History
Westminster Presbyterian Church was established in March, 1945 at the site of the former Scott Elementary School which had closed in 1944 when it consolidated with the Lucama School. Scott School was dismantled. The part of the school that was used as the teacherage was left untouched and became the parsonage.
The church was established through efforts of the local citizenry led by the Reverend Charles Solomon and Albemarle Presbytery. The early efforts to establish a church grew out of a meeting in the yard of Mrs. Rozelle Barnes with local citizenry, Albemarle Presbytery, and members of the First Presbyterian Church of Wilson. After this meeting, enough local interest was displayed and efforts to attain property were begun.
Local families that assisted in the construction of the church included the Evans, Barnes and Lamm families. Woodrow Mercer served as lead carpenter and consolidated the efforts of the local citizenry in constructing the church building. The first services were held in a tent on the present church grounds with Rev. Solomon presiding. Revivals were held as the young church reached out to the community. Until the building could be constructed, the church met in a tobacco packhouse on the Thurman Barnes farm about a quarter mile from the present church.
Since the building was constructed with local men with varying skills and whose primary occupation was farming and with limited money available to them, final completion was not until the 1950s.
