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• MEMORIAL SERVICE BULLETINMEMOIRSROLL OF DECEASEDHISTORICAL STATEMENT

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ALL SAINTS CELEBRATION AND MEMORIAL SERVICENORTH CAROLINA ANNUAL CONFERENCE • GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2008 • 10:45 A.M.

WE PROCLAIMThe Prelude

The Greeting

*Processional Hymn ....................................... Sing with All the Saints of Glory (UMH 702)

*The Opening Prayer ......................................................... The Reverend L. Roger Owens

WE PROCLAIM

Psalm 16 ...................................................................... The Reverend William E. Braswell

Hebrews 12: 1-3 ................................................................ The Reverend Deborah Wilkins

Celebration in Song ..................................................................................... Give Me Jesus

Acts 1: 6-11 ...................................................... 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 andnow rest in the light of God’s eternal love. Their light remains forever with us and inthe 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 standas a tribute and support for the family. You may be seated at the sounding of the followingbell.)

Clergy who have died since last Annual Conference:Benjamin Franklin Musser ........................................................................ July 3, 2007Troy James Barrett ..................................................................................... July 9 2007Herman Fred Davis ............................................................................ August 23, 2007Daniel Mercer Forbes, Jr. ..................................................................October 15, 2007Luther Martin Peele, Jr. ................................................................ November 16, 2007Paul Cecil Millwood ........................................................................ December 6, 2007Ralph Isaac Epps ................................................................................ January 3, 2008Haywood Linwood Harrell ............................................................... February 11, 2008Robert Freeman Moore ......................................................................... April 15, 2008

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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, 2007Dorothy Jackson Massey ........................................................................ July 23, 2007William Edward Buffaloe ......................................................................... July 29, 2007Edith Ann Fowlkes Berry ................................................................ November 7, 2007Roberta Fields Carruth ................................................................ November 10, 2007Dorothy Anita Thompson Dillon ................................................... November 10, 2007Etolia Stribling Vale ..................................................................... November 14, 2007Susan Alice Waller Miller .................................................................... January 8, 2007Elma Bundy Fulford ........................................................................ February 16, 2008Alice Blanche Houser Crew ............................................................ February 21, 2008Kathleen McCormick MacLean .............................................................. March 7, 2008Jean Lough Wilson .............................................................................. March 31, 2008Mary Virginia Brittingham Coble .............................................................. April 6, 2008

(Family members are given candles to take with them)

Hymn ....................................................................................... The Lone Wild Bird (v. 4-5)

PrayerO 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 theirfellowship, 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 LEADERSPresider ............................................................................ Bishop Alfred Wesley Gwinn, Jr.Preacher .......................................................... The Reverend Lisa Naa-Shormey YebuahLiturgists ........................................................................... The Reverend L. Roger OwensLectors ..........................................................................................The William E. Braswell

................................................................................... The Reverend Deborah WilkinsMusicians ....................................................................... Annual Conference House Band

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TROY JAMES BARRETT1922 - 2007

Troy James Barrett, 85, of Cary, NC, was born May 30, 1922 inClarkesville, GA, to Ralph E. and Bessie Kinsey Barrett. On October22, 1949, he married Robbie Lee Williams of Greensboro.

They were married more than 57 years. He died at Wake MedicalCenter in Raleigh on July 9, 2007.

He donated his body for medical education and research atDuke 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 acontagious smile, and this happy, upbeat, enthusiastic, cheerleader, God-centered attitudefollowed him throughout life.

Troy was Conference Director of Youth Work and State Director of MethodistStudent Work. He worked with NC Christian Advocate; Methodist Orphanage; and MethodistRetirement Home. He served churches in Broadway, Zebulon, Wendell, Warrenton, Cary,New Bern, Greenville, Durham, Laurinburg, Smithfield, Lillington, and Raleigh. He wasPastor 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 theytoured 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. Heworked 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: twoas Elders and one as a Deacon. In 2008 as the Board of Ordained Ministry met at St. LukeUMC, Goldsboro, to interview candidates for ordained ministry, two of these women enteredthe 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 NaturalSciences in Raleigh and a volunteer with Meals on Wheels in Cary.

As volunteers at Prison MATCH of North Carolina, Inc., at the NC Correctional Institutionfor Women in Raleigh, he and Robbie spent many happy hours monitoring visits of Momswith 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 GraysonBarrett; Elizabeth Maxon and husband Joey; Robert Harris; Rebecca Ruth Barrett; MaryBeth Kepshire and husband Erik; Timothy William Barrett; great granddaughter, LucyMaxon.

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HERMAN FRED DAVIS1926 - 2007

Herman Fred Davis, 80, of Wesley Pines RetirementCommunity in Lumberton died August 23, 2007. His funeral washeld at Trinity UMC in Elizabethtown with the Reverends DonaldWarren, 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, Ronof Lawndale; daughter, Julie A. Davis and husband, Robert J. King III, ofGreensboro; grandchildren, Luke McCollum, Scott Davis, Rhyne King and GraceKing; sister, Frances D. Jernigan of Dudley.

Fred’s death was caused by a heart attack following several months ofdeclining health. He is greatly missed by his family and friends.

Fred was a lifelong resident of North Carolina and a lifelong Methodist. Hewas born and reared in Carthage. He attended Louisburg College where hisstudies were interrupted by his service in the United States Army. After completionof his tour of duty in Europe, he returned to finish his studies at Louisburg where hemet Polly. Following graduation from Louisburg in 1947, he enrolled at WoffordCollege and graduated with a B.A. in 1949. He received a B.D. from DukeUniversity Divinity School in 1951. Upon completion of seminary, he returned toactive duty as a Chaplain in the Army and served in Germany, France and Italy until1954. After fulfilling his active duty commitment, he was active in the NorthCarolina National Guard for many years and retired as a Lt. Colonel.

Fred served Fair Bluff UMC from 1954 until early 1960. He then served TrinityUMC in Elizabethtown for 29 years until his retirement from the Conference in1989. After retiring, he and Polly remained in Elizabethtown. He continued toteach Sunday School at Trinity and preached regularly in churches in and aroundthe community. He was chaplain at Wesley Pines for several years before movingthere with Polly in 2004. In each of his assignments, he was known as a giftedpreacher and a devoted pastor.

In addition to his forty plus years in the ministry, Fred was active in numerouscommunity 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 hadmany hobbies: flying, metal detecting, playing tennis, hunting and fishing.

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ETOLIA STRIBLING VALE1920 - 2007

Etolia Stribling Vale, wife of the late Reverend CharlesEdward Vale of the North Carolina Conference, was bornFebruary 28, 1920, in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, oneof eight children of the late Robert Lamar and Docia WoffordStribling. After graduating from Pauline High School, shereceived 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 andmarried Charles Edward Vale, minister in the North Carolina conference of theUnited Methodist Church. Together they served in Murfreesboro, Zebulon (wheretheir daughter Kathryn was born), Hookerton, Chadbourn, Rose Hill, Duke’s Chapelin the Durham District, Norlina, Beech Grove in the New Bern District andGoldston, North Carolina.

Etolia Vale returned to the classroom at Chadbourn High School and servedthese communities through her teaching. At Warrenton High School, she beganteaching in a Program for the Gifted and Talented. Her involvement with thisprogram, which was the precursor of Advanced Placement, continued at SanfordHigh School, where she also served as Chair of the English Department. A muchloved and respected teacher, she was dedicated to the idea that literature,language, and life were a seamless whole. As many of her students havecommented since her death, “She taught us to think.”

After her husband’s death in 1973, she remained in Sanford, retiring in 1980and returning eventually to Spartanburg. She was an avid gardener and enjoyedsharing her love of nature with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She issurvived by her daughter Kathryn Vale Livermore and son-in-law Gordon D.Livermore, Jr., of Worthington, Ohio; her granddaughter Amy Ahluwalia, Amy’shusband Gagan Ahluwalia and their sons Sanjiv and Pranav; her grandsonChristopher Livermore and his wife Diane Wright and their son Tucker, and manynieces and nephews in the Stribling family. She died at home on November 14,2007. The funeral service was led by the Rev. Robert Wofford assisted by StanleyStribling. Interment was at Friendship Baptist Church in Pauline, South Carolina.

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LUTHER MARTIN PEELE, JR.1929 - 2007

Billy Peele of Boiling Spring Lakes died Friday, November16, 2007, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center inWilmington, North Carolina.

He was born in Laurel Hill, North Carolina. He beganworking at Belk Store in Laurinburg while in High School andcontinued working there, ultimately as assistant manager, untilhe resigned (after twenty-three years) to enter the ministry as a student pastor in1972. 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 servedseveral churches in the Wilmington District including Wrightsboro, Oleander-DevonPark, Zion, Clarkton-Bluefield, and Epworth United Methodist Churches.

Billy’s parents, Susanna Falls Peele and Luther Martin Peele, Sr. as well as asister, Martha Brown and his first wife, Emma Hayes Peele of Laurinburg, precededhim 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 collegiatewrestler at North Carolina State University, a singer, a commercial pilot, acartoonist, a poet, and a published author. For decades he sent Christmas cardsthat he had designed and drawn himself, to all his many friends and family. Healso drew cartoons for the Christian Advocate for many years. The hat that will bemost remembered is the one he wore every day, his personality. Billy wasunforgettable. When you met him around Wilmington, you would first hear hiswhistling and then see his hat and snowy white beard. And, you always expectedto 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 arequest for God’s blessings on you when leaving.

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CECIL PAUL MILLWOOD1934 - 2007

The Reverend Doctor Cecil Paul Millwood, Age 73,Swansboro, N.C. died on December 6, 2007, at the OnslowMemorial Hospital in Jacksonville, N.C. His graveside servicewas held in Gainesville, Georgia on December 9, 2007 at 2:00p.m. at Memorial Park Cemetery. The Reverend Robert Nashofficiated.

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, JimmieMillwood, 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 theUniversity of Georgia, then he attended Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminaryearning his Master of Divinity Degree. Paul graduated from Luther Rice Seminarywith a Doctor of Ministry Degree. He honorably served his country three years inthe U.S. Army Airborne Division.

Prior to entering the ministry Pau worked then years for the Southern BellTelephone Company, Gainesville, Georgia. He resigned as an Associate Engineerin the Outside Plant Engineering Department to attend the Southeastern BaptistTheological Seminary.

While attending Southeastern he was pastor of Rock Spring Baptist Church,Louisburg. Paul resigned Rock Spring to attend one-year School of Pastoral CareTraining at the N.C. Baptist Hospital. During his study in pastoral care he wasinterim pastor for the Colfax Baptist Church, and interim pastor for the OakdaleBaptist Church.

After completing his study at Baptist Hospital he served as pastor of the FirstBaptist Church, Grover for four years. He then served seventeen years as pastor ofChurchland Baptist Church, Lexington. From 1991-1996 he pastored Piney GroveBaptist Church, Swansboro.

After leaving Piney Grove he took some time away from church work and heand his two sons built a family house in Swansboro.

During his interim period he made the decision to transfer from the SouthernBaptist Denomination into The United Methodist Church.

Paul took the necessary courses at Duke Divinity School, and began servingHaw Branch UMC on June 27, 1999, as part time pastor. He was sent to theDover-Clark Charge for two years. These were in the New Bern District. He wassent to the Jamesville-Siloam Charge for two years in Greenville District. The workat both charges was full time.

Cecil Paul Millwood truly loved God, and he was a wonderful husband andfather.

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RALPH I. EPPS1920 - 2008

Ralph Isaac (“Preacher”) Epps, Sr., 87, died January 3, 2008,at his home in Edenton. A Service of Celebration was held January 6at Edenton UMC with the Reverends Charles Moseley, JamesHuskins, Ellis Bedsworth, and Thomas Smith officiating. Burialfollowed at Beaver Hill Cemetery in Edenton.

Ralph is survived by his wife, Pinear Mae “Pat” Epps of thehome; two daughters, Barbara Tuttle of Richmond, VA, and Karen Owens of Raleigh; ason, 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 ofRaleigh, and Jonathan Owens of Raleigh. He was pre-deceased by a sister, Mary PurdyEpps, 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 ROTCcommission. He enlisted in the 82nd Airborne and was chosen to be part of the initialofficer cadre for the newly-formed 17th Airborne, where he saw combat in the Battle of theBulge. When the 17th was de-activated, he was transferred to the 101st Airborne. Inrecent years, he enjoyed attending reunions of the 17th with his son Isaac.

When the war ended, Ralph entered Duke Divinity School. He graduated in 1950.As a student pastor, he served as associate to Rev. Whitford Walters in Pikeville. WhenRev. Walters died, Ralph met his niece, Pinear Mae “Pat” Windley. In August of 2007, hecelebrated 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 RockyMount, 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 inFairmont that children gave him the name “Preacher”, and it stuck. After retirement, heserved the Currituck Charge, Chowan Charge, and Bethany, and was Chaplain ofChowan Hospital in Edenton and Minister of Visitation with Edenton UMC. He had apassion 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 CountryCommission. He was a strong supporter of missions, often taking an offering fordisaster relief before he knew the Advance number, because he knew that UMCOR wasalready there. In 1979, at the age of 59, he skated 50 miles and raised nearly $3500 indonations for Cambodian Food Relief and programs for the mentally handicapped. In2005, Duke Divinity School presented him with its Distinguished Alumnus Award for hisservice to God, the church, and the community.

Ralph will be remembered by all who knew him as a loving, compassionate manwho always put the needs of others before his own, a true pastor to the people in hiscongregations and within the communities where he was sent to serve.

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SUSAN A. MILLER1921 - 2008

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 MethodistChurch, Kinston, NC, by the Reverends Richard Vaughan,Claude Wilson, and Haywood Smith. Internment was atPinelawn Memorial Park in Kinston. Susan was born in LenoirCounty, NC, the older daughter of Roland Lee and Tiffany Stroud Waller. Aftergraduating from Southwood School, she attended Atlantic Christian College (nowBarton), majoring in religion and minoring in English. After some graduate work atUNC-Chapel Hill, she taught for several years in Gold Sand, NC and in Grifton, NCbefore becoming a director of Christian education, first at Trinity Methodist Churchin Jacksonville, NC and then at Queen Street Methodist Church in Kinston. In1950, she was part of a Methodist Youth Caravan to Europe that she rememberedas a highlight of her career. It was also during her tenure at Queen Street that shemet Jimmy when Bishop Garber sent him to Kinston to begin a new Methodistchurch on the west side of the city. After a brief courtship, they were married in1952 at Queen Street by Jimmy’s father, Rev. J. Herbert Miller, Sr. and Susan’sboss, Rev. Marquis Lawrence. From Kinston, the Millers went on to serveappointments in Snow Hill (Calvary)—where their two daughters, Susan and Patsy,were born, Goldsboro (St. Luke), Beaufort (Ann Street), New Bern (Centenary), theFayetteville District, Raleigh (where Jimmy was executive director of theConference COM), and Cary (First). At each appointment, Susan used her nativetalents, tremendous heart, sense of humor (crucial for a minister’s spouse), andreligious training to assist her husband in his ministry, serving in such roles asdirector of children’s choirs and secretary. Since 1989, the Millers had enjoyedretirement in Lenoir County at Susan’s homeplace. All of her life, Susan enjoyedthe 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 spentgrowing flowers, fruits, and vegetables, participating in the activities of the smallchurch she had grown up in, Woodington United Methodist, feeding the birds thatvisited 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-in-law, and grandchildren, and continuing to bless all with whom she came intocontact. The tremendous scope of her influence became evident to her family atthe time of her death, when people whose lives she had touched as youth in herMYF programs, children in her choirs, and adults in her neighborhoods andchurches came forward with moving tributes. Susan was truly a child of God whomet challenges with fight, humor, intelligence, and optimism. She is missed, butthe alto section in Heaven is now a lot stronger.

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HAYWOD L. HARRELL1913 - 2008

Rev. Haywood L. Harrell, 94 years old, died at The Pines ofGoldsboro, NC where he was a resident of the assisted livingfacility. He died on Monday, February 11, 2008. He was nativeof Rich Square, NC in Northhampton County. He was born onApril 4, 1913 to the late K.L. (Dock) Harrell and Blanche PeeleHarrell. Rev. Harrell married on November 15, 1939, the late Dorothy StallingsHarrell of Durham, NC and they were married for 63 years. They served 38 years inthe North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church. He retired in 1977.Rev. Harrell received his ministerial education at Duke University and Duke DivinitySchool.

Early in his ministry, Rev. Harrell dedicated himself to serving churches ofsmall membership, to help the members feel that they were just as important in theLord’s Kingdom as those in large churches. He believed a pastor was just asimportant as a preacher and devoted his life to both missions. Rev. Harrell loved allof his people and he was a tireless visitor in their homes. He had a keen andwholesome sense of humor and used it to lift the spirits of all who knew hisfriendship.

He initiated 13 building programs from Sunday School rooms to newsanctuaries, and served 17 years in the conferences assemblies, camps andconferences. He taught family life conferences for 35 years throughout easternNorth Carolina. Most courses were for senior high students on ‘Preparation forMarriage.’ Rev. Harrell was a member of the N.C. Family Life Council and theNational Family Life Council. He authored several programs for Program Quarterly,which was the youth program quarterly for churches with small youth groups in theMethodist Church. He served as president an vice-president of the Methodist RuralFellowship of the Conference. He attended conferences in Lincoln, Nebraska;Chicago, Illinois, Bloomington, Indiana; Emory University and several at LakeJunaluska, NC.

Rev. Harrell is survived by a daughter, Genette H. Tate and husband, Walter ofPink 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, threegreat-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in deathby his sisters, Meeter H. Todd and Flossie H. Brown; his brothers, Stanley Harrelland Grover Harrell; and his grandson J.B. Tillman.

The officiating ministers at his funeral were Rev. T.C. West, Rev. McGeeCreech and Rev. Martin Armstrong. The service was Thursday, February 14, 2008at Seymour Funeral Hom Chapel in Goldsboro, N.C. at 3:30 pm., followed byinterment at Pineview Cemetery at Seven Springs, NC.

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ROBERT F. MOORE1921 - 2008

Reverend Robert F. Moore was born December 7, 1921 inWashington County Maryland, son of Howard L. and Susan E.Moore. He entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, April 15, 2008after making his journey of 86 years. Reverend Moore wasgraduate of Duke University Divinity School and servedchurches throughout the North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist churchfor 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 theMilitary Order of the Purple Heart, the Disabled American Veterans, V.F.W., andthe American Legion. While serving in the U.S. Army, he was awarded two PurpleHearts and the Silver Star. Reverend Moore also served as a Hospice volunteer forover 17 years.

A memorial service was held on April 18, 2008 at Trinity United MethodistChurch in Fairmont with the Reverend Harold Salmon and Reverend ThomasConway officiating. Burial followed at Cumberland Memorial Gardens inFayetteville.

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 Reamsand husband Russell, and Susan Kirby and husband Billy all of Fayetteville, onebrother, Dr. Lee R. Moore of Martinsburg, W. Va., two grandchildren and one greatgrandchild.

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IN MEMORIAM

WE REGRET THAT A MEMORIAL WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE

FOLLOWING:

CLERGY:

Benjamin Franklin MusserDaniel Merer Forbes, Jr.Eric Octavious Murray

SPOUSES:

Harriett Fleming PettewayDorothy Jackson Massey

William Edward BuffaloeEdith Ann Fowlkes BerryRoberta Fields Carruth

Dorothy Anita Thompson DillonElma Bundy Fulford

Alice Blanche Houser CrewKathleen McCormick MacLean

Jean Lough WilsonMary Virginia Brittingham Coble

In Loving Memory we dedicate this page to them.

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ROLL OF DECEASED MEMBERS, 1837 - 1998(SEE 2000 JOURNAL)

ROLL OF DECEASED MINISTERIAL MEMBERS, 1999 - 2000(SEE 2001 JOURNAL)

ROLL OF DECEASED MINISTERIAL MEMBERS, 2001 - 2008

DATE/PLACE JOINED DATE/PLACE PLACE OF

NAME OF BIRTH CONFERENCE OF DEATH BURIAL

George W. Ports, Jr. 1922 - Phoenix, MD 1956 - VA Conf. 2001 - Mebane (cremation)Millard W. Warren, Jr. 1932 - Raleigh, NC 1970 - N. GA Conf. 2001 - Kinston, NC Mooresville,NCMatt R. Gardner 1906 - Goldsboro 1936 - New Bern 2000 - Durham GoldsboroClarence E. Hix 1907 - South Carolina 1936 - New Bern 2000 - Fayette, MO Fayette, MOCecil T. Leonard 1940 - Raleigh (LP) 2001 - Raleigh Franklinton,NCDon P. Lee 1925 - Colorado 1972 - Durham 2001 - Goldsboro cremationJames E. Sponenberg 1914 - Pennsylvania 1943 - Rocky Mount 2001 - Lenoir SanfordCharles M. Mitchell 1917 - Buies Creek, NC 1943 - Rocky Mount 2001 - Raleigh cremationRoy L. Turnage 1917 - Ayden 1970 - Fayetteville 2001 - Ayden AydenAlbert D. Byrd 1928 - Wilmington, NC 1950 - Kinston 2001 -Lumberton Calypso, NCHerman S. Winberry 1923-Verona, NC 1947-Elizabeth City 2001-Lumberton LumbertonWilliam A. Crow 1902 - Grafton, W.VA 1936 -New Bern 2001 -Southern Pines South’n PinesRobert S. Pullman 1932 - Durham, NC 1957 -New Bern 2001 -Southern Pines AberdeenWorlise L. Knowles 1947 - New Bern 1998 -Fayetteville(LP)2001 -New Bern New BernClarence E. O’Briant 1917 -Durham 1974 -Fayetteville 2001 -Hookerton Snow HillWaverly D. Lamb 1926 -Henderson 1976-Fayetteville(AM) 2001 - Lumberton LumbertonE.M. Thompson 1931 - Raleigh 1956 - Greenville 2001 - Greenville GreenvilleKermit R. Wheeler 1912 - 1940 - Wilmington 2002 - Florida FloridaSamuel D. McMillan, Jr. 1934 -Jacksonville, FL 1957 -New Bern 2002 - South Carolina WilmingtonJohn Rogers Crew 1922 - South Carolina 1966 - New Bern 2002 - Durham Greer, SCWilliam E. Eason, Sr. 1922 1960-Rocky Mount 2002 -Durham SanfordRobert Abner MacLean 1921 - 1958 - Wilson 2002 - Henderson HendersonNoah Bright Hill, Jr. 1922 - 1953 - Durham 2002 - Fayetteville cremationDonald Francis Gum 1944 - Alamance Co. 1970 - Pennsylvania 2002 - Durham BurlingtonJohn David Mitchell 1930 - 1964 - Burlington,NC 2002 - Goldsboro GoldsboroRobert Norman Knight 1925 1953 - Durham 2002 - Raleigh RaleighJames Wesley Hicks, Jr.1935-Goldsboro 1935- Goldsboro, NC 1972- Durham GoldsboroTommy Tyson 1922 - Farmville 1951 - Wilmington 2002 - Chapel Hill FarmvilleRobert C. Mooney, Jr. 1915 - Alabama 1942 2002 -Burlington GrahamThomas Holmes House 1947 - New Bern 1998 -Fayetteville(LP)2001 -New Bern New BernAlton Pugh Hill, Jr. 1924 - Lenoir Co. 1950 - Kinston 2003 - Greenville GreenvilleJames Columbus Loy 1929 - Mebane 1961- Durham 2003 - Burlington BurlingtonSidney Grant Boone 1912 - Gates Co. 1941 - Durham 2003 NashvilleDonna Susan Moore 1946 - Alamance Co. 1984 - Fayetteville 2003 - Burlington BurlingtonDouglas R. Woodworth 1922 - New York 2003 AydenDaniel E. Meadows 1911-Columbus Co. 1963 - Greenville 2003-Bailey BaileyGilbert W. Crutchfield 1907-Carthage, NC 1943 - Rocky Mount 2003-Durham RaleighMary Leigh VonCannon 1917 1976 - Fayetteville 2003James H. Shiver 1906 1958 - Fayetteville 2003Theodore V. Carter, Sr. 1933-Maxton 1968 - Fayetteville 2003-Raleigh RaleighIrving E. Cook 1927 1957 - New Bern 2003John T. Greene 1911 1936 - New Bern 2003John T. Smith 1913-Virginia 1963 - Greenville 2003-Cary BurlingtonRichard R. Blankenhorn 1924 1961 - Durham 2003

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DATE/PLACE JOINED DATE/PLACE PLACE OF

NAME OF BIRTH CONFERENCE OF DEATH BURIAL

Hunnings, Henry M. 1922-Beaufort 1976-Fayetteville(AM) 2003-Johnnie D. Aycock 1923 1947 - Elizabeth City 2003-Rowland RowlandBennie J. Tripp 1943 2003Henry B. Lewis 1908 -Mississippi 1937 - Raleigh 2004-Raleigh RaleighChester Andrews 1907-Fairmont 1931 - Greenville 2004-High Point FairmontOscar B. Wooldridge 1916-Virginia 1942 - Richmond, VA 2004-FloridaLee A. Phillips 1913-Fayetteville 1958 - Wilson 2004-Rockingham Green LakeLuther V. Wesley 1946- 1973-Fayetteville 2004-Creedmoor CreedmoorWilliam N. Fulford 1920- 1973 - Fayetteville 2004-FarmvilleJohnie L. Joyce 1908-South Hills, VA 1932 - Rocky Mt. 2004-Durham,NC cremationClarence L. Warren 1923-North Carolina 1958 - Wilmington 2004-Lumberton, NC FayettevilleLeon R. Sparrow 1922-North Carolina 1958 - Kinston 2004-Bath, NC BathEvander Parnell 1930-Hope Mills 1969 - Fayetteville 2004-Lumberton, NC LumbertonJames A. Tingle 1935-Alliance, NC 1964 - Burlington 2004James H. Coile 1937-LaGrange, NC 1967 - Goldsboro 2004-New Bern, NC WilsonNorwood L. Jones 1923-Clayton, NC 1949 - Sanford 2004-Clayton, NC ClaytonJames G. Lupton 1919-Cedar Island, NC 1962 - Kinston 2004-Simpson, NC SimpsonRaegan V. May 1963-Muleshoe, TX 1987 - Fayetteville 2005-Chapel Hill CremationJohn W. Garrison 1924-Raleigh, NC 1950 - Kinston 2005-Brazil BrasiliaEbern E. Allen 1940-Greenville, NC 1992 - Fayetteville 2005-Graham, NC GrahamJohn M. Cline 1921-Lewisville, NC 1946 - Henderson 2005-Raleigh, NC RaleighJohnnie S. Huggins 1927-Newport News, VA 1971 - Fayetteville 2005Barney L. Jones 1920-New York 1944 - New York 2005-New York New YorkRobin J. Scroggs 1930 1955 - Fayetteville 2005-New Jersey New JerseyRobert S. Gibson 1925-Richmond Co. 1952 - Burlington 2005-Charlotte, NCJames C. Chaffin 1919-Burgaw, NC 1943-Rocky Mt. 2005-Robbins RobbinsWilliam P. Lowdermilk 1933-Norman, NC 1956-Greenville 2005-Fayetteville FayettevilleLester Jackson 1919-New Mexico 1952-Virginia 2005-Charles F. Eakin 1920-Virginia 1958-Virginia 2005-Yanceyville VirginiaSamuel L. Wood 1916-Tennessee 1964-Burlington 2005 GoldsboroRobert L. Bame 1924-Rowan County 1943-Rocky Mount 2005-Wilmington PikevilleLorenzo P. Plyler 1914-Pennsylvania 1955-York, PA 2005-Georgia GeorgiaJulian P. Moorman 1918-West Virginia 1942-Holston 2005-Raleigh cremationThomas A. Collins 1921-Georgia 1944-Raleigh 2005-Durham cremationRobert L. Nicks 1916-Yanceyville 1946-Henderson 2006-Florida FloridaO. Kelly Ingram 1918-Alabama 1940-Alabama 2006-Cary cremationWilliam E. Worley 1925-West Virginia 1957-Florida 2006-Wilson FloridaHelen G. Crotwell 1925-South Carolina 1973-Fayetteville 2006-Georgia GeorgiaRonald D. Cyr 1946-Massachusetts 1971-Fayetteville 2006-Greenville cremationJames R. Lancaster 1922-Fayetteville 1971-Fayetteville 2006-Fayetteville cremationArthur W. Winstead, Sr. 1923-North Carolina 1964-Burlington 2006-Raleigh RaleighPaul C. Browning 1923-W. Virginia 2006-Burlington BurlingtonCarol D. Hayes 1951-Columbia, OH 1990-Fayetteville 2006-Florida FloridaChristian White 1920-New Jersey 1952-Burlington 2006-Durham BurlingtonJerry S. Dodson 1950-Mebane 1974-Fayetteville 2006-Mebane MebaneClyde H. Dunn 1927-Mebane 1951-Wilmington 2006-Mebane RaleighBrooks B. Little 1916 1950-Kinston 2006-TennesseeMichael L. Tart 1951 1992-Fayetteville 2006-Rocky Mount DunnWilliam E. Clements 1937-South Carolina 1974-Fayetteville 2006-Gatesville Elizabeth CityCharles M. Litzenberger 1943-New York 1972-Durham 2006-Chapel Hill New BernGuy V. Soule, Jr. 1935-Charlotte, NC 1978-Fayetteville 2006-Burlington Alamance Co.James Millard Short 1928-Moore Co. 1963-Greenville 2006-Rockingham Fayetteville

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DATE/PLACE JOINED DATE/PLACE PLACE OF

NAME OF BIRTH CONFERENCE OF DEATH BURIAL

Vassar Wilson Jones 1920 1960-Rocky Mt. 2007-Roxboro RoxboroRudolph H. Hodge 1927 1957-New Bern RaleighWallace B. Lewis 1937-Kinston 1977-Fayetteville 2007-Key West, FL DoverJerry Lowry 1948-Laurinburg 1983-Fayetteville 2007-Sanford PembrokeBenjamin F. Musser 1919 1943-Rocky Mt. 2007-Troy J. Barrett 1922-Georgia 1946-Henderson 2007-Raleigh CremationHerman F. Davis 1926- 1950-Kinston 2007-Lumberton ElizabethtownDaniel M. Forbes, Jr. 1948-Laurinburg 1978-Fayetteville 2007- PembrokeLuther M. Peele, Jr. 1929-Laurel Hill 1976-Fayetteville 2007-Wilmington WinnabowPaul Cecil Millwood 1934- 2002-Fayetteville 2007-Jacksonville GeorgiaRalph I. Epps 1920-South Carolina 1948-Greenville 2008-Edenton EdentonHaywood L. Harrell 1913- 1939-Fayetteville 2008-Goldsboro Seven SpringsRobert F. Moore 1921-Maryland 1950-Kinston 2008- FayettevilleEric O. Murray 1914 1965-Raleigh 2008

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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; twoyears later, 1881, renamed Blue Ridge-Atlantic Conference.

D. The Eastern District North Carolina-Virginia Annual Conference was organizedat a special session on August 11, 1964, at Bennett College, Greensboro, NorthCarolina.

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 Statesat 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 - 1999Held When President Secretary143 Fayetteville June 1968 Paul N. Garber W. Carleton Wilson144 Chapel Hill June 1969 W. R. Cannon W. Carleton Wilson145 Greenville June 1970 W. R. Cannon W. Carleton Wilson146 Fayetteville June 1971 W. R. Cannon W. Carleton Wilson147 Durham June 1972 W. R. Cannon W. Carleton Wilson148 Fayetteville June 1973 R. M. Blackburn A. Kimsey King149 Fayetteville June 1974 R. M. Blackburn A. Kimsey King150 Fayetteville June 1975 R. M. Blackburn James H. Coile151 Fayetteville June 1976 R. M. Blackburn James H. Coile152 Fayetteville June 1977 R. M. Blackburn James H. Coile153 Fayetteville June 1978 R. M. Blackburn James H. Coile154 Fayetteville June 1979 R. M. Blackburn James H. Coile155 Fayetteville June 1980 R. M. Blackburn James H. Coile156 Fayetteville June 1981 W. R. Cannon L. T. Wilson157 Fayetteville June 1982 W. R. Cannon L. T. Wilson158 Fayetteville June 1983 W. R. Cannon L. T. Wilson159 Fayetteville June 1984 W. R. Cannon L. T. Wilson160 Fayetteville June 1985 C. P. Minnick, Jr. L. T. Wilson161 Durham June 1986 C. P. Minnick, Jr. L. T. Wilson162 Fayetteville June 1987 C. P. Minnick, Jr. L. T. Wilson

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Held When President Secretary163 Fayetteville June 1988 C. P. Minnick, Jr. L. T. Wilson164 Fayetteville June 1989 C. P. Minnick, Jr. James H. Coile165 Fayetteville June 1990 C. P. Minnick, Jr. James H. Coile166 Fayetteville June 1991 C. P. Minnick, Jr. James H. Coile167 Fayetteville June 1992 C. P. Minnick, Jr. James H. Coile168 Fayetteville June 1993 C. P. Minnick, Jr. James H. Coile169 Fayetteville June 1994 C. P. Minnick, Jr. James H. Coile170 Fayetteville June 1995 C. P. Minnick, Jr. James H. Coile171 Fayetteville June 1996 C. P. Minnick, Jr. James H. Coile172 Fayetteville June 1997 Marion M. Edwards James L. Bryan173 Fayetteville June 1998 Marion M. Edwards James L. Bryan174 Fayetteville June 1999 Marion M. Edwards James L. Bryan175 Fayetteville June 2000 Marion M. Edwards James L. Bryan176 Fayetteville June 2001 Marion M. Edwards James L. Bryan177 Fayetteville June 2002 Marion M. Edwards James L. Bryan178 Fayetteville June 2003 Marion M. Edwards James L. Bryan179 Fayetteville June 2004 Marion M. Edwards James L. Bryan180 Fayetteville June 2005 Alfred W. Gwinn James L. Bryan181 Greenville June 2006 Alfred W. Gwinn James L. Bryan182 Greenville June 2007 Alfred W. Gwinn James L. Bryan183 Greenville June 2008 Alfred W. Gwinn James L. Bryan