Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
Roof debris and a faded church fan are all that remain inside Fellowship Primitive Baptist Church.
If he hadn't pulled off Hillabee Street Wednesday to eat his sardine-and-cracker lunch, Grady Lamberth would've never noticed it.
Last year, Fellowship Primitive Baptist Church's five remaining members voted to close the 184-year-old congregation's doors. Two weeks later, a storm blew a tree into the church's roof.
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Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
Fellowship Primitive Baptist Church still sits unassumingly on Claybrook Drive off Hillabee Street.
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PHOTOS: Dozens of old Youngsville graves lie in the woods of the Russell Mills estate
Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
Two open tombs are among the 15 or so marked graves in the old Youngsville cemetery, located about 40 feet into the woods off Robin Hill road.Â
PHOTOS: Dozens of old Youngsville graves lie in the woods of the Russell Mills estate
PHOTOS: Dozens of old Youngsville graves lie in the woods of the Russell Mills estate
Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
Two open tombs are among the 15 or so marked graves in the old Youngsville cemetery, located about 40 feet into the woods off Robin Hill road.Â
PHOTOS: Dozens of old Youngsville graves lie in the woods of the Russell Mills estate
Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
The cemetery contains an estimated several hundred unmarked graves.Â
PHOTOS: Dozens of old Youngsville graves lie in the woods of the Russell Mills estate
Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
PHOTOS: Dozens of old Youngsville graves lie in the woods of the Russell Mills estate
Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
PHOTOS: Dozens of old Youngsville graves lie in the woods of the Russell Mills estate
Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
PHOTOS: Dozens of old Youngsville graves lie in the woods of the Russell Mills estate
Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
PHOTOS: Dozens of old Youngsville graves lie in the woods of the Russell Mills estate
Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
PHOTOS: Dozens of old Youngsville graves lie in the woods of the Russell Mills estate
Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
PHOTOS: Dozens of old Youngsville graves lie in the woods of the Russell Mills estate
Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
PHOTOS: Dozens of old Youngsville graves lie in the woods of the Russell Mills estate
Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
PHOTOS: Dozens of old Youngsville graves lie in the woods of the Russell Mills estate
Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
PHOTOS: Dozens of old Youngsville graves lie in the woods of the Russell Mills estate
Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
PHOTOS: Dozens of old Youngsville graves lie in the woods of the Russell Mills estate
Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
PHOTOS: Dozens of old Youngsville graves lie in the woods of the Russell Mills estate
Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
PHOTOS: Dozens of old Youngsville graves lie in the woods of the Russell Mills estate
Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
PHOTOS: Dozens of old Youngsville graves lie in the woods of the Russell Mills estate
Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
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Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
Fellowship Primitive Baptist Church's record book is flipped open to an entry on April 24, 1875, chronicling the church's decision to move to Hillabee Street. The church's final deacon Roy Nelson donated the record books to Adelia M. Russell Library.
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Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
A tree fell on the church two weeks after its remaining members voted to close its doors.
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