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What people say about Mt. Olive A.M.E. Church
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I'm the granddaughter of Mary Frances and Tom McWilliams. I'm the 3rd oldest daughter to Governor McWilliams. I Was born and raised in Chicago, IL. As a child my sis Patricia and I would stayed some of our summers with grandma to help in the fields (hard work). On Saturdays we get a ride to the town of Camden to by treats and teen magazine with the money our parents would send. Sunday's morning we was always up and ready for Sunday School. Followed by long long service (I was a child )😊😊
My home is still in Chicago but when I can I take a visit to the gravesite of my dad and many other relatives who is resting there. -
My mother Rosia Lee McWilliams Johnson attended this church as a child. She was the daughter of Mary Frances Nelson McWilliams and Tom McWilliams. She was raised in the house down the road from this Church. Both her parents, brothers, uncles, and grandparents are buried in the cemetery on this church property. My mother is the only member of her family not buried there. She is buried next to my dad, Freddie Johnson at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Pensacola, FL.
I remember attending the church revival "Big Meeting" with my grandmother when I was six years old. I enjoyed the potluck food they served there.
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Attending Mt. Olive on Sunday mornings with my grandmother Mary Frances McWilliams & Sunday School teacher Ms.Pauline. I was born 1962 in the house across the street where the whole ⛪ gathered and shared meals after service before heading on down the road on the left to my great aunt Alberta house for a slice of pound cake which I am yet to find a match to that goodness. The true , good old days.
In Christ
Millie