Preachers
of First United Methodist Church
of Americus
submitted by Alan Anderson
Joseph Edwards 1835 Falkenberry 1836 John Wesley Talley, Jr. 1837-38 Jacob Ozier 1839 John K. Morse 1840 James J. Wynn 1841 Thomas Clarke Coleman 1842 George Bright 1843 Richard Menefee 1844-45 Benjamin W. Clarke 1846 Reubin E. Oslin/Charles L. Hayes 1847 Daniel Kelsey 1848 Joseph T. Talley 1849 John Baptist Wardlaw 1850 John W. Twitty 1851 John W. Twitty/Thomas R. Stewart 1852 Davidson Williamson 1853-54 Jesse Richardson Littlejohn 1855 James Wooten Hinton 1856-57 William J. Scott 1858-59 Robert B. Lester 1860 William Washington Stewart 1861 Eustace Willoughby Speer 1862 Samuel W. Anthony 1863-64 Caleb Witt Key 1865 Charles Rayond Jewett 1866 George Galphin Nowlan MacDonnell 1867 Charles P. Jones 1868 Robert Warren Dixon 1869-70 John Boykin McGehee 1871 Alexander McFarlane Wynn 1872-73 Thomas Turpin Christian 1874-77 Franklin Addison Branch 1878-79 Walker Lewis 1880-01 James Osgood Andrew Clarke 1882-83 Alfred Turner Mann 1884-85 James Osgood Andrew Clarke 1886 Albert McCoy Williams 1887 James Orson Branch 1888-89 William M. Hayes/John Porter McFerrin 1890 James Bascom Johnstone 1891 Albert McCoy Williams 1892-93 Thomas Morton Christian 1894-96 Kosciusko Read 1897-99 George William Mathews 1900-01 William Lemuel Wootten, Jr 1902-03 Joseph Pruitt Wardlaw 1904-07 Bascom Anthony 1908-09 Oscar Byron Chester 1910-12 Joseph Anderson Thomas 1913-16 Paul W. Ellis 1917-18 Guyton Fisher 1919-22 John Morgan Outler 1923-26 Leland Moore 1927-28 Loy Warwick 1929-32 H.T. Freeman 1933-36 Joseph S. Cook 1937-40 Mack Anthony 1941-43 Ralph W. Porterfield 1944-45 James H. Wilson 1945-48 J. Monroe Yarbrough 1949-54 Wade E. Scott 1954-56 J.L. Hillis 1957 Earle J. Garbutt 1958-61 Vernard E. Robertson 1962-67 William R. Key 1968-71 James R. Webb, Jr. 1972-76 C. Eugene Cariker 1977-80 James William Dupree 1981-85 Julian L. Tucker 1986 James B. Jensen 1987-91 Vance B. Mathis 1992-95 Elmer Jarrell Lillard 1996-2003 James Richard McIlrath 2003-