William Alexander McPherson died Saturday morning, November 10, 1973.
He is survived by daughter, Miss Sarah McPherson, Nashville; sons, William McPherson, Atlanta, Ga., E. C. McPherson, Detroit, Mich.; brother, Gano McPherson, Chattanooga; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
Remains at the Chapel of Pettus-Owen-Wood Funeral Home in Nashville. Funeral service Monday at 10 o'clock at the Shelby Ave. Church of Christ, by Brothers Leo Snow, Norman Travathen, Paul Dillingham.
Honorary pallbearers Elders and Deacons of Shelby Ave. Church of Christ, H. C.
Allen, L. E. Green, E. F. Bigger, C. H. Lowe, James R. Greer, H. P. Richardson, John L. Rainey. Active pallbearers John Henderson, James McPherson, Jack Penick, Douglas Martin, Robert King, Dalvs Bratten.
Interment Riverside Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
--The Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee), Sunday, November 11, 1973, page 70
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William A. McPherson was born March 29, 1879; died November 10, 1973. His birthplace was Todd County, Ky. He was married to Mary Cayce in Hopkinsville, Ky., in 1903.
Brother McPherson and his wife became members of the church during a meeting in Hopkinsville, conducted by James A. Harding.
On moving to Nashville in 1906, he was identified with the Tenth and Russell Street church. In 1909 he went with Sam Dodd, son-in-law to E. G. Sewell, to form the present Shelby Avenue church. He served as an elder of Shelby Avenue church for sixty-three years.
Brother McPherson was a lifelong friend of Matt Young, the father of Dr. Norvell Young, having lived as neighbors for a while.
When in his prime he participated in the growth of the church in Nashville and Davidson County. Scores of people were brought to Christ by his efforts and many strengthened in the faith. Brother McPherson was an untiring personal worker. He was a tailor by trade and his tailor shop was often a gathering place for preachers. He spent many hours per week with his Bible. His outstanding virtue was his love for the truth, together with a readiness to teach it and defend it. His life could be summed up by these words from Psalm 1: Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord: and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
The Shelby Avenue congregation will long remember him with deep affection and respect.
Paul M. Dillingham.
Gospel Advocate, December 13, 1973, page 807.
Contributor: Janice Duncan (47103638)
He is survived by daughter, Miss Sarah McPherson, Nashville; sons, William McPherson, Atlanta, Ga., E. C. McPherson, Detroit, Mich.; brother, Gano McPherson, Chattanooga; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
Remains at the Chapel of Pettus-Owen-Wood Funeral Home in Nashville. Funeral service Monday at 10 o'clock at the Shelby Ave. Church of Christ, by Brothers Leo Snow, Norman Travathen, Paul Dillingham.
Honorary pallbearers Elders and Deacons of Shelby Ave. Church of Christ, H. C.
Allen, L. E. Green, E. F. Bigger, C. H. Lowe, James R. Greer, H. P. Richardson, John L. Rainey. Active pallbearers John Henderson, James McPherson, Jack Penick, Douglas Martin, Robert King, Dalvs Bratten.
Interment Riverside Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
--The Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee), Sunday, November 11, 1973, page 70
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William A. McPherson was born March 29, 1879; died November 10, 1973. His birthplace was Todd County, Ky. He was married to Mary Cayce in Hopkinsville, Ky., in 1903.
Brother McPherson and his wife became members of the church during a meeting in Hopkinsville, conducted by James A. Harding.
On moving to Nashville in 1906, he was identified with the Tenth and Russell Street church. In 1909 he went with Sam Dodd, son-in-law to E. G. Sewell, to form the present Shelby Avenue church. He served as an elder of Shelby Avenue church for sixty-three years.
Brother McPherson was a lifelong friend of Matt Young, the father of Dr. Norvell Young, having lived as neighbors for a while.
When in his prime he participated in the growth of the church in Nashville and Davidson County. Scores of people were brought to Christ by his efforts and many strengthened in the faith. Brother McPherson was an untiring personal worker. He was a tailor by trade and his tailor shop was often a gathering place for preachers. He spent many hours per week with his Bible. His outstanding virtue was his love for the truth, together with a readiness to teach it and defend it. His life could be summed up by these words from Psalm 1: Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord: and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
The Shelby Avenue congregation will long remember him with deep affection and respect.
Paul M. Dillingham.
Gospel Advocate, December 13, 1973, page 807.
Contributor: Janice Duncan (47103638)
William Alexander McPherson died Saturday morning, November 10, 1973.
He is survived by daughter, Miss Sarah McPherson, Nashville; sons, William McPherson, Atlanta, Ga., E. C. McPherson, Detroit, Mich.; brother, Gano McPherson, Chattanooga; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
Remains at the Chapel of Pettus-Owen-Wood Funeral Home in Nashville. Funeral service Monday at 10 o'clock at the Shelby Ave. Church of Christ, by Brothers Leo Snow, Norman Travathen, Paul Dillingham.
Honorary pallbearers Elders and Deacons of Shelby Ave. Church of Christ, H. C.
Allen, L. E. Green, E. F. Bigger, C. H. Lowe, James R. Greer, H. P. Richardson, John L. Rainey. Active pallbearers John Henderson, James McPherson, Jack Penick, Douglas Martin, Robert King, Dalvs Bratten.
Interment Riverside Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
--The Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee), Sunday, November 11, 1973, page 70
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William A. McPherson was born March 29, 1879; died November 10, 1973. His birthplace was Todd County, Ky. He was married to Mary Cayce in Hopkinsville, Ky., in 1903.
Brother McPherson and his wife became members of the church during a meeting in Hopkinsville, conducted by James A. Harding.
On moving to Nashville in 1906, he was identified with the Tenth and Russell Street church. In 1909 he went with Sam Dodd, son-in-law to E. G. Sewell, to form the present Shelby Avenue church. He served as an elder of Shelby Avenue church for sixty-three years.
Brother McPherson was a lifelong friend of Matt Young, the father of Dr. Norvell Young, having lived as neighbors for a while.
When in his prime he participated in the growth of the church in Nashville and Davidson County. Scores of people were brought to Christ by his efforts and many strengthened in the faith. Brother McPherson was an untiring personal worker. He was a tailor by trade and his tailor shop was often a gathering place for preachers. He spent many hours per week with his Bible. His outstanding virtue was his love for the truth, together with a readiness to teach it and defend it. His life could be summed up by these words from Psalm 1: Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord: and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
The Shelby Avenue congregation will long remember him with deep affection and respect.
Paul M. Dillingham.
Gospel Advocate, December 13, 1973, page 807.
Contributor: Janice Duncan (47103638)
He is survived by daughter, Miss Sarah McPherson, Nashville; sons, William McPherson, Atlanta, Ga., E. C. McPherson, Detroit, Mich.; brother, Gano McPherson, Chattanooga; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
Remains at the Chapel of Pettus-Owen-Wood Funeral Home in Nashville. Funeral service Monday at 10 o'clock at the Shelby Ave. Church of Christ, by Brothers Leo Snow, Norman Travathen, Paul Dillingham.
Honorary pallbearers Elders and Deacons of Shelby Ave. Church of Christ, H. C.
Allen, L. E. Green, E. F. Bigger, C. H. Lowe, James R. Greer, H. P. Richardson, John L. Rainey. Active pallbearers John Henderson, James McPherson, Jack Penick, Douglas Martin, Robert King, Dalvs Bratten.
Interment Riverside Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
--The Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee), Sunday, November 11, 1973, page 70
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William A. McPherson was born March 29, 1879; died November 10, 1973. His birthplace was Todd County, Ky. He was married to Mary Cayce in Hopkinsville, Ky., in 1903.
Brother McPherson and his wife became members of the church during a meeting in Hopkinsville, conducted by James A. Harding.
On moving to Nashville in 1906, he was identified with the Tenth and Russell Street church. In 1909 he went with Sam Dodd, son-in-law to E. G. Sewell, to form the present Shelby Avenue church. He served as an elder of Shelby Avenue church for sixty-three years.
Brother McPherson was a lifelong friend of Matt Young, the father of Dr. Norvell Young, having lived as neighbors for a while.
When in his prime he participated in the growth of the church in Nashville and Davidson County. Scores of people were brought to Christ by his efforts and many strengthened in the faith. Brother McPherson was an untiring personal worker. He was a tailor by trade and his tailor shop was often a gathering place for preachers. He spent many hours per week with his Bible. His outstanding virtue was his love for the truth, together with a readiness to teach it and defend it. His life could be summed up by these words from Psalm 1: Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord: and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
The Shelby Avenue congregation will long remember him with deep affection and respect.
Paul M. Dillingham.
Gospel Advocate, December 13, 1973, page 807.
Contributor: Janice Duncan (47103638)
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