The following article appeared in Butler County's Area Footprints. Since my father is mentioned in this article (Otha Riley) and since I know he had connections with both Butler and Stoddard County, I'm guessing some of these others named may have, too. WHAT I AM SEEKING IS CONTACT WITH ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE KNOWN MY FATHER AND WOULD BE WILLING TO SHARE INFO. ALSO I REMEMBER MY FATHER MENTIONING LUCILLE (ALEXANDER) ACRE. IS SHE STILL ALIVE? FREE PENTECOSTAL PLEASANT HILL CHURCH ALSO KNOWN AS LITTLE DUMP CHURCH W S (Vess) Hill and his wife Sarah Johnson Hill and Roy Mondy and his wife Belle and several volunteers built the church in late 30's. It was used for church worship until the late 40's. This was a community church and anyone was welcome to come and preach In earlier years a railroad ran towards Broseley about where 51 hwy is now. About 3 miles north of Broseley on the left side of road on the W S Hill farm is where the church was located. The church became known as LITTLE DUMP CHURCH. Sarah Johnson Hill played the piano and loved to sing. This little church was blessed with several persons who were good musicians. Among the families who attended services included; Charley and Bell Duke; their children, Mildred,Genevieve,Juanita and Raymond. This family later performed on a radio station in Poplar Bluff with the program being called, DUKE FUNNY FAMILY. Ralph and Genetta Brown with son Leo & wife Marie(Haislip)Brown. The Goble family. Richard Wells family lived across the road from church and attended services a lot. Richard's wife name was Snow. Charley Hayes married Della Hill and they attended. Several young ladies would walk the three miles to attend church there often. Some of these were; Lottie and Lucille Alexander, Thelma and Marie Foster, Hazel and Neosha Poole,and Julia,Arinda, Ester and Nancy Bates. Fred and Ethel (Branch) Riley and their three sons;Otha, Holly & Ralph. Another family,L.K.Downs,wife and children living @ 12 miles east of Batesville would come to church in their wagon pulled by horses. Their children were; Ruth,Bertha, Vernice; Martha,Lola and Mastis. Mastis (Hoss) married Christine Ennis. B.W. Williamson & wife Sally attended with Sally preaching some. Some of the preachers that preached at LITTLE DUMP included; Green Swain and his wife Della. Walley Deck who lived at Broseley and was married to Lula Lane who was the daughter of preacher Luther W Lane. Luther W Lane was also one of the preachers. George Hullet who was also a barber at Fisk and was married to Florence Wallis. They had two children. There was a preacher who came from I11 and built a parsonage and stayed about two years. His name was Hodge and his wife Phoeby could play the accordion and sing. John Arkley"Art" Dodson and his family attended LITTLE DUMP CHURCH. ,His daughter Dona married Kirby Jones. Two of his sons, Silas and Leonard Dodson played baseball at Broseley with Elmer and Lloyd Warren. Another son Hubert didn't play baseball. Of all the preachers probably "Art" Dodson preached here the longest. I'm sure countless number of people received a blessing from attending this church. Like a lot of small community churches as persons moved away the attendance dropped and eventually the doors closed. The property was sold and Jack Barker dismantled the church and built a nice home on the site. Information obtained from Dona(Dobson)Jones; Leo Brown,Lucille (Alexander)Acre . Submittec by June Allen R 7 Box 866 Poplar Bluff Mo. 63901