James Washington "J. W." Crawley

(Pastor of MHBC from 1903 - 1912) Only limited personal information was available on Bro. Crawley's life, as follows: James Washington Crawley was born to Washington Morris and Mary Jane Crawley in 1853, in Green County, Kentucky. He was educated in the public schools and taught in Hart County Schools before entering the ministry. We have no knowledge of the date or place of his conversion or his call to the ministry. He was married to Susan Ellen Tisdale, and to this union three daughters and five sons were born: Bertha, Alva, Lucy, Carson, Morris, Henry, Dennis, and Sam Crawley. After entering the ministry, Bro. Crawley attended Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, Ky. He helped to constitute five churches, in addition to Muldraugh Hill which he pastored from 1903-1911. He pastored several other churches in this area, including Stewarts Creek. He served his Lord faithfully until he was called into His presence on January 7, 1917. He was buried in Brookside Cemetery in Campbellsville, Kentucky.

Pastors of MHBC 1875-1880 - Thomas Underwood 1880-1883 - E. H. Brookshire 1883-1884 - J. C. Wray 1885-1886 - Thomas Underwood 1886-1889 - V. E. Kirtley 1889-1890 - J. H. Riffe 1890-1893 - W. M. Stallings 1893-1903 - J. T. Hall 1903-1912 - J. W. Crawley 1912-1915 - T. E. Ennis 1915-1916 - No name in minutes 1916-1917 - T. E. Ennis 1917-1918 - A. R. Abarnathy 1918-1920 - No name in minutes 1920-1921 - W. C. Hundley 1921-1924 - No name in minutes 1924-1928 - W. C. Hundley 1928-1929 - C. L. Harmon 1929-1932 - W. C. Hundley 1932-1938 - L. E. Whitlow 1938-1940 - E. M. Gash 1940-1944 - G. E. Puckett 1944-1947 - John T. Pierce 1947-1950 - John M. Wall 1950-1954 - W. R. Beard 1954-1955 - W. R. Cook 1955-1958 - Kit Yeaste 1958-1961 - Richard Shields 1961-1963 - Harold Meers 1963-1968 - E. V. Carrier 1969-1974 - Bruce Hullette 1975-1980 - William Earl Pike 1980-2012 - Victor J. Stansbury 2013-2017 - Steven Skaggs 2018- Billy Compton