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Saint Alphonsus will serve the colored parish in Wilson.

Bulletin of Catholic Laymen's Assoc of GA 4 25 1942

Southern Cross: Bulletin of the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia, 25 April 1942.

Saint Alphonsus youth group, circa 1942. R.C. Henderson is second left of the priest, Rev. Francis J. Walsh, at top. His sister Hattie Henderson Ellis is shading her eyes on the bottom row. Maggie Barnes Crawford (1893-1971) stands at far left.

Saint Alphonsus today, with the rectory beyond. (What happened to the belfry?)

A brief history of Saint Alphonsus Catholic Church may be found here. The congregation has merged with Saint Therese in Wilson.

Photographs in possession of Lisa Y. Henderson.

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