Greater Mount Moriah Primitive Baptist Church
Charlotte, North Carolina
Established 1891 AD
CONDENSED HISTORY
Pastors: Elder Wallace Torrance (Founder-1891), Harris Lockhart, K.D. Davis, James H. Carey, Daniels. J. A. Stitt, Thomas John Huey, O.S. McMoore, W. M. Scott, (chronological years not available for the above) J. J. Steele 1920-1929. Thomas M. Fraylon 1929-1933, Joseph H. Kendrick, Sr. 1934-1953, Robert Herman Frazier 1953-1973 (all deceased) Elder Thomas W. Samuels (1973-2004)
Current Pastor: Elder Sidney Phillips
Church Building: Original Location North Alexander and East 11th Street
Present Location: 727 West Trade Street, rebuilt Sanctuary and Family Life Center Dedicated January 12, 2003. Original building next door (747 West Trade) built in 1964. Fellowship Hall demolished April 9, 2001.
Licensed/Ordained Ministers:
Pastors: Richard Johnson, Clifton Griffa
Federal Prison Chaplin: Terrance Robinson
Ordained not Pastoring: Alan W. Belk, Fredrick H. Thompson, Thomas Bolton, T.W. Samuels
Licensed: Freddie James, Vance O’Rear, Briley Belk III, Willie McCullough and Darnell Edwards
Joseph Stafford and Yusef Aljuwani (no longer members)
Deceased: Jim Blakey, B.A. Hemphill, Richard Pickenpack, Tinsley & William L. Johnson
Deacons: Eulie Alexander, James Appling, Arthur Blakeney, Major Booker, Willie L. Boulware, Marion Cureton, James Diggs, William Faulkner, Luther Glenn, James Grier, Major Grier, W.Q. Hemphill, Henry Ivey, James A Johnson, William H. Johnson, James Lewis, Samuel Mickerson, Garfield Morrow, Lewis Newell, J. Robert Raye, Eugene Ryan, Andrew Tate, Charlie White, Sylvester McClendon (all deceased) Briley Belk, Jr., Larry Callaway, Rodney Peay, (no longer members)
Emeritus Deacons: Reuben McClendon and Willie Robinson, Sr.
Current Deacons: Ezelle Sanford, James Kirkpatrick, Sr., Joshua Johnson, Charles Kitchen, Edward Huntley, Gregory Deas and Johnny Love
Mothers & Deaconesses: Alberta Alexander, Gracie Belk, Ruby Booker, Helen Boulware, Airy Colter, Hattie Douglas, Maggie Faulker, Minnie Faulkner, Willette Glenn, Willie Mae Glenn, Evangeline Hemphill, Nancy Hemphill, Minnie Hennigan, Julia Hopkins, Minnie Ivey, Florence James, Lottie Alexander, Mozzelle Johnson, Roberta Johnson, Ada Kelly, Esther Kendrick, Cora Kinard, Annie Lewis, Sara Mackey, Carrie McClendon, Daisy McClendon, Essie McClendon, Lola McElwaine, Minnie Morrow, Mae Bell Newell, Bertha Pickenpack, Essie Raye, Macy Ryan, Sarah Vance, Alfreda Stafford, and Alice Grier (all deceased) Alverette Callaway, Myrtle Jonson (no longer a member)
Current Mothers and Deaconesses: Mildred Appling, Minnie Burns, Betty Johnson, Alberta Kirkpatrick, Susie Robinson, Juanita Samuels, Geneva Sanford, Sarah Tobias, Sarah Phillips, Rosa Davis, Elizabeth Bolton, Barbara Kitchen and Norma Deas.
Trustees: John Alexander, Oss Archie, Major Booker, Willie Brown, George Caldwell, John Cornwell, Ben Davis, Harry Dodd, James Dodd, Mack Fergerson, Samuel Harris, Burke Ingram, Floyd Ivey, William Johnson, Harris Lockhart, Harry Mills, Henry Ross, Willie Tate, Lucius Tobias, Sr., George Walton, C.P. White, Elwood Williams, James Horne (all deceased) Moses Colbert, Willie Robinson, Jr. (no longer a member)
Emeritus Trustee: Robert James, Maurice Lowery, Theoplis Ingram, Robert L. Davis, Jr. and Ernest McCullough
Former Trustee: Joshua Johnson, Johnny Love
Current Trustees: Baxter Allen, Dewitt Audrey, Willie Holmes, Louis McClendon, Thomas Taylor, Sheryl Smith, Lucius Tobias, Willette Harvell and Jarvis Wilson
Sunday School Superintendents: W.Q. Hemphill, J.R. Raye, Willie Brown (all deceased)
Current: Louis McClendon
Clerks: W. Q. Hemphill, Andrew Tate, Mary McMullen (all deceased) Myrtle Johnson, Delores Guess (no longer a member) Robert Davis, Jr., Elizabeth Murray
Current: Bertha Price
Financial Secretaries: Robert L. Davis, Jr., Patricia Williams, (Edna Gabriel, Myrtle Johnson no longer a member)
Current: Elaine Woods
Treasurers: Bertha Pickenpack, Harry Mills, Mozelle Johnson, William Johnson (all deceased)
Current: Willie B. Roper