The Rev. James Mathis Ross was called from above to preach the gospel.
He was ordained in November of 1879 by Pleasant Hill Baptist Church.
He served as pastor of this church for several years. After his call
to the ministry, he spent a great deal of his time preaching the
gospel and in the service of his community. He was pastor of several
other churches in Trigg County, Ky. and Stewart County, Tennessee. At
times he would go horse back and cross the Cumberland River on Friday
afternoon to be at the church on Saturday morning to deliver his
sermon at 11;00 O'Clock, then another sermon at 11:oo O'Clock Sunday
morning and return home in the afternoon. He got very little pay back
in those days. He and his wife Amanda Futrell Ross were lain to rest
in the Pleasant Hill Cemetary in Trigg County near Golden Pond,
Kentucky.