The Founding of Haygood (chartered in 1926)
Haygood Memorial Church was chartered in 1926 and was founded in honor of brother and sister,Atticus Greene Haygood and Laura Askew Haygood
In 1926, Druid Hills Methodist Episcopal Church, South, decided a new Methodist church was needed in the brand new neighborhood of Morningside and Haygood Memorial was established, being named for brother and sister, Bishop Atticus Greene Haygood and Laura Askew Haygood.
Bishop Atticus Greene Haygood
Born Nov. 19, 1839 Watkinsville, Ga.
Died 1896 in Oxford, Georgia
Served intermittently as army chaplain in Civil War 1861 to 1865. He helped found Paine College in Augusta and was the eighth president of Emory College at Oxford. He was a progressive bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Historic gathering of Methodist leaders in 1890 - the North Georgia delegation to the general conference which met in St. Louis in May, 1890. This conference elected Dr.
Atticus Haygood as Bishop the second time, he having refused the office in 1882.
Back row, left to right, Harwell H. Parks, Wilbur F. Glenn;
Middle row: L. O. Martin, Benjamin B. Crew, Habersham J. Adams, Joseph S. Stewart, Rigden Mcintosh, Julius Peek, Willard W. Wadsworth;
Front row: Henry C. Morrison, John S. Chandler, William D. Anderson, Bishop Atticus Greene Haygood, Mrs. Haygood, Warren A. Chandler, Hiram P. Bell.
Rev. J.W.O. McKibben - 1926-1931
Brother McKibbon was young, full of energy, and also of religion. He at once entered wholeheartedly into the notion, developing, and building of Haygood church. It was said that he watched the construction of y new home in Morningside, and if a purchaser moved in one day, Mr. McKibbon would be standing on loorstep of that house the next morning inviting the family to Haygood. - Birdie V. Moore
Miss Laura Askew Haygood
Born Oct. 14, 1845 Watkinsville, Ga.
Died April 29, 1900, Shanghai, China Pioneer educator and foreign missionary who was inducted into Georgia
Women of Achievement in 2000. She was a strong proponent of equal education for women. She also organized home mission societies that provided food and shelter to the disadvantaged in Atlanta. Her work with the poor included establishing an industrial school to train people in the skills needed to hold a self-supporting job. Miss Haygood was quoted as saying, "I do not think I am going to leave China ... I have tried to live for duty these many years. I cannot turn away from it now. If I had a hundred other lives to give, I would count it all joy to give every one to Him for China."
Picture taken at Ponce de Leon Park in 1905 - N.C. McPherson, Sr. and Family One of 39 Haygood charter members - Great grandparents of Kathy Matson.
Howard and Helen McPherson Hubbard Family - 1936 - Charter members of Haygood Memorial
Grandparents of Kathy Matson
Children: Helen - 13, Betty Jo -5, Nancy - 2 (Betty Jo is Kathy's mother - She later married George Oliver - All faithful servants of Haygood Memorial
“Rev. Dr. Sterling P. Wiggins - 1931-33
Doctor S. P. Wiggins was a man of lovable disposition and character. He was a quiet spoken and devout man, and he was also a learned and able minister and a good pastor. And, although his work had undermined his health, he carried on his work earnestly and faithfully until during the year 1933, when his physician advised him, on account of his health to give it up, to the sorrow of his members. His devoted wife is still a member of Haygood Church.” - Birdie V. Moore
Dr. Wiggins is the father of Tigner Wiggins, and the great uncle of our Holly Townley!