Congregation members of Canoe First Baptist Church gather for a photo inside the sanctuary of the 1916 church. This photo was taken circa 1950s.
The history of churches in our area cover the family lines of many locals and early settlers.
Among the early churches in the Canoe area was Canoe First Baptist Church which was founded in 1884.
Among the early church members was the Lowery family. The Lowery family moved from the ghost town of Evansville in the mid-1870s. Young Andrew Monroe Lowery was raised in a Christian home and grew up to own sawmill and other business interests in the community. He was ordained a minister at the church on September 12, 1893 and went on to become the first pastor at Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola. Oli...