram of Cedar Grove Baptist
.Church in Mocksville, will deliver
her initial sermon on Sunday, Nov.
26 at 4 p.m.
Mrs. Ingram, the daughter of
the late Rev. and Mrs. Andrew O.
Smith, is a native of Winston-
Salem, where she attended the pub
lic schools and graduated with hon
ors. She later attended the Universi
ty of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, where she received a bachelor
of arts degree in speech communi
cations. She went on to attend the
University of North Carolina at
Greensboro, where she received a
master of education in speech
pathology and audiology. She also
received a degree from Word of
Faith Bible Institute in Dallas,
Texas. She is a member of Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. The
Ingrams currently reside in Kem-
Susan and Kevin Ingram
ersville.
Mrs. Ingram has been employed
with Winston-Salem/Forsyth
County Schools for 14 years as a
speech-language pathologist. Her
profession allows her to work with
both hearing and deaf students,
which she thoroughly enjoys.
Music has long been a part of
Mrs. Ingram's life. She has played
organ and piano, and directed
choirs in various parts of North
Carolina, Virginia and Texas. She
has also sung with many choirs. She
is currently the organist at Cedar
Grove Baptist Church, where her
husband is the pastor. She and Rev.
Ingram have been married for 10
glorious years.
Mrs. Ingram has been saved for
more than 20 years and considers
this to be her greatest achievement.
Working in ministry has been her
life. Being a pastor's daughter and
being a pastor's wife have afforded
her many opportunities to work in
various capacities in the church.
Currently, at Cedar Grove, she is
chairperson of the Women's Fel
lowship, member of the Missionary
Circle and Bible study group.
All members of the community
are invited ,to attend this special
occasion. Cedar Grove Baptist
Church is at 287 Cedar Grove
Church Road, Mocksville. For
more information, call 993-7148 or
940-5632.
DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Oct. 10,2002
Best Yet Club To Host
43rd Annual Banquet
The Best Yet Club of Cedar Grove Baptist Church in MocksvUle
will host its 43rd annual banquet at the church fellowship hail on
—Saturday, Oct. 12 at 7 p.m.
Dr. Regina Graham will be the guest speaker.
Coordinator of Big Brothers Big Sisters in Davie
County, she has several degrees, licenses, and
certificates including a doctorate in cumculum
and teaching from the University of North Caro-
Greensboro. She is a licensed funeral di-
rector and insurance agent and works with her
parents at Graham Funeral Home in Mocksville.Graham Tickets for the banquet are SIO and the pro
ceeds will go towards the church building fund and community
projects. Geneva James of Mocksville is president of the club, which
has 14 members. The public is invited. For more information, con
tact Jettie Lindsay at 998-5393.
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Mocksville, AfC
C.^ s T - C 6 0 AO. & ft.<J V.6GIO - DAVIE COUNTY Ei^TTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday^ March 24,2016Students Learn Importance Of STEM At Cedar GroveThe Rev. Dr. MarionFranks and the youth min-istiy of Cedar Grove Baptist Church hosted the firatSTEM Day for yoiith onFeb.21. . V. More thw 100 youth andy adults jfrdm the local community, as well as Lexing-^ ton and Winston-Salem,participated in hands-on: demonstrations ^d. activi-■' ties. ^Franks, who was ,in-l stalled as the newest pastorf of Ced^ Grove in Novem-r bef, is also' Cheniistiy pro-■ fessbr at NC A^cultural &f Techmcal State University.He opened by encouragingall youth to consider collegestudy and careers in sciencefiel^. ; .. .Youth Mnistty' . leader. Kiyista Gatyi sti^sed vdieI^alenCe of f^TEM in.educatioh, and; highlightedgendered diversity gaps inSTEM careers.Special guest, CharlesEwing,vmeteo^^spoke to Ae bro^d abd^^^^expenenci^^ a^i^d^hdwi he f^dnveii td^entCT •the field of meteorology.Growing up in Raleigh,Ewing described experiencing a tornado close to hisneighborhood as a majorinfluence on his decision tostudy weather."How a tornado couldleave one block untouched,but Teyel and destroy the■hdines one block over" was; fiscmhting to Ewing: As heshhred his personal story of^irallege, early wcuk in tele-.; ^ion, and then moving torFdxS, Ewing^s passion forhis work was evident.• He showed jparticipantsequipment used to gatherdata on storms, wd spokeabout technology used inweather forecasting. I^staGary preseiited hiin wi& aDavie County sweatshirt asa keepsake from his visit toDavie Comity.Youth participants separated into groups, withpreschool children working :;WiA Candace Scott,lead teacher firom A Child'sWorld Child Care Center inAdvance.The youngest partici-pants made gumdrop towersusing toothpicks, and wentdn a shape hunt before visiting stations sk up by NCA&T. ; .^ ' <jHand . sanitize^ . sugarsc!mt , and slime were pirod-ji.ctS; all youth were able .tomake with .the help of guest.facilitator^ from NC A&T:Ciiejmstry Club. NC A&TBiplqgy-Glub^studeiits wereOnyhiand with microscopesto allow partcipants to viewcdlls and microorganisms.Y^ - participants completed a candy math activity, plotting their data Onbk graphs, facilitated by JJ■Rice. Rice is a math teacherat Central Davie Academy.WC Construction's William and Alesia Cockerhamshared aspects of the company, from measuring bliie-piiiits, to the type of educa-tioii heeded for careers inengirieorihg and cdnstruc-tion. They let volunteerstake measurements usingtapes, md sc^es using blueprints frorn projects for NCA&T and a fire station inMnston-Salem."The benefit of thehands-on opportunity can'tbe beht,'' according to Krys-ta Gary. "Especially when_you have Davie County na-tiv^ and Dayie High graduates telling .tiiese kids, youcan do this, tod: That riieansalot:'^Ali fadlitators stressedthe! messagd ■ to the youththat they . should considerSTEM ■ fiel^ for chreerchpicfiSi : Gharles Ewiiig.stressied to ^e group:brahe. the inath . Embracethe science." Mariy adulkfroin ^^diar; Grove and the.corhmunify ddbded the rhes-sagei and enjoyed watching: the yduth engage in the various activities.Cedar (3rove appreciatesall who attended and helpedymake this a success.Oavie
CtOAR. 6-(;iosiE))4 3 - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Aug. 2,2018Cedar Grove to celebrate anniversary, hold revivalCedar Grove BaptistChurch will celebrate its155th church anhiversaryon Sunday, Aug. 5 atS p-m.Guest speaker will be Pastor Claude Forehand n andFirst Baptist Church of Kan-napolis.Cedar Grove will holdfall reyiyal Aug. 6-8: Monday, Bishop Grotsjean Stephens and Cornerstone ofFaith; Tuesday, Pastor TV-rone Redmon and PleasantHill Baptist Church; andWednesday, Pastor DairlScott and Center GroveAMEZion Church.
'iHaO^CH^wS - 6(\fT\5T- CeOA^lBIO - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Aug. 1,2019Cedar Grove to host 157thchurch anniversary, revivalCedar Grove Baptist Church, 286 Cedar Grove ChurchRoad, will host is 157th church anniversary celebrationon Sunday, Aug. 4 at 3 p.m. with pastor. Dr. VerenanderHughfes, as the kej^note speaker. Hughes, his choir andcongregation members from Genesis Missionary BaptistChurch in Greensborp, will render the service.The anniversary kibks off three nights of revivals Revivalists will be Pastor Michael Frencher Jr. of Union ChapelAMEZ in Linwood on Monday, Pastor Dairl Scott Jr. ofCenter Grove AMEZ in Tobaccoville on Tuesday, and Pastor Coker A. Stewart of C^dar Creek Baptist of Mocksvilleon Wednesday. Special music will be by Elder CynthiaNash, accompanied by Dr. O. DeShea Cuthrell.#i"
CIhixP-Che-S - &rPt\St- deopifi. GoovJEDAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD. Tliursdav, Mav 2,2024 - 9Cedar Grove Baptistto celebrate homecomingCedar Grove Baptist Church will celebrate homeconi-ing beginning at 12:30 p.m. SundayThere will be no morning service.f:'-' speaker for the 3 p.m. ser-m vice will be the Rev. Dr. Roy L. Dcn-nis. Dennis, who earned a bachelor'sI i •Jcgree from the University ofTen-I _v ncs.scc at Chattanooga and is a USArmy officer, was ordained by the^ Rowan Baptist A.s.soclation in 2003.He earned a master's of divinity de-~ gree from Shaw Divinity School inRaleigh in 2005 and his doctoral degree from Drew University in 2012.DAVIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARYMOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA