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McNair Chronicle of Landmarks and Leaders Across Community
A detailed history of McNair covering water and sewer projects, post office era name changes, churches and pastors, traders and grocers, funeral homes, cleaners, beauty shops, barbers, eateries, and barbecue stands, highlighting key figures such as Jerry Pinchback, Alton Godfrey, Rev Alfred Dancy Jr, Bishop Sherman Gray Jr, Jesse Bazile, Roy Collins, and Joe Frazier among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Pinchback
John B. Baker
L. J. Patton
Scott Mills
Alton Godfrey
Olivia Alfred Messiah
Harris County
McNair
Linus
Texas
Marvella Cartwright-Alfred
McNair Station
Roosevelt
Edna Mae Washington
Jerry
Almease
Estelle Hunter
Baytown
Antioch Missionary Baptist Church
Israel Allen
Clarence Burton Sr
Eula Burton
Annie Gant
Johnnie Henderson Sr
Jake Hodges
Ora Hodges
Jim Kimble
Joe Scott
Harry K. Johnson Sr
Dancy
Carlton Richards
Joseph Arceneaux
Frank Singleton
Clay Arceneaux
Alfred Andrew Dancy Jr
Hurd
Antioch Church
Sherman Gray Jr
Alfred A. Dancy Jr
Lillie B. Dancy-Hubbard
E. H. Horton
J. F. Sargent
L. N. Neal
I. H. Gordon
E.W. Solomon
J. T. Scott
Henry Thomas
McGowen Temple
Ronald L. Hampton
Washington Chapel Missionary Baptist Church
Earl Alexander
New Testament Missionary Baptist Church
Ronald Desselle
Unity Baptist Church
McNair Church of Christ
Jessie Gailes
Holy Family Catholic Church
Francis D. Asomkase
Mt. Corinth Missionary Baptist Church
Harry Knowles
New Hope Missionary Baptist Church
Thomas Herd
Christ Center Church
Gregory Griffin
St. Luke Baptist Church
Isabell
Roosevelt Washington
Geneava Alfred
Willie McCleary
Freda Predom
James
Phillip Fretty
Speedy’s
Barnes Brothers
Clifford Charles
Joe Willie
Edward Eugene Barnes
Creeks
Joe Willie Barnes
J. W. Bazile
Herbert Glass
Juanita Burton
Roy Collins
Oscar Johnson Sr
Oak Addition
Joe Frazier
Oscar Johnson Jr
Funeral Home
George
Mary Frazier
Eddie Lee Jackson
Jackson
Humble Oil & Refinery Company
Minnie Linzie
Daniel Smart
Frazier Brothers
George Lee Frazier Sr
James Frazier Sr
Helen Alfred
Jimmy Bowen
Hazel Burris
Tommy Cooper
Ayrie Adams-Davis
V.g.’S
Carolyn Gray
Dorothy Neal
Anna Ruth Sampson
Madgalene Sampson
Earlie Mae Sanders
Lola Belle Williams
Dorothy White
Mary Wyche
Almense Pinchback
Allen Bowen
Nelson Bates Sr
Alton Godrey Sr
Clarence “Buck” Burton Jr
Ernest Coy St. Julian
Catherine Thompson
Rosie Green
Gray’s
Hosey
Melenes Gray
Miss Kelley
Ruby Kelley
Jesse Bazile