Tracy TX Community Church

Subject: Tracy Community Church

Pastor Adam & Pastor Prince,

I visited the Milam County Appraisal District website today and discovered that Boyd

Offield (deceased) was assigned as caretaker of the Church.

The Church was shuttered in the late 60's-early 70's. It appears that the deed was

transferred to St. Johns Methodist Church and then immediately transferred to the

community as the Tracy Community Church in care of Boyd Offield.

Boyd's son Cary Offield, who I know, resides in the community. I'm going to talk to him

about our proposed Milam County Historical Commission visit.

Thank you both for your interest.

Jack Brooks

bjohnr2010(AT)hotmail(DOT)com

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2016-01-11

Pastor Ray and Adam,

Beth and I visited the Tracy Church Sunday afternoon. John Fischer scouted it out for

us earlier in the week and discovered that there was a window that was unlocked. We did

a little B&E and got in.

It broke Beth's heart. The back wall lath siding had failed and there was a large hole

in the wall behind the pulpit. It was unable to be seen from the window that we looked

in, which was quite high and only facilitated a higher view of the interior of the

Church. Rats and squirrels had damaged a lot of the interior items including a sizeable

stack of Hymnals. Rat feces and urine stench added to the unpleasantness. We later

realized that the westerly door had been eaten through at the bottom and every varmint

in Milam County had free rein of the place. Beth had to sit in the pew where she last

sat 45 yrs. ago.

The ceilings showed signs of small roof leaks, which will only get bigger. The future

does not bode well for this old 1899 church. Unfortunately, I don't even have the time

to repair the considerable damage to the back wall and door anymore.

I'm afraid that we'll have to check the Tracy Church off our future MCHC meeting place

list.

Regards,

Jack and Beth

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PLEASE SEE TRACY CEMETERY FOR MORE INFO AND PHOTOS

PLEASE SEE TRACY CEMETERY FOR MORE INFO AND PHOTOS

Photos by Jack & Beth Brooks

Beth

Guillotte

Brooks