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Plaque hanging in the sanctuary on the vestibule wall to the right of the pulpit.

The words on this plaque read: "A TREE THAT LOOKS AT GOD ALL DAY AND LIFTS HER LEAFY ARMS TO PRAY," WAS PLANTED IN MEMORY OF LENA KERFOOT BURCH PHYLLIS C. HAWKINS A. EARLE HUTCHINSON MR. & MRS. WM. T. AND GARLAND S. KERFOOT BEVERLY BROWNLEY McKAY ELLA LEE AND WM. BUCK McKAY HASLUP F. REVELL MR. & MRS. J. D. RUSSELL MOLLIE AND BEULAH SHIPE MRS. CHARLES SHUMATE WILLIAM SILLMAN DR. & MRS. WILLIAM H. WILMER DEDICATED AUGUST 25, 1968

Plaque hanging on the wall next to the "women's entrance" door to the sanctuary.

The words on this plaque read: THE WINDOWS ON THE LOWER LEVEL OF THIS CHURCH ARE DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF WILLIAM PFARR HILL BY MARY PFARR HILL, HIS MOTHER AND JUDITH MARY HILL, HIS WIFE, AUGUST 24, 1969 "PUT YOUR HAND INTO THE HAND OF GOD.  HE SHALL BE UNTO YOU BETTER THAN A  LIGHT AND SAFER THAN THE KNOWN WAY."

Plaque hanging on the wall next to the "men's entrance" door to the sanctuary.

The words on this plaque read: SURROUNDING THIS PLACE OF NATURAL BEAUTY UNMARRED BY TIME, REFERRED TO FOR CENTURIES AS "GOD'S ACRE ON THE HILL," IS DEDICATED THIS 24TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1975, IN THE LOVING MEMORY OF OR IN HONOR OF LENA KERFOOT BURCH THOMAS BOLLING BYRD MR. AND MRS. ALBIN P. DOVE KATHRYN McGOVERN FRANK KENNETH NEWCOMER GILPIN MARSHALL AND MARY GORE PHYLLIS CORNWELL HAWKINS ALICE SOWERS LAWS MR. AND MRS. DAVID G. Mac DONALD BEVERLY BROWNLEY McKAY MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM BUCK McKAY BETH L. McKINNEY WILLIAM MITCHELL, JR. JOHN W. MYERS MR. AND MRS. EDWARD TAYLOR PERRY W. CONWAY RUSSELL HENRY WISE SOWERS MR. AND MRS. WISNER M. WASHAM THE WILLIAMS OF "UPSHOT" RICHARD H. AND FRANCES H. WILMER

Plaque hanging above the organ in the sanctuary on the vestibule wall to the left of the pulpit.

The words on this plaque read: BEVERLY BROWNLEY McKAY 1887-1964 -----------       WHOSE FORESIGHT AND LEADERSHIP BROUGHT ABOUT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BETHEL BAPTIST MEMORIAL CHURCH IN 1941. WITH PERSERVERANCE, INGENUITY AND WISDOM HE LED IN THE RESTORATION AND REHABILITATION OF THIS CHURCH WHICH STANDS AS A MEMORIAL TO THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED BEYOND. ----------- DEDICATED AUGUST 28, 1966

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