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The Early History of the Tennessee Valley Community Church

Title

The Early History of the Tennessee Valley Community Church

Subject

Religion

Description

A Series of newspaper articles and other documents on the early years of the Tennessee Valley Community Church.

This congregation was founded as the Methodist Community Church ca. 1940 on the site and in the building of the former First Congregational Church (ca. 1876-ca. 1939) at 113 North Pine Street by members of St. Paul AME Church (ca. 1839-).

Until 1952 the congregation was listed in city directories as the Methodist Community Church; by 1952 it was listed as the Tennessee Valley Community Church. Earlier, 1940s newspaper references to the church referred to it as the Tennessee Valley Community Church.

The congregation's first pastor was Mrs. Hattie Jackson Davis (1884-1941), wife of noted Tuscumbia physician Dr. Arthur W. Davis (1875-1941). Mrs. Davis died on October 27, 1941. On Sunday, August 9, 1942 Rev. Henry Wilmer was installed as the congregations second pastor by the Rev. JT Ridley, Dean and Professor of Systematic Theology of the M. & C. W. Institute of Nashville, Tenn.

Source

1. Sheffield, AL Standard and Times

2. Florence (AL) Times

3. Birmingham, AL Weekly Review

4. Birmingham, AL Weekly Review

5. Florence (AL) Herald

6. Florence (AL) Herald

7. Huntsville (AL) Mirror

8. Huntsville (AL) Mirror

9. Huntsville (AL) Mirror

10. Huntsville (AL) Mirror

11. Birmingham (AL) Mirror

12. Florence (AL) Herald

13. Huntsville (AL) Mirror

14. Florence (AL) Herald

Publisher

1. Bell & Howell Microphoto Division

2. Bell & Howell Microphoto Division

3. Newspapers.com

4. Newspapers.com

5. Newspapers.com

6. Newspapers.com

7. Newspapers.com

8. Newspapers.com

9. Newspapers.com

10. Newspapers.com

11. Newspapers.com

12. Newspapers.com

13. Newspapers.com

14. Newspapers.com

Date

Contributor

Lee Freeman

Rights

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Citation

“The Early History of the Tennessee Valley Community Church,” Shoals Black History, accessed September 14, 2026, https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/1307.

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