28 NOV 2020, Memorial notes at or near time of transfer. Added gender. 1) Original bio from creator of memorial is below divider. ~Rev. A. M. Belcher
Dies in Muskogee
After a Long Illness
Pioneer Methodist Minister in
Indian Territory Established,
Built Many Churches
Death, following an illness of many months came Monday night, June 9, 1937, to the Rev. Arthur M. Belcher, 76, of Wagoner, pioneer Methodist Church South minister who helped to establish and build many churches in old Indian Territory and later in Oklahoma following statehood.
The Reverend Belcher established the First Methodist Church in Wagoner in 1891, two years after he was received into the Indian Mission Conference, now the Oklahoma Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
He later held pastorates at Haskell, Muldrow, Madill, Henryetta, Bixby, Chelsea, Wapanucka, Wainwright and Oktah, at several of which places he established the first Methodist Church.
The Reverend Belcher was born in Alabama and came west to Arkansas when a young man, settling near Clarksville. Determined to enter the ministry, he entered Central Collegiate Institute Altus, Arkansas where he studied for three years. Following graduation he came to Indian Territory and two years later was assigned to Wagoner.
Funeral services for the Reverend Belcher will be held in the church he built here Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. with burial following in Elmwood Cemetery.
Officiating at the services will be the Rev. M. L. Butler, of Okmulgee, also a pioneer eastern Oklahoma minister.
The Reverend Butler, a friend of the Reverend Belcher since 1889, said Monday night the "he has made an abiding contribution to the upbuilding and progress of Oklahoma."
"When Mr. Belcher began his career in the Methodist ministry in this mission field, there were no luxurious parsonages or elegant church buildings with comfortable pews and esthetic surroundings," the Reverend Butler added.
The Reverend Belcher is survived by his wife, Mrs. Cora Belcher, of Wagoner; four sons, Joe David of Wagoner; Elbert M., of Dallas; Will F., of Sweetwater, Texas, and Arthur of Seminole;
Three daughters, Mrs. H. Pritchett, of Muskogee; Mrs. Clyde Fish, of Muskogee, and Mrs. Edgar Jones, of Seminole.
Pallbearers at the funeral service were Charles F. Rogers, W. M. Rinehart, W. W. Van Noy, John Weldon, Terry Young and Robert Q. Wagner. Honorary pallbearers were Charles G. Watts, S. S. cob, V. Lamb, Joe H. Ford, M. Young, all of Wagoner, and District Judge O. H. P. Brewer, of Muskogee.
Bio provided by Charlotte Stevens Schneider
Dies in Muskogee
After a Long Illness
Pioneer Methodist Minister in
Indian Territory Established,
Built Many Churches
Death, following an illness of many months came Monday night, June 9, 1937, to the Rev. Arthur M. Belcher, 76, of Wagoner, pioneer Methodist Church South minister who helped to establish and build many churches in old Indian Territory and later in Oklahoma following statehood.
The Reverend Belcher established the First Methodist Church in Wagoner in 1891, two years after he was received into the Indian Mission Conference, now the Oklahoma Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
He later held pastorates at Haskell, Muldrow, Madill, Henryetta, Bixby, Chelsea, Wapanucka, Wainwright and Oktah, at several of which places he established the first Methodist Church.
The Reverend Belcher was born in Alabama and came west to Arkansas when a young man, settling near Clarksville. Determined to enter the ministry, he entered Central Collegiate Institute Altus, Arkansas where he studied for three years. Following graduation he came to Indian Territory and two years later was assigned to Wagoner.
Funeral services for the Reverend Belcher will be held in the church he built here Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. with burial following in Elmwood Cemetery.
Officiating at the services will be the Rev. M. L. Butler, of Okmulgee, also a pioneer eastern Oklahoma minister.
The Reverend Butler, a friend of the Reverend Belcher since 1889, said Monday night the "he has made an abiding contribution to the upbuilding and progress of Oklahoma."
"When Mr. Belcher began his career in the Methodist ministry in this mission field, there were no luxurious parsonages or elegant church buildings with comfortable pews and esthetic surroundings," the Reverend Butler added.
The Reverend Belcher is survived by his wife, Mrs. Cora Belcher, of Wagoner; four sons, Joe David of Wagoner; Elbert M., of Dallas; Will F., of Sweetwater, Texas, and Arthur of Seminole;
Three daughters, Mrs. H. Pritchett, of Muskogee; Mrs. Clyde Fish, of Muskogee, and Mrs. Edgar Jones, of Seminole.
Pallbearers at the funeral service were Charles F. Rogers, W. M. Rinehart, W. W. Van Noy, John Weldon, Terry Young and Robert Q. Wagner. Honorary pallbearers were Charles G. Watts, S. S. cob, V. Lamb, Joe H. Ford, M. Young, all of Wagoner, and District Judge O. H. P. Brewer, of Muskogee.
Bio provided by Charlotte Stevens Schneider
28 NOV 2020, Memorial notes at or near time of transfer. Added gender. 1) Original bio from creator of memorial is below divider. ~Rev. A. M. Belcher
Dies in Muskogee
After a Long Illness
Pioneer Methodist Minister in
Indian Territory Established,
Built Many Churches
Death, following an illness of many months came Monday night, June 9, 1937, to the Rev. Arthur M. Belcher, 76, of Wagoner, pioneer Methodist Church South minister who helped to establish and build many churches in old Indian Territory and later in Oklahoma following statehood.
The Reverend Belcher established the First Methodist Church in Wagoner in 1891, two years after he was received into the Indian Mission Conference, now the Oklahoma Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
He later held pastorates at Haskell, Muldrow, Madill, Henryetta, Bixby, Chelsea, Wapanucka, Wainwright and Oktah, at several of which places he established the first Methodist Church.
The Reverend Belcher was born in Alabama and came west to Arkansas when a young man, settling near Clarksville. Determined to enter the ministry, he entered Central Collegiate Institute Altus, Arkansas where he studied for three years. Following graduation he came to Indian Territory and two years later was assigned to Wagoner.
Funeral services for the Reverend Belcher will be held in the church he built here Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. with burial following in Elmwood Cemetery.
Officiating at the services will be the Rev. M. L. Butler, of Okmulgee, also a pioneer eastern Oklahoma minister.
The Reverend Butler, a friend of the Reverend Belcher since 1889, said Monday night the "he has made an abiding contribution to the upbuilding and progress of Oklahoma."
"When Mr. Belcher began his career in the Methodist ministry in this mission field, there were no luxurious parsonages or elegant church buildings with comfortable pews and esthetic surroundings," the Reverend Butler added.
The Reverend Belcher is survived by his wife, Mrs. Cora Belcher, of Wagoner; four sons, Joe David of Wagoner; Elbert M., of Dallas; Will F., of Sweetwater, Texas, and Arthur of Seminole;
Three daughters, Mrs. H. Pritchett, of Muskogee; Mrs. Clyde Fish, of Muskogee, and Mrs. Edgar Jones, of Seminole.
Pallbearers at the funeral service were Charles F. Rogers, W. M. Rinehart, W. W. Van Noy, John Weldon, Terry Young and Robert Q. Wagner. Honorary pallbearers were Charles G. Watts, S. S. cob, V. Lamb, Joe H. Ford, M. Young, all of Wagoner, and District Judge O. H. P. Brewer, of Muskogee.
Bio provided by Charlotte Stevens Schneider
Dies in Muskogee
After a Long Illness
Pioneer Methodist Minister in
Indian Territory Established,
Built Many Churches
Death, following an illness of many months came Monday night, June 9, 1937, to the Rev. Arthur M. Belcher, 76, of Wagoner, pioneer Methodist Church South minister who helped to establish and build many churches in old Indian Territory and later in Oklahoma following statehood.
The Reverend Belcher established the First Methodist Church in Wagoner in 1891, two years after he was received into the Indian Mission Conference, now the Oklahoma Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
He later held pastorates at Haskell, Muldrow, Madill, Henryetta, Bixby, Chelsea, Wapanucka, Wainwright and Oktah, at several of which places he established the first Methodist Church.
The Reverend Belcher was born in Alabama and came west to Arkansas when a young man, settling near Clarksville. Determined to enter the ministry, he entered Central Collegiate Institute Altus, Arkansas where he studied for three years. Following graduation he came to Indian Territory and two years later was assigned to Wagoner.
Funeral services for the Reverend Belcher will be held in the church he built here Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. with burial following in Elmwood Cemetery.
Officiating at the services will be the Rev. M. L. Butler, of Okmulgee, also a pioneer eastern Oklahoma minister.
The Reverend Butler, a friend of the Reverend Belcher since 1889, said Monday night the "he has made an abiding contribution to the upbuilding and progress of Oklahoma."
"When Mr. Belcher began his career in the Methodist ministry in this mission field, there were no luxurious parsonages or elegant church buildings with comfortable pews and esthetic surroundings," the Reverend Butler added.
The Reverend Belcher is survived by his wife, Mrs. Cora Belcher, of Wagoner; four sons, Joe David of Wagoner; Elbert M., of Dallas; Will F., of Sweetwater, Texas, and Arthur of Seminole;
Three daughters, Mrs. H. Pritchett, of Muskogee; Mrs. Clyde Fish, of Muskogee, and Mrs. Edgar Jones, of Seminole.
Pallbearers at the funeral service were Charles F. Rogers, W. M. Rinehart, W. W. Van Noy, John Weldon, Terry Young and Robert Q. Wagner. Honorary pallbearers were Charles G. Watts, S. S. cob, V. Lamb, Joe H. Ford, M. Young, all of Wagoner, and District Judge O. H. P. Brewer, of Muskogee.
Bio provided by Charlotte Stevens Schneider
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