____________________________________________________________________________ Rev. D.W. Cornish Died Monday Morning After Illness of Several Weeks Duration Rev. David William Cornish born at Nathan, Ark. Oct. 30, 1862 died at his home in Murfreesboro last Monday, Sept. 12th (1927) at 9:00 o'clock A.M. being 64 years, 10 months, 12 days old. He was married to Ida Hill by his uncle J.A. Cornish at Center Point, Ark. on October 15, 1885. (He) was converted during a Methodist revival held by Bro. J.B. Rushing at Nathan in the summer of 1886. After some years had passed, Bro. Rushing and Bro. Cornish became close friends while they were both pastors of this town. After Bro. Cornish's conversion he joined the Baptist Church in his community, there beginning his Christian life which has influenced so many. Bro. Cornish did not immediately take up the ministerial work after his conversion, but 11 years later he took the Cross of the Lord which he so nobly bore for the remaining 30 years of his life. He was ordained for the ministry at Sweet Home on February 20th, 1898. Bro. C.W. Strickland, Pastor of Nashville Church had charge of the ordination. During the earlier years of his ministry he pastored the church in his home community, and spent 93 days building the Sweet Home Baptist Church. Twelve years of his pastorial life was spent as pastor of the church at Kirby. In December 1919 he moved from his boyhood home to Murfreesboro. Every one knows of his ministerial and daily life here, and for several years he was pastor of the Baptist Church in this town ... ____________________________________________________________________________ Pike County Courier, Volume 39, Number 37, September 16, 1927, page 1, column 1. ____________________________________________________________________________ HTML file and design by David Kelley, 1997. All rights reserved.