Dr. William Henry Tew was Pastor of the Church (Cox's) during two separate terms. During his first term, from February 1, 1923, to the last of June 1924, he was a student in the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville. Dr. Tew was perhaps the best-educated man who has ever occupied the pulpit of Cox's Creek Church. He was a schoolteacher before entering the ministry and it has been rumored that he had a "trunk full of diplomas." He was unusual as a pulpit orator, and could hold the attention of the most reluctant audience. Often in his sermons he would quote long passages of Scripture from memory. Dr. Tew went from Cox's Creek to the First Baptist Church at Richmond, Kentucky. After a split in the church he became pastor of a small group of followers in that city. In a short time he left this pastorate to become Pastor of the Baptist Church at Ravenna, Kentucky. It was from this church that, on July 1, 1932, he returned to Cox's Creek. His ill health and his aversion to mingling with people prevented his making such a success as his unusual gifts along other lines would have made possible. His health continued to fail, and on January 2, 1934, he passed forever from the pain, the sin and suffering of this world. He was the second Pastor to be buried in the cemetery at Cox's Creek.
Age: 56Y 8M 1D
Parents: Peter Francis Tew, Caroline Salona Long
Spouse: Effie E. Turner (1884-1960), m. 1903
Age: 56Y 8M 1D
Parents: Peter Francis Tew, Caroline Salona Long
Spouse: Effie E. Turner (1884-1960), m. 1903
Dr. William Henry Tew was Pastor of the Church (Cox's) during two separate terms. During his first term, from February 1, 1923, to the last of June 1924, he was a student in the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville. Dr. Tew was perhaps the best-educated man who has ever occupied the pulpit of Cox's Creek Church. He was a schoolteacher before entering the ministry and it has been rumored that he had a "trunk full of diplomas." He was unusual as a pulpit orator, and could hold the attention of the most reluctant audience. Often in his sermons he would quote long passages of Scripture from memory. Dr. Tew went from Cox's Creek to the First Baptist Church at Richmond, Kentucky. After a split in the church he became pastor of a small group of followers in that city. In a short time he left this pastorate to become Pastor of the Baptist Church at Ravenna, Kentucky. It was from this church that, on July 1, 1932, he returned to Cox's Creek. His ill health and his aversion to mingling with people prevented his making such a success as his unusual gifts along other lines would have made possible. His health continued to fail, and on January 2, 1934, he passed forever from the pain, the sin and suffering of this world. He was the second Pastor to be buried in the cemetery at Cox's Creek.
Age: 56Y 8M 1D
Parents: Peter Francis Tew, Caroline Salona Long
Spouse: Effie E. Turner (1884-1960), m. 1903
Age: 56Y 8M 1D
Parents: Peter Francis Tew, Caroline Salona Long
Spouse: Effie E. Turner (1884-1960), m. 1903
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