Friendship Primitive Baptist Church, Ridgeway, Virginia (1883-1977)

Courtesy of: Jerlean (Odell) Pruitt: This Friendship Primitive Baptist Church served both the Cox and Harris families for many years, The building was torn down in late 1977, when this photo was made. The church cemetery contains the family burial plots of the Harris family as well as many Ridgeway residents and pioneer families; many of my Odell relatives are also buried there. Per the recollections of Jerlean (Odell) Pruitt: Word of mouth from gp Pak to Mom to me, gp Pak said that his grandfather, Daniel R. Jones and grt gf, William “Wilson “ Jones built the Goodwill Primitive Baptist Church (on the Morgan Ford Road) when he was 5 years old.   So, if that’s true (and I have no reason not to believe gp Pak because he had a memory like an elephant) then Goodwill Primitive Baptist Church was built in the year of 1883.