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Ministerial Students, 1912-13
First Row: M.C. Prescott, Nettie Harris, J.E. Wooten, A.L. Sellars
Second Row: J.C. Griffin, S.H. Styron, R.R. Jones, Christian Hanzelman
(German), N.D. Wiggs, W.B. Everett
Third Row: Luke Wetherington, Lemie Hopkins, Floyd Harris (not son of
Rev. Charlie Jackson Harris), D.W. Alexander, L.L. Smith,
J.C. Moye
Class of 1919
Top Row: Wardie Woodard, H. Leroy Harris, M.H. Mellette,
Jamie Prescott, A.M. Godwin, R.N. Hinnant
Bottom Row: Reba Loftin, Bertha Hart, Bert Moye Burnette, Flora
Waller, Margaret Woodard, Glennie Nobles and Fanny
Wellons
Photo circa 1914-17
First Row (Bottom): Ray Jones, Dennis Alexander, Coley Prescott,
D.C. Griffin, Larry Smith, Jack Tripp
Second Row: E.L. Hill, John William Sawyer (child), J.C. Moye,
S.H. Styron, Elbert Prescott, Gurney Smith, M.C.
Prescott, A.L. Sellars
Third Row (Top): Prof. J.E. Sawyer, Arthur Biggs, Arthur Jones, Jack
Hooten, Robert Swain, Johnnie Sasser, Alton Rowe,
Floyd Harris, J.E. Wooten, N.D. Wiggs
Picture of Dr. James Hemby and Mr. Wendell Prescott unveiling the marker, April 5, 1995
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Former Colleges
Two church-affiliated schools were once located in Ayden. Carolina Christian College, founded by Disciples of Christ and a predecessor of Barton College in Wilson, operated 4/10 mile northeast from 1893 to 1903. Free Will Baptists in 1896 founded Ayden Seminary 4/10 mile southeast. Later known as Eureka College, it closed in 1929. In 1951 the Free Will Baptists established University of Mount Olive in Mount Olive.
This marker was erected in the center of the town of Ayden, on the north side of NC 103 (Third Street) at its intersection with West Avenue between the Town Hall and the railroad tracks.
Sources
Pelt, Michael R. A History of Original Free Will Baptists. Mount Olive, NC: University of Mount Olive Press, 1996