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218 All Saints Celebration - Memorial Service North Carolina Conference – The United Methodist Church Thursday, June 10, 2010 10:45 A.M. Greenville, North Carolina

Gathering Video Prelude *Processional Hymn ...... Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty ...... UMH #64 1) Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning, our song shall rise to Thee. Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty, God in three persons - blessed Trinity! 2) Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore Thee, Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea; Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee, Which wert, and art, and evermore shall be. 3) Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide Thee, Though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see, Only Thou art holy; there is none beside Thee, Perfect in power, in love, and purity. 4) Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! All Thy works shall praise Thy name, in earth and sky and sea. Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty, God in three persons - blessed Trinity. *Greeting Leader: Today we live in the tension between the “already” and the “not yet.” All: We are surrounded by the past yet looking toward the future; Leader: A past that reminds us of the blessings and presence of God with us in joys as well as in sorrow, All: and a future filled with God’s promises. Leader: A future when death and mourning and crying and pain will be no more. All: And God proclaims, “See, I am making all things new.” Leader: Today we worship the One who was, is and is to come. All: Let us worship in word, song and service *Opening Prayer O God of all people, of all times, we are here in this place seeking You in our time of remembrance. We honor those who have finished the race and have received their reward. But more, we honor You, O God, for being a constant companion and source of strength for those we ... honor. We, too, need Your guidance and strength as we continue our race. God, we pray that Your mighty presence be felt by all who are .... gathered here this day, as we join with the great cloud of witnesses in worshiping You. In the name of Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith. Amen *Hymn ...... Leaning on the Everlasting Arms ...... UMH #133 1) What a fellowship, what a joy divine, Leaning on the everlasting arms; What a blessedness, what a peace is mine, Leaning on the everlasting arms. Chorus: Leaning, leaning, safe and secure from all alarms; Leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms, 2) O how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way, Leaning on the everlasting arms; O how bright the path grows from day to day, Leaning on the everlasting arms (Chorus) 3) What have I to dread, what have I to fear, Leaning on the everlasting arms? I have blessed peace with my Lord so near, Leaning on the everlasting arms. (Chorus) First Reading ...... II Corinthians 4: 5-18 (NRSV) Musical Response ...... Love Divine* ...... Rev. Kelli Sorg Sermon Scripture ...... Revelation 7: 9-17 (NRSV) Sermon ...... Carrying the Death of Jesus ...... Dr. Richard Hays *Hymn ...... Shall We Gather at the River ...... UMH #723

219 1) Shall we gather at the river, where bright angel feet have trod, With its crystal tide forever flowing by the throne of God? Chorus: Yes, we’ll gather at the river, The beautiful, the beautiful river; Gather with the saints at the river That flows by the throne of God. 2) On the margin of the river, Washing up its silver spray, We will walk and worship ever, All the happy golden day. (Chorus) 3) Ere we reach the shining river, Lay we every burden down; Grace our spirits will deliver, And provide a robe and crown. (Chorus) 4 ) Soon we’ll reach the shining river, Soon our pilgrimage will cease; Soon our happy hearts will quiver With the melody of peace. (Chorus) Reading of the Names/Lighting of the Candles (As the names of the departed are read, a chime will sound and family members will rise and be escorted to the altar.) Clergy who have died since the last Annual Conference Riley Tex Hamilton...... June 19, 2009 Barney Lee Davidson...... July 20, 2009 Robert Joseph Rudd ...... July 21, 2009 Wayne Esmond Thomas ...... August 19, 2009 Dean Healy Morton, Sr...... September 12, 2009 Roger Everett Thompson ...... September 25, 2009 Clyde Gay McCarver ...... September 29, 2009 Richard J. Williams...... November 2, 2009 Benjamin Ray Melvin ...... November 15, 2009 Pernecie C. Yelverton ...... November 16, 2009 Patrick Joseph Looney ...... November 17, 2009 Bobby Powell Tyson, Sr...... November 23, 2009 Hobart William Burnside, Jr...... January 11, 2010 Leonard Edward Mayo ...... January 13, 2010 Samuel Williams Dixon, Jr...... January 15, 2010 Harold “Pete” McElroy Chrismon, Sr...... March 7, 2010 Neil Howard Thompson...... May 8, 2010 Herman Nathan Ward, Jr...... May 28, 2010 Robert Edward Lee Moser ...... June 5, 2010 Spouses of Clergy who have died since last Annual Conference Callie Powell Wooten ...... July 26, 2009 Louise Stallings Dawson Forbes ...... September 25, 2009 Mildred Murrie Lee ...... October 6, 2009 Alta Stone Russell ...... November 6, 2009 Glenda Ann Craig ...... December 28, 2009 Nancy Wike Andrews...... January 17, 2010 Velva Bass Williams Little ...... February 8, 2010 Annie Margaret Johnson Beane ...... February 23, 2010 Catharine Allen Vick...... February 25, 2010 LInda Lane Blue...... March 8, 2010

Hymn ...... Shall We Gather at the River (chorus only) ...... UMH #723 Chorus: Yes, we’ll gather at the river, The beautiful, the beautiful river; Gather with the saints at the river That flows by the throne of God.

220 Richard B. Hays Richard B. Hays, the George Washington Ivey Professor of New Testament at Duke Divinity School, is internationally recognized for his work on the letters of Paul and on New Testament ethics. Hays will become dean of the Divinity School for a two-year term beginning July 1, 2010. His scholarly work has bridged the disciplines of biblical criticism and literary studies, exploring the innovative ways in which early Christian writers interpreted Israel’s Scripture. His book The Moral Vision of the New Testament: Community, Cross, New Creation was selected by Christianity Today as one of the 100 most important religious books of the twentieth century. His most recent books are The Art of Reading Scripture (2003, co-edited with Ellen Davis), The Conversion of the Imagination (2005), and Seeking the Identity of Jesus: A Pilgrimage (2008, co-edited with Beverly Roberts Gaventa). Professor Hays has lectured widely in North America, Europe, Israel, Australia, and New Zealand. An ordained United Methodist minister, he has preached in settings ranging from rural Oklahoma churches to London’s Westminster Abbey. Professor Hays has chaired the Pauline Epistles Section of the Society of Biblical Literature, as well as the Seminar on New Testament Ethics in the Society for New Testament Studies, and has served on the editorial boards of several leading scholarly journals. Professor Hays received an honorary doctorate (Dr. theol. honoris causa) from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, in 2009.

Worship Leaders

Liturgists: ...... Rev. Pat. Hawkins ...... Rev. Greg Moore Song Leader ...... Mr. Jay Locklear Preacher ...... Dr. Richard B. Hays Communion Celebrant:...... Bishop Alfred Wesley Gwinn, Jr. Special Music: ...... Rev. Kelli Sorg ...... Mr. Mike Pilgrim ...... Mr. Jack Gurkin ...... Mr. Ron Parrish Organist:...... Mrs. Frances Cain

221 Barney L. Davidson 1920 - 2009 Early in the morning hours of July 20, 2009, Reverend Barney Davidson died peacefully at Duke Medical Center, near where he graduated from Duke Divinity School over a half century earlier. Born on a farm on the plains of Texas in 1920, Reverend Davidson grew up during the Great Depression. He attended West Texas A&M University before transferring to Southern Methodist University, where he joined the National Guard in the late 1930s. In March of 1940 his Guard unit was activated. Shortly thereafter, he was nominated for and completed Officer Candidate School. While stationed at Camp Mackall with the 542nd Parachute Infantry Battalion at Camp Mackall near Hamlet, North Carolina, he met Donna Howell who was to become his beloved and beautiful wife for 64 years. He served as a company commander in the Philippines on Okinawa and in the occupation of Japan. Reverend Davidson remained in the Army Reserve following the war, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel. After the war Reverend Davidson returned to North Carolina where he married Donna and then moved to Texas to complete his Bachelor’s degree at SMU and West Texas A&M. Thereafter they moved to Durham, NC where he completed Duke Divinity School. He was blessed with a long and rewarding life devoted to ministering to the needs of others, through whom he will be long remembered. He served churches in the NC Methodist Conference for over 30 years including three small churches in Fayetteville, Gardner’s Chapel, Wesley Height and Johnson Memorial, the First United Methodist Church of Morehead City, Saint Paul of Goldsboro, and the First United Methodist Church of Wilson. He twice served as District Superintendent, once for the Fayetteville District and once for the Burlington District, where he also served as President of the Bishop’s Cabinet for the NC Methodist Conference.

Robert Joseph Rudd 1929 - 2009 The Rev. Robert Joseph Rudd, age 80 went to be with his Lord and Savior on July 21, 2009. Born in Burlington, NC, he was the son of the late Willie Russell and Sally Wilson Rudd. He was a graduate of Burlington High School and received his BA degree from Asbury College and his Master of Theology from Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. He was a retired United Methodist minister and during 44 years of service pastured many churches in Kentucky, Ohio, Georgia and North Carolina. He led many camp meetings and revivals and was active in the mission field in trip to Haiti and Brazil. He remained faithful to God’s calling and led many souls to the Lord. He was an honorary Kentucky Colonel and loving father and grandfather. He is survived by his daughters, Mary Mabe of Rockingham and Margaret Williams of Whiteville, Ohio; one son, Jon Rudd of Chester, VA; brother, William Rudd and his wife Dorothy, of Clinton, NC; sister Betty Belcher and her husband Charles of Haw River, NC and Mary Sykes and her husband Arnette of Graham, NC; grandchildren, Erik Williams, Katy Williams, Elizaeth Rudd, Drew Parsons, Matthew Parsons and Rebekah Mabe. Funeral services were held Saturday, July 25, 2009 at Pee Dee United Methodist Church in Rockingham, NC with burial at Alamance Memorial Park in Burlington, NC.

222 Wayne Esmond Thomas 1931 - 2009

Wayne Thomas, 78 of Washington died at home on August 19, 2009 as a result of a Grade IV brain tumor. He was born as the only child of the late Ruth and James Lee Thomas. Wayne graduated from Venice-Nokomis Florida High School in 1951 and preached his first sermon the following Sunday. At this time he felt the calling of the Lord to preach. After graduating from high school he attended Flordia Southern College for two years after which he served two years in Army Signal Corps. While serving with the Army he was guest speaker for churches in Washington, Arizona, North Carolina, Kentucky, Illinois, Georgia, and Florida. Wayne returned to Florida Southern University in Lakeland, Florida in 1956 and received his B.A. degree in religion in 1958. His training was completed by attending Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky, where he received a B.D. degree in 1961. Wayne worked in a Bradenton drugstore from the age of 11 until graduating from high school. He turned down a full pharmacy scholarship along with the keys to a completely stocked drugstore in his hometown of Bradenton, Florida to enter the ministry as he realized his first calling was to be a minister. His first appointment was Bonita Springs, Florida and various other appointments in the Florida Conference. He transferred to the North Carolina Conference in 1974 where he served several appointments before retiring in 1996 from being pastor of the Washington Circuit (Wares Chapel and Wharton Station Trinity). He remained a resident of Washington, North Carolina until his death. Wayne met his wife Nancy in 1960 in Burlington, North Carolina. In 1964 they were married in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Wayne and Nancy had two sons, Charles and David, who survive, as well as Nancy. Wayne was a very devoted man to his calling, to his family and to the Lord until his death. He never lost his sense of humor and devotion through all of the pain and suffering of his illness. The radiance never left his face even as he passed. Funeral services were held on Saturday, August 23, 2009 at Oakdale Cemetery in Washington with Reverend Dennis Adams, Reverend Joyce Day and Reverend Harold Hendren conducting the service.

Dean Healy Morton Sr. 1936 - 2009

Rev. Dean Healy Morton, Sr. 72, of Wilmington passed away September 12, 2009 due to symptoms resulting from liver cancer. Memorial services were conducted jointly by Rev Al Morris, Rev Bill Braswell and Rev Sweetie Frances. Dean was interred at Oleander Memorial Gardens in Wilmington. Dean was born in Norfolk, VA on October 5, 1936 to Charles Thomas Morton and Ethel Broome Morton with his twin brother Don. He attended Old Dominion University and served in the Virginia National Guard before moving to Wilmington in 1969. He worked as the Operations Manager at Almont Shipping Company and was blessed in his professional life, retiring early at 54 years of age. It was in 1969 that Dean and his young family began attending Pine Valley United Methodist Church in Wilmington. He soon became very active as a lay leader. Following the call to serve in the ministry, he attended Duke University and graduated from the Divinity School. His first position as pastor was at Trinity United Methodist Church in Kelly, NC, where he served for 9 years. Although it was a small congregation, he cared deeply for its members and cherished his time there. He would eventually return to Pine Valley as an associate pastor. Dean was a spiritual leader in a variety of ways. Early in his history, he was active in the prison ministry and later, founded the Stephens Ministry at Pine Valley. He was especially interested in helping people in the latter stages of life and served as a volunteer chaplain at the Lower Cape Fear Hospice and at New Hanover Regional Hospital. His work there spanned 15 years. Although he battled his own health issues for many years, he always made a point to continue his visitations regardless of how he felt personally. Outside of his church family, he enjoyed spending time with his own personal family and especially his 6 grandchildren at his vacation home at Lake Junaluska. He was a humble man, and could always be seen wearing a simple wooden cross he bought during a trip to Israel. He is survived by his wife, Alice Godard Morton; son, Dean H. Morton, Jr. and wife Sharon and their children, Alison and Trey of Wilmington; daughter, Melinda Creef and husband Paul and their children Elisha and Josiah of Manteo, NC; daughter, Melody Lee and husband David and their children Jacob and Jackie of Ft. Mill, SC; and brother Don T. Morton, his wife and family of Scottsville, VA.

223 Roger Everett Thompson 1934 - 2009

The Reverend Roger E. Thompson of Laurel Hill, NC was born September 4, 1934, at Hoffman, NC to Charles and Ethel Thompson. He died on September 25, 2009, at home following a battle with cancer and a heart condition. His service was held at the Ledbetter United Methodist Church in Rockingham, where he had been serving faithfully as their pastor for the last seven years. His service was conducted on September 27, 2009 by the Reverend Samuel (Mack) McMillan and the Reverend Leonard Fairley. Burial with military rites was held at Richmond Memorial Park, Rockingham, NC. Roger is survived by his beloved wife of 51 ½ years, Roberta Altman Thompson, of Laurel Hill, daughters Hope Ligon and Dawn Underwood of Cary, NC; and five adorable grandchildren: Madison, Taylor, and Jackson Ligon, Alexis Underwood, all of Cary, NC; and Joshua Hedrick, of Magnolia, NC. He was predeceased in death by his oldest daughter, Faith. He graduated from Hoffman High School in 1952, worked for one year before entering Spartanburg Junior College. It was there that he met his beloved wife to be. After one year of college, he joined the US Air Force and served his country for four years. During these years he received the call to the ministry while working with the Chaplain. He served his overseas duty in Saudi Arabia and was able to travel throughout the Holy Land. After his service he returned to Spartanburg Junior College, received and associate degree; studied the summer at Wofford College. He married Roberta in 1958 and entered East Carolina University where he graduated with honors with a B.S. Degree in Social Studies and Social work and received certification as a teacher. He joined the N.C. United Methodist Conference and was appointed to his first charge, Grimesland Charge. He entered Duke University Divinity School and received his Bachelors and Masters of Divinity Degrees. After graduating he went to Washington and was approved as a U.S. Air Force Chaplain but decided to remain in the pastoral ministry. He was ordained a deacon and an elder. While in divinity school, he served the following churches: Shiloh (Burlington) and Center- Cameron Charge. He transferred to the South Carolina United Methodist Conference for two years, serving Pond Branch and Shiloh Charge. He returned to North Carolina Conference and served the following churches: Siler City which consisted of four churches; Gardner’s (Fayetteville); Cokesbury (Stedman); Pee Dee (Rockingham); Calvary (Snow Hill; Smyrna (Robbins); Concord (Roxboro); Northampton Charge (Jackson); and Ocean View (Yaupon Beach). While serving at Pee Dee he served as a Chaplain for the U.S. Army Reserves. During his ministry he was noted one year for having taken in the most members in the conference. In 1987 he retired and followed his previous yearning to serve as a Chaplain. He was appointed as a Chaplain in the NC Department of Corrections where he served for 12 years in Raleigh, Burgaw, Lumberton, and Morrison Correctional. He retired from the NC Department of Correction in 1999. In February 2002 Ledbetter United Methodist Church in Rockingham needed a pastor due to the illness of their pastor and he was appointed to finish the year. The people loved him so much that he served faithfully for seven years until he went to be with his Lord. He loved his church family and his own family. He was a wonderful husband, father, and grandfather. He loved to live on his farm and ride his tractors, and he also loved to deer hunt. He will be remembered by all who knew him as a loving, compassionate man who always put the needs of other before is own, a true pastor to his flock serving them full-time. He loved the Lord and witnessed to everyone he met on his journey in life. His favorite saying was “God is Good, All the time God is Good.”

Richard J. Williams 1939 - 2009

Richard received his Bachelor’s degree from Barton College in Wilson, NC, in May, 1961. He then came to Smithfield where he served at Centenary United Methodist Church. He attended Scarritt College in Tennessee from 1965 -1967 earning a Master’s degree in Christian Education. He resumed working at Centenary UMC in 1967, and worked there until his retirement in 2004, for a total tenure of 42 years. Richard was consecrated Director of Christian Education in 1967; a Lay Worker in the church in 1971; and ordained as a Deacon in the church in 1997. He was in the first group of Methodists to be so designated in this state. He loved working with the youth. He was always at “Breakaway” and “Pilgrimage”. Richard will be remembered for entertaining the children with his “Herman, the Worm” performance. Both young and old loved Herman. He enjoyed presenting plays in the church, as well as at youth events. He took the youth on retreats, camping excursions, hikes, gleanings, and mission trips. Richard received the Smithfield Jaycee’s Distinguished Citizens Award along with the Jaycee Distinguished Service Award, and Outstanding Religious Leader. In 1999, he received Smithfield’s Citizen of the Year, and was a recipient of the Rotary Paul Harris Fellow Award. Richard died on Monday, November 2, 2009. In addition to his mother, Richard is survived by his wife, Carolyn Walton Williams; son, Jason Williams and his wife Lacy of Raleigh; daughter, Anna E. Williams and fiancé Erik Schnatterly of Wilmington; and a sister, Judy Hester of Wilson. A Service of Hope and Resurrection was held on Friday, November 6, 2009, at Centenary UMC. The following persons took part in the service: The Rev. David Beck, the Rev. Meagan Matthews, the Rev. Mike Safely, the Rev. Robert Flynn, the Rev. Hugh Cameron, nephew Drew Walton, and friend, Clayton Narron. While walking with Richard one day, we talked about what we wanted people to remember about us. He said, “I hope people will know that I first loved the Lord, I loved my family, and I loved people!” 224 Benjamin Ray Melvin 1932 - 2009

Benjamin (Benny) Ray Melvin, the oldest of four children, was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina on October 27, 1932 to Joseph G. and Elizabeth H. Melvin. Benny attended Sunnyside Elementary School and Stedman High School, where he met Grace Beard, the love of his life for more than sixty years and his wife for fifty-eight years. As a youth he attended a small Methodist church established by ladies in the East Fayetteville community. Reverence Robert C. Mooney greatly influenced and encouraged Benny’s call to the ministry during his teen years. Benny was an active leader and teacher at Culbreth Memorial UMC for more than twenty-five years before he answered God’s call to ministry. He attended Methodist College (University) and Duke University. While completing his theological studies, Benny pastured two churches- Black’s Chapel and Wesley’s Chapel. Other United Methodist Churches Benny was privileged to serve were Person Street; Trinity; Christ; and Pittsboro First. He retired in June 2001 after serving Pittsboro First for twelve memorable years. After his official retirement, he ministered at Page Memorial (Aberdeen) for a short time and at Cotton UMC (Hope Mills) for three years before failing health required a second retirement. Benny’s ministry was enhanced by his earlier years conducting Lay Witness Missions in North Carolina and South Carolina. His technical knowledge and skills were great assets to the eight churches he served. Children were naturally drawn to his patience and spirit. Benny’s health continued to deteriorate in 2008 and 2009. Heart ailments and other complications caused his hospitalization for several days until he went to be with the Lord on November 15, 2009 at the preaching hour of 11:04 am. A service of Death and Resurrection Celebrating the Life and Faith of Benny was held on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at Culbreth Memorial UMC. The Reverends Ray Gooch, Gil Wise, Gregg McGarvey and Samuel Wynn officiated this bittersweet ceremony. Pallbearers included family, friends, and men who attended the churches in which Benny served over the course of his ministry. He was laid to rest at LaFayette Memorial Park in the Garden of Everlasting Life Section. Benny’s survivors include: his wife, Grace of Fayetteville; two sons, Stephen Ray, of Fayetteville and Gregory Alan, of Raleigh; and grandson, Derek Reid Melvin of Greenville, NC. Until we meet again Benny, remember GLY and WLY!

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Pernecie C. Yelverton 1933 - 2009 Reverend Pernecie “P.C.” Yelverton, was born to serve the Lord on January 8, 1933, and he departed this life to continue by God’s side on Monday, November 16, 2009 at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. Pernecie was a Methodist Minister for thirty-six years, serving churches in the North Carolina Methodist Conference. In those thirty-six years, as well as those that followed, Pernecie touched many lives. Pernecie was preceded in death by his loving parents, Madie Minshew and Jarvis Yelverton; his grandparents, Pernecie and Jesse Minshew, as well as by his beloved aunt, Miss Clyde Minshew, who, along with his grandmother, raised him after his mother’s death and became for her lifetime his dear and cherished “Mother.” Those left to honor Pernecie’s memory are Jerney Minshew (Winifred), who ministered to him in many ways and truly was his “brother,” Hugh Minshew (Jerri), and Julian Minshew. Also surviving Pernecie is a dear and beloved long- time friend and confidant, Miss Jane Freeman of Maysville, NC; and the family of Jerry L. West. A celebration of Pernecie’s life will be held Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 2 p.m. at Fremont United Methodist Church with burial following at Elmwood Cemetery in Fremont. In lieu of flowers, please make charitable contributions to Kitty Askins Hospice Center, 107 Handley Park Court, Goldsboro, NC 27534 or to Fremont United Methodist Church. Services of Reverend Yelverton are entrusted to Shackleford-Howell Funeral Home, 102 N. Pine Street in Fremont.

225 Hobart William Burnside, Jr. 1935-2010 Hobart (Hobie) was born in Fairmount West Virginia on July 14, 1935. He was the only child of Hobart and Eloise Burnside. It was in his home town that he married Mary Jane Williams on June 7, 1953. Hobie received his license to preach in 1956, and served in the WV United Methodist Conference for seven years. He moved to Smithfield NC in 1964, where he served at Wesley Heights and Asbury Methodist Churches. He served several churches in Eastern North Carolina, including the Outer Banks. Hobie continued his education at Pembroke State University, graduating in 1971, and then graduated from Duke University where he received his Masters of Divinity in 1976. Hobie retired after 50 years of preaching. His last appointment brought him back to Johnston County, serving Fellowship and Micro United Methodist Churches. Hobie and Mary Jane retired and remained members of Fellowship. Hobie was known for his preaching and Bible studies. He loved to show his slides of the Holy Land. He went on two work missions to Jamaica. He enjoyed fishing in his younger years. He also enjoyed painting, reading and doing puzzles. He and Mary Jane enjoyed traveling and spending time with their children and grandchildren. Hobie passed away January 11, 2010, at Britthaven Nursing Home of Smithfield, NC. He is survived by his wife, Mary Jane Burnside. They were married for 56 ½ years, having four children: Shirley McLeod of Wilmington, John E. Burnside of Clinton, Sue Thornton of Raleigh and Cindy Justice of Clinton. They have nine grandchildren: one great-granddaughter; four step-grandchildren; and four step great-grandchildren.

Leonard Edward Mayo 1931 - 2009 Rev. Leonard Mayo was born January 20, 1931 in Eureka, NC. Rev. Mayo received his first appointment with the North Carolina Conference in June of 1955 and served for 38 years. On June of 1993 he retired from the North Carolina Conference. He then served at First United Methodist Church in Rockingham as the Visitation Minister for 14 years.

Rev. Mayo died unto the Lord on January 13, 2010. Funeral services were conducted at First United Methodist Church in Rockingham with Rev. Mike Sykes and Rev. Allison Coltrane officiating. Burial followed at Green Lake United Methodist Church Cemetery in Rockingham.

Rev. Mayo is survived by his wife, Judy Mayo; a son-in-law, Johnny Monroe; grandchildren, Kelly Burrow and husband Adam, Kecia Lucas and husband John, Sammy Monroe, Amy Blake and husband Dusty; great-grandchildren, Jonathan Lucas, Caydence Burrow, and Mia Blake.

His joy and inspiration to serve God and the church are qualities of Rev. Leonard Mayo that those who know and love him will always remember.

Samuel Williams Dixon, Jr. 1949 - 2010 A memorial service was held on January 21, 2010 at the First United Methodist Church in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina where Sam’s home is. Rev. Dennis Goodwin, officiated at the service and delivered the message. On January 22, 2010, a memorial service was held at Edenton Street United Methodist Church, Raleigh, North Carolina. Several Bishops of the United Methodist Church including Bishop Gregory Palmer, the President of the Council of Bishops, were present. Bishop Palmer, Bishop Joel Martinez participated in the memorial service which was led by Rev. Bill Simpson of the North Carolina Annual Conference. This service provided an opportunity for Sam’s colleagues and friends at the North Carolina Conference to attend. To enable the staff of the General Board of Global Ministries to celebrate Sam’s life and work with them, a third memorial service was held at Riverside Church in Manhattan on February 11, 2010. Bishop Joel Martinez led the service in which many of Sam’s colleagues and friends at the Board participated. Sam is survived by his wife of 20 years, Cindy Leapley Dixon, children Christy Dixon, Amy Dixon, Josh McMurtrey and Molly McMurtrey, grandchildren Casey Samuel Burroughs and Hannah Dixon; Sam’s mother Mildred Wofford Dixon; three sisters Mildred Lee Dixon, Marie Hein and children Savannah and Mason, and Jane Basista and husband Gerry along with their children Alison, Amelia and Anna and granddaughter Madeline. He was preceded in death by his father Samuel. Sam was born to Mildred Wofford Dixon and Samuel Williams Dixon in Biltmore, North Carolina on June 27, 1949. He grew up in several places in North Carolina – Ashville, Pinehurst, Boone and Statesville as well as in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. In 1975 he graduated from the Chicago Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois with a Doctor of Ministry degree.

226 Sam was admitted into the North Carolina Conference in 1974 and served churches in Sneads Ferry, Swepsonville, Durham, Swansboro and Roanoke Rapids till 1998. In between, from 1990 to 1996, Sam served as the Director of Missions, Evangelism, and VISION 2000 for the North Carolina Conference Council on Ministries. On July 1, 1998 Sam joined the General Board of Global Ministries in New York. Sam first held the position of Assistant General Secretary for UMCOR heading its Non-Governmental (NGO) unit from 1998 till February 2001. From March 2001, Sam was elected as the Executive Director of the United Methodist Development Fund. From September 1, 2003 Sam was elected as Deputy General Secretary of GBGM and assigned to the Evangelization and Church Growth unit of the Board. From January 31, 2007 Sam was elected as the Deputy General Secretary for UMCOR in which role he led the relief arm of the United Methodist Church till his death. Sam greatest gift was being able to make every person he came into contact with feel special thereby empowering and enabling them to achieve more than they thought they were capable of.

Neil Howard Thompson 1919 - 2010 The Reverend Neil H. Thompson died Saturday, May 8, 2010. His beloved wife of 50 years, Catherine Thompson, pre-deceased him in 1998.

Reverend Thompson was born September 30, 1919 in Swepsonville, NC to the late Charlie and Maggie Thompson. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.A. degree in sociology.

Neil had more than four years of service in the US Army in WWII, including tours of duty in the South Pacific and the Philippines. Prior to entering the ministry, he operated a general merchandise store for 10 years. Later, he and his wife operated a chain of hair-styling salons in Mebane, Swepsonville, and Burlington, NC.

He completed the Pastors School at Duke University and entered the ministry in 1955. He served in the following Methodist churches: Lake Waccamaw, Fair Bluff, Wesley Memorial, Raleigh, NC, and also served as Director of Admissions for Methodist College in Fayetteville, NC. He retired as the Associate Minister at Highland United Methodist Church in Raleigh, NC.

Reverend Thompson is survived by two daughters; Rosalind Thompson of Raleigh and Rachel Price and husband, Jack of Chapel Hill, NC.

Herman Nathan Ward, Jr. 1938 - 2010

Herman was born November 6, 1938 in Columbus County, North Carolina. Born and died…the bookends that hold each life in place. The volumes that lie between are the measure of the man. This autobiography reveals the true nature that underlies every spiritual, moral and intellectual decision of a lifetime. For Herman, the volumes show an ever growing sense of God’s love and determination to be an effective servant. Herman’s life is a powerful witness to what God can do with a willing disciple and a somewhat daunting challenge to those of us left briefly behind. How did Herman use the 71 years God gave him? Herman had a clear vision of where he was going, but God said “I have all the chemists I need right now, but I could sure use another Methodist preacher.” Herman listened and obeyed, putting his love of God and passion for people to work for the Kingdom for the next 47 years. Herman served three charges during his ministry; Soapstone/Andrews Chapel, Banks/Grove Hill, and Hillsborough. Three appointments during a career spanning 41 years is a vivid testament to Herman’s ability to connect with people from the pulpit on Sunday and wherever they lived and worked the other six days of the week. Herman was a preacher, teacher, pastor, and ambassador consumed by the desire to reveal the awesome possibilities of God’s Kingdom to everyone he encountered, whether it was the faithful flock on Sunday morning or the waitress at the Waffle House after spending a long night at the hospital. Herman had very definite ideas about how we were to mourn his passing and left specific instructions for his memorial service. After a positive, uplifting Celebration of Life service at Hillsborough UMC officiated by the Reverend Bill Gattis, Ray Gooch and Al Horne, we adjourned to a party on the church grounds, complete with tents, tables, food, balloons, and a band. People passing by actually stopped to ask if we were having a wedding. We listened to you Herman, and I think we got it right. When Herman moved on this past May, he left Ann, his wife of 49 years, to tend the beautiful Lake Orange home in Cedar Grove, NC they renovated for retirement (not that either of them ever did), and daughter Stephanie Evans, son-in-law Matthew Evans, and grandchildren Chris and Lauren who live in Stafford, VA. He also left a host of others who “never met a preacher quite like that man” and likely never will. You asked us to celebrate and we did, but we can’t help missing you. Herman’s post mortal planning extends beyond the how-to for his Celebration. His final resting place is not a cemetery, mausoleum, crypt, or memorial garden. His ashes reside on a bookshelf at the Ward home by Lake Orange among the biblical reference books, commentaries, railroad books, and World War II histories that added enlightenment and joy to his life. Rest well, good and faithful servant. Go and share your Master’s happiness.

227 Callie Powell Wooten 1930 - 2009 The life of Callie Powell Wooten began in a modest dwelling in Duplin County on March 2, 1930 and ended in a hospice suite at First Health of the Carolinas in Pinehurst on June 26, 2009. Preceding her in death was her beloved, Charles Wesley Wooten, the only man she ever loved, the only one that knew her inside and out and the only one who could truly make her complete. Throughout their ministry, Charles and Callie worked side by side in all the churches they served: the Atlantic charge, Evansdale, Winstead, Wilson, Goshen-Keener charge, Norlina, Fellowship, Hamlet, Vass-Cameron, Stantonsburg, Wesley Heights, Fayetteville, and Pleasant Hill, Robbins, where Charles served until his death. Their love was a triune love; one with Christ and with one another. Whether it was directing children’s program, youth groups, singing in the choir, or seated on the second row of the congregation, Callie supported Charles through every endeavor of the church. She was his “biggest fan” and when Callie wasn’t happy in the church setting, neither was anyone else. She wanted perfection in the church. “We are in God’s house,” she would tell her children. “God will not be happy if we are not reverent in his place of worship.” Callie and Charles raised three girls: Anna Susan (who is married to Rev. David Grissom serving in Yanceyville), Rose Christian (who is married to English professor, Larry Allen) and Angela Charline (who is married to Rev. David Beck serving in Smithfield. Callie was blessed with five grandchildren whom she proudly referred to as “my children also.” To the family, Callie was a beauty queen, unmistakably fashionable, poised and confident in any situation. No matter the condition of the parsonage, Callie made the house a mansion. And although money was tight, the children never knew it. The family had riches beyond measure because of her love. The children always sought her approval but didn’t always get it! After the situation had passed, she was quick to say, “I told you that wasn’t going to work,” or “If you would listened to me that wouldn’t have happened.” Callie taught her family to be “servants to all.” Even when she was hospitalized during the final days and the children spent the nights to be near her, she would always say, “call me if you need me.” And those words ring true in the lives of all three girls. Her influence was powerful and those who were touched by Callie’s life live by that motto. . .”Call me if you need me.” Callie’s service was held in Pikeville cemetery on July 28 with her son-in-laws and Rev. David Hollowell, pastor of Mt. Carmel United Methodist officiating. She was laid to rest beside the love of her life. Although the stone was erected in 1978, the inscription still holds true “Our love for Christ and for one another will never die.”

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Louise Stallings Dawson Forbes 1930 - 2009 Kinston-Louise Stallings Dawson Forbes, 79, of Kinston, passed away Friday, September 25, 2009 at her home. Mrs. Forbes was born March 26, 1930 in Wayne County to the late William Preston Stallings and Emma Wade Stallings. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Forrest “Jack” Dawson and Rev. Dan Forbes; and a brother, Prentice Stallings. Mrs. Forbes was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and the Eastern Star. She taught quilting and sewing for many years at Lenoir Community College and enjoyed quilting, flowers and gardening. A service of remembrance will be held Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 3 p.m. from Rouse Funeral Home with Rev. Vito Bisogno officiating. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery. Mrs. Forbes is survived by three sons, Forrest L. Dawson, Jr. and wife, Jan of La Grange, William Dawson and wife, Dale of Kinston, Wiley Dawson and wife, Mary Anne of La Grange; six grandchildren, Jon Dawson and wife, Laura, Jenny Edwards and husband, Brian, Sara Dawson, Ashley Hardison and husband, Jason, Emily Dawson and Hannah Dawson; one great-grandchild, Emma Dawson; step-daughter, Chris Blaylock of Kinston; step-son, Wilford Forbes and wife, Eula Mae of Belvidere; four step- grandchildren, Tiffany Brown and husband, Barry, Karen Boyles and husband, Josh, Daniel Forbes and Heather Forbes; four step great-grandchildren, Ashley Brown, Patrick Brown, Shea Brown and Rob Parsons; and a special nephew, James Stallings. The family will receive friends Saturday from 6-8 p.m. at Rouse Funeral Home and at other times they will be at the home. The family would like to express their sincere appreciation to our mother’s care givers for their love and compassionate care. Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, 3768 Banks School Road, Kinston, NC 28504.

228 Mildred Murrie Lee 1907-2009 Mildred Murrie Lee went softly and quietly to her eternal home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, October 6, 2009. She was born on December 30, 1907, in Sparks, Nevada, to Oscar Murrie and Wyllys Smith Murrie. She spent her youth in Little Rock, Arkansas. After graduating from Galloway Women’s College (Searcy, Arkansas) she taught school in Little Rock. Later she attended Scarritt College (Nashville, Tennessee) where she received her Master’s degree in Christian Education. She then moved to North Carolina to become the Director of Christian Education at Edenton Street Methodist Church in Raleigh. She met and married Rev. Allen C. Lee and together they served many Methodist churches in Eastern North Carolina. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Rev. Allen C. Lee and a son Thomas Allen Lee. She is survived by a son, Lloyd Murrie Lee, daughter-in-law Teresa Shaver Lee, and a granddaughter Elizabeth Murrie Lee all of Wilmington, NC. A graveside service will be held Friday, October 9, 2009, at 2:00 pm at Greenwood Cemetery in Dunn, NC. The family will receive friends Friday from 1:00 until 1:50 P.M. at Skinner & Smith Funeral Home. A Memorial Service, in celebration of Mildred’s life, will be held on Sunday, October 18, 2009, at 3:00 pm at Trinity United Methodist Church, 204 East 3rd Avenue, Red Springs, NC, by the Reverend Diana Killian. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Allen C. Lee Scholarship Fund, % Trinity United Methodist Church, 204 East 3rd Avenue, Red Springs, NC 28377. Funeral arrangements are by Skinner & Smith Funeral Home of Dunn, NC. Online condolences at StarNewsOnline.com

Annie Margaret Johnson Beane 1928-2010

Annie Margaret Johnson Beane, of Fayetteville, NC and formerly of Siler City, NC passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2010, in Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. She was born on February 17, 1928, the daughter of the late Harvey Frank and Lela Mae Johnson. She graduated Valedictorian of the Class of 1945 of Siler City High School. She also graduated from the UNC-Greensboro Business School. She worked at several banks in Siler City and Graham, N.C. On December 22, 1946, she married Chaplain Kenneth Eugene Beane, of Siler City. She was predeceased in death by her sons, Kenneth E. Beane, Jr., of Ellicott City, MD and Richard Frank Beane of Myrtle Beach, SC; brother, Clyde E. Johnson, of Siler City, NC. Her surviving family includes daughters-in-law, Maureen O’Rourke Beane of Ellicott City, MD and Irene Roberts Beane, of Myrtle Beach, SC; granddaughters and spouses, Melissa Bean Chambliss and husband, Trey , of Roanoke, VA, Maria Beane, of Ellicott City, MD, Jennifer Beane, and Amanda Beane Perez and husband, William, all of Myrtle Beach, SC; great-granddaughter, Hailey Perez, of Myrtle Beach, SC; and sister-in-law, Golda Kimrey Johnson of Siler City, NC. She accompanied her US Air Force chaplain husband to serve military personnel and their family members at bases in Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Texas, California and Florida and overseas in Turkey and Japan. On the occasion of the retirement of her husband from active duty with the United States Air Force, she was presented a certificate of appreciation signed by General John D. Ryan, Chief of Staff, from the US Air Force, for having earned grateful appreciation for her own unselfish, faithful and devoted service and her unfailing support and understanding that helped make possible her husband’s lasting contribution to the nation. She also accompanied her husband to serve Methodist churches in Maxton, Swepsonville, Fayetteville, Coats, Parkton and Buie, NC. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and Christian, with a sweet loving spirit. A memorial service was held at Smith & Buckern Chapel, Siler City, NC with Chaplain Kenneth E. Beane and the Rev. Eric Thompson officiating. Burial will follow at Vernon United Methodist Church Cemetery.

229 Robert E. Lee Moser 1912-2009 The Reverend Robert Edward Lee Moser was the last minister in the Conference to have come from the Methodist Protestant Church prior to unification in 1939. Lee was born May 3, 1912, in the Bellemont Community of Alamance County, the son of Claude E. Moser and his wife, Ella Isley Moser. He was married to the late Kurlee Bowman Moser for seventy-one years. They had a son and a daughter. He entered the Church Triumphant, Saturday, June 5, 2010 at the age of ninety-eight years. At the time of his death he was number one in the chronological roll for years of service in the North Carolina Conference. Lee Moser attended Bellemont, Friendship and E. M. Holt Schools. Following graduation from High Point University, he studied at Duke Divinity School. He joined Bellemont Church when he was twelve years old and almost immediately began to sense an unmistakable call to ministry. At Bellemont he was president of the youth group and taught Sunday School. He was licensed to preach by the Mt. Hermon Charge, of which Bellemont was a part and received his first appointment in November, 1934. Ordained elder at Greensboro, in the Methodist Protestant Church, November 13, 1938, he served nine charges before retirement in 1976: Spencer-China Grove (student appointment)1934-1936; Burlington: Fountain Place, 1936-1940; Rocky Mount: Clark Street, 1940-1945; Vance Charge, 1945-1950; Garner-Ebenezer, 1950-1953;Garner, 1953-1958; Raleigh: Trinity, 1958-1962; Raeford, 1962-1968; Burlington: Davis Street, 1968-1972 When he retired, Lee and Ella built a house “on the old home place.” In retirement he served as minister of visitation at Davis Street and taught Sunday School at Bellemont. He also did pulpit supply and loved to attend revival services. He drove to a night revival service in a church where I was preaching when he was well past ninety years of age! Lee was a member of the Burlington Kiwanis Club and had perfect attendance for 38 years. Through the years, Lee was very active in the Connection, serving as chair of the Deaconess Board, District Missionary Secretary in both the Burlington and Raleigh Districts, a member of Commission on Worship and as vice-president of the Conference Credit Union Board. His record of accomplishment was remarkable. In his first charge, a two-year appointment while a student at High Point, there was an 84% increase in membership, half of which was by profession of faith. They also completed a new building. Lee Moser placed a great focus of his ministry on winning persons to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. In six of his appointment there was an average of 90 first professions of faith. Of the fourteen churches in nine pastoral charges he served, nine built a new building, did a major renovation or paid off a building. In addition, two of them built new parsonages. At the heart of Lee’s ministry was a love for Jesus Christ. He was unswerving in his devotion to the ministry and felt it was a privilege to serve his Lord in this way. In a note he left just before his death, he said, “I have endeavored to have a balanced ministry. The message from the pulpit is of utmost importance, but I feel that a preacher should strive to be a good pastor, getting into the homes of his people and understanding their problems. This I always tried to do.” Lee Moser was good pastor, husband, father and grandfather. He brought to his ministry the best principles from the Methodist Protestant heritage. These included a focus on enabling and supporting the ministry of the laity, the importance of education and personal commitment to Christ as Lord and Savior. Like most pastors of this tradition, Lee had come out of a rural community with the values and joys of that life. He raised competition game chickens as a hobby, hunted occasionally was a collector of guns and antique clocks. He was also an avid Duke Blue Devils fan. The Reverend Lee Moser was survived by his daughter; Phyllis Moser Partin of Raleigh; his son, David Lee Moser and his wife, Beverly, of Garner; one sister, Sadie M. Brooks of Burlington; two grandchildren, Cynthia Moser Moss, of Raleigh, and Denise Moser Holloman, of Willow Spring; one great-grandchild, David Adam Livesay Jr., of Willow Spring; and several special nieces and nephews. In addition to his wife and parents, Rev. Moser was preceded in death by two sisters, Nannie M. Curtis and Madeline Jones; and three brothers, Duncan Moser, Hartsell Moser and Troy Moser. A service celebrating his life and ministry was held June 13 in the sanctuary of Davis Street United Methodist Church in Burlington. Kiwanians served as honorary pallbearers. Officiating were the senior minister, the Rev. Dr. Alan Sasser, assisted by the Rev. Bill Gattis, the Rev. Dr. Jerry Jackson and the Rev. Al Trotter. Interment was in the Bellemont United Methodist Church Cemetery.

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230 Riley T. Hamilton 1929 -2009 The Reverend Riley T. Hamilton left this life to go home with his Lord on Friday, June 19, 2009. He had known several years of declining health. Riley was born to Hudson and Lottie Hamilton on a farm in Middle Creek Township, Wake County, North Carolina, August 11, 1929. He died at Wake County Hospice, June 19, 2009, and was buried in Montlawn Cemetery, Raleigh Riley Hamilton served the Lord faithfully through the N.C. Conference of the United Methodist Church. Prior to being called into the ministry in 1987, Reverend Hamilton was employed by the Farmers Cooperative Exchange for 36 years. He was very supportive of the work of Gideons International. Reverend Hamilton was survived by his wife Betty S. Hamilton, daughters, Wanda H. Dodson of Mebane, NC; Susan H. Hatton and husband Mike of Lenoir, NC; sons, Michael K. Hamilton and wife Gloria of Stone Mountain, Ga.; Harold G. Hamilton and wife Sandra of Angier, NC; sister Lillie H. Fitzurels of Raleigh, NC; brother Hubert E. Hamilton and wife Patricia; nine grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; four step-great- grandchildren. Reverend Hamilton was preceded in death by his parents, Hudson and Lottie Hamilton, a sister Shirley A. Hamilton, and his son-in-law, the Reverend Jerry S. Dodson.

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Harold G. “Pete” Chrismon 1923 -2010 The Reverend Harold G. “Pete” Chrismon, age 86, enter the Church Triumphant peacefully in Apex, NC on March 7, 2010 from natural causes. Pete was born May 10, 1923 in Brown Summit, NC and was the fourth child of nine children born into the family of Ira Banner Chrismon and Venia Myrtle Myrick Chrismon. Pete graduated from Monticello High School in Brown Summit, NC. After graduating from high school in 1942, Pete met his wife, Mary Jacqueline Woodburn “Jackie” and they were married November 21, 1942 in Elon College, NC. Pete served his country in a branch of the Air Force/US Army from January 15, 1943 to December 1, 1945 as a Staff Sergeant during World War II. His military tour was completed in the European Front. Pete earned his Associate Degree from College of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City in May, 1964. He earned his B.A. in May, 1969 from UNC at Pembroke. Pete was also awarded his seminary degree from Duke University and was ordained deacon in 1967 and elder in 1971 in the North Carolina Annual Conference. Rev. Chrismon began his 26 year career as a Methodist Minister in 1962 serving three churches, Bright Meadows, Union and Newbegun near Elizabeth City, NC. He also served as pastor at the following appointments: 1966 - 1973 Snead’s Grove UMC and Tabernacle UMC; 1973 to 1975 Elm City UMC; 1975 to 1980 Trinity UMC; 1980 to 1985 Vass UMC; 1985 to 1990 Lillington UMC; and 1990 - 1993 Hope Mills UMC. He retired in 1993. After retiring, Pete continued his service as a pastor and served as the minister at Cokesbury United Methodist Church starting in 1994. Surviving family members include: Pete’s devoted wife, Jackie, of 67 years; his children, Harold Jr, and wife, Joan of Apex, Roger of Charlotte, Errol and wife, Evonne of Knoxville, Tennessee, Cathy and husband, Al of Raleigh; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; one great-great grandchild. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Jesse, Lloyd, Jake, and a sister, Fleta Coltrane. Surviving family members include: his sister, Thelma; three brothers, Golden, Eugene, and Donnie. A funeral service was held 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 12, 2010 at Apex United Methodist Church. Burial followed in Apex Cemetery with military honors.

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231 Bobby P. Tyson, Sr. 1935 -2009 The Rev. Bobby Powell Tyson Sr., 74, of Smithfield died Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, at Rex Hospice Center, Raleigh. He was born March 27, 1935, at the Baptist Orphanage parsonage in Middlesex, where his father served as superintendent. He was one of ten children — seven boys and three girls — born to the Rev. Marvin Earl “Jack” and Stella Irene Hart Tyson. He was also one of six brothers who served the Lord from the pulpit as ordained elders in full connection of the United Methodist Church. Rev. Tyson was preceded in death by his wife of 47 years, Jetta Godfrey Tyson. A memorial service will be held for the Elevation community at Elevation United Methodist Church, Benson, North Carolina on Wednesday at 11 a.m. A celebration of life was held later that day at Spring Hill United Methodist Church, in Lillington. Survivors include his wife of four years, Lucy Jefferson Tyson of Smithfield, formerly of Chapel Hill; children, Gail Tyson Belvin and husband Mark of Raleigh, Alice Tyson of Chapel Hill, the Rev. Bobby Tyson Jr. and wife Christine of Troy, and Sharon Tyson Sweeley of Greenville; stepdaughters, Karen Cates of Greensboro, Bonnie Talton and husband Fred of Smithfield; 10 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and five stepgrandchildren. Bobby was a committed preacher and evangelist. He never tired of sharing his witness of how God had redeemed his life through Jesus Christ. He believed firmly that God had blessed him richly throughout this life and ministry.

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Clyde G. McCarver 1919 -2009

Clyde McCarver gave distinguished service on numerous boards and agencies, and also served as a member of the General and Jurisdictional Conferences of the United Methodist Church. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of Methodist University in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Dr. McCarver was the Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina for many years, a member of the York Rite, a 33 degree member of the Scottish Rite, and a Shriner in the Sudan Temple. His sense of civic responsibility was also expressed in his involvement with the Boy Scouts and Rotary. For ninety years, as members of his family noted, he followed the path God wanted him to go.

Surviving are his wife of 65 years, Frances Tillman McCarver of Hartsville, SC; daughters (spouse), Angelyn (Ted) Bateman of Hartsville, SC, Rosemary (Edward) Sugg of Snow Hill, NC; grandchildren, Gray Segars, Frances (Stephen) Jones, David (Graham) Segars, Wes (Lee) Sugg, Warren (Amy) Sugg; great-grandchildren, Jay Jones, McCarver Segars, Eliza Segars, Gracie Sugg, Sarah Rose Sugg, Cooper Sugg, Chloe Sugg; nephew, Cullen McCarver; niece, Mary Lynn (Johnny) Coyle; special nephew, Brooks Blair; devoted friend, Luan Jeffords. He was preceded in death by his brother, Dr. William Cullen McCarver, Jr.

A funeral service for Dr. Clyde Gay McCarver, 90, was held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 3, 2009, at St. Luke United Methodist Church, Hartsville, South Carolina, with the Reverend Phil Thrailkill officiating. Burial followed in Magnolia Cemetery.

We are reminded of the words of John Wesley’s familiar hymn:

Servant of God, well done!

Thy glorious warfare’s past;

The battle’s fought, the race is won,

And thou art crowned at last.

Of all thy heart’s desire

Triumphantly possessed;

Lodged by the ministerial choir

In thy Redeemer’s breast.

In condescending love,

Thy ceaseless prayer He heard;

And bade thee suddenly remove

To thy complete reward.

232 William C. Simpson, Jr. Alta S. Russell 1903 -2009 Alta Stone Russell, age 106, died on November 6, 2009. She was born May 28, 1903, the daughter of Ara Byrd Stone and Edward Carl Stone of Durham. She graduated from Trinity College, now Duke University, in 1923 and was thought to be the oldest living graduate of Duke at the time of her death. Following her graduation, she taught in the Durham Public Schools until her marriage to The Reverend Leon Russell. The Russells spent over forty years in the North Carolina Annual Conference in ministry together. They retired to Lake Junaluska, North Carolina where they had owned a home for many years. Dr. Russell died in 1979. She moved to Friends Homes in Greensboro, in 1984, where she was living at the time of her death. She was a member of Christ United Methodist Church in Greensboro. Alta Russell is survived by her daughter, Barbara Russell Hardin, and her husband Paul, Chapel Hill, NC; her son, John Carl Russell, and his wife Pat, Old Saybrook, CT; and her daughter Martha Russell Gillikin and her husband Robert, Dallas, TX. Also surviving her are her grandchildren, Paul Russell Hardin, Atlanta, GA; Sandra Hardin Mikush, Winston Salem, NC; Dorothy Hardin Holmes, Bloomfield, MI; Elinor Russell Ball, Wayne, PA; Martha Russell Martin, Chesham, England; Barbara Russell Richardson, Atlanta, GA; Elizabeth Gillikin Johnson, Richmond, VA; and David Gillikin, Dallas, TX. She was also survived by many nieces and nephews, two sisters-in-law, Waldo Stone and Virginia Stone, and 25 great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her grandson, John Leon Russell, and by two brothers and three sisters. Services were held Sunday, November 15th at 2:00 p.m. at Memorial Chapel, Lake Junaluska, conducted by Dr. Julian Aldridge, a long-time friend, with interment at Garrett-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Waynesville.

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Catherine Allen Vick 1914 -2010 Catharine Allen Vick, 95, died peacefully on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010, in Durham. She was born in Albany, N.Y., on Nov. 30, 1914, to the late Thomas A. Allen, Jr. and Frances Fry Allen. She attended Duke University, where she met her future husband, Marvin Vick, who was a student in the Duke Divinity School. She served the Lord with her husband in the many United Methodist churches, where he was pastor. She also assumed the responsibility for raising their four children. During those years she was constantly active in the life of the local church. After her children were grown, she focused her attention and seemingly boundless energy on a broad range of activities aimed at improving the lives of those around her. Although the long list of organizations with which Catharine worked bespeaks a tireless commitment to the service of her community, her greatest passion lie with the work that she did on behalf of women and the poor. She is survived by her four children, Tommy Vick and his wife, Su of Fayetteville, Paul A. Vick of Durham, Cathy Vick of Secaucus, N.J., and Sally Vick of Waynesville; and daughter-in-law, Marsha C. Vick of Durham. She is also survived by her five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

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233 In Memoriam The following Memoirs for those deceased in earlier years were compiled by Dr. William C. Simpson, Jr. and the Archives and Histroy Committee. The Office of the Conference Secretary is grateful for their contributions.

Reviline Beatrice Gattis Little 1916-1989 Reviline Beatrice Gattis Little, the wife of the Reverend Brooks Bivens Little, was born October 16, 1914, was born October 16, 1914 in Durham, North Carolina, the daughter of Audrey Beatrice Stubbins Gattis and Walter Robert Gattis. She was in Knoxville when she entered the Church Triumphant, May 21, 2003. Surviving was her husband of sixty-six years, Brooks Little; also a daughter, Audrey J. Little-Crawford; one granddaughter, Lindsay J. Crawford; a sister-in-law, Betty Sandifer Gattis of Kentucky; a son-in-law, James D. Crawford; and nieces. Brooks and Reviline Little lived in Nashville, Tennessee for many years where he was one of the editors of the Upper Room. Then he was editor of the Upper Room Library and Chapel. In 1978 they moved to Lake Junaluska where he was director of the Southeastern Jurisdictional Archives. Both she and Brooks were passionately involved in the preservation of Methodist heritage and history and continued to work in this ministry even beyond his retirement in 1986. A memorial service was held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 26, 2003, at Bearden United Methodist Church in Knoxville.

Matt Ransom Gardner 1906-2000 Matthew (Matt) Ransom Gardner was born in Wayne County, North Carolina, November 6, 2006, , the son of George E. and Katie L. Gardner. He grew up and attended the public schools of Goldsboro. He was a graduate of Asbury College and also did his seminary work at Asbury Theological Seminary. Both institutions are located in Wilmore, Kentucky, and together they constitute one of the most consistent and effective evangelical witnesses in Methodism. Matt served the following appointments in the North Carolina Conference: Kitty Hawk, Roper, Aulander, Pinetops, Marvin-St. Paul in Rocky Mount, St. Paul-Sandy Cross, Spring Church, Garysburg, Roanoke Circuit, Selma, Grace Church in Clinton, Branson Memorial in Durham, and the Oxford Circuit. He was married to the former Bertha Lee Rose of Goldsboro, on December 15, 1935 and they had two daughters, Martha Rose and Mary Ruth, and one grandson, George. Matt retired from the Oxford Circuit in 1974 after over 38 years in the ministry and settled in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he became associate pastor in 1976 at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church. His wife, Bertha Lee, entered the Methodist Retirement Home in Durham in 1985 and he followed a year or so later, eventually transferring to Croasdaile Village Retirement Community in 1999. Reverend Gardner went to be with the Lord on October 5, 2000. He helped build three new churches and helped renovate several others, but in his own words, he was happiest when he was in the pulpit preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ and visiting in the homes of the people.

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Geneva Mae Miller Ledford 1921-2002 Geneva Mae Miller Ledford, was born February 7, 1921, in Jellico, TN, the daughter of Edwin and Susa Ivey Miller. She married John T. Ledford in Kentucky, July 10, 1939. When God called John to preach, Geneva stood by his side. John Ledford was licensed to preach in Kentucky in 1948, ordained deacon in 1954 and elder in 1957. Geneva was a person who loved life and could appreciate humor as well as serious meaning in every situation. She enjoyed telling the story of the woman in their Kentucky church who came to John and wanted to be baptized by immersion. It was in the middle of summer and the lady appeared at the creekside in her fur coat. When Geneva suggested she might want to remove it, the woman refused. Geneva laughed as John explained, “It was like baptizing an old bear!” They labored together as a team in ministry in Kentucky for three years before coming to North Carolina in 1960 Here they served Devon Park in Wilmington, Snead’s Ferry, Lumberton Circuit, Rocky Point, Goldsboro: Airboro, Piney Grove-Hickory Grove, Salem Chapel, Perkins, New Hope-Woodland, Mann’s Harbor, Bolton-Shiloh and Shiloh before retirement in 1980 Their first retirement home was in Castle Hayne, NC near Wilmington, Soon, however, they decided to move to Mann’s Harbor where some of their happiest memories were centered. John died in 1997, and following a period of declining health Geneva entered a nursing home. She died Wednesday, February 20, 2002, in Nags Head. Geneva Ledford was survived by a daughter, Sharon L. “Tess” Hodge of Perry Hall, MD.; a son, Hugh W. “Buzz” Ledford of Franklin, TN.; two sisters, Betty and Jackie; two brothers, Eldon and Bill; and four grandchildren. A service celebrating her life was held at the Shiloh United Methodist Church, Stumpy Point, Saturday, Feb. 23rd with the Rev. Brad Bradshaw officiating. She was interred in the church cemetery next to her husband. Geneva Ledford was a lovely and faithful servant of God and a helpmate of her husband in every place they served. She understood and lived the prayer of Susanna Wesley: Help me, Lord, to remember That religion is not to be confined to the church... Nor exercised only in prayer and meditation, But everywhere I am in Thy Presence

234 Izella Tenney 1930-2002 Izella Mae Ours Tenney, widow of the Reverend Haywood Lester Tenney, Sr., was born in Ellamore, West Virginia, October 2, 1930, the daughter of Virgil and Ora Belle Fox Ours. Lester had finished college at Morris Harvey College while serving churches in West Virginia. They moved to North Carolina in 1962, where he completed his seminary education and was admitted to the North Carolina Conference in full connection in 1967. Izella married Lester Tenney May 15, 1945 upon is return from World War II. She was a kind, and caring minister’s wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. They had two children, Vickie Lynn and Haywood Lester Tenney, Jr. The sudden death of her son in Kinston in October, 2003 was very difficult for her. With Lester, Izella moved and supported his ministry at Hornes-Mt. Zion, Wesley Memorial, White Memorial, Franklin Charge, Chapel Hill: Amity, Brooksdale-Brookland, Erwin, Vanceboro, Clarkton-Bluefield and Kinston Circuit before his retirement in 1989 They made their home in Kinston. Izella died in Lenoir Memorial Hospital in Kinston, May 5, 2002. ’Tis the gift to be simple, ’tis the gift to be free, ’tis the gift to come down where you ought to be, And when we find ourselves in the place just right, It will be in the valley of love and delight. ’Tis the gift to be loved and that love to return, ’Tis the gift to be taught and a richer gift to learn, And when we expect of others what we try to live each day, Then we’ll all live together and we’ll all learn to say, ’Tis the gift to have friends and a true friend to be, ’Tis the gift to think of others not to only think of “me”, And when we hear what others really think and really feel, Then we’ll all live together with a love that is real.

William Everette and Helen Matthews Eason 1930-2002 William Everette Eason was born August 21, 1922 in South Mills, North Carolina and died in Duke Hospital on August 23, 2002, two days after his 80th birthday. Helen Matthews Eason was born in South Mills, North Carolina on December 28, 1923 and died in Charlotte, North Carolina on July 25, 2005. They were married 61 years and had three sons, Bill, Don and Steve and a daughter Susan. They survived by eleven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Everette began his ministry in 1954 after a brief career in business. He was ordained a deacon in 1956 and an elder in 1958. Helen and he served Christ faithfully with the following congregations: Creswell Charge, Washington Charge, Four Oaks Charge, Northwoods - Jacksonville, Wesley Heights – Fayetteville, Jonesboro Heights – Sanford, First Church – Troy, St. Luke – Goldsboro, First Church – Whiteville They retired in 1988 and chose to reside in Sanford, North Carolina. Everette served several small churches after his retirement with a love and passion for the small church. Even in retirement, you could always find Everette in a coat and tie. He was known to cut the grass with a tie on from time to time. As the years passed, Helen and he learned to relax and enjoyed yard work, gardening and refinishing furniture. Swansboro was his favorite fishing hole. Helen and Everette were committed to Christ and devoted to the United Methodist Church. A scholarship bears their name at the Duke Divinity School to honor their sacrifices and faithfulness in service to Christ and the North Carolina Conference. Everette once said, “If I have only led you to myself I have not led you very far.” He and Helen both lived with the hope that others would come to Christ and know the joy of serving Him.

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235 Matthie Althea D. Shore 1913-2002 Mrs. Mattie D. Shore, widow of the Reverend Joe Cephus “Jack” Shore, was born in Alamance County, North Carolina, December 29, 1913, the daughter of the late Mamie Riley Davis and George Craven Davis. She died at Alamance Regional Medical Center, Burlington, February 13, 2002. Mattie Shore was a faithful member of Phillips Chapel United Methodist Church near Graham, active especially in the United Methodist Women where she had been treasurer and president in the past. The members of the Open Door Sunday School Class knew she would be at church whenever she was able. As one person said of her, “Mattie was the epitome of the term pillar of the church!” Her husband, Jack Shore, died May 25, 1984. She was survived by her daughter Jo Ann Auman; one sister, Mrs. Agnes Smith of Graham; two grandsons, Jerry Michael Ward of Graham and Marc Joseph Auman of Burlington; three great grandchildren, Madison Alexandra Auman, MacKenzie Presley Auman, and Dylan Michael Ward. In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by her brothers, The Reverend George A. Davis, Homer Davis and Leroy Davis as well as a sister, Mrs. Hattie Thomason. A service of death and resurrection was celebrated for her life at Phillips Chapel United Methodist Church on February 16, 2002 with the Reverend Ebern Allen officiating. Music was always a part of Mattie’s life. The choir sang three of her favorite pieces as anthems at her funeral: “Surely the Presence of the Lord,” “Precious Lord,” and “Even Winds Whisper His Name.” Mattie Shore lived her life in service to God. She knew there were things that were worth living for that would never die. In the words of an unknown author, she could say, The pure, the bright, the beautiful that stirred our hearts in youth, The impulses to wordless prayer, the streams of love and truth, The longing after something lost, the spirit’s longing cry, The striving after better hopes—these things can never die.

The timid hand stretched forth to aid a brother in his need; A kindly word in grief’s dark hour that proves a friend indeed; The plea for mercy softly breathed, when justice threatens high, The sorrow of a contrite heart—these things shall never die.

Let nothing pass, for every hand must find some work to do, Lose not a chance to waken love—be firm and just and true. So shall a light that cannot fade beam on thee from on high, And angel voices say to thee—”These things shall never die.”

William C. Simpson, Jr.

Robert A. MacLean 1921-2002 The Reverend Robert Abner MacLean was born February 11, 1921 in Robeson County, North Carolina, the son of Abner D. and Leila M. MacLean. He grew up in the Stedman Community in Cumberland County. He died at his home in Kittrell, North Carolina, September 12, 2002. On July 19, 1942, he was married to Kathleen B. McCormick. She died March 7, 2008. Brother MacLean was educated at Presbyterian Junior College in Maxton, Atlantic Christian in Wilson, King College in Bristol, Tennessee and Duke Divinity School. He dedicated his entire life to public service. After college, he served as a history teacher at various North Carolina public schools. He entered the ministry as a full-time United Methodist minister in 1954, at first serving in Harnett County. In the itinerant ministry, Brother MacLean served the following appointments:

Eureka-Yelverton 1958 Clinton Circuit 1960 Jerusalem 1963 Asbury 1965 New Hope 1969 Faison 1970 Seaboard 1972 Bladen 1976 Silk Hope 1977 Harkers Island 1979 Broadway 1981 Mamers 1983 Retired 1986 Rockingham: St. Paul 1994

In 1986, they retired and made their home near Henderson. Known as “Brother Bob” to many, his love for his fellowman was always evident. He never forgot a name or a face. If you ever knew Brother Bob, he remembered you. All you had to do was give him your last name and he would do the rest. His love of North

236 Carolina history and family heritage was evident. He loved to learn all about everyone he met. For those who knew him, rest assured you were in the presence of a precious man of God. St. Matthew, Chapter 5, verse 41 says, “And whosever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.” Brother Bob always went the second mile. Funeral services were held Tuesday, September 17, 2002, conducted by the Reverend Charles M. Cook. The Men’s Bible Class of First United Methodist, Henderson, and the Zeb Vance Ruritan Club served as honorary pallbearers. Burial followed in the Union Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery. Surviving him were his wife, Kathleen McCormick MacLean; two daughters, Patrician Neal MacLEan and son-in-law Dennis Brink of Greensboro, and Margaret MacLean Woodlief and husband Ernest of Kittrell; a brother, John P. MacLean and wife, Peggy of New Bern; three grandchildren, Kimberly Woodlief and Ernie Woodlief of Kittrell, and Roberta W. Bellamy and husband, Terry, of Stantonsburg; and three great grandchildren, Chirtsopher Bellamy, P. J. Bellamy and Soni Bellamy also of Stantonsburg.

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Grace Pearson Barnhill 1922-2002 Grace Pearson Barnhill, widow of the Reverend Charles Everette Price, Jr., was born in York, South Carolina, May 31, 1922, the daughter of William Crawford and Fannie Dunlap Pearson. She passed into eternity, December 10, 2001, at Lincoln Medical Center in Lincolnton, North Carolina. She was living in Gastonia near family at the time of her death. A graveside service was conducted Wednesday, December 12, 2001, at Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia by the Reverend Mike Newton, pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church, Gastonia. Grace was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, in Gastonia, where she was a longtime teacher of the Susanna Wesley Sunday School Class and a member of Young at Hearts Club. She played the piano for church gatherings and took part in all church activities. Before her retirement she had worked for the Gaston County Health Department. For twenty-seven years, she and her husband, Everette Price, served churches in the Wilmington District and southeastern North Carolina. Their ministry together was a blessing for the people of Clarkton, Wrightsboro, Rocky Point, Hampstead, Zion and Rocky Point a second time. When Everette retired in 1985, they moved back to his native Gastonia. There he died of an aneurism, February 6, 1988. Grace was preceded in death not only by Everette but also her second husband, W. C. Barnhill, Jr. She was survived by her stepson and stepdaughter-in-law, Lee and Kathy Barnhill of Clover, South Carolina; stepdaughter and stepson-in-law, Carolyn and Rick Walker of Cherryville; brother, Frank Pearson of Winnsboro, South Carolina; sisters, Georgia Rutland of Virginia, Thelma Mitchell of Rock Hill; two grandchildren, Lynn and Carroll Hennessee, Lauren Walker; one great-grandson, David Hennessee; several nieces and nephews I remember Grace well. I remember her loving and caring ways, but most especially her own contribution in ministry. Her talent in playing the piano which she shared so freely reminds us of the hymn by the English Methodist, Fred Pratt Green: When in our music God is glorified, and adoration leaves no room for pride, it is as though the whole creation cried Alleluia!

How often, making music, we have found a new dimension in the world of sound, as worship moved us to a more profound Alleluia!

So has the Church, in liturgy and song, in faith and love, through centuries of wrong, borne witness to the truth in every tongue, Alleluia!

Let every instrument be tuned for praise! Let all rejoice who have a voice to raise! And may God give us faith to sing always Alleluia! Amen.

William C. Simpson, Jr.

237 Annaliza James Quigley 1918-2003 Annliza James Quigley, widow of the Reverend Horace G. Quigley, was born in Pitt County, North Carolina, October 3, 1918, the daughter of Henry and Lizzie Bullock Quigley. She died peacefully in Rocky Mount, North Carolina August 22, 2003. She and Horace Quigley were married March 16, 1940. He predeceased Annaliza by a number of years. Together they served Richlands Circuit, Angier, Daniels Memorial in Godlsboro, Evansdale-Black Creek, Asbury-Dover and Riverside in New Bern. It was in New Bern that he died, January 8, 1981. Annliza returned to Rocky Mount that they had loved so much and was an active member of Englewood United Methodist Church for over twenty years. Surviving her was a son and daughter-in-law. Gilbert Sr., and Ruby Quigley of Fredericksburg, Virginia, grandchildren, Gilbert Quigley, Jr. of Bristol. Tenn., Richard Griffith of Stafford, Virginia, Tiffany Repass of Washington, North Carolina, and Sherry Quigley of Richmond, Virginia; and seven great-grandchildren. A gathering to celebrate her life was held August 26, 2003, at Rocky Mount Memorial Park, with the Reverend George Jones officiating.

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Bennie Joseph Tripp 1943-2003 Bennie Joseph Tripp was born August 16, 1943, the son of Benjamin W. Tripp and Elizabeth Briley Allen. He grew up in Pitt County and graduated from Belvoir Falkland High School before attending Pembroke University and East Carolina University. He then transferred and graduated from North Carolina Wesleyan College with a degree in religion and philosophy. His preparation for ministry continued first at Southeastern Theological Seminary and then Duke Divinity School where he attended and completed the Course of Study. . As a youth he was a member, along with his family, of Boyd Memorial Presbyterian Church. Bennie was licensed to preach in the North Carolina Conference 1967 and ordained deacon in 1974. For some twenty-five years he worked in the public water and sewer industry. From 1975 to 1981, he was with Rivers and Associates as an engineering technician. He also served as utilities director of Onslow County from 1981 to 1986, and as vice president and later president of the North Topsail Water and Sewer Company, from 1986 to 2000. As a United Methodist pastor, he served churches in Hobgood, Elizabeth City and Smithfield before his appointment to the Northampton Charge, which included Jackson, New Hope and Rehoboth United Methodist Churches. Active in community life, he was a member of the Jackson Lions Club. Those who knew Bennie remember him as a caring and loving pastor. For the time he was in Jackson, Bennie was a regular at the Waffle House in Weldon most evenings. Sitting in the same booth, he was available for conversation, spiritual direction and prayer to the people of the Roanoke Rapids area. He will be remembered as the pastor of a regular flock who were largely unchurched. Bennie Tripp was survived by his son, Benjamin “Joe” Tripp and his wife, Gayle, of Greenville; a daughter, Stelanne Tripp Moreland and her husband, David, of Rosamond, Calif.; three grandchildren; a sister, Maxine Allen Speight and her husband, Don, of Greenville; an aunt, Dorothy Tripp Nichols of Bell Arthur; and the mother of his children, Stella Sutton Thurston and her husband, Thomas, of Washington. The Christmas season in Northampton County was sad with the loss of their beloved pastor, who departed this life December 22, 2003. When his family in Greenville could not reach him on the telephone, members of the Jackson Church were summoned to go to the parsonage. There they found Bennie, who had left the travail of earth to find his Savior. His last words to his family and friends could have been the same as those shared by Lady Sarah McCorquodale at the funeral of her sister Princess Diana:

If I should die and leave you here a while, Be not like others, sore undone, who keep Long vigils by the silent dust, and weep. For my sake - turn again to life and smile, Nerving thy heart and trembling hand to do Something to comfort other hearts than thine. Complete those unfinished tasks of mine And I, perchance, may therein comfort you.

A service celebrating the life of Bennie Tripp was held in the chapel of Wilkerson Funeral Home in Greenville, Saturday, December 27, with two pastors close to Bennie, his district superintendent, Dr. William C. SImpson, and Dr. Paul Leeland, now a bishop of the United Methodist Church. Burial was in Pinewood Memorial Park, Greenville, North Carolina.

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238 Reviline Beatrice Gattis Little 1914-2003 Reviline Beatrice Gattis Little, the wife of the Reverend Brooks Bivens Little, was born October 16, 1914, was born October 16, 1914 in Durham, North Carolina, the daughter of Audrey Beatrice Stubbins Gattis and Walter Robert Gattis. She was in Knoxville when she entered the Church Triumphant, May 21, 2003. Surviving was her husband of sixty-six years, Brooks Little; also a daughter, Audrey J. Little-Crawford; one granddaughter, Lindsay J. Crawford; a sister-in-law, Betty Sandifer Gattis of Kentucky; a son-in-law, James D. Crawford; and nieces. Brooks and Reviline Little lived in Nashville, Tennessee for many years where he was one of the editors of the Upper Room. Then he was editor of the Upper Room Library and Chapel. In 1978 they moved to Lake Junaluska where he was director of the Southeastern Jurisdictional Archives. Both she and Brooks were passionately involved in the preservation of Methodist heritage and history and continued to work in this ministry even beyond his retirement in 1986. A memorial service was held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 26, 2003, at Bearden United Methodist Church in Knoxville.

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Irving Elmer Cook 1927-2003 Irving Elmer Cook was born in New York state, January 22, 1927. He was a member of the Genesee Conference of The Methodist Church when he transferred to the North Carolina Annual Conference in 1957. He married Evelyn Mansfield Winslow of Camden North Carolina. She was a graduate of Asbury Seminary in Christian education. They had three sons. Much of their family life centered in camping especially trip to Lake Junaluska in the summer. Irving was very committed to evangelism and was known as a good preacher. He was in great demand to hold revival services in the churches of eastern North Carolina. The Reverend Irving Cook served the following appointments:

South Mills 1957 Newport: St. James 1963 Lillington 1970 Carrboro 1973 Hookerton 1976 Hertford 1980 Williamston: First 1984 Retired 1989 The Cooks retired to their home in Newport in 1989, but he continued to preach wherever need when possible. Following a time of declining health, Irving entered the Church Triumphant September 7, 2003. In addition to his wife, Evelyn, Irving was survived by his three sons, Philip Cook of Goldsboro, David Cook of Winterville and Stephen Cook of Cary, and their families. One of Irving’s favorite hymns was In the Garden. The words of that last verse could well be his prayer:

I’d stay in the garden with Him, ‘tho the night around me be falling But He bids me go; through the voice of woe, His voice to me is calling And He walks with me, and He talks with me And He tells me I am His own, and the joy we share as we tarry there None other has ever known.

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Evelyn Mansfield Cook 1922-2009 Evelyn Sawyer Mansfield Cook was born in South Mills, Camden County, North Carolina, February 19, 1922, the daughter of Richard Mathias Mansfield and his wife Elizabeth Sawyer Mansfield. She grew up on a farm with a large family and had four sisters and two brothers. Evelyn was first married to Joseph Wilson Winslow October 13, 1940. She was widowed two years later. By this marriage she had one son. Evelyn. Cook was a graduate of Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Ky., with a degree in Christian Education. She played basketball and ran track while there. In the North Carolina Conference she served faithfully beside her pastor husband, the late Rev. Irving Cook. Her background in Christian education was of great assistance to the churches where they served. Many students also benefited from her guidance and teaching in the public schools in communities where they were appointed. She worked in the Lillington Public School System while they lived there. She died in Cary, North Carolina, April 2, 2009. Her service was Saturday at Geneva Baptist Church in Camden with Rev. Dr. Homer Morris officiating. A graveside service was also Saturday in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Newport, officiated by Rev. Susan Lindblade of St. James United Methodist Church. She was survived by four sons, Wilson Winslow of Roper, Philip Cook of Goldsboro, David Cook of Winterville and Stephen Cook of Cary; three sisters, Elizabeth Twitty of Elizabeth City, and Eva DeBerry and Lois Jean Olds, both of Camden County; a brother,

239 Jack Mansfield of Camden County; 10 grand-children, five great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a brother, Richard Mansfield; and two sisters, Mildred Grimes and Geraldine Mansfield. Evelyn Cook loved the hymns of Charles Wesley. She lived her life in every way seeking to honor the Savior of whom she sang in one of her favorite hymns, And can it be that I should gain An interest in the Savior’s blood? Died He for me, who caused His pain- For me, who Him to death pursued? Amazing love! How can it be, That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

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Daisy Dozier Warren 1923-2004 Daisy Lucy Dozier Warren, the wife of Dr. James H. Warren, died Nov. 10, 2004 in Hermitage, Tennessee near Nashville. Graveside services were held Monday, Nov. 15, 2004 at 1 p.m. at Hermitage Memorial Gardens followed by a memorial service at 2 p.m. at McKendree Village with Rev. Arden Schlesinger, Dr. Ewatt Watts and Rev. Jim Robinson officiating. Mrs. Warren was born in Clarke County, Alabama, County, Alabama, April 3, 1923. She was a graduate of Thomasville High School and of the University of Alabama, where she received the honorary Phi Beta Kappa Award and key as well as other honors. She earned a masters degree in Bible at Scarritt College in Nashville. Her studies continued in gerontology and Bible at Northwestern University and other universities. Her life work included her first job in Grove Hill as a social worker and other positions elsewhere as director of Christian education, counseling and drama directing in Georgia and as associate editor at the United Methodist Publishing House in Nashville, where she edited the award winning publication Mature Years, a Sunday school book for older adults, a work which fulfilled her needs for expressions of creativity, and her love of beauty, art and poetry. She remained at the publishing house for 31 years. In 1971, Daisy Warren was listed in Who’s Who of American Women. She was preceded in death by her parents, Slater Vaiden and Stella Beatrice Dozier of Lower Peach Tree; brothers, Slater Mathew Dozier, M.D., Jack Lanier Dozier, M.D., Frank Leonard Dozier, and a young brother, Charles LeBaron Dozier; and one young sister, Dorothy Louise Dozier. Survivors include her beloved husband of 40 years, James H. Warren; one brother, Edward Vaiden Dozier of Thomasville; one sister Ida Beatrice Dozier Lowry of Montgomery; and many nieces and nephews.

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Margaret Parrott Lamb 1927-2004 Margaret P. Lamb, wife of the Reverend Wavery Douglas Lamb, was born in Warren County, North Carolina, August 14, 1927, the daughter of the late John T. and Carrie Renn Parrott. She died in Lumberton, North Carolina November 12, 2004 Her husband pre- deceased her by three years. She and Waverly made their home in Whiteville upon his retirement. Mrs. Lamb was a homemaker and a member of City Road United Methodist Church until 1968 when she and her husband entered into the ministry. They served Aulander, Henderson: White Memorial, Williston-Sea LEavel-Stacy, Tabernacle-Marrows Chapel, Havelock, Cherry Point, Manns Harbor, Hamlet: Fellowship before retirement in 1991. He then served Whiteville Circuit in retirement. They fully retired in Whiteville, N.C. in 1997. Margaret was always interested in and involved in the ministry with her husband, helping with the work of the churches at every turn. A service of death and resurrection was held November 17, 2004 at City Road United Methodist Church. The Rev. Eddie Kirby and the Rev. Jimmy Adams officiated. Burial was in Sunset Gardens, Henderson. Surviving are two sons, W.D. Lamb Jr. and wife, Faye, of Hemmingway, S.C., and Ted Wayne Lamb, of Wilmington, N.C.; a sister, Florence P. Roberson and husband, Winfred, of Henderson; a brother-in-law, Joseph C. Lamb and wife, Dorothy, of Henderson; and five grandchildren, Shannon W. Lamb, Jessica Margaret Lamb, Craig Port, Travis Moore and Tracey Moore.

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240 Irma L. Wesley 1920-2004 Irma Lee Griffith Wesley, the widow of the Reverend Luther V. Wesley, was born March 17, 1920 in Raleigh County,West Virginia, the . She died Sunday, June 27, 2004, at Duke University Medical Center. She was a native of Raleigh County, West Virginia and the daughter of the late Carey and Iva Trail Griffith. She was a member of Creedmoor United Methodist Church. She will be remembered as a supportive and helpful minister’s wife, homemaker and mother and grandmother. Graveside funeral services were conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 29, 2004, at Carolina Memorial Gardens by the Rev. Ron Patton. Surviving are two daughters, Dotty W. Kornegay of Creedmoor and Brenda W. Phillips of Murphy; three sons, Jack Wesley of High Point, Mark Wesley of Rockingham and David Wesley of Glen Burnie, Md.; seven sisters, Lorraine Savage of California, Theada Shirkey of Michigan, Jeanette Maddox, Wilma Griffith and Anita Rufus, all of West Virginia, and Iva Atkinson and Ina Burge, both of South Carolina; 11 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. A brother, Curtis Griffith, preceded her in death.

Life is but a stopping place, a pause in what’s to be, A resting place along the road, to sweet eternity. We all have different journeys, different paths along the way, We all were meant to learn some things,but never meant to stay...

Our destination is a place, far greater than we know. For some the journey’s quicker, for some the journey’s slow. And when the journey finally ends, we’ll claim a great reward, And find an everlasting peace, together with the Lord!

William C. Simpson, Jr.

James A. Tingle 1935-2004 The Reverend James Arthur Tingle was born in Alliance, Pamlico County, North Carolina, October 1, 1935. He was named for his father. Jim died October 29, 2004 in Hartsel, Colorado. He served as an associate pastor for Centenary United Methodist Church, New Bern in 1964 and served as associate pastor with the Pamlico Parish. He also operated Coastal Carolina Counseling in New Bern. Jim moved to Hartsel, Colorado in the 1980s, where he was active in the life of that community. He owned and operated South Park Realty and Bayou Trading Post. He is survived by his widow, Evelyn Whatley; two sons, Russell Tingle of Farmville and John Tingle of San Antonio, Texas; three stepsons, Kevin, Chris and David Whatley; one sister, Elizabeth Staples of Southern Pines; and three grandchildren. A memorial service was held at the Hartsel Fire Station Nov. 3, 2004.

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Prudence “Polly” Cobb Davis 1924-2005 Prudence “Polly” Cobb Davis, wife of the Reverend Fred Davis was born February 23, 1924. She died at Southeastern Medical Center in Lumberton, January 19, 2005. Polly was known as the ideal pastor’s wife and mother, always there to support the work of her husband as well as caring for her family. She and Fred began their ministry in Pembroke in 1951, then Fair Bluff in 1954, before being appointed to Trinity Church in Elizabethtown, where they served for twenty-nine years until his retirement in 1989. At the time of her death they were living in the Methodist retirement community at Wesley Pines, Lumberton. A funeral service for a crowded church was held at Trinity in Elizabethtown, Monday, January 25, 2005, with the Reverends Robert E. Bergland and Donald Warren officiating. Polly Davis was survived by her husband, Fred; a son, David H. Davis of Flat Rock; two daughters, Terry D. McCollum of Lawndale and Julia A. Davis of Greensboro; and four grandchildren.

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241 Robin Jerome Scroggs 1930-2005 Robin Scroggs was born October 14, 1930 in Raleigh, NC, son of James Wade and Lucille Scroggs who were then members of Edenton Street Methodist Church. In 1936, his family joined the newly organized Hayes Barton Methodist Church. If not charter members, his parents were close to being in that founding group of people. Robin’s own testimony is that his heart was never far removed from that church, even though he lived most of his life geographically removed from the environs of Raleigh and North Carolina. Robin entered the Church Triumphant, April 25, 2005. He was living in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey. He had one sister Dorothy who preceded him in death prematurely, as did his parents. The lives of all three of those loved ones were celebrated at Hayes Barton Church, which Robin always credited as being there for him and hugely important in the formation of his life and ministry. The Methodist Youth Fellowship, as it was called in those days, was another positive influence in his life, and he often played the piano for the youth to sing. He attended the summer youth assemblies held at Louisburg College and made a name for himself among the youth delegates and staff. Six years younger than Robin, I remember his worship leadership at one of the first Annual Conference Sessions (ACS) of Methodist Youth held in those days on the campus of Duke University. As memory serves me, he was in Divinity School at that time.. A graduate of UNC-CH, Robin earned two degrees in music and considered making that his life’s profession. Instead he entered Duke Divinity School in 1951, with the thought of pursuing pastoral ministry. There he was captured by the labyrinthine, mysterious beauty of the New Testament and decided to make it his life work, to understand it and to teach it. After receiving his Th.M. degree, he was awarded a fellowship to study at Hebrew-Union College in Cincinnati. There he learned the intricacies of Hebrew and studied the texts of early Judaism. After that year, he entered Princeton University where he earned his Ph.D. By this time he had decided that teaching religion was his career choice but felt strongly that this was also one of the ministries of the Christian Church. Thusly he sought and received his ordination from our N. C. Conference. Some members of the Board of Ordained Ministry were not so sure that teaching religion was a legitimate ministry, but Bishop Paul N. Garber intervened on his behalf, and he was ordained an Elder in 1957. His Charge Conference affiliation, not surprisingly, was placed at Hayes Barton Church where it remained until his death. His first teaching position was at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. It was not all academics for Robin. He states in his Memoirs that he preached many a sermon in small churches in the hills and played the organ as well, sometimes in the same churches where he was preaching. He became the regular church musician for two United Church of Christ congregations during the time he was at Dartmouth. He loved the music of the Renaissance period, and church music remained his passionate avocation throughout his life. When invited, he also returned “home” to preach at Hayes Barton Church. In 1969, Dr. Scroggs became Professor of New Testament at the Chicago Theological Seminary where he remained for seventeen years. Then, in 1986, he made a big jump to Union Theological Seminary in New York, one of the premier institutions of theological learning in the United States. Doctoral students, he shared, took an exorbitant amount of his time, but the learning experiences in graduate seminars and working one-on-one with students doing their doctoral dissertations was immensely rewarding. A lifetime learner himself, Dr. Scroggs authored six books in his field of expertise plus being a contributor to a number of theological commentaries and magazines while receiving many honors and awards. Robin Scroggs is survived by his wife, Marilee, an ordained Presbyterian minister, now living in Houston, Texas, and two sons, Dr. Mark Scroggs of Chapel Hill, NC and Jonathan Paul Scroggs also of Houston, Texas. . He had two grandchildren. Again quoting from his Memoirs, Robin writes “Without the influence of Hayes Barton (Methodist Church), none of (these things) would probably have been possible. May it continue to stimulate its young people. Life is short, but the task of the (Christian) Church in informing and reforming the world is always with us.” Robin Jerome Scroggs—we are pleased to name him as one of our own. He was possessed with a brilliant mind, great musical ability and the gift of teaching others to be good communicators of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Wil I. Jackson

242 Leon Ray Sparrow 1922-2005 Leon Ray Sparrow was born May 14, 1922, on the banks of the beautiful Pungo River Bath, Beaufort County, North Carolina, the son of Samuel T. and Virginia A. Sparrow. Ray Sparrow taught at Bath High School and farmed in Winsteadville before becoming a minister. Felling that God was calling him to proclaim the gospel, Ray answered that call and fulfilled the educational requirements to do what he believed God wanted him to do. He served the charges of Hatteras Island, Harnett County, Mount Ebenezer Methodist Church in Raleigh, Stantonsburg, Pamlico County Parish, Aberdeen, Robeson County, Pembroke, Lakeview, S.C., and Hyde County during his forty-eight years as a member of good standing with the North Carolina Annual Conference. He was most certainly a devoted, loving father to their six children. His influence on these children was not with sermons or advice, but by being a constant role model of acceptance, kindness and love.Ray used to say he was the patriarch of a family sometimes described as “the Waltons on acid.” Ray Sparrow was an unusal man and a dedicated pastor. He left this world to take hold of that which he proclaimed for nearly half a century on October 2, 2004. A brief, informal celebration of Ray Sparrow’s life was held at Bonner’s Point in Bath, N.C., on Sunday morning, October 3, 2004 at 9:00 a.m. He was loved and he showed love to his family, to his church members and to his friends. Surviving with his wife of sixty-one years are his sons, Marvin Ray Sparrow of Rutherfordton, N.C., and Bonner Sparrow of Durham, N.C.; his daughters, Mary Anne Haskell of Brunswick, Ga., Ruth Parish of Washington, N.C., and Effie Sue Sparrow of Wilmington, N.C.; his grandchildren, Jonathan Wilfong and wife, Wendy Baker; Dr. Heather Svenson and husband, Doug; Katharine Parish, Johnsie Ray Lany and Julian Lang and his great-grandchildren, Erik and Hanna Svenson. Other out-laws and in-laws include Cyndi Ebert, Frank Haskell, Richard Lang and “Precious.” He was preceded in death by one son, Perry Leon Sparrow.

Push a single row plow jes’ like a mule Adopts as his own any borrowed tool In this coal-black world he shines like a jewel Yes, he’s my old man, but he’s nobody’s fool. Always first to step in and help Burns his heater ‘til we start to melt Makes a winning hand whatever he’s dealt He’s my old man, Hope he sees how’s felt. Now his skullcap carpet is somewhat threadbare But a country boy’s heart still beats under there And he’s a Rambo bull stud in boxer underwear He’s my old man and he just don’t care. Cruising down Main Street in his red pickup truck Harry and Sharon ran screaming “Look out, duck!” He planted the melons we’re soon to pluck He’s my old man, that’s part of my luck. Sometimes old timers stop me and say “Now Ray wuz a rambler, a rounder in his day, All he ever loved more than his work was his play” He’s my old man and this is his day. So we circle the table, pile high the food, Daddy ways the blessing, it sweetens the mood Everything starts feeling just like it should Yeah, he’s my old man, life and loving is good.

— Written by Perry Leon Sparrow (1956 - 1998) for his Daddy on Father’s Day 1998

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243 Clarence L. Warren 1923-2004

Ruby Hubbard Warren 1922-2005 It would be difficult to speak of Clarence Warren and is ministry apart his wife of forty-five years, Ruth. The Reverend Clarence L. Warren was born June 17, 1923, in Sampson County, North Carolina, the son of Malcomb and Ila Lee Warren. He came from a large and good Metrhodist family. He was educated at the Governor Morehead School for the Blind in Raleigh and throughout his life lived with the challenges of his visual impairment. Clarence went to High Point College. There he made many friends. One couple that help him immensely were James C. P. Brown and his fiancé, Charlotte. They both read for Clarence to keep him up with his studies. Charlotte, like Clarence, majored in Spanish. So she did much of the reading. A special provision was made to allow Clarence to go the women’s dorm and be tutored there. As James said, they probably were more flexible because he could not see any of the women there anyway! After graduation from High Point, Clarence went on to Duke Divinity School. Again, there students like James Brown were willing to read to him and help him study. After graduation from Duke, he wa admitted to the North Carolina Annual Conference in 1951 and was ordained deacon that year and elder in 1953. Clarence’s mother had died some years before, so his widowed father moved into the parsonage at Town Creek to help him. Malcomb Warren was dedicated to his son’s ministry. He not only drove but cooked and kept house for him in those first appointments. From Town Creek, the Warrens, father and son went to Wanchese on the Outer Banks. From there he was appointed to Henderson: White Memorial. It was while they were there, Malcomb Warren expressed how he wished Clarence could be appointed somewhere closer to Sampson County to enable him continue to help his son but also to be able to check on his home place from time to time. The move to Johnson Memorial in Fayetteville was and answer to their prayers. The appointment was truly momentous, for it was here that God really began to open new doors. Mr. Warren was now close to Sampson County as he had wished for. But more than that, at Johnson Memorial, Clarence found a wonderful young spinster about his age, Ruby Hubbard, the daughter of Brown and Jenny Hubbard. She had grown up in Fayetteville and like Clarence the product of a large family. It was clear from the first that Clarence and Ruby were made for each other, or as James Brown put it, “They came together in a marvelous way, and their marriage was an event on earth that was ordained in heaven.” They were married in 1960, and their lives were devoted to each other and to God’s ministry that had been entrusted to them. Together, Clarence and Ruby served across eastern North Carolina. After Johnson Memorial he served the following charges:

Wesley’s Chapel 1963 Riegelwood 1965 Whiteville 1968 Plank Chapel 1963 Maury – Mt. Hermon 1975 Belhaven 1977 Pink Hill 1981 Pine Level - Sanders 1985 In 1987, after almost forty years ministry, Clarence and Ruby retired. They moved into their house on Raynor Street in Fayetteville. There they remained with Clarence occasionally providing pulpit supply for area ministers. Eventually, they made the decision to move into Wesley Pines Retirement Community, which was their last home. Clarence became a part of the Church Triumphant, September 28, 2004. He was predeceased by two brothers, Percy Edward Warren and Malcomb Edward Warren. A service of death and resurrection was conducted by the Reverend Tryon Lancaster at Wesley Heights United Methodist Church in Fayetteville, and burial followed in Lafayette Memorial Park. Ruby, was miserable following the death of Clarence. They had been so close to each other on earth that she could not bear the thought of living without him. Four months later, January 18, 2005, Ruby Warren joined her beloved husband. The marriage that was made in heaven was now to last an eternity. The words of Elizabeth Barrett Browning describe the relation of this couple, who love God and loved each other: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of being and ideal grace. I love thee to the level of every day’s Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. I love thee freely, as men strive for right. I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.

William C. Simpson, Jr. with notes from the family and also their good friend, James C. P. Brown 244 Johnnie Sinclair Huggins 1927-2005 Rev. Johnnie Sinclair Huggins, of Garner, was born July 27, 1927, in New York. He died in Garner, North Carolina, Friday, March 18, 2005, after a long, hard battle with illness. Johnnie was a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle, brother and minister. He married Ruby Head on Jan. 14, 1961. He briefly served in the Armed Forces. A few years later, Johnnie became a Methodist minister and served in the ministry for 35 years. After retiring. he served as a Chaplain at Cape Fear Valley Hospital for a number of years. For the last five years of his life, Johnnie has resided with his oldest granddaughter, Jen-Ai Kennovin and her husband Jimmy, who were his special caregivers. His niece, Dafney Logue will always be remembered by the family for the special care she gave to him in his last couple of months of life. Johnnie was preceded in death by his wife, Ruby of 43 years; his parents, Thomas and Ida Belle Huggins; and three brothers. Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 22, 2005, at Carvers Creek United Methodist Church in Council, North Carolina, with Rev. Tryon Lancaster and Rev. Brian Perry officiating. Interment followed in. the church cemetery. Johnnie Huggins was survived by his children, Louise Hill and her husband Jerry, of Riegelwood, NC; Linda Alcorn and her husband Gerald, of Atlanta, GA; Roy H. Epps, Jr. and his wife Carrie of Charlotte, NC; Iris Hardy and her husband Thom of Troy, Missouri, Cathy Peralta and her husband Mauro, of St. Louis, Missouri. Johnnie was also survived by his brother, David Huggins of Maryland; and a sister, Ida Belle Moore and her husband Alan of Salisbury, NC. He also had five nieces; two nephews; seven grandchildren; and fourteen great-grandchildren.

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Rachel Warrick Frizzelle 1948-2005 Rachel Warrick Frizzelle, was born July 8, 1948, in Nash County, North Carolina and died in Raeford, North Carolina, January 13, 2005. She was the wife of the Reverend Willie Frizzelle, who survived her. She was an active member in the Sandy Grove United Methodist Church and served faithfully in support of her husband’s ministry. Rachel Frizzelle worked as a caring and compassionate registered nurse. She was preceded in death by her father, Roosevelt Warrick, and a brother, Joseph N. Warrick. In addition to her husband the Reverend Willie Frizzelle she was survived by a son, Michael D. Frizzelle of Knightdale, a daughter, Tammy Frizzelle Hollis of Wilmington, her mother and step-father, Thelma J. Godwin and William J. Godwin, Sr. of Wilson, two brothers, Danny L. Warrick of Wilson, and William J. Godwin, Jr. of Elm City, a sister, Judy G. Parker of Wilson; and four grandchildren. A funeral services was held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, January 17, 2005, at Sandy Grove United Methodist Church in Raeford, with the Reverend Donald Shields and the Reverend Craig Ham officiating. Interment followed in the Sandy Grove Church cemetery. Her kind ways and Christian witness will be missed by those who knew and loved her. In the words of Mary Alice Ramish,

Those we love remain with us for love itself lives on, And cherished memories never fade because a loved one’s gone. Those we love can never be more than a thought apart, Far as long as there is memory, they’ll live on in the heart.

William C. Simpson, Jr.

Michael L. Tart 1951-2006 Michael L. Tart was born October 1, 1951 in Erwin. North Carolina, the son of Lawrence and Doris Tart. At the age of five, he gave his life to Christ at Prospect Free Will Baptist Church, a faith community to which he was related all his life. Michael finished at Benson High School and enrolled in Campbell College. After one year, he transferred to the University of North Carolina seeking to complete a degree in pharmacy. It was in his first year in Chapel Hill that Mike felt the “overwhelming desire to preach” and the call of God to enter the ordained ministry. He said he struggled throughout the fall and winter and was “miserable in his heart” until he said yes to God. That was in the spring of 1971. He transferred to the Free Will Baptist Bible College in Nashville, Tennessee, and in 1973 received the B.S. degree in Bible with a minor in science. Michael was married twice, first in July, 1973, to Sandra Whittington, with whom he had grown up “just down the road.” Out of this marriage his only child, Amanda, was born October 26, 1985. In 1973, Michael received a call from Kendale Acres FWB Church in Sanford. He was there until July, 1976, when he accepted a call to Bay Branch FWB in Timmonsville, SC. In December, 1979, he was called to Cove City FWB Church until October, 1984, when he went to Piney Grove FWB Church in Greenville, NC. He resigned in December 1988 due to illness. When Michael was discharged from the hospital he said he felt blessed with healing strength under the care of good doctors. He began to search for a church where his healing would be supported by fellow Christians and joined Holy Trinity United Methodist, Greenville, in the fall of 1989. Ralph Brown, the pastor, prayed with Mike and as Mike tells the story, out of that prayer “Jesus became real again.” He believed God was calling him to serve as a pastor in the United Methodist Church. In 1993, Michael Tart was licensed to preach and appointed to serve the Eureka Charge. He remained until 1996. The chair of the Pastor-Parish Relations Committee in Eureka reported that Michael was “really a blessing to our church.. His sermons are outstanding!” 245 A severe automobile accident in 1996 almost cost him his life. He survived but with great impairment. Michael was forced to accept incapacity leave. He and his wife moved to Rocky Mount where she was employed. In Rocky Mount, while on incapacity leave, he continued to help with the ministry of the Trinity Parish. He assisted the pastor and up to 2004 preached on Sundays at McKendree Church in Edgecombe County. His ministry and willingness to serve were greatly appreciated by the people. Following a period of declining health he died, August 26, 2006 at Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville. He was survived by his wife Margaret and his daughter Amanda and her family. AT his service of Death and Resurrection, his district superintendent, William C. Simpson, quoted the words of John Wesley, written on the death of George WHitefield:

Servant of God, well done! Thy glorious warfare’s past; The battle’s fought, the race is won, And thou art crowned at last.

Come, Lord, and quickly come! And, when in Thee complete, Receive Thy longing servants home, To triumph at Thy feet.

Ronald Dale Cyr 1946-2006 Ronald Dale Cyr was born August 23, 1946, a native of Hyannis, Massachusetts. He died Tuesday, April 11, 2006, at Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville, NC. Ron received his B.A. from North Carolina Wesleyan College in 1968 and his M. Div from Duke Divinity School in 1971. He furthered his training in this area with a Master of Education at East Carolina University and clinical pastoral education in Kansas. He was admitted to the North Carolina Annual Conference as a probationer and ordained deacon in 1971. He came into full connection and was ordained elder in 1975. Ron served Core Creek, Stokes and Shady Grove before his appointment to the Caswell Center in Kinston as chaplain in 1981. He had been working at the center since 1979. Early in his ministry, from the time he was at Duke, he had intense interest and concern for the special needs population. He devoted much time to the raising of funds to construct chapels for the more than 1,800 residents with developmental disabilities, living at the Caswell Center in Kinston, Murdoch Center at Butner, O’Berry Center at Goldsboro, and the Western Carolina Center at Morganton. Friends of Ron knew him as a caring and compassionate pastor without compare. One of the great avocations of his life was playing the dulcimer. He was considered an expert in the traditional Carolina dulcimer and was always willing to share his knowledge through workshops and personal tutoring. He had requested that when his death came contributions be made to Western Carolina University Mountain Dulcimer Workshop for scholarships. At the time of his death, April 11, 2006, at Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville, NC, Ron Cyr was serving as chaplain at Caswell Center. A Service of Death and Resurrection was held Saturday, April 22, 2006 at the Queen Street United Methodist Church in Kinston with the Rev. George Speake and the Rev. Francis Daniel officiating. Another memorial service for those who loved him so much was held Monday, April 24, 2006 in the Caswell Center Chapel. Survivors include his daughter, Sandra Cyr Atkinson of Mount Olive, a son Danny Clay Cyr and wife, Gail of Harrells, his sister Linda Cyr Still and her husband, David of Hyannis, Massachusetts, his brother, the Rev. James Cyr and wife, Carol of Scotch Plains, N.J and his two granddaughters, Alisha Hailey Atkinson and Jamie Nichole Atkinson

William C. Simpson, Jr.

Carol Dell Hayes 1951-2006 The Reverend Carol Dell Hayes, beloved minister and teacher, died at her home in The Villages, Florida on July 7, 2006. She was born December 18, 1951 in Columbus, Ohio to Margaret and the late Fred Hayes. Carol lived all the days of her life with love, compassion, hospitality, humor, spirit, and vision. Carol used her many gifts and graces to serve within both the church and the world. She touched the lives of many across the generations in the fields of Christian Education, Lay Leadership, Spiritual Formation, Coaching, and the Healing Arts. Throughout her eight-year journey with cancer, her faith and hope remained alive and well, and she continued to serve as she was able. Carol was a graduate of Miami University in Ohio (1973) and the Methodist Theological School of Ohio (1976). She was consecrated a Diaconal Minister (1977) and ordained a Deacon in Full Connection (1997). She served as a Christian Educator in churches in Ohio, Minnesota, Florida, and North Carolina, where she served at Epworth United Methodist Church in Durham (1984- 1987). She also worked as Director of Human Resources at the Methodist Retirement Home in Durham (l987-l990) and as an Associate Director of the NC Conference Council on Ministries (1990-2001). In addition, Carol was a gifted healer—a licensed massage therapist; a practitioner of hands-on healing; co-founder of Sabbath Star, Inc., a non-profit healing ministry; a spiritual director; and a certified coach, working especially with cancer patients and survivors. Carol published numerous curriculum resources, articles, and books. She was an inspired workshop leader and teacher in churches, in the Course of Study at Duke Divinity School, at Lake Junaluska Assembly, and at seminars and conferences

246 across the country. The Carol Hayes Health and Wholeness Scholarship was established by the Board of Directors of Sabbath Star, Inc. in May, 2001 to honor Carol’s many gifts and fields of service. She is survived by her mother, Margaret Hayes of Bradenton, FL and by many sisters and brothers in the faith. A Celebration of Carol’s life and ministry was held at Epworth United Methodist Church in Durham on July 16, 2006. Her ashes were scattered later at St. Augustine, FL and at Avila Retreat Center in Durham.

Susan Harsh Cafferty

Janette Jacobs Riordan Singley 1951-2006 Jan was born August 27, 1951, in Somerset County, Pennsylvania near the site where one of the ill-fated planes crashed on Nine Eleven. Her parents were very devout, her mother from a strong United Methodist background and her father, originally a Mennonite. Her father embraced the reformed tradition for himself and his own family after his church asked him to recant for his participation as a combat Marine in WWII. Jan was the elder of five sisters. She is survived by her husband, Carl SIngley, children, Leigh Ann of Meredith College in Raleigh; son, Jack K. Singley, of Appalachian State University in Boone; her parents, Duane and Phyllis Jacobs of Stoney Creek; and sisters, Lynette DeBerardinis, of Old Lyme, Connecticut, Patricia Anderson, of Boonsboro, Maryland, Joyce Kobel, of Louisville, Kentucky, and Martha Callicott, of Randleman. Her chosen profession was nursing. She did both her undergraduate degree and her Masters of Nursing at the University of Buffalo (NY). She was compassionate and astute, recognized for her skill and managerial capability. After the “Blizzard of 1977” (which was compared to a Category 5 Hurricane in destructiveness), she decided to move South. Jan found employment with the University of North Carolina Hospital and Health Care System, Chapel Hill, NC. She ultimately completed 29 years of distinguished service there. She also earned a Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina in Pubic Health. She was the first Ph.D. nurse in the UNC Health Care System and served as an adjunct professor in the UNC Nursing School. Over the years she served as nursing head to all hospital departments except the Operating Room. Jan met the man she was to fall in love with and marry in 1999. She recently had become a health care nursing consultant. She chose this capacity so that she could have a schedule compatible with studies at Duke Divinity School. Jan had felt God’s calling on her life and was working toward the educational requirements as a deacon in the North Carolina Conference. It was also on her birthday and her first day at Duke that she met her husband, through the introduction by a mutual pastor friend. Besides the love that developed between the two of them, she expressed love freely toward her family. She also loved all animals especially dogs. She had seven Irish Setters on the farm at Efland, where she had resided for some fifteen years. Jan had a deep faith that withstood much testing. She loved the Lord and his church. She served on the Pastor-Parish Relations Committee and worked with the finances of her local church. Her leadership was greatly appreciated with those dealing with a troubled preschool program. Rarely does one find anyone who loves singing as much as Jan did. Everyone knew her for her fervent singing and fine voice. At the hospital she conducted public worship with the hospital head chaplain. She also taught in the nursing school appropriate means whereby nurses might meet that the religious needs of patients. In 2003, Jan was commissioned a deacon in the North Carolina Conference. It is fair to say that one of her struggles with the Board of Ordained Ministry was over the definition of ministry. Whereas she knew and understood her gift of ministry as teaching, some Board members insisted on the primacy of preaching. Jan’s teaching ministry flourished, particularly in teaching Disciple Bible Study and working with the Stephen Ministry program. In the appointment of her pastor husband, revival came to the church when her Disciple Bible Class inventoried their spiritual gifts and became involved in ministries in the church such as Vacation Bible School, Youth Ministry, and children’s Sunday School. In fact, out of one of these and Disciple groups two certified lay speakers emerged. Jan was called as a deacon, but her illness progressed so rapidly that she did not live long enough to be ordained. She was gravely ill in the hospital when her class was ordained. Memorial services were held at 11 am Monday, July 17, 2006 at Hebron United Methodist Church, Mebane with the Reverends Bill Holliday and Jesse Staton officiating. Jan and the Reverend K. Carl Singley had made their home in Efland since their “millennial” marriage on December 31, 1999. Just as Jan brought joy to her husband in life, the memory of Jan continues to be a magnificent source of blessing to him even now that she is gone,

Carl SIngley

247 Kathryn A. Freeman 1916-2006 Kathryn Aldridge Freeman, widow of the Reverend William Lawrence Freeman, was born in LaGrange, North Carolina, August 30, 1916, the daughter of the late Claude C. and Addie Aldridge. She died in Durham, following a long and full life and after a brief illness February 5, 2006. She was a graduate of Meredith College and received her master’s degree from Duke University. For over 40 years she served as a teacher and guidance counselor in the North Carolina public school system. Kathryn always saw her career as potentially rewarding-or frustrating-in seeking to help guide and structure educational and vocational direction. Kathryn was especially gifted in walking with her students through an unstable and confusing time in their lives. The people of the state were blessed by her own contributions to the lives of countless young people as they served Kitty Hawk, Edenton, Scotland Neck, Sanford, and Durham. She was survived by a son, Bill Freeman; a daughter, Patricia Freeman Hawkins and her husband, Rick; grandchildren, Kathryn Hawkins Kirby and her husband Terry, and Sara Lauren Hawkins.

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Brooks Bivens Little 1916-2006 The Reverend Brooks Bivens Little was born in Marshville, North Carolina, April 7, 1916, He died in Knoxville, Tennessee, August 7, 2006. He was married for sixty-six years to Reviline Beatrice Gattis Little. She died May 21, 2003. Brooks Little served his nation in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was discharged as a disabled veteran due to deafness but continued to assist the government in the testing of hearing aids. His began his education at Presbyterian Junior College and then transferred to Duke University where he received his B.A. He received his B.D. from Vanderbilt University and a Masters degree in Library Science from George Peabody College for Teachers at Vanderbilt. In addition he studied library science at Emory University and the University of London. Brooks Little was admitted to the North Carolina Annual Conference in 1950 and ordained deacon the same year. In 1952, he was ordained elder. He joined the staff of the Upper Room as an archivist and editor in 1950. In 1967, he was appointed as Director of the Upper Room Library and Museum at the Board of Discipleship in Nashville. Brooks is best remembered for his work at Lake Junaluska. He is considered the founding father of the Southeastern Jurisdiction Commission on Archives and History. As an archivist and historian, he was the author of numerous articles and other publications, including serving as editor of the Union Catalog of History, Biography, Disciplines and Hymnals of Methodism. Survivors included a daughter, Audrey Jane Little-Crawford; a son-in-law, James Donald Crawford; a granddaughter, Lindsay Jane Crawford; and siblings, Alma Edna Rogers, Willie Eloise Rudd, John Baxter Jr. of North Carolina, Bobbi Wood, Johnnie Lillian Kelly of Florida and Myra Ruby McDonald of Virginia; a sister-in-law, Eva Mae Little; and a nephew, Doug Little. In addition to his wife, he was also predeceased by a brother, George Alex Little, of North Carolina. A service of death and resurrection was celebrated for the life of Brooks Little on August 12, 2006 with the Reverend Tom Seay officiating. As part of the service, violin music of Brooks’ favorite composer, Fritz Kreisler, was performed by Sean Claire of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. It would be easy to miss the immense work of Brooks Little in preserving our heritage. For him, the past was not just the past but was alive today in the work of the Kingdom.

As we look back over time we find ourselves wondering… Did we remember to thank you enough for all you have done for us? For all the times you were by our sides to help and support us, To celebrate our successes to understand our problems and accept our defeats? Or for teaching us by your example, the value of hard work, good judgment, courage and integrity?

We wonder if we ever thanked you for the sacrifices you made. To let us have the very best? And for the simple things Like laughter, smiles and times we shared? If we have forgotten to show our Gratitude enough for all the things you did, we are thanking you now. And we are hoping you knew all along, how much you meant to us.

William C. Simpson, Jr.

248 Arthur William Winstead, Sr. 1923-2006 Arthur William Winstead, Sr. was born in June 23, 1923 in the Toisnot Township near Elm City, North Carolina, one of ten children, born to Nurnie and Ellen Ruffin Winstead. Arthur’s father was the manager of a tobacco warehouse in Wilson County, arranging credit and sales for local farmers. This large, loving family attended the People’s Memorial Baptist Church. He married Margaret Elizabeth Truesdale, a native of Casey, South Carolina, in 1942. To this union were born a son and a daughter. Arthur Winstead was in the grocery business in Wilson as a partner with “Click” Newcomb. When the nation called he served in the U.S. Army. He was very successful in the grocery business, but now as a faithful member of a Methodist church, he felt God was calling him to preach. In 1958, he answered that call and was licensed to preach. His first appointment was to Calvary Charge, near Littleton. From here he was able to complete his schooling graduating from Atlantic Christian College and Duke University Divinity School. He was ordained as a deacon in 1961, an elder in 1963 and was a member of the North Carolina Conference for 48 years, Arthur was a faithful friend and supporter of Christian higher education. In 1983, Methodist University honored Arthur Winstead and his ministry with the Doctor of Divinity degree. His service record is as follows:

Calvary Charge 1958 Gatesville 1965 Moncure 1967 Angier 1968 Hookerton 1972 Mt Gilead: First 1976 Williamston 1980 Raeford 1981 Retired 1983

Arthur and Margaret first retired to a house on Lake Gaston near where his first charge had been located. Several years later they made the decision to move to Raleigh to a townhouse as circumstances and health needs changed. Here they remained through the last of their sixty-four years of marriage until death came May 5, 2006. He was survived by his wife of 64 years of marriage Margaret Truesdale Winstead of Raleigh; a son Arthur W. “ Bill “ Winstead Jr. and wife Erica, of Raleigh; a daughter, Joan Lockhart and husband, Richard of Raleigh, a brother, Finley Winstead of Elm City, NC, and a sister Ruth Nagle of Fort Worth, TX. A Service of Death and Resurrection was held at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home in Raleigh, May 8, 2006. Even in death, Arthur’s sought to reach forward in ministry. He asked that in lieu of flowers gifts be made to the Scholarship Fund for the Education of United Methodist Pastors. In every way, Arthur Winstead embodied the words of John Wesley:

Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can.

William C. Simpson, Jr.

Janice Sewell Stalnaker 1946-2006 Janice Sewell Stalnaker, widow of the Reverend James K. Stalnaker, was born October 29, 1946, the daughter of Robert Harrell Sewell and his wife Naola Lewis Swell. She graduated from West Carteret High School in 1965 and also Cape Fear Valley Hospital Nursing School in 1967. Jan was a loving and caring wife and mother. It would not be an understatement to note that her deteriorating health was a challenge to her spirit and emotions in later life. However, she always faced these issues with courage and perseverance. When her husband was moved from Stantonsburg, she was unable to make the move to the new appointment. He arranged a place for her to stay near the care of their daughter. Later she moved back to Beaufort in her native Carteret County where her final days were spent. Jan Sewell Stalnaker, died Monday, Dec. 12, 2005, at Carteret General Hospital. A memorial service was held Thursday, December 14, 2006, at St. Peter’s United Methodist Church with the Rev. Paul Stallsworth officiating. She was survived by her husband, the Rev. James K. Stalnaker; two daughters, Becky Jones of Apex, and Penny S. Lamm of Wilson; a sister, Dessie Sanders of Jacksonville, Fla.; a brother, John Sewell of Morehead City; and five grandchildren.

249 A favorite series for Jan was Chicken Soup for the Soul. A poem that appeared in one edition entitled, Perseverance, by Anne Stortz captures the spirit of Jan’s life:

When all the world is looming dark, And things seem not so clear, When shadows seem to hover ‘round, Lord, may I persevere.

When it seems that everything’s been tried, And there’s no way to go, Just let me keep remembering Sometime’s the journey’s slow.

I may just need to stop and rest Along the path I trod, A time to try to understand, And have my talk with God.

As I gain new strength to carry on Without a doubt or fear, Sometimes I know that things will be right, I pray to persevere.

William C. Simpson, Jr.

Hazel Cline Stephenson 1918-2006 Hazel Cline Stephenson, widow of the Reverend M. O. Stephenson, was born in Oklahoma, April 5, 1918. She died April 16, 2006. Hazel married M. O. Stephenson in 1946 upon his return from World War II. He served as a chaplain in the U. S. Navy, serving in both World War II and the Korean Conflict, and retired with the rank of captain. They were in Battleboro before he went to Edenton Street, Raleigh as associate pastor. People in that church remember Hazel as a beautiful woman, physically and spiritually, who supported M. O. in his ministry of pastoral care. Following his retirement the Stephensons moved to Washington, North Carolina, where their son, James Cline Stephenson was living. Jim died in 2002 at the age of forty five. Hazel will be remembered as a gracious and caring woman, a good wife, mother and grandmother, who lived her faith quietly and with great confidence.

In our end is our beginning; in our time, infinity; In our doubt there is believing; in our life, eternity, In our death, a resurrection; at the last, a victory, Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.

William C. Simpson, Jr.

Alice Caldwell Richardson 1921-2006 Alice Caldwell Richardson, was born in July 23, 1921 in southeastern North Carolina. She died Thursday, Nov. 23, 2006, in Southeastern Regional Medical Center in Lumberton. Mrs. Richardson was a retired educator with Columbus County schools. She was the widow of the Reverend Allen Richardson, who had come into the North Carolina Annual Conference by transfer from the Church of the Nazarene. Alice Richardson was survived by her daughters, Janice Moorhead and Merilyn Guinn; a sister, Gladys Putnam; a brother, Walter Caldwell; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. A service celebrating her life was held at the Chadbourn United Methodist Church on Sunday afternoon, November 26, 2006. Burial was in the Evergreen United Methodist Church Cemetery.

William C. Simpson, Jr.

250 Hattie Lewis Musser 1922-2006 Hattie Lewis Musser, the wife of the Reverend Benjamin F. Musser, was born June 8, 1922 in Wilson County, North Carolina. She died peacefully Saturday, August 12, 2006, at Wilson Medical Center. Hattie was the loving and faithful helpmate for her husband in the churches he served in Spring Hope, Elm City, Seaboard, Nashville, Rocky Mount and Wrightsville Beach. Fond memories and family brought them back to their final retirement home in Elm City. I recall visiting the Mussers late in their lives. Even though her mind was not clear, when she saw Ben and when his name was called, her face would light up! She was a loving wife and mother survived not only by her husband, Ben F. Musser, but two sons, Lewis F. Musser of Wilmington and David Lee Musser of Elm City Hattie Musser had a passion for tradition and the past. She loved antiques and in Wilmington she owned and operated Ramble House Antiques until 1983 when they made their move back to Elm City. There she also opened an antiques store with Jean Edwards. When she was unable to continue to operate the antiques store, she used her knowledge to full advantage as a volunteer at the Salvation Army Store in Rocky Mount. There she evaluated donated items, set prices and helped raise money for the work of this significant ministry. I recall visiting the Mussers late in their lives. Even though her mind was not clear, when she saw Ben or when his name was called, her face would light up! They were married fifty-five years. She was a loving wife and mother survived not only by her husband, Ben, but two sons, Lewis F. Musser of Wilmington and David Lee Musser of Elm City. Graveside services were be conducted on Tuesday afternoon at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Elm City with the Rev. Layne Daniel officiating. Hattie Musser loved the poem by Myra Brooks Welch, “The Touch of the Master’s Hand.” It was one that Ben used in his preaching, but it also captured what she understood to be of worth in life. It was battered and scarred, And the auctioneer thought it Hardly worth his while To waste his time on the old violin, But he held it up with a smile. “What am I bid, good people”, he cried, “Who starts the bidding for me?” “One dollar, one dollar, Do I hear two?” “Two dollars, who makes it three?” “Three dollars once, three dollars twice, going for three”,

But, No, From the room far back a grey haired man Came forward and picked up the bow, Then wiping the dust from the old violin And tightening up the strings, He played a melody, pure and sweet, As sweet as the angel sings. The music ceased and the auctioneer With a voice that was quiet and low, Said “What now am I bid for this old violin?” As he held it aloft with its’ bow.

“One thousand, one thousand, Do I hear two?” “Two thousand, Who makes it three?” “Three thousand once, three thousand twice, Going and gone”, said he. The audience cheered, But some of them cried, “We just don’t understand.” “What changed its’ worth?” Swift came the reply. “The Touch of the Masters Hand.”

And many a man with life out of tune, All battered with bourbon and gin, Is auctioned cheap to a thoughtless crowd Much like that old violin. A mess of pottage, a glass of wine, A game and he travels on. He is going once, he is going twice, He is going and almost gone. But the Master comes, And the foolish crowd never can quite understand, The worth of a soul and the change that is wrought By the Touch of the Master’s Hand. William C. Simpson, Jr. 251

James Robert Lancaster, Jr. 1922-2006 The Reverend James R. Lancaster, Jr., from a family of Methodist ministers, was born in Cumberland County, North Carolina, June 7, 1922, the son of Elizabeth and James Robert Lancaster, Sr. He died in Cumberland County, North Carolina April 14, 2006. Brother Lancaster was admitted to the North Carolina Annual Conference in 1971 and ordained as a deacon the same year. He was ordained an elder in 1975 and served as a Methodist minister for more than 20 years in the following charges: Fayetteville: Johnson Memorial, 1969; Rehoboth-Harris Chapel,1977; KIpling-Cokesbury, 1984; South Camden, 1986;Retired,1988 Funeral services will be held at April 17, 2006, at Jernigan-Warren Funeral Home chapel, with Dr. P. Talmadge Lancaster, Rev. Maurice Lancaster and Dr. Tyron D. Lancaster officiating. Burial was in Lafayette Memorial Park. He was survived by his widow, Louise Brown Lancaster of the home; a daughter, Mary Linda Faulk of New Bern; a son, James R. Lancaster III, of Richmond, Virginia; four brothers, P. Talmadge Lancaster of Pembroke Pines, Florida; Carl Reece Lancaster of Hope Mills: Maurice Lancaster and Tryon D. Lancaster, both of Fayetteville; one grandchild and five great-great grandchildren.

Rudolph Hart Hodge 1927-2007 Rudolph Hart Hodge was born September 21, 1927. He entered the ministry fo the North Carolina Conference in 1957, was ordained deacon in 1957 and elder in 1960. He died in Brunswick County, North Carolina, January 26, 2007. Rudy Hodge served the following appointments: Associate, Millbrook, 1957; Raleigh: Macedonia, 1964; Durham: Aldersgate, 1967; Raleigh: Wesley Memorial, 1969; Leave of Absence, 1971; Associate, Hayes-Barton, 1985; Garner: First, Associate, 1986; Cedar Island- Sea Level, 1987; Pollocksville-Lee’s Chapel, 1988; Shady Grove, 1991 He was retired in 1997 after a period of deteriorating health. Rudy was a compassionate and caring pastor, loved by the people of the churches where he served. I recall with fondness the many people in Aldersgate, Durham who spoke of his ministry with great appreciation when I followed him as pastor in 1972. A favorite hymn of Rudy’s with words from Charles Wesley expresses his life and calling: A charge to keep I have, a God to glorify, a never-dying soul to save, and fit it for the sky.

To serve the present age, my calling to fulfill; O may it all my powers engage to do my Master’s will!

William C. Simpson, Jr.

Naomi Woodley Green 1920-2007 Naomi Woodley Green, the widow of the Reverend Lawrence Amon Green, was born April 21, 1920. She spent her early years in Durham, North Carolina. On February 24, 2007, she entered the Church Triumphant from her home in Blackstone, Nottoway County, Virginia. Her husband predeceased her by seven years. Lawrence Green, who was a native of Norfolk, enlisted in the U. S. Army, May 24, 1944. He and Naomi were married when he went off to war. Prior to the war he had been a machinist, and upon his return he went to work for the railroad. He soon began sharing with Naomi that he believed God was calling him to preach the gospel. He first joined the Louisiana Conference before coming to North Carolina to further his education. Here he joined the North Carolina Conference where he served until his retirement in 1980. As the faithful companion and helpmate of her husband, beginning in 1950, together they served Evansdale and Winstead in Wilson, Pasquotank Charge, Oriental, Pollocksville, Riverside, Candor, Whitley near Smithfield and Swepsonville. Members of these congregations remember them as committed and loving servants of their Lord.

William C. Simpson, Jr.

252 Anita Thompson Dillon 1927-2007 Dorothy Anita Thompson Dillon, the widow of the Reverend Frederick F. Dillon, was born in West Virginia, March 29, 1927, the daughter of George and Sarah Thompson. She died November 10, 2007 at Johnston Memorial Hospital in Smithfield, North Carolina. She and her husband, Frederick Fairfax Dillon, began their ministry together in 1961 in the West Virginia Conference. Fred had been a coal miner before God called him into the ministry. They served for three years in West Virginia before coming to the North Carolina Conference. Anita served as a faithful helpmate to Fred in Mt. Carmel-Saulston, Smithfield: Whitney, Henderson: City Road, Raleigh: Cokesbury, Belhaven: Trinity, Tyrrell, Institute-Hickory Grove, Bell Arthur before retirement in 1992. They then moved back to Saulston. She was survived by one daughter. Fred died in 1997, but Anita continued to serve God faithfully in Saulston. The prayer of Susanna Wesley clearly fit the life of Anita Dillon: “Help me, Lord, to remember that religion is not to be confined to the church... nor exercised only in prayer and meditation, but everywhere I am in Thy Presence!” A service to celebrate her life was held at the Saulston United Methodist Church with the Rev. Rick Ward officiating.

William C. Simpson, Jr.

Paul David Granger 1934-2007 The Reverend Paul D. Granger was born September 15, 1934 in Ohio. As a young man he served in the U. S. Army and was a veteran of the Korean War. Paul served as a pastor in the North Carolina Annual Conference and also served as chaplain at Methodist University. He retired from the North Carolina Annual Conference in 1997. A great love in his life was church music. For many years he was the organist at Hay Street United Methodist in Fayetteville and taught organ at Methodist University. He died May 30, 2007 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Paul David Granger was survived by his wife, Myrna; daughters, Lynn Bailey and Leigh Butler; sons, Michael and Matthew; sister, Patricia Luster; and 10 grandchildren.

Ella May Humphrey Brigman 1919-2007 Ella May Brigman, widow of the Reverend Carey Brigman of Straits, was born February 25, 1919 in Wolfpit, on the South Carolina line in Richmond County, North Carolina, the daughter of Nathan C. and Rosa E. Humphrey. She died at Carteret General Hospital, in Morehead City, April 5, 2007. Her husband predeceased her. Together they served faithfully in congregations of the North Carolina Annual Conference. She was an active member of Straits United Methodist Church, and a funeral was held April 9, 2007, at the Straits United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jim Durner officiating. Burial was in Straits United Methodist Church Cemetery. Survivors include a son, Rodney Houston Brigman of Harkers Island; daughter, Ellen Dale Johnson of Straits; two brothers, Herman Humphrey and Mitchell Humphrey, both of Hamlet; three sisters, Louise Hutchinson and Carlene Tucker, both of Charlotte and Juanita West of Ocala, Fla.; and three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

William C. Simpson, Jr.

Brooks Bivens LIttle 1916-2006 The Reverend Brooks Bivens Little was born in Marshville, North Carolina, April 7, 1916, He died in Knoxville, Tennessee, August 7, 2006. He was married for sixty-six years to Reviline Beatrice Gattis Little. She died May 21, 2003. Brooks Little served his nation in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was discharged as a disabled veteran due to deafness but continued to assist the government in the testing of hearing aids. His began his education at Presbyterian Junior College and then transferred to Duke University where he received his B.A. He received his B.D. from Vanderbilt University and a Masters degree in Library Science from George Peabody College for Teachers at Vanderbilt. In addition he studied library science at Emory University and the University of London. Brooks Little was admitted to the North Carolina Annual Conference in 1950 and ordained deacon the same year. In 1952, he was ordained elder. He joined the staff of the Upper Room as an archivist and editor in 1950. In 1967, he was appointed as Director of the Upper Room Library and Museum at the Board of Discipleship in Nashville. Brooks is best remembered for his work at Lake Junaluska. He is considered the founding father of the Southeastern Jurisdiction Commission on Archives and History. As an archivist and historian, he was the author of numerous articles and other publications, including serving as editor of the Union Catalog of History, Biography, Disciplines and Hymnals of Methodism. Survivors included a daughter, Audrey Jane Little-Crawford; a son-in-law, James Donald Crawford; a granddaughter, Lindsay Jane Crawford; and siblings, Alma Edna Rogers, Willie Eloise Rudd, John Baxter Jr. of North Carolina, Bobbi Wood, Johnnie Lillian Kelly of Florida and Myra Ruby McDonald of Virginia; a sister-in-law, Eva Mae Little; and a nephew, Doug Little. In addition to his wife, he was also predeceased by a brother, George Alex Little, of North Carolina.

253 A service of death and resurrection was celebrated for the life of Brooks Little on August 12, 2006 with the Reverend Tom Seay officiating. As part of the service, violin music of Brooks’ favorite composer, Fritz Kreisler, was performed by Sean Claire of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. It would be easy to miss the immense work of Brooks Little in preserving our heritage. For him, the past was not just the past but was alive today in the work of the Kingdom.

As we look back over time we find ourselves wondering… Did we remember to thank you enough for all you have done for us? For all the times you were by our sides to help and support us, To celebrate our successes to understand our problems and accept our defeats? Or for teaching us by your example, the value of hard work, good judgment, courage and integrity?

We wonder if we ever thanked you for the sacrifices you made. To let us have the very best? And for the simple things Like laughter, smiles and times we shared? If we have forgotten to show our Gratitude enough for all the things you did, we are thanking you now. And we are hoping you knew all along, how much you meant to us.

William C. Simpson, Jr.

Benjamin Franklin Musser 1919-2007 The Reverend Benjamin Franklin Musser, was born March 27, 1919, the son of the late Reverend Frank and Libby Long Musser. He was a native of Little Rock, Arkansas. He died peacefully, July 3, 2007, at his home in Elm City, North Carolina, following his evening ride which he loved so much. He received his A.B. degree from Hendrix College, in Conway, Arkansas and graduated from Duke Divinity School with the B.D. degree in 1944. Ben Musser was married to Hattie Lewis in 1941. They were together for fifty-five years before her death in 2006. He was survived by two sons, David, of Elm City, and Lewis, of Wilmington and a brother, James O. Musser, of Norcross, Georgia. In 1942, he began his ministry as a pastor and evangelist in eastern North Carolina. Ben loved the Bible, preaching and teaching with fervor. One of his favorite passage from the Bible was Matthew 18:3, “Unless you turn and become as little children, you cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven.” He also loved singing from the Cokesbury hymnal. He was admitted to the North Carolina Conference in 1943, ordained deacon in 1945 and ordained elder in 1946. He was deeply appreciated for his ministry among Methodist congregations in Spring Hope, Elm City, Seaboard, Nashville, Rocky Mount: Englewood and Wrightsville Beach. He officially retired in 1969 but continued in active ministry until 1985. Ben also had business interests in retirement, including representing insurance and working with his wife in dealing in antiques. Ben was also an avid speckled trout fisherman, winning on several awards from the Topsail Fishing Club. He also enjoyed metal detecting along Wrightsville Beach in the off season. Family and friends gathered at a graveside service conducted Saturday, July 7, 2007, at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Elm City, by Dr. William C. Simpson, superintendent of the Rocky Mount District, assisted by the Reverend Stan Gallagher-Smith, pastor in Elm City. Following the service Elm City United Methodist Church provided an opportunity for visitation and sharing in fellowship and gratitude for his life and ministry. All who knew Ben also knew he was laid to rest in the sure and certain hope of the Resurrection of his Lord. He could say with the author of Ivory Palaces,

In garments glorious He will come, To open wide the door; And I shall enter my heav’nly home, To dwell forevermore.

William C. Simpson, Jr. With notes from the Family

254 Patricia Akers Barrs 1925-2007 Patricia Akers Barrs, the widow of the Reverend William Kenneth Barrs, was born in March, 1925. She died in California in 2007. She had been married previously and widowed before her marriage to Kenneth Barrs and had one daughter from that first marriage, Mica Lynne. Col. Barrs had served as an army chaplain in World War II, and following his discharge in 1946 joined the staff of the Veterans Administration Hospital in San Francisco. He too was widowed in 1954, and had one son, David Michael, from his marriage to his first wife, Mary Ethel Parker. In June, 1957, Patricia and Kenneth were married and formed one family. Patricia was most supportive of her husband and his ministry in V.A. Hospitals across America. As she noted, “Throughout his career, he was available at any hour to pray with and for the veteran and his family, bringing encouragement, guidance and friendship to all.” He died in September of 1978. In 1985, she married Mr. Roger B. Pope in Contra Costa, California. He died 14 July, 2002. She was survived by a stepson, Dr. David M. Barrs and her daughter Mica Lynne Brown and a granddaughter, Amy Elizabeth Brown Morales of Los Angeles. Patricia Barrs continued to witness to her faith in Christ. She was involved in Bible study and active in her local church. A prayer sent to her at the loss of her husband was especially meaningful. It is appropriate in the remembrance of her life as well: The departed whom we now remember have entered into the eternal peace of life. They still live on earth in the acts of goodness they performed and in the hearts of those who cherish their memory. May the beauty of their life abide among us as a loving benediction. Amen.

William C. Simpson, Jr.

Charles Sutton 1925-2007 Charles Sutton, husband of the Reverend Josephine Sutton, was born in Georgia, August 25, 1945. He died at Scotland Memorial Hospital in Laurinburg, August 30, 2006. He had been in declining health and was a resident of Autumn Care of Raeford at the time of his death. Charles, despite his diminished health was supportive of the ministry of his wife Josephine. He will be greatly missed. A service of death and resurrection for his life was celebrated at 3 p.m. Sunday, September 3, 2006 at Piney Grove United Methodist Church in Maxton. His body was interred in the Piney Grove Cemetery in Maxton. He was survived by his wife, Josephine; son, Omar; daughters, Sharon and Natalie; sisters, Bertha, Annette, Jeanette, Sheryl, Ronnie, Treneca, Jackie, Kim and Geneva; brothers, Thomas, John, Grady, Andy, Gary, Calvin, Kenny, Charles, Keith, Robert, Carl and James; and four grandchildren.

When I’m growing old and feeble, stand by me; when I’m growing old and feeble, stand by me When my life becomes a burden, and I’m nearing chilly Jordan, O Thou “Lily of the Valley,” stand by me!

William C. Simpson, Jr.

Roberta Dalton Fields Carruth 1919-2007 Roberta Dalton Fields Carruth, was born 11 Jan, 1919, the daughter of Branch Tucker Fields and Annie Belle Rieves Fields. She passed into the Church Triumphant in Raleigh, November 10, 2007. Roberta married the Reverend Paul Carruth on March 8, 1944 at St. Paul Methodist Church, Carolina Beach, North Carolina. To this union were born four children, Ellen, Paul, Jr., Robert (Robby) and Joy. She actively supported Paul in his ministry and was vitally interested in his work as pastor of churches, in raising the funds for two new colleges in the Annual Conference, and as a district superintendent. Paul, died suddenly in the yard of the district parsonage in Fayetteville, where they were serving, on Holy Saturday, April 10, 1982. She and their daughter, Ellen, were with him and had been admiring his yard work when he became ill and went to be with his Lord. Roberta made her home in Raleigh after Paul’s death and was active in Hayes-Barton United Methodist Church. Here she had her place and her ministry for twenty-five years after the death of her husband. We remember that it was the witness of Kezia, the sister of John and Charles Wesley, speaking of her conviction in the saving grace of God, that led Charles Wesley to write these words. Roberta sang them and lived them:

And can it be that I should gain An interest in the Saviour’s blood? Died he for me, who caused his pain? For me, who him to death pursued? Amazing love! how can it be That thou, my God, should’st die for me?

255 Mary Virginia B. Coble 1916-2008 Virginia Brittingham Coble, wife of the Reverend Joseph F. Coble, was born May 15, 1916, in Brinkleys, Somerset County, Maryland, the daughter of William E. and Minnie Dix Brittingham. She died April 6, 2008 in the Mary Gran Nursing Center, Clinton, North Carolina. She attended Western Maryland College before her marriage to Joe Coble. His ministry had begun in the Western North Carolina Conference, but soon after seminary he transferred to the North Carolina Conference. Virginia was a faithful and supportive of her husband’s ministry as he served Haw River, Tabor City, Jackson, Biscoe before being named administrator of the Methodist Retirement Home in Durham. Following his retirement they moved back to Greensboro. Graveside services were held at Moriah United Methodist Church, Greenboro, North Carolina,, at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, April 10, 2008. She was interred beside her husband. Virginia was survived by her daughter, Dawn C. Cook, one granddaughter, and three great-grandchildren.

William C. Simpson, Jr.

Vassar Wilson Jones 1920-2007 The Rev. Vassar Wilson Jones, of Roxboro, North Carolina, died Sunday, January 14, 2007, at his home. He was born March 20, 1920 in Granville County to the late Ralph and Eunice Roberts Jones. Vassar married Ruby Humphries Jones on March 19, 1944. After serving in the U.S. Army Air Corp during World War II from 1942 to 1944. he farmed and worked for Roxboro Lumber Company. He also worked in the Roxboro Post Office until 1954 when he felt God’s call to enter the ministry. Ruby was totally supportive of this new development in her husband’s life, and throughout their ministry served as a helpmate sharing in his work for the Lord. Graduating from Duke Divinity School in 1963, Vassar Jones went on to serve some eighteen churches in the Conference. He was ordained deacon in 1957 and elder in 1963. The following is his service record in the North Carolina Conference: Harrelsville, 1954; Mt. Tirzah, 1959; McMannen, 1963; Louisburg, 1970; Weldon, 1974; Campground, 1975; Plymouth, 1980; Durham: Parkwood 1982; Raleigh: Westover, 1988; Retired, 1990 Following retirement in Roxboro, they lived at his home at 418 W. Gordon Street but continued to serve wherever need on an interim basis. Rev. Jones was preceded in death by his daughter, Yolanda Ann Jones and eleven brothers and sisters. He was survived by his wife, Ruby Humphries Jones; one son and daughter-in-law, Phillip and Rebecca Patterson Jones, of North Myrtle Beach, S.C.; one brother, Ralph Jones, of Durham; 11 grandchildren, Jeremiah, Danielle, Gabrielle, Joseph Vassar, Evan, Jordan, Zane, Roxanne, Grace, Moriah, and Canaan; two great-grandchildren, Dominic and Jackson. A funeral service celebrating Vassar Jones’ life was held Friday, January 19, 2007, at Long Memorial United Methodist Church by the Rev. T. R. Miller. Burial followed in the Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery.

Ruby May H. Jones 1917-2008 Ruby May Humphries Jones, the daughter of Early T. and Annie S. Humphries of Walnut Grove, Granville County, NC and the widow of the Reverend Vassar W. Jones, was born August 1, 1917 and died Thursday, August 7, 2008, at Danville Regional Medical Center following some time of declining health. Her last years were spent living near her son in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Mrs. Jones was a member of Long Memorial United Methodist Church after she and her husband retired. She was survived by her son, Phillip V. Jones and his wife Rebecca Patterson Jones, some eleven grandchildren, and other family members. Funeral services were held at Long Memorial United Methodist Church with burial in Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery. Ruby Jones was a faithful and supportive pastor’s wife, always seeking the best for her husband and his ministry in the North Carolina Annual Conference

256 Rosemary Todd Wynn 1956-2008 Rosemary Todd Wynn, wife of the Rev. Dr. Samuel Wynn, Superintendent of the Fayetteville District, died Thursday, June 5, 2008 at their home in Raeford, North Carolina. A native of Bladen County, she was born July 28, 1956, the daughter of Mary Lou Carroll Todd and the late Memory Curtis Todd. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 10, 2008, at Holland’s United Methodist Church in Raleigh. A second service was held at 4 p.m. at Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church in Bladenboro. Burial was in Community Baptist Church cemetery. Surviving are her husband, Dr. Sam Wynn; sons, Anthony Jackson of Tar Heel and Christopher Wynn of the home; her mother, Mary Lou Carroll Todd of Bladenboro; sisters, Sherry Ann Young and Jeanene Todd Green, both of Bladenboro; brothers, Jerome Todd of Rock Hill, S.C., and Donnie Todd of Bladenboro; and three grandchildren, John Clay Jackson, Morgan Dennis Jackson and A.J. Jackson.

William C. Simpson, Jr.

Marie Harriet P. Rouse 1925-2008 Marie Poole Rouse, widow of the Reverend Jere Rouse, was born July 13, 1925, in Lenoir County, North Carolina, the daughter of Hennie G. and Zuba Barker Poole. She died November 13, 2008, at Duke Raleigh Hospital. Mrs. Rouse graduated from Woodard Herring Hospital School of Nursing in Wilson, and worked as a registered nurse with Lenoir and Wayne Memorial hospitals. She later worked in private practice with Dr. Jean Smith and retired as a food stamp specialist with Lenoir County. In every way, Marie saw her work as a ministry. She was an active member of the LaGrange United Methodist Church. Graveside services were held on November 17, 2008, at Fairview Cemetery, with the Reverend Karl Grant officiating. Mrs. Rouse was survived by a daughter, Virginia Henderson Richardson and husband, Michael Edward Richardson, of Raleigh; three grandchildren, Candace Marie Chitsaz and husband, Jacob, of Raleigh, Frances Michelle Reichenbach and husband, Don, of Charlotte, David Waylon Richardson and wife, Michelle Leigh, of Raleigh; three great-grandchildren, Ava Marie Chitsaz, Lia McKenzie Reichenbach and Tristan Michael Reichenbach; and a brother, Glenn Norwood Poole of Charlotte. In addition to her husband. The Reverend Jere Rouse, she was preceded in death by a sister, Elinor Gray Potter. Like the unknown author of the Poem of Life, Marie could say,

Life is but a stopping place, A pause in what’s to be, A resting place along the road, to sweet eternity. We all have different journeys, Different paths along the way, We all were meant to learn some things, but never meant to stay... Our destination is a place, Far greater than we know. For some the journey’s quicker, For some the journey’s slow. And when the journey finally ends, We’ll claim a great reward, And find an everlasting peace, Together with the lord

William C. Simpson, Jr.

257 Alice Blanche H. Crew 1912-2008 Alice Blanche Houser Crew, born April 28, 1912, in the North Brook community of Lincoln County, North Carolina, the daughter of the later Lell H. and Laura J. Houser. She lived a long and full life dying at the age of 95. In the words of her family, “She completed her journey of faith on February 21, 2008.” She died in Greer, South Carolina. Blanche was the beloved wife of the late Rev. John Rodgers Crew, Jr.. who served the Goldston Charge 1966-1969. Her husband preceded her in death, July 8, 2002. She graduated from Appalachian State University. For some thirty years she served as a teacher of children in the public schools of North Carolina. She retired to Greer, South Carolina in 1974. Blanche was a member of Zoar United Methodist Church, where she became active for many years teaching children’s Sunday School. She also was a member of the choir and XYZ club. Mrs. Crew loved gardening and cooking, but above all she loved Jesus Christ. Her life exemplified His love, patience and endurance. She always taught her Sunday School children that Jesus went about doing good. Following the example of her Lord, Blanche did as much as she could for as many as she could for as long as she could. She was the devoted mother of Alice C. Broome and her husband, Ronald Broome, of Greer, the grandmother of Scott Broome and his wife, Veronica Powell Broome, of Greer. For the last years of her life she cherished her caregiver, Donna Summey, who saw that her life was full and complete as long as she lived. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Zoar United Methodist Church, with the Reverend Jimmy Dillard officiating. Following the service, family and friends gathered to share remembrances of her life.

Eric Octavius Murray 1914-2008 Eric O. Murray was born in Durham on December 13, 1914, the son of Albert L. and Hattie Pleasants Murray. A long dash of years followed before he entered the Church Triumphant on May 17, 2008, only months short of his ninety-fourth birthday. On October 27, 1933 Eric married Josie Dunn in Halifax, Virginia. For over sixty years, they were sweethearts and best friends. In 1960, the couple adopted their only child, Mark, who was then five years of age. “Jo,” as she was fondly called, preceded her husband in death in 1995. Family members surviving Eric, include Mark and his wife Myra of Raleigh, NC and three grandchildren: Pattie, Erica and Eric M. Murray, Jr. and one great grandchild, Gavin Bryce Murray. At age 17, Eric worked as an apprentice in a pastry shop in Durham. The skills he learned there served him well. During World War II Eric was in the U. S. Navy Seabees, 81st Battalion, as a baker first class. He received a Ribbon for service in the European Theater of Operations (England and France) and one Battle Star. Some details of Eric’s life are rather sketchy as he far outlived most of his contemporaries. The time lines are faint for the years before and after the War until 1960. For example, the apprenticeship at seventeen was probably at Dixie Bakery in Durham. He also worked for a time at Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company in Durham. Most likely, he entered Nyack Missionary College in New York after the War and graduated in 1949. Again, his skill as a baker served him well while gaining his undergraduate degree. He would stay up late at night baking donuts. The next day Jo would go out and sell the donuts which helped supplement their income during college days. Eric was a member of the historic Christian Missionary Alliance Church in Durham during his formative years. After graduating from Nyack, it would appear that he was ordained in that denomination and served as a pastor in their system for ten years. He switched over to the United Methodist Church in 1960, serving two years as a local pastor in our denomination. During this two year period, he took some courses, probably Methodist history, theology and polity coupled with our beliefs and traditions regarding the Sacraments, at Duke Divinity School. He was ordained an elder in The UM Church in 1963 and after serving two years as a probationer was admitted into full membership in the N. C. Conference in 1965. He is credited with eighteen years of full-time service in connection with our Conference. The churches he served included Pineview, Lumberton, 1962; Allensville-Trinity, 1963; Union Chapel, 1968; Hollands, 1974; Asbury-Dover, 1975; and Faith, Burlington, 1976, retiring from that Church in 1980. After retiring, he served, part-time, for five-years at Wellons Village, Durham. If this record of his years of service is accurate, it confirms what was reported in his obituary regarding 35 years of service in churches in two different denominations. Four things mark my memory of Eric O. Murray. One, he seemed ageless to me, apparently enjoying good health for most of his life. Two, a former superintendent of the Durham District described Eric’s work in the churches he served as “steady.” I would take that as a high compliment. He may not have been as spectacular as some others in preaching and conducting other aspects of ordained ministry, but he was a team player. Such team players are necessary to the forward movement of Christ’s Church on this earth. Three, he was well-mannered and friendly and presented himself well to others. I liked him. Four, he lived his life with grit, high aim and a well-defined faith. An incident from the life of St. Francis of Assisi seems applicable to Eric’s life. Francis was out hoeing in his garden one day when he was asked, “What would you do if you knew you had only one day to live?” “I would keep hoeing my garden,” he replied. In similar fashion, Eric Octavius Murray patiently waited for death to come while busying himself with his daily routine. The garden of our lives was beautified because he hoed in it. Three verses from the pen of an unknown poet seem appropriate in closing out this tribute to the life of Eric O. Murray: “Please don’t say that I gave up, Just say I gave in. Don’t say I lost the battle, For it was God’s war to lose or win. Please don’t say how good I was, But that I did my best. Just say I tried to do what’s right, 258 To give the most I could, not less….

When you draw a picture of me, Don’t draw me as a saint. I’ve done some good; I’ve done some wrong, So use all your paint. In fact, don’t put me down on canvas, Paint me in your heart…..

Thank you, God, for my soul resting. Thank you, God, for I’ve been blessed. Thank you, God, for who loved me. Praise Him who loves me best!”

Wil I. Jackson

Doris J. Johnson 1929-2009 The Reverend Doris Jean Johnson, died Saturday, February 21, 2009, at Roanoke Chowan Hospital. She was retired from the ministry of the North Carolina Annual Conference and at the time of her death resided on Quebec Street in Ahoskie, North Carolina Doris Johnson was born July 27, 1929 and grew up in Staten Island, New York, the daughter of the late Garrett and Alice Nelson Johnson. In her early years she was a part of The Reformed Church. She taught elementary school in Lodi , New Jersey, prior to relocating to North Carolina where she entered the ministry. To complement her ministry, she was a very accomplished pianist and singer. She served several United Methodist Churches in North Carolina, including Old Dock Charge (Wilmington), the Aulander Charge (Aulander) and St. Francis (Lewiston), Colerain UMC, Harrellsville UMC, Powellsville UMC, Winton UMC and Union UMC. Her family expressed great appreciation for the kindness and friendliness of the people of North Carolina and the areas she served. Left to cherish her memory are her brothers, Ray Johnson of Freehold, New ,ersey and Edgar Johnson of Indialantic, Florida; five nieces and nephews and several grand nieces and nephews. Besides her parents, Rev. Johnson was predeceased by a sister, Marion Johnson Nelsen, and a brother, James Johnson. A celebration of life memorial service was held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 1, 2009, at Harrellsville United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Walter Johnston, III officiating.

William Arthur Warren, Jr.

Evelyn Mansfield Cook 1922-2009 Evelyn Sawyer Mansfield was born in South Mills, Camden County, North Carolina, February 19, 1922, the daughter of Richard Mathias Mansfield and his wife Elizabeth Sawyer Mansfield. She grew up on a farm with a large family. She had four sisters and two brothers. She died in Cary, North Carolina, April 2, 2009. Her service was Saturday at Geneva Baptist Church in Camden with Rev. Dr. Homer Morris officiating. A graveside service was also Saturday in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Newport, officiated by Rev. Susan Lindblade of St. James United Methodist Church. Evelyn. Cook was a graduate of Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Ky., with a degree in Christian Education. She played basketball and ran track while there. She served faithfully beside her pastor husband, the late Rev. Irving Cook. Many cherished her guidance and teaching in Sunday schools where they were appointed. She also worked in the Lillington Public School System while they lived there. She is survived by four sons, Wilson Winslow of Roper, Philip Cook of Goldsboro, David Cook of Winterville and Stephen Cook of Cary; three sisters, Elizabeth Twitty of Elizabeth City, and Eva DeBerry and Lois Jean Olds, both of Camden County; a brother, Jack Mansfield of Camden County; 10 grand-children, five great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a brother, Richard Mansfield; and two sisters, Mildred Grimes and Geraldine Mansfield. Evelyn Cook loved the hymns of Charles Wesley. She lived her life in every way seeking to honor the Savior of whom she sang in one of her favorite hymns, And can it be that I should gain An interest in the Savior’s blood? Died He for me, who caused His pain- For me, who Him to death pursued? Amazing love! How can it be, That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

William C. Simpson, Jr.

259 Marjorie Jean Fisher King 1928-2009 Marjorie Jean King, widow of the Reverend Kimsey King, Jr., passed into the Church Triumphant February 23, 2009, from her home in Pittsboro surrounded by her loved ones. She was born January 20, 1928 in Morgantown, West Virginia, the daughter of Leslie and Hortense Fisher. Jean was a graduate of West Virginia University with a MA Degree in English. She devoted her professional life to teaching and taught English for more than 40 years at several institutions. These included West Virginia University, McKendree College in Illinois, Chowan College, and for the last 20 years of her professional life at North Carolina Central University.Mrs. King received numerous academic honors including Mortar Board, Senior Women’s Honorary, Kappa Delta Pi and Who’s Who in American Universities and Colleges. Jean and Kimsey had a devoted and loving marriage. They had three daughters and one son who loved and honored their parents. She was very active in the United Methodist Church as a minister’s wife and member of the United Methodist Women. She was a lay pastor in the United Methodist Church, and a long time member of Epworth United Methodist Church in Durham. For many years she assisted her husband in the work of statistician of the North Carolina Conference. Jean King touched many lives during her full life. She was devoted to caring for her late husband, and she passed on her legacy of caring to her four children. By her actions, she inspired others to live to their best life. Her motto was “My life is filled with gratitude that much of life is mere attitude.” Mrs. King brought light and laughter to most everyone she met and her spirit will burn brightly long after her death. She was survived by her four children, Leslie Gallagher of Chapel Hill, Carole King of Durham, Arnold K. King. III of Cary, Julia Yigdal of Pittsboro; and nine grandchildren. The hymns of Charles Wesley were favorites for Jean. One hymn in particular expresses the courage and conviction of her faith:

No condemnation now I dread; Jesus, and all in him, is mine; alive in him, my living Head, and clothed in righteousness divine, bold I approach th’ eternal throne, and claim the crown, through Christ my own. Bold I approach th’ eternal throne, and claim the crown, through Christ my own.

William C. Simpson, Jr.

Jamie Jones Ports 1927-2009 Jamie Jones Ports, born June 26, 1927, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Feb. 9, 2009. Born Jamie Pocahontas Jones to the Rev. James Saunders Jones and Grace Sanders Jones, Jamie grew up in the rolling hills and meadows of Madison Heights, Virginia. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, the Rev. George W. Ports Jr.; her three sisters, Martha Lee Farmer, Mary Saunders Robinson and Annie Bell Smith; and her granddaughter, Lauren Michelle Ports. She is survived by her son, George W. Ports III and his wife, Nancy, of Raleigh, N.C.; her daughter, Anne Daneille Ports, of Chapel Hill, N.C.; her grandson, Cullen Lee Ports, of Creedmoor, N.C.; granddaughter, Hillary Chesson Ports, of Raleigh; sisters-in-law, Virginia Odor, of Richmond, Vernelle Long, of Raleigh, and Phyllis Newman, of Newport News; several beloved nieces and nephews; and a multitude of friends. Jamie graduated from Madison Heights High School, attended Western Maryland University, American University and graduated from Lynchburg College, with a major in Spanish and a minor in music. She completed graduate courses in education at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. Jamie taught in the North Carolina public school system for 21 years at New Hanover High School in Wilmington, N.C., and Eastern Alamance High School in Mebane, N.C., where she was recognized as Alamance County Teacher of the Year in 1979. She was a member of the National Education Association, the North Carolina Education Association, Alpha Delta Kappa international honorary teacher sorority and Kappa Delta sorority. Jamie was a devoted minister’s wife actively involved in several church choirs, youth groups and Sunday school classes. She was once referred to in a newspaper article as a “steele magnolia,” “sweet as sugar but tough as nails.” Jamie was a portrait of beauty, inside and out; a strong Christian role model for all who knew her; a woman of unwavering faith who bestowed unconditional love on family and friends and who displayed a complete trust in her Lord and savior Jesus Christ. A memorial service was held Feb. 14, 2009, at Mebane United Methodist Church in which her life was celebrated.

William C. Simpson, Jr.

260 Roll of Deceased Members, 1794 - 2010

NAME DATE/PLACE JOINED DATE/PLACE PLACE OF OF BIRTH CONFERENCE OF DEATH BURIAL John Ahair 1768 North Carolina 1793 Methodist Episcopal 1794 *** ***** James Hunter Halifax County, N.C. 1828 Enfield, N.C. 1831 *** Near Enfield, N.C. Swain Swift 1780 Washington, N.C. 1828 Enfield, N.C. 1831 Beaufort County, N.C. Washington, N.C. William Price 1762 North Carolina 1828 Enfield, N.C. 1832 Ashe County, N.C. Ashe County, N.C. Melville Beveridge Cox 1799 Hallowell, Me. 1831 New Bern, N.C. 1833 Monrovia, Liberia Monrovia, Liberia BenjamIn R. Newcombe Gloucester Co., Va. 1834 Ralelgh, N.C. 1837 St.Augustine, Fla. ***** Thomas C. Smith ***** 1828 South Carolina Conf. 1837 *** ***** Robert E. Watkins ***** ***** 1838 *** ***** Benjamin Bell 1801 Montgomery County, N.C. 1826 Milledgeville, Ga. 1838 Anson County, N.C. Anson County, N.C. Richard Whitaker 1749 Warwick, Virginia 1828 Enfield, N.C. 1838 Martin County, N.C. Halifax County, N.C. Samuel J. Harris 1810 Cabarrus County, N.C. 1832 Raleigh, N.C. 1839 *** ***** William Blair ***** 1831 Rehoboth, Granville Co. 1839 *** ***** John Moore 1762 Dublin, Ireland 1828 Halifax County, N.C. 1840 Jones County, Ga. Jul 11 1762 William S. Johnson Virginia 1837 Petersburg, Va. 1841 Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Thomas Steeley 1804 Washington County, N.C. 1828 Enfield, N.C. 1841 *** Rehoboth, Granville Co., N.C. Junius W. Jackson Randolph County, Va. 1838 Greensboro, N.C. 1842 Wake County, N.C. Alexander Albright ***** ***** 1843 *** ***** Henry Bradford 1781 Halifax County, N.C. ***** 1843 *** ***** Jesse H. Cobb ***** 1829 Granville County, N.C. 1843 *** ***** Chappel Featherston Charlotte County, Va. 1837 Petersburg, Va.. 1843 Washington, N.C. Washington, N.C. Henry Speck 1802 Virgnia 1827 Petersburg, Va. . 1844 Lexington, N.C. Boydton,VA Albritton Jones 1749 Edgecombe County, N.C. 1828 Enfield, N.C. 1845 Halifax, N.C. Union Chap. Halifax, N.C. John Todd Brame, Jr. 1820 New Bern, N.C. 1839 Salisbury, N.C. 1845 Washmgton, N.C. New Bern, N.C. Richardson Davidson 1800 Wilson County, N.C. 1829 Granville County, N.C. 1845 Edgecombe County, N.C. Edgecombe County, N.C. William Bellamy 1770 Edgecombe County, N.C. 1794 SCC 1828 Enfield, N.C. 1846 Nash County, N.C. ***** William W. Turner 1812 Bedford County, Va. 1838 Greensboro, N.C. 1846 Bedforcf Co, VA ***** Arrington Gray 1810 North Carolina 1840 Fair Grove, RO Co. 1846 Randolph County, N.C. ***** John Lambeth 1802 Brown Summit, N.C. 1842 Rehoboth, Granville Co., 1846 Guilford County, N.C. Guilford County, N.C. William Compton London, England 1809 Tarboro, N.C. 1847 Oxford, N.C. Granville Co Thomas Y. Cook Granville County, N.C. 1832 Raleigh, N.C. 1847 *** ***** James W. Jeter 1819 Bedford County, Va. 184l Va. Conf. 1847 N.C. ***** George W. Nicholson 1822 Stokes County, N.C. 1845 Washington, N.C. 1847 Iredell County, N.C. Iredell County, N.C. Rufus Wiley 1768 Carteret County, N.C. 1790 Va. Conf. 1847 *** ***** James Hunt 1778 Granville County, N.C. 1829 Halifax County, N.C. 1848 Granville County, N.C. Granville County, N.C. Thomas R. Brame 1796 Mecklenburg Co., Va. 1820 Richmond, Va. 1848 Granville County, N.C. ***** John A. Miller 1799 Prince Edward Co., Va. 1817 Petersburq, Va. 1849 North Carolina North Carolina Thomas S. Cassady 1817 Montgomery, Co., Va. 1845 Washington, N.C. 1849 North Carolina Wilmington, N.C. Alsa H. Tucker 1805 Nortlh Carohna 1839 Salisbury, N.C. 1850 Wake Co. Raleigh, N.C. John Rich 1815 Davie Co. 1840 New Bern, N.C. 1851 Davidson County, N.C. ***** Sidney D. Bumpas 1808 Person Co. 1837 Petersburg, Va. . 1851 Sahsbury, N.C. Greensboro James L. Nicholson 1814 lredell Co. 1834 Raleigh, N.C. 1852 Duplin County, N.C. Duplin Co. John P.Coe 1808 Guilford County, N.C. 1829 Trans. From MEC to MP 1852 Guilford County, N.C. Guilford County, N.C. John W. Wilson 1825 ChathamCo. 1847 Greensboro, N.C. 1852 Chapel Hill, N.C. Chatham Co, N.C. Hezekiah Gilbert Leigh 1795 PerquimansCo 1818 Norfolk,Va. 1853 Mecklenburg Co., Va. Boydton, Va. Evan E. Freeman 1820 Granville Co 1843 Halifax Courthouse, Va. 1854 Whitmell Va. Whitmell John T. St. Clair 1809 Goochland Co, Va. 1833 Petersburg, Va.· 1854 Franklin County, Va. ***** Joseph Goodman 1801 Auvanna CO.,Va. 1828 Raleigh, N.C. 1856 Halifax County Va. Halifax County, Va. James M. Westbrooks 1827 North Carolina 185l Salisbury, N.C. 1856 Guilford County, N.C. Greensboro, N.C. William J. Parks 1818 Surry Co. ,Va. 1846 New Bern, N.C. 1856 Beaufort, N.C. Beaufort, N.C. William W. Nesbitt 1812 Catawba Co 1840 Mocksville, N.C. 1856 Patrick County, Va. Chatham County, N.C. Malcolm L. Douglass Richmond County 1853 Raleigh, N.C. 1856 Greensboro, N.C. Greensboro, N.C. James Purvis 1800 Bertie Co. 1832 Norfolk, Va. 1857 Wilkesboro, N.C. Wilkesboro, N.C. Thomas Jones 1802 Camden Co. 183l New Bern, N.C. 1857 Davidson County, N.C. Davidson County, N.C. Ira E Norman 1815 Washington, N.C. 1842 Whitakers,Halifax Co. 1857 Washington, N.C. Arthur F. Harris 1818 Montgomery Co., Va. 1841 Raleigh, N.C. 1857 Thomasville, N.C. Thomasville, N.C. James Patterson 1773 Orangeburg, S.C. 1795 Virginia Conf. 1858 lredell County, N.C. Iredell County, N.C. William J. Langdon 1814 Beaufort 1848 Danville, Va. 1859 Lincolnton, N.C. Lincolnton, N.C. Alexander Gattis 1819 Orange County, N.C. 1847 Greensboro, N.C. 1859 Orange Counfy, N.C. 1859 Orange Counfy, N.C. William Anderson 1803 Virginia 1825 Virginia 1859 Caswell County. N.C. Near Pelham, Va. James H. Brent 1825 Rockingham Co., N.C. 1850 Warrenton, N. C. 1859 New Bern, N.C. New Bern, N.C. Benjamin Lowder Hoskins 1799 Pennsylvania 1844 Fairfield, Guilford Co., 1860 Wilmington, N.C. 1873 New Hanover Co., N.C. William J. Ogburn North Carolina 1848 Fair Grove, RO Co. 1860 Guilford County, N.C. Flat Rock Guilford Co., N.C. Andrew Pickens 1827 North Carolina 1851 Bethel, Guilford Co. 1860 *** Weaverville, N.C. John F. Speight 1806 Draughan, Edgecombe Co. 1833 Whitakers, N.C. 1860 Edgecombe County, N.C. Speight, Edgecombe Co., N.C. Caswell Drake 1776 Nash County, N.C. ***** 1861 Warren County, N.C. ***** Josiah Snotherly 1815 Chatham County, N.C. 1843 Alamance Co., N.C. 1861 Montgomery County, N.C. Milledgeville Cem. J.l. Newby 1818 Pasquotank Co., N.C. 1855 North Carolina 1862 Fayetteville, N.C. Fayetteville, N.C. Benjamin F. Guthrie 1837 Chatham County, N.C. 1858 New Bern, N.C. 1862 Virginia Chatham County, N.C. John Gordon 1820 North Carolina 1853 Fairfield, Guilford Co., N.C. 1862 *** Bethel, Guilford County, N.C. John C. Forbes ***** ***** 1862 *** ***** John M. Gunn 1801 Iredell County, N. C. North Carolina 1862 North Carolina Statesville, N.C. Thompson Garrard 1800 Orange County, N. C. 1818 Virginia 1863 North Carolina Johnston County, N.C. John C. Brent 1837 Rockingham Co., N.C. 1858 New Bern, N.C. 1863 Columbus County, N.C. Whiteville, N.C. Isaac Coe 1802 Guilford County, N.C. 1829 Granville Co., N.C. 1863 Randolph County, N.C. Randolph County, N.C. R.C. Maynard 1815 Virginia 1837 Petersburg, Va. 1863 Granville Counfy, N.C. Granville County, N.C. Medicus H. Hight 1833 Franklin County, N.C. 1855 North Carolina 1863 North Carolina Kittrell, N.C. David W. Doub 1816 North Carolina 1843 Halifax Courthouse, Va. 1864 Iredell County, N.C. Stokes County, N.C. John W. Tinnin 1817 Orange County, N.C. 1841 Raleigh, N.C. 1865 Piffsboro, N.C. Pittsboro, N.C. Joshua Bethel 1800 Virginia 1828 Virginia 1865 Greensboro, N. C. Greensboro, N.C.

261 NAME DATE/PLACE JOINED DATE/PLACE PLACE OF OF BIRTH CONFERENCE OF DEATH BURIAL N. R. Fail 1835 Johnston County, N.C. 1864 Bess Ch. Lincoln Co., N.C. 1866 *** ***** David B. Nicholson 1809 Iredell County, N.C. 1831 New Bern, N.C. 1866 Magnolia, N.C. Duplin County, N.C. W. McB. Roberts 1830 Granville Co., N.C. 1862 Bethesda, Halifax Co. 1867 *** Henderson, N.C. W.A. Smith 1834 Wake County, N.C. 1860 Salisbury, N.C. 1867 Wake County, N.C. 1867 Wake County, N.C. Alexander Robbins 1794 Guilford County, N.C. 1833 Whitakers, N.C. 1868 Guilford County, N.C. Fairfield Church John Hinshaw 1803 Chatham County, N.C. 1843 Alamance County, N.C. 1868 Chatrham County, N.C. Chatham County, N.C. William A. Wheeler 1837 Darlington, S.C. 1858 New Bern, N.C. 1869 Leasburg, N.C. Leasburg, N.C. John R. Mcintosh 1799 Isle of Skye, Scotland Mississippi 1869 Cumberland Co., N.C. Cumberland County, N.C. Peter Doub 1796 Stokes County, N.C. 1818 Norfolk, Va. 1869 Greensboro, N.C. Greensboro, N.C. Jerry H. Robbins 1829 Randolph County, N. C. 1859 North Carolina 1869 Clinton, N.C. Clinton, N.C. George W. Deems 1794 Baltimore, Md. 1835 Baltimore, Md. 1870 Baltimore, Md. ***** Thomas L. Carter Rockingham County, N.C. 1837 Shiloh, Randolph Co., N.C. 1870 Raglands, Granville Co. ***** Horace A. Burton 1808 Granville County, N.C. 1836 Sandy Ridge, Guilford Co. 1870 Granville County, N.C. ***** W. G. Tuttle 1846 North Carolina 1868 Abbeville, S.C. 1870 Caldwell County, N.C. Near Lenoir, N.C. William W. Hill 1800 Warren County, N.C. ***** 1870 *** ***** George C. Byrum 1841 Chatham County, N. C. 1867 Wilmington, N.C. 1871 Guilford Counfy, N. C. Chatham County, N.C. James Reid 1795 Caswell County, N.C. 1815 Virginia 1872 Greensboro, N.C. Louisburg, N.C. Alfred Norman 1804 Washington, N.C. 1828 Raleigh, N.C. 1872 Caswell County, N.C. 1872 Caswell County, N.C. Jordan Rominger 1817 Stokes County, N..C. 1870 Temple, Edgecombe Co., N.C. 1872 Davidson County, N.C. Arcadia, Warren Co., N.C. William Holmes 1798 Virginia 1824 Virginia 1873 Henderson, N.C. 1873 Henderson, N.C. Asa Steeley 1797 Washington County, N.C. 1828 Enfield, N.C. 1873 Washington Co., N.C. Rehoboth,Granville Co., N.C. William Barringer 1816 Cabarrus County, N.C. 1844 Columbia, S.C. 1873 Greensboro, N. C. 1873 Greensboro, N. C. Numa F. Reid 1825 Rockingham Co., N. C. 1851 Salisbury, N.C. 1873 Wentworth, N.C. 1873 Wentworth, N.C. Charles E. Laud 1833 Spartanburg, S.C. 1858 Columbia, S.C. 1874 Monroe, N.C. 1874 Monroe, N.C. William F. Clegg 1827 Chatham County, N.C. 1852 Louisburg, N.C. 1875 Chafham County, N.C. 1875 Chafham County, N.C. E. W. Thompson 1833 Kershaw, S. C. 1854 South Carolina 1877 Morganfon, N.C. Morganton, N.C. T. P. England 1845 McDowell County, N.C. 1869 Cheraw, S.C. 1878 Cleveland County, N.C. Shelby, N.C. Joseph Causey 1805 North Carolina 1852 Fayetteville, N.C. 1878 Guilford County, N.C. Tabernacle Ch., Guilford Co. W.D. Meacham 1833 Richmond County, N. C. 1855 Wilmington, N.C. 1878 Davidson Counfy, N.C. Near Unwood, N.C. J.P. Moore 1818 Person County, N.C. 1853 Raleigh, N.C. 1878 Halifax County, N.C. Warrenton, N.C. D. C. Johnson 1825 Randolph County, N.C. 1853 Raleigh, N.C. 1878 Randolph County, N.C. Trinity, N.C. W.M.D. Moore South Carolina 1829 South Carolina 1879 North Carolina Southport, N.C. Henry F. Pope 1816 *** 1870 Lincolnton, N.C. 1879 Greensboro, N.C. ***** John Godwin Whitfield, D.D. 1812 Isle of Wight, Virginia 1873 Friendship, Davidson Co. 1879 Enfield, N.C. Smithfield, Va. John Jones 1810 Beaufort, N.C. 1850 North Carolina 1879 Beaufort, N.C. Beaufort, N.C. I.H. Hill 1823 Randolph County, N.C. 1853 Raleigh, N.C. 1880 Siadesville, N.C. Siadesville, N.C. William D. Lee 1833 Union S.C. 1869 Cheraw, S.C. 1880 Shelby, N. C. Shelby, N.C. Ira T. Wyche 1816 Virginia 1838 Greensboro, N.C. 1880 La Grange, N.C. Goldsboro, N.C. John L. Swain 1826 Washington, N.C. 1865 Enfield, N.C. 1880 Buncombe County, N.C. Democrat, Buncombe Co., N.C. Alson Gray, D.D. 1779 Randolph County, N.C. 1829 Granville County, N.C. 1880 Guilford County, N.C. Fairfield Church Joshua S. Swift 1800 Washington County, N.C. 1829 Granville County, N.C. 1880 Halifax, N.C. Salem, Washington Co., N.C. A.A. Boshamer 1847 Caswell County, N.C. 1870 Greensboro, N.C. 1881 Raleigh, N.C. Wadesboro, N.C. Robert Richardson Prather 1800 Caswell County, N.C. 1842 Whitakers,Halifax Co. 1881 Guilford County, N.C. Mingo G. Croom 1820 *** 1874 Lexington, N.C. 1881 Wilmington, N.C. ***** F. M. Fanning 1823 Virginia 1837 Holston;1865 Blue-Ridge Atl1881 Henderson County, N.C. Fannings Chap., Henderson Co. J. M. Wood 1844 *** 1879 Friendship, Alamance Co. 1881 Northampton County, N.C. J.S. Erwin 1829 Clarendon, S. C. 1852 South Carolina 1881 Kings Mounfain, N.C. 1881 Kings Mounfain, N.C. R.M. Brown 1831 Charlotte, N.C. 1870 Greensboro, N.C. 1881 Randolph County, N.C. 1881 Randolph County, N.C. Geo. W. Price ***** 1871 Lincolnton, N.C. 1881 Charotte, N.C. ***** Joseph F. Arrington 1859 North Carolina 1879 Wilson, N.C. 1881 Beauforf, N.C. 1881 Beauforf, N.C. William Closs 1809 Virginia 1833 Petersburg, Va. 1882 Enfield, N.C. Henderson, N.C. Bennett T. Blake 1800 Virginia 1824 Virginia 1882 Wake County, N.C. Oak Grove, N.C. Braxton Craven 1822 Randolph County, N.C. 1857 Goldsboro, N.C. 1882 Trinify College, N.C. Trinity, N.C. Thomas A. Coon 1842 Alexander County, N.C. 1872 Fayetteville, N.C. 1882 Mocksville, N.C. Mocksville, N.C. William M. Jordan 1813 Virginia 1833 Petersburg, Va. 1882 Roxboro, N. C. Roxboro, N.C. W. W. Morgan 1830 *** 1872 Greensboro, N.C. 1892 Kernersville, N.C. ***** Samuel B. Dozier 1822 Camden County, N.C. 1833 Petersburg, Va. 1882 Lenoir County. N.C. Chocowinity, N.C. Isham Randolph Finley 1810 Baltimore, Md. 1852 Raleigh, N.C. 1882 Warren Counfy, N.C. ***** Jeremiah Johnson 1811 Iredell County, N.C. 1840 Mocksville, N.C. 1883 Pantego, N.C. Pantego, N.C. Florad Waters ***** 1875 Greensboro, N.C. 1883 Maxton, N.C. ***** Edward Schulken 1859 Wilmington, N.C. 1881 Durham, N.C. 1883 Wilmington, N.C. Wilmington, N.C. Lemon Shell 1819 Brunswick County, Va. 1844 Pittsboro, N. C. 1883 Pineville, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Oscar J. Brent 1829 Rockingham Co., N.C. 1855 Wilmington, N.C. 1883 Wadesboro, N.C. Wadesboro, N.C. John Paris, D.D. 1809 Alamance County, N.C. 1843 Mt. Hermon, Alamance Co. 1883 Lenoir County, N.C.LaGrange, N.C. James B. Alford 1813 Wayne County, N. C. 1832 Norfolk, Va. 1883 Randolph County, N.C. Randolph County, N. C. Hiram Pearson Cole 1843 Moore County, N.C. 1866 Fayetteville, N.C. 1883 Concord, N.C. Carthage, N.C. Charles Carrell Dodson 1832 Patrick County, Va. 1863 Greensboro, N.C. 1884 Winston, N.C. Winston, N.C. Matthew Alston 1821 *** 1870 Lincolnton, N.C. 1884 Greensboro, N.C. Union Cem., Greensboro, N.C. Jesse H. Quinn 1841 Virginia 1871 Charlotte, N.C. 1884 Rockingham, N.C. Rockingham, N.C. Wm. Henry Wills, D.D. 1809 Tarboro, N.C. 1844 Fairfield, Guilford Co., N.C. 1884 Brinkleyville, N.C. Bethesda, Halifax Co., N.C. John W. Lewis 1808 Randolph County, N.C. 1833 Petersburg, Va. 1885 Thomasville, N.C. Thomasville, N.C. Robert P. Bibb 1812 Nelson County, Va. 1836 Virginia 1885 Trinity, N.C. Trinity, N.C. William Henry Gray 1800 Williamston, N.C. 1838 Greensboro, N.C. 1885 Durham Counfy, N.C. Durham County, N.C. John W. Floyd 1822 Granville County, N.C. 1845 Washington, N.C. 1885 Boone, N.C. Booneville, N.C. Charles H. Phillips 1814 Moore County, N.C. 1850 Warrenton, N. C. 1885 Randolph County, N.C. Randolph County, N.C. G. A. T. Whitaker 1819 Halifax County, N.C. 1846 Rehoboth, Granville Co., N.C.1885 Halifax County, N.C. Whitaker’s Ch., Halifax Co., N.C. John N. Andrews 1826 Wayne County, N.C. 1854 Pittsboro, N.C. 1885 Halifax County, N.C. Goldsboro, N.C. R W Pegram 1830 Surry County, N.C. 1858 Jamestown, N.C. 1885 *** ***** Baxter Clegg Phillips 1841 Moore County, N.C. 1867 Wilmington, N.C. 1885 Durham, N.C. Durham, N.C Lemuel H. Gibbons 1844 Lenoir County, N.C. 1870 Greensboro, N.C. 1885 Chatham County, N.C. Jonesboro, N.C. William Ireneus Hull 1854 Cabarrus County, N.C. 1879 Wilson, N.C. 1885 Kings Mountain, N. C. Kings Mountain, N.C. James Mahoney 1812 Sumter County, S.C. 1869 New Bern, N.C. 1885 Goldsboro, N.C. Durham, N.C. William H. Watkins 1847 Richmond County, N.C. 1873 Goldsboro, N. C. 1886 Stanly County, N.C. Albemarle, N.C. 262 NAME DATE/PLACE JOINED DATE/PLACE PLACE OF OF BIRTH CONFERENCE OF DEATH BURIAL John Nelson Barker 1818 Lincoln County, N.C. 1868 Va. & N.C. Mission 1886 Alexander County, N.C. Alexander Co, N.C. A. J. Laughlin 1820 Randolph County, N.C. 1866 Salem, Orange Co., N.C. 1886 Randolph County, N.C. Cedar Falls, Randolph Co., N.C. Nelson Farror ***** 1871 Lincolnton, N.C. 1887 Raleigh, N.C. ***** James Deans 1811 Nash County, N.C. 1840 Fair Grove, RO Co. 1887 Catawba County, N.C. Catawba County, N.C. Thomas Anderson Stone 1853 Pittsylvania Co., Va. 1879 Wilson, N.C. 1887 Rowan County, N.C. Mocksville, N.C. Christie Alonzo Gault 1850 Lincoln County, N.C. 1873 Goldsboro, N. C. 1887 Taylorsville, N.C. Plateau, N.C. Henry Hardy Gibbons 1818 Greene County, N.C. 1850 Warrenton, N.C. 1887 Mount Olive, N.C. Faison, N.C. Lingurn S. Burkhead 1824 Davidson County, N.C. 1849 Oxford, N.C. 1887 Fayetteville, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Thomas S. Hoyle 1811 Maryland 1837 Baltimore, Md. 1888 Rockingham Co., N.C. Madison, N.C. Daniel May 1822 Anson County, N.C. 1850 Wadesboro, N. C. 1888 Lumberton, N. C. Lumberton, N. C. James Payne 1816 *** 1878 Lumberton, N.C. 1888 Greensboro, N.C. ***** Nathan Hunt Daniel Wilson 1822 Guilford County, N.C. 1843 Halifax, Va. 1888 Franklinton, N.C. Greensboro, N. C. A. M. Turner 1825 *** 1878 Lumberton, N.C. 1888 Raleigh, N.C. ***** Thomas Sale Campbell 1810 Amherst County, Va. 1821 New Bern, N.C. 1888 Lexington, N.C. Lexington, N.C. John Jobson Grigg 1850 Portsmouth, Va. 1884 Wilmington, N.C. 1889 Laurinburg, N.C. Laurinburg, N. C. Joseph Holmes 1808 Orange County, N.C. 1835 Rehoboth, Granville Co. 1888 Orange County, N.C. Orange County, N.C. James Wilbur Randle 1847 Stanly County, N.C. 1874 Raleigh, N.C. 1889 Micanopy, Fla. Micanopy, Fla. A. C. Harris, M.D. 1823 Granville County, N.C. 1847 Mt. Hermon, Alamance Co. 1889 Alamance County, N.C. Alamance County, N.C. Gaston Farrar 1811 Chatham County, N.C. 1836 Macon, Go. 1889 Chatham County, N.C. Chatham County, N.C. Wesley Moorman Robey 1832 Yadkin County, N.C. 1860 Salisbury, N.C. 1889 Goldsboro, N. C. Goldsboro, N. C. S. P. J. Harris 1824 Granville County, N.C. 1860 Yadkin Inst., Davidson Co. 1889 Granville County, N.C. ***** Joseph Wheeler 1833 Camden, N.C. 1855 Wilmington, N.C. 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C. Kings Mountain, N.C. Edward A. Howland 1846 New Bern, N.C. 1869 New Bern, N.C. 1890 Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Adolphus W. Mangum 1834 Orange County, N.C. 1856 Greensboro, N.C. 1890 Chapel Hill, N.C. Chapel Hill, N.C. James Emory Mann 1832 Chatham County, N.C. 1853 Raleigh, N.C. 1890 St. Louis, Mo. Winston, N.C. Josiah Caldicut ***** 1871 Lincolnton, N.C. 1890 Marion, N.C. ***** Junius T. Harris 1844 Davidson County, N.C. 1870 Greensboro, N.C. 1890 Durham, N. C. Durham, N.C. Chestine Allen 1801 Virginia 1832 Raleigh, N.C. 1890 Oxford, N.C. Granville County, N.C. Travis Jones Guilford County, N.C. 1832 Raleigh, N.C. 1890 Oak Ridge, N.C. ***** William Hilliard Bobbitt 1826 Halifax County, N.C. 1846 New Bern, N. C. 1890 Fayetteville, N.C. Winston, N.C. Rufus Morgan Witt 1832 Polk Co., Tenn. 1868 Va. & N.C. Mission 1890 Leicester, N.C. Leicester, N.C. James Christie Dean 1834 North Carolina 1859 Enfield, Halifax Co., N.C. 1890 North Carolina ***** Daniel Culbreth 1808 Sampson County, N.C. 1831 New Bern, N.C. 1891 Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. R H Wills ***** 1858 Jamestown, N.C. 1891 *** Greensboro, N.C. D. M. Clayton 1829 North Carolina 1878 Holston 1891 Buncombe County, N.C. Avery’s Creek, N.C. Brantley York 1805 Randolph County, N.C. (Local Preacher) 1891 Forest City, N.C. Rocky Spgs. Ch., Alexander Co. Thomas C. Moses 1807 Franklin County, N.C. 1844 Pittsboro, N. C. 1891 Chatham County, N.C. Near Pittsboro, N.C. George W. Ratcliff ***** 1891 Winston, N.C. 1891 Hickory, N.C. ***** Robert Oswald Burton 1811 Campbell County, Va. 1833 Petersburg, Va. 1891 Halifax County, N.C. Halifax, N.C. W. F. Parker 1829 *** Holston 1849; Blue Ridge 1882 1892 Haywood County, N.C. WaynesvIlle, N.C. Wm. Franklin. 1865 *** 1882 Blue Ridge 1892 Cherokee County, N.C. Murphy, N.C. Samuel V. Hoyle 1836 Georgetown, D.C. 1854 Norfolk, Va. 1892 Jonesboro, N. C. Jonesboro, N.C. John Wesley North 1828 Williamsburg Co., S.C. 1849 Camden, S.C. 1892 Cleveland County, N.C. Shelby, N.C. Wilson Gray 1825 *** 1877 Wilmington, N.C. 1892 Dobson, N.C. ***** Joseph Gillespie Nelson 1862 Iredell County, N.C. 1884 Wilmington, N.C. 1892 Hobgood, N. C. Hobgood, N.C. C. C. Stuart. ***** 1891 Randelman, N.C. 1892 *** ***** J. W. Simpson ***** 1901 High Point, N.C. 1892 Halifax County, N.C. Enfield, N.C. H. W. Peebles 1822 Guilford County, N.C. 1864 Bess Ch. Lincoln Co., N.C. 1892 Kernersville, N.C. Kernersville, N.C. W. F. Ohrum 1862 *** 1891 Randelman, N.C. 1892 Guilford County, N.C. Greensboro, N.C. Robert B. Gilliam 1828 Oxford, N.C. 1885 Charlotte, N. C. 1893 Jones County, N.C. Trenton, N.C. James H. Cordon 1851 Washington, N.C. 1877 Salisbury, N.C. 1893 Oxford, N.C. Oxlord, N.C. R. A. F. Smith ***** 1888 Blue Ridge 1893 Davie County, N.C. New Union, Davie, Co., N.C. James R. Ball 1834 Buncombe County, N.C. 1860 Yadkin Inst., Davidson Co. 1893 Buncombe County, N.C. Greensboro, N.C. Samuel D. Tipton 1850 Mitchell County, N.C. 1890 Clyde, N.C. 1893 Mitchell County, N.C. Tipton Hill, N.C. Thomas W.S. Parker 1865 Yadkin County, N. C. 1887 Fayetteville, N.C. 1893 Hillsville, Va. Charlotte, N.C. John Thomas Finlayson 1855 Johnston County, N.C. 1879 Wilson, N.C. 1893 Lumberton, N.C Lumberton, N.C. Marquis Lafayette Wood 1829 Randolph County, N.C. 1855 Wilmington, N.C. 1893 Gibson Station, N.C Rockingham, N.C. Shockley D. Adams 1829 Marlboro, S.C. 1852 Louisburg, N.C. 1894 Weldon, N.C Carthage, N.C. David Rasbury Bruton 1829 Montgomery Co., N.C. 1857 Goldsboro, N.C. 1894 Wilson, N.C Wilson, N.C. J. W. Naylor 1820 Surry County, N.C. 1867 Va./N.C. Portsmouth, Va. 1894 Greene County, Iowa Bagley, Iowa W. C. Lewis ***** 1889 Mt. Zion, Stokes, Co., N.C. 1894 *** Frank Lewis Reid 1851 Rockingham Co., N.C. 1870 Greensboro, N.C. 1894 Greensboro, N.C Greensboro, N.C. Thos. S. Sitt ***** 1893 Lexington, N.C. 1894 Lexington, N.C. ***** Joseph Halstead Wheeler 1810 Newark, N.J. 1834 Charleston, S. C. 1894 Charleston, S.C Charleston, S.C. Thomas W. Matney. 1829 Alexander County, N.C. 1867 Va./N.C. Portsmouth, Va. 1894 Avery County, N.C. Montezuma, N.C. Van Buren Albright Sharpe: 1834 Pickens County, S.C. 1857 Charlotte, N.C. 1895 Stem, N.C Durham, N.C. Miles Foy 1811 Jones County, N.C. 1829 Lynchburg, Va. 1895 Mount Airy, N.C Mount Airy, N.C. Jesse F. Privett 1862 Iredell County, N.C. 1867 Va./N.C. Portsmouth, Va. 1895 Iredell County, N.C. Jennings, Iredell Co., N.C. Washington S. Chaffin 1815 Stokes County, N.C. 1840 Mocksville, N.C. 1895 Jonesboro, N. C 1895 Jonesboro, N. C. George E. Wyche 1835 Granville Co., NC 1856 Greensboro, N.C. 1895 Raleigh, N. C Raleigh, N.C. Robert L. Warlick 1856 Burke County, N.C. 1880 Winston, N.C. 1896 Portsmouth, N.C Onslow County, N.C. C. F. Harris, D.D. 1821 Henderson, N.C. 1846 Granville Co., N.C. 1896 Henderson, N.C. Summerfield, N.C. Thomas William Guthrie 1828 Chatham County, N.C. 1851 Salisbury, N.C. 1896 Rockingham, N.C Rockingham Co., N.C. Alexander Fletcher English 1830 Yancy (Mitchell) Co., N.C. 1855 Holston 1896 Transylvania Co., N.C. Davidson Riv. Cem. Translyvania W. W. Smith 1839 *** 1888 Lenoir, N.C. 1896 Lexington, N.C. ***** Thomas Curtis Lovin 1850 Richmond County, N.C. 1885 Charlotte, N. C. 1896 Richmond County, N.C Richmond Co., N.C. Daniel Reid 1859 Washington, N.C. 1888 New Bern, N.C. 1896 Jacksonville, N.C Onslow County, N.C. John Washington Gibson 1866 Near Gibson, N.C. 1892 Wilmington, N.C. 1896 Richmond County, N.C Gibson, N.C. William Blake Doub 1852 Raleigh, N.C. 1876 Greensboro, N.C. 1896 Durham, N.C Durham, N. C. James Belmore Bailey 1818 Suffolk, Va. 1856 Greensboro, N.C. 1896 Durham, N.C Scott’s Hill, N.C. Samuel Alexander Cecil. 1829 Davidson County, N.C. 1887 Flat Rock, Guilford Co. 1896 Thomasville, N.C. Davidson County, N.C. James Burrow Bobbitt 1835 Halifax County, N.C. 1855 Wilmington, N.C. 1896 Raleigh, N.C Raleigh, N.C.

263 NAME DATE/PLACE JOINED DATE/PLACE PLACE OF OF BIRTH CONFERENCE OF DEATH BURIAL Longhorn Leitch 1866 Buckingham County, Va. 1890 Lebanon, Ore. 1897 Baltimore, Md. Baltimore, Md. Alexander H. Peeples 1846 Guilford County, N.C. 1885 Gastonia, N.C. 1897 Forsyth County, N.C. Kernersville, N.C. John R. Walton 1827 Gates County, N.C. 1892 Tabernacle Ch., Greensboro 1897 *** Yadkin College Cem. Wilham Samuel Black 1836 Cokesbury, S.C. 1855 Marion, S.C. 1897 Littleton, N. C Raleigh, N. C. Joseph Bonaparte Martin 1824 Henry County, Va. 1844 Washington, N.C. 1897 Danville, Va. Chapel Hill, N.C. John Calton McCall 1867 Richmond County, N.C. 1891 Greenville, N.C. 1898 Laurinburg, N.C Scotland County, N. C. John Lafayette. Michaux, D.D. 1824 Prince Edward Co., Va. 1846 Rehoboth, Granville Co. 1898 *** Greensboro, N.C. John Henry Rominger 1849 Sutherland, Ashe Co., N.C. 1892 New Home, Yadkin Co., N.C. 1898 Avery County, N.C. Montezuma, N.C. Wiley C. Gibson 1835 *** 1875 Greensboro, N.C. 1898 Hamlet, N.C. ***** Jesse Anderson Cuninggin 1832 Greene County, N.C. 1855 Wilmington, N.C. 1899 Greensboro, N. C Greensboro, N. C. Thomas Branch Reeks 1825 Granville County, N.C. 1854 Pittsboro, N. C. 1899 Warren County, N.C Warren County, N.C. Nathan A. Hooker 1816 Greene County, N.C. 1840 Mocksville, N.C. 1899 Kinston, N.C Kinston, N.C. Robert Preston Troy 1838 Randolph County, N.C. 1883 Statesville, N.C. 1899 Greensboro, N. C Greensboro, N. C. Peter L. Herman 1833 Catawba County, N.C. 1859 Greenville, S.C. 1899 Dunn, N.C Dunn, N.C. R. R. Hanner 1834 Guilford County, N.C. 1876 Moriah, Guilford Co., N.C. 1899 Guilford County, N.C. Tabernacle Ch., Guilford Co. Richard Randolph Michaux 1823 Prince Edward County, Va. 1852 Fayetteville, N.C. 1899 Liberty, N.C. Liberty, N.C. Lucien Jerome Holden 1844 Orange County, N.C. 1873 Goldsboro, N. C. 1899 Snow Hill, N.C Rocky Mount, N.C. John Turner Abernathy 1850 Catawba County, N.C. 1881 Durham, N.C. 1899 Enfield, N. C Enlield, N.C. A. W.Lineberry, D.D. 1826 Surry County, N.C. 1849 Whitakers, Halifax Co., N.C. 1899 Moriah Ch., Guilford Co., N.C. Isaac Watts Avent 1823 Chatham County, N.C. 1853 Raleigh, N.C. 1900 Chalk Level, N. C Chalk Level, N.C. E. Anderson 1829 *** 1893 Mt. Pleasant, Forsyth Co., N.C.1900 Avery County, N.C. Montezuma, N.C. O. Letterlough 1846 *** 1889 Goldsboro, N.C. 1900 Maxton, N.C. ***** Wyatt Walker 1826 *** 1871 Lincolnton, N.C. 1900 Reidsville, N.C. ***** C. Harshaw 1840 *** 1882 Laurinburg, N.C. 1900 Lenoir, N.C. ***** Lawrence Olin Wyche 1852 Person County, N.C. 1897 Raleigh, N.C. 1900 Core Sound, N. C Ocracoke, N.C. Thomas Page Ricaud 1816 Baltimore, Md. 1847 Norfolk, Va. 1900 Durham, N.C Wilmington, N.C. Alexander R. Raven 1833 Greene County, N.C. 1860 Salisbury, N.C. 1901 Mount Olive, N.C Mount Olive, N.C. William G. Matton 1830 Hertford, England 1867 Va./N.C. Portsmouth, Va. 1901 High Pont, N.C. High Point, N.C. Solomon Pool 1832 Elizabeth City, N.C. 1885 Charlotte, N.C. 1901 Greensboro, .C Greensboro, N.C. Adolphus J. Johnson 1857 Yadkin County, N.C. 1885 Gastonia, N.C. 1901 Yadkin County, N.C . Buck Shoals, Yadkin Co., N.C. Moses J. Hunt 1824 Orange Coounty, N.C. 1855 Wilmington, N.C. 1901 Greensboro, N. C. Burlington, N.C. Richard Johnson Moorman 1840 Pittsylvania, Va. 1872 Petersburg, Va. 1902 Bristol, Tenn. Garland O. Green 1871 Chatham County, N.C. 1899 Washington, N.C. 1902 Graham, N.C. Chatham County, N.C. W. T. Owen 1867 North Carolina 1898 Marion, N.C. 1902 Mecklenburg County, N.C. Huntersville, N.C. Samuel L. Johnson 1840 *** 1890 Maxton, N.C. 1902 Mt. Airy, N.C. ***** Wm. Capers Norman 1847 Davidson County, N.C. 1872 Fayetteville, N.C. 1902 Wilmington, N.C. Lexington, N.C. Benjamin Robinson Hall 1851 Fayetteville, N.C. 1875 Wilmington, N.C. 1903 Fayetteville, N.C. Fayetteville, N.C. Andrew Conner 1818 *** 1870 Lincolnton, N.C. 1903 McPelah ***** John William Wallace 1879 Magnolia, N.C 1892 Goldsboro, N. C. 1903 Chalk Level, N.C. Cokesbury, N.C. Lafayette Johnson 1871 Ferrell, Nash County, N.C. 1900 New Bern, N.C. 1903 Tarboro, N.C. Fayetteville, N.C. M. C. Rogers 1854 *** 1880 High Point, N.C. 1903 Salem, N.C. ***** Arthur Robert Goodchild 1856 London, England 1889 Richmond, Va. 1903 New York, N. Y. Windsor, N.C. Bernice B. Culbreth 1835 Sampson County, N. C 1859 Beaufort, N.C. 1903 Cary, N.C. Mount Olive, N.C. John E. Champlain 1841 *** 1869 High Point, N.C. 1903 High Point, N.C. ***** Jesse Hayes Page 1831 Wake County, N.C 1881 Durham, N.C. 1903 Henderson, N.C. Henderson, N.C. Zachary Taylor Harrison 1849 Rockingham, N.C 1881 Durham, N.C. 1904 Roberdel, N.C. Rockingham County, N.C. Ticen T. Ferree, M.D. 1852 Randolph County, N.C. 1875 Union Chapel, Granville Co. 1904 Asheboro, N.C. High Point, N.C. Jonathan Sanford 1834 Richmond County, N.C 1872 Fayetteville, N.C. 1904 Siler City, N.C. Lumberton, N. C. J.M. Rice 1862 Caswell County, N.C 1890 Concord, N.C. 1904 Burlington, N.C. Caswell County, N.C. J.F. Bivens 1874 Albemarle, N.C 1899 Concord, N.C. 1904 Durham, N.C. Albemarle, N.C. John H. Totten 1837 Caswell Co., N.C. 1879 Friendship, Alamance Co. 1905 Guilford County, N.C. Kernersville, N.C. G.A. Oglesby 1853 Alleghany Co., N.C 1877 Cleveland, Tenn. 1905 Troy, N.C. Concord, N. C. James H. Gilbreath 1834 Guilford County, N.C. 1900 Pinnacle Ch., Stokes County 1905 Johnston Co., N.C. Union Chapel, Vance Co., N.C. J.E. Crisp 1829 Caldwell County, N.C 1864 Newberry, S.C. 1905 S. Washington, N.C. Charlotte, N.C. J.J. Renn 1839 Warren County, N.C 1869 New Bern, N.C. 1906 Wilson, N.C. Durham, N.C. T.J. Gattis 1838 Orange County, N.C 1860 Salisbury, N.C. 1906 Charlotte, N.C. Charlotte, N. C. J. W. Jenkins 1822 Granville County, N.C. 1858 New Bern, N.C. 1906 Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Harper D. Christenbury 1849 Ferrelltown, N.C. 1884 Asheville, N.C. 1906 Mecklenburg County, N.C. Huntersville, N.C. L.S. Etheridge 1866 Portsmouth, Va. 1888 New Bern, N.C. 1906 Kinston, N.C. Laurinburg, N.C. Isaac Wells 1837 *** 1870 Lincolnton, N.C. 1907 Greensboro, N.C. Union Cem., Greensboro, N.C. H. B. Anderson 1858 Davidson County, N.C. 1886 Reidsville, N. C. 1907 Norfolk, Va. Norfolk, Va. W. A. Bunch 1846 1887 Flat Rock, Guilford County 1907 Guilford County, N.C. Oak Ridge, N.C. Evander McDaniel 1847 *** 1889 Goldsboro, N.C. 1907 Townsville, N.C. ***** C. F. Castevens 1856 Yadkin County, N.C. 1890 Clyde, N.C. 1907 Yadkin County, N.C. Mitchells Chap., Yadkin Co., N.C. William W. Amick 1832 Guilford County, N.C. 1874 Enfield, N.C. 1907 Liberty, N.C.‘ Liberty Grove, Liberty, N.C. C. R. Taylor 1855 Seaboard, N.C. 1878 Petersburg, Va. 1908 Fremont, N.C. Greenville County, Va. Henry Lewallen 1830 Randolph County, N.C. 1869 Mt. Pleasant, Davidson Co. 1908 Randolph County, N.C. New Union, Asheboro, N.C. J. S. Dunn 1826 North Carolina 1868 Mt. Pleasant, Guilford Co. 1908 *** Durham, N.C. George W. Bowman 1827 Guilford County, N.C. 1878 Yadkin College, Davidson Co. 1908 Guilford County, N.C. Pleasant Union, Guilford Co., N.C. J. H. M. Giles 1857 Beaufort County, N.C. 1888 New Bern, N.C. 1909 Winfall, N.C. Washington, N.C. E.A Yates 1829 Cumberland County, N.C. 1860 Salisbury, N.C. 1909 Durham, N.C. Durham, N. C. F.D. Swindell 1846 Hyde County, N.C. 1871 Charlotte, N.C. 1909 Beaufort. N.C. New Bern, N.C. William C. Hammer 1836 Randolph County, N.C. 1868 Mt. Pleasant, Guilford Co. 1909 Jamestown, N.C. Brower’s Chap., Asheboro, N.C. W.S. Rone 1849 Union County, N.C. 1874 Raleigh, N.C. 1909 Richmond, Va. Mecklenburg Co., N. C. B.B. Holder 1840 Sampson County, N.C. 1881 Raleigh, N.C. 1910 Dunn, N. C. Dunn, N.C. R.A. Willis 1836 Wentworth, N.C. 1858 New Bern, .N. C. 1910 Littleton, N.C. Elizabeth City, N.C. N.H. Guyton 1850 Bladen County, N.C. 1885 Charlotte, N.C. 1910 Bladen County, N.C. Columbus Co., N.C. W. S. Davis 1840 Warren County, N.C. 1885 Charlotte, N.C. 1910 Warrenton, N.C. Warrenton, N.C. W. L. Harris 1855 North Carolina 1888 Henderson, N.C. 1910 Henderson, N.C. Henderson, N.C. J. E. Bristowe 1846 Northampton County, N.C 1878 Charlotte, N. C. 1911 Washington, N.C. Washington, N.C. W. L. Cuninggim 1855 Lenoir County, N.C. 1879 Wilson, N.C. 1911 Raleigh, N.C. Nashville, Tenn. Jacob C. Price 1867 *** 1907 Asheville, N.C. 1911 Reidsville, N.C. ***** Jesse L. Giles 1839 North Carolina 1867 Union Ch., Granville Co., N.C.1911 Winston-Salem, N.C. Winston-Salem, N.C. 264 NAME DATE/PLACE JOINED DATE/PLACE PLACE OF OF BIRTH CONFERENCE OF DEATH BURIAL John M. McNeil 1869 *** 1902 Mt. Airy, N.C. 1911 Rowland, N.C. ***** John H. Turner 1838 Vance County, N.C. 1897 SC, 1901 Henderson, N.C. 1911 Vance County, N.C. Rose Hill Church M. M. McFarland 1855 Rutherford Co., N.C 1884 Wilmington, N.C. 1911 Mebane, N.C. Burlington, N. C. F. A. Bishop 1848 Wilmington, N.C 1876 Greensboro, N.C. 1912 Wilmington, N.C. Wilmington, N.C. E. A. Plyler 1845 Anson County, N.C. 1885 Yadkin College, N.C. 1912 *** Albemarle, N.C. W. H. Puckett 1856 Tyrrell County, N.C 1886 Reidsville, N. C. 1912 Smithfield, N.C. Smithfield, N.C. Shadrach Simpson, D.D. 1848 Rockingham County, N.C. 1879 Friendship, Alamance Co. 1912 Westminster, Md. Harris Chapel, Vance Co., N.C. John Newton Garrett 1848 Alamance County, N.C. 1880 Tabernacle, Guilford Co., N. C.1912 Yadkin College, N.C. Yadkin College Cem. James E. Hartsell 1841 Stanly County, N.C. 1880 Tabernacle, Guilford Co., N. C.1912 *** ***** J. J. Porter 1860 Onslow County, N.C 1891 Greenville, N.C. 1912 Wilmington, N.C. Wilmington, N.C. S. A. Gibson 1852 *** 1899 Winston, N.C. 1912 High Point, N.C. ***** W. A Jenkins 1858 Onslow County, N. C 1892 Goldsboro, N. C. 1912 Baileys, N.C. Town Creek, N.C. W. L. Dixon ***** 1910 Leaksville, N.C 1912 Statesville, N.C. ***** David Connell 1831 *** 1871 Lincolnton, N.C. 1912 Greensbro, N.C. ***** William J. Evans 1843 Haywood County, N.C. 1885 Gastonia, N.C. 1912 Haywood County, N.C. Arnon Plains, Haywood Co., N.C. W. W. Rose 1858 Warren County, N.C 1884 Wilmington, N.C. 1913 Franklinton, N.C. Pittsboro, N.C. John W. Heath 1827 Guilford County, N.C. 1852 Fayetteville, N.C. 1913 Guilford County, N.C. Tabernacle Ch., Guilford Co. K. D. Holmes 1858 Franklin County, N.C 1891 Greenville, N.C. 1913 Sanford, N.C. Franklin County, N.C. P. D. Moore 1827 Rutherford County, N.C. 1851 MECS 1888 MP Vance Co. 1913 *** ***** D. C. Geddie 1859 Cumberland Co., N. C 1886 Reidsville, N.C. 1913 Raleigh, N. C. Rose Hill, N.C. Alexander Clark 1863 *** 1887 High Point, N.C. 1913 Greensboro, N.C. ***** J.B. Bridgers 1856 Northampton Co., N.C 1908 Durham, N.C. 1913 Bath, N.C. Northampton Co., N.C. M.C. Thomas 1831 Beaufort County, N.C 1855 Wilmington, N.C. 1913 Leasburg, N.C. Leasburg, N.C. William Daniel Fogleman 1858 Guilford County, N.C. 1892 Tabernacle, Guilford Co. 1913 Mebane, N.C. Hebron Ch., Alamance Co., N.C. J. E. Thompson 1840 Robeson County, N.C 1865 Raleigh, N.C 1913 Fayetteville, N.C. Fayetteville, N.C. D. N. Franklin 1832 Haywood County, N.C. 1885 Gastonia, N.C. 1914 Craven County, N.C. Woodrow, Craven Co., N.C. John W. Davis 1869 *** 1893 Lexington, N.C. 1914 Laurinburg, N.C. ***** Quincy A. Bumgarner 1891 Wilkes County, N.C. 1913 Walkertown. N.C. 1914 Wilkes County, N.C. Millers Creek, Wilkes Co., N.C. L.P. Howord 1877 Bell’s Landing Ala. 1905 Wilson, N.C. 1914 New York State Durham, N.C. J. N. Cole 1852 Franklinton, N.C 1878 Charlotte, N.C. 1915 Charlotte, N.C. Durham, N.C. J. D. Pegram 1848 Harnett County, N. C 1886 Reidsville, N.C. 1915 Jonesboro, N.C. Jonesboro, N.C. Levi Houston Hatley 1869 North Carolina 1912 Burlington, N.C. 1915 Charlotte., N.C. Friendship Ch., Albemarle, N.C. Y.E. Wright 1868 Richmond Co., N.C 1895 Elizabeth City, N. C. 1915 Farmville, N.C. Farmville, N.C. J.M. Ashby 1851 Patrick County, Va. 1883 Statesville, N.C. 1915 Elm City, N.C. Mount Airy, N.C. Charles E. M. Raper 1860 Davidson County, N.C. 1895 Grace, Greensboro, N.C. 1915 Greensboro, N.C. Hickory Grove, Guilford Co. N.C. J.Y. Old 1844 Mount Pleasant, Va. 1898 Elizabeth City, N.C. 1916 Snowden, N.C. Elizabeth City, N.C. L. G. McDonald ***** ***** 1916 Lamar, S.C. ***** John Newton S. Doub 1840 Yadkin County, N.C. 1895 Clyde, N.C. 1916 Wilkes County, N.C. West Bend J. J. Rhyne 1844 *** 1887 Asheville, N.C. 1916 Iredell County, N.C. Eupeptic Springs, Iredell Co. W.H. Moore 1838 Edenton, N.C 1860 Salisbury, N.C. 1916 Rockingham, N.C. Rockingham, N.C. W. R. Lowdermilk 1861 Randolph County, N.C. 1900 Pinnacle, Vance Co., N.C. 1917 Cabarrus County, N.C. High Point, N.C Adolphus Graybeal 1860 Ashe County, N.C. 1882 Asheville, N.C. 1917 Chattanooga, Tenn. Riverside Cem., Asheville, N.C. Ellis Ellison 1857 Alabama ***** 1917 Winston-Salem, N.C. Winston-Salem, N.C. L.L. Nash 1846 Chase City, Va. 1874 Raleigh, N.C. 1917 Hamlet, N.C. Raleigh, N. C. John C. Robbins ***** ***** 1917 Gastonia, N.C. ***** Chas. W. Blaylock 1852 Guilford County, N.C. 1875 Greensboro, N.C. 1917 Greensboro, N.C. Union Cem., Greensboro, N.C. L. J. Penley 1858 Burke County, N.C. 1887 Asheville, N.C. 1917 Gaston County, N.C. Bethel W. H. Kirton 1843 Horry County, S.C 1873 Sumter, S.C. 1918 Loris, S. C. Loris, S. C. E.E. Rose 1866 Warren County, N.C 1891 Greenville, N.C. 1918 Durham, N. C. Durham, N.C. C. E.Vale 1876 Birmingham, England 1907 New Bern, N.C. 1918 Hallsboro, N.C. Trenton, N.C. W. A. Pryor 1856 *** ***** 1918 High Point, N.C. ***** C. O. Armstrong 1882 Columbia, N.C 1916 Durham, N.C. 1918 Stantonsburg, N.C. Wilson, N.C. A. D. Betts 1832 Cumberland Co., N.C 1856 Greensboro, N.C. 1918 Greensboro, N. C. Greensboro, N.C. C. W.Smith 1857 Rutherford Co., N.C 1882 Raleigh, N.C. 1919 Whiteville, N.C. Whiteville, N.C. C. O.Durant 1858 Brunswick County, N.C 1882 Raleigh, N.C. 1919 Snow Hill, N.C. Snow Hill, N.C. D. B. Parker 1850 Roseboro, N.C 1895 Elizabeth City, N.C. 1919 Hamlet, N.C. Hamlet, N.C. F. L. Bost 1857 Catawba County, N.C. 1893 Lexington, N.C. 1919 Kernersville, N.C. Methodist Cem., Forsyth Co., N.C. W.A Forbes 1846 Danville, Va. 1885 Charlotte, N. C. 1919 Buie’s Creek, N.C. Pender County, N.C. J. H. Hunter 1849 *** 1883 Winston, N.C. 1919 Greensboro, N.C. ***** J. M. Benson 1853 Hyde County, N.C 1897 Raleigh, N.C. 1919 Nashville, N.C. Nashville, N.C. J. P. Pate 1868 Wayne County, N.C 1892 Goldsboro, N.C. 1920 Richmond, Va. Wayne County, N.C. A. P. Tyer 1853 Columbia, Tenn. 1877 Salisbury, N.C. 1920 Greensboro, N.C. Greensboro, N.C. G. F. Hill 1864 *** 1888 Lenoir, N.C. 1920 Old Fort, N.C. ***** J. H. Fine 1869 Randolph County, N.C. 1907 Walkertown, N.C. 1920 Candler, N.C. Candler, N.C. S. A. Earnhardt 1850 Gold Hill, Rowan Co., N.C. 1887 Asheville, N.C. 1920 Misenheimer, N.C. Misenheimer, N.C. S. M. Hanes 1848 *** 1875 Greensboro, N.C. 1920 Winston, N.C. ***** T. P. Bonner 1849 Hyde County, N.C 1885 Charlotte, N. C. 1920 Hickory, N.C. Hickory, N. C. Samuel McDonald 1852 *** 1890 Maxton, N.C. 1920 Greensboro, N.C. Union Cem., Greensboro, N.C. S. P. West 1853 *** 1882 Laurinburg, N.C. 1921 Oxford, N.C. ***** C. W. Robinson 1858 Mount Gilead, N.C 1886 Reidsville, N.C. 1921 Clayton, N. C. Raleigh, N.C. James H. Fine 1869 Randolph County, N.C. 1907 BR-A Walkertown, N.C. 1921 Mills River, Henderson Co. Henry Fink 1867 North Carolina ***** 1920 Charlotte, N.C. Pinewood Cem., Charlotte R.C. Craven 1867 Randolph County, N. C. 1898 Winston-Salem, N.C 1921 Oxford, N.C . Dunn, N.C. Charles A. Cecil 1855 Thomasville, N.C. 1889 Mt. Zion, Stokes, Co., N.C. 1921 High Point, N.C. M.A. Smilh 1851 Richmond County, N.C. 1883 Statesville, N.C 1921 Morganton, N.C. Cory, N.C. T.J. Browning 1841 Bladen County, N.C. 1877 Salisbury, N.C 1922 Spring Glenn, Fla. Spring Glenn, Fla. Lewis B. Gibson 1834 Guilford County, N.C. 1870 Lincolnton, N.C. 1922 Greensboro, N.C. Union Cem., Greensboro, N.C. W. P. Hayes 1844 *** 1888 Lenoir, N.C. 1922 Greensboro, N.C. ***** G. C. Wadford 1873 *** 1915 Newton, N.C. 1922 Guilford County, N.C. Greensboro, N.C. J.C.D. Stroud 1892 Chatham County, N.C. 1886 Reidsville, N.C 1922 Garner, N.C Chatham County, N. C. T.N. Ivey 1860 Marion, N.C. 1918 Goldsboro, N.C 1923 Nashville, Tenn. Raleigh, N.C. W. C. Lassiter 1863 North Carolina 1893 LaGrange, N.C. 1923 Stokes County, N.C.

265 NAME DATE/PLACE JOINED DATE/PLACE PLACE OF OF BIRTH CONFERENCE OF DEATH BURIAL H.E. Tripp 1850 Bonnerton, N.C. 1892 Goldsboro, N. C 1923 Clinton, N.C Clinton, N.C. William Ellis Swain, D.D.. 1856 Washington County, N.C. 1884 Hickory Gr., Randolph Co. 1923 Wilson, N.C. La Grange, N.C. G. D. Langslon 1846 Wayne County, N.C. 1890 Wilson, N.C 1923 Durham, N.C Durham, N.C. J. E. Underwood 1854 Stanly County, N.C. 1883 Statesville, N.C 1924 Raleigh, N.C Goldsboro, N. C. M.D. Hix 1863 Randolph County, N.C. 1887 Fayetteville, N.C. 1924 Durham, N.C Durham, N.C. Isaac Isaiah “Ike” York 1841 Flat Rock, Rockingham Co. 1879 Friendship, Alamance Co. 1924 High Point, N.C. Spring Hill Ch., High Point, N.C. G. T. Simmons 1853 Sussex County, Va. 1888 New Bern, N.C 1924 Richmond, Va. Richmond, Va. W.P. Conslable 1865 Hertford, England 1901 Fayetteville, N.C. 1924 Durham, N.C Durham, N.C. W.A. Piland 1869 Northampton Co., N.C. 1898 Elizabeth City, N.C 1924 Stedman, . C Goldsboro, N.C. V.P. Scoville 1879 Fort Volley, Go. 1899 Brunswick, Ga. 1925 Greenville, N.C Greensboro, N.C. Milton M. Jones 1861 Rockingham County, N.C. 1891 Winston, N.C. 1925 Greensboro, N.C. Union Cem., Greensboro, N.C. R.H. Willis 1872 Warrenton, N.C. 1896 Kinston, N.C 1925 Fayetteville, N.C Elizabeth City, N.C. Mark W. Broyles 1849 Rhea Springs, Tenn. 1873 Holston 1885 Blue-Ridge-Atl1925 Leicester, N.C. Leicester, N.C. W. C. Kennett 1835 Guilford County, N.C. 1841 1925 Greensboro, N.C. Tabernacle Ch., Guilford Co. G.M. Daniel 1884 Pitt County, N.C. 1909 Raleigh, N.C. 1925 Red Springs, N.C Graham, N.C. J.H. Hall 1858 Fayetteville, N.C. 1882 Raleigh, N.C. 1925 Elizabeth City, N.C Elizabeth City, N.C. J. A. Laughlin 1872 Randolph County, N.C. 1905 Maxton, N.C. 1925 Greensboro, N.C. St. Peter’s, Greensboro, N.C. H.M. Eure 1861 Nosh County, N.C. 1886 Reidsville, N.C 1926 Norlina, N.C Red Springs, N.C. Clifton L. Whitaker, D.D. 1863 Halifax County, N.C. ***** 1926 High Point, N.C. Greensboro, N.C. G.W. Fisher 1859 Catawba County, N.C. 1885 Charlotte, N.C 1926 Garner, N.C Zebulon, N.C. R.C. Beaman 1860 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1887 Salisbury, N.C 1926 Tarboro, N.C Goldsboro, N.C. J.A. Hornaday 1853 Randolph County, N.C. 1884 Wilmington, N.C. 1926 Maxton, N.C Maxton, N.C. J. W. Quick ***** 1924 Reidsvile, N.C. 1926 *** ***** J.J. Lewis 1865 Beaufort County, N.C. 1910 Elizabeth City, N.C 1926 Grimesland, N.C Washington, N.C. George Edman Hunt 1839 Vance County, N.C. ***** 1926 Davidson County, N.C. Peeds Cem., Davidson Co., N.C. M.D. Giles 1853 Burke County, N. C. 1882 Raleigh, N.C., N.C 1926 Reidsville, N.C Reidsville, N.C. John H. Bowman 1860 Guilford County, N.C. 1899 Friendship, Stanly Co. 1926 Liberty, N.C. ***** H.A. Humble 1873 Randolph County, N.C. 1895 Elizabeth City, N.C 1926 Wilmington, N.C Fayetteville, N.C. P. Greening 1841 Devonshire, England 1871 Charlotte, N. C 1926 White Oak, N.C Stedman, N.C. J. B. Tucker 1857 Surry County, N.C. 1885 Gastonia, N.C. 1926 Montgomery Conty, N.C. Shoaly Branch, Davidson Co. A.l. Ormond 1862 Green County, N.C. 1892 Goldsboro, N.C 1927 Philadelphia, Pa. Durham, N.C. J.O. Guthrie 1855 Chatham County, N.C. 1879 Wilson, N.C 1927 Dillon, S.C Dillon, S.C. Drury Alson Highfill 1847 Guilford County, N.C. 1874 Enfield, N.C. 1927 Randolph County, N.C. Fairview Cem., Randolph Co., N.C. John L. Dennis 1864 Uwharrie, N.C. 1891 Asheville, N.C. 1927 Montgomery Co., N.C. Bethany Ch., Uwharrie, N.C. J.E. Holden 1869 Franklin County, N.C. 1900 New Bern, N.C 1927 New Bern, N.C Morehead City, N.C. John Herman Isham 1875 Darlington, S.C. ***** 1927 Rockingham, N.C. ***** W. M. Crawford 1861 *** ***** 1927 Winston, N.C. Forsyth County, N.C. G.F. Smith 1861 Davidson County, N.C. 1886 Reidsville, N.C 1927 Littleton, N.C Lexington, N.C. J.l. Rumley 1870 Beaufort, N.C. 1892 Goldsboro, N.C 1928 Farmville, N.C Farmville, N.C. John H. Stowe 1853 Concord, N.C. 1893 LaGrange, N.C. 1927 Guilford County, N.C. ***** Elisha Howard 1838 Marion, N.C. 1885 Lumberton, N.C. 1927 Asheboro, N.C. Asheboro, N.C. D. A. Braswell 1853 Anson County, N.C. 1893 LaGrange, N.C. 1927 Concord, N.C. ***** F.B. McColl 1858 Scotland County, N.C. 1879 Wilson, N.C. 1928 Laurel Hill, N.C Gibson, N.C. David A. Lanier 1842 Caldwell County, N.C. 1890 Clyde, N.C. 1928 Catawba County, N.C. Shiloh, N.C. S.E. Mercer 1867 Howardsville, N.C. 1897 Raleigh, N.C. 1928 Lumberton, N.C Durham, N.C. G.B. Perry 1851 Chatham County, N.C. 1885 Charlotte, N.C 1928 Princeton, N.C Smithfield, N.C. John Franklin Dosier 1856 Randolph County, N.C. 1885 Yadkin College, N.C. 1928 Morganton, N.C. Randleman, N.C. J. D. Murphy 1858 Robeson County, N.C. 1896 Charlotte, N.C. 1928 Smiths, Robeson Co.. Mt. Zion Cem., Robeson Co. A. W. McMaster 1862 North Carolina 1894 Oxford, N.C. 1928 Greensboro, N.C. Maplewood Cem., Greensboro Daniel Luther Earnhardt 1877 Misenheimer, N.C. 1895 Clyde, N.C. 1928 Durham, N.C. Durham, N.C. Alexander D. McDonald 1880 Holly Springs, N.C. 1920 Winston, N.C. 1928 Randolph County, N.C Piney Ridge, Asheboro Daniel Luther Earnhardt 1854 Salisbury, N.C. 1878 Charlotte, N. C 1928 Durham, N.C Durham, N. C. V.A. Royall 1860 Sampson County, N.C. 1903 Goldsboro, N.C 1929 Franklinton, N.C Jonesboro, N. C. N.l. Seabolt 1864 Randolph County, N.C. 1890 Wilson, N.C 1929 Randolph County, N.C Randolph Co., N.C. R.l. Davis 1870 Warrenton, N.C. 1895 Elizabeth City, N.C 1929 Raleigh, N. C Warrenton, N.C. Austin Wilson 1881 Lincoln County, N.C. 1912 Marshallberg, N.C. 1929 Morganton, N.C. Reeps Grove Church John Hamilton Moton 1854 Georgia 1887 Guilford County, N.C. 1929 High Point, N.C. Oakwood Cem., Greensboro J.M. Daniel 1875 Warren County, N.C. 1905 Wilson, N.C 1929 Rockingham, N.C Warrenton, N.C. W. P. Martin 1850 North Carolina 1879 Friendship, Alamance Co. 1929 Lenoir, N.C. Shiloh Church A. McCullen 1859 Kinston, N.C. 1882 Raleigh, N.C. 1929 Rockingham, N.C Rockingham, N.C. Robert Smith 1848 Randolph County, N.C. 1886 Raleigh, N.C. 1930 Brown Summit, N.C. Hickory, N.C. Nathaniel M. Martin 1872 London, Ontario 1906 Asheville, N.C. 1930 Asheville, N.C. ***** George W. Brower 1864 Randolph County, N.C. 1892 Reidsville, N.C. 1930 High Point, N.C. ***** E. D. Petty 1870 *** 1894 Oxford, N.C. 1930 *** ***** Nebula Brittain 1892 Weaverville, N.C. 1925 High Point, N.C. 1930 Greensboro, N.C. Clark’s Ch. Buncombe Co. John W. Jones 1854 North Carolina 1898 Lenoir, N.C. 1930 Guilford County, N.C. McCallum Graveyard Charles E. Howard 1878 Cleveland County, N.C. 1916 West Raleigh, N.C. 1930 Mocksville, N.C. Methodist Cem., Mocksville E. Frank Lee 1879 Newton Grove, N.C. 1924 Wilmington, N.C. 1930 Durham, N.C Durham, N.C. A. G. Jenkins 1872 Louisiana 1905 Maxton, N.C. 1930 Charlotte, N.C. Pineway, N.C. J. B. O’Briant 1863 Guilford County, N.C.‘ 1917 Mebane, N.C. 1930 Roanoke Rapids, N.C. Roanoke Rapids, N.C. N.E. Coltrone 1850 Randolph County, N.C. 1877 Salisbury, N.C 1930 Greensboro, N.C Greensboro, N.C. R.W. Bailey 1859 Wake County, N.C. 1894 Durham, N.C. 1930 Raleigh, N.C Raleigh, N. C. E.C. Sell 1861 Stanly County, N.C. 1888 New Bern, N.C 1930 Wilmington, N.C Wilmington, N.C. Daniel McKenzie Matheson 1850 Cherokee County, N.C. 1888 New Bern, N.C. 1930 Casar, N.C. Cleveland County, N.C. William Luther Moore 1857 Columbus County, N.C. 1909 Parmele, Martin Co., N.C. 1930 Maxton, N.C. Prospect Ch., Robeson Co., N.C. E.M. Snipes 1869 Chatham County, N.C. 1901 Fayetteville, N.C. 1930 Durham, N. C Durham, N.C. Daniel A. Watkins 1859 Salisbury, N.C. 1879 Wilson, N.C 1931 Durham, N.C Goldsboro, N.C. William B. North 1861 York County, S.C. 1880 Winston, N.C 1931 Edenton, N.C Laurinburg, N.C. Roderick B. John 1859 Marlboro County, S.C. 1883 Statesville, N.C 1931 Fayetteville, N.C Laurinburg, N.C. John P. Morris 1861 Caswell County, N.C. 1890 Maxton, N.C. 1931 Greensboro, N.C. ***** Solon A. Cotton 1869 Montgomery Co., N.C. 1894 Durham, N.C. 1931 Sanford, N.C Weldon, N.C. William F. Galloway 1860 Montgomery Co., N.C. 1905 Wilson, N.C 1931 Burlington, N.C Burlington, N.C.

266 NAME DATE/PLACE JOINED DATE/PLACE PLACE OF OF BIRTH CONFERENCE OF DEATH BURIAL Noah S. T. Shambourger 1869 Asheboro, N.C. 1910 Leaksville, N.C 1931 Lumberton, N.C. Asheboro, N.C. Eli H. McArthur 1853 Robeson County, N.C. 1887 High Point, N.C. 1931 Greensboro, N.C. ***** N. M. Black 1874 North Carolina 1907 Winston, N.C. 1931 Winston-Salem, N.C. Madison, N.C. Ludolphus E. Thompson 1855 Orange County, N.C. 1878 Charlotte, N.C 1931 Lexington, N.C Lexington, N.C. Clark C. Alexander 1892 Cottage Grove, Tenn. 1923 Greenville, Miss. 1932 Clinton, N.C Clinton, N.C. Michael Bradshaw 1859 Alamance County, N. C. 1891 Greenville, N.C. 1932 Durham, N.C Durham, N.C. Robert E. Andrews 1868 Wake County, N.C. 1914 Asheville, N.C. 1932 Greensboro, N.C. Oakwood Cem., Greensboro Jasper A. Cherry 1879 North Carolina ***** 1932 Hickory, N.C. Southside, Hickory, N.C. Harry M. North 1873 Cleveland County, N.C. 1899 Washington, N.C 1932 Raleigh, N.C. Laurinburg, N.C. Moses J. Bullock 1847 North Carolina 1885 Lumberton, N.C. 1932 Greensboro, N.C. City Cem., Greensboro, N.C. James Raleigh Dillard 1878 Rockingham County, N.C. 1917 Hickory, N.C. 1932 Ramseur, N.C. Winston-Salem, N.C. William W. Pope 1849 North Carolina 1883 Winston, N.C. 1932 Winston-Salem, N.C. Odd Fellows Cem., Rocky Mt. J. H. Garriss 1849 Northampton County, N.C. 1895 Clyde, N.C. 1932 Elighland Spgs,Va. Elighland Spgs,Va. Samuel E. Wright 1893 Cleveland County, N.C. 1925 Fayetteville, N.C. 1932 Rocky Mount, N.C Hickory, N.C. Jacob A. Lee 1856 Cleveland County, N.C. 1882 Raleigh, N.C. 1932 Shelby, N.C Shelby, N. C. G. T. Foley 1895 Columbus, Ga. 1925 West Raleigh 1933 High Point, N.C. Atlanta, Ga. Pepesse M. Locklear 1868 Robeson County, N.C. 1922 Statesville, N.C. 1933 Robeson County, N.C. Prospect Ch., Robeson Co., N.C. J. C. Addie 1843 Catawba County, N.C. 1894 Oxford, N.C. 1933 *** ***** Charles Jabin Edwards 1875 Haywood County, N.C. 1907 Grace, Greensboro, N.C. 1933 Hyde County, N.C. Henderson, N.C. Daniel Brooks 1837 Cleveland County, N.C. 1875 Greensboro, N.C. 1933 High Point, N.C. ***** Davidson A. Fishel 1850 Warren County, N.C. 1879 Friendship, Alamance Co. 1933 Vaughan, N.C. Sunset Hills, Littleton, N.C. M. Cicero Laughlin 1867 North Carolina 1911 Greensboro, N.C. 1933 Greensboro, N.C. Maplewood Cem., Greensboro Charles E. Parker 1872 St. Paul, N.C. 1922 Blue Ridge-Atlantic 1933 Hyderabad, India India William Carter Matney 1856 Caldwell County, N.C. 1889 Asheville, N.C. 1933 Beaverdam, Haywood Co. Canton, N.C. Robath F. Bumpas 1850 Greensboro, N.C. 1871 Charlotte, N.C 1933 Los Angeles, Calif. Los Angeles, Calif. J. D. Hairston 1882 Davie County, N.C. (Local Pastor) 1933 Goldsboro, N.C. Goldsboro, N.C. Francis Asbury Lindsey Clark 1849 Cabarrus County, N.C. 1883 Gastonia, N.C. 1933 Cabarrus County, N.C. Mt. Mitchell Ch., Cabarrus Co. R. G. Trull 1899 North Carolina 1924 Winston-Salem, N.C. 1933 Haywood County, N.C. Crusoe, N.C. William B. Humble 1869 Randolph County, N.C. 1912 Fayetteville, N.C. 1934 Durham, N.C Burlington, N.C. J. W. Wells 1872 Sherrill’s Ford, N.C. 1899 Marion, N.C. 1934 Guilford County, N.C. Greensboro, N.C. John Wilson Hulin 1859 Montgomery County, N.C. 1919 Concord, N.C. 1934 Montgomery County, N.C. Lovejoy, N.C. M. P. Chambliss 1890 Triplet, Virginia 1926 Grace, Greensboro, N.C. 1934 Greensboro, N.C. Triplet, Va. C. W. Saunders 1892 *** 1931 High Point, N.C. 1934 Durham, N.C. ***** Linley Williams Gerringer, D.D. 1883 Alamance County, N.C. 1913 High Point, N.C. 1934 Henderson, N.C. Kernersville, N.C. Charles C. Brothers 1860 Elizabeth City, N.C. 1883 Statesville, N.C 1934 Greensboro, N.C Catawba, N.C. Bryan C. Thompson 1864 Moore County, N.C. 1896 Kinston, N.C. 1934 Norlina, N.C Mt. Gilead, N.C. W. Q. A. Graham 1860 Stoney Point, N.C. 1882 Asheville, N.C. 1934 Carteret County, N.C. Carteret County, N.C. Jesse Hicks Gillespie 1852 Leicester, N.C. 1885 Gastonia, N.C. 1934 Bessemer City, N.C. Bessemer City, N.C. Joseph Flavius McCulloch,. D.D. 1856 Guilford County, N.C. 1893 LaGrange, N.C. 1934 Guilford County, N.C. Tabernacle Ch., Guilford Co. Samuel T. Moyle 1864 Chatham County, N.C. 1892 Goldsboro, N.C 1934 Salisbury, N.C Salisbury, N.C. Thomas J. Dailey 1849 Alamance County, N.C. 1883 Statesville, N.C 1935 Deland, Fla. Deland, Fla. J. H. Garrett 1864 1882 Laurinburg, N.C. 1935 Reidsville, N.C. Reidsville, N.C. Carl Anderson Johnson 1885 Holly Springs, N.C. 1915 Reidsville, N.C 1935 Fayetteville, N.C Holly Springs, N.C. Benjamin E. Stanfield 1876 Leasburg, N. C. 1904 Henderson, N.C 1935 Timberlake, N.C Leasburg, N.C. Charles Martin Lance 1870 Buncombe County, N.C. 1903 Goldboro, N.C 1935 Clinton, N.C Clinton, N.C. Julian Lewark Midgette 1885 Rodanthe, N.C. 1912 Fayetteville, N.C. 1935 Rocky Mount, N.C Norlina, N.C. Elliott G. Lowdermilk 1858 Randolph County, N.C. 1898 Liberty, N.C. 1935 Cleveland, Johnston Co. Johnston County, N.C. James Finley Matney 1858 Caldwell County, N.C. 1889 Clyde, N.C. 1935 Alexander County, N.C. Friendship Ch., Iredell County Berzillai C. Allred 1849 Randolph County, N.C. 1883 Statesville, N.C 1935 Oxford, N.C Oxford, N.C. Carey Hamilton Whitaker 1861 Enfield, N.C. 1896 Burlington, N.C. 1935 Forsyth County, N.C. ***** Walter R. Zeigler 1867 North Carolina 1893 Lexington, N.C. 1935 Friendship, Guilford Co. Collins Graveyard, Guilford Co. George Washington Starling 1862 Wayne County, N.C 1890 Wilson, N.C 1935 Durham, N.C. Zebulon, N.C. Alexander H. Newsome 1852 Davidson County, N.C. 1883 Greensboro, N.C. 1935 Greensboro, N.C High Point, N.C. James M. Fowler 1872 Clyde, N.C. 1911 Marshallberg, N.C.‘ 1935 Asheville, N.C. Clyde, N.C. Duncan A. Futrell 1860 Brunswick County, N. C 1884 Wilmington, N.C. 1935 Wilmington, N.C. Town Creek, N.C. William Filmore Kennett 1856 Guilford County, N.C. 1887 Guilford County, N.C. 1936 Guilford County, N.C. Hebron Ch., Alamance Co., N.C. Robert E. Pillman 1867 Lenoir County, N.C 1911 Kinston, N.C 1936 Roxboro, N.C. Durham, N.C. James Madison Heath 1856 Davie County, N.C. 1890 Clyde, N.C. 1936 Walkertown, N.C. Morris Chapel, Forsyth Co., N.C. Robert H. Broom 1860 Union County, N.C 1889 Greensboro, N.C. 1936 Ayden, N.C. Washington, N.C. R. Fronk Taylor 1862 Lenoir County, N.C 1889 Greensboro, N.C. 1936 Rocky Mount, N.C. Green County, N.C. Samuel L. May 1875 Davidson County, N.C. 1880 High Point, N.C. 1936 Thomasville, N.C Thomasville, N.C Sylvester Jackson Hayden 1875 Cleveland County, N.C. 1903 Greensboro, N.C. 1936 Seagrove, N.C. ***** William Theophilus Totten 1862 Reidsville, N.C. 1885 Yadkin College, N.C. 1936 Yadkin County, N.C. Yadkin College Cem. T. A. Williams 1872 Hillsborough, N.C. 1908 Liberty, N.C. 1936 High Point, N.C. Pine Hill, Burlington, N.C. Robert J. Lough 1874 Franklin W. Va. 1922 Raleigh, N.C. 1936 Norfolk, Va. Rocky Mount, N.C. Leland l. Smith 1889 Wayne County, N.C 1916 Durham, N.C. 1936 Wayne County, N.C M ount Olive, N.C. John C. Wooten 1868 Green County, N.C 1898 Elizabeth City, N.C. 1936 Greenville, N.C Greenville, N.C. Samuel H. Pressley 1877 York County, S.C. 1929 Asheville, N.C. 1937 Shelby, N.C. ***** Frank S. Abernethy 1882 Gulford County, N.C. 1930 *** 1937 Mooresville, N.C. ***** John J. Barker 1867 Milton, N.C 1888 New Bern, N.C 1937 Ahoskie, N.C Ahoskie, N.C. Armour D. Wilcox 1868 Scioto County, Ohio 1906 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1937 Durham, N.C Haywood County, N.C. Thomas Henry Sutton 1862 Sampson County, N. C 1892 Goldsboro, N.C. 1937 Fayetteville, N.C Fayetteville, N.C. Stephen Abraham Nettles 1859 Summerville, S.C 1894 Laurens, S.C 1937 Columbia, S.C Manning, S. C. William Robert Hardesty 1889 Carteret County, N.C 1917 Greenville, N.C. 1937 Durham, N.C Harlowe, N.C. Rufus Bradley 1870 Jackson, N.C 1894 Durham, N.C. 1937 Rocky Mount, N.C Littleton, N.C. William M. Chavis 1882 Lincoln County, N.C. 1891 Winston, N.C. 1937 Kernersville, N.C. ***** Doctor N. Caviness 1859 Moore County, N.C 1892 Goldsboro, N.C 1937 Raleigh, N.C Raleigh, N.C. John S. Greene 1866 Caldwell Co., N.C. 1911 Troy, N.C. 1937 Clyde, N.C. Buncombe Co., N.C. Walter Grady Pilcher 1888 Schley County, Ga. 1910 Winston, Va. 1937 Americus, Ga. Americus, Ga. Andrew W. Price 1861 Avon, N.C 1904 Henderson, N.C 1937 Avon, N.C Avon, N.C. Samuel F. B. Peace 1860 Granville County, N.C. 1891 Winston, N.C. 1937 Greensboro, N.C. ***** T. A. Williams 1872 Hillsborough, N.C. 1908 Liberty, N.C. 1937 High Point, N.C. Pine Hill, Burlington, N.C.

267 NAME DATE/PLACE JOINED DATE/PLACE PLACE OF OF BIRTH CONFERENCE OF DEATH BURIAL George W. Holmes 1856 Alamance County, N.C. 1903 Winston, N.C. 1937 Alamance County, N.C. Bethel Ch., Alamance Co., N.C. John Edward Blalock 1884 Albemarle, N.C 1910 Elizabeth City, N.C 1938 Fairmont, N.C Fairmont, N.C. Asa Joseph Parker 1867 Hertford County, N.C 1889 Greensboro, N.C. 1938 Raleigh, N.C Raleigh, N.C. W. B. Scales 1860 1902 Mt. Airy, N.C. 1938 Madison, N.C. ***** Charles Martyr Hawkins 1858 Glasgow, Mo. 1880 Marshall, Mo. 1938 Laurinburg, N.C Laurinburg, N.C. Walter L. Carter 1873 Stanly County, N.C. 1914 Asheville, N.C. 1938 New London, N.C. Palestine, N.C. Marion Major Patrick 1886 ***** 1938 Cumberland Co., N.C. Richmond County, N.C. R. S. Troxler 1872 Rowan County, N.C. 1910 Kernersville, N.C. 1938 Durham, N. C. ***** Peter J. Cook 1878 North Carolina (Local Pastor) 1938 Greensboro, N.C. High Point, N.C. Aquilla Lafayette Hunter 1866 Forsyth County, N.C. 1894 Asheboro, N.C. 1938 ***** Daniel H. Kearse 1863 Bamberg, S.C. 1921 Reidsville, N.C. 1938 Winston-Salem, N. C. Odd Fellows, Winston-Salem, N.C. George W. Morehead 1881 Guilford County, N.C. 1868 Union Chap., Alexander Co. 1938 Greensboro, N.C. ***** James Henry Frizzelle 1865 Fayetteville, N.C 1892 Goldsboro, N. C. 1938 Wilmington, N.C Wilmington,N.C. George Franklin. Millaway 1861 North Carolina 1893 LaGrange, N.C. 1939 Guilford County, N.C. Mt. Pleasant, Guilford Co., N.C. Jasper Bibbs Thompson 1867 Randolph County, N.C 1890 Wilson, N.C. 1939 Durham, N.C. Randolph County, N.C. Leonidas M. Chaffin 1863 Chatham County, N.C 1887 Fayetteville, N.C. 1939 Jonesboro, N.C Jonesboro, N.C. Daniel Herndon Tuttle 1857 Caldwell County, N.C 1883 Statesville, N.C. 1939 Spencer, N.C Smithfield, N.C. Nathan Martin Wright 1888 Scotland County, N.C 1912 Fayetteville, N.C. 1939 McColl, S.C Durham, N.C. John Monroe Wright 1876 Laurel Hill, N.C 1905 Wilson, N.C 1940 Jackson, N.C Goldsboro, N. C. Francis Ernest Dixon 1872 Craven County, N.C 1899 Oakland, Calif. 1940 Newport, N.C Lenoir County, N.C. William Calhoun Merritt 1866 Sampson County, N.C 1893 Wilmington, N.C. 1940 Durham, N.C Durham, N.C. James Marion Lowder 1852 Stanly County, N.C. 1887 Fayetteville, N.C. 1940 Rutherford College, N.C Norwood, N.C. Hermon Theophilus Coley 1913 Stantonsburg, N.C. 1937 Raleigh, N.C. 1940 West Hillsboro, N. C Eureka, N.C. Richard Travie Weatherby 1873 Durant, Miss. 1903 Greensboro, N.C. 1940 Greensboro, N.C. Maplewood Cem. Greensboro A. M. Robinson ***** 1925 Maxton, N.C. 1940 ***** A. B. Queen 1860 Alexander County, N.C. 1898 Lenoir, N.C. 1940 *** ***** Raleigh Alexander Bruton !859 Montgomery County, N.C. 1894 Durham, N.C., N.C 1940 Greenville, N.C Greenville, N.C. Edward Norman Harrison 1880 Granville County, N.C. 1905 Wilson, N.C 1940 Washington, N.C Nashville, N.C. John Bolivar Hurley 1659 Montgomery County, N.C. 1883 Statesville, N.C. 1940 Greensboro, N.C Lexington, N.C. Nathan H.D. Wilson 1866 Greensboro, N.C . 1890 Wilson, N.C 1940 Chapel Hill, N.C. Chapel Hill, N.C. John Thomas Gibbs 1848 Vance County, N.C. 1874 Raleigh, N.C. 1940 Danville, Va. Fayetteville, N.C. William Henry Townsend 1855 Robeson County, N.C. 1885 Charlotte,N.C 1941 High Point, N.C High Point, N.C Frank Mebane Shamburger 1860 Moore County, NC 1883 Stateville, N.C 1941 Oxford, N.C Oxford, N.C. Henry Jones 1882 Buncombe County, N.C. 1929 Winston-Salem, N.C. 1941 Rowan County, N.C. Chestnut Hill, Salisbury, N.C. James Manley Rhodes 1850 Johnston County, N.C. 1875 Wilmington, N.C., N.C 1941 Bartow, Fla. Littleton, N. C. Gaston Troy Adams 1864 Cumbeland County, N.C 1898 Elizabethy City, N.C 1941 Sanford, N. C Goldsboro, N.C. Erving I. S. Swann 1872 Indian Reserv., Okla. 1914 Thomasville, N.C. 1941 Asheville, N.C. Violet Hill Cem., Emma, N.C. J. R. McNair 1883 Robeson County, N.C. (Local Pastor) 1941 Red Springs, N.C. ***** Hampton McRae Jackson 1860 Dillon County, S.C 1887 Fayetteville, N.C. 1942 Garner, N.C. Raleigh, N. C. James Henry Buffaloe 1874 Wake County, N.C 1902 Wilmington, N.C. 1942 Marston, N.C Gorner, N.C. Andrew James Groves 1857 Duplin County, N.C 1896 Kinston, N. C 1942 Sanford, N. C Sanford, N.C. Timothy Alexander Sikes 1870 Union County, N.C 1899 Concord, N.C 1943 Wrightsville Beach, N.C Charlotte, N.C. George H. Biggs 1856 Curnberland County, N. C 1909 Raleigh, N.C. 1943 Star, N.C Wadesboro, N.C. David Isham Garner 1892 Randolph County, N.C 1922 Henderson, N.C 1943 Mebane, N.C Burlington, N.C. John P. Bross 1876 Thompson, Go. 1903 Sandersville, Ga. 1943 Norfolk, Va. Raleigh, N.C. John William Simpson 1869 Rockingham Co., N.C. 1903 Greensboro, N.C. 1943 Greensboro, N.C. Odd Fellows Cem., Greensboro Walter Herbert Pavy 1882 Stowford Hill, Englond 1906 Saskatchewan, Canada 1943 Brunswick Co., N.C Berlin, N.H. Francis Boyd Peele 1889 Scotlond County, N.C 1922 Raleigh, N.C. 1943 Durham, N.C Gibson, N. C. George Washington Perry 1887 Cha hom County, N.C 1916 Durham, N.C 1943 Greenville, N.C Raleigh, N.C. Elmer Dewey Weathers 1899 Con erse, S.C 1929 Kinston, N.C 1943 Weldon, N.C Weldon, N.C. Marcus Munday 1852 North Carolina 1888 Lenoir, N.C. 1943 Leaksville, N.C. ***** Lauder Beamon Pattishall 1887 Cumberland County, N.C. 1916 Durham, N.C. 1944 Pinetops, N. C Pinetops, N.C. Coy N. Williams 1899 Boone, N.C. 1933 Maxton, N.C. 1944 Winston-Salem, N.C. Boone Cem., Boone, N.C. Eucl id Harvey McWhorter 1869 Gaylesville, Alo. 1893 Wilmington, N.C. 1944 Raleigh, N.C Raleigh, N.C. Neill Beckwith Johnson Johnston County, N.C. 1920 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1944 Raleigh, N.C Gorner, N.C. David Roscoe Williams 1868 Orange County, N.C 1915 Wilmington, N.C. 1944 Graham, N.C Burlington, N.C. Thurman Gomez Vickers 1887 Ournam County, .C 1908 Durham, N.C. 1944 Yuma, Ariz. Raleigh, N.C. Rudolphus D. Bethea 1872 South Carolina 1893 Lexington, N.C. 1944 New York, N.Y. ***** Ernest Golden Overton 1900 Aurora, N.C. 1924 Wilmington, N.C. 1944 England England John Watson Autry 1883 Cumberland County, N.C. 1906 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1944 Wilmington, N.C Cumberland Co., N.C. James Gabriel Johnson 1861 Wayne County, N.C. Reidsville, N.C. 1945 Laurinburg, N.C. Laurinburg, N.C. William Floyd Trawick 1886 Hoke County, N.C. 1913 Oxford, N.C 1945 Fayetteville, N.C Raeford, N. C. George David Kirkland 1898 Lincoln County, N.C. ***** 1945 Lincolnton, N.C. Ebenezer Ch., Lincoln Co., N.C. James Adolphus Dailey 1868 Alamance County, NC 1897 Raleigh, N.C. 1945 Durham, N.C Burlington, N.C. Cornelius Blackman Culbreth 1876 Cumberland County, N.C. 1908 Durham, N.C. 1946 Benson, N.C. Dunn, N.C. Edwin C. Glenn 1858 Randolph County, N.C. 1888 New Bern, N.C. 1946 Greensboro, N. C Greensboro, N.C. Rufus Rhodes Grant 1871 Northampton County, N.C. 1899 Washington, N.C 1946 Columbia, N.C Fairfield, N.C. William. M. Wells 1874 Catawba County, N.C. ***** 1946 Laurinburg, N.C. Greensboro, N.C. William Towe 1865 Elizabeth City, N.C. 1901 Fayetteville, N.C. 1946 Rocky Mount, N.C Rocky Mount, N.C. Dorsey Enoch McRae 1856 Maxton, N.C. ***** 1946 Thomasville, N.C. Thomasville, N.C. Whitford Frank Walters 1887 Beaufort County, N.C. 1925 Fayetteville, N.C. 1946 Pikeville, N.C Goldsboro, N. C. Loy Vernon Harris 1899 Montgomery County, N.C. 1924 Wilmington, N.C. 1946 Mount Gileod, N.C. Mount Gilead, N.C. Thomas Stanley Coble 1875 Chatham County, N.C. 1907 New Bern, N.C. 1946 Durham, N.C. Maplewood, Durham, N.C. Creasy Kinion Proctor 1889 Durham County, N.C. 1913 Oxford, N.C. 1946 Oxford, N. C. Elmwood, Oxford, N.C. Eli Baxter Craven 1875 Randolph County, N. C. 1905 Wilson, N.C. 1946 Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Charley lafayette Spencer 1879 Randolph County, N.C. 1906 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1946 Asheboro, N. C. Durham, N.C. James Townsend Stanford 1871 Mt. Tirzah, N.C. 1899 Washington, N.C. 1946 Scotland Neck, N.C. Northamptan Co., N.C Samuel F. Nicks 1874 Orange County, N.C. 1903 Goldsboro, N.C. 1946 Hillsboro, N.C. Hillsboro, N.C. Charles Lewis Read 1869 Palmer Springs, Va. 1898 Elizabeth City, N.C. 1946 Durham, N. C. Maplewood, Durham, N.C. Benson H. Black 1873 Monroe, N.C. 1897 Raleigh, N.C., N. C. 1946 Durham, N. C. Durham, N. C. George lee Reynolds 1873 Montgomery County, N.C. 1901 Henderson, N.C. 1946 High Point, N.C. High Point, N.C. John Frazier Starnes 1877 Buncombe County, N.C. 1907 New Bern, N.C. 1946 Durham, N. C. Durham, N. C.

268 NAME DATE/PLACE JOINED DATE/PLACE PLACE OF OF BIRTH CONFERENCE OF DEATH BURIAL acob Holt McCracken 1863 Orange County, N.C. 1897 Raleigh, N.C. 1946 Durham, N. C. Durham, N.C. Walter Patten 1880 Bridgeville, Del. 1909 Raleigh, N.C., N. C. 1947 Louisburg, N.C. Chapel Hill, N.C. Wesley Frank Craven 1858 Randolph County, N.C. 1893 Wilmington, N.C. 1947 Durham, N. C. Durham, N.C. Oded I. Hinson 1874 Monroe, N.C. 1906 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1947 Durham, N.C. Durham, N.C. J. C. Rush 1886 Asheboro, N.C. 1920 Winston, N.C. 1947 Winston-Salem, N.C. Mitchell Cem., Randolph Co. Milton Franklin Hodges 1879 Robeson County, N.C. 1915 Wilmington, N.C. 1947 Charlotte, N. C. Laurinburg, N.C. John Cephas Williams 1882 Rockingham County, N.C. 1917 Greenville, N.C. 1947 Fremont, N.C. Rockingham Co., N.C. Arnold Chester Thompson 1896 Durham, N. C. 1931 Greenville, N.C. 1947 Kecoughtan, Va. Durham, N.C. Charles Nelson Phillips 1875 Princeton, N.C. 1915 Wilmington, N.C. 1947 Wilmington, N.C. Wilmington, N.C. John Henry Shore 1865 Forsyth County, N.C. 1888 New Bern, N.C. 1948 Person County, N.C. Person County, N.C . John Robert Edwards 1889 Chatham County, N.C. 1917 Greenville, N.C. 1948 Roanoke Rapids, N.C. Siler City, N.C. Luther Burgess Bridgers 1884 Margarettsville, N.C. 1923 Elizabeth City, N.C. 1948 Atlanta, Ga. Gainesville, Ga. John Compton Humble 1872 Randolph County, N.C. 1897 Raleigh, N.C. 1948 Cambridge, Md. Chatham Co., .C Norman C. Yearby 1872 Raleigh, N.C. 1900 New Bern, N.C. 1948 Smithfield, N.C. Smithfield, N.C. Jesse David Bundy 1859 Marlboro County, S.C. 1891 Greenville, N.C. 1948 Fayetteville, N.C. Laurinburg, N.C. James Carson Whedbee 1878 Perquimans County, N.C. 1906 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1948 Sumter, S.C. Sumter, S. C. Junius Arthur Martin 1882 Bellefield, Va. 1908 Durham, N.C. 1949 Whiteville, N.C. Whiteville, N.C. James Marvin Culbreth 1880 Raleigh, N.C. 1901 Fayetteville, N.C. 1949 Nashville, Tenn. Clarksville, Tenn. Frank Belton Joyner 1901 Spring Hope, N.C. 1926 Durham, N.C. 1949 Siler City, N.C. Siler City, N.C. John William Potter 1852 Bladen County, N.C. 1896 Kinston, N. C. 1949 Wilmington, N.C. Wilmington, N.C. Horatio S. B. Thompson 1868 Alamance County, ,C 1893 Wilmington, N.C. 1949 Seagrove, N.C. Asheboro, N.C. Benjamin Herriot Houston 1890 Brunswick, Ga. 1920 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1950 Weldon, N.C. Smithfield, N.C. James G. Phillips 1900 Texas County, Mo. 1921 New Bern, N.C. 1950 Durham, .C Durham, N.C. W. O. Thomas ***** ***** 1950 *** ***** Beverly E. Staten 1885 Lincoln County, N.C. ***** 1950 Winston-Salem, N.C. Odd Fellows , Winston-Salem Lloyd Baum Jones 1878 Camden County, N.C. 1905 Wilson, N.C. 1950 Rocky Mount, N.C Rocky Mount, N.C. William Joseph Watson 1875 Poquoson, Va. 1908 Durham, N.C. 1950 Raleigh, N.C. York County, Va. Cicero Harris Caviness 1870 Randolph County, N.C. 1899 Concord, N.C. 1950 Siler City, N.C. Chatham Co., N.C. Jesse Lee Cuninggim 1870 Lenoir Institute, N. C. 1903 Goldsboro, N.C. 1950 Nashville, Tenn. Nashville, Tenn. Thomas Edward Davis 1864 Wicomico County, Md. 1915 Wilmington, N.C. 1951 Richmond, Va. Richmond, Va. Guy Hamilton 1891 Atlantic, N.C. 1916 Durham, N.C. 1951 Atlantic, N.C. Atlantic, N.C. R. Ernest Atkinson 1869 Alabama 1902 Wilmington, N.C. 1951 Richmond, Va. Richmond, Va. Elijah L. Stack 1872 Guilford County, N.C. 1909 Raleigh, N.C. 1951 Charlotte, N.C. Henry Halton Houston 1896 Catawba County, N.C. 1935 1951 Iredell County, N.C. St. Paul, Iredell Co., N.C. Conder Parson Jerome 1857 Mecklenburg Ca., N.C. 1884 Wilmington, N.C. 1951 Thomasville, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. John Wesley Harrell 1870 Nansemond County, Va. 1920 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1951 California B. F. Thomas ***** ***** 1951 *** ***** E. M. Felder ***** ***** 1951 *** ***** Neill Malloy McDonald 1876 Robeson County, N.C. 1903 Goldsboro, N.C. 1952 Whiteville, N.C. Cumberland County, N.C. Charles A. Jones 1869 Moore County, N.C. 1903 Goldsboro, N.C. 1952 Fuquay Springs, N.C. Fuquay Springs, N.C. James Williams Sneeden 1876 New Hanover Co., N.C. 1925 Fayetteville, N.C. 1952 Wilmington, N.C. Wilmington, N.C. Samuel Arthur Maxwell 1897 Duplin County, N.C. 1932 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1952 Smithfield, N.C. Smithfield, N.C. Avery Edward Robinson 1871 Catawba County, N.C. ***** 1952 Newton, N.C. Snow Hill Cem. Newton, N.C. Robert Edgar Brawn 1894 Coleman, Texas 1924 Wilmington, N.C. 1952 Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Benjamin Portivant Robinson 1880 Cumberland County, N.C. 1905 Wilson, N.C. 1952 Raeford, N.C. Raeford, N.C. Louis Thompson Singleton 1877 Roper, N.C. 1906 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1952 Belhaven, N.C. Durham, N.C. Thomas McMillan Grant 1886 Wilmington, N.C. 1909 Raleigh, N.C. 1952 Rocky Mount, N.C. Rocky Mount, N.C. Prince William Webb 1880 Greenville, S.C. ***** 1953 *** Philadephia, Richmond Co., N.C. D. A. Hill ***** ***** 1953 *** ***** Pinkney Isaac Wells 1882 Cleveland County, N.C. ***** 1953 Greensboro, N.C. Maplewood Cem. Greensboro Robert James Shipp 1875 North Carolina ***** 1953 Creedmoor, N.C. Harrisburg Cem. Oxford, N.C. N. J. Pate ***** ***** 1953 Shelby, N.C. ***** James Walter Hall 1887 Stone Mountain, Ga. ***** 1953 Oxford, N.C. Bullock Cem., Bullock, N.C. Daniel Levi Thomas 1881 South Carolina ***** 1953 Raleigh, N.C. Oberlin Cem., Raleigh, N.C. Harley Archie Chester 1900 Connelly Springs, N.C. 1925 Fayetteville, N.C. 1953 Burlington, N.C. Alamance County, N.C. William Cecil Jones 1879 Kings Mountain, N.C. 1906 Mt. Airy, N.C. 1953 Greensboro, N.C. Green Hill, Greensboro, N.C. Jesse Franklin Usrey 1862 Montgomery County, N.C. 1912 Fayetteville, N.C. 1953 Wilmington, N.C. Evergreen, N.C. Edward Hill Davis 1860 Louisburg, N.C. 1886 Reidsville, N.C. 1953 Franklin County, N.C. Louisburg, N.C. Marvin Earl Tyson 1901 Greene County, N.C. 1943 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1953 Carrboro, N.C. Farmville, N.C. Louis Edward Sawyer 1872 Hyde County, N.C. 1903 Goldsboro, N.C. 1953 Ransomville, N.C. Washington, N.C. J. W. Lynch ***** ***** 1954 High Point, N.C. ***** S. B. Cornelius ***** ***** 1954 *** ***** Marion Timothy Plyler 1867 Iredell County, N.C. 1872 Fayetteville, N.C. 1954 Durham, N.C. Durham, N.C. Lemon Harvey Joyner 1863 Franklin County, N.C. 1892 Goldsboro, N. C. 1954 Sanford, N.C. Sanford, N.C. Jesse Marvin Ormond 1878 Greene County, N. C. 1910 Elizabeth City, N.C. 1954 Durham, N.C. Durham, N.C. Frederick Arthur Lupton 1882 Pamlica County, N,C. 1913 Oxford, N.C. 1954 Greensboro, N.C. Graham, N.C. Seymour Esmond Mercer 1906 Red Springs, N.C. 1927 Raleigh, N.C. 1954 Zebulon, N.C. Stantonsburg, N.C. Jesse Thomas Draper 1865 Northampton Co” ,C 1891 Greenville, N.C. 1954 Warrenton, N.C. Warrenton, N. C. Orren W. Dowd 1875 Goldston, N,C. 1906 Deer Creek Lodge, Mont. 1955 Raleigh, N.C. Roxboro, N.C. Robert B. Rhyne 1876 Gaston County, N.C. ***** 1955 Laurinburg, N.C. Community Rest, Robeson Co. Harry Cleveland Smith 1886 Cleveland County, N.C. 1912 Fayetteville, N.C. 1956 Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. William Alexander Parsons 1872 Montgomery Co., N.C. 1897 Raleigh, N.C. 1956 Pinebluff, N.C. Pinebluff, N.C. James Marvin Joliff 1879 Perquimons County, N.C. 1923 Elizabeth City, N.C. 1956 Gatesville, N.C. Perquimans Co., N.C. Ethelbert L. Hill 1887 Newport, N.C. 1914 Washington, N.C. 1956 Mount Olive, N.C. Mount Olive, N.C. John Wesley Frank 1871 Davidson County, N.C. 1910 Elizabeth City, N.C. 1956 Elizabeth City, N.C. Elizabeth City, N.C. William Richard Royall 1873 Clinton, N.C. 1903 Goldsboro, N.C. 1957 Hendersonville, N.C. Hendersonville, N.C. Edgar Wilson Downum 1885 Harmony, N.C. 1922 Raleigh, N.C. 1957 Beaufort, N.C. Beaufort, N. C. Cecil Byron Harris 1909 Cedar Island, N.C. 1940 Wilmington, N.C. 1957 Biscoe, N.C. Atlantic, N. C. Thomas Harrison Wootten 1902 Rockingham County, N.C. 1931 High Point, N.C. 1957 Charlotte, N.C. York Mem. Pk., Charlotte,N.C. Beverly Brown 1908 Hattiesburg, Miss. 1943 Charlotte, N.C. 1957 Lincolnton, N.C. Holly Grove, Newport News, Va. Preston DeWitt Woodall 1872 Johnston County, N.C. 1899 Washington,N.C. 1957 Durham, N.C. Wilmington, N.C. Robert Grandison L. Edwards 1890 Hookerton, N.C. 1911 Kinston, N.C. 1957 Hazelhurst, Ga. Raleigh, N.C.

269 NAME DATE/PLACE JOINED DATE/PLACE PLACE OF OF BIRTH CONFERENCE OF DEATH BURIAL Daniel Lane 1888 New Bern, N.C. 1913 Oxford, N.C. 1957 Lake Junaluska, N.C. Waynesville, N.C. John Luther Alford 1896 Little Rock, S.C. ***** 1957 Wolf Pit, Richmond Co. Lincoln Cem. Richmond Co. Nathan Bradley Strickland 1878 Johnston County, N.C. 1911 Kinston, N.C. 1958 Durham, N.C. Johnston County, N.C. Benjamin Wallace Stewart 1903 Scotland County, N.C. 1937 Thomasville, N.C. 1958 Reidsvile, N.C. Greenview Cem. Reidsville, N.C. Benjamin F. Gleaves 1888 Cheraw, S.C. 1924 Lexington, N.C. 1958 Maxton, N.C. Robeson County, N.C. James H. Ledwell 1894 Guilford County. N.C. 1932 Reidsville, N.C. 1958 Greensboro, N.C. Cross Rds. Meth. Greensboro William Carlisle Walton, Jr. 1918 Memphis, Tenn. 1949 Sanford, N.C. 1959 New York, New York Raleigh, N.C. Benjamin Franklin Boone 1889 Northampton Co., N.C. 1916 Durham, N.C. 1959 Fairmont, N.C. Fairmont, N.C. Harold Glenn Cuthrell 1908 Aurora, N.C. 1944 Raleigh, N.C. 1959 Maxton, N.C. Maxton, N.C. Lucius Saunders Massey 1865 Durham, N.C. 1891 Greenville, N.C. 1959 Durham, N.C. Durham, N.C. Raymond Zenos Newton 1893 Midland City, Ala 1937 Raleigh, N.C. 1959 Burlington, N.C. Burlington, N.C. George Bradbury Starling 1872 Wayne County, N.C. 1898 Elizabeth City, N.C. 1959 Kenly, N.C. Fremont, N.C. Richard ‘Floyd Munns 1887 Holly Springs, N.C. 1914 Washington, N.C. 1959 Raleigh, N. C. Raleigh, N. C. Benjamin Mcinnis Williams 1881 Randolph County, N.C. 1916 Winston-Salem, N.C. 1959 Butner, N.C. Orange County, N.C. Robert W. Winchester 1880 Union County, N.C. 1901 High Point, N.C. 1959 Greensboro, N.C. Maplewood Cem., Greensboro Summie Broadus McBrayer 1891 North Carolina 1936 Hamlet, N.C. 1959 Shelby, N.C. Webb Mem., Shelby, N.C. Hubbard Braxton Porter 1887 Gates County, N.C. 1913 Oxford, N.C. 1960 Durham, N.C. Durham, N. C. Ernest Gales Cowan, Sr. 1886 Iredell County, N.C. 1921 Burlington, N.C. 1960 Durham, N.C. Seagrove, N.C. Charles Burrington Long 1903 Person County, N. C. 1934 Washington, N.C. 1960 Parkton, N.C. Kinston, N.C. James Franklin Culbreth 1887 Cumberland County, N.C. 1909 Raleigh, N.C. 1960 Cumberland Co., N.C. Fayetteville, N.C. Carl Anderson Johnson 1918 Henderson, N.C. 1944 Raleigh, N.C. 1960 Durham, N.C. Holly Springs, N. C. H. A. Davis ***** 1923 Laurinburg, N.C. 1960 Greensboro, N.C. ***** Albert Sidney Barnes 1873 Wayne County, N.C. 1896 Kinston, N.C. 1961 Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Evangelist Frost 1880 Davie County, N.C. 1943 Charlotte, N.C. 1961 Mocksville, N.C. Turners Grove, Davie Co., N.C. James William Bradley 1871 McDowell County, N.C. 1899 Washington, N.C. 1961 Raleigh, N. C. Raleigh, N.C. Leon Voight Couch 1906 Toms Creek, Va. 1943 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1961 Goldsboro, N.C. Goldsboro, N.C. William Lawrence Loy 1889 Snow Camp, N.C. 1916 Durham, N.C. 1961 Rowland, N.C. Rowland, N.C. Harris Lindsay Hendricks 1885 Cartersville, Ga. 1911 Augusto, Go. 1961 Tarboro, N.C. Tarboro, N.C. William Lemuel Clegg 1902 Cleveland County, N. C. 1924 Wilmington, N.C. 1961 Durham, N.C. Durham, N. C. Edgar Milton Hall 1872 Fairmont, W. Va. 1918 Goldsboro, N.C. 1961 Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. John Duncan Asbury Autry 1905 Goodwin, N.C. 1940 Wilmington, N.C. 1961 Hamlet, N.C. Fayetteville, N.C. James Furman Herbert 1895 Florence, S.C. 1928 Wilson, N.C. 1962 Chapel Hill, N.C. Chapel Hill, N.C. John W. Hoyle, Sr. 1868 Cleveland County, N.C. 1903 Goldsboro, N.C. 1962 Durham, N.C. Durham, N.C. Henry C. Ewing 1874 Montgomery County, N.C. 1905 Macon, Ga. 1962 Rockingham, N.C. Durham, N. C. Robert L. Hethcox 1884 Mecklenburg County, N.C. 1916 Greensboro, N.C. 1962 Smithfield, N.C. Clayton, N. C. John William Shuford 1881 North Carolina 1915 Winston, N.C. 1962 Greensboro, N.C. New Goshen Meth. Greensboro William S. McLeod 1900 Virginia 1933 Maxton, N.C. 1963 High Point, N.C. Greenhill Cem. High Point, N.C. William E. Pickett 1931 Durham County, N.C. 1957 New Bern, N.C. 1963 Maysville, N.C. Durham, N.C. Omer C. Melton 1890 Rutherford County, N.C. 1927 Raleigh, N.C. 1963 Clinton, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Thomas W. Lee 1878 Gates County, N.C. 1912 Fayetteville, N.C. 1963 Durham, N.C. Durham, N. C. Roger E. Garland 1900 Nashau, N.H. 1928 Worcester, Mass. 1963 Ellerbe, N.C. Ellerbe, N.C. Hermon B. Bourn 1897 Princess Ann County, Va. 1927 Raleigh, N.C. 1963 Rocky Mount, N.C. Whitakers, N.C. Grover C. Kinlaw 1911 Robeson County, N.C. 1942 Wilson, N.C. 1963 Rockingham, N.C. Lumberton, N.C. John D. Cranford 1893 Davidson County, N.C. 1925 Greensboro, N.C. 1963 Durham, N.C. Denton, N.C. Marion C. Henderson 1896 Bessemer City, N.C. 1925 High Point, N.C. 1963 Raleigh, N.C. Concord, N.C. Millard C. Dunn 1902 Mecklenburg County, N.C. 1933 Washington, N.C. 1963 Fovetteville. N.C. Person County, N.C. Van T. Crawford, Sr. 1898 Burke County, N.C. 1926 Richmond, Ky. 1963 Danville, Va. Lynchburg, Va. Andrew Jarvis Hobbs 1892 Hertford, N.C. 1920 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1963 Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Ivey T. Poole 1891 Burke County, N.C. 1915 Wilmington, N.C. 1963 Durham,N.C. Durham, N.C. A.L.G. Stephenson 1901 James City County, Va. 1945 Goldsboro, N.C. 1963 Gaston, N.C. Aulander, N.C. Hicks Edward Lance 1873 Buncombe County, N.C. 1906 New Bern, N.C. 1964 Waynesville, N.C. Buncombe Co., N.C. Kirby Formy Duval 1884 Brunswick Co., N.C. 1909 Raleigh, N.C. 1964 Durham, N. C. Durham, N.C. Charles Robert Olson 1893 Chicago, III. (local pastor) 1964 Manteo, N.C. Mann’s Harbor, N.C. Roberf Samuel Bryan 1929 Henderson, N.C. 1963 Greenville, N.C. 1964 Chapel Hill, N.C. Ahoskie, N.C. Joseph Paul Bartok 1887 Bohemia, Czechoslovakia 1922 Prague, Czechoslovakia 1964 Americus, Ga. Shiner, Texas Charles T. Thrift 1879 Oldhams, Va. 1905 Danville, Va. 1964 Durham, N.C. Durham, N.C. Edgar Lafayette Hillman 1890 Neshoba Co., Miss. 1918 Atlanta, Ga. 1964 Durham, N.C. Durham, N.C. William Alberf Code 1887 Kipling, N.C. 1913 Oxford, N.C. 1964 Raleigh, N. C. Raleigh, N.C. Leslie Leamon Parrish 1901 Kenly, N.C. 1937 Raleigh, N.C., N. C. 1965 Wilmington, N.C. Wilmington, N.C. Russell L. Dicks 1906 Stillwater, Okla. 1941 Dallas, Texas 1965 Orlando, Fla. Orlando, Fla. Franklin Swindell Love 1884 Union County, N.C. 1907 New Bern, N.C. 1965 Durham, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Frank Bascum Noblitt 1869 Iredell County, N.C. 1900 Charlotte, N.C. 1965 Marion, N.C. Marion, N.C. Austin Cleo Regan 1910 Cerro Gordo, N. C. 1950 (local pastor) 1965 Belgrade, N.C. Richmond, Va. William Franklin Elliott 1873 Iredell County, N.C. 1915 Greensboro, N.C. 1965 Charlotte, N.C. High Point, N.C. Walter Cleveland Benson 1888 Bladen County, N.C. 1919 Wilmington, N.C. 1965 Clinton, N.C. Wilmington, N.C. Fosler Leroy Jones 1901 Marietta, W. Va. 1904 Parkersburg, W. Va. 1933 West Virginia Conf. Fayetteville, N.C. Walter Gaston Farrar 1889 Apex, N. C. 1919 Wilson, N.C. 1966 Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Maynard Orval Fletcher 1882 Nickelsville, Va. 1911 Maryville, Tenn. 1966 Washington, N.C. Washington, N.C. Woodrow D. Caviness 1919 Reidsville, N. C. 1942 Wilson, N.C. 1966 Ayden, N.C. Siler City, N.C. Eff David Dodd 1884 Clayton, N. C. 1912 North Carolina 1966 Fuquay Varina, N.C. Fuquay-Varina, N.C. Joel Walter Dimmette 1884 Wilkes County, N.C. 1918 North Carolina 1966 Raleigh, N. C. Greensboro, N.C. Charles W. Guthrie 1888 Carteret County, N.C. 1918 Blue-Ridge Atlantic 1966 Elizabeth City, N.C. Wanchese, N. C. William Henry Brown 1874 Louisburg, N.C. 1902 Wilmington, N.C. 1966 Durham, N.C. West End, N.C. Harry C. Fraser l 1917 North Carolina 1966 Pomona, Calif. Arlington, Va. Ralph D. Sharpe 1899 Forsyth County, N.C. 1943 Greensboro, N.C. 1966 Greensboro, N.C. Winston-Salem, N.C. T. C. Tarpley 1900 North Carolina 1943 Greensboro, N.C. 1966 Greensboro, N.C. Greensboro, N.C. H. William Phillips 1910 Asheville, N.C. 1948 Blue Ridge - Atlantic 1966 Winston-Salem, N.C. Evergreen, Winston-Salem, N.C. George Edward Hogue 1899 Shelby, N.C. 1930 Marshallberg, N.C. 1966 Richmond County, N.C. Shelby, N.C. William C. Martin 1882 Northampton Co., N.C. 1909 North Carolina 1967 Clayton, N.C. Raleigh, N. C. Holland L. Hale 1927 Vansant, Va. 1945 Holston Conf. 1967 Roxboro, N. C. Richlands, N.C. Marvin Young Self 1881 Lincoln County, N.C. 1908 Asheville, N.C. 1967 Littleton, N.C. Littleton, N. C. James Joshua Boone 1881 Northampton Co., N.C. 1907 New Bern, N.C. 1967 Durham, N. C. Durham, N.C.

270 NAME DATE/PLACE JOINED DATE/PLACE PLACE OF OF BIRTH CONFERENCE OF DEATH BURIAL Robert WaIlace Bradshaw 1900 Norfolk, Va. 1935 Greenville, N.C. 1967 Wilson, N.C. Wilson, N.C. Calud Dalton Nelson 1889 Jacksonville, N.C. 1936 New Bern, N.C. 1967 New York, N. Y. Princeton, N.J. Leander Anthony Brown 1902 Greensboro, N.C. 1931 Bessemer City, N.C. 1968 Greensboro, N.C. Greensboro, N.C. Benjamin Laddie Burge 1888 Rutherfordton, N.C. 1914 Asheville, N.C. 1968 Hickory, N.C. Newton, N.C. William James Underwood 1880 Roseboro, N.C. 1925 Fayetteville, N.C. 1968 Siler City, N.C. Bonlee, N.C. Eli Carson Maness 1891 Robbins, N. C. 1917 Greenville, N.C. 1968 Fuquay Springs, N.C. Robbins, N.C. William Elmer Howard 1895 Denver, N.C. 1940 Wilmington, N.C. 1968 Goldsboro, N.C. Goldsboro, N. C. William Taylor Phipps 1881 Towson, Md. 1907 Brunswick, Ga. 1968 Pittsboro, N. C. Pittsboro, N.C. Hiram Kershaw King 1891 Wilmington, N.C. 1919 Wilson, N.C. 1968 Durham, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. F. Barden Brandenburg 1893 St. Matthews, S.C. 1927 Raleigh, N.C. 1968 Pinehurst, N.C. Richmond Co., N.C. Paul R. Maness 1905 Asheville, N.C. 1930 Charleston, W. Va. 1968 Roanoke Rapids, N.C. Durham, N.C. Earl B. Edwards 1905 Durham, N.C. 1930 Greensboro, N.C. 1968 Biscoe, N.C. Durham, N.C. Alfred L. Chaplin 1896 Columbia, N.C. 1940 Wilmington, N.C. 1968 Goldsboro, N.C. Mt. Olive, N.C. Henry I. Glass 1882 Caswell Co., N.C. 1914 Washington, N.C. 1968 Kinston, N.C. Washington, N. C. John A. Tharpe 1886 Iredell County, N.C. 1914 Washington, N.C. 1969 Raleigh, N.C. Flay, N.C. Jackson L. Smith 1876 Concord, N. C. 1916 Gastonia, N.C. 1969 Durham, N.C. Hillsborough, N.C. Ollie V. Elkins 1908 Normandy, Tenn. 1934 Bluefield, W. Va. 1969 Greenville, N.C. Durham, N.C. Frank E. Berry 1924 Oxford, N.C. 1959 Lake Junaluska, N.C. 1969 Greenville, N.C. Durham, N.C. Carlos O. Gardner, Sr. 1905 Tampa, Florida 1931 Lynchburg 1969 Holly Hill, S.C. Holly Hill, S.C. Isawo Tanaka 1890 Hokkaido, Japan 1912 Kobe, Japan 1969 Durham, N.C. Durham, N.C. Louie A. Lewis 1912 Marshallberg, N.C. 1932 Blue Ridge-Atlantic Conf. 1969 Morshallburg, N.C. Marshallburg, N.C. Ralph E. Fowlkes 1928 Bluefield, W. Va. 1948 Charleston, W.Va. 1969 Ohio Durham, N.C. Ernest R. Clegg 1891 Chatham County, N.C. 1919 Wilson, N.C. 1970 Durham, N.C. Chatham County AIbea S. Parker 1918 Magnolia, N.C. 1914 Washington, N.C. 1970 Greensboro, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Henry G. Ruark 1908 Wilmington, N.C. 1932 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1970 Durham, N.C. Laurinburg, N.C. Carl K. Wright 1906 Boaz, Ala. 1934 Oneanta, Ala. 1970 Atlantic, N.C. Atlantic, N. C. Robert Lee Vickery 1899 Franklin County, Ga. 1928 Winston-Salem, N.C. 1970 Hamlet, N.C. Rockingham, N.C. Herman N. Ward, Sr. 1919 Columbus County, N.C. 1957 New Bern, N.C. 1970 Whiteville, N.C. Columbus Co., N.C. Walter Russell Johnson 1912 Alamance County, N.C. 1951 Wilmington, N.C. 1970 Alamance Co., N.C. Burlington, N.C. Robert Nicholson Fitts 1881 Warren County, N.C. 1951 Wilmington, N.C. 1971 Oxford, N.C. Warrenton, N.C. John Calvin Harmon 1876 Cleveland County, N.C. 1933 Durham, N.C. 1971 Durham, N.C. Apex, N.C. Paul Henry Fields 1899 Carthage, N.C. 1907 Salisbury, N. C. 1971 Winston-Salem, N.C. Greensboro, N.C. Virgil Nathaniel Moore 1903 Wilkesboro, N.C. 1927 Raleigh, N.C. 1971 Winston-Salem, N.C. Seven Springs, N.C. Edward M. Mcleod 1880 Richmond County, N.C. 1958 Wilson, N.C. 1971 Laurinburg, N.C. Laurinburg, N.C. Leon Crawford Larkin 1894 Carthage, N.C. 1923 Laurinburg, N.C. 1971 Waynesville, N.C. Sanford, N. C. Dwight A. Petty 1889 Chatham County, N.C. 1918 Goldsboro, N. C. 1971 Rose Hill, N.C. Rase Hill, N.C. French R. Lowry 1869 Robeson County, N.C. 1919 Troy, N.C. 1971 Durham, N.C. Pembroke, N.C. John F. Casey 1914 Stonewall, N.C. 1965 Raleigh, N.C. 1971 Greenville, N.C. New Bern, N.C. Robert L. Jerome 1901 Gatesville, N.C. 1925 Fayetteville, N.C. 1971 Southern Pines, N.C. Smithfield, N.C. Ira Amos Friend 1892 Kernersville, N.C. 1937 Thomasville, N.C. 1971 Montclair, N.J. Winston-Salem, N.C. Walter L. Dawson, Jr. 1900 Statesville, N.C. 1921 High Point, N.C. 1972 Bennettsville, S.C. Greensboro, N.C. Benjamin O. Merritt 1884 Sampson County, N.C. 1917 Greenville, N.C. 1972 Cory, N.C. Raleigh, N. C. Morris Lyman Husted 1898 Tarrytown, N.Y. 1923 Wheeling, W. Va. 1972 Durham, N.C. Raleigh, N. C. Harold DeForest Minor 1925 Lake City, Iowa 1950 Davenport, Iowa 1972 Nashville, Tenn. Nashville, Tenn. Charles Edward Vale 1908 Wilmington, N.C. 1933 Durham, N.C., N. C. 1973 Sanford, N.C. Spartanburg, S.C. Isaac Shirley Richmond 1896 Martin County, Ky. 1918 Logan, W. Va. 1973 Kinston, N.C. Pinetops, N. C. William Graham Lowe 1887 Windsor, N.C. 1914 Washington, N.C. 1973 Durham, N.C. Aurora, N.C. George Hart Tyson 1924 Pitt County, N.C. 1952 Burlington, N.C. 1973 Durham, N. C. Carrboro, N. C. Jakie Locklear, Jr. 1912 Robeson County, N.C. (local pastor) 1973 Robeson Co., N.C. Roberson, N.C. Harris Freo Surrat 1890 Jackson Hill, N. C. 1917 Mebane, N.C. 1973 Lexington, N.C. Denton, N. C. Louis DeMoro Hayman, 1885 Kitty Hawk, N.C. 1910 Elizabeth City, N.C. 1973 Durham, N.C. Beaufort, N.C. Hersey Everett Spence 1882 South Mills, N.C. 1907 New Bern, N.C. 1973 Durham, N.C. Durham, N.C. Ernest Creasy Durham 1888 Chatham County, N.C. 1913 Oxford, N.C. 1974 Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh, N. C. Etheridge Merrell Rhiner 1922 Godwin, N.C. 1960 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1974 Smithfield, N.C. Dunn, N.C. Mack Donald McLamb 1886 Brunswick County, N.C. 1923 Elizabeth City, N.C. 1974 Sanford, N.C. Ralph D. Wellons 1891 Needmore, Ind. 1918 Marsodbad, India 1974 Durham, N.C. Durham, N.C. Lester Archie Tilley 1903 Orange County, N.C. 1929 Kinston, N.C. 1974 Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Howard P. Powell 1897 Clinton, N.C 1924 Greensboro, N.C., N.C . 1974 Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. James William Gamble 1910 Easley, S.C. 1943 Charlotte, N.C. 1974 Richmond, Va. James Herbert Miller, Sr. 1889 Hertford, N.C. 1912 Fayetteville, N.C. 1974 Durham, N.C. Hertford, N.C. Carl Webster Barbee 1904 Spring Hope, N.C 1929 Kinston, N.C. 1974 Clinton, N.C. Clinton, N.C. Key Wesley Taylor 1907 Charleston, Ark. 1940 Wilmington, N.C. 1975 Louisburg, N.C. Lawrence Adams Watts 1894 Lynchburg, Va. 1923 Elizabeth City, N.C. 1975 Concord, N.C. Greenville, N.C. Charles Thomas Rogers, Sr. 1881 Newport, N.C. 1906 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1975 Edgecombe, N.C. Newport, N.C. John Cline 1892 Belwood, N.C. 1917 Western North Carolina 1975 Durham, N. C. Carthage, N.C. William Stanley Potter 1904 Stet, Missouri 1924 Wilmington, N.C. 1975 Sanford, N. C. Sanford, N. C. Harold Reynolds Beede 1905 Exeter, New Hampshire 1929 New England Conf. 1975 Raleigh,N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Russell H. Caudill 1901 Helton, N.C. 1931 Asheville, N.C. 1975 North Carolina Fuquay-Varina, N.C. Chancie DeSheild Barclift 1902 Durant’s Neck, N.C. 1925 Fayetteville, N.C. 1975 Durham, N. C. Perquimans Ct. Graham Stanford Eubank 1909 Maysville, N.C. 1935 Wilmington, N.C. 1976 Fayetteville Fayetteville, N.C. Daniel Edwin Earnhardt 1892 North Carolina 1916 Durham, N.C. 1976 Edenton Durham, N. C. James Wilson Griffis, Jr. 1936 Yazoo City, Miss. 1959 Wilmington, N.C. 1976 Oklahoma Yazoo City, Miss. James Russell Hailey 1914 Spray, N.C. 1952 Burlington, N.C. 1976 Rocky Mount, N.C. Rocky Mount, N.C. Marquis Wood Lawrence 1902 Statesville, N.C. 1929 Kinston, N.C. 1976 Waynesville, N.C. Durham, N.C. Pearce Hudson Layfield 1916 Pine Mountain, Ga. 1954 Raleigh, N.C. 1976 Raleigh, N. C. Waynesville, N.C. Ivey James Wall, Jr. 1938 Pill County, N.C. 1962 Kinston, N.C. 1977 Edenton, N. C. Vanceboro, N.C. Howard Broxton Harrell 1934 Martin County, N.C. 1961 Durham, N.C., N. C. 1977 Hobgood, N.C. Hamilton, N.C. William Vogel McRae 1878 Anson County, N.C. 1908 Durham, N.C. 1977 Durham, N. C. McFarlan, N.C. James Hillary Bryant 1931 Sampson County, N.C. 1958 Wilson, N.C. 1977 Turkey, N.C. Clinton, N.C. Doctor FulIer Lowry 1881 Robeson Co., N.C. 1913 Walkertown, N.C. 1977 Pembroke, N. C. Pembroke, N.C. Jack Ward Page 1911 Dillon Co., S.C. 1938 Elizabethtown, N.C. 1977 Rowland, N. C. Rowland, N.C. Carlos Poynor Womack 1905 Berryville, Ark. 1930 Henderson, N.C. 1977 Southern Pines, N. C. Durham, N.C.

271 NAME DATE/PLACE JOINED DATE/PLACE PLACE OF OF BIRTH CONFERENCE OF DEATH BURIAL William Carson Lewis 19160ld Dock, N.C. 1963 Greenville, N.C. 1977 Rockingham, N.C. Rockingham, N.C. David Wayland Charlton 1897 Dillwyn, Virginia 1944 Raleigh, N.C. 1978 Goldsboro, N. C. Goldsboro, N.C. Carroll Howell Beale 1902 Southampton Co., Va. 1948 Norfolk, Va. 1978 Norfolk, Va. Franklin, Va. Howard Horrell Cash 1903 Logan Co., Ohio 1926 Doweltown, Tenn. 1978 Marshallburg, N.C. Marshallburg, N.C. Charles Wesley Wooten 1924 Wayne Ca., N.C. 1954 Raleigh, N.C. 1978 Pinehurst, N.C. Pikeville, N.C. Cicero Redmon Etheridge 1912 Wilson County, N.C. 1973 Fayetteville, N.C. 1978 Turkey, N.C. Wilson, N.C. Ernest Edwin Edmond 1896 Arnot, Po. 1922 Gibbsboro, N.J. 1978 Lakeland, Florida Lakeland, Florida William Smith Davenport 1916 Mackeys, N.C. 1956 Greenville, N.C. 1978 LaGrange, N.C. Mackeys, N. C. Harvey Lowry, Sr. 1927 Robeson Co., N.C. 1971 Fayetteville, N.C. 1978 Pembroke, N.C. Pembroke, N.C. William Kenneth Barrs 1913 Miami, Florida 1937 Raleigh, N.C. 1978 San Antonio, Texas Miami, Florida George Nelson Moore 1899 South Jersey 1926 Maysville, Ky. 1978 Vero Beach, Florida Florida Robert Mitchell Drew, Sr. 1924 Ridgeland, SC 1960 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1979 Roanoke Rapids, N. C. Ridgeland, S.C. Leon RusseII 1905 Waynesville, N.C. 1930 Henderson 1979 Waynesville, N.C. Waynesville, N.C. James Marvin Carroll 1891 Columbus Co., N.C. 1921 New Bern, N.C. 1979 Lumberton, N.C. Whiteville, N.C. J. David Jones 1921 Cumberland City, N.C. 1963 Greenville, N.C. 1979 Wilmington, N.C. Wilmington, N.C. Pliny Foster Newton 1897 Dade City, Ala. 1925 Bonne Terre, Mo. 1979 Graham, N.C. Graham, N.C. Hiram Earl Myers 1889 Wadesboro, N.C. 1915 Wilmington, N.C. 1979 Durham, N.C. Durham, N.C. Daniel Monroe Sharpe 1884 Alamance County, N.C. 1920 Salisbury, N.C. 1979 Durham, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. David Milton Lewis 1911 Hertford, N.C. 1948 Greenville, N.C. 1979 Perquimans County, N.C. Perquimans County, N.C. George A. Davis 1916 Alamance County, N.C. 1963 Greenville, N.C. 1980 Alamance City, N.C. Alamance City, N.C. Worth Bagley Cotton 1910 Red Springs, N.C. 1935 Wilmington, N.C. 1980 Mt. Gilead, N.C. Mt. Gilead, N.C. John Russell Armstrong 1888 Montgomery City, N.C. 1914 Washington, N.C 1980 Troy, N.C. Shiloh, N.C. Horace Carroll Jones 1891 Graves County, Ky. 1925 Griffin, Ga. 1980 Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. George Badger Eubanks 1926 Lenoir County, N.C. 1974 Transfer 1980 Morehead City, N.C. Trenton, N.C. Bernard Talmadge Hurley 1883 Montgomery County, N.C. 1910 Elizabeth City, N.C. 1980 Durham, N.C. Red Springs, N.C. Forrest W. Pursley 1898 West Virginia (Local Pastor) 1980 Hamlet, N.C. Scotland County, N.C. Burrell Duke Critcher 1894 Nash County, N.C. 1925 Fayetteville, N.C. 1980 Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. John Henry Parrish 1906 Raeford, N.C. 1954 Raleigh, N.C. 1980 Wilmington, N.C. FayettevIlle, N.C. Clyde Pruitt Pearce, Sr. 1907 Franklin County, N.C. 1964 Burlington, N.C. 1980 Raleigh, N.C. Youngsville, N.C. Horace Stanford Garris 1910 Grifton, N.C. 1955 Fayetteville, N.C. 1980 Warsaw, N.C. Srnithtown, NY Dwight Lang Fouts 1899 Thomasville, N.C. 1934 Washington, N.C. 1981 Lexington, N.C. Lexington, N.C. Horace Gilbert Quigley 1920 Edgecombe County, N.C. 1957 New Bern, N.C. 1981 Chapel Hill, N.C. Williamston, N.C. James Michael Brown, Jr. 1934 Robeson County, N.C. (Local Pastor) 1981 Fayetteville, N.C. Shannon, N.C. Allen Clarence Lee 1903 Dunn, N.C. 1932 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1981 Lumberton, N.C. Dunn, N.C. John Oglesby Long 1892 Columbus County, N.C. 1920 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1981 Apex, N.C. Apex, N.C. Jesse Herbert Lanning 1894 Tyro, N.C. 1917 Asheville, N.C. 1981 Linwood, N.C. Bethel Cemetery Leon McGowan Hall 1889 Onslow County, N.C. 1916 Durham, N.C. 1981 Durham, N.C. Durham, N.C. Harry Lee Rogers 1912 Magnolia, N.C. 1939 Fayetteville, N.C. 1981 Raleigh, N.C. Swift Creek Rufus Miles Smithson, Jr. 1935 Tyner, N.C. 1969 Fayetteville, N.C. 1981 Elizabeth City, N.C. High Pointh, N.C. Alonzo Lee Reynolds 1907 Tyrrell County, N.C. 1950 Kinston, N.C. 1981 Kittrell, N.C. Plank Chapel Cem Frank Donald Salmon 1920 Ashland, Ky. 1954 Richmond, Ky. 1981 Shallotte, N.C. Shallotte, N.C. Andy Burgon Falls, Jr. 1921 Kings Mtn., N.C. 1966 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1981 Columbus Co. Kings Mountain Orville William Watson 1917 Castlewood, Va. 1959 (transfer) 1982 Princeton W.Va. Princeton, W.Va. Paul Carruth 1918 Tylerton, Miss., 1942 Wilson, N.C. 1982 Fayetteville, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Edward Carson Batchelor 1921 Whiteville, N.C. (Local Pastor) 1982 Brunswick Co. Whiteville, N.C. Shirley Judge Starnes : 1893 Fort MiIl, S.C. 1923 Elizabeth City 1982 Burlington, N.C. Burlington, N.C. Baxter Boone Slaughter, Sr. 1883 Roxboro, N.C. 1912 Fayetteville, N.C. 1982 Durham, N.C. Durham, N.C. Smith Jameson Jones . 1929 Winchester, Ky. 1981 Transfer 1982 Durham, N.C. (Cremation) Robert Grady Dawson 1900 Rockingham County, N.C. 1927 Raleigh, N.C. 1982 Durham, N.C. Henderson, N.C. Joe Clyde Dunn 1914 Pinetops, N.C. 1967 Goldsboro, N.C. 1982 Wilson, N.C. Pinetops, N.C. LaFon Carpenter Vereen 1920 Latta, S.C. 1943 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1982 Durham, N.C. Lemon Springs, N.C. William Carleton Wilson 1900 Hillsborough, N.C. 1926 Durham, N.C. 1982 Durham, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. William Alton Tew 1907 Goldsboro, N.C. 1933 Durham, N.C. 1982 Durham, N.C. (Cremation) Jonathan Charles Hill 1911 Rutherford County, N.C. (Local Pastor) 1983 Siler City, N.C. Concord, N.C. Walter Conn Ball 1898 Embro, Warren Co., N.C. 1924 Wilmington, N.C. 1983 Asheville, N.C. Asheville, N.C. Oscar Mattison Graham 1920 Robeson County, N.C. 1944 Lenoir, N.C. 1983 Maxton, N.C. Laurinburg, N.C. Wade Allen Mullikin 1919 Anderson,SC 1964 Burlington, N.C. 1983 Wilson Co., N.C. Wilson, N.C. Lawrence James Bridges 1922 Rockv Mount 1951 Wilmington, N.C. 1983 Bladen Co., N.C. Durham, N.C. Allen Patterson Brantley 1894 Troutman, N.C. 1918 Greensboro, N.C. 1983 Burlington, N.C. Burlington, N.C. Robert Stewart Brodie 1917 Motherwell, Scotland 1952 Burlington, N.C. 1983 Greensboro, N.C. Arcola, N.C. Eugene Carson Crawford 1896 Orange County, N.C. 1925 Fayetteville, N.C. 1983 Durham, N.C. Orange Co., N.C. Hubert Richard Ashmore 1895 Williamston, N.C. 1925 Fayetteville, N.C. 1983 Durham, N.C. (Cremation) William Lawrence Freeman 1916 Greensboro, N.C. 1941 Durham, N.C. 1983 Durham, N.C. (Cremation) Samuel Lloyd Townsend 1912 Robeson County, N.C. 1940 Laurinburg, N.C. 1983 Laurinburg, N.C. Pine Grove, Maxton, N.C. Nicholas Theodore Cucare 1915 Bellevue, Ohio 1976 Fayetteville, N.C. 1983 Lumberton, N.C. Lumberton, N.C. Martin Reed Chambers 1895 Obion County, Tenn. 1919 Memphis, Tenn. 1984 Winston-Salem Bahama, N.C. James Franklin Sawyer 1904 Elizabeth City, N.C. 1943 Charlotte, N.C. 1984 Newark, Del. Elizabeth City, N.C. David Arthur Clarke 1893 Thomasville, N.C. 1917 Greensboro, N.C. 1984 Bahama, N.C. Bahama, N.C. George D. Pappendick 1934 Halifax County, N.C. 1964 Burlington, N.C. 1984 Graham, N.C. Troy, N.C. Joyce Virgil Early 1910 Cleveland County, N.C. 1934 Washington, N.C. 1984 Rockingham, N.C. Rockingham, N.C. Crawford Bryant Hicks 1919 Vance County, N.C. 1960 Raleigh, N.C. 1984 Columbus Co., N.C. Lake Waccamaw, N.C. James Hector McCallum 1918 Robeson County, N.C. 1965 Raleigh, N.C. 1984 Fayetteville, N.C. Rockfish, N.C. Joe Cephus Shore 1912 Randolph County, N.C. 1942 Greensboro, N.C. 1984 Graham, N.C. Alamance Co. Robert Marriner Gradeless 1908 Belhaven, N.C. 1962 Kinston, N.C. 1984 Belhaven, N.C. Belhaven, N.C. Leon Warren Ross 1903 New Jersey 1957 New Bern, N.C. 1984 Rocky Mount Elon, Va. Lloyd Crawley Brothers 1893 Elizabeth City, N.C. 1956 Greenville, N.C. 1984 Torrance, Cal. San Pedro, Cal. William Norman Vaughan 1895 Scotland Neck, N.C. 1919 Wilson, N.C. 1984 Durham, N.C. Richmond,Va. Earl Ray Meekins 1900 Stumpy Point, N.C. 1922 Raleigh, N.C. 1984 Manteo, N.C. Manteo, N.C. Carey Houston Brigman 1926 Richmond County, N.C. 1953 Durham, N.C. 1984 W.Onslow Beach Sneads Ferry Willis Roswell Stevens 1907 Wendell, N.C. 1970 Fayetteville, N.C. 1984 Smithfield (Cremation) Fred John Duplissey 1908 Chesterfield, Mass. 1935 Wilmington, N.C. 1985 Kenly Kenly Alan De Leon Gray 1908 Brighton, Ala. 1941 Durham, N.C. 1985 Beaufort, N.C. Beaufort, N.C.

272 NAME DATE/PLACE JOINED DATE/PLACE PLACE OF OF BIRTH CONFERENCE OF DEATH BURIAL John Daniel Long 1910 Orange County, N.C. 1941 Durham, N.C. 1985 Kinston, N.C. Mebane, N.C. Francis George Bryans 1912 Buffalo, N.Y. 1970 Fayetteville, N.C. 1985 Kinston, N.C. Kinston, N.C. Gordon Talmage Hanford 1934 Burlington, N.C. (Local Pastor) 1985 Greenville, N.C. Kenly, N.C. William Lewis Maness 1890 Moore County, N.C. 1984 Fayetteville, N.C. 1985 Durham, N.C. Robbins, N.C. Arthur Leo Thompson 1900 Cameron, N.C. 1958 Wilson, N.C. 1985 Southern Pines, N.C. Southern Pines, N.C. Nicholas Warnum Grant 1912 Garysburg , N.C. 1936 New Bern, N.C. 1985 Greensboro, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Edgar Fraser Seymour 1917 Knoxville, Tenn. 1970 Fayetteville, N.C. 1985 Atlantic, N.C. Atlantic, N.C. Rembert C. Hamilton,Jr. 1919 Clio, S.C. 1970 Greenville, N.C 1985 Wilmington, N.C. Wilmington, N.C. Millard Whitfield Warren, Sr. 1904 Blounts Creek, N.C. 1960 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1985 Durham, N.C. Durham, N.C. Ishmael J. Strawbridge 1901 Martin County, N.C. 1931 Greenville, N.C. 1986 Winston-Salem, N.C. Winston-Salem, N.C. Talton Johnson Whitehead 1906 Alamance County, N.C. 1929 Kinston, N.C. 1986 Burlington, N.C. Alamance County, N.C. Edgar Ralph Shuller, Sr. 1900 Franklin County, N.C. 1939 (transfer) 1986 Durham, N.C. Southport, N.C. Ernest Hadley Overman, Sr. 1913 Smithfield, N.C. 1930 (transfer from Baptist) 1986 Chesapeake,Va. Raleigh, N.C. Richard Charles Hill 1929 Smithfield, N.C. (Local Pastor) 1986 New Bern, N.C. Johnston County, N.C. James Graham White, Jr. 1928 Charlotte, N.C. 1952 Burlington, N.C. 1986 Chapel Hill, N.C. Carrboro, N.C. Edgar Beauregarde Fisher 1903 Clayton, N.C. 1928 Wilson, N.C. 1986 Durham, N.C. Burlington, N.C. JaDez Paul Pegg. 1902 Guflford County, N.C. 1927 Asheboro, N.C. 1986 Rockingham, N.C. Kernersville, N.C. Wilford Denny Wise 1916 Dare County, N.C. 1959 Wilmington, N.C. 1986 Fayetteville, N.C. Manteo, N.C. Buell Elden Bingham 1900 Asheboro 1947 Elizabeth City 1987 Raleigh, N.C. Guilford County, N.C. William Francis Elliott 1900 Rockville, S.C. 1960 Fayetteville, N.C. 1987 Lumberton, N.C. Lumberton, N.C. John Thomas Maides, Jr. 1919 Maysville, N.C. 1946 Henderson, N.C. 1987 Roanoke, Va. Roanoke, Va. Ralph Henry Lewis 1899 Carlisle, Arkansas 1935 (transfer) 1987 Rockingham, N.C. ***** Jolin Bascom Hurley 1892 Montgomery County, N.C. 1917 Greenvilfe, N.C. 1987 Fayetteville, N.C. Fayetteville, N.C. Charles Everette Price, Jr. 1923 Gastonia, N.C. (Local Pastor) 1988 Gastonia, N.C. Gastonia, N.C. Franklin Odell Walker 1926 Randolph County, N.C. 1955 Fayetteville, N.C. 1988 Clinton, N.C. (Cremation) Gregory Allen Howard 1958 Ft.Benning, Ga. 1983 Fayetteville, N.C. 1988 Yadkin, N.C. Ashe County, N.C. Cuyler Freeman Heath 1905 Ft.Worth,Tex. 1928 Wilson 1988 Madisonville Tex. Clinton, N.C. Joseph Filmore Coble 1911 Guilford County, N.C. 1936 Albemarle 1988 Fayetteville, N.C. Greensboro, N.C. Wade Hawkins 1905 Ft.Worth,Tex. 1970 Greenville, N.C. 1988 Durham, N.C. Texas Haywood Lee Martin 1922 Rich Square, N.C. 1972 Durham, N.C. (NIl) 1988 Roper, N.C. Rich Square, N.C. Howard Emory Anderson III 1960 Wilmington, Del. 1984 Fayetteville, N.C. 1988 Moore Co., N.C. Moore County, N.C. Georqe Wood Blount 1896 Wilson County, N.C. 1932 (transfer) 1988 Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. John Everette Wood 1919 Roanoke Rapids, N.C. 1961 Durham, N.C. 1988 Henderson, N.C. Vance County, N.C. Clarence Renneker Breeden, Jr. 1909 Manning, S.C. 1957 New Bern, N.C. 1988 Roanoke Rapids, N.C. Littleton, N.C. Adrian Ernul Brown, Sr. 1892 Greenville, N.C. 1922 Raleigh, N.C. 1988 Greenville, N.C. Greenville, N.C. Shelley Abbey Fogleman 1956 Troy, Ohio 1981 Fayetteville, N.C. 1988 Brunswick, Ga. Aberdeen, N.C. Vance Allen Lewis 19l2 Carteret County, N.C. 1938 Transfer 1988 Sea Level, N.C. Marshallburg, N.C. Jesse Thomas Fisher, Sr. 1901 Vance County, N.C. (Local Pastor) 1989 West Union, S.C. Henderson, N.C. Foster Lee Reynolds 1933 Lamar, S.C. (Local Pastor) 1989 Salter Path, N.C. Salter Path, N.C. Leon (Dick) Lewis, Jr. 1930 Wayne County, N.C. (Local Pastor) 1989 Pikeville Pikeville Janadus Doane Stott 1898 Bailey, N.C. 1926 Durham, N.C. 1989 Greensboro Greensboro Hyder Ferguson Crawley 1914 Halifax County, N.C. 1960 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1989 Roanoke Rapids, N.C. Halifax County Raymond Gardner Gurley 1916 Princeton, N.C. (Local Pastor) 1989 Durham, N.C. Princeton Leonard T. (Ted) Wilson 1925 Oxford, N.C. 1962 Kinston, N.C. 1989 Hamlet, N.C. (Cremation) Oscar Shelton Williams 1905 Elizabeth City, N.C. 1959 Wilmington, N.C. 1989 Belhaven, N.C. Bath, N.C. Harvey Laudis Davis 1899 Robbins, N.C. 1922 Raleigh, N.C. 1989 Durham, N.C. Littleton Nelson Pate Edens, Sr. 1900 Rowland, N.C. 1925 Fayetteville, N.C. 1989 Clinton, N.C. Clinton James Robert Regan Sr. 1902 Robeson County, N.C. 1942 Wilson, N.C. 1989 Fayeteville, N.C. Fayetteville George McCrea Marsh Jr. 1933 Renovo, Pa. 1976 Fayetteville, N.C. 1989 Carteret County, N.C. Carteret County Henry Arthur Phillips Jr. 1934 N. Tazewell, Va. 1956 Greenville, N.C. 1989 Burlington, N.C. (Cremation) Charles Graham Nickens 1917 Mt. Olive, N.C. 1950 Kinston, N.C. 1989 Goldsboro, N.C. Goldsboro, N.C. Carlton Ray West 1923 Bachelor, N.C. 1964 Burlington, N.C. 1989 Beaufort, N.C. Beaufort, N.C. Edward Franklin Smith, Jr. 1920 Cheraw, S.C. 1946 Henderson, N.C. 1990 Lumberton, N.C. (Cremation) Offie Lemuel Hathaway 1905 Wilson County, N.C. 1929 Kisnton, N.C. 1990 Durham, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Richard T. Commander 1923 Florence, S.C. 1950 Kinston, N.C. 1990 Cary, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Madison Ward Maness 1904 Moore County, N.C. 1933 Durham, N.C. 1990 Fayetteville, N.C. Fayetteville, N.C. David Morrill Tyson 1916 Greene County, N.C. 1958 Wilson, N.C. 1990 New Bern, N.C. New Bern, N.C. Jasper Ezell Garlington 1912 Pollock, La. 1936 New Bern, N.C. 1990 Clinton, N.C. Clinton, N.C. William Robert King 1923 Sneads Ferry, N.C. (Local Pastor) 1990 Sneads Ferry, N.C. Sneads Ferry, N.C. Melvin Ray Miller 1905 Pottawatomle Co., Okla. 1945 Goldsboro, N.C. 1990 Portland, Me. S.Portland,Me. James Braxton Speight, Jr. 1928 Sunbury, N.C. 1954 Raleigh, N.C. 1990 Fayetteville, N.C. Suffolk, VA William Miller Howard, Jr. 1908 Davie County, N.C. 1930 Albemarle, N.C. 1991 Durham, N.C. Elm City, N.C. Walter Everett Smith 1901 Deep Run, N.C. (Local Pastor) 1991 Fayetteville, N.C. Fayetteville, N.C. John Jesse Rudin II 1910 Galesville, Ill. 1946 Henderson, N.C. 1991 Durham, N.C. (Cremation) Lionel Clyde Swink 1917 Ellerbe, N.C. 1967 Goldsboro, N.C. 1991 Sea Level, N.C. Rockingham, N.C. Robert Leroy Wilson 1925 Luzerne County, PA 1972 Durham, N.C. 1991 Durham, N.C. (Cremation) David Laugftlin Moe 1915 China 1957 transfer 1991 Long Beach, N.C. Holden Beach, N.C. James Grayson Snypes 1923 Goldsboro, N.C. 1965 transfer 1991 Goldsboro, N.C. Goldsboro, N.C. William Herbert Farmer, Sr. 1922 Duplin County, N.C. 1974 Fayetteville, N.C. 1991 Goldsboro, N.C. Goldsboro, N.C. Clarence Poe Morris 1911 Fallston, N.C. 1932 Burlington, N.C. 1992 Burlington, N.C. Burlington, N.C. Leon Elwood Hill 1945 Smithfield, N.C. 1975, 1979 Fayetteville, N.C. 1992 Montgomery, Ala. Goldsboro, N.C. Elwin Harrell Measamer 1904 Union County, N.C. 1930 Henderson, N.C. 1992 Durham, N.C. (Cremation) Joseph .Junior Grimes 1924 Duplin County, N.C. 1966 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1992 Halifax, N.C. Roanoke Rapids, N.C. Emmit Carnelia McCall 1922 Anderson, S.C. 1976 Fayetteville, N.C. 1992 Grandy, N.C. Pickens, S.C. Jere Alton Rouse 1931 Lenoir County, N.C. (Local Pastor) 1992 Greenville, N.C. Kinston, N.C. David Gilbert Bradley 1916 Portland, Ore. 1939 Long Beach, Ca. 1992 Durham, N.C. (Cremation) Harvey Bynum Johnson 1930 Cumberland County, N.C. 1953 Durham, N.C. 1992 Birmingham, Ala. Winston-Salem, N.C. Thomas Ray McKay, Sr. 1932 Hamlet, N.C. 1964 Burlington, N.C. 1992 Leesburg, Fla. ***** John Kern Orrnond, Sr. 1912 HiIIsborough, N.C. 1 937 Raleigh, N.C. 1992 Elizabetn City, N.C. (Cremation) Hayward Lester Tenney 1927 Buckhannon, W. Va. 1965 Raleigh, N.C. 1993 Kinston Kinston Robert Wesley Dawson, Sr. 1924 Elizabeth, N.J. (interim supply) 1993 Whiteville, N.C. Lake Waccamaw, N.C. Marvin Dewey Tyson 1920 Pitt County, N.C. 1950 Kinston, N.C. 1993 Greenville Farmville

273 NAME DATE/PLACE JOINED DATE/PLACE PLACE OF OF BIRTH CONFERENCE OF DEATH BURIAL Konstanty Marceli Naider 1899 Wolvorz, Poland 1926 Warsaw, Poland 1993 Albany,NY Katowicie,Poland. Harley McCoy Owens, Jr. 1919 Wilson County (Local Pastor) 1993 Goldsboro Pikeville Carlton F. Hirschi, Sr. 1922 Brooklyn N.Y. 1947 Elizabeth City, N.C. 1993 Durham Pittsboro Ralph William Pritchard 1909 St.Louis, Mo. 1935 Bedford, Ind. 1993 Clover,SC York,SC Walter Eugene Tisdale 1933 Montgome!y, Ala. 1955 Fayetteville, N.C. 1993 Wilmington, N.C. Burlington, N.C. Robert Earl Cushman 1913 Fall River, Mass. 1939 Genessee Conf. 1993 Damanscotta, Maine Manchester, Vt. Daniel Clifton Boone 1902 Northampton County 1943 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1993 Roanoke Rapids Halifax William Oliver Connor 1911 Fair Bluff, N.C. 1953 New Bern, N.C. 1993 Wilmington Hallsboro Early Clifford Shoaf 1927 High Point, N.C. 1952 Charlotte, N.C. 1993 Edenton (Cremation) Vergil Erwin Queen 1909 Burke County, N.C. 1939 Fayetteville, N.C. 1993 Durham, N.C. Raleigh Percy Owen Lee 1897 Faison, N.C. 1925 Fayetteville, N.C. 1993 Raeford, N.C. Raeford George Durant Miller 1907 Columbia,S.C. (Local Pastor) 1993 Clearwater, FL Largo,FL Henry Fulton Pollock 1902 Pittsburgh,Penn. 1928 McKeesport, Penn. 1993 Durham, N.C. Sampson County Cecil Dubois Schutt 1946 Charlesfon,S.C. 1980 Fayetteville, N.C. 1993 Charleston,SC Varnville,S.C. Kelly Johnson Wilson III 1946 Waynesboro Va. 1974 Fayetteville, N.C. 1994 Durham, N.C. Creedmoor James Doyne Young 1903 Magazine, Ark. 1932 Durham, N.C. 1994 High Point, N.C. Durham Samuel Gordon Dodson,Jr 1924 Efland, N.C. 1952 Burlington, N.C. 1994 Durham, N.C. Efland Durward Thomas Goodwin 1907 Harrison County, W.Va. 1930 West Virginia Conf. 1994 Greenville, N.C. Snow Hill Fletcher Woodrow Fraley 1918 Lexington, S,C. 1973 Fayetteville, N.C. 1994 Greensboro, N.C. Ft. Bragg Allen Richardson 1921 Pawtucket, R.I. 1964 Burlington, N.C. 1994 Myrtle Beach, S.C. Columbus County Jack Warren Moore 1913 Danville, Va. 1960 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1994 Rocky Mount, N.C. Gloucester William Albright Seawell 1915 Moore County, N.C. 1950 Kinston, N.C. 1994 Snow Camp, N.C. Snow Camp John Paul Edwards, Sr. 1923 Bynum, N.C. 1946 Henderson, N.C. 1994 Goldsboro, N.C. Warsaw Thomas Marvin Vick, Jr. 1916 Cisco, Tex. 1938 Elizabeth City, N.C. 1994 Durham, N.C. Raleigh Ester Maxwell McNair, Jr. 1922 Laurinburg, N.C. (Local Pastor) 1994 Laurinburg, N.C. Wagram Jesse Frank Minnis 1895 Orange County, N.C. 1922 High Point, N.C. 1994 Durham, N.C. Efland Leroy Spells 1922 Wilson County, N.C. (Local Pastor) 1994 Oxford, N.C. Clayton John Robert Poe, Sr. 1908 Chatham County, N.C. 1935 New Bern, N.C. 1994 Durham , N.C. Durham John Malloy Owen III 1927 Fayetteville, N.C. 1952 Burlington, N.C. 1994 Goldsboro, N.C. Fayetteville Hyman LeRoy Harris 1897 Pitt County, N.C. 1930 Henderson, N.C. 1995 Carolina Beach, N.C. Zebulon, N.C. Chester Darroll Brown 1921 High Point, N.C. 1951 Greensboro, N.C. 1995 Goldsboro, N.C. Highfalls, N.C. Jarnes Worth Lineberger,Sr. 1908 Rock HiII, S.C. 1932 Durham, N.C. 1995 Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Dwight Sapp Martin 1952 Cincinnati,Ohio 1986 Fayetteville, N.C. 1995 Cinclnnati,Ohio Cincinnati,Ohio Joseph Benjamin Bethea 1932 Dillon, S.C. 1977 Fayetteville, N.C. 1995 Columbia,S.C. Boonville, N.C. William Junius Neese 1914 Graham, N.C. 1940 Wilmington, N.C. 1995 Sanford, N.C. Sanford, N.C. Tryon Delton Lowry, Sr. 1943 Robeson County, N.C. 1992 Fayetteville, N.C. 1995 Rockingham, N.C. Rowland, N.C. Mary Alene Hall Clive 1945 Washinaton, D.C. 1984 Fayetteville, N.C. 1995 Chapel Hill, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. William Winter Newman 1929 Passaic, N.J. 1966 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1995 Apex, N.C. Apex, N.C. Charles Hall Mewborn 1918 Washington, D.C. 1953 Durham, N.C. 1995 Gibson, N.C. (Cremation) Paul Wendell Boone 1930 Clarksville, Tenn. 1956 Harrisonburg, Va. 1995 Morehead City, N.C. Clarksville, Tenn. Bruce Wayne McPherson 1948 Elizabeth City, N.C. 1991 Fayetteville, N.C. 1995 Durham, N.C. Vance County, N.C. Wallace Martln Ellis 1923 Hoke County, N.C. 1954 Raleigh, N.C. 1995 Greenville, N.C. Williamston, N.C. Robert Edward Walston 1905 Edgecombe County, N.C. 1934 Washington, N.C. 1995 Greenville, N.C. Tarboro, N.C. Billie Rudolph McCullen 1921 Wayne County, N.C. 1964 Burlington, N.C. 1995 Goldsboro, N.C. Goldsboro, N.C. Thomas Bryant Hough 1903 Anson County, N.C. 1929 Kinston 1995 Mt.Pleasant, S.C. Mt. Pleasant, N.C. Walter Allen Wentz, Jr. 1925 Rockingham, N.C. 1952 Burlington, N.C. 1995 Franklin, Va. Franklin, N.C. Rarnsev Leon Crossno 1910 Bells, Tenn. 1936 New Bem, N.C. 1995 Clinton, N.C. Moyock, N.C. Orville Earl Leonard 1910 Adams County, Oh. 1972 Durham, N.C. 1995 Burlington, N.C. Augusta, Ga. Alton Scott Lancaster 1908 Raeford, N.C. 1948 Greenville, N.C. 1996 Lumberton, N.C. Raeford, N.C. Grant Sneed Shockley 1919 Phiiadelphia, Penn. 1943 S. New Jersey Conf. 1996 Atianta, Ga. Collingdale, Penn. Eugene Addison Colllns,Sr. 1934 Berwick, Penn. (Local Pastor) 1996 Clermont, Fla. (Cremation) Walter Bryan Gregory 1914 Angier, N.C. 1943 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1996 Matthews, N.C. Roanoke Rapids, N.C. Clifton Riddick Hollowell 1934 Perquimans County, N.C. 1962 Kinston, N.C. 1996 Lumberton, N.C. Hertford, N.C. Russell Sage Harrison 1906 Plymouth, N.C. 1834 Washington, N.C. 1996 Durham, N.C. Chapel Hill, N.C. Leon Moran Brock 1908 Sampson County, N.C. (Local Pastor) 1997 Wilmington, N.C. Clinton, N.C. William Franklin Meacham 1921 Chatham County, N.C. 1954 Raleigh, N.C. 1997 Pinehurst, N.C. Chatham County, N.C. Charles Irvin Umstead, Jr. 1932 Gainesville,.Fla. 1972 Durham, N.C. 1997 Sea Level, N.C. Carteret County, N.C. Frederick Fairfax Dillon 1927 Wyoming, W.Va. 1978 Fayetteville, N.C. 1997 Goldsboro, N.C. Pikeville, N.C. Theodore R. Jenkins 1903 Maysville, N.C. 1932 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1997 Kannapolis, N.C. Durham, N.C. William R. Cannon, Jr. 1916 Chattanooga,Tenn. 1940 N.Georgia Cont. 1997 Atlanta, Ga. Dalton,GA Forrest Dearborn Hedden 1905 Frankfort,Ind. 1928 Tampa, Fla. 1997 Wilmington, N.C. Wilminqton John Thomas Ledford 1914 Altoona, Ala. (Local Pastor) 1997 Elizaberh City, N.C. (cremaflon) William Albert Ruth 1936 Cary, N.C. 1962 Kinston, N.C. 1997 Elizabeth City, N.C. Cary, N.C. Paul Wesley Evans 1925 Watertown Penn. 1970 Greenville, N.C. 1997 Rocky Moun, N.C. Rocky Mount, N.C. Willie James Evans 1923 Lake City, S.C. 1957 S.C. Cont. 1997 Scranton, S.C . Scranton, S.C. Virgil Loren Free 1928 Gage County, Neb. 1981 Fayetteville, N.C. 1997 Pollocksville, N.C. Pollocksville, N.C. Frank Wahab Fortescue 1909 Sladesville, N.C. 1963 Greenville, N.C. . 1997 Pjymouth, N.C. Epworth Cem. Everette Ervin Bryan 1929 Bladen County, N.C. 1971 Fayetteville, N.C. 1997 Goldsboro, N.C. Goldsboro, N.C. Samuel Street Moore 1918 New Bern, N.C. 1960 Rocky Mount, N.C. . 1997 New Bern, N.C. New Bern, N.C. Cleo Wade Goldston 1910 Goldston, N.C. 1932 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1998 Durham, N.C. Battleboro, N.C. Atticus Morris Williams 1901 Harnett County, N.C. 1930 Henderson, N.C. 1998 Durham, N.C. Durham, N.C. Walter Clarence Feltman 1913 Griffin, Ga. 1950 Kinston, N.C. 1998 New Bern, N.C. New Bern, N.C. Clyde Stewart Boggs 1907 Norton, N.M. 1934 Winthester, Ky. 1998 Wilmington, N.C. Wilmington, N.C. Murrell Kelso Glover 1910 Garrett County, Md. 1949 Sanford, N.C. 1998 Greensboro, N.C. Duplin County, N.C. Riley Vance Hardison, Jr. 1924 Wilmington, N.C. (Local Pastor) 1998 Washington, N.C. Washington, N.C. Benjamin F. Meacham 1910 Rockingham, N.C. 1936 New Bern, N.C. 1998 Bedford, Penn. Gap Mills, W.Va. Warren Bernard Petteway 1919 Jacksonville, N.C. 1943 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1998 Raleigh, N.C. Durham, N.C. Arnold Kimsey King, Jr. 1931 Durham, N.C. 1956 Greenville, N.C. 1998 Durham, N.C. (Cremation) Charles Alison Simonton, Jr 1923 Covington, Tenn. 1955 Memphis Conf. 1998 Charlotte, N.C. Pilot Mtn., N.C. David Dinwiddie Traynham 1905 Clarkton, N.C. 1930 Henderson, N.C. 1998 Rockingham, N.C. Rockingham, N.C. Lemuel Reynolds Mason,Jr. 1918 Wendel, W.Va. 1954 W.Va. Conf. 1998 Buckhannon, W.Va. Tallmansville W.Va. Howard McKinnon McLamb 1910 Sampson County, N.C. 1935 Wilmington, N.C. 1999 Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh, N.C.

274 NAME DATE/PLACE JOINED DATE/PLACE PLACE OF OF BIRTH CONFERENCE OF DEATH BURIAL Roy Oliver Burgess 1919 E.Templeton Mass. 1958 Lakeland, Fla. 1999 Gainesville, Fla. Gainesville, Fla. Linwood Earl Blackburn 1914 Wayne County 1941 Durham, N.C. 1999 Wilson, N.C. Wilson, N.C. Margaret Reeves Saunders 1922 Passaic, N.J. (Local Pastor) 1999 Elizabeth City, N.C. Elizabeth City, N.C. Dwight Carter Jarvis 1927 Peking, China 1948 Baraboo, Wisc. 1999 Raleigh, N.C. (Cremation) Cecil Wayne Robbins 1906 Shannon, Miss. 1932 Rocky Mount, N.C. 1999 Durham, N.C. Louisburg, N.C. John Albert Buckley 1939 New Castle, Penn. 1964 W. Penn. Conf. 1999 Raleigh, N.C. (Cremation) William Hoyt Cheek 1920 Alamance County, N.C. 1954 Raleigh, N.C. 1999 Durham, N.C. (Cremation) Jesse Cloman Staton, Sr. 1923 Morehead City, N.C. 1972 Fayetteville, N.C. 1999 Morehead City, N.C. Morehead City, N.C. Norman Alfred Desrosiers 1924 E. Providence, R.I. 1951 Wilmington, N.C. 1999 N.Wilkesboro, N.C. (Cremation) Lewis Albert Dillman 1920 Albuquerque, N.M, 1953 Durham, N.C. 1999 Edenton, N.C. Goldsboro, N.C. Vance Carlton Way 1930 Henderson, N.C. 1975 Fayetteville, N.C. 1999 Ocracoke, N.C. Henderson, N.C. Charles Kivet Robinson 1929 Los Angeles, Calif. 1953 N.Texas Conf. 1999 Columbus, Ohio Burnt Prairie, lll. James Earl McLendon 1928 Robeson County 1981 Fayetteville, N.C. 1999 Fayetteville, N.C. Fayetteville Arletha M. McDougald 1952 King County, N.Y. (Local Pastor) 2000 Red Springs Hoke County, N.C. Carson Stanley Tyson 1933 Jones County, N.C. 1966 Fayetteville, N.C. 2000 Burlington, N.C. Alamance County, N.C. James Earl Sutton 1936 Pitt County, N.C. 1963 Greenville, N.C. 2000 Raleign, N.C. (Cremation) Cyrus Booker Hutcherson 1905 Glasgow, Ky. 1934 Lebanon,Ky. 2000 Valdosta, Ga. Marietta, Ga. Marion O. Stephenson 1910 Lawrenceville, Va. 1934 Washington, N.C. 2000 Washington, N.C. Rockv Mount, N.C. Roger Charles Williams 1932 Belding, Mich. (Local Pastor) 2000 Chester, Va. Virginia Gordon Edmond Allen, Jr. 1923 Henderson, N.C. 1961 Durham, N.C. 2000 Henderson, N.C. Henderson, N.C. Tracie Varnum 1921 Supply, N.C. (Local Pastor) 2000 Wilmington Brunswick County, N.C. William Herman Brady 1916 Hign Falls, N.C. 1939 Fayetteville, N.C. 2000 Pinehurst, N.C. High Falls, N.C. Charles Eric Lincoln 1924 Athens Ala. 1957 N.Georgia Conf. 2000 Durham, N.C. (Cremation) Lawrence Amon Green, Sr. 1920 Norfolk, Va. 1954 Raleigh, N.C. 2000 Blackstone, Va. Blackstone,VA Matt R. Gardner 1906 Wayne County, N.C. 1936 New Bern, N.C. 2000 Durham, N.C. ***** Clarence E. Hix 1907 South Carolina 1936 New Bern, N.C. 2000 Fayette, MO Goldsboro, N.C. George W. Ports, Jr. 1922 Phoenix, Md. 1956 Va. Conf. 2001 Mebane, N.C. (Cremation) Millard W. Warren, Jr. 1932 Raleigh, N.C. 1970 N. Ga. Conf. 2001 Kinston, NC Mooresville, N.C. Cecil T. Leonard 1940 Raleigh, N.C. (Local Pastor) 2001 Raleigh, N.C. Fayette, Mo. Don P. Lee 1925 Colorado 1972 Durham, N.C. 2001 Goldsboro, N.C. ***** James E. Sponenberg 1914 Pennsylvania 1943 Rocky Mount, N.C. 2001 Lenoir County, N.C. Franklinton,N.C. Charles M. Mitchell 1917 Buies Creek, N.C. 1943 Rocky Mount, N.C. 2001 Raleigh, N.C. Cremation Roy L. Turnage 1917 Ayden, N.C. 1970 Fayetteville, N.C. 2001 Ayden, N.C. Sanford, N.C. Albert D. Byrd 1928 Wilmington, N.C. 1950 Kinston, N.C. 2001 Lumberton, N.C. Cremation Herman S. Winberry 1923 Verona, N.C. 1947 Elizabeth City, N.C. 2001Lumberton, N.C. Ayden, N.C. William A. Crow 1902 Grafton, W.Va. 1936 New Bern, N.C. 2001 Southern Pines, N.C. Southern Pines, N.C. Robert S. Pullman 1932 Durham, N.C. 1957 New Bern, N.C. 2001 Southern Pines, N.C. Calypso, NC: Worlise L. Knowles 1947 New Bern, N.C. 1998 Fayetteville (Local Pastor) 2001 New Bern, N.C. Lumberton, N.C. Clarence E. O’Briant 1917 Durham, N.C. 1974 Fayetteville, N.C. 2001 Hookerton, N.C. Southern Pines, N.C. Waverly D. Lamb 1926 Henderson, N.C. 1976 Fayetteville, N.C.(Assoc. Mem.)2001 Lumberton, N.C. Aberdeen, N.C. Emerson M. Thompson 1931 Raleigh, N.C. 1956 Greenville, N.C. 2001 Greenville, N.C. New Bern, N.C. Kermit R. Thompson 1912 Lawrence, Ky. 1940 Wilmington, N.C. 2002 Mt. Dora, Fla. Snow Hill, N.C. Samuel Duncan McMillan, Jr. 1934 Jacksonville, Fla. 1957 New Bern, N.C. 2002 South Carolina Lumberton, N.C. John Rogers Crew 1922 South Carolina 1966 New Bern, N.C. 2002 Durham, N.C. Greenville, N.C. William Everett Eason, Sr. 1922 South Mills, N.C. 1960 Rocky Mount, N.C. 2002 Durham, N.C. Florida Robert Abner MacLean 1921 Robeson County, N.C. 1958 Wilson, N.C. 2002 Henderson, N.C. Union Chapel, Vance Co. Noah Bright Hill, Jr. 1922 Lenoir County, N.C. 1953 Durham, N.C. 2002 Fayetteville, N.C. Greer, SC Donald Francis Gum 1944 Alamance County, N.C. 1970 Pennsylvania 2002 Durham, N.C. Sanford, N.C. John David Mitchell 1930 Wayne County, N.C. 1964 Burlington, N.C. 2002 Goldsboro, N.C. Henderson, N.C. Robert Norman Knight 1925 Tyrrell County, N.C. 1953 Durham, N.C. 2002 Raleigh, N.C. Cremation James Wesley Hicks, Jr. 1935 Goldsboro, N.C. 1972 (associate member) 2002 Goldsboro, N.C. Evergreen, Princeton, N.C. Tommy Tyson 1922 Farmville, N.C. 1951 Wilmington, N.C. 2002 Chapel Hill, N.C. Goldsboro, N.C. Robert C. Mooney, Jr. 1915 Wilsonville, Ala. 1942 Wilson, N.C. 2002 Burlington, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Thomas Holmes House 1947 New Bern, N.C. 1998 Fayetteville, N.C. 2001 New Bern, N.C. Goldsboro, N.C. Alton Pugh Hill, Jr. 1924 Lenoir County, N.C. 1950 Kinston, N.C. 2003 Greenville, N.C. Farmville, N.C. James Columbus Loy 1929 Mebane, N.C. 1961- Durham, N.C. 2003 Burlington, N.C. Graham, N.C. Sidney Grant Boone 1912 Gates County, N.C. 1941 Durham, N.C. 2003 Burnsville, N.C. New Bern, N.C. Donna Susan Moore 1946 Alamance County, N.C. 1984 Fayetteville, N.C. 2003 Burlington, N.C. Greenville, N.C. Douglas R. Woodworth 1922 New York 1963 Greenville, N.C. 2003 Greenville, N.C. Burlington, N.C. Daniel E. Meadows 1911 Columbus County, N.C. 1943 Rocky Mount, N.C. 2003 Wilson, N.C. Nashville, N.C. Gilbert W. Crutchfield 1907 Carthage, N.C. 1976 Fayetteville, N.C. 2003 Durham, N.C. Burlington, N.C. Mary Leigh VonCannon 1917 Hoke County, N.C. 1958 Fayetteville, N.C. 2003 Aberdeen, N.C. Ayden, N.C. James H. Shiver 1906 Pender County, N.C. 1968 Fayetteville, N.C. 2003 Wilmington, N.C. Greenlawn, Wilmington Theodore Von Carter, Sr. 1933 Maxton, N.C. 1968 Fayetteville, N.C. 2003 Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh , N.C. Irving E. Cook 1927 New York 1957 New Bern, N.C. 2003 Morehead City, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. John T. Greene 1911 Suwannee County, Fla. 1936 New Bern, N.C. 2003 Durham, N.C. Burlington, N.C. John T. Smith 1913 Virginia 1963 Greenville, N.C. 2003 Cary, N.C. Fairview, Warren Co., N.C. Richard R. Blankenhorn 1924 Darlington, Wis. 1961 Durham, N.C. 2003 Fuquay-Varina, N.C. Henry Marcus Hunnings 1922 Carteret County, N.C. 1976 Fayetteville, N.C. 2003 Durham, N.C. Greenville, N.C. Johnnie D. Aycock 1923 Halifax County, N.C 1947 Elizabeth City 2003 Rowland, N.C. Rowland, N.C. Bennie J. Tripp 1943 Pitt County, N.C. 1974 Fayetteville, N.C. 2003 Jackson, N.C. Greenville, N.C. Henry Barton Lewis 1908 Clarksdale, Miss. 1937 Raleigh, N.C. 2004 Elizabeth City, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Chester Andrews 1907 Fairmont, N.C. 1931 Greenville, N.C. 2004 High Point, N.C. Fairmont, N.C. Oscar B. Wooldridge 1916 Norfolk, Virginia 1942 Richmond, Va. 2004 Naples, Fla. Naples, Fla. Lee A. Phillips 1913 Fayetteville, N.C. 1958 Wilson, N.C. 2004 Rockingham, N.C. Green Lake, N.C. Luther V. Wesley 1946 North Carolina 1973 Fayetteville, N.C. 2004 Creedmoor, N.C. Carolina Mem. Gardens William Nelson Fulford 1920 Granville County, N.C. 1973 Fayetteville, N.C. 2004 Greenville, N.C. Pitt County, N.C. Johnie L. Joyce 1908 South Hills, Va. 1932 Rocky Mt. 2004 Durham,N.C. Cremation Clarence L. Warren 1923 Sampson County, N.C. 1958 Wilmington, N.C. 2004 Lumberton, N.C. Fayetteville, N.C. Leon R. Sparrow 1922 Beaufort County, N.C. 1958 Kinston 2004 Bath, N.C. Bath, N.C. Evander Parnell 1930 Hope Mills, N.C. 1969 Fayetteville, N.C. 2004 Lumberton, N.C. Lumberton, N.C. James H. Coile 1937 LaGrange, N.C. 1967 Goldsboro, N.C. 2004 New Bern, N.C. Wilson, N.C.

275 NAME DATE/PLACE JOINED DATE/PLACE PLACE OF OF BIRTH CONFERENCE OF DEATH BURIAL Norwood L. Jones 1923 Clayton, N.C. 1949 Sanford, N.C. 2004 Clayton, N.C. Clayton, N.C. James G. Lupton 1919 Cedar Island, N.C. 1962 Kinston, N.C. 2004 Simpson, N.C. Simpson, N.C. Raegan V. May 1963 Muleshoe, Texas 1987 Fayetteville, N.C. 2005 Chapel Hill Cremation John W. Garrison 1924 Raleigh, N.C. 1950 Kinston 2005 Brazil Brasilia Ebern E. Allen 1940 Greenville, N.C. 1992 Fayetteville, N.C. 2005 Graham, N.C. Graham, N.C. John M. Cline 1921 Lewisville, N.C. 1946 Henderson, N.C. 2005 Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Johnnie S. Huggins 1927 Newport News, Va. 1944 New York 2005 Bridgehampton, N.Y. New York Robin J. Scroggs 1930 Raleigh, N.C. 1955 Fayetteville, N.C. 2005 New Jersey New Jersey Robert S. Gibson 1925 Richmond County, N.C. 1952 Burlington, N.C. 2005 Charlotte, NC James C. Chaffin 1919 Nags Head, N.C. 1943 Rocky Mount, N.C. 2005 Robbins, N.C. Robbins, N.C. William P. Lowdermilk 1933 Norman, N.C. 1956 Greenville, N.C. 2005 Fayetteville, N.C. Fayetteville, N.C. Lester Jackson 1919 Lordsburg, N.M. 1952 Virginia 2005 Nashville, N.C. Nashville, N.C. Charles F. Eakin 1920 Craig County, Va. 1958 Roanoke, Va. 2005 Yanceyville Salem, Va. Samuel L. Wood 1916 Tennessee 1964 Burlington, N.C. 2005 Goldsboro Goldsboro, N.C. Robert L. Bame 1924 Rowan County, N.C. 1943 Rocky Mount, N.C. 2005 Wilmington, N.C. Pikeville, N.C. Lorenzo P. Plyler 1914 Forest County, Pa. 1955 York, Pa. 2005 Alpharetta, Ga. Georgia Julian P. Moorman 1918 Bristol, Virginia 1942 Holston 2005 Raleigh, N.C. Cremation Thomas A. Collins 1921 Rome, Georgia 1944 Raleigh, N.C. 2005 Durham, N.C. Cremation Robert L. Nicks 1916 Yanceyville, N.C. 1946 Henderson, N.C. 2006 Florida Florida O. Kelly Ingram 1918 Birmingham, Ala. 1940 Alabama 2006 Cary, N.C. Cremation William E. Worley 1925 Logan, W.Va. 1957 Florida 2006 Wilson, N.C. Clearwater, Fla. Helen G. Crotwell 1925 Newberry, S.C. 1973 Fayetteville, N.C. 2006 Cordele, Ga. Georgia Ronald D. Cyr 1946 Massachusetts 1971 Fayetteville, N.C. 2006 Greenville, N.C. Cremation James R. Lancaster 1922 Fayetteville, N.C. 1971 Fayetteville, N.C. 2006 Fayetteville, N.C. Cremation Arthur W. Winstead, Sr. 1923 Elm City, N.C. 1964 Burlington, N.C. 2006 Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Paul C. Browning 1923 W.Va. 1953 W.Va. Conf. 2006 Burlington, N.C. Burlington, N.C. Carol D. Hayes 1951 Columbus, Ohio 1977 Diaconal 1997 Deacon 2006 The Villages, Fla. Cremation Christian White 1920 Medford, N.J. 1954 Raleigh, N.C. 2006 Durham, N.C. Burlington, N.C. Jerry S. Dodson 1950 Mebane, N.C. 1978 Fayetteville, N.C. 2006 Mebane, N.C. Mebane, N.C. Clyde H. Dunn 1927 Mebane, N.C. 1951 Wilmington, N.C. 2006 Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Brooks B. Little 1916 Marshville, N.C. 1950 Kinston, N.C. 2006 Knoxville, Tenn. Knoxville, Tenn. Michael L. Tart 1951 Erwin, N.C. (Local Pastor) 2006 Rocky Mount, N.C. Dunn, N.C. William E. Clements 1937 South Carolina 1974 Fayetteville, N.C. 2006 Gatesville, N.C. Elizabeth City, N.C. Charles M. Litzenberger 1943 Buffalo, N.Y. 1972 Durham, N.C. 2006 Chapel Hill, N.C. Cremation Guy V. Soule, Jr. 1935 Charlotte, N.C. 1978 Fayetteville, N.C. 2006 Burlington, N.C. Alamance County, N.C. James Millard Short 1928 Moore County, N.C. 1963 Greenville, N.C. 2006 Rockingham, N.C. Fayetteville, N.C. Vassar Wilson Jones 1920 Granville County, N.C. 1960 Rocky Mount, N.C. 2007 Roxboro, N.C. Roxboro, N.C. Rudolph H. Hodge 1927 Wake County, N.C. 1957 New Bern, N.C. 2007 Brunswick County, N.C. Brunswick County, N.C. Wallace Bradford Lewis 1937 Carteret County, N.C. 1977 Fayetteville, N.C. 2007 Dover, N.C. Dover, N.C. Jerry Lowry 1947 Laurinburg, N.C. 1983 Fayetteville, N.C. 2007 Sanford, N.C. Pembroke, N.C. Benjamin F. Musser 1919 Little Rock, Ark. 1943 Rocky Mount, N.C. 2007 Elm City, N.C. Elm CIty, N.C. Troy J. Barrett 1922 Habersham Co., Ga. 946 Henderson, N.C. 2007 Raleigh Cremation Herman F. Davis 1926 Moore County, N.C. 1950 Kinston, N.C. 2007 Lumberton, N.C. Elizabethtown, N.C. Daniel M. Forbes, Jr. 1928 Camden County, N.C. 1978 Fayetteville, N.C. 2007 Kinston, N.C. Pembroke, N.C. Luther M. “Billy” Peele, Jr. 1929 Laurel Hill, N.C. 1976 Fayetteville, N.C. 2007 Wilmington, N.C. Winnabow, N.C. Paul Cecil Millwood 1934 Hall County, Ga. 2002 Fayetteville, N.C. 2007 Jacksonville, N.C. Gainesville, Ga. Paul David Granger 1934 Ohio 1979 Fayetteville, N.C. 2007 Fayetteville, N.C. Fayetteville, N.C. Ralph I. Epps 1920 South Carolina 1948 Greenville, N.C. 2008 Edenton, N.C. Edenton, N.C. Haywood L. Harrell 1913 Rich Square, N.C. 1939 Fayetteville, N.C. 2008 Goldsboro, N.C. Seven Springs, N.C. Robert Freeman Moore 1921 Washington County, Md. 1950 Kinston, N.C. 2008 Fairmont, N.C. Fayetteville, N.C. Eric O. Murray 1914 Durham, N.C. 1965 Raleigh, N.C. 2008 Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Walton N. Bass 1920 Rosewood, Wayne Co., N.C. 1953 Durham, N.C. 2008 Durham, N.C. Durham, N.C. John R. Blue 1929 Missouri 1952 Maryville, Mo. 2008 Florida Florida James A. Auman 1923 Randolph County, N.C. 1947 Elizabeth City, N.C. 2008 McLeansville, N.C. Graham, N.C. Grady Lee Kingley 1919 Davidson County, N.C. 1949 Sanford, N.C. 2008 Durham, N.C. Mebane, N.C. Clingman Carter Capps 1931 Flat Rock, N.C. 1959 Wilmington, N.C. 2008 Reidsville, N.C. Reidsville, N.C. John H. “Jack” Crum 1926 Georgia 1953 Durham, N.C. 2008 Littleton, N.C. Littleton, N.C. John Milton Roberts 1927 Wayne County, N.C. 1967 Goldsboro, N.C. 2008 Princeton, N.C. Princeton, N.C. Susan Lutz Allred 1938 Shelby, N.C. 1983 Fayetteville, N.C. 2008 Durham, N.C. Cremation Clyde M Creech Sr. 1935 Greene County, N.C. 1958 Wilson, N.C. 2009 LaGrange, N.C. LaGrange, N.C. Charles Spence Hubbard 1913 Sanford, N.C. 1939 Elizabeth City 2009 Pittsboro Pittsboro, N.C. Doris J. Johnson 1929 New York (Local Pastor) 2009 Ahoskie, N.C. Ahoskie, N.C. John E. Reed Sr. 1922 Springdale, Ark. 1956 Greenville, N.C. 2009 Hot Springs, Ark. Mena, Ark. Rene O. Bideaux 1931 Meadville, Penn. 1955 Fayetteville, N.C. 2009 Asheville, N.C. Asheville, N.C. Riley Tex Hamilton 1929 Wake County, N.C. 1987 (Local Pastor) 2009 Raleigh, N.C. Montlawn Cem., Raleigh, N.C. Barney Lee Davidson 1920 Amarillo, Tex. 1949 West Texas Conf. 2009 Cary, N.C. Cary, N.C. Robert Joseph Rudd 1929 Burlington, N.C. 1956 Atlanta, Ga. 2009 Raeford, N.C. Hoke County, N.C. Wayne Esmond Thomas 1931 Nakomis, Fla. 1961 Lakeland, Fla. 2009 Washington, N.C. Oakdale Cem., Washington, N.C. Roger Everett Thompson 1934 Hoffman, N.C. 1961 Kinston, N.C. 2009 Laurel Hill, N.C.‘ Richmond Mem. Pk., Rockingham Clyde Gay McCarver 1919 Burke County, Ga. 1944 Raleigh, N.C. 2009 Hartsville, S.C. Hartsville, S.C. Richard Jerome Williams 1939 Nash County, N.C. 1997 Fayetteville, N.C. 1939 Raleigh, N.C. Cremation Benjamin Ray Melvin 1932 Fayettevile, N.C. 1979 Fayetteville, N.C. 2009 Fayetteville, N.C. Lafeyette Me. Pk, Fayetteville, N.C. Pernicie C. Yelverton 1933 Nahunta, N.C. 1953 Durham, N.C. 2009 Wayne County, N.C. Elmwood Cem., Fremont, N.C. Bobby Powell Tyson 1935 Middlesex, N.C. 1962 Kinston, N.C. 2009 Raleigh, N.C. Lillington, N.C. Hobart W. Burnside, Jr. 1935 Fairmont, West Va. 1971 Fayetteville, N.C. 2010 Smithfield, N.C. Fellowship, Princeton, N.C. Leonard Edward Mayo 1931 Eureka, N.C. 1966 Rocky Mount 2010 Candor, N.C. Green Lake, N.C. Samuel Williams Dixon, Jr. 1949 Asheville, N.C. 1974 Fayetteville, N.C. 2010 Port-au-Prince, Haiti Cremation Harold “Pete” McElroy Chrismon, Sr. 1923 BrownSummit, N.C. 1969 Chapel Hill, N.C. 2010 Apex, N.C. Apex, N.C. Herman Nathan Ward, Jr. 1938 Columbus County, N.C. 1965 Fayetteville, N.C. 2010 Durham, N.C. Cremation Neil H. Thompson 1919 Swepsonville, N.C. 1960 Fayetteville, N.C. 2010 Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Robert Lee Moser 1912 Alamance County, N.C. 1939 Greensboro, N.C. 2010 Burlington, N.C. Bellemont, Burlington, N.C. Camille Ogle Yorkey 1946 San Francisco, Calif. 1984 Fayetteville, N.C. 2010 Chapel Hill, N.C. Cremation - Bur. Ellis Ch. Durham

276 HISTORICAL STATMENT I. COMPOSITION The North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church is composed of: A. The eastern portion of the former North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Protestant Church. B. The former North Carolina Conference of The Methodist Episcopal Church South. C. The coastal region of the former Blue Ridge-Atlantic Conference of The Methodist Episcopal Church. D. The Eastern District, North Carolina-Virginia Conference, Central Jurisdiction. II. ORGANIZATION The organizing dates of the four former Conferences were as follows: A. The North Carolina Conference of The Methodist Protestant Church 1828, at Whitaker’s Chapel in Halifax County, North Carolina. B. The North Carolina Conference of The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1837. C. The Blue Ridge-Atantic Conference of The Methodist Episcopal Church, 1879, at Greensboro, North Carolina, first named Southern Central Conference; two years later, 1881, renamed Blue Ridge-Atlantic Conference. D. The Eastern District North Carolina-Virginia Annual Conference was organized at a special session on August 11, 1964, at Bennett College, Greensboro, North Carolina. III. SESSIONS OF THE CONSTITUENT CONFERENCES BEFORE UNION IN 1939: (See 1988 Journal.) IV. UNION: The Unification of the North Carolina Conferences was accomplished by the Unification of the three major branches of American Methodism in the United States at Kansas City, Missouri, May 10, 1939. V. SESSIONS SINCE UNION IN 1939: (See 1988 Journal.) VI. SESSIONS OF OTHER CONFERENCES: (See 1988 Journal.) VII.SESSIONS SINCE UNION IN 1968 OF THE METHODIST CHURCH AND THE EVANGELICAL UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH Sessions of the NC Conference of The United Methodist Church, 1968 - 1999 Held When President Secretary 143 Fayetteville June 1968 Paul N. Garber W. Carleton Wilson 144 Chapel Hill June 1969 W. R. Cannon W. Carleton Wilson 145 Greenville June 1970 W. R. Cannon W. Carleton Wilson 146 Fayetteville June 1971 W. R. Cannon W. Carleton Wilson 147 Durham June 1972 W. R. Cannon W. Carleton Wilson 148 Fayetteville June 1973 R. M. Blackburn A. Kimsey King 149 Fayetteville June 1974 R. M. Blackburn A. Kimsey King 150 Fayetteville June 1975 R. M. Blackburn James H. Coile 151 Fayetteville June 1976 R. M. Blackburn James H. Coile 152 Fayetteville June 1977 R. M. Blackburn James H. Coile 153 Fayetteville June 1978 R. M. Blackburn James H. Coile 154 Fayetteville June 1979 R. M. Blackburn James H. Coile 155 Fayetteville June 1980 R. M. Blackburn James H. Coile 156 Fayetteville June 1981 W. R. Cannon L. T. Wilson 157 Fayetteville June 1982 W. R. Cannon L. T. Wilson 158 Fayetteville June 1983 W. R. Cannon L. T. Wilson 159 Fayetteville June 1984 W. R. Cannon L. T. Wilson 160 Fayetteville June 1985 C. P. Minnick, Jr. L. T. Wilson 161 Durham June 1986 C. P. Minnick, Jr. L. T. Wilson 162 Fayetteville June 1987 C. P. Minnick, Jr. L. T. Wilson 163 Fayetteville June 1988 C. P. Minnick, Jr. L. T. Wilson 164 Fayetteville June 1989 C. P. Minnick, Jr. James H. Coile 165 Fayetteville June 1990 C. P. Minnick, Jr. James H. Coile 166 Fayetteville June 1991 C. P. Minnick, Jr. James H. Coile 167 Fayetteville June 1992 C. P. Minnick, Jr. James H. Coile 168 Fayetteville June 1993 C. P. Minnick, Jr. James H. Coile 169 Fayetteville June 1994 C. P. Minnick, Jr. James H. Coile 170 Fayetteville June 1995 C. P. Minnick, Jr. James H. Coile 171 Fayetteville June 1996 C. P. Minnick, Jr. James H. Coile 172 Fayetteville June 1997 Marion M. Edwards James L. Bryan 173 Fayetteville June 1998 Marion M. Edwards James L. Bryan 174 Fayetteville June 1999 Marion M. Edwards James L. Bryan 175 Fayetteville June 2000 Marion M. Edwards James L. Bryan 176 Fayetteville June 2001 Marion M. Edwards James L. Bryan 177 Fayetteville June 2002 Marion M. Edwards James L. Bryan 178 Fayetteville June 2003 Marion M. Edwards James L. Bryan 179 Fayetteville June 2004 Marion M. Edwards James L. Bryan 180 Fayetteville June 2005 Alfred Wesley Gwinn Jr. James L. Bryan 181 Greenville June 2006 Alfred Wesley Gwinn Jr. James L. Bryan 182 Greenville June 2007 Alfred Wesley Gwinn Jr. James L. Bryan 183 Greenville June 2008 Alfred Wesley Gwinn Jr. James L. Bryan 184 Greenville June 2009 Alfred Wesley Gwinn Jr. James L. Bryan 185 Greenville June 2010 Alfred Wesley Gwinn Jr. James L. Bryan

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