In the early days of Bon Jellico most people attended the Briar Creek Baptist Church in Williamsburg. However before long, Sunday School was held in the Bon Jellico schoolhouse. While most Bon residents belonged to the Baptists denomination, everyone went. “So that other faiths wouldn’t think we Baptist had priority, we used David C. Cook literature”. (David C. Cook published literature that was non-denominational.) The community leaders asked Cumberland College to send “..us a preacher boy (and we had some doozy’s) to preach on Sunday morning.” In 1922 leaders organized a Missionary Baptist Church, which met once each month and later every Sunday.

    The church community at Bon was a vital part of the camp life with active Sunday School classes for Nursery (babies to 3 years), Beginners (four to seven), Juniors (eight to twelve), Young People (thirteen to sixteen), Young Adults, and Older Adults. The Beginners class was also called the “Card Class” as the lesson was taught from cards containing bible scenes and stories. Services were held on Sunday morning, Sunday night, and Wednesday night. Two of the preachers at Bon were Charlie Steely and Alf Jones.

    Bon Jellico had wonderful singers. Mr. M.G. (Melt) Lovitt led the singing from the shaped-note hymnal. Josiah Douglas (pronounced “Josar”) was a music teacher who held periodic music schools with the shaped note hymnals.

Bon Jellico Church Information Index
(From Rev. Charlie Steely)

Back         Next

Census     History     Employees     Families     Schools     Church   
Life in Old Bon Jellico      Memories     Photos      Homecomings
 News Tidbits   Surname Registry     Brick Wall Queries     Links     
Guestbook      What's New      Contact Us  

Remembering Bon Jellico is proud to be a KYGenWeb Special Project site. Lynn Stenglein - Project Coordinator Sherri Bradley - Asst. Project Coordinator Problems? Contact the webmaster.

© 2007-present Remembering Bon Jellico. All files on this website are copyrighted by their submitter and creator. They may be linked to, but may not be reproduced on another website or in any other form, without specific permission of the submitter, owner, publisher and this site moderator. Although public records are as such not copyrightable, the manner in which they are presented, including the notes, comments, etc. are. The information on this site is provided free of charge, by volunteers, for your personal use only.