J. H. Rowland

J. Harold Rowland served as pastor of the Washington church from  October 1969 to  June 1973. In 1972 the church built a new pastorium on Tignall Road and the Rowland family moved into it that summer from a house rented from Mr. and Mrs. Troupe Harris. Also in 1972 a set of handbells was purchased with memorial gifts, and three handbell choirs were organized. That year, also, the church voted to add three stops to the organ, using money given by the Nabors family. During his pastorate James "Jim" Marion Newsome, Jr., was ordained to the ministry.

Biography of J. Harold Rowland:

J. Harold Rowland was born Sunday, December 13, 1931. He died Friday, March 5, 2004. Funeral services were held Sunday, March 7, 2004, at First Baptist Church, Waynesboro, Georgia, and were conducted by Dr. J. Truett Gannon and Rev. Father Gary Abbott, both friends and associates of long standing. The concluding service was held in Magnolia Cemetery, Waynesboro, Georgia.


Our beloved J. Harold Rowland has gone home to be with his Lord.
At our morning worship service at Botsford Baptist Church Sunday, the Rev. Wayne Dixon summed his death perfectly ... “Heaven’s gain.”

He will be sorely missed by his loving family, wife of 53 years, Joan Row-land; sons, Hal and Ernie Rowland; and a daughter, Cheryl Henderson; five grandchildren and a great grandson.

The readers of The True Citizen will miss his weekly column, too. His death is a tremendous loss to this community.

In Harold’s weekly column space to the left of mine, be sure to read the loving words from his son, Hal, on behalf of his family.
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