Brushy Creek Angel,

Brushy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery,

Irwin County, Georgia, 2006.

All above, c. Brian Brown

Brushy Creek Baptist Church, just south of Ocilla, Georgia, was first constitued on 17 December 1831, as Dorminy's Meeting House, one mile northwest of Irwinville, at that time the county seat. Services were initially held at the home of John B. Dorminy, Sr. Archibald Odum was the first regular pastor. In 1836, the congregation relocated to the 3rd District of Irwin County, to Young's Meeting House. On 26 March 1853, the final and present location of the church was chosen, near Brushy Creek. Today, Brushy Creek has one of the most active and prosperous congregations in Irwin County, and many fine examples of 19th century gravestone art survive in its well-kept cemetery.