The doctrine of the Church of God of Anderson, Indiana, was first brought to Louisiana by the Rev. R.H. (Bob) Owens in 1897. The church thrived in it's first year of existence, and a new minister joined Rev. Owens. Rev. William Harrison (Willie) Jackson served as pastor of the church from 1897 to 1914.
The first church structure was a box house built ca. 1899 and named the Welcome Church of God. When Clinton Tippit, son of Samuel and Nancy Tippit, died in 1905, the Tippits buried him beside the church building.
In 1906, the members moved their place of worship to a new location, and the Tippits were grief-stricken when they realized it was only a matter of time before their baby's grave would be lost as the forest reclaimed the property.
Rev. Willie Jackson, then pastor of Welcome Church of God, solicited Monroe Carver, and the two of them went to Leesville where they acquired the necessary permission and had the baby's grave moved beside the new church. When the Tippits arrived for services on the following Sunday, Rev. Jackson escorted them to the new cemetery to see their son's grave. The young couple were touched at the compassion displayed by Rev. Jackson, and thus were the beginnings of today's Welcome cemetery.
☆☆•*¨*•.¸ღ ღ A special thanks to Jane Parker McManus for her contributions to the creation of this biography ☆☆•*¨*•.¸ღ ღ
The doctrine of the Church of God of Anderson, Indiana, was first brought to Louisiana by the Rev. R.H. (Bob) Owens in 1897. The church thrived in it's first year of existence, and a new minister joined Rev. Owens. Rev. William Harrison (Willie) Jackson served as pastor of the church from 1897 to 1914.
The first church structure was a box house built ca. 1899 and named the Welcome Church of God. When Clinton Tippit, son of Samuel and Nancy Tippit, died in 1905, the Tippits buried him beside the church building.
In 1906, the members moved their place of worship to a new location, and the Tippits were grief-stricken when they realized it was only a matter of time before their baby's grave would be lost as the forest reclaimed the property.
Rev. Willie Jackson, then pastor of Welcome Church of God, solicited Monroe Carver, and the two of them went to Leesville where they acquired the necessary permission and had the baby's grave moved beside the new church. When the Tippits arrived for services on the following Sunday, Rev. Jackson escorted them to the new cemetery to see their son's grave. The young couple were touched at the compassion displayed by Rev. Jackson, and thus were the beginnings of today's Welcome cemetery.
☆☆•*¨*•.¸ღ ღ A special thanks to Jane Parker McManus for her contributions to the creation of this biography ☆☆•*¨*•.¸ღ ღ
Family Members
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Martha Ellen Jackson Bennett
1869–1959
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Celia Ann Jackson Parker
1870–1948
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Julia Isabell Jackson Lewis
1872–1950
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Susan Rebecca "Rebecca" Jackson Parker
1874–1957
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Franklin David "Frank" Jackson
1879–1964
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Francis Kay Jackson
1881–1963
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Minnie Jackson Temple
1884–1909
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Robert Lee Jackson
1886–1943
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Floyd Wesley Jackson Sr
1888–1970
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Beulah Leminta Jackson Parker
1891–1973
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