Chapter Thirty-One

Marion County Churches

by Mrs. Bernice Johnson

Methodist Churches

Ware's Chapel

Page 511

By: Mae D. Patterson, Mrs. Sam Duren and Eula Ledbetter

The following information on Ware's Chapel, Yellville Circuit 1900 A.D. is from Anderson's Centennial History.

"Ware's Chapel was named for Dr. J. C. Ware, a county doctor who gave much thought, time, money and prayer to the church he loved. Newton Bearden, father of R. E. L. Bearden, was Sunday School Superintendent and Steward for many years. Ammon Thompson, father of Mrs. J. M. Cantrell, lived a long and useful life as a member of the church."

Although the church was a Methodist Church, services were held by other religious groups. The Methodist preachers were supplied by the Yellville Circuit. Pastors of the Methodist Churches in Marion County were: Lee Bearden, W. H. Dyer, C. W. Lester, John Womack, W. B. Wolf, T. J. Taylor, D. U. Cline, W. W. Albright, L. B. Hankins, Q. L. Claude, D. L. Yates, B. A. McKnight, F. G. Villines, Sr., J. M. Fryar, H. W. Jett, H. J. Harger, Boyd Johnson, W. C. Smith, Silas Dixon, Farms McDonal, Charles L. Fry, W. G. Bruner, Pharis J. Halifield, Theron McKisson, M. L. Kaylor, B. W. Stallcup, M. J. Pollard, Ray Edwards, Rayburn Jackson, Aubra Hays, Elbert Bruner Browning, and Chris Cooper.