Claudis Hartsel Cayce

Elder Claudis Hartsel Cayce June 1, 1871 – November 4, 1945 FROM A MEMORIAL IN THE "ADVOCATE AND MESSENGER," WRITTEN BY ELDER C. E. WEBB: Brother Cayce, perhaps the most widely known and the most widely influential minister and editor in the Primitive Baptist ranks, is dead. The hearts of true Primitive Baptists throughout the nation will be grieved at the sad news of the passing of this great and good man who for well over fifty years, championed the cause of our dear people by tongue and pen and faithfully defended the denomination against every conceivable kind of heresy and –ism, gaining for himself the love and respect of all good people who knew and understood him, and the bitter hatred of those who thought to trouble and divide our precious people. Perhaps no minister among us during the past century has been so universally acquainted with our people and their various problems, and certain it is, that through the medium of his publication--the Primitive Baptist, which went out to several thousands of our readers twice each month, the good influence of his faithful labors and his safe and sound counsel was most widely felt--and will certainly be more widely missed and mourned--than that of any other minister who has lived during the past century.