First Baptist Church of Phenix City members mourned the death of Pastor F.L. “Bubba” Copeland, who was also mayor of Smiths Station, in the Sunday morning service, asking for prayers for the ...

A front-page article on Aug. 2, 1961, spelled out the details. Aug. 2, 1949, in The Star: First Baptist Church of Oxford, one of the oldest congregations in Calhoun County, has become a corporation.