Sharon, here is some other info on Nelson I found a long time ago. http://www.beau.lib.la.us/~fumc/History.htm History of First United Methodist Church of DeRidder, LA first minister. Nelson Hoffpauir 1901 Before the turn of the century DeRidder was a very small sawmill town. The first religious organization in town was a union Sunday School which met in the Oddfellows Hall. It was out of this that the first church in DeRidder was organized, The Methodist Episcopal, South, in 1901. Rev. Nelson Hoffpauir was appointed by Bishop Charles B. Galloway to the Neame, Rosepine and DeRidder Circuit Get your Free E-mail at http://alsace.zzn.com ____________________________________________________________ Get your 100MB FREE Internet storage! Sign up now - http://www.netdrive.com/?ao=zzn