From the Files of Marguerite Cook Clark: Grand Bayou Methodist Church History

Grand Bayou Methodist Church, in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, disbanded on 24 October 1984 and merged with Ringgold Methodist Church. On 7 August 1985, the church was moved to the Wimberly Cemetery where it is used as a Memorial Chapel. This photo, taken in June 2007, shows Grand Bayou Methodist Church in Wimberly Cemetery.

The history was compiled in 1982 by Marguerite Cook Clark for the 100th anniversary of the church and found, along with the event program, in her saved files. To see Grand Bayou Methodist Church prior to 1930 click on this link. 

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Sources 

Marguerite Cook Clark, A Brief Statement of the History of the Grand Bayou Church and event program, 1982, unpublished manuscript, from the privately held collection of Marguerite Cook Clark (1913-1989), Waynesville, North Carolina, 2021. Documents were accessed and scanned at the home of Marguerite Cook Clark's daughter in Alpine, Texas on April 28, 2014, September 14, 2014, and November 9 to 11, 2016.

Grand Bayou in Wimberly Cemetery, photograph, June 2007; scanned images, original photograph from the privately-held collection of Diana Bryan Quinn, Virginia Beach, VA, 2022. 

“Bistineau Chapter LSDAR Meets in Old Church,” The Bienville Democrat, 29 Oct.1987, p.4; database and images, The Digital Archives of The Bienville Parish Library  (http://bienville.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?i=f&by=1987&bdd=1980&bm=10&bd=29&d=10291987-10291987&fn=bienville_democrat_usa_louisiana_bienville_19871029_english_4&df=1&dt=10 : accessed 28 October 2022).