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The Ed Johnson Conversations, Part III: The Baptism At The Hamilton County Jail

WUTC | By Ray Bassett

Published February 19, 2021 at 10:39 AM EST

A headline in The Chattanooga Daily Times.

In this conversation, the Rev. Paul McDaniel, Eleanor McCallie Cooper and Donivan Brown talk about the members of the St. James Baptist Church who came to the Hamilton County Jail and baptized Ed Johnson in a bathtub filled with water on the last Sunday of his life.

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