Pumpkintown Singing

Oolenoy Community Center
Pickens, Pickens County, South Carolina
Saturday, May 9, 2026

The fifth singing at Pumpkintown was held on the Saturday before the second Sunday in May. (This would have been the 27th Furman University singing.)

Selections from The Sacred Harp, 2025 edition.

Frances Carnell opened the singing with 31b, Webster.
Leon Carnell offered the opening prayer.

Frances Carnell welcomed the singers and announced that there would be no Business Meeting as we were retaining the same officers:
Chairman—Frances Carnell; Vice-Chairman—Dave Farmer; Secretary—Mary Baumeister.

314, Cleburne - Frances Carnell
41, Evening Hymn - Dave Farmer
274t, The Golden Harp - Mary Baumeister
33b, Abbeville - Jane Cannon
260, Farewell Anthem - Jonathan Wood
115, Holbrook - Judy Mincey
285t, Arnold - Bill Hogan
49t, Old Hundred - Cody Brown (with the Doxology as verse 2)
408, Weeping Mary - Caleb Ledbetter
484t, Millbrook - Dan Huger
523, Just for a Day - Emma Parrish
487, Lowndes - Jacob Lindler
330b, Chandesse - Julius Passay
270, Confidence - Eric Carnell
78, Stafford - Chris Wilhelm
354b, Happy Land - Tom Taylor
334, Bainbridge Island - Jeremiah Ledbetter

Break

Selections from The Christian Harmony, 2010 edition.

58b, Primrose - Frances Carnell
544, Life's Troubles - Leslie Booher
182, A Happy Meeting - Eli Snyder
55b, Idumea - Stephen Fox
462t, Lotha - John Plunkett
421b, Caddo - Robert Kelley
214, Hosanna - Avery Blatt
143, Farther Along - Leon Carnell
248, Twilight is Falling - Mary Baumeister, IMO Carl Blozan
64, Youthful Blessings - Jane Cannon
65, The Golden Hill - Jonathan Wood
189, One by One - Nancy Hogan
339, Samanthra - Judy Mincey and Rick Baumgarner
165, Babylon is Fallen - Carolyn Ogburn
499t, Hasten Sinner - Michael Spencer
292, Grief of Love - Maddy Mullany
Blessing for Lunch by Eric Carnell

Lunch

Selections from The Christian Harmony, 2010 edition.

26b, Ninety-Third - Chris Wilhelm and Dan Huger and Judy Mincey and Emma Parrish, first verse in Cherokee, followed by verses in English; no. 91 in Cherokee Hymns
9, Cords of Love - Frances Carnell
217, Jerusalem - Dave Farmer
138, Rest in the Kingdom - Bill Hogan
144t, Tribulation - Cody Brown
293, Lenox - Caleb Ledbetter
258, Thorny Desert - Dan Huger
276, Worlds Beyond the Sky - Emma Parrish
195, Garden - Jacob Lindler
316, This Heavy Load - Julius Passay
67b, Dundee - Eric Carnell
174t, Prospect - Chris Wilhelm, with Ivy Givens, IHO Chris's friend Alice
328, Mercy's Free - Tom Taylor
188, He Loves Me - Jeremiah Ledbetter, with Caleb Ledbetter
543, Chase High Road - Leslie Booher
468b, Laurell - Nancy Hogan
171, Sessions - Carolyn Ogburn

Break

Selections from The Sacred Harp, 2025 edition.

399b, Happy Christian - Frances Carnell
475, A Thankful Heart - Maddy Mullany
178t, Africa - Cody Brown, with his grandmother, IHO Mother's Day
332, Sons of Sorrow - Leon Carnell
415, Endless Praise - Eli Snyder
561, Cunningham - John Plunkett
413, Buffam Falls - Robert Kelley
263, Every Grace - Jane Cannon
333, Family Circle - Mary Baumeister
570, Sleepers Awake! - Jonathan Wood
118, Heavenly Meeting - Michael Spencer
384, Panting for Heaven - Bill Hogan
197, Georgia - Jacob Lindler
563, Suffield - Judy Mincey
180, Vermont - Eric Carnell
192, Schenectady - Frances Carnell
227, Ode of Life's Journey - Mary Baumeister and Jonathan Wood
130, The Old Graveyard - Robert Kelley
525, Imandra - Jane Cannon
155, Northfield - Avery Blatt and Chris Wilhelm

Announcements

56t, Columbiana - Frances Carnell

Leon Carnell gave the closing prayer.

There were some 30–40 singers present.

Minutes: Mary Baumeister
Arranging: Dave Farmer
Pitching: Robert Kelley and Bill Hogan