Editing Dixie Inn, Louisiana (section)

==Historic Antioch Baptist Church==
[[Image:Revised Antioch Baptist Church, Dixie Inn, LA MVI 2541.jpg|thumb|left|250px|<span style="font-size:100%;">Historic Antioch [[Baptist]] Church on [[U.S. Highway 80]] in Dixie Inn.<ref>''Minden Herald'', July 16, 1959, p. 1</ref></span>]]
In 1957, Antioch opened a new brick-veneer sanctuary, the planning of which had been undertaken during the tenure of pastor Millard Robert Perkins, Sr. (1918–1979), a native of [[Glenmora, Louisiana|Glenmora]] in [[Rapides Parish, Louisiana|Rapides Parish]]. However, the construction was not completed until the summer of 1957, by which time Thomas E. Windsor had become the pastor. On October 20, 1957, a few months after the construction of the new sanctuary, all of the church buildings except the pastor's residence were razed by fire. Reconstruction soon began and was completed in October 1959. Since Hearron, the full-time Antioch pastors have included Cecil Basham, J. Guy Allen, Millard Perkins, Thomas Windsor, Jack Edwin Byrd, Sr., Charles W. Wallace, and Malcolm Self (1937-2015).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://press-herald.com/malcom-self/|title=Malcolm Self obituary|newspaper=Minden Press-Herald|access-date=February 5, 2015}}</ref> Wayne Reeves was called from Antioch as a pastor in [[Many, Louisiana|Many]], Louisiana.<ref name=church>"Antioch Baptist Church Celebrating 100th Year", ''Minden Press-Herald'', February 23, 1972, pp. 1, 8</ref>

Millard Perkins was a graduate of [[East Texas Baptist University]] in [[Marshall, Texas|Marshall]], [[Texas]], and [[New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary]] and had been the pastor of several congregations in Texas and Louisiana, including the Gilgal Baptist Church, originally established in 1842 and based in a 1947 sanctuary located on the Old Arcadia Road near Minden.<ref>"Gilgal's name found in Joshua", ''Minden Press-Herald'', August 1, 1986, p. 11B</ref> Before his death of a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]], he operated Perkins Grill in downtown Minden. He was survived by his wife, the former Pearl Buxton, and five children. Perkins is interred at Memorial Park Cemetery in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], Louisiana.<ref>"Perkins rites are today", ''Minden Press-Herald'', November 30, 1979, p. 1</ref>