Pilgrim Rest final church to rebuild after April 2011 tornadoes

Members of Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, Centre, gathered for a ground breaking ceremony June 8. The former building was destroyed in the April 27, 2011, tornadoes. Church members have been meeting in a mobile unit provided by the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions. Construction on the new building is scheduled to begin soon, according to Wendell Dutton (fourth from right), Cherokee Baptist Association director of missions. Others pictured are Dennis Tierce, chairman of the deacons and building committee chairman (eighth from left) and interim pastor Blane Tidwell (far right).