Bellview Holiness Church Pulaski County, Georgia Bellview Holiness Church was established by my great-grandfather, George Washington Irving Nobles. He donated the land and built the church. He was a minister and is listed as performing many of the marriages in the county at that time. He lived in the Whitfield District, near Bellview, which was a Hardshell Baptist Church at that time. The denomination has changed several times. My grandfather, John Washington Irving Nobles was the church clerk for many years. My father and his siblings and cousins were all raised attending the church. It was a Holiness Baptist Church during my childhood, when my grandmother, Ida Mae Akins Nobles was still living and a member of the church. There was an article in the Hawkinsville Dispatch many years ago about my father's aging cousins who were still members of the church, all of them are now deceased. They were Stella Arnold, Ida Mae Moore, and Jewell Bridges, all daughters of Nancy Nobles Conner. Virginia Nobles Koons [Photos & information below also provided by Virginia Koons.] Church Photo #1 ~~ Church Photo #2 |
![]() John Washington Irving Nobles, son of Sarah Jane Howell & George Washington Irving Nobles, founder of Bellview Church |
![]() Martha Nobles Coody, Gene Neumans (now deceased), Jake Nobles (hiding), Johnnie Nobles Moore abt 1991 at Bellview Homecoming ![]() Jake Nobles Martha, Jake, & Johnnie Nobles are children of John Washington Irving Nobles & Ida Mae Akins |
![]() Ida Mae Akins Nobles, wife of John W. Nobles |
![]() Jake W. Nobles, "retired" minister who has been in the ministry 53 years |