Biography

Morningside United Methodist Church was located at 5500 Hearne Avenue, Shreveport, Louisiana. The church was organized on September 7, 1947. That meeting was held at 5621 Virginia Street in the home of Corporal and Mrs. John R. Koons. The first service was held in that same home the following Sunday, September 14. The men of the church began constructing the first church on October 6, 1947. The first service in the new church was held on December 21, 1947. A parsonage was ready by the following August. Work began on an addition to the church on May 3, 1949. The Long White educational building was used for classrooms. A new sanctuary was built in 1952, with the first service held in the new church on October 5 of that year. In 1954, the Youth Building was constructed. It was later renamed Herring Hall in memory of Mr. J. F. Herring. A new brick parsonage was built in 1955 at 4112 Fairfax Avenue. In 1995, the congregation of Cedar Grove United Methodist Church merged into Morningside. In 2006, Morningside United Methodist Church closed.

Source: Timothy Hebert, “The Historical Register of the Louisiana Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church,” (Louisiana: Louisiana Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, 2004), page SH-52.

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