New Lowell Methodist Church was organized in the early 1840's. Mr.
Hartwell Jones Wash gave the lot on which the church now stands. Old
Lowell Church was destroyed by fire about the time of the Civil War and the
church property for some reason was no longer owned by the church. From
1865 to 1898 there was no place of worship so the Methodist and Baptist built
the Union Church (Midway) and worshiped there. About 1890 the Methodist
moved their place of worship to Salem Church. The property on which the
Lowell Church had originally stood was in time purchased by W. T. Credille, Sr.
of Greene County who settled in the community and married Ada Elizabeth Standley.
In 1900 this same land was deeded again to the church and the present church was
completed. For four generations the Credille and Wash families have been
affiliated with this church. Some other early members were Lewis Hartley,
Edgar Redding, E. G. Owens, J. I. Crapps, R. L. Burnett, W. E. Puckett, Erasmus
King, J. T. and R. L. and W. T. Standley.
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