NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Historical Records MEMORIAL SERVICE BULLETIN MEMOIRS ROLL OF DECEASED HISTORICAL STATEMENT

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1 NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Historical Records Historical Records 2008 MEMORIAL SERVICE BULLETIN MEMOIRS ROLL OF DECEASED HISTORICAL STATEMENT 490

2 ALL SAINTS CELEBRATION AND MEMORIAL SERVICE NORTH CAROLINA ANNUAL CONFERENCE GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JUNE 13, :45 A.M. The Prelude WE PROCLAIM The Greeting *Processional Hymn... Sing with All the Saints of Glory (UMH 702) *The Opening Prayer... The Reverend L. Roger Owens WE PROCLAIM Psalm The Reverend William E. Braswell Hebrews 12: The Reverend Deborah Wilkins Celebration in Song... Give Me Jesus Acts 1: The Reverend Lisa Naa-Shormey Yebuah Sermon... Can I Get a Witness?... Reverend Yebuah WE RESPOND Hymn... The Lone Wild Bird v. 1 (FWS 2052) Bishop: We gather here today to celebrate and remember those who faithfully served God and now rest in the light of God s eternal love. Their light remains forever with us and in the countless lives that were touched by them. Hymn...The Lone Wild Bird (v.2) The Reading of the Names (A candle is lit and a bell tolls for each one. As the bell sounds, friends are invited to stand as a tribute and support for the family. You may be seated at the sounding of the following bell.) Clergy who have died since last Annual Conference: Benjamin Franklin Musser... July 3, 2007 Troy James Barrett... July Herman Fred Davis... August 23, 2007 Daniel Mercer Forbes, Jr.... October 15, 2007 Luther Martin Peele, Jr.... November 16, 2007 Paul Cecil Millwood... December 6, 2007 Ralph Isaac Epps... January 3, 2008 Haywood Linwood Harrell... February 11, 2008 Robert Freeman Moore... April 15,

3 Eric Octavius Murray.... May 17, 2008 Hymn... The Lone Wild Bird (v. 3) Spouse of Clergy who have died since last Annual Conference: Harriett Fleming Petteway... July 12, 2007 Dorothy Jackson Massey... July 23, 2007 William Edward Buffaloe... July 29, 2007 Edith Ann Fowlkes Berry... November 7, 2007 Roberta Fields Carruth... November 10, 2007 Dorothy Anita Thompson Dillon... November 10, 2007 Etolia Stribling Vale... November 14, 2007 Susan Alice Waller Miller... January 8, 2007 Elma Bundy Fulford... February 16, 2008 Alice Blanche Houser Crew... February 21, 2008 Kathleen McCormick MacLean... March 7, 2008 Jean Lough Wilson... March 31, 2008 Mary Virginia Brittingham Coble... April 6, 2008 (Family members are given candles to take with them) Hymn... The Lone Wild Bird (v. 4-5) Prayer O God of both the living and the dead, we praise your holy name for all your servants who faithfully lived and died. We thank you for the sacred ties that bind us to those unseen who encompass us as a cloud of witnesses. We pray that, encouraged by their example and strengthened by their fellowship, we may be diligent followers and that nothing, will be able to seperate us from your love in Christ Jesus, our Lord. AMEN. WE GO FORTH Benediction *Recessional Hymn... When We All Get to Heaven (UMH 701) Postlude WORSHIP LEADERS Presider... Bishop Alfred Wesley Gwinn, Jr. Preacher... The Reverend Lisa Naa-Shormey Yebuah Liturgists... The Reverend L. Roger Owens Lectors...The William E. Braswell... The Reverend Deborah Wilkins Musicians... Annual Conference House Band 492

4 TROY JAMES BARRETT Troy James Barrett, 85, of Cary, NC, was born May 30, 1922 in Clarkesville, GA, to Ralph E. and Bessie Kinsey Barrett. On October 22, 1949, he married Robbie Lee Williams of Greensboro. They were married more than 57 years. He died at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh on July 9, He donated his body for medical education and research at Duke University Medical Center. He was a graduate of Fayetteville High School, Louisburg College, Wofford College, and Duke Divinity School. At Duke he was best known as head cheerleader. Troy had a contagious smile, and this happy, upbeat, enthusiastic, cheerleader, God-centered attitude followed him throughout life. Troy was Conference Director of Youth Work and State Director of Methodist Student Work. He worked with NC Christian Advocate; Methodist Orphanage; and Methodist Retirement Home. He served churches in Broadway, Zebulon, Wendell, Warrenton, Cary, New Bern, Greenville, Durham, Laurinburg, Smithfield, Lillington, and Raleigh. He was Pastor Emeritus of First UMC Cary. In 1963 Troy and Robbie led the Caravan to Europe with 10 college students, witnessing to their faith in Jesus Christ and enjoying travel to 6 countries. In 1984 they toured the Holy Lands. He led many groups of youth and families to our Methodist camps, especially Camp Don Lee, where a cabin will be built in honor of Troy and Robbie. He worked with Boy Scouts and helped a number of them receive the God and Country award. After retirement Troy led Disciple Bible Studies and other prayer and study groups. As a result of his Bible studies, three young women were called into ordained ministry: two as Elders and one as a Deacon. In 2008 as the Board of Ordained Ministry met at St. Luke UMC, Goldsboro, to interview candidates for ordained ministry, two of these women entered the church. Robbie met them at the door and said, I wish Troy could be here. Simultaneously they exclaimed, He is here!!! He was a docent at NC Museum of Art, Museum of History, and Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh and a volunteer with Meals on Wheels in Cary. As volunteers at Prison MATCH of North Carolina, Inc., at the NC Correctional Institution for Women in Raleigh, he and Robbie spent many happy hours monitoring visits of Moms with their children. They loved his jokes and happy smile and appreciated his blessing. When Troy was invited to speak about the joys of retirement to new retirees in 1988, one interrupted him saying, If I have to do all those things, I think I ll just not retire. As Troy ended most of his conversations, we will say to you, God bless! Survivors along with his beloved wife, Robbie, are sons James Lee Barrett and wife Lois; Robert Troy Barrett and wife Marcia; and William Ralph Barrett and wife Kathy; grandchildren Bradford Scott Barrett; Michael Lee Barrett and wife Kendra; Charles Grayson Barrett; Elizabeth Maxon and husband Joey; Robert Harris; Rebecca Ruth Barrett; Mary Beth Kepshire and husband Erik; Timothy William Barrett; great granddaughter, Lucy Maxon. The Family 493

5 HERMAN FRED DAVIS Herman Fred Davis, 80, of Wesley Pines Retirement Community in Lumberton died August 23, His funeral was held at Trinity UMC in Elizabethtown with the Reverends Donald Warren, Robert Bergland and Wilbur Teachey officiating. Fred was preceded in death by his wife of 54 years, Prudence Polly C. Davis. He is survived by son, David H. Davis and wife, Karen of Flat Rock; daughter, Terry D. McCollum and husband, Ron of Lawndale; daughter, Julie A. Davis and husband, Robert J. King III, of Greensboro; grandchildren, Luke McCollum, Scott Davis, Rhyne King and Grace King; sister, Frances D. Jernigan of Dudley. Fred s death was caused by a heart attack following several months of declining health. He is greatly missed by his family and friends. Fred was a lifelong resident of North Carolina and a lifelong Methodist. He was born and reared in Carthage. He attended Louisburg College where his studies were interrupted by his service in the United States Army. After completion of his tour of duty in Europe, he returned to finish his studies at Louisburg where he met Polly. Following graduation from Louisburg in 1947, he enrolled at Wofford College and graduated with a B.A. in He received a B.D. from Duke University Divinity School in Upon completion of seminary, he returned to active duty as a Chaplain in the Army and served in Germany, France and Italy until After fulfilling his active duty commitment, he was active in the North Carolina National Guard for many years and retired as a Lt. Colonel. Fred served Fair Bluff UMC from 1954 until early He then served Trinity UMC in Elizabethtown for 29 years until his retirement from the Conference in After retiring, he and Polly remained in Elizabethtown. He continued to teach Sunday School at Trinity and preached regularly in churches in and around the community. He was chaplain at Wesley Pines for several years before moving there with Polly in In each of his assignments, he was known as a gifted preacher and a devoted pastor. In addition to his forty plus years in the ministry, Fred was active in numerous community and civic organizations including the first Elizabethtown Rescue Squad, Bladen County Habitat for Humanity, Hospice of Bladen County, Meals on Wheels, and the Optimists Club. Fred spent much of his leisure time outdoors and had many hobbies: flying, metal detecting, playing tennis, hunting and fishing. The Family 494

6 ETOLIA STRIBLING VALE Etolia Stribling Vale, wife of the late Reverend Charles Edward Vale of the North Carolina Conference, was born February 28, 1920, in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, one of eight children of the late Robert Lamar and Docia Wofford Stribling. After graduating from Pauline High School, she received an A.B. degree in English from Lander College, with a minor in French. She taught while she was a graduate student at the University of South Carolina, where she received a Master s Degree in English. While teaching at Chowan College in Murfreesboro, N.C., she met and married Charles Edward Vale, minister in the North Carolina conference of the United Methodist Church. Together they served in Murfreesboro, Zebulon (where their daughter Kathryn was born), Hookerton, Chadbourn, Rose Hill, Duke s Chapel in the Durham District, Norlina, Beech Grove in the New Bern District and Goldston, North Carolina. Etolia Vale returned to the classroom at Chadbourn High School and served these communities through her teaching. At Warrenton High School, she began teaching in a Program for the Gifted and Talented. Her involvement with this program, which was the precursor of Advanced Placement, continued at Sanford High School, where she also served as Chair of the English Department. A much loved and respected teacher, she was dedicated to the idea that literature, language, and life were a seamless whole. As many of her students have commented since her death, She taught us to think. After her husband s death in 1973, she remained in Sanford, retiring in 1980 and returning eventually to Spartanburg. She was an avid gardener and enjoyed sharing her love of nature with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She is survived by her daughter Kathryn Vale Livermore and son-in-law Gordon D. Livermore, Jr., of Worthington, Ohio; her granddaughter Amy Ahluwalia, Amy s husband Gagan Ahluwalia and their sons Sanjiv and Pranav; her grandson Christopher Livermore and his wife Diane Wright and their son Tucker, and many nieces and nephews in the Stribling family. She died at home on November 14, The funeral service was led by the Rev. Robert Wofford assisted by Stanley Stribling. Interment was at Friendship Baptist Church in Pauline, South Carolina. The Family 495

7 LUTHER MARTIN PEELE, JR Billy Peele of Boiling Spring Lakes died Friday, November 16, 2007, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina. He was born in Laurel Hill, North Carolina. He began working at Belk Store in Laurinburg while in High School and continued working there, ultimately as assistant manager, until he resigned (after twenty-three years) to enter the ministry as a student pastor in After earning his Master of Divinity degree from Duke University in 1979, Billy was ordained as an Elder in the United Methodist Church in 1980, and served several churches in the Wilmington District including Wrightsboro, Oleander-Devon Park, Zion, Clarkton-Bluefield, and Epworth United Methodist Churches. Billy s parents, Susanna Falls Peele and Luther Martin Peele, Sr. as well as a sister, Martha Brown and his first wife, Emma Hayes Peele of Laurinburg, preceded him in death. Survivors include his wife, Myra Miller Peele; children Martin Peele of Concord, R. Hampton Peele of Baton Rouge, LA, and Audrey Peele of Shallotte; sisters, Adele Clark of Laurinburg, and Mary McDonald of Larchmont, NY; stepchildren, Susan Navas (Nathan) of Burgaw, Christy Porter of Wilmington; grandchildren, Christopher and Emily Peele of Concord and many nieces and nephews Billy wore many hats in his life. He was an Eagle Scout, a Mason, a collegiate wrestler at North Carolina State University, a singer, a commercial pilot, a cartoonist, a poet, and a published author. For decades he sent Christmas cards that he had designed and drawn himself, to all his many friends and family. He also drew cartoons for the Christian Advocate for many years. The hat that will be most remembered is the one he wore every day, his personality. Billy was unforgettable. When you met him around Wilmington, you would first hear his whistling and then see his hat and snowy white beard. And, you always expected to see him with a crossword puzzle in his hand and a jingle in his pocket. Whenever you met him, he had a kind and exuberant greeting for you and a request for God s blessings on you when leaving. The Family 496

8 CECIL PAUL MILLWOOD The Reverend Doctor Cecil Paul Millwood, Age 73, Swansboro, N.C. died on December 6, 2007, at the Onslow Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, N.C. His graveside service was held in Gainesville, Georgia on December 9, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. at Memorial Park Cemetery. The Reverend Robert Nash officiated. Paul is survived by his of 50 ½ years, Patricia Nash Millwood of the home; two sons, Anthony Tony Millwood, Swansboro and Jonathan Millwood of Raleigh; and one daughter, Ashley Windham, Pell City, Alabama; one brother, Jimmie Millwood, Gainesville, Georgia; one sister, Patsy Carpenter, Gainesville, Georgia; and one granddaughter, Alexia Windham, Pell City, Alabama. He was born in Hall County Georgia to Henry C. and Claudia Ashe Millwood. He graduated from Lyman Hall High School. He received his BA Degree from the University of Georgia, then he attended Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary earning his Master of Divinity Degree. Paul graduated from Luther Rice Seminary with a Doctor of Ministry Degree. He honorably served his country three years in the U.S. Army Airborne Division. Prior to entering the ministry Pau worked then years for the Southern Bell Telephone Company, Gainesville, Georgia. He resigned as an Associate Engineer in the Outside Plant Engineering Department to attend the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. While attending Southeastern he was pastor of Rock Spring Baptist Church, Louisburg. Paul resigned Rock Spring to attend one-year School of Pastoral Care Training at the N.C. Baptist Hospital. During his study in pastoral care he was interim pastor for the Colfax Baptist Church, and interim pastor for the Oakdale Baptist Church. After completing his study at Baptist Hospital he served as pastor of the First Baptist Church, Grover for four years. He then served seventeen years as pastor of Churchland Baptist Church, Lexington. From he pastored Piney Grove Baptist Church, Swansboro. After leaving Piney Grove he took some time away from church work and he and his two sons built a family house in Swansboro. During his interim period he made the decision to transfer from the Southern Baptist Denomination into The United Methodist Church. Paul took the necessary courses at Duke Divinity School, and began serving Haw Branch UMC on June 27, 1999, as part time pastor. He was sent to the Dover-Clark Charge for two years. These were in the New Bern District. He was sent to the Jamesville-Siloam Charge for two years in Greenville District. The work at both charges was full time. Cecil Paul Millwood truly loved God, and he was a wonderful husband and father. The Family 497

9 RALPH I. EPPS Ralph Isaac ( Preacher ) Epps, Sr., 87, died January 3, 2008, at his home in Edenton. A Service of Celebration was held January 6 at Edenton UMC with the Reverends Charles Moseley, James Huskins, Ellis Bedsworth, and Thomas Smith officiating. Burial followed at Beaver Hill Cemetery in Edenton. Ralph is survived by his wife, Pinear Mae Pat Epps of the home; two daughters, Barbara Tuttle of Richmond, VA, and Karen Owens of Raleigh; a son, Ralph Isaac Epps, Jr., of Edenton; and grandchildren, Carolyn Tuttle and Debbie T. Phillips and husband Jon of Richmond, David Epps of Atlanta, GA, Malia Epps of Raleigh, and Jonathan Owens of Raleigh. He was pre-deceased by a sister, Mary Purdy Epps, and two brothers, Carl Belden Epps, Jr., and Robert Purdy Epps. Ralph was born in Sumter, SC, on November 3, 1920, to Dr. Carl Belden Epps, Sr., and Mary Purdy Epps. He graduated from Wofford College in 1942 with an ROTC commission. He enlisted in the 82 nd Airborne and was chosen to be part of the initial officer cadre for the newly-formed 17 th Airborne, where he saw combat in the Battle of the Bulge. When the 17 th was de-activated, he was transferred to the 101 st Airborne. In recent years, he enjoyed attending reunions of the 17 th with his son Isaac. When the war ended, Ralph entered Duke Divinity School. He graduated in As a student pastor, he served as associate to Rev. Whitford Walters in Pikeville. When Rev. Walters died, Ralph met his niece, Pinear Mae Pat Windley. In August of 2007, he celebrated 60 years of marriage with the prettiest girl I ever saw. Ralph served over 60 years in ministry, including Pikeville, Stem Charge, Maxton, Laurel Hill Charge, Grifton, Weldon, Trinity in Fairmont, Mebane, Englewood in Rocky Mount, Fairmont in Raleigh, First in Washington, and Edenton. If a church did not have a children s time in the service, he initiated one, and many adults today remember the object lessons and songs that he used with them as youngsters. It was at Trinity in Fairmont that children gave him the name Preacher, and it stuck. After retirement, he served the Currituck Charge, Chowan Charge, and Bethany, and was Chaplain of Chowan Hospital in Edenton and Minister of Visitation with Edenton UMC. He had a passion for visiting the sick and homebound. Ralph s service to the NC Conference includes serving on the Board of Pensions, Conference Council on Ministries, Board of Higher Education, and Town and Country Commission. He was a strong supporter of missions, often taking an offering for disaster relief before he knew the Advance number, because he knew that UMCOR was already there. In 1979, at the age of 59, he skated 50 miles and raised nearly $3500 in donations for Cambodian Food Relief and programs for the mentally handicapped. In 2005, Duke Divinity School presented him with its Distinguished Alumnus Award for his service to God, the church, and the community. Ralph will be remembered by all who knew him as a loving, compassionate man who always put the needs of others before his own, a true pastor to the people in his congregations and within the communities where he was sent to serve. The Family 498

10 SUSAN A. MILLER Susan Alice Waller Miller, wife of Rev. James H. Miller, Jr., died on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at Lenoir Memorial Hospital. Her memorial service was held at Westminster United Methodist Church, Kinston, NC, by the Reverends Richard Vaughan, Claude Wilson, and Haywood Smith. Internment was at Pinelawn Memorial Park in Kinston. Susan was born in Lenoir County, NC, the older daughter of Roland Lee and Tiffany Stroud Waller. After graduating from Southwood School, she attended Atlantic Christian College (now Barton), majoring in religion and minoring in English. After some graduate work at UNC-Chapel Hill, she taught for several years in Gold Sand, NC and in Grifton, NC before becoming a director of Christian education, first at Trinity Methodist Church in Jacksonville, NC and then at Queen Street Methodist Church in Kinston. In 1950, she was part of a Methodist Youth Caravan to Europe that she remembered as a highlight of her career. It was also during her tenure at Queen Street that she met Jimmy when Bishop Garber sent him to Kinston to begin a new Methodist church on the west side of the city. After a brief courtship, they were married in 1952 at Queen Street by Jimmy s father, Rev. J. Herbert Miller, Sr. and Susan s boss, Rev. Marquis Lawrence. From Kinston, the Millers went on to serve appointments in Snow Hill (Calvary) where their two daughters, Susan and Patsy, were born, Goldsboro (St. Luke), Beaufort (Ann Street), New Bern (Centenary), the Fayetteville District, Raleigh (where Jimmy was executive director of the Conference COM), and Cary (First). At each appointment, Susan used her native talents, tremendous heart, sense of humor (crucial for a minister s spouse), and religious training to assist her husband in his ministry, serving in such roles as director of children s choirs and secretary. Since 1989, the Millers had enjoyed retirement in Lenoir County at Susan s homeplace. All of her life, Susan enjoyed the beauties of God s world, being taught to appreciate these things as a child. She taught her family the names of plants and birds, and her retirement was spent growing flowers, fruits, and vegetables, participating in the activities of the small church she had grown up in, Woodington United Methodist, feeding the birds that visited her yard, playing the piano and singing in the choir as long as she was able, enjoying cultural events with Jimmy, relishing the lives of her daughters, sons-inlaw, and grandchildren, and continuing to bless all with whom she came into contact. The tremendous scope of her influence became evident to her family at the time of her death, when people whose lives she had touched as youth in her MYF programs, children in her choirs, and adults in her neighborhoods and churches came forward with moving tributes. Susan was truly a child of God who met challenges with fight, humor, intelligence, and optimism. She is missed, but the alto section in Heaven is now a lot stronger. Susan Miller Brink 499

11 HAYWOD L. HARRELL Rev. Haywood L. Harrell, 94 years old, died at The Pines of Goldsboro, NC where he was a resident of the assisted living facility. He died on Monday, February 11, He was native of Rich Square, NC in Northhampton County. He was born on April 4, 1913 to the late K.L. (Dock) Harrell and Blanche Peele Harrell. Rev. Harrell married on November 15, 1939, the late Dorothy Stallings Harrell of Durham, NC and they were married for 63 years. They served 38 years in the North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church. He retired in Rev. Harrell received his ministerial education at Duke University and Duke Divinity School. Early in his ministry, Rev. Harrell dedicated himself to serving churches of small membership, to help the members feel that they were just as important in the Lord s Kingdom as those in large churches. He believed a pastor was just as important as a preacher and devoted his life to both missions. Rev. Harrell loved all of his people and he was a tireless visitor in their homes. He had a keen and wholesome sense of humor and used it to lift the spirits of all who knew his friendship. He initiated 13 building programs from Sunday School rooms to new sanctuaries, and served 17 years in the conferences assemblies, camps and conferences. He taught family life conferences for 35 years throughout eastern North Carolina. Most courses were for senior high students on Preparation for Marriage. Rev. Harrell was a member of the N.C. Family Life Council and the National Family Life Council. He authored several programs for Program Quarterly, which was the youth program quarterly for churches with small youth groups in the Methodist Church. He served as president an vice-president of the Methodist Rural Fellowship of the Conference. He attended conferences in Lincoln, Nebraska; Chicago, Illinois, Bloomington, Indiana; Emory University and several at Lake Junaluska, NC. Rev. Harrell is survived by a daughter, Genette H. Tate and husband, Walter of Pink Hill, N.C. Two sons, Linwood E. Harrell and wife Brenda, of Fuquay-Varina, N.C; Ernest S. Harrell and wife Diane of Kinston, N.C.; five grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his sisters, Meeter H. Todd and Flossie H. Brown; his brothers, Stanley Harrell and Grover Harrell; and his grandson J.B. Tillman. The officiating ministers at his funeral were Rev. T.C. West, Rev. McGee Creech and Rev. Martin Armstrong. The service was Thursday, February 14, 2008 at Seymour Funeral Hom Chapel in Goldsboro, N.C. at 3:30 pm., followed by interment at Pineview Cemetery at Seven Springs, NC. The Family 500

12 ROBERT F. MOORE Reverend Robert F. Moore was born December 7, 1921 in Washington County Maryland, son of Howard L. and Susan E. Moore. He entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 after making his journey of 86 years. Reverend Moore was graduate of Duke University Divinity School and served churches throughout the North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist church for 37 years. His appointments included Aurora, Maysville, Carthage, Red Springs, Garner, Christ Church of Fayetteville, Swansboro, Grifton and Fairmont. He was a veteran of World War II and was a member and chaplain of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, the Disabled American Veterans, V.F.W., and the American Legion. While serving in the U.S. Army, he was awarded two Purple Hearts and the Silver Star. Reverend Moore also served as a Hospice volunteer for over 17 years. A memorial service was held on April 18, 2008 at Trinity United Methodist Church in Fairmont with the Reverend Harold Salmon and Reverend Thomas Conway officiating. Burial followed at Cumberland Memorial Gardens in Fayetteville. Reverend Moore is survived by his wife, Burnell K. Moore of the home, a son, Robert H. Moore and his wife Georgia of Lumberton, two daughters, Donna Reams and husband Russell, and Susan Kirby and husband Billy all of Fayetteville, one brother, Dr. Lee R. Moore of Martinsburg, W. Va., two grandchildren and one great grandchild. The Family 501

13 IN MEMORIAM WE REGRET THAT A MEMORIAL WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE FOLLOWING: CLERGY: Benjamin Franklin Musser Daniel Merer Forbes, Jr. Eric Octavious Murray SPOUSES: Harriett Fleming Petteway Dorothy Jackson Massey William Edward Buffaloe Edith Ann Fowlkes Berry Roberta Fields Carruth Dorothy Anita Thompson Dillon Elma Bundy Fulford Alice Blanche Houser Crew Kathleen McCormick MacLean Jean Lough Wilson Mary Virginia Brittingham Coble In Loving Memory we dedicate this page to them. 502

14 ROLL OF DECEASED MEMBERS, (SEE 2000 JOURNAL) ROLL OF DECEASED MINISTERIAL MEMBERS, (SEE 2001 JOURNAL) ROLL OF DECEASED MINISTERIAL MEMBERS, DATE/PLACE JOINED DATE/PLACE PLACE OF NAME OF BIRTH CONFERENCE OF DEATH BURIAL George W. Ports, Jr Phoenix, MD VA Conf Mebane (cremation) Millard W. Warren, Jr Raleigh, NC N. GA Conf Kinston, NC Mooresville,NC Matt R. Gardner Goldsboro New Bern Durham Goldsboro Clarence E. Hix South Carolina New Bern Fayette, MO Fayette, MO Cecil T. Leonard Raleigh (LP) Raleigh Franklinton,NC Don P. Lee Colorado Durham Goldsboro cremation James E. Sponenberg Pennsylvania Rocky Mount Lenoir Sanford Charles M. Mitchell Buies Creek, NC Rocky Mount Raleigh cremation Roy L. Turnage Ayden Fayetteville Ayden Ayden Albert D. Byrd Wilmington, NC Kinston Lumberton Calypso, NC Herman S. Winberry 1923-Verona, NC 1947-Elizabeth City 2001-Lumberton Lumberton William A. Crow Grafton, W.VA New Bern Southern Pines South n Pines Robert S. Pullman Durham, NC New Bern Southern Pines Aberdeen Worlise L. Knowles New Bern Fayetteville(LP)2001 -New Bern New Bern Clarence E. O Briant Durham Fayetteville Hookerton Snow Hill Waverly D. Lamb Henderson 1976-Fayetteville(AM) Lumberton Lumberton E.M. Thompson Raleigh Greenville Greenville Greenville Kermit R. Wheeler Wilmington Florida Florida Samuel D. McMillan, Jr Jacksonville, FL New Bern South Carolina Wilmington John Rogers Crew South Carolina New Bern Durham Greer, SC William E. Eason, Sr Rocky Mount Durham Sanford Robert Abner MacLean Wilson Henderson Henderson Noah Bright Hill, Jr Durham Fayetteville cremation Donald Francis Gum Alamance Co Pennsylvania Durham Burlington John David Mitchell Burlington,NC Goldsboro Goldsboro Robert Norman Knight Durham Raleigh Raleigh James Wesley Hicks, Jr.1935-Goldsboro Goldsboro, NC Durham Goldsboro Tommy Tyson Farmville Wilmington Chapel Hill Farmville Robert C. Mooney, Jr Alabama Burlington Graham Thomas Holmes House New Bern Fayetteville(LP)2001 -New Bern New Bern Alton Pugh Hill, Jr Lenoir Co Kinston Greenville Greenville James Columbus Loy Mebane Durham Burlington Burlington Sidney Grant Boone Gates Co Durham 2003 Nashville Donna Susan Moore Alamance Co Fayetteville Burlington Burlington Douglas R. Woodworth New York 2003 Ayden Daniel E. Meadows 1911-Columbus Co Greenville 2003-Bailey Bailey Gilbert W. Crutchfield 1907-Carthage, NC Rocky Mount 2003-Durham Raleigh Mary Leigh VonCannon Fayetteville 2003 James H. Shiver Fayetteville 2003 Theodore V. Carter, Sr Maxton Fayetteville 2003-Raleigh Raleigh Irving E. Cook New Bern 2003 John T. Greene New Bern 2003 John T. Smith 1913-Virginia Greenville 2003-Cary Burlington Richard R. Blankenhorn Durham

15 DATE/PLACE JOINED DATE/PLACE PLACE OF NAME OF BIRTH CONFERENCE OF DEATH BURIAL Hunnings, Henry M Beaufort 1976-Fayetteville(AM) Johnnie D. Aycock Elizabeth City 2003-Rowland Rowland Bennie J. Tripp Henry B. Lewis Mississippi Raleigh 2004-Raleigh Raleigh Chester Andrews 1907-Fairmont Greenville 2004-High Point Fairmont Oscar B. Wooldridge 1916-Virginia Richmond, VA 2004-Florida Lee A. Phillips 1913-Fayetteville Wilson 2004-Rockingham Green Lake Luther V. Wesley Fayetteville 2004-Creedmoor Creedmoor William N. Fulford Fayetteville 2004-Farmville Johnie L. Joyce 1908-South Hills, VA Rocky Mt Durham,NC cremation Clarence L. Warren 1923-North Carolina Wilmington 2004-Lumberton, NC Fayetteville Leon R. Sparrow 1922-North Carolina Kinston 2004-Bath, NC Bath Evander Parnell 1930-Hope Mills Fayetteville 2004-Lumberton, NC Lumberton James A. Tingle 1935-Alliance, NC Burlington 2004 James H. Coile 1937-LaGrange, NC Goldsboro 2004-New Bern, NC Wilson Norwood L. Jones 1923-Clayton, NC Sanford 2004-Clayton, NC Clayton James G. Lupton 1919-Cedar Island, NC Kinston 2004-Simpson, NC Simpson Raegan V. May 1963-Muleshoe, TX Fayetteville 2005-Chapel Hill Cremation John W. Garrison 1924-Raleigh, NC Kinston 2005-Brazil Brasilia Ebern E. Allen 1940-Greenville, NC Fayetteville 2005-Graham, NC Graham John M. Cline 1921-Lewisville, NC Henderson 2005-Raleigh, NC Raleigh Johnnie S. Huggins 1927-Newport News, VA Fayetteville 2005 Barney L. Jones 1920-New York New York 2005-New York New York Robin J. Scroggs Fayetteville 2005-New Jersey New Jersey Robert S. Gibson 1925-Richmond Co Burlington 2005-Charlotte, NC James C. Chaffin 1919-Burgaw, NC 1943-Rocky Mt Robbins Robbins William P. Lowdermilk 1933-Norman, NC 1956-Greenville 2005-Fayetteville Fayetteville Lester Jackson 1919-New Mexico 1952-Virginia Charles F. Eakin 1920-Virginia 1958-Virginia 2005-Yanceyville Virginia Samuel L. Wood 1916-Tennessee 1964-Burlington 2005 Goldsboro Robert L. Bame 1924-Rowan County 1943-Rocky Mount 2005-Wilmington Pikeville Lorenzo P. Plyler 1914-Pennsylvania 1955-York, PA 2005-Georgia Georgia Julian P. Moorman 1918-West Virginia 1942-Holston 2005-Raleigh cremation Thomas A. Collins 1921-Georgia 1944-Raleigh 2005-Durham cremation Robert L. Nicks 1916-Yanceyville 1946-Henderson 2006-Florida Florida O. Kelly Ingram 1918-Alabama 1940-Alabama 2006-Cary cremation William E. Worley 1925-West Virginia 1957-Florida 2006-Wilson Florida Helen G. Crotwell 1925-South Carolina 1973-Fayetteville 2006-Georgia Georgia Ronald D. Cyr 1946-Massachusetts 1971-Fayetteville 2006-Greenville cremation James R. Lancaster 1922-Fayetteville 1971-Fayetteville 2006-Fayetteville cremation Arthur W. Winstead, Sr North Carolina 1964-Burlington 2006-Raleigh Raleigh Paul C. Browning 1923-W. Virginia 2006-Burlington Burlington Carol D. Hayes 1951-Columbia, OH 1990-Fayetteville 2006-Florida Florida Christian White 1920-New Jersey 1952-Burlington 2006-Durham Burlington Jerry S. Dodson 1950-Mebane 1974-Fayetteville 2006-Mebane Mebane Clyde H. Dunn 1927-Mebane 1951-Wilmington 2006-Mebane Raleigh Brooks B. Little Kinston 2006-Tennessee Michael L. Tart Fayetteville 2006-Rocky Mount Dunn William E. Clements 1937-South Carolina 1974-Fayetteville 2006-Gatesville Elizabeth City Charles M. Litzenberger 1943-New York 1972-Durham 2006-Chapel Hill New Bern Guy V. Soule, Jr Charlotte, NC 1978-Fayetteville 2006-Burlington Alamance Co. James Millard Short 1928-Moore Co Greenville 2006-Rockingham Fayetteville 504

16 DATE/PLACE JOINED DATE/PLACE PLACE OF NAME OF BIRTH CONFERENCE OF DEATH BURIAL Vassar Wilson Jones Rocky Mt Roxboro Roxboro Rudolph H. Hodge New Bern Raleigh Wallace B. Lewis 1937-Kinston 1977-Fayetteville 2007-Key West, FL Dover Jerry Lowry 1948-Laurinburg 1983-Fayetteville 2007-Sanford Pembroke Benjamin F. Musser Rocky Mt Troy J. Barrett 1922-Georgia 1946-Henderson 2007-Raleigh Cremation Herman F. Davis Kinston 2007-Lumberton Elizabethtown Daniel M. Forbes, Jr Laurinburg 1978-Fayetteville Pembroke Luther M. Peele, Jr Laurel Hill 1976-Fayetteville 2007-Wilmington Winnabow Paul Cecil Millwood Fayetteville 2007-Jacksonville Georgia Ralph I. Epps 1920-South Carolina 1948-Greenville 2008-Edenton Edenton Haywood L. Harrell Fayetteville 2008-Goldsboro Seven Springs Robert F. Moore 1921-Maryland 1950-Kinston Fayetteville Eric O. Murray Raleigh

17 506 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, 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, 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, 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

18 Held When President Secretary 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 W. Gwinn James L. Bryan 181 Greenville June 2006 Alfred W. Gwinn James L. Bryan 182 Greenville June 2007 Alfred W. Gwinn James L. Bryan 183 Greenville June 2008 Alfred W. Gwinn James L. Bryan 507