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Early 1950's
Children's Choir Singing
(young Bishop-Elect J. D. Williams, Jr. standing in front) |
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Early 1950's
Senior Choir of Columbia, SC |
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Mid 1950's
Sunday Morning Service - Columbia, SC |
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Mid 1950's
Sunday Morning Service - Columbia, SC |
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Mid 1950's
Bishop Williams receiving a gift from Sister Maggie Praileau |
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Mid 1960's
The Jackson Family Singing |
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Mid 1950's - Male Singing
Group
Minister Joe Rutherford, Minister Edward Smith
Minister Willie Richardson, Brother Raymond Thompson |
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Mid 1950's - Progressive
Harmonettes
Sister Lessie Augustus, Minister Joe Rutherford,
Sister Martha Johnson, Sister Mary Brown,
Sister Laura Ashe, Brother John Scott - pianist |
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Mid 1950's
Elder Calvin Jackson preaching |
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Mid 1950's
Bishop Williams along with the ministers of the church |
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Mid 1950's
Sister Helen Washington (former National President)
standing making remarks at a National Women's Service with
Sister Laura Ashe as National Secretary |
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Early 1950's
Senior Choir of Columbia, SC during Sunday Morning Service
Sister Martha Johnson leading a song |
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Late 1950's
Bishop Williams and Sister Helen Washington standing on the
foundation of the church at 2222 Barhamville Road |
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Mid 1950's
Bishop Williams preaching during Sunday Morning Service at the church
located at 2217 Waverly Street in Columbia, SC |
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Mid 1950's
Elder Joel G. Washington and Sister Helen Washington
at the church on Waverly Street |
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Mid 1950's
Minister Edward Smith, Sister Edna Smith
and sons William and David |
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Early 1960's
Bishop Williams during Sunday Morning Worship Service |
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Early 1960's
Bishop J.D. Williams, Elder Edward Smith,
and Minister J.R. Fredrick enjoying the service |
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Early 1960's (L-R)
Elder Malon Pollock, Elder Herman Jackson,
Bishop J.D. Williams and Elder Joel G. Washington at the
Dedication Service for the church in Denmark, SC |
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Progressive Harmonettes -
April 1964
Sister Mary Hammond, Sister Blondell McCloud,
Sister Mary Brown, Sister Laura Ashe, Sister Ruby Brown
Sister Corine Morris, Sister Martha Johnson (leading) |
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Early 1960's
Minister Robert Mingo and other saints praising
the Lord during the service |
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Early 1960's
Elders of the Church at one of the Annual Holy Convocations
(L - R)
Elder Henry J. Breakfield, Elder Joel G. Washington, Bishop J.D.
Williams, Elder Edward Smith, Elder Herman Jackson |
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Late 1950's - Sister Ashe
and the Harmonizing Five
(L - R)
Sister Laura Ashe, Sister Mary Smith, Sister Christine Etheridge, Sister
Patricia Scott, Sister Margie Jackson,
Sister Katherine Wheeler |
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Early 1960's
National Women's Service |
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Early 1960's
Minister J.D. Williams playing the piano |
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Early 1960's
Saints Rejoicing during the service |
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Early 1960's - Columbia, SC
Sunday Morning Worship Service - Choir singing and
Elder Malon Pollock and Elder Edward Smith
sitting in the pulpit |
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Early 1960's
National Women's Service |
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1964
Ministerial Body presenting Bishop J.D. Williams
with an anniversary plaque |
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National Women's Auxiliary
Officers
- 1964
(L - R)
Sister Martha Johnson (National President), Sister Willie Mae Patton
(Assistant Secretary), Sister Janie Gilmore (Secretary), Sister Laura
Ashe (National Vice-President), Sister Mary Smith (Member) |
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Late 1960's
Young brothers of the Columbia church
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Early 1960's
Elder Joel G. Washington preaching during a
5th Sunday National Women's Service as
Elder Henry J. Breakfield, Bishop J.D. Williams,
and Elder Edward Smith look on |
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Mid 1960's - Sunday School
Brother Timothy Johnson, Brother Thomas J. Smith,
Brother Theodore Jenkins, Brother Rudolph Davis
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Mid 1960's - Future Women's Auxiliary
Singing |
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April 8, 1962
Bishop Williams making remarks at the Dedication Service for the new
Headquarters Church in Columbia, South Carolina
as Bishop Hubert J. Spencer looks on |
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April 8, 1962
Sister Helen L. Washington directing the
Senior Choir during the Dedication Service as
Bishop Spencer, Elder Edward Smith
and Elder Herman Jackson sitting in the pulit |
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April 8, 1962
Choir marching in for Dedication Service singing
the hymn "God of Our Fathers" |
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April 8, 1962
Elder Joel G. Washington conducting the Dedication Service
with Elder Malon Pollock, Bishop Hubert Spencer
and Elder Edward Smith looking on |
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April 8, 1962
Bishop Hubert J. Spencer, Presiding Bishop of the Church of Our Lord
Jesus Christ, delivering the Dedication Message for the new Headquarters
Church in Columbia, SC |
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Early 1960's
The Progressive Harmonettes |
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The Travelairs
Joshua Dykes, Thomas Douglas,
Sherman Dykes, Willie Richardson |
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Early 1960's
National Women's Service - Sister Martha T. Johnson
standing at the
table giving remarks |
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Early 1960's
The late Bishop J.D.
Williams preaching during
a Sunday Morning Service in Columbia, SC |
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January - 1966
Funeral Service of the late Bishop J.D. Williams |
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January - 1966
Brothers of the Church stand by the casket of Bishop Williams |
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January - 1966
The body of Bishop J.D. Williams lying
in state at Funeral Service |
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Early 1960's
National Women's Service |
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Early 1960's
Saints enjoying the service |
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Early 1960's
Sister Helen L. Washington directing the choir |
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Late 1970's (L-R)
Bishop Edward Smith, Minister Sherman Dykes,
Elder Theodore Jenkins, Minister Thomas J. Smith,
Elder Joseph Rosier, Minister Willie Richardson |
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Early 1970's
Senior Choir of Columbia, SC during Sunday Morning Service
Sister Martha Johnson leading a song |
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Late 1970's (L-R)
Minister Thomas J. Smith, Minister David S. Johnson
Bishop Edward Smith, Elder Joseph D. Williams,
Minister Wender R. Gavin |
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National Women's Auxiliary
- Late 1970's
Standing (L-R): Sister Mary L. Collins, Sister Mary Hammonds
Sister Martha T. Johnson (President), Sister Edna Smith,
Sister Laura Ashe (Vice-President
Seated (L-R): Sister Carrie Brown, Sister Bessie Williams |
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Early 1980's
Bishop Edward Smith, Elder Wender Gavin and
Presiding Bishop Joel G. Washington in Tallahassee, FL |
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Founder's Day
Celebration 2001 - Columbia, SC
Remaining Charter Members from the
first
Progressive Church in Taylors (1944 - 1952)
(Left to Right)
Back Row: Brother Melvin Brown, Elder Heyward Anderson,
Bishop Edward Smith
Middle Row: Sister Patricia Scott, Sister Helen Johnson
Sister Martha Anderson, Sister Mary Brown
Sister Edna Smith
Front Row: Sister Laura Ashe, Sister Ida Payne,
Sister Betty Flemming
(Missing from photo: Deacon Harrison Johnson) |