A little bit on Cordell and his siter Joyce:
From the time Cordell was a teenager, the family from Joyce down the line to Wanda would go to him if they had a problem. Neighbors as well as some of the church people would do the same thing. The church minister, the Rev. Fitzhugh Talbot and Cordell were the best of friends. Joyce recalls that Dorman was "kinda a different type of person" than Cordell. Dorman never would go with Cordell and Joyce anywhere--to church or anywhere else. Every Sunday morning, Cordell would gather everyone together and off all would go to Sunday School and church. At the very young age of 16 years, Cordell was a Sunday School teacher and a choir leader. Almost every Sunday morning, Cordell would lead off Sunday School with the sacred song, "Onward Christian Soldiers". When asked why he did this, he responded that if anyone passed and heard that song might just come into the church.
Once at a revival church meeting one night Joyce was sitting by Cordell and he reached over, took her hand, and with tears in his eyes said, " I think God has touched me." Two little small country churches had heard of him and wanted him to come to their churches as they did not have pastors. Cordell had not been admitted to the Methodist ministry, so he took the two little churches more or less as a speaker, but the two churches accepted him as their pastor even though he did not seem to know when to stop talking!. An amusing thing happen one time in one of these churchs: One Sunday morning when Cordell and Joyce got to one of the churches and after going inside and visiting with the people who were already there, they walked down to the pulpit. A clock was sitting on the pastor's stand; this was during the depression and pocket or wrist watches were virtually unknown.. A charming little old lady came shyly walking down to where they were standing, she walked up and said, "Brother Cordell, we mean no harm in the clock-you just talk too long- and all of us would like to get home for dinner. Where he had been holding everyone until 12:30 p.m. and sometimes later, Cordell closed his sermon that day at 12 o'clock.
From the time Cordell was a teenager, the family from Joyce down the line to Wanda would go to him if they had a problem. Neighbors as well as some of the church people would do the same thing. The church minister, the Rev. Fitzhugh Talbot and Cordell were the best of friends. Joyce recalls that Dorman was "kinda a different type of person" than Cordell. Dorman never would go with Cordell and Joyce anywhere--to church or anywhere else. Every Sunday morning, Cordell would gather everyone together and off all would go to Sunday School and church. At the very young age of 16 years, Cordell was a Sunday School teacher and a choir leader. Almost every Sunday morning, Cordell would lead off Sunday School with the sacred song, "Onward Christian Soldiers". When asked why he did this, he responded that if anyone passed and heard that song might just come into the church.
Once at a revival church meeting one night Joyce was sitting by Cordell and he reached over, took her hand, and with tears in his eyes said, " I think God has touched me." Two little small country churches had heard of him and wanted him to come to their churches as they did not have pastors. Cordell had not been admitted to the Methodist ministry, so he took the two little churches more or less as a speaker, but the two churches accepted him as their pastor even though he did not seem to know when to stop talking!. An amusing thing happen one time in one of these churchs: One Sunday morning when Cordell and Joyce got to one of the churches and after going inside and visiting with the people who were already there, they walked down to the pulpit. A clock was sitting on the pastor's stand; this was during the depression and pocket or wrist watches were virtually unknown.. A charming little old lady came shyly walking down to where they were standing, she walked up and said, "Brother Cordell, we mean no harm in the clock-you just talk too long- and all of us would like to get home for dinner. Where he had been holding everyone until 12:30 p.m. and sometimes later, Cordell closed his sermon that day at 12 o'clock.
A little bit on Cordell and his siter Joyce:
From the time Cordell was a teenager, the family from Joyce down the line to Wanda would go to him if they had a problem. Neighbors as well as some of the church people would do the same thing. The church minister, the Rev. Fitzhugh Talbot and Cordell were the best of friends. Joyce recalls that Dorman was "kinda a different type of person" than Cordell. Dorman never would go with Cordell and Joyce anywhere--to church or anywhere else. Every Sunday morning, Cordell would gather everyone together and off all would go to Sunday School and church. At the very young age of 16 years, Cordell was a Sunday School teacher and a choir leader. Almost every Sunday morning, Cordell would lead off Sunday School with the sacred song, "Onward Christian Soldiers". When asked why he did this, he responded that if anyone passed and heard that song might just come into the church.
Once at a revival church meeting one night Joyce was sitting by Cordell and he reached over, took her hand, and with tears in his eyes said, " I think God has touched me." Two little small country churches had heard of him and wanted him to come to their churches as they did not have pastors. Cordell had not been admitted to the Methodist ministry, so he took the two little churches more or less as a speaker, but the two churches accepted him as their pastor even though he did not seem to know when to stop talking!. An amusing thing happen one time in one of these churchs: One Sunday morning when Cordell and Joyce got to one of the churches and after going inside and visiting with the people who were already there, they walked down to the pulpit. A clock was sitting on the pastor's stand; this was during the depression and pocket or wrist watches were virtually unknown.. A charming little old lady came shyly walking down to where they were standing, she walked up and said, "Brother Cordell, we mean no harm in the clock-you just talk too long- and all of us would like to get home for dinner. Where he had been holding everyone until 12:30 p.m. and sometimes later, Cordell closed his sermon that day at 12 o'clock.
From the time Cordell was a teenager, the family from Joyce down the line to Wanda would go to him if they had a problem. Neighbors as well as some of the church people would do the same thing. The church minister, the Rev. Fitzhugh Talbot and Cordell were the best of friends. Joyce recalls that Dorman was "kinda a different type of person" than Cordell. Dorman never would go with Cordell and Joyce anywhere--to church or anywhere else. Every Sunday morning, Cordell would gather everyone together and off all would go to Sunday School and church. At the very young age of 16 years, Cordell was a Sunday School teacher and a choir leader. Almost every Sunday morning, Cordell would lead off Sunday School with the sacred song, "Onward Christian Soldiers". When asked why he did this, he responded that if anyone passed and heard that song might just come into the church.
Once at a revival church meeting one night Joyce was sitting by Cordell and he reached over, took her hand, and with tears in his eyes said, " I think God has touched me." Two little small country churches had heard of him and wanted him to come to their churches as they did not have pastors. Cordell had not been admitted to the Methodist ministry, so he took the two little churches more or less as a speaker, but the two churches accepted him as their pastor even though he did not seem to know when to stop talking!. An amusing thing happen one time in one of these churchs: One Sunday morning when Cordell and Joyce got to one of the churches and after going inside and visiting with the people who were already there, they walked down to the pulpit. A clock was sitting on the pastor's stand; this was during the depression and pocket or wrist watches were virtually unknown.. A charming little old lady came shyly walking down to where they were standing, she walked up and said, "Brother Cordell, we mean no harm in the clock-you just talk too long- and all of us would like to get home for dinner. Where he had been holding everyone until 12:30 p.m. and sometimes later, Cordell closed his sermon that day at 12 o'clock.
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