Bro. William Sowders & Bro. Herb McCarty Sr.

Herb, Elaine & Herbie.

Herb and Bro. Jolly

Bro. Jolly, Bro. Harley Langley & Bro. Herb McCarty Sr.

Herb's son, Herbie with, Bro. Jolly.

Herb's granddaughter, Laurabelle, with Bro. Jolly.

Christmas - 1957.

Bro. Herb & Sis. Elaine McCarty

HERBERT C. MCCARTY, SR.  WAS BORN IN 1928, IN LOUISVILLE, KY,   TO ARTHUR ROY AND GEORGIA MCCARTY.  HIS PARENTS WERE IN BRO. WILLIAM SOWDERS CHURCH FROM THE 1920’S.  HIS FATHER HELPED CLEAR THE LAND AND BUILD THE TABERNACLE ON SHEPHERDSVILLE HILL.  HIS MOTHER WORKED IN THE DINING ROOM.  HERB WAS THE YOUNGEST OF 2 BROTHERS AND 2 SISTERS.  HE PLAYED GUITAR AND SANG WITH HIS FAMILY AT SHEPHERDSVILLE.  WHEN HE WAS FIVE, BRO. WILLIAM SOWDERS PLACED A 50 CENT PIECE IN HIS HAND.  IN 1949, AFTER BRO. JAMES SOWDERS PREACHED ONE NIGHT, HERB ASKED BRO. WILLIAM SOWDERS “WHATS THE SCOOP ON THIS HOLY GHOST”.  HERB RECEIVED IT SOON AFTER.  HE BECAME A BIBLE STUDENT AND SAID “I FELL IN LOVE WITH JESUS”.

HE EXPERIENCED THE 1953 NEW EXPERIENCE ON THE GRASS BEHIND THE TABERNACLE IN SHEPHERDSVILLE.
HE ENJOYED WORKING AROUND THE CAMPGROUND, AND ALSO RIDING ON BRO. SOWDERS BOAT.                               
     IN 1957, HE MARRIED DORIS ELAINE CARTER, DAUGHTER OF ELMER AND MAY CARTER.  (ELAINE WAS BORN IN 1937).  SHE WAS RAISED IN BRO. WILLIAM SOWDERS CHURCH.  HER FATHER SAT NEXT TO BRO. SOWDERS AND ALSO PASTORED THE LITTLE CHURCH ON THE CAMPGROUND.   HER MOTHER WORKED IN THE DINING ROOM.  ELAINE RECEIVED THE HOLY GHOST AS A YOUNG GIRL.   SHE PLAYED SAXAPHONE IN THE BAND.)  IN 1958, HERBERT MCCARTY, JR. WAS BORN. 
     IN 1963, HERB MOVED HIS FAMILY TO ST. LOUIS, MO, TO BE TAUGHT BY THE MAN OF GOD, BRO. T.M. JOLLY. 
HE HAD HEARD BRO. JOLLY TALK MANY TIMES AND HAD HEARD BRO. SOWDERS SAY MANY TIMES THAT BRO. JOLLY WOULD SUCCEED HIM AS THE OVERSEER.  HERB WAS IN CHARGE OF SERVICES AT MANY OF THE CHURCHES IN THE BODY. 
IN 1978 HE BEGAN PASTORING IN EVANSVILLE, IN.  HERB JR. MARRIED KATRINA HAMPSEY IN 1978.  
HERB SR. PERFORMED THE WEDDING. HE PASTORED 7 CHURCHES IN 5 STATES. 
     HIS GRANDSON, THOMAS WAS BORN IN 1991 AND GRANDDAUGHTER, LAURABELLE WAS BORN IN 1993. 
IN 1993, HERB AND ELAINE MOVED TO CASEYVILLE, IL AND LIVED NEXT DOOR TO BRO. T.M. JOLLY IN HIS LAST YEARS.  HERB SAID “BRO. JOLLY WAS THE KINDEST MAN, AND MOST CONSIDERATE MAN I EVER KNEW”.  WHEN BRO. JOLLY PASSED AWAY, HERB SPOKE AT THE SERVICE. 
     IN 1995, HERB AND ELAINE BEGAN ATTENDING BRO. SHAWS CHURCH, BRO. DAVES CHURCH, MEETINGS AT BRO. JOHN HAMPSEYS AND GOING TO SHEPHERDSVILLE FOR CAMPMEETINGS.                                                                                           
 IN 2003, HERB AND ELAINE MOVED TO LOUISVILLE AND WENT TO BRO. JESSES URBANO’S CHURCH.
ELAINE PASSED AWAY IN 2005.  HERB PASSED AWAY IN 2014.   

Herb's son & daughter in law, Herbie & Katrina and John & Marybelle Hampsey Family with Bro. Jolly.

Herb's grandson, Thomas Miles Jolly McCarty, with Bro. Jolly.

Herb and Bro. Jolly - 1949.

Wedding - November 17, 1957.

Bro. Elwood Boles (far left) another brother & Herb at campground.