Faith Temple, Taylors, SC

  “I struggled a lot mentally,” Kaity Robertson, 21, said of her accident. “That sudden stop damaged me mentally and physically.”    Kaity says she enjoys Wed. night Faith Temple youth group meetings with David and Rebecca Cowan. Before the June 5, 2024, meeting, Kaity, then a student at North Greenville Univ. and a shift-leader at Della Ventura (eatery), was enjoying swinging high on swings located behind the original Faith Temple building (now used by Destination Church of God), Taylors, SC. The swing’s right chain broke where the chain fastened to its top bar.    “I was swinging forward and just went flying,” Kaity said. “I had no time to process, landed face-first with sand all over me, and hit my chin. The left side of the swing didn’t break. I heard snapping. My right wrist seemed a little off. My left wrist was broken.”    David Cowan broke off bracelets on her swelling arm. Pastor Trey Thompson of Destination Church of God brought “a holy, e...

   Mr. Jimmie Lell, 89, born June 2, 1935, is married to Mrs. Sarah Good Lell; they live in Travelers Rest, SC. They joined Faith Temple Church in 1970 and have always belonged to the Willing Workers Sunday School Class. “I remember teachers Emily Reynolds, Connie Bishop, John Few, Jon White, Don Lollis, and Beatrice Whitman,” Jimmie says. “I get a lot out of Sunday School.”     Jimmie’s parents were the late Mr. Lee Roy Lell and Mrs. Carrie Lou Bell Lell. His two brothers have passed on. His sister died at birth.     “Mother died at 54 due to a gall bladder operation,” Jimmie says. “Dad died at 64 from cirrhosis. He drank when younger but quit. After Mother died, he remarried and drank again, socially. I talked to him, but it didn’t do any good.”    Jimmie recalls World War II.     “I remember President Roosevelt. I was seven, and they were going to draft my dad,” Jimmie says. His father worked at Slater Mill (Slater...

  A memorial service for Timothy “Tim” Michael Burrows, 47, of Chesnee, SC, was held at Faith Temple on Thurs., Nov. 14. The loving husband of Tammie Gillespie Burrows, Tim went to be with his Savior, Thurs., Nov. 7, 2024, at The Medical Univ. of SC in Charleston after a liver  transplant, complicated by spinal cord injuries during surgery.   His daughter, Ashley Burrows (Orchestra Teacher at Boiling Springs Middle School) of Chesnee, and son, Brandon Burrows (Firefighter at Pelham-Batesville Fire Dept. and a volunteer at Cherokee Creek Fire Dept.) of Chesnee, are the couple’s children. Mrs. Tammie Burrows teaches orchestra at Chesnee High School.     Born Aug. 8, 1977, in Florence, Tim was the only child of Rev. Raymond D. Burrows (Ann) and the late Victoria Fitch Burrows. Tim was a former Consultant with Bryan T. Smith Law Firm and Video Production Editor for Vogel Production; he had worked in printing for Southeastern Printing and Greenv...

Faith Temple’s Thanksgiving Dinner evening celebration was held on Wed., Nov. 13, 2024, in Fleming Hall. Mrs. Amanda Campbell organized the event; Mrs. Cindy McCall and Mrs. Anna McCall decorated; Pastor Raymond D. Burrows recognized servers before blessing the food; and Mrs. Ann Burrows led in songs, accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Sandra Martin.   “Dear ones, as a church family, if I could have one of my dreams come more fully true, it’s this: that we learn to, or grow into, appreciating our church family more and more,” Pastor said, as he spoke after the meal. “That we not take each other for granted — not in the least.” If we want to appreciate another person and not look down on anyone, we should realize that each person we meet knows something we don’t know, he said.    “That person’s been somewhere you have not been, no matter who you are or where you came from,” he said, adding that such an attitude should “escalate” here in the church family. “It can only happ...

  Mrs. Alline Christine Splawn Amos, 96, wife of the late Mr. Ralph Amos, died Aug. 28, 2024. A Chesnee native, she was a retired seamstress and homemaker, who loved making and sharing quilts and ornaments. A Faith Temple member, she loved Bible study.    She is survived by 4 daughters: Carolyn Mann (Frank), Norma Switzer (Earl), Christine Heisey (Mike); and Mary Ivester (Daniel); two sons, Johnny Amos (Juanita) and Raymond Amos (Aline); 14 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, and several great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Amos was predeceased by a son, Phillip Amos, a grandson, Chad Amos, and a sister, Pauline Atkins.   Funeral services were held 11:00 a.m. Sat., Aug. 31, 2024, at Faith Temple. Burial followed in Springhill Memorial Gardens, Chesnee.   At the funeral, Pastor Raymond D. Burrows read Psalm 23 and prayed. Mrs. Ann Burrows, accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Sherry Outlaw, sang “The Lighthouse” and “In the Sweet Bye and Bye.” Dr. Frank Mann, Carolyn’s...

A crowd gathered at 3pm, Sun., July 7, at Holmes Memorial Church, Greenville, SC, for the funeral of Mrs. Vivian Colleen Jamerson Butler (July 30, 1937 - July 4, 2024), wife for 66 years to William “Bill” Butler. A Holmes Bible College and Southern Wesleyan Univ. graduate, she was a members of Holmes Memorial Church. She is survived by: her husband; sons Charles (Janet), David, and Stephen (Melinda); daughters Donna Auwarter (Don) and Ann Burrows (Rev. Raymond); 9 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; sister, Pansy Proffitt; and beloved nieces and nephews.   Pastor Chris Thompson, of the church, said Mrs. Butler desired that all her family “live together forever and ever.” He told of her daily devotional book, “Youthful Nuggets and Adult Gems.” The Huff Family sang “Jesus Led Me All the Way.” The Butler children spoke in birth order:     Charles: “Mom had a way of connecting people… made people feel loved and embraced. Mom wanted everyone to know God loved them.” ...

2024 07 06 ... His Grandmother  Lida Lollis    It was not unusual, especially in the fall and summertime when I was 10 or 12 or a teenager in Ware Shoals, SC, to ride my bicycle by my grandmother’s house, and she’d be sitting on her porch, reading her Bible with her glasses on. She couldn’t see good, and she’d be out there in the sunlight where she could see her Bible better.    The Pentecostal church was next door to her, and she could walk there in a few minutes and be at the church. She was a tremendously dedicated Christian lady, and she’d tell us stories, occasionally, about some things that happened in her life. Our foundation, for sure and certain, from that time to this time, was Ms. Lida Lollis, my grandmother (Oct. 18, 1871 — Feb. 11, 1962). Down through the years, I’d hear different things about my grandmother, how impressed that people in the church were and even in the neighborhood.    I was grown and married, and my wife, Sarah, would ...

  The body of Mr. T.G. Jones, 76, was laid to rest on Sun., May 19, 2024, after he passed on May 15. Many gathered at 3:00 p.m. at Faith Temple, Taylors, SC, to honor Mr. Jones, a church member and retired employee of Greenville Memorial Hospital. His late wife Mrs. Shirley Smith Jones died in 2006. His mother, Ms. Elizabeth, passed in 2010.    Mrs. Ann Burrows and Mr. Tony McCall gave tributes; Pastor Raymond D. Burrows delivered the eulogy; Mrs. Sandra Martin played the piano; and a trio sang “Precious Memories.” Pall bearers included Michael Campbell, Danny Phillips,, John Miller, Perry Yoder, Tony McCall, and Carroll Peterson. Burial followed in Wood Memorial Park.    Pastor Burrows described Taylor Greenberry Jones as a gentle man who was always happy, saw the good in others, had a friendly disposition, and never seemed to let life affect him negatively.    “Someone asked me to see him,” Pastor said of their meeting in April 2000 when T.G. fac...