Article from the Berea Citizen, March 7, 1957 written by a member of the White Lick Baptist Church.
W. H. Bryant, better known in the White Lick Community as "Uncle Will", was born to Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Pierce Bryant on August 9, 1878 in Garrard County. He spent his entire life in that county where he worked early in life on a farm at the rate of 50 cents a day. He married and bought a farm where he still lives. He accepted Christ at the age of 12 years and became a member of the Union Church, which held its meetings in a schoolhouse and later became Good Hope Church of the Flatwoods Community. He was a member of this church for 9 years. He then came by letter to Carters Chapel in 1899. In 1906, he was ordained a minister. In 1910, Carters chapel became White Lick. Uncle Will was a member of the building committee, helped with the new building and donated money toward it. He has kept his membership there all the time.
Brother Bryant was first called to Hickory Grove on Brindle Ridge in Rockcastle County, then to Mount Zion, Brindle Ridge Church, Fairview, Scaffold Cane, Harmon's Lick, Good Hope and then to White Lick, where he has been for the past 33 years. During the past 50 years, he has baptized 251 persons, more than half of these being at White Lick. On more than one occasion, he has baptized 20 or more in one day. He has married 127 couples.
Uncle Will has attended all but about 4 of the Tates Creek Associations meetings and one of these absences was due to the death of a close friend. One of Uncle Will's most prized possessions is his complete set of Spencer's History Books covering 100 years of Baptist events. He has been regular in church attendance. For years, he and his wife came in a one-horse buggy; later he came with friends. He has led the singing, teaches a Sunday School class and preaches every Sunday morning. He loves his Lord and his church and has stood for both. He can preach as good a sermon as you can hear anywhere. He likes to see the church grow and has had opportunity to see it do so in the past few years.
White Lick has added one new room in front, three new Sunday School rooms, better seats and new heaters. Attendance has doubled and we now have Training Union and evening services conducted by a young preacher, a student from Georgetown College.
Uncle Will is very pleased with all of this. Everyone who knows Uncle Will loves him. The members of the White Lick hope he can keep on preaching until God calls him home. On one occasion, he was called to the home of a girl who was blind and was very sick. She had accepted Christ and wanted to be baptized. Her parents objected but she still wanted to be baptized. The family consented and she was baptized about six o'clock in the evening, at nine o'clock she passed away.
Please remember Uncle Will in your prayers and write to him sometime. He will be glad to hear from you.
W. H. Bryant, better known in the White Lick Community as "Uncle Will", was born to Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Pierce Bryant on August 9, 1878 in Garrard County. He spent his entire life in that county where he worked early in life on a farm at the rate of 50 cents a day. He married and bought a farm where he still lives. He accepted Christ at the age of 12 years and became a member of the Union Church, which held its meetings in a schoolhouse and later became Good Hope Church of the Flatwoods Community. He was a member of this church for 9 years. He then came by letter to Carters Chapel in 1899. In 1906, he was ordained a minister. In 1910, Carters chapel became White Lick. Uncle Will was a member of the building committee, helped with the new building and donated money toward it. He has kept his membership there all the time.
Brother Bryant was first called to Hickory Grove on Brindle Ridge in Rockcastle County, then to Mount Zion, Brindle Ridge Church, Fairview, Scaffold Cane, Harmon's Lick, Good Hope and then to White Lick, where he has been for the past 33 years. During the past 50 years, he has baptized 251 persons, more than half of these being at White Lick. On more than one occasion, he has baptized 20 or more in one day. He has married 127 couples.
Uncle Will has attended all but about 4 of the Tates Creek Associations meetings and one of these absences was due to the death of a close friend. One of Uncle Will's most prized possessions is his complete set of Spencer's History Books covering 100 years of Baptist events. He has been regular in church attendance. For years, he and his wife came in a one-horse buggy; later he came with friends. He has led the singing, teaches a Sunday School class and preaches every Sunday morning. He loves his Lord and his church and has stood for both. He can preach as good a sermon as you can hear anywhere. He likes to see the church grow and has had opportunity to see it do so in the past few years.
White Lick has added one new room in front, three new Sunday School rooms, better seats and new heaters. Attendance has doubled and we now have Training Union and evening services conducted by a young preacher, a student from Georgetown College.
Uncle Will is very pleased with all of this. Everyone who knows Uncle Will loves him. The members of the White Lick hope he can keep on preaching until God calls him home. On one occasion, he was called to the home of a girl who was blind and was very sick. She had accepted Christ and wanted to be baptized. Her parents objected but she still wanted to be baptized. The family consented and she was baptized about six o'clock in the evening, at nine o'clock she passed away.
Please remember Uncle Will in your prayers and write to him sometime. He will be glad to hear from you.
Article from the Berea Citizen, March 7, 1957 written by a member of the White Lick Baptist Church.
W. H. Bryant, better known in the White Lick Community as "Uncle Will", was born to Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Pierce Bryant on August 9, 1878 in Garrard County. He spent his entire life in that county where he worked early in life on a farm at the rate of 50 cents a day. He married and bought a farm where he still lives. He accepted Christ at the age of 12 years and became a member of the Union Church, which held its meetings in a schoolhouse and later became Good Hope Church of the Flatwoods Community. He was a member of this church for 9 years. He then came by letter to Carters Chapel in 1899. In 1906, he was ordained a minister. In 1910, Carters chapel became White Lick. Uncle Will was a member of the building committee, helped with the new building and donated money toward it. He has kept his membership there all the time.
Brother Bryant was first called to Hickory Grove on Brindle Ridge in Rockcastle County, then to Mount Zion, Brindle Ridge Church, Fairview, Scaffold Cane, Harmon's Lick, Good Hope and then to White Lick, where he has been for the past 33 years. During the past 50 years, he has baptized 251 persons, more than half of these being at White Lick. On more than one occasion, he has baptized 20 or more in one day. He has married 127 couples.
Uncle Will has attended all but about 4 of the Tates Creek Associations meetings and one of these absences was due to the death of a close friend. One of Uncle Will's most prized possessions is his complete set of Spencer's History Books covering 100 years of Baptist events. He has been regular in church attendance. For years, he and his wife came in a one-horse buggy; later he came with friends. He has led the singing, teaches a Sunday School class and preaches every Sunday morning. He loves his Lord and his church and has stood for both. He can preach as good a sermon as you can hear anywhere. He likes to see the church grow and has had opportunity to see it do so in the past few years.
White Lick has added one new room in front, three new Sunday School rooms, better seats and new heaters. Attendance has doubled and we now have Training Union and evening services conducted by a young preacher, a student from Georgetown College.
Uncle Will is very pleased with all of this. Everyone who knows Uncle Will loves him. The members of the White Lick hope he can keep on preaching until God calls him home. On one occasion, he was called to the home of a girl who was blind and was very sick. She had accepted Christ and wanted to be baptized. Her parents objected but she still wanted to be baptized. The family consented and she was baptized about six o'clock in the evening, at nine o'clock she passed away.
Please remember Uncle Will in your prayers and write to him sometime. He will be glad to hear from you.
W. H. Bryant, better known in the White Lick Community as "Uncle Will", was born to Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Pierce Bryant on August 9, 1878 in Garrard County. He spent his entire life in that county where he worked early in life on a farm at the rate of 50 cents a day. He married and bought a farm where he still lives. He accepted Christ at the age of 12 years and became a member of the Union Church, which held its meetings in a schoolhouse and later became Good Hope Church of the Flatwoods Community. He was a member of this church for 9 years. He then came by letter to Carters Chapel in 1899. In 1906, he was ordained a minister. In 1910, Carters chapel became White Lick. Uncle Will was a member of the building committee, helped with the new building and donated money toward it. He has kept his membership there all the time.
Brother Bryant was first called to Hickory Grove on Brindle Ridge in Rockcastle County, then to Mount Zion, Brindle Ridge Church, Fairview, Scaffold Cane, Harmon's Lick, Good Hope and then to White Lick, where he has been for the past 33 years. During the past 50 years, he has baptized 251 persons, more than half of these being at White Lick. On more than one occasion, he has baptized 20 or more in one day. He has married 127 couples.
Uncle Will has attended all but about 4 of the Tates Creek Associations meetings and one of these absences was due to the death of a close friend. One of Uncle Will's most prized possessions is his complete set of Spencer's History Books covering 100 years of Baptist events. He has been regular in church attendance. For years, he and his wife came in a one-horse buggy; later he came with friends. He has led the singing, teaches a Sunday School class and preaches every Sunday morning. He loves his Lord and his church and has stood for both. He can preach as good a sermon as you can hear anywhere. He likes to see the church grow and has had opportunity to see it do so in the past few years.
White Lick has added one new room in front, three new Sunday School rooms, better seats and new heaters. Attendance has doubled and we now have Training Union and evening services conducted by a young preacher, a student from Georgetown College.
Uncle Will is very pleased with all of this. Everyone who knows Uncle Will loves him. The members of the White Lick hope he can keep on preaching until God calls him home. On one occasion, he was called to the home of a girl who was blind and was very sick. She had accepted Christ and wanted to be baptized. Her parents objected but she still wanted to be baptized. The family consented and she was baptized about six o'clock in the evening, at nine o'clock she passed away.
Please remember Uncle Will in your prayers and write to him sometime. He will be glad to hear from you.
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