Play highlights Historical Society meeting

Locals entertain at 42nd annual meeting

Hell fire revival preacher Lorenzo Dow, portrayed by Scott Foxx, tells the story of when he cursed the Screven County town of Jacksonboro for its unwelcoming reception to his style of preaching during a performance of "Lord Willin' and the Creek Don't Rise!" during the Bulloch County Historical Society's 43rd Annual Meeting at the Nessmith-Lane Conference Center Monday. The play, featuring actors with the Averitt STARS, recounts early Bulloch County history from the perspectives churches and families.

W 062716 HISTORICAL SOCIETY 01 — Hell fire revival preacher Lorenzo Dow, portrayed by Scott Foxx, tells the story of when he cursed the Screven County town of Jacksonboro for its unwelcoming reception to his style of preaching during a performance of "Lord Willin' and the Creek Don't Rise!" during the Bulloch County Historical Society's 43rd Annual Meeting at the Nessmith-Lane Conference Center Monday. The play, featuring actors with the Averitt STARS, recounts early Bulloch County history from the perspectives churches and families.

A young Southern belle, a feisty hellfire-and-brimstone preacher and a few other “ghosts” from Bulloch County’s rich historical past graced the Bulloch County Historical Society’s 42nd annual meeting Monday night as local actors performed a locally written play. Virginia Anne Franklin Waters, BCHS executive director, wrote “Lord Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise!” and the play was updated by puppeteer and artist Scott S. Foxx. The performance encouraged members of the audience to interact with cast members as they brought local history to life.