Collection Title: West Kentucky History and Culture – Land Between the Lakes Series
Series Number: OH042
Interviewee: Colston, Lillian, 1913-
Interviewer: Sammy Fisk
Date interviewed: February 19, 1977
Processed by: Sheree Wise
Date processed: March 4, 2010
Description: 1 sound disc (44 minutes)
Abstract: Lillian Colston discusses the following: lighting in the church; homemade pews; funeral services; digging graves; the funeral hearse; places and modes of baptism; graded Sunday schools; conducting revivals; where evangelists stayed in the community; a typical Sunday service; annual revivals; monthly church services; homecomings; pastors' salaries; Sunday afternoon activities; exclusion of members for drinking; business meetings and how the change of church location helped attendance. She also recalls and discusses all three locations of the Ferguson Springs Baptist Church.
Biographical / Historical note: Lillian Colston was born in 1913 and resided a majority of her life in the Land Between the Lakes region of Kentucky. She was a lifelong member of Ferguson Springs Baptist Church.
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Subject Headings / Descriptors:
Land Between The Lakes (Ky. and Tenn.)
Ferguson Springs Baptist Church (Benton, Ky.)
Baptists – Kentucky.
Research Notes: Index and abstract included with oral history.
