A meeting was held at Douglas, in Coffee County, Georgia on March 26, 1977 at
Bro. J. H. (Bud) Hutcheson’s Westside Feedmill office. Those present were the
five ministers and the seven deacons elected at a previous organizational meeting
held at Community Church in Cook County, Georgia, on January 15, 1977. These
men were elected to draw up the by-laws, rules and regulations for our new
Association to be governed by.
The purpose of this meeting was to complete and put in order the new by-laws,
that we may proceed with application to incorporate and charter our new
Association, selected and approved to go under the title name of Calvary Holiness
Association, Incorporated.
The new proposed by-laws were agreed upon and adopted with a few minor
changes in the wording of the Decorum.
The incorporators met the attorney in Ocilla, Georgia, on August 15, 1977 and
made application for charter. The secretary, Carl H. Carlton, who resides at 502
6th Ave., S.E., Moultrie, Georgia, was named the registered agent for service or
process. The moderator, A. J. Giddens, who resides at Rt. 1 Box 108, Jacksonville,
Georgia, was named the registered officer of the Corporation.
The incorporate officers were: James A. Harrell, 800 2nd Ave., S.E., Moultrie,
Ga.; Herschell Smith, Rt. 1, Douglas, Ga.; A. J. Giddens, Rt. 1 Box 108,
Jacksonville, Ga.; Lawton Watson, Rt. 1 Box 29-A, Adel, Ga .; J . W. Durden,
608 Connor St., McRae, Ga.; Lester R. Johnson, Rt. 2 Box 208-A, Wrightsville,
Ga.; Edward Day, Rt. 2, Broxton, Ga.; and Carl H. Carlton, 502 6th Ave., S.E.,
Moultrie, Ga.
Ben Hill County was named the principal place of business, as published in order
with the Fitzgerald Herald newspaper.
The Corporation was organized through the office Ben Fortson, Jr., Secretary of
State, under the Georgia Non-Profit Corporate Law having perpetual duration for
the purpose of: the propagation of the Gospel, the encouragement of the Holiness
religion, and to carry on any lawful business necessary or incident to the
attainment of the objectives stipulated in the Articles of Corporate Charter of the
Calvary Holiness Association., Inc . The Calvary Holiness Association, Inc. was
duly incorporated, and charter was granted on the 7th day of October 1977, under
the laws of the State of Georgia.
Incorporators:
A. J. Giddens (Moderator) Lawton Watson (Trustee)
James A. Harrell (Asst. Mod.) J. W. Durden (Trustee)
Carl H. Carlton (Secretary) Lester R. Johnson (Trustee)
Herschell Smith (Trustee) Edward Day (Trustee)