OH042 Lillian Colston Oral History

Authors

Sammy Fisk

Collection Title

West Kentucky - History and Culture - Land Between the Lakes Series

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Series Number

OH042

Interviewee

Colston, Lillian

Interviewer

Fisk, Sammy

Date Interviewed

February 19th, 1977

Processed by

Sheree Wise

Date Processed

March 4th, 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.

General Information

No user access to original recordings. Use audio user copies, digital derivatives, transcripts, and/or tape indexes. This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code). Permission for reproduction must be requested from Murray State University.

Subject Headings/Descriptors

Colston, Lillian 1913-

Land Between the Lakes (Ky. And Tenn.)

Ferguson Springs Baptist Church (Benton, Ky.)

Baptists - Kentucky.

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