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Who's Who at Columbus Meeting Room, KY

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** Mrs. Cecil Robert (Clinton, KY)
** Armistead Mason Barry, Jr. (b. 1890 MN - d. 1977 Chatham, ON). Wife: Neva Lorraine Wagner Barry (b. 1899 Archer, O'Brien, [[Iowa|IA]] - d. 1992 Chatham, ON), daughter of Albert George Wagner (b. 1863 Anamosa, IA - d. 1917 Marshalltown, Marshall, IA) & Miranda Ellen Stoughton Wagner (b. 1857 Mill Grove, Wadena, Fayette, IA; m. 1888 Lima Center, Rock, WI; d. 1934 Roseville, Ramsey, [[Minnesota|MN]]), daughter of Thomas Alfred Stoughton (b. 1801 Middlesex, Washington, [[Vermont|VT]] - d. 1872 Maquoketa, Jackson, IA) & Emily Stowell Stoughton (b. 1812 Concord, Merrimack, [[New Hampshire|NH]] - d. 1890 Cherokee, IA).
 
==Blair family==
Also see '''Branning''' family.
 
* William Joseph Blair (b. 1855 KY - d. 1920 Hickman Co., KY)
* Fannie Elizabeth Turner Blair (b. 1858 KY - d. 1938 Memphis, Shelby, TN)
** Hattie D. Blair Branning (b. 1901 Clinton, KY - d. 1977 Arlington, KY). Husband: Wilson Rosser "Ross" Branning '''+1951+''' (b. 1897 DeKalb, Kemper, MS - d. 1971 Columbus, KY), son of Daniel Robert Branning (1855-1941) & Mary Rebecca Gathright Branning (1870-1954).
 
* Mattie Blair. Never married. She was a live-in nurse for the '''Robert'' family for their daughter Emily.
==Branning family==
* Wilson Rosser "Ross" Branning '''+1951+''' (b. 1897 DeKalb, Kemper, [[Mississippi|MS]] - d. 1971 Columbus, KY), son of Daniel Robert Branning (b. 1855 DeKalb, MS - d. 1941 MS) & Mary Rebecca Gathright Branning (b. 1870 Noxubee Co., MS - d. 1954 French Camp, Choctaw, MS).
* Hattie D. Blair Branning (b. 1901 Clinton, KY - d. 1977 Arlington, KY), daughter of William Joseph Blair (b. 1855 KY - d. 1920 Hickman Co., KY) & Fannie Elizabeth Turner Blair (b. 1858 KY - d. 1938 Memphis, Shelby, TN). Also see '''Blair''' family.
==Brown family==
* Edith Cole '''+1982-1994+'''
* Herbert "Hub" Lee Cole (b. 1905 KY - d. 1970 Hickman Co., KY), son of Boyd Charles Cole (1865-1949) & Josie Greer Cole (b. 1875 Hickman Co., KY - d. 1929 Arlington, KY). Boyd's memorial was at First Baptist in Columbus, he died in Wood River, near Alton, IL where his son B.C. Cole resided.* Thelma Lee Carter Cole '''+1982-1995''' (b. 1908 KY - d. 1995 Hickman Co., KY), daughter of John E. Carter (1882-1961) & Hattie Patrick Carter '''+1971''' (b. 1890 - d. 1971 Clinton, KY). Also see '''Patrick''' family. ** John "Johnny" Leslie Cole (b. 1942 Hickman Co., KY - d. 2012 Paducah, KY). ** James Wesley Cole (b. 1942 Hickman Co., KY - d. 1980 Clinton, KY)
** Martha Jo Cole Burgess
** Helen Lee Cole Hudson '''+1982-1986''' (b. 1924 KY - d. 1986 Paducah, KY). Also see '''Hudson''' family. Husband: Edwin Vance Hudson (b. 1925 KY - d. 1983 Columbus, KY), son of Vern Febby Hudson (b. 1898 - d. 1954 Fulton, KY). Paul Geveden & James Cooper officiated Helen's memorial. In 1942, Edwin was employed by the Hudson Music Co., 1207 Broadway, Paducah under the direction of Harvey Hudson. Edwin was a retired heavy equipment operator, and a member of Columbus Methodist, as was his father. He was also a WWII U.S. Army vet (1942-1945).
*** Gayle Marie Hudson Young
*** Gary V. Hudson (b. 1945 KY)
*** Steven L. Hudson (b. 1950 KY)
** Virginia Ann Cole Cobb (b. 1930 Hickman Co., KY - d. 1994 Mayfield, KY). In 1994, J.W. & Virginia were members of Columbus Baptist. Husband: John W. "J.W." Cobb (b. 1921 Hickman Co., KY - d. 1994 Columbus, KY), son of John Henry Cobb (b. 1900 KY - d. 1987 Clinton, KY) & Carrie Vaughn Cobb (b. 1899 Arlington, KY - d. 1971 Columbus, KY). J.W. was a retired independent truck driver.
==Collard family==
* Esther Mae Collard '''+1996-2001+''' (b. 1958 Chicago, Cook, IL - d. 2021 Vincennes, Knox, IN), daughter of Robert A. Collard (1920-1999) & Naomi Alwanda Torrens Collard (b. 1923 Detroit, Wayne, MI - d. 1997 Macomb, MI). Esther is buried in Lawrenceville, IL. Phil Jennings officiated her memorial. Esther stayed with the assemblies later in life.
** Cameron Matthew Collard '''+1996-2001+''' (b. 1988 Warsaw, IN - d. 2012 Urbana, IL).
==Hudson family==
* Helen Hudson '''+1982-1986'''. Also see Cole family.
==Huff family==
* John Wesley McDonald '''+1982-2014''' (1921-2014 Clinton, KY). Retired dairy farmer, son of Marvin Bailey McDonald (b. 1880 Columbus, KY - d. 1935 Arlington, KY) & Sudie Beulah Marine McDonald (b. 1887 Brinkley, Calloway, KY; m. 1908; d. 1972 Clinton, KY). WWII veteran, Pacific theatre Navy, awarded the Bronze Star. Marvin & Sudie were married by Rev. J.W. Bruner of the Second Baptist of Paducah.
* Mary Ann Marlow McDonald '''+1982-2016''' (b. 1922 Cairo, Alexander, IL - d. 2016 Clinton, KY), daughter of Dennis Marlow (b. 1899 Caledonia, Trigg, KY) & Anna Louise Casey Marlow (b. 1902 St. Louis, MO - d. 1963 Evansville, Vanderburgh, IN). In 1942, Dennis was employed under Lester Carlyle Mahaffee (1898-1960) of the Federal Barge Line in Cairo, until 1943 when he and Anna relocated to Evansville. Mary Ann's memorial was officiated by Daniel McClure & Howard Erisman. See '''McClure''' family.
 
==Morris family==
As per Bud's autobio, Pat's father was Baptist, and started attending North End Gospel Hall (OB) in St. Louis when Pat was a teenager after she brought home a Sunday School paper from a neighbor that he first suspected was JW literature until Pat assured him that it was "just what we Baptists believe". After joining the assembly, he soon called it the "Old fashioned Baptist going under a different name".
 
He remained in fellowship there until his untimely death due to ill health. During a moral controversy at North End, Pat met a couple women with [https://bibletruthpublishers.com/ Bible Truth Publishers]. She was impressed "with their consecration to the Lord, their knowledge of the Scriptures, and the dignity of their Exclusive serenity", and was soon received into fellowship at the [[Fenton Meeting Room, MO|St. Louis TW assembly].
 
While on a business trip in Tulsa, [[Oklahoma]], she stayed at a hotel where Bill Morris was working for the summer for the soda fountain, and they were married within a month, and if not saved, he was shortly afterward as he was received quickly into assembly fellowship. Bill & Pat settled in Tulsa after their wedding, and broke bread regularly with a small TW home assembly there, but also met with an open assembly awhile simultaneously in the home of Clayton Cox that became what is now East Tulsa Bible Chapel until the TW assembly leaders changed their schedule to coincide with the opens so the Morris family would have to pick one or the other.
 
The Morris family relocated at some juncture to Borger, [[Texas]] where Bill initially helped develop synthetic rubber for tires during WWII (1943-1945) and they broke bread in their home with the encouragement of a visiting Clifford Henry "C.H." Brown (1884-1975), a respected Bible teacher based at the [[Des Moines Meeting Room, IA|Buchanan Street Meeting Room]] in [[Iowa#Des Moines|Des Moines]], Iowa. While there, Pat and her children regularly shared BTP evangelistic tracts with locals while walking to and from the grocery store, and had occasional visits from traveling brethren.
 
In 1945, Bill's job transferred him to [[Ohio#Akron|Akron]], Ohio where the family met with an assembly there with seven or eight families, and a couple of widows met in an old grocery store building. Several of the men were executives with the local rubber industry, and there were various meetings throughout the week for prayer, readings, and Gospel. In the summer, there were special open-air meetings conducted at least once a month in various communities involving old and young, as well as regular visits to a welfare farm. There was also a monthly "tea" meeting with a meal, and a regular Brother's Meeting. Harry Hayhoe visited this assembly in Akron frequently, as his daughter and son-in-law resided there. There was also a general conference several summers.
 
About 1951, the family relocated to Elyria, due to Bill's transferal into plastic R&D, where they started attending the small meeting in [[Ohio#Cleveland|Cleveland]], and assisted with the start of a meeting in Elyria inspired by an ex-Baptist pastor and some of his former congregants. The Morris family also hosted an assembly in their home in Elyria at some juncture, and many laboring brethren stayed in their home during this time, including John Ruskin Gill. In 1956, Bill was transferred to a company branch in Calvert City, [[Kentucky]] and the Morris family relocated to Paducah which is when they took their place at the Columbus meeting. Much of this history is taken from Bud Morris' autobio ''Fourth Generation''.
 
* William "Bill" Ellsworth Morris '''1956-1962''' (b. 1911 Sarcoxie, Jasper, MO - d. 1993 Delavan, IL)
* Addie "Pat" Louise Claridge Morris '''1956-1962''' (b. 1911 Inman, Holt, NE - d. 2009 Farmington, St. Francoise, MO)
* Pat Morris '''1956-1962'''
** Bill Morris, Jr. '''1956-1962+'''
** Dr. Morton Claridge "Bud" Morris '''1956-1962+''' (b. 1940 Tulsa, [[Oklahoma|OK]] - d. 2017 Delavan, Tazewell, IL). He studied at Murray State University, initially enrolled in pre-med then switched to an education major. His first teaching job was in chemistry/science at [https://lhs.louisiana.k12.mo.us/ Louisiana High School] in Missouri, and was in fellowship then with the meeting in St. Louis. He later returned to Murray State to resume pre-med, then studied medicine in Chicago, in fellowship with the [[Addison Meeting Room, IL|Chicago]] meeting room. Then was with the meeting in Delavan, Illinois after Bud bought a medical practice from a retiring doctor. Wife: Shirley Erisman Morris. At some juncture, Bud & Shirley started attending a bible study sponsored by an OB assembly in East Peoria where they met Floyd & Helen Pierce, where they eventually joined. They were commended to medical missions in Zambia via CMML, assisting with surgery at Loloma Mission Hospital.
** Don Morris '''1956-1962+'''
** James C. Morris '''1956-1964'''
==Naber family==
* 2nd wife: Alice Wood Patrick (b. 1861 Hickman Co., KY - d. 1931).
** Elizabeth Virginia Patrick Wilson (b. 1887 KY - d. 1932). Husband: Clarence Edgar Wilson (b. 1881), son of William H. Wilson (b. 1842 KY - d. 1930 Bardwell, Carlisle, KY) & Hannah Hilton Wilson (b. 1838 KY - d. 1924 Bardwell, KY).
** Hattie Patrick Carter '''+1971''' (b. 1890 - d. 1971 Clinton, KY). Husband: John E. Carter (b. 1882 - d. 1961), son of William M. Carter (b. 1849 Van Buren Co., TN - d. 1913 Arlington, Carlisle, KY) & Elizabeth B. Austill Carter (b. 1860 - d. 1933). In 1860, William Carter resided at Sebastopol, Ballard, KY. Paul Geveden officiated Hattie's memorial. Pallbearers were Pete Reeves, David Cherry, Bill Cherry, Charles Wood, Arnold Wood & Edwin Jones.*** Thelma Lee Carter Cole '''+1982-1995''' (b. 1908 KY - d. 1995 Hickman Co., KY). Husband: Herbert "Hub" Lee Cole (b. 1905 KY - d. 1970 Hickman Co., KY), son of Boyd Charles Cole (1865-1949) & Josie Greer Cole (b. 1875 Hickman Co., KY - d. 1929 Arlington, KY). Boyd's memorial was at First Baptist in Columbus, his son B.C. Cole in 1949 resided near Wood River, near Alton, IL. See '''Cole family'''
==Patterson family==
** Charles Edward "Eddie" Reeves
==Robert-Nicoud family==
Cecil's paternal grandparents: James Robert (b. 1825 Le Locle, Neuchatel, Switzerland - d. 1910 IL) & Marie "Minnie" Zbinden Robert (b. 1831 Le Locle, Switz. - d. 1900 Bond Co., IL).
*** Sherri Robert '''+1984-1998+'''
*** Heather Robert '''+1984-1994+'''
** Emily Armistead Robert (b. 1934 Columbus, KY - d. 1980 Hopkins, KY). Disabled. Mattie Blair resided with Cecil & Mary as a live-in nurse to take care of Emily.
==Rose family==
*** Ricky Burton
** girl
 
* Paul Woods and family
* Arnold Woods and family
==Yancey family==