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Tom and Vera Gullatt - Oral History

PictureVera and Tom Gullatt
Tom Gullatt was born in 1920 and grew up in the Rico Community of Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia. As a young boy he learned the values of hard work, faith, and family from his devoted parents and his church family at Sardis Baptist Church. As a young man, he received a calling to ministry, which led him to Japan where he lived and ministered for 35 years with his wife Mary and children Miriam and John. Vera Campbell grew up in Fairburn, GA and took a similar path as Tom. She attended Brewton Park College, the same school as Tom, and left for a mission in Japan on the same date with Tom, even traveling on the same ship. Vera retired in 1993, the year that Tom's wife Mary died. Three years later, Tom and Vera married and moved back to Fairburn, just outside of Chattahoochee Hills. Today they continue their spiritual journey as members of Sardis Baptist Church.


Project Index
The following index serves as a table of contents for the transcription and includes links to the audio tracks of the Oral History.  For a printable version of the transcription including pictures, click here.

Track 1 - About the Oral History Project

Track 2 -  Introduction
Vital statistics including birthday date, siblings, marriage date, and schools

Track 3 -  Lord’s Prayer
Tom Gullatt reciting the Lord’s Prayer in English and Japanese

Track 4 -  Growing Up
What it was like growing up on a farm in the Rico Community

Track 5 - Call to Ministry
Prayer meetings in seminary establish a link to foreign missions

Track 6 - Work in Japan
Preaching worship services, teaching English, and reaching youth
Track 7 - Vera and Wedding
Two that were long-time missionaries and friends become man and wife

Track 8 - Home Again
Home to Fairburn and Sardis Church

Track 9 - Kinfolk
Distant cousins, aunts, uncles, and other kinfolk.

Track 10 - Family Life
Work hard, respect your elders, never miss Sunday school

Track 11 - Fish Tales
Jakes Fish camp, not just for fishing

Track 12 - Revival
Social event, laying back time, ice cream – that was livin’ high.
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  • Chattahoochee Hills
    • 1700's - Native Americans
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      • Cedar Grove
      • County Line
      • Friendship
      • Crossroads
      • Goodes
      • Rico
      • Rivertown
      • Serenbe
    • Families >
      • Phillips Abercrombie Jarrard
      • Shell Family
      • Smith Family
      • Reeves - Mauldin
      • Watkins Log Cabin
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          • Campbellton
          • Beavers House
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