Marie Barton - Church Clerk

     Marie was born and raised in the Kinchelo community of Blount County near Snead.  She came to Bethel  from Chalkville Baptist Church of Chalkville where she taught and served in several areas.  Prior to that she served as Ladies Sunday School Teacher, GA Director and WMU Director at Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Center Point and as the Day Women’s President in the Birmingham Baptist Association.  She attended college at Jefferson State and transferred to  Samford University in Birmingham and to West Georgia College in Carrolton, Georgia.  She worked as a Legal Assistant  in the Sirote, Permutt Law Firm in Birmingham and as a Legal Administrator at the Ragsdale, Beals, Hooper & Seigler Law Firm in Atlanta.  She and her husband, Glen, have been married since 1961 and have two sons (Randy and David) and one grandson (Jeremy).