Dyersburg in Dyer County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

First United Methodist Church, Dyersburg

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 29, 2021

1. First United Methodist Church, Dyersburg Marker

Inscription. Robert M. Tarrant held a courthouse revival in 1840. The first church in Dyer Co., First Methodist, grew out of this meeting. A frame church, built 1844, deteriorated from disuse during the Civil War. In 1864 a new structure at Church and Market was dedicated by G. W. D. Harris. In 1923, this building was completed. First Methodist has built two churches: Boose Memorial, named for the first woman ordained in the Memphis Conference, and Second Church, later Ross Memorial. Strongly supporting foreign missions, county disaster aid and community service, their motto is "The church in the heart of town with the town at heart."

Erected 1994 by the Memphis Conference Commission on Archives and History.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures.

Location. 36° 2.071′ N, 89° 23.131′ W. Marker is in Dyersburg, Tennessee, in Dyer County. It is on McGaughey Street East (Tennessee Route 104) near North Main Street (Business Route 51), on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal

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address: 100 McGaughey, Dyersburg TN 38024, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in West Tennessee.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in the Upper South,

and in the Mississippi Delta.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Emmett Kelly, Jr. (within shouting distance of this marker); Minglewood and “The Minglewood Blues” (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Bank of Dyersburg (about 700 feet away); Dyer County Confederate Memorial (about 700 feet away); Dyer County in the War (about 700 feet away); Col. Robert Henry Dyer (about 700 feet away); Dyer County Korean War Memorial (about 700 feet away); Dyer County Confederate Memorial Plaques (about 800 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dyersburg.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 29, 2021

2. First United Methodist Church, Dyersburg Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 5, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 5, 2021, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 870 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 5, 2021, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.