Centreville Press – Reporter Dr. Arthur Walker was preparing to deliver his last sermon as interim pastor at Brent Church. He had chosen a topic suitable not only as exhortations but for a group of high school seniors being honored at the service. The title? “Be Thou An Example.” The thesis was taken from Paul’s… Continue reading Brent Congregation Enacted Sermon They Never Heard
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Rebuilt on Faith
Centreville Press – Reporter January 5, 1976 Brent – It was hard to comprehend the devastation that night of May 27, 1973, the night Brent was destroyed. Workers had hacked a narrow path through the fallen trees, splintered lumber and chunks of concrete where a short time before a tornado had whizzed along Brent’s main… Continue reading Rebuilt on Faith
The Tornado and the Sermon
At a small Alabama church last spring, the parishioners learned an enduring lesson about themselves and the grace of God Condensed from CHRISTIAN HERALD By Allen Rankin At sundown last May 27, people in the little lumber town of Brent, Ala. (pop. 2500), listened with only half an ear to the tornado warnings being broadcast… Continue reading The Tornado and the Sermon
Brent Demolished by Tornado
Centreville Press By Jim Oakley May 27, 1973 May 27, 1973, a day Bibb County and all of Alabama will never likely forget. At precisely 7:25 pm, the worst disaster in the entire history of Bibb County struck suddenly and most devastatingly in the form of a killer tornado. Brent was the hardest hit area… Continue reading Brent Demolished by Tornado
Tornado Memories
By Sharon Davis Register I had just graduated from high school on Wednesday night, May 23, 1973, before the tornado hit Sunday, May 27th. I remember going for a walk on that Sunday afternoon, and I remember it was sunny and the wind was blowing very hard. I can remember it was blowing my hair… Continue reading Tornado Memories
Excerpt from the book “PRECIOUS MEMORIES: How They Linger”
By George “Butch” Hughey What I remember: It was 1973 and I had just finished my first year in Engineering at “The University” and was planning to go to summer school. There were news reports that Sunday of tornado warnings all over the state. So that afternoon, Barbara and I took Mr. Pearson’s movie camera… Continue reading Excerpt from the book “PRECIOUS MEMORIES: How They Linger”
Blast from the Past – “Youth Leader’s Quick Response Called Heroic”
By Jack Brymer | June 7, 1973 Brent has “ceased to exist as an Alabama municipality for all practical purposes,” the Birmingham newspaper reported. It was a “hell-filled period of roaring sound,” another story read. A columnist reported, “For just a few minutes Sunday night, God must have gone berserk.” Such was the response to a… Continue reading Blast from the Past – “Youth Leader’s Quick Response Called Heroic”