Documenting the Past:

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Hodges, Lonnie Belle. Interviewed by Courtney Williams. February 17, 1993, in Waco, TX. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. Access full interview here.
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As the church historian, Hodges emphasizes the importance of collecting stories and materials from previous church members. Her efforts to document the church’s history resulted in a historical marker to celebrate the congregation’s 100-year anniversary and a historical room inside the church that was named in her honor.

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By Allie Roberts
St. James United Methodist Church, originally a Methodist Episcopal church, has existed almost as long as the city of Waco itself. Founded in 1874 by Anderson Brack, a formerly enslaved man, the congregation started with roughly fifty-three members.…