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Through your generous donations, both online and offline... For anyone wanting to still donate to Smith Chapel Church.
Want to Donate to Smith Chapel Church via check?
Make payment out to: Smith Chapel Church Ministries.
Mail payment to: PO Box 189 Pink Hill, NC 28572-0189
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Offline Donors:
- In Memory of Pete & Linda Lou Farrior - $100
- Daryl King - $500 (In Memory of Zella Mae Patterson)
- Kenneth Lyles - $100 (In Memory of Raye & Louise Lyles)
- Letita Duckett - $500 (In Memory of Phillip and Elsie Carr). See online donation.
- Mona Lisa Jones - $500 (In Memory of Odell & Eva Mae Jones)
- Ann Skinner - $10
- Louberta Houston - $200
- Carolyn Brewer Whitfield - $200
- Vanessa Mitchell - $38
- Krickette Mitchell - $38
- Larry & Patsy Cummings - $100
- Susie & Charles Smith - $200
- Joseph & Veronica Farrior - $25
- Henry & Henrietta Connor - $25
Want to contribute via check?
Make payment out to: Pink Hill Village Committee Marker Project.
Mail payment to: PO Box 189 Pink Hill, NC 28572-0189
Our GoFundMe goal is to purchase and install a Historical Marker on Eva Mae Jones Road in Pink Hill, NC to recognize the history of Smith Chapel Church and the first school in Pink Hill, NC for Colored Children. Smith Chapel Church was founded and named after its first Pastor, Reverend Billy Smith in the early 1920's. Services were held in the home of Mr. Moltin and Mrs. Gartha Carr. Church services were later moved to a donated train box car. The first church building was constructed at its present location by Reverend Billy Smith and community families. Reverend Billy Smith served as pastor for 22 years and other pastors followed. The church not only served as a place of worship but also a place of refuge for safety from storms & hurricanes. The church ground served as a playground for community kids, summer and afterschool programs, adult education, church meetings, Easter Programs, family reunions, town officials campaigning for office, church fundraising, vacation bible school, cub scout meetings, etc.
In the mid 1930's Lenoir County built a One Room School building for Colored Children to educate grades 1-8 next to Smith Chapel Church located at 413 Old Beulaville Road, Pink Hill, NC. Both the One Room School and Church shared a well pump for water and a outside toilet.
Ms. Lucy Bell Davis was the first teacher, instructing grades 1-8. In 1940, Ms Davis was joined by Mrs. Zella Mae Patterson-King to continue educating Children Of Color. After desegregation, the One Room School was closed and students attended Booker and Whiteless Creek Elementary Schools, Savannah and Woodington Middle and High Schools. Ms. Lucy Bell Davis and Mrs. Zella Mae Patterson-King both continued teaching in Lenoir County Schools. This Historical Marker recognizes the dedication and contributions by the teachers, students and community who paved the way for us all.
Your contributions will help purchase the Historical Marker and the installation at the location below. All contributions over the objective will be donated to Smith Chapel Church Ministries.
The yellow box below is the proposed location for the Historical Marker
DEDICATION & UNVEILING DATE SCHEDULED FOR 3pm, SEPTEMBER 29, 2024. EVERYONE IS INVITED
Church Address: 413 Old Beulaville Rd, Pink Hill, NC 28572
Want to contribute via check?
Make payment out to: Pink Hill Village Committee Marker Project.
Mail payment to: PO Box 189 Pink Hill, NC 28572-0189
Organizer
Trina Patrick
Organizer
Pink Hill, NC