Near Purvis in Lamar County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Bay Creek Baptist Church

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, June 21, 2021

1. Bay Creek Baptist Church Marker

Inscription. Established in 1896 by Rev. Joseph Lewis Bryant, a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1908-1912). Bryant also served as the cogregation's first pastor. The first sanctuary was built in the early 1900s, and was replaced in 1938 with a sanctuary built with local heart pine lumber. The cemetery was established in 1903 and contains the remains of two Confederate soldiers. Elijah Burt and J. F. McGrew and veterans from World War II and Korea.

Erected 2012 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures • War, US Civil • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1896.

Location. 31° 10.382′ N, 89° 34.381′ W. Marker is near Purvis, Mississippi, in Lamar County. It is on Bay Creek Road near Purvis to Columbia Road, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Purvis MS 39475, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Mississippi’s Pine Belt.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Piney Woods.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 6 other markers are within 14 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Projects Dribble and Miracle Play (approx. 2.1 miles away);

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Purvis (approx. 9.8 miles away); Baylis Chapel Methodist Church (approx. 9.9 miles away); Simmons Cemetery (approx. 10.1 miles away); U.S. Post Office (approx. 13.9 miles away); Old West Florida (approx. 14 miles away).

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, June 21, 2021

2. Bay Creek Baptist Church Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 16, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 23, 2021, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 810 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 23, 2021, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.