The church had moved to the downtown area from Church Street which was about four blocks south of downtown Aubrey. The church was moved fifty years before this funeral.

When the church was moved, it was placed on a temporary foundation, until a permanent foundation could be secured. The permanent foundation had never replaced the temporary foundation according to a newspaper article in the Aubrey Argus which printed a story about the disaster. The temporary beams which were holding the church gave way during this funeral.

Marie Beck, of the Beck Funeral Home in Pilot Point was in charge of the funeral service. When the floor fell, Mrs. Beck was very calm, resolved and reverent and carefully, but rapidly moved all of the people out of the building with no harm to any.

The gas pipes were leaking and everyone cleared the area surrounding the church until a pipe wrench was located at the County Barn across the street and the gas was shut off.

Mrs. Beck then continued with the funeral service outside in the church yard.

Reverend O.R. "Bud" Looper was the pastor of the church at this time.

House movers, Bart Blagg and Carl Miller from Denton, came and volunteered the use of their equipment in bringing the flooring back up and place stable beams under the floor.

Mrs. Marie Beck donated a substantial amount of money to help repair the foundation.

When the volunteer crew finished with the foundation repairs and replacement of the flooring, the Baptist Women’s Missionary Union provided a dinner for all of the workers.

The old newspaper states that "workmen determined that the collapse of the floor was caused when the temporary supports gave way. The supports were placed under the floor when the building was moved from the southeast part of town in 1906 to its present location, and had never been replaced by a permanent foundation." Another newspaper story published at this same time referred to the building as an ancient church building.

Around 61 years before the floor fell in, the men of Aubrey voted to allow merchants in Aubrey the ability to sell alcohol, which was locally produced. At this time there was only one saloon in Aubrey, and at the same time there were nine around the courthouse square in Denton. The locally produced alcohol was sold for 20 cents a quart or ten cents per drink at the saloon.

The photo is of the home that L.N. Edwards, a Civil War Veteran, built with lumber that was hauled from Jefferson, Texas, just after the Civil War. The home was constructed on a full basement and raid shelter. It was located on top of the hill where the new Baptist church is located.

Mr. Edwards bought his daughter a foot pump organ that was used in the Baptist Church. Some Baptist historians have told me that an organ was placed on the front balcony and provided must for all of the Baptists in the Denton County Baptist Association when they gathered to sing gospel songs. These musical celebrations would attract more than 600 Baptists from all over the county. The organ is now in the Denton County museum which is located on I-35 in Denton.