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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 22

69 pages · May 22, 2026 · Broad topic: Terrorism · Topic: 16th Street Church Bombing · 67 pages OCR'd
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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63) 7 c {Mount Clipping In Space Below) Wurci Rer'chiitch hote seers, ch will. be. For the first time since the August, said “Joseph, t. 15 both Blast that shat. 8h. chairman of the doard of | part of the sanctuaty trustees. Enough of the repah Sunday 'Schoot rooms and Work has been completed t four little girls, the con- hold services in the church, tion worshiped in their | from now on, he said. nit church. On Sept. 15, Parrish had Barah Collins, whose sister, ‘stood at the hospital emer- Pie hae, died in the blast, SCY Toom unmindful of his Bs amiong the several hun- 6Wn head wound, to help still- ted who marched into the siunned members of the con- in quiet procession. sregation. Fah. herself spent months at He was with Mrs. Clevon Rai Hospital Suwrser: Phillips, Sunday school teach- ne fonaht to sa —2r who had taught a lesson on {love minutes before the blast, ‘sight from the Stfocts of Deacon B. H. Wilson Sr., and ‘ ntered glass. Mrs. Mamie H. Greer, Sunday laude Wesley sang too. schoo! superintendent. Epeside him was Shirley, who “We were happy to be go- been taken into the home ing in,” said Parrish yester- and Mrs, Wesley to fill day, “but it was the kind of fe’ “of the Joneliness that happiness that was close to 1 Ween there since ‘their tears. There was a sadness Geuetter, Cynthia Diane, was in it even as we sung.” fled in the blast. Wilson was in the congrega- “Her mother has been kind tion yester as was Mrs. nigh to let her live with us Greer and Mrs. Phillips. and we'll see about adoption,” Rev. Cross assembled the said Wesley. congregation yesterday in a A deacon in the church, Wes- inewamtheesidewalk_ outside. ley is principal of Lewis Ele- Slowly worshipers Fe The mentary School steps_apd into the church. 2 "The church looks very dif outtect persons~wers—bep- ferent. The woot paneling is tised earlier in the day, two uch lighter,” said Wesh for other churches and 12 as fit looked like a different, BeW members of Sixteenth phere inside That helped me ' Street Church. go back.” Sunday school services ‘for “Mrs, Alvin Robertson. moth. childven were held in the er of Carol. who lost her life basement where the tragedy at Sunday schoo! last Septem. occurred. Two church work- ‘ber, Was in the hospital and €tS, Miss Mabel Bibb and Mrs. ‘unable to attend Rosetta Young, were in the ‘y Mr. and Mrs. Chis McNair basement when the bomb ex- Shave an illness in their fam- Ploded. They were back at their desks yesterday. A white clergyman, Dr. ©. Hester, secretary of the By, too. *. Their only child. Denise, was killed in the explosion that ‘took the lives of Addie Mae, Carol, and Cynthia. They are xpecting another child later this year. i the bomb blast,. mem- of Sixteenth Street Bap- tist Church have held Sunday services in L. R. Hal) Audi- torium of AG. ing Department of Missions, Ala- bama Baptist State Conven- tion, was guest speaker at the service. A Baptist Mission Center, now moved to larger quarters in Ensley, long occu- jed—qearters ab—~Sintéenth’ Street Church. i Gastow.Ruild- “boi bing. The Rev. Cross ‘said a new Bible had been donated, to the church. et Bh “This Bible,” he sai given us in recognition, "of “the ‘tragedy that happened here”; _ Atapother poing_be admoa- ished the Congregation “not to Toos-back in reven; but with love in our hearts: More than $200,000 has been sent to the church from all parts of the world. Pai said some of the money jas earmarked for survivors of the children killed. Some ‘has: been used to repair and re- model the church. And Some has been put into'an educa> tional scholarship fund to be administered by a special church committee. A blind soloist, Miss Eleanor Smith of Atlanta, sang yester- y “His Eye Is on the Spar- row.” In this hymn, there is the line, “I sing because T am happy, I sing because I'm free.” es “Yoo—fes®” softly murs mured the congregation. (indicate page, name of newspaper, cfty and state.) THE BIRMINGHAM NEW. THE BIRMINGHAM 4 POST-HERALD BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 0-8 -64 FINAL JEOLS BE, MILLS BAPSONS Date: Edition: Author: Editor: Tule. Character: RM Classification: BIRMINGHAM Submitting Office: (CC) Being investigated eee SJ- 353-SFI- 7S ‘SEARCHED ______ INDEXED SERIALIZED... SS FILED 2 JUN & 1964 Bi — BIRMINGHAM
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