The Clanton Group was started in February, 1950.  There were three people at that first meeting, and two more at the second.  These five members formed the group, and are considered the co-founders: Red W., Myrtle W.J., Joe J., Cecil E., and Raymond P.  The archives contains a copy of a contract between a Mrs. Upchurch and the A.A. Club of Clanton Alabama for the lease of a hall located over the Klinner Furniture Store on Seventieth Street North, to commence on January 1, 1958. Over the years it has met in several locations — including in Thorsby — before moving into its current space at the church.