J. H Grime (1851–1941)

Elder Grime had been an ordained minister for 65 years. He founded the Wilson County Baptist Association and served as moderator for the first two years of its existence. A native of Putnam County, Elder Grime was ordained in Pistoles Church, White County, TN in 1876. He had preached in practically all of the Baptist churches in Wilson, Smith, DeKalb, Trousdale, Cannon, White, Putnam, Ruterford and other Middle Tennessee counties and had held pastorates in Lake County, Kentucky and in Texas. He wrote the "History of Middle Tennessee Baptists" published in 1904 and his "Catechism of Ecclesiastical History."