History of Red Oak Baptist Church, Doles, Ga. Worth County, Georgia. Red Oak Baptist Church was founded November 5, 1864. Mike Champion gave the land for the Red Oak Baptist Church to be built upon. The church got its name because of the large Red Oak trees on this plot. The first church was made from hewn logs. It was 30 feet wide and 40 feet long. The hurch does not have the records when the second church was built, because of a fire in the clerk's home many ol records are gone forever. But the second church was a frame building with shutters for doors and windows and it had no ceiling. One service per month on the first Sunday was held then. The present church is the third one and it was built in 1890. The charter members include the BROWN family, as well as mention of DOWNS family; and many more surnames, Hobby, etc. Luerana Brown was a Charter Member. The church house was built near the southeast corner of Lot of Land # 90; in the 16th District of Worth County, Ga. Red Oak Baptist Church had had thirty-four pastors through the years. The cemetery has two parts; one enclosed in the fence and the second part next to the Creek that runs nearby for those families who had sharecroppers, etc. There were in the past both black and white church members attending this church. The first black members in 1855 (8) of them (this was before the Civil War). The first lights for the church were kereosene lamps, then in 1910 gas lights were added, and then 1940 the church added electricity. Red Oak Baptist Church celebrated its 100th Year Anniversary October 31, 1954. CEMETERY RECORDS: (this record is the best that could be obtained. There are numerous blank plots that the name was not known listed.) All records were burned in a Clerk's house that caught fire. ROW 1 Delphia Jeter Hobby Aug. 15, 1885 - Nov. 10, 1964 Rev. Joseph Floyd Hobby Jan. 16, 1881 - Nov. 15, 1984 Maggie Louise Arnold w/o Green M. Whiddon July 13, 1893 - Jan. 8, 1965 Green M. Whiddon Aug. 18, 1895 - Mar. 22, 1979 Ruby Arnold Bartley Jul. 31, 1897 - Aug. 9, 1974 Marvin J. Bartley W.W. I. May 9, 1894 - Mar. 9, 1970 Joseph C. Culpepper Jun. 20, 1881 - Aug. 3, 1956 Annie F. Culpepper Mar. 3, 1881 - Apr. 16, 1961 Merle S.Tison Apr. 12, 1909 - June 13, 1980 Paul J.Tison May 17, 1904 - Apr. 10, 1971 William N. Gay W.W. II Oct. 20, 1911 - May 19, 1964 ROW 2 Harriet L. Hobby May 26, 1867 - Oct. 28, 1941 Harriet w/o Isaac Hobby May 9, 1839 - Oct. 13, 1902 Rev.Isaac Hobby Oct. 24, 1834 - Jun. 28, 1906 John L. Hobby Feb. 21, 1869 - Aug. 1, 1938 Sallie L. Hobby Sept. 4, 1863 - Nov. 25, 1940 Minnie B. Hobby May 8, 1883 - Sept 10, 1950 Mattie C. Hobby Mar 19, 1874 - June 19, 1951 2 unMarked adult graves J. I. s/o A.M. & R.L. Hobby May 6, 1911 - Mar 26, 1912 L. E., s/o A.M. & R.L. Hobby Jul. 18, 1892 - Sept. 5, 1893 T.E., s/o A.M. & R.L. Hobby Sept. 11, 1890 - Nov. 1, 1893 unmarked Infant Grave Cherrrie, d/o Rev. Mrs. Samuel Hill Mar. 13, 1914 - Nov. 10, 1915 Arminda M. Hill Nov. -0, 1822 - Jan. 6, 1910 Mary J. Hobby Oct. 28, 1860 - Nov. 2, 1890 Derer Ford 1889 - 1891 Florence Ford 1895 - 1896 Audrey Braswell 1922 G. Green Ford 1859 - 1931 Laney E. Ford 1867 - 1946 Mrs. T. T. Fillyaw Mar 30, 1862 - Sept 11, 1951 T. T. Fillyaw Sept. 29, 1858 - Apr. 15, 1941 "Put here by Lena young & W.E. Fillyaw" Leola Fillyaw Sept 6, 1897 - Jul 24, 1907 Tommie Fillyaw Feb. 15, 1891 - July 2, 1893 Harriet M. Gaughf Sept 19 1833 - May 8, 1911 Pauline Fillyaw July 28, 1911 - Jan. 14, 1912 Infant of W.E. &M.L. Fillyaw no dates Willie Edgar Fillyaw Sept. 20, 1884 - Nov. 22, 1967 (top of stone missing) Died Apr 4, 1882 "Placed here by his kind son, J.C. Jeter" Mrs. S. M. Hawkins July 20, 1859 - Oct. 17, 1913 George M. Hawkins Died Feb. 27, 1919 Age 63 ROW 3 Viola Jeter Hobby May 21, 1866 - Feb. 18, 1934 Jim Hobby June 8, 1859 - Jun 27, 1937 Bessie d/o J.W. & Viola Hobby Sep 24, 1897 - Aug. 18, 1901 Susana Stringfellow w/o Jesse Hobby June 6, 1852 - July 8, 1909 Susan L. Hobby Mar 23, 1876 - Apr 12, 1954 James J. Hobby Feb. 7, 1874 May 23, 1947 Johnnie Lee Hobby Sep 6, 1905 Apr 19, 1974 Lillie P. Wisham Sept 26, 1903 Oct 29, 1906 Jesse Ivey Wishum Oct. 18, 1899 Oct 4, 1909 Baby of Mr/Mrs Wisham no dates J.L. s/o J.F. & A.G. Lunsford 1893 Infant daug. of J.F. & A.G. Lunsford 1881 - 1941 Anna Lane w/o Jas. F. Lunsford 1869 - 1907 James Franklin Lunsford 1867 - 1945 Kathryn Powell w/o Jas F. Lunsford 1896 Nathan James Lunsford Jan 4, 1922 Jul 10, 1972 Susan Cummings 1810 - 1890 "By her gradson- T.T. Fillyaw" Ann Fillyaw 1815 - (no other date) ROW 4 Josiah Fillyaw 1805 - 1873 "By his grandson - T.T. Filyaw" Sarah J. Jeter Nov. 1, 1845 May 29, 1919 Joseph C. Jeter Aug. 19, 1845 Oct. 29, 1906 E.W. s/o J.C. & S.J. J. Jeter June 4, 1875 Feb. 21, 1901 Beulah P. Bass Jan. 15, 1929 Wilma d/o J. C. & Annie Culpepper 1904 - 1905 MORE TO FOLLOW ROW 4 CONTINUED ON NEXT TRANSMISSION