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Successor Conference to: Holston Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (1824) Holston Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (1845) Holston Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (1865) Tennessee Conference of the United Brethren Church (1866) East Tennessee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (1880) Holston Conference of the Methodist Church (1939) Tennessee Conference of the Evangelical United Brethren Church (1947) Tennessee-Kentucky Conference of the Methodist Church (1964)
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Mary Virginia Taylor, Presiding Bishop George R. Stuart Auditorium Lake Junaluska, North Carolina
Journal Sta Editor / Conference Secretary ..................................Rev. Terry D. Goodman Composition & Desktop Publishing ....................................Brandy Williams Database Editor ........................................................... Sandra Ruebush Seay Photographer..........................................................................Annette Spence Assistant Photographers .................................... Millie Meese, Frank Trexler Conference Secretarial Sta Assistant Secretaries ..... Clair Sauer, Bradly Scott, Jane Taylor, Anne Travis
Journal Cost $55.00 Conference Distribution (Includes Volumes I & II)
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2019 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE - TABLE OF CONTENT Episcopal Greeting.................................................................................................................................. 5 Photo: Appointment Cabinet 2019 - 2020.............................................................................................. 6 Photo: Extended Cabinet 2018 - 2019.................................................................................................... 6 Photo: 2019 Class of Ordinands ............................................................................................................. 7 Photo: 2019 Class of Provisional Elders ................................................................................................ 7 Photo: 2019 Class of Associate Member ............................................................................................... 8 Photo: 2019 Class of Licensed Local Pastors ........................................................................................ 8
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, , , Cabinet, Teams, Boards, Councils, Committees, Ministry Areas ................................................. 19 District Committees on Ordained Ministry.................................................................................... 30 District Boards of Church Location and Building ......................................................................... 31 Trustees and Directors of Conference Related Institutions and Agencies .................................... 32
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Minimum Salary Recommendations for 2020 ..............................................................................189 Equitable Compensation by Recipient ..........................................................................................191 Discipleship Team ................................................................................................................................191 African American Ministry Task Force .........................................................................................192 Missions Ministry Team ................................................................................................................193 Recommendations for The Advance 2020 ..............................................................................198 Stewardship Ministry Team ...........................................................................................................202 Witness Ministry Team ..................................................................................................................203 Churches of Excellence in Evangelism ..................................................................................203 Nurture Ministry Team .........................................................................................................................206 Camp and Retreat Ministries .........................................................................................................206 Children’s Ministry Team ..............................................................................................................206 Conference Council of Youth Ministries .......................................................................................207 Older Adult Ministries Report .......................................................................................................207 Outreach/Advocacy Ministry Team .....................................................................................................208 Hispanic/Latino Leadership Team .................................................................................................208 Commission on the Status and Role of Women COSROW ..........................................................208 Committee on Religion and Race ..................................................................................................209 Strength for the Journey Ministry..................................................................................................209 Council on Finance and Administration ...............................................................................................210 Recommendations and Guidelines ................................................................................................210 Report of the Conference Treasurer ..............................................................................................212 Benevolent Giving Comparison ....................................................................................................213 Membership Statistics Chart by District........................................................................................214 Line Item Proposed Budget 2020 ..................................................................................................215 2018 Five Star Churches and 100% Tithe Churches .....................................................................231 Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry ...............................................................................235 Emory & Henry College Campus Ministry ...................................................................................235 East Tennessee State University Wesley Foundation ....................................................................236 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Wesley Foundation........................................................237 University of Tennessee at Knoxville Wesley Foundation ............................................................237 University of Virginia College at Wise Wesley Foundation ..........................................................238 Board of Lay Ministry ..........................................................................................................................239 United Methodist Women.....................................................................................................................240 Board of Ordained Ministry .................................................................................................................240 Holston Center for Wellbeing ...............................................................................................................241 Congregational Wellness and Advocacy Response Team (CWART) ...................................................241 Sexual Ethics and Boundaries Task Force............................................................................................242 Board of Pensions and Health Benefits ................................................................................................245 2020 Comprehensive Benefit Funding Plan ..................................................................................254 Insurance Rate Sheet for 2020 .......................................................................................................258 Personnel Resource Committee............................................................................................................259 Board of Trustees..................................................................................................................................259 Holston Conference Foundation Holding Company, Inc. .............................................................260 Holston Conference Foundation...........................................................................................................260 Holston United Methodist Home for Children .....................................................................................262 Hiwassee College President’s Report ...................................................................................................263 Africa University ..................................................................................................................................267 Candler School of Theology ................................................................................................................268
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2019 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE - TABLE OF CONTENT Tennessee Wesleyan University ...........................................................................................................269 Duke Divinity School ...........................................................................................................................270 Methodist Theological School in Ohio ................................................................................................271 Wesley Theological Seminary ..............................................................................................................272 Hinton Rural Life Center......................................................................................................................274 GraceInside Prison Chaplain Service ...................................................................................................275 B. Resolutions Petitions & Resolutions Committee ............................................................................................. 276
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Two years ago, we got to take the trip of a lifetime that we had dreamed about for years. Rusty and I boarded a plane and flew with several members of my family to Hawaii. Growing up watching old movies of Elvis Presley singing “Blue Hawaii,” caused my expectations to be really high. Our first morning in Honolulu, we put on our sandals and ventured out on the sandy beach in the direction of Diamond Head. The image of the tropical island paradise was shattered as we saw a man injecting what we assumed was heroin into the arm of a young woman, there on that beautiful beach. It is projected that as many as 650,000 people will die from opioid addiction over the next decade. This year our annual conference will focus on what the church can do in the face of this health crisis. Our theme for the 2019 Annual Conference is “Healing Hands.” It is an invitation to love those around us and walk with them on their journey toward healing and wholeness. Every community in our region is faced with the challenge of addiction. The good news of Jesus is filled with stories of Jesus meeting and healing broken people. As the church, we can and must offer hope and healing to all who are affected, those who are addicted and the families who love them. I am excited about our time together at Lake Junaluska. We will elect delegates to the 2020 General Conference. We will ordain and license those who serve as our pastoral leaders. For me, Annual Conference is like a family reunion as we get to visit friends from across Holston Conference. It is my prayer that June 9-12 will be a time of Holy Conferencing as we prepare to impact our neighborhoods through our ministries of healing. Grace and peace,
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2019 - 2020 Appointment Cabinet Back Row: Ann Robins (TV), Kim Goddard (NR), Randy Martin (SS), Jeff Wright (AP), Jason Gattis (SM) Front Row: Angela Hardy Cross (MV), Lauri Jo Cranford (TR), Bishop Mary Virginia Taylor, Jane Taylor (CM), Hugh Kilgore (HI)
2019 - 2020 Extended Cabinet Back Row: Del Holley, Mike Sluder, Paul Bowman, Kim Goddard, Terry Goodman, Randy Martin, Jeff Wright, Jason Gattis, Tim Jones, Rusty Taylor Front Row: Ann Robins, Angela Hardy Cross, Lauri Jo Cranford, Bishop Mary Virginia Taylor, Jane Taylor, Hugh Kilgore, Rick Cherry
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2019 Class of Ordinands Left to Right:
Susan Arnold, Clayton Ray Farmer, James Christopher Ray, Bishop Richard Looney, Bishop Mary Virginia Taylor, Mickey Rainwater, Gary Ihfe, Rachel Witt Carosiello
2019 Class of Provisional Elders Left to Right:
Alexander Phillip Thompson, April Beth Hall, Stephen Harris Hopkins, Timothy Duane Hale, Bishop Richard Looney, Bishop Mary Virginia Taylor, Mickey Rainwater, David William Payne, Bradley Steven Brown, Andrew Curtis Lay, Samuel Adam Reese
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2019 Class of Associate Member Left to Right:
Bishop Richard Looney, Bishop Mary Virginia Taylor, Mickey Rainwater, Rochelle Dobbins Maxwell
2019 Class of Licensed Local Pastors Back Row: Front Row: Not Pictured:
Jarrod Daniel Suits, Adam M. Reuss, Rachel Lee Collins Jennifer Marjorie Spieth, Valerie Anne Ohle, Thomas Mott Brenda Bell McAdams, Walter Lambuth Pierce, Jr.
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President ........................................................................................................ Resident Bishop, Mary Virginia Taylor Office: 217 South Rankin Road, Alcoa, TN 37701 • Mailing: P.O. Box 850, Alcoa, TN 37701-0850 Telephone: (865) 690-4080 Fax: (865) 690-7112 Email: bishop@holston.org Chancellor ................................................................................................................................................ John Eldridge Mailing: 5402 Mill Ridge Drive, Knoxville, TN 37919-8900 Telephone: (865) 602-2383 Email: johneldrid@aol.com Conference Lay Leader ...................................................................................................... James D. “Del” Holley, Jr. Mailing: 440 Bowers Park Circle, Knoxville, TN 37920-7758 Telephone: (865) 609-9892 Fax: (865) 215-4253 Email: delholley@auburnalum.org Conference Secretary ...................................................................................................................... Terry D. Goodman Office: 217 South Rankin Road, Alcoa, TN 37701 • Mailing: P.O. Box 850, Alcoa, TN 37701-0850 Telephone: (865) 690-4080 Fax: (865) 690-3162 Email: terrygoodman@holston.org Conference Treasurer and Statistician ............................................................................. F. Richard “Rick” Cherry Office: 217 South Rankin Road, Alcoa, TN 37701 • Mailing: P.O. Box 850, Alcoa, TN 37701-0850 Telephone: (865) 690-4080 Fax: (865) 690-3162 Email: rickcherry@holston.org
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Conference Director of Connectional Ministries ........................................................................... Michael G. Sluder Office: 217 South Rankin Road, Alcoa, TN 37701 • Mailing: P.O. Box 850, Alcoa, TN 37701-0850 Telephone: (865) 690-4080 Fax: (865) 690-3162 Email: mikesluder@holston.org President, Conference Council on Youth Ministries ............................................................................ Reagan Kelly President, United Methodist Men ............................................................................................................ Eric Knoefel Mailing: 5424 Briercliff Road, Knoxville, TN 37918-3462 Telephone: (865) 687-3321 Email: eknoefel@msn.com President, United Methodist Women ................................................................................................... Carolyn Haerr Mailing: 311 Toestring Cove Rd., Spring City, TN 37381-5716 Telephone: (423) 365-9346 Email: chrishaerr@bellsouth.net
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Clinch Mountain (CM) District ............................................................................................................ Jane E. Taylor Administrative Assistants ................................................................................... Monika Surcey & Jamie N. Boone Office: 966 West Main Street #E, Abingdon, VA 24210 • Mailing: P.O. Box 263, Abingdon, VA 24212-0263 Telephone: (276) 523-3025 Fax: (276) 690-2698 Email: cmdist@holston.org DS: janetaylor@holston.org Hiwassee (HI) District ................................................................................................ Elihugh J. “Hugh” Kilgore, Jr. Administrative Assistant..................................................................................................................Stacy Underdown Office: 920 Moose Creek Road, Cleveland, TN 37311 • Mailing: P.O. Box 3382, Cleveland, TN 37320-3382 Telephone: (423) 476-8221 Fax (423) 559-0436 Email: hidist@holston.org DS: hughkilgore@holston.org Mountain View (MV) District .................................................................................................... Angela Hardy Cross Administrative Assistant ................................................................................................................... Christine Coley Office: 112 East First North St., Morristown, TN 37814 • Mailing: P.O. Box 1592, Morristown, TN 37816-1592 Telephone: (423) 586-2942 Fax: (423) 586-7406 Email: mvdist@holston.org DS: angelahardycross@holston.org New River (NR) District ........................................................................................................... Kimberly M. Goddard Administrative Assistant ..................................................................................................................... Joanna Corvin Office: 105 Asbury Lane, Wytheville, VA 24382 • Mailing: P.O. Box 925, Wytheville, VA 24382-0925 Telephone: (276) 228-4922 Fax: (276) 228-6717 Email: nrdist@holston.org DS: kimgoddard@holston.org Scenic South (SS) District ...................................................................................................................... Randy Martin Administrative Assistant ..................................................................................................................... Melissa Spiers Office: 4315 Brainerd Road, Chattanooga, TN 37411 • Mailing: P.O. Box 80353, Chattanooga, TN 37414-7353 Telephone: (423) 629-0333 Fax: (423) 622-8360 Email: ssdist@holston.org DS: randymartin@holston.org Smoky Mountain (SM) District ................................................................................................................. Jason Gattis Administrative Assistant ............................................................................................................... Cheryl Thompson Office: 217 South Rankin Road, Alcoa, TN 37701 • Mailing: P.O. Box 905, Alcoa, TN 37701-0905 Telephone: (865) 982-1427 Fax: (865) 981-7470 Email: smdist@holston.org DS: jasongattis@holston.org Tennessee Valley (TV) District .............................................................................................................. Ann P. Robins Administrative Assistant .......................................................................................... Mary Hawkins & Lori Hopper Office: 5121 Camelia Road NW, Knoxville, TN 37912 • Mailing: P.O. Box 26384, Knoxville, TN 37912-9484 Telephone: (865) 470-7005 Fax: (865) 470-7067 Email:tvdist@holston.org DS: annrobins@holston.org Three Rivers (TR) District ............................................................................................................. Lauri Jo Cranford Administrative Assistant ........................................................................ Betty Yeomans-Barton & Amber Marshall Office & Mailing: 110 Mary Street, Johnson City, TN 37615 Telephone: (423) 926-7533 Fax: (423) 926-9293 Website: www.jcdistrict.org Email: trdist@holston.org DS: laurijocranford@holston.org
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Chair, Board of Ordained Ministry ......................................................................................... Mickey W. Rainwater Office & Mailing: 2508 Old Niles Ferry Road, Maryville, TN 37803 Telephone: (865) 983-2080 Fax: (865) 233-0649 Email: mrainwater@fairview-umc.org Conference Secretary / Director of Clergy Services / Clergy Concerns ................................... Terry D. Goodman Office: 217 South Rankin Road, Alcoa, TN 37701 • Mailing: P.O. Box 850, Alcoa, TN 37701-0850 Telephone: (865) 690-4080 Fax: (865) 690-3162 Email: terrygoodman@holston.org Director of Congregational Development and Revitalization ........................................... James R. “Rusty” Taylor Office: 217 South Rankin Road, Alcoa, TN 37701 • Mailing: P.O. Box 850, Alcoa, TN 37701-0850 Telephone: (865) 690-4080 Fax: (865) 690-3162 Email: rustytaylor@holston.org Director of Holston Center for Wellbeing ....................................................................................... Kathy T. Heustess Office: 2507 Mineral Springs Avenue, Suite B, Knoxville, TN 37917-1549 Telephone: (865) 692-2390 Fax: (865) 692-2393 Email: kathyheustess@holston.org Administrative Assistant, Holston Center for Wellbeing ..................................................................... Donna Felskie Office: 2507 Mineral Springs Avenue, Suite B, Knoxville, TN 37917-1549 Telephone: (865) 692-2390 Fax: (865) 692-2393 Email: donnafelskie@holston.org Director of the Wesley Leadership Institute ......................................................................................Terry Goodman Office: 217 South Rankin Road, Alcoa, TN 37701 • Mailing: P.O. Box 850, Alcoa, TN 37701-0850 Telephone: (865) 690-4080 Fax: (865) 690-3162 Email: terrygoodman@holston.org Administrative Assistant, Conference Secretary / Clergy Services ................................................ Brandy Williams Office: 217 South Rankin Road, Alcoa, TN 37701 • Mailing: P.O. Box 850, Alcoa, TN 37701-0850 Telephone: (865) 690-4080 Fax: (865) 690-3162 Email: brandywilliams@holston.org Administrative Assistant, Congregational Development / Wesley Leadership Institute.........................Sue Weber Office: 217 South Rankin Road, Alcoa, TN 37701 • Mailing: P.O. Box 850, Alcoa, TN 37701-0850 Telephone: (865) 690-4080 Fax: (865) 690-3162 Email: sueweber@holston.org
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Director of Connectional Ministries and Missions ...................................................................... Michael G. Sluder Office: 217 South Rankin Road, Alcoa, TN 37701 • Mailing: P.O. Box 850, Alcoa, TN 37701-0850 Telephone: (865) 690-4080 Fax: (865) 690-3162 Email: mikesluder@holston.org Associate Director of Connectional Ministries for Discipleship ............................................... Susan L. Groseclose Office: 217 South Rankin Road, Alcoa, TN 37701 • Mailing: P.O. Box 850, Alcoa, TN 37701-0850 Telephone: (865) 690-4080 Fax: (865) 690-3162 Email: susangroseclose@holston.org
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Associate Director of Connectional Ministries for Youth and Young Adult.................................... Laura McLean Office: 217 South Rankin Road, Alcoa, TN 37701 • Mailing: P.O. Box 850, Alcoa, TN 37701-0850 Telephone: (865) 690-4080 Fax: (865) 690-3162 Email: lauramclean@holston.org
Executive Director of Camp & Retreat Ministries .....................................................................Mary C. Thompson Office: 217 South Rankin Road, Alcoa, TN 37701 • Mailing: P.O. Box 850, Alcoa, TN 37701-0850 Telephone: (865) 690-4080 Fax: (865) 690-3162 Email: marythompson@holston.org Administrative Director, Camp & Retreat Ministries ........................................................................... Ruby Brown Mailing: 262 Bart Green Drive, Gray, TN 37615 Telephone: (423) 929-9037 Email: rubybrown@holston.org Office Assistant, Camp & Retreat Ministries ..................................................................................... Cheryl Killman Mailing: 262 Bart Green Drive, Gray, TN 37615 Telephone: (423) 929-9037 Email: camp@holston.org
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Camp Bays Mountain ......................................................................................................................... Jeffrey L. Wadley Mailing: P.O. Box 3706, Kingsport, TN 37664-0706 Website: www.holstoncamping.com Telephon: (423) 349-8401 Email: jeffwadley@holston.org Camp in the Community .................................................................................................................... Whitney Winston Mailing: P.O. Box 850, Alcoa, TN 37701-0850 Website: www.holstoncamping.com Telephone: (865) 690-4080 Fax: (865) 690-3162 Email: whitney@campinthecommunity.org Camp Dickenson ....................................................................................................................................Anthony Gomez Mailing: 801 Camp Dickenson Lane, Fries, VA 24330-4348 Website: www.holstoncamping.com Telephone: (276) 744-7241 Fax: (276) 744-7241 Email: gomez@campdickenson.com Camp Lookout..............................................................................................................................Donald W. Washburn Mailing: 3130 Hwy. 157, Rising Fawn, GA 30738-2029 Website: www.holstoncamping.com Telephone: (706) 820-1163 Fax: (706) 820-9911 Email: don@camplookout.com Camp Wesley Woods ........................................................................................................................................ Tony Lea Mailing: 329 Wesley Woods Rd, Townsend, TN 37882-3006 Website: www.holstoncamping.com Telephone: (865) 448-2246 Fax: (865) 448-3904 Email: director@campwesleywoods.com
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East Tennessee State University ............................................................................................................. Caleb Frazier Office/Mailing: 1100 Seminole Dr, Johnson City, TN 37604-7134 Website: www.wesleyetsu.com Telephone: (423) 929-2121 Fax: (423) 232-4920 E-Mail: calebfrazier@yahoo.com
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Administrative Assistant & Audio-Visual Library ......................................................................... Charlotte Riggins Office: 217 South Rankin Road, Alcoa, TN 37701 • Mailing: P.O. Box 850, Alcoa, TN 37701-0850 Telephone: (865) 690-4080 Fax: (865) 690-3162 Email: charlotteriggins@holston.org
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Radford University ........................................................................................................ Martha “Martee” Buchanan Office & Mailing: 1022 Downey St., Radford, VA 24141-2620 Telephone: (540) 639-4415 Fax: (540) 731-1227 E-Mail: mtbuchan@gmail.com University of Tennessee, Chattanooga ............................................................................................... G. Keith Moore Office & Mailing: 607 Douglas Street, Chattanooga, TN 37403-2002 Telephone: (423) 266-3691 Fax: (423) 266-3696 E-mail: keith_moore@wesleyutc.com University of Tennessee, Knoxville ..................................................................................................... Sharon Bowers Associate Director ............................................................................................................................. Heidi Parunak Office & Mailing: 1718 Melrose Place, Knoxville, TN 37916-3421 Telephone: (865) 522-2728 Fax: (865) 524-6256 E-Mail: sbowers@utkwesleyfoundation.org AD: cbasedlead@yahoo.com University of Virginia College at Wise ........................................................................... M. Elizabeth “Beth” Tipton Mailing: UVAW Box 4512, 1 College Avenue, Wise, VA 24293-4400 Telephone: (276) 328-6826 Fax: (276) 328-9488 E-Mail: btipton@uvawise.edu
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Conference Treasurer / Director of Finance ............................................................................... F. Richard Cherry E-mail: rickcherry@holston.org Assistant to Treasurer ................................................................................................................................. Angela Lee E-mail: angelalee@holston.org
Database Administrator ............................................................................................................................ Sandra Seay E-mail: sandraseay@holston.org Pensions / Health Insurance Administrator .......................................................................................... Julie Graham E-mail: juliegraham@holston.org Receptionist ............................................................................................................................................ Brittany Bailey E-mail: receptionist@holston.org Senior Accounting Assistant/ Accounts Receivable ....................................................................... Kathy Ratchford E-mail: kathyratchford@holston.org
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Asbury Centers, Inc., .................................................................................................................................. Robin Stern Office/Mailing: 5285 Westview Dr., Suite 200, Frederick, MD 21703-8521 Telephone: (865) 238-8300 Fax: (865) 984-9161 E-mail: karnot@asburyplace.org Emory & Henry College ........................................................................................................................ John W. Wells Office: One Girnand Drive, Emory, VA 24327 • Mailing: P.O. Box 947, Emory, VA 24327 Telephone: (276) 944-6107 Fax: (276) 944-6598 E-mail: jwwells@ehc.edu Holston Foundation Executive Director ............................................................................................................................. Paul Bowman Office: 217 South Rankin Road, Alcoa, TN 37701 • Mailing: P.O. Box 900, Alcoa, TN 37701-0900 Telephone: (865) 690-8124 Fax: (865) 690-3162 E-mail: paulbowman@holston.org Holston United Methodist Home for Children President/CEO .................................................................................................................................. Bradley S. Williams E-mail: bradleywilliams@holstonhome.org Vice-President for Development and Church Relations .................................................... Charles A. Hutchins E-mail: charleshutchins@holstonhome.org Office: 404 Holston Drive, Greeneville, TN 37744 • Mailing: P.O. Box 188, Greeneville, TN 37744 Telephone: (423) 638-4171 Knoxville Telephone: (865) 691-9963 Fax: (423) 638-7171 Tennessee Wesleyan University ............................................................................................Harley Knowles Office: 204 E. College St., Athens, TN 37303 • Mailing: P.O. Box 40, Athens, TN 37303 Telephone: (423) 745-7504 Fax: (423) 744-9968 E-mail: hknowles@twcnet.edu
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Delegates to 2020 General Conference Laity: Emily Ballard (leader) Del Holley Anne Travis John Eldridge Donna Mosby Becky Hall Amanda Onks (alternate) Charles McEntyre (alternate)
Clergy: Kim Goddard Wil Cantrell Paul Seay Mary Thompson Randy Frye Sharon Bowers Lauri Jo Cranford (alternate) Josh Kilbourne (alternate)
Delegates to 2020 Jurisdictional Conference (in addition to the General Conference Delegates) Laity: Amanda Onks Charles McEntyre Reagan Kelly Jim Gass Nate Roark Leamon Burl Lawson
Clergy: Lauri Jo Cranford Josh Kilbourne David Graybeal Kristen Burkhart Sarah Varnell Mark Flynn
Reserve Delegates to 2020 Jurisdictional Conference Laity: Sam England Dawson Kitts
Clergy: Amy Aycock Sumrall Caleb Frazier
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Cabinet representatives are appointed by the Resident Bishop and shall begin service upon appointment. Chair....................................................... Bishop Mary Virginia Taylor Executive Assistant to the Bishop .......... Open Dean of the Cabinet ............................... Jeffrey W. Wright Appointment Cabinet (District Superintendents) Lauri Jo Cranford Angela Hardy Cross Jason Gattis Hugh Kilgore Kimberly M. Goddard Randy Martin
Ann P. Robins Jane Taylor Jeffrey W. Wright
Extended Cabinet (all of the above as well as:) Conference Lay Leader.................................................................................... James D. “Del” Holley, Jr. Conference Secretary/Director of Clergy Services .......................................... Terry D. Goodman Conference Treasurer/Director of Administrative Services ............................. F. Richard “Rick” Cherry Director of Congregational Development & Revitalization ............................ J. Russell “Rusty” Taylor Director of Connectional Ministries ................................................................ Michael “Mike” G. Sluder Executive Director, Holston Conference Foundation ...................................... Paul Bowman
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(C) Frank Trexler (SM)(1) (L) Clayton Hensley (TV)(1) (L) Caroline Lamar (TV)(1)
(L) Julie Faunt (HI)(1) (L) John Shearer (SS)(1) (L) Betty Yeomans-Barton (TR)(1)
Ex-Officio Members: Editor, The Call ................................................................................................ Annette Spence Information Technology Manager ................................................................... Brent Sharp Multimedia Coordinator .................................................................................. Donna Hankins Print Media Specialist ...................................................................................... Millie Meese Director of Communications / Staff Resource ................................................. Timothy Jones Cabinet Representative .................................................................................... Mike Sluder
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(C) Tim Paul (TV)(1) (L) Steve Gross (TR)(1) (C) Bill Shelton (SM)(1) (C) Melissa Smith (SM)(1)
(C) Debbie Stokes (SS)(1) (L) Becky Hall (SS)(1) (L) Willie Kitchens (SS)(1) (L) Byron Williamson (TV)(1)
Ex-Officio Members: Staff Resource ................................................................................................. Rusty Taylor Cabinet Representatives................................................................................... Mike Sluder
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Mary Baker (AP) Nan Carver (TR) Diane James (TV)
Becky Hall (SS) Glenda Eastridge (SM) Deborah Neal (NR)
Conference Presidents: United Methodist Men ..................................................................................... Eric Knoefel (TV) United Methodist Women ................................................................................ Carolynn Haerr (HI) United Methodist Youth ................................................................................... Lindsey Kizer (SM) Members-at-Large: Harold Brown (SS)(1) Kelly Price (MV)(1)
Audrey Jackson (TV)(1) Velena Wheatly (AP)(1)
Kay Phillips (SM)(1)
Ex-Officio Members: Resident Bishop ............................................................................................... Mary Virginia Taylor Conference Director of Lay Servant Ministry ................................................. Bobby Stair Staff Resource .................................................................................................. Rick Cherry Cabinet Representatives................................................................................... Jeffrey Wright, Del Holley
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(C) Ila Schepisi (NR)(5) (C) Magan Stubblefield (SM)(6) (C) Nathan Irwin (C) Gary Ihfe (L) Stuart French
(L) L. Haden Scott (MV)(3) (C) Ralph Kidd (NR)(7) (C) Tim Smith (L) Matthew McDaniel (Radford) (L) Kayla Carico
Young Adult Team Representative.......................................................................... TBD Ex-Officio Members: Staff Resource .................................................................................................. Laura McLean, Mike Sluder Cabinet Representative .................................................................................... Angela Hardy Cross
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(C) Micah Nicolaus (HI)(1) (C) Mike Sluder (SM)(1) (C) Rusty Taylor (SM)(1) Bishop Mary Virginia Taylor (C) Jeffrey Wright (AP)(1)
(L) Rick Cherry (TV)(1) (L) Mike Eastridge (TR)(1) (L) Becky Hall (SS)(1) (L) Leanna Johnson (TR)(1) (L) David Scyphers (CM)(1)
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Chairperson ............................................ (C) Elizabeth Hamilton (CM) Vice Chairperson .................................... (C) Randall Wright (AP) Secretary ................................................ (L) Lori Sluder (SM) (C) Elizabeth Hamilton (CM)(1) (C) Joshua Swanson (AP)(1) (C) Amy Sumrall (MV)(1) (L) Renni Morris (TV)(1)
(C) Estel Williams (TR)(1) (C) James David Neel (HI)(1) (L) Marva Wheeler (CM)(1) (C) Betsy Switzer (HI)(1)
(C) Tim Hankins (SM)(1) (C) Ginger Isom (SM)(1) (C) Randall Wright (AP)(1) (C) Paul Humphrey (MV)(1)
Ex-Officio Members: Resident Bishop ............................................................................................... Mary Virginia Taylor Conference Lay Leader.................................................................................... Del Holley Chair, Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry................................ Magan Stubblefield Director of Connectional Ministries ................................................................ Mike Sluder Chairpersons with vote: Missions Ministry Team .................................................................................. Tom Hancock Nurture Ministry Team .................................................................................... Adam Love Outreach/Advocacy Ministry Team ................................................................. Lori Sluder Stewardship Ministry Team ............................................................................. Troy Forrester Witness Ministry Team ................................................................................... Ray Amos, Jr. Representatives without vote (named by respective groups): Board of Ordained Ministry............................................................................. TBD Communications Advisory Council ................................................................. Donna Hankins, Timothy Hankins Staff Resource .................................................................................................. Mike Sluder Cabinet Representative .................................................................................... Jeffrey Wright
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(C) Charlotte Williams (SS)(1) (C) Paige Wimberly (NR)(1)
(L) Susan Montgomery (TV)(1) (L) Deborah Neal (NR)(1)
Representative, Religion and Race ......................................................................... Walter Cross Director of Connectional Ministry .......................................................................... Mike Sluder
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(C) Robert Nyaga (CM)(1) (C) Rosa Slavik (CM)(1) (C) Beth Tipton (AP)(1) (L) Sam Barnett (TR)(1)
(L) Linda Bernick (NR)(1) (L) Kellie Bracken (HI)(1) (L) LeRae Collins (TV)(1) (L) Charlotte DeLozier (TV)(1)
Ex-Officio Members: Chair, Advance................................................................................................. Norma Smith Chair, Church and Community Worker Committee ........................................ Leann Crandall Coordinator of South Sundan Missions ........................................................... Danny Howe *District(s) Mission Secretaries Chair, Native American ................................ Faith Ramer UMW Representative ...................................................................................... Marsheine McClurg Volunteer in Mission Coordinator.................................................................... Bill Campbell Director Connectional Ministries/Missions/Conference Secretary of Global Ministries/Staff Resource/Cabinet Representative .......................... Mike Sluder
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(C) Faith Ramer (CM)(1) (L) Bomba Easter (TV)(1)
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(L) Alan Eleazer (SM)(1) (C) Lisa Bryant (CM)(1) (L) Tina Morgan (HI)(1) (C) Samuel Dzobo (MV)(1)
(C) Josh Kilbourne (AP)(1) (L) Leanna Johnson (TR)(1) (C) Sarah M. Slack (SM)(1) (L) Linda Jackson (AP)(1)
Representatives with vote (named by respective groups): Camp and Retreat Ministries Board ................................................................ Mary Thompson Children’s Ministries Team .............................................................................. Susan Groseclose Young Adult Ministry Team ............................................................................ Laura McLean Council on Youth Ministries Board of Lay Ministry Representative ............................................................ Del Holley Cabinet Representative .................................................................................... Mike Sluder
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(L) Tracy Gartman (HI)(1) (L) Katherine Redman (CM)(1) (L) Lindsey Piercy (TV)(1)
(L) Sherri Smith (SM)(1) (L) Karen Peace (AP)(1) (L) Ashley Wade (SS)(1)
Ex-Officio Members: Staff Resource ................................................................................................. Susan Groseclose Cabinet Representative .................................................................................... Mike Sluder
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(L) David Biggerstaff (SM)(1) (L) Jacob Ducote (HI)(1) (L) Matt Hall (SM)(1) (L) Katie Jackson (TR)(1)
(L) Jon Kilgore (NR)(1) (L) Ashley Lockridge (TV)(1) (L) Amy Brown (CM)(1) (L) Travis Wills (SM)(1)
Ex-Officio Members: Divine Rhythm Design Team Representative .................................................. Elizabeth Parr Campus Ministries Representative .................................................................. Joe Ratledge Staff Resource .................................................................................................. Laura McLean Cabinet Representative .................................................................................... Mike Sluder
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(L) Richard McGill (MV)(1) (C) David Grant (TV)(1) (C) Joe Phillips (TV)(1) (L) M. Lucy Maynard (SS)(1) (L) Wes Bradley TR)(1)
(L) Leslie Bright (AP)(1) (L) Sarah Clegg (SS)(1) (C) Tim Smith (NR)(1) (L) Linda Schumann (MV)(1) (L) Thomas Hammontree (SM)(1)
Ex-Officio Members: Bishop .............................................................................................................. Mary Virginia Taylor Director of Connectional Ministries / Staff ..................................................... Mike Sluder Cabinet Representative .................................................................................... Hugh Kilgore Camp and Retreat Ministries Executive Director / Staff ................................. Mary Thompson Site Directors ................................................................................................... Tony Lea, Anthony Gomez, Jeff Wadley, Donald Washburn, Whitney Winston Site Board Chairpersons .................................................................................. David Bradshaw, Damon Riggs, Chris Brown, Ed Terry, Tom Robins
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(C) Linda Stransky (MV)(1) (L) Linda Clark (TV)(1) (L) Jim Cooper (AP)(1) (L) Gretchen Hakola-Penn (TV)(1)
(L) Charlotte McKee (SS)(1) (L) Carolyn Haerr (HI)(1) (L) Donna Mosby (TV)(1) (L) Lori Sluder (SM)(1)
Chairperson, Religion and Race ............................................................................. Charlotte McKee Chairperson, Status and Role of Women ................................................................ Sharon Bowers Chairperson, Creation Care ..................................................................................... Sara Orellana President, United Methodist Women ...................................................................... Carolyn Haerr Ex-Officio Members: (named by the Team): Representative, Alcohol and Related Issues .................................................... Rance Edwards Representative, Holston UM Home for Children ............................................ Barbara Clark Coordinator, Peace with Justice ....................................................................... Pat Bellingrath Representative, Native American Ministries ................................................... Faith Ramer Chairperson, Strength for the Journey ............................................................. Dennis Loy General Board of Church and Society ............................................................. Don Hanshew Staff Resource .................................................................................................. Mike Sluder Cabinet Representative .................................................................................... Ann P. Robins
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Chairperson ............................................ (C) Dennis Loy (TV) Vice Chairperson .................................... TBD Secretary ................................................ (L) Betty Yeomans-Barton (TR) (C) Annette Flynn (TV)(1) (C) Cynthia Frye (CM)(1) (C) Dennis Loy (TV)(1) (L) Ann Stuart (TV)(1)
TBD (C) Jan Thomas (TV)(1) (L) David Frost (TR)(1)
(L) Joseph Rhymer (TR)(1) (L) Rob Saunders (MV)(1) (L) Betty Yeomans-Barton (TR)(1)
Ex-Officio Members: Founder ............................................................................................................ Dot Avers Staff Resource .................................................................................................. Mike Sluder Cabinet Representative .................................................................................... Lauri Jo Cranford
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(L) Elizabeth Hernandez-Lopez (NR)(1) (C) Rochelle Maxwell (TR)(1) (L) Terry Mullins (CM)(1) (L) Tepa Bigham (HI)(1)
(C) Susan Lankford (TR)(1) (L) Charlotte McKee (SS)(1) (C) Bobby Black (TR)(1) (L) Nathaniel Watson (TR)(1)
Ex-Officio Members: Representative, Hispanic Ministry................................................................... TBD Staff Resource .................................................................................................. Mike Sluder Cabinet Representative .................................................................................... Mike Sluder
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(C) David Jackson (CM)(1) (C) Glenna Manning (TV)(1) (C) Susan Arnold (TR)(1) (C) Debbie Stokes (SS)(1)
(C) Carol Alley (AP)(1) TBD (L) Sherri Hagood (L) Alex Fesmire Shelton (NR)(1)
Ex-Officio Members: Director of Connectional Ministries ................................................................ Mike Sluder Staff Resource .................................................................................................. Richard Edwards Cabinet Representative .................................................................................... Paul Bowman
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(C) David Hall (SS)(1) (C) Scott Layer (TV)(1) (C) Will Lauderback (SS)(1) (C) Tim Smith (NR)(1)
(L) Emily Ballard (TV)(1) (L) Rick Lay (HI)(1) (L) Joyce Moore (CM)(1) (L) Elaine Powell (NR)(1)
Ex-Officio Members: Chairperson, Small Membership Congregation Team ..................................... Annette Warren Chairperson, Hispanic/Latino Leadership Team ............................................ Mike Feely Director of Congregational Development & Revitalization / Staff ................. Rusty Taylor Director of Connectional Ministries / Staff ..................................................... Mike Sluder Cabinet Representatives................................................................................... Jane Taylor
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(C) C. Scott Spence (CM)(1) (C) Michael Teague (CM)(1) (C) Annette Warren (CM)(1)
(L) Terry Frerichs (SM)(1) (L) Dan Duggar (MV)(1) (L) Donna Mosby (TV)(1)
Ex-Officio Members: Special Advisor ............................................................................................... Bishop Richard C. Looney Staff Resource .................................................................................................. Mike Sluder Cabinet Representative .................................................................................... Hugh Kilgore, Rusty Taylor
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(C) Susana Lopez (SM)(1) (C) Jim Goddard (NR)(1) (C) Bradley Stapleton (AP)(1) (C) Ramon Torres (HI)(1)
(L) Pat Bellingrath (TV)(1) (L) Kayce Castenir (SM)(1) (L) Mike Feely (SS)(1) (C) Todd Adams (TR) (1)
Ex-Officio Members: Staff Resource .................................................................................................. Annette Spence, Mike Sluder Cabinet Representative .................................................................................... Jane Taylor
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Don Hanshew (NR) Kristen Burkhart (TV) Kathie Wilson-Parker (TR) TBD Timothy Jones (SM) Rebekah Fetzer (SM) Nathan Malone (SS) Crystal Smith (TV) Micah Nicolaus (HI) Elizabeth Hamilton (CM)
Mickey Rainwater (SM) Brad Hyde (TV) Walter Cross (TV) David Woody (CM) Will Shelton (NR) Glenna Manning (TV) Anthony Grills (CM) David Graybeal (HI) Chuck Starks (TV) Mary K. Pope Briggs (CM)
Bob Ergenbright (SM) Lee Sherbakoff (TV) Deborah Neal (NR)
Lauri Hale (TR) Ralph Skinner (TV)
Ex-Officio Members: Chair, Order of Elders ..................................................................................... Sharon Bowers Chair, Order of Deacons ................................................................................. Diana Brown Taylor Co-Chair, Fellowship of Associate Members and Local Pastors..................... Sam Johnson Co-Chair, Fellowship of Associate Members and Local Pastors..................... Wayne Cook Director of Clergy Services / Administrative Registrar / Staff ........................ Terry Goodman Cabinet Representatives .................................................................................. Jane Taylor, Randy Martin
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(C) Will Shelton (NR)(1) (C) Laura Plaster (CM)(1) (L) David Hudson (SS)(1)
(C) Cynthia Frye (CM)(1) (L) Becki Garland (TV)(1)
Representative, Board of Ordained Ministry ......................................................... Brad Hyde Representative, Partners in Crisis ........................................................................... Nancy Ridenour Director of Clergy Services / Staff Resource .......................................................... Terry D. Goodman Ex-Officio Members: Cabinet Representatives................................................................................... Hugh Kilgore, Lauri Jo Cranford
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(C) Janet S. Sweet (AP)(1) (C) Michael Vaughn (TR)(1) (C) Knox Wimberly (NR)(1) (L) Mary Baker (AP)(1) (L) Keith Burroughs (TV)(1)
(L) Nat Foster (TV)(1) (C) Todd Chancey (TV)(1) (L) Carolyn Kidd (NR)(1) (L) Art Masker (MV)(1) (L) Steve Walling (TV)(1)
Ex-Officio Members: (without vote) Resident Bishop ............................................................................................... Mary Virginia Taylor Conference Treasurer / Staff Resource ............................................................ Rick Cherry Director of Connectional Ministries / Staff Resource...................................... Mike Sluder Cabinet Representative .................................................................................... Jason Gattis
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2021 (C) Clair Sauer (SS) (L) James Reynolds (CM) (L) TBA
2022 (C) Will Conner (HI) (L) Robert Taylor (L) Amy Westmoreland (NR)
2023 (L) Brent Clark (TV) (L) Diana Galloway (TV) (C) TBA
2024 (L) Dan Duggar (MV) (C) Betsy Switzer (HI) (L) Betty Dougherty (TV)
2025 (L) Linda Colvin (SM) (L) Rick Cooper (TV) (C) Jim Whedbee (TV)
2026 (L) T. J. Newby (SM) (L) Ken Webb (HI) (C) David Tabor (TV)
2027 (L) Lisa Atkins (TV) (C) Robert Burlingham (AP) (C) Caleb Pitkin (SS)
Ex-Officio Members: Pensions Director ............................................................................................. Rick Cherry Chairperson, Joint Committee on Medical Leave (Incapacity) ....................... Brian Burch Benefits Officer / Staff Resource...................................................................... Julie Graham Consultant - BCBS of TN ................................................................................ Diana McClurg Cabinet Representative .................................................................................... Rick Cherry
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(C) Jonathan Jonas (CM)(1) (C) Amy Probst (AP)(1) (C) Tom Robins (TV)(1) (L) Ken Johnson (MV)(1)
(L) David McLain (SS)(1) (L) Renni Morris (TV)(1) (L) Robert Reedy (AP)(1) (L) Mary Frances Tucker (TV)(1)
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(C) Adam Love (AP)(1) (C) Reed Shell (SS)(1) (C) Jared Wood (SS)(1) (L) Joe Harvey (AP)(1)
(L) Kathy Hoard (MV)(1) (L) Terryl James (SS)(1) (L) Carolyn L Kidd (NR)(1) (L) Chris Lee (TV)(1)
Ex-Officio Members: Resident Bishop ............................................................................................... Mary Virginia Taylor Chairperson, Committee on Episcopacy.......................................................... Steve Brown Executive Assistant to the Bishop.................................................................... Open Conference Chancellor .................................................................................... John Eldridge Chairperson, CFA............................................................................................. Jeff Lambert Cabinet Representative .................................................................................... Ann P. Robins
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(L) Jack Brewster (NR)(1) (C) Bruce Galyon (TV)(1) (L) Lee Sherbakoff (TV)(1)
(C) Aaron Atchley (CM) (1) (L) Mollianne Hubbs (SM)(1) (C) Bryan Wyke (MV)
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Ex-Officio Members: 2016 Delegate for General Conference (named by Delegation) ..................... Becky Hall Conference Secretary / Staff Resource ............................................................ Terry D. Goodman Cabinet Representative .................................................................................... Kim Goddard
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Ex-Officio Members: Conference Historian ....................................................................................... Roy Howard Historical Society Representative .................................................................... Brad Scott Conference Secretary / Staff ............................................................................ Terry D. Goodman Cabinet Representative .................................................................................... Kim Goddard
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Dear Holston Annual Conference Members and Guests: Welcome back to Lake Junaluska! We are honored to host you for the Holston Annual Conference. As we continue to live into our mission “to be a place of Christian hospitality where lives are transformed through the renewal of soul, mind, and body,” Lake Junaluska also continues to experience transformation. During the past year, we have developed a vision “to become known as the most welcoming and inviting place for personal renewal in the United States”. As part of this vision, we have developed aspirations that will guide us in how to fully live into our mission and vision. One of our aspirations is to be a place that connects more youth to Christ through meaningful ministry, recreation, and education programs. Under the leadership of our Director of Programming, Rev. Mitzi Johnson, we have seen a revitalization of our youth ministry through events and programs. In 2018 we also made improvements to youth housing and Shackford Hall. We are excited to announce that in 2019 we will begin a major renovation of our youth dining facilities. These efforts are all made possible by over $1.5 million in contributions towards the revitalization of youth ministry. We encourage you to consider Lake Junaluska as a destination for your next youth retreat! We also continue to make transformative improvements throughout the grounds of Lake Junaluska. In 2018, we saw the completion of restoration to the bridge over the dam, the installation of beautiful Tennessee flagstone on the Labyrinth path, renovation of the boat pier, and construction of a new meditation and fishing pier along the Walking Trail at the south end of the Memorial Chapel parking lot. Improvements were also made to Lambuth Inn, our historic inn perched high over Lake Junaluska near Inspiration Point. Our hope is that these improvements, along with the lake and surrounding mountains, will provide the perfect setting for each of you to be transformed and renewed by your time here. Our entire staff and community thanks you for choosing Lake Junaluska as the setting for your important work, and we all look forward to your visit. Yours in Christ, Ken Howle, Executive Director Lake Junaluska Assembly, Inc.
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Registration for the Annual Conference opened at 2:00 pm at the Center for Evangelism. The Laity Session convened at 4:00 pm in Stuart Auditorium immediately followed by the Clergy Session at 5:00 pm. Minutes for these meetings can be found elsewhere in the 2019 Journal. The Annual Conference Session was called to order by Bishop Mary Virginia Taylor at 7:08 p.m. Conference Secretary Terry Goodman came to the podium and invited Rev. Danny Castillo to the podium to announce (in Spanish) how persons can hear all proceedings of the Conference session and worship in Spanish. Devices can be obtained from the Information Desk at the back of Stuart Auditorium. Conference Secretary Terry Goodman made the following organizing motions found in the 2019 Book of Reports (pg.12-13): • Annual Conference Roll Call: I move that the registration constitute the roll call and record of attendance. Excused clergy will be noted and recorded in the Journal. • Legal Limits for Voting and Business: I move that the legal voting and business limits of the 2019 Holston Annual Conference be the stage area, sections one (1) through ten (10), and pews of the George R. Stuart Auditorium. • Agenda: I move that the Schedule/Agenda as printed and included in the Annual Conference 2019 Book of Reports (pg. 9-11) constitute the Agenda for the 2019 Session of the Holston Annual Conference, subject to any necessary changes and/or amendments by the Chair. • Reports: I move that reports found in the Annual Conference 2019 Book of Reports that do not require action and other reports submitted for information, subject to editorial corrections, be ordered to record and be published in the 2019 Conference Journal. • Nominations for Ushers/Tellers: I move the election of the Lay and Clergy members as printed in the 2019 Book of Reports pages 12-13 and in the Errata to the Book of Reports handed out at Registration as Ushers/Tellers for the 2019 Annual Conference. • Associate Secretaries: I move the election of these persons to serve as Associate Secretaries: Rev. Brad Scott, Rev. Jane Taylor, Rev. Clair Sauer, and Anne Travis. Bishop Taylor asked all who would approve the organizing motions to raise their hands. The motion passed. Bishop Taylor invited Rev. Kim Goddard to come to the podium for a moment of personal privilege. Rev. Goddard made the following statement to the Conference:
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As the other delegates make their way here, let me say, It has been a privilege to serve on behalf of the Holston Conference at the 2016 and 2019 General Conferences. The Holston Delegation is extremely grateful for your prayerful support and your interest in the sessions of the General Conference. Since the called General Conference in February, the conversations have continued around Holston, across the denomination, around the world, and we have all continued our journey of prayer and reflection. In the process, I felt led to develop a covenant as we approached this session of the Holston Annual conference. It felt important for me to have something tangible I could point to and say – this, this is how I will move forward. (This is how I will guide and guard my thoughts and actions.) I started out with statements of “we” and “our” and thought of all the groups and people who should come together for it, and then I realized I can only speak my personal promises and covenant with Holston. This conference that is a single living, breathing entity, as much a part of my family as my parents or siblings. What you were given when you came in this evening is my attempt to say what I believe all of us feel, “I love this conference, I want God’s best for every person, I will live in my words and actions.” I have shared this covenant with the delegation and asked them to join with me in this prayer and commitment of how we will do our work and shape our life together. Tonight, we stand before you to share this covenant with you so that you too might consider embracing it as an expression of our love for God and each other. This is not an official act on behalf of the delegation. Instead, it is the sharing of my heart with you and of my prayers for these coming days that we will share. As you so choose, I invite you to pray these words, to keep them before you, and to embody them in all that you do. If you cannot embrace all of the covenant, I invite you to commit to the parts that you can. My prayer is for us to be stronger in our faith and in our witness when we finish this week. To that end, I commit myself to this covenant and invite you to do the same. “Following the statement, the members of the Annual Conference rose to read the Covenant Statement together.” My Personal Covenant with Holston Conference: I covenant to pattern my belief and practice by the life and teaching of Jesus, revealed in Holy Scripture, and seasoned by tradition, reason, and experience. I covenant to focus on the mission of making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. I covenant to pray for clear direction for the United Methodist Church, for Holston Conference, for my district and local church, and for myself. I pray for courage to follow the direction I believe God is leading. I covenant to see every person as beloved by God and created in God’s image. I covenant to treat all with respect by assuming the best in others, speaking the truth with love, and avoiding divisive and hurtful speech or actions. I covenant to work for a fair and just resolution giving every Holston United Methodist a church free of divisive fights and acts that harm our church and our witness. Del Holley, Holston Conference Lay Leader, led us in prayer: “Almighty and Loving God, you have called each one of us into ministry in your Kingdom and have given us spiritual gifts for use in fulfilling that call. Although we often claim the church as our own, we acknowledge that the Church is your body, to be used according to your purpose, that all persons would come to know your Son, Jesus, as Lord and Savior. We humbly confess our sins of pride, arrogance, and self-sufficiency, and beg your perfect forgiveness. Remembering the words of your servant David, we pray: Create in us clean hearts, O God, and renew a right spirit within us. Cast us not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from us. Restore to us the joy of our salvation, and uphold us with a willing spirit. Be with us now and in the coming days. Go before us, surround us, come among us, and live within us. Bless the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts that they may be pleasing to you, our Rock and our Redeemer. As we set about the work that you have for us to do, grant us calm spirits and gentle tongues. Unite our hearts in love for you, for one another, for your church, and for the world. May all who witness our words and actions see reflected in them the love of Jesus Christ for all your people. For you alone are worthy to receive glory, and honor, and power, for you created all things, and by your will all things have come into being. Amen.”
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Bishop Taylor recognized Mr. Ken Howle, Executive Director of Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center, who welcomed Holston Annual Conference to Lake Junaluska. In his speech he stated that more United Methodist ministers have been ordained in Stuart Auditorium than in any one single place on earth! Bishop Taylor asked all who were involved in worship processional to go to the rear of the auditorium to process in for opening worship.
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As part of the worship event, Bishop Taylor and Del Holley, Conference Lay Leader, led the annual conference in a Litany for the Celebration of Unity as a Conference. Bishop Taylor preached and we closed the service with the sacrament of Holy Communion. • Liturgist – Mr. Dell Holley, Colonial Heights UMC in the Smoky Mountain District • Music Leader – Mr. Wesley Rouse, Fairview UMC in the Smoky Mountain District • Organist – Mr. Bryan K. Underwood, State Street UMC in the Clinch Mountain District • Musicians -Annual Conference Choir. The business session reconvened for business following the close of worship with Holy Communion. At 9:00 p.m., following a standing break, Bishop Taylor called us back to order. These persons were nominated from the floor of the Laity Session, and numbers have been assigned to each person for voting purposes: • 029 Alan Gorrell • 037 Gregg Benefiel • 030 Paige Morgan • 038 John Blakemore • 031 Betty Yeomans-Barton • 039 Corey Nelms • 032 Duke Dukart • 040 Catalee Crowe • 033 Anna Golladay • 041 Hannah Yarosh • 034 Jeff Weiss • 042 Danny Tullier • 035 Ryan Shelton • 043 Scott Burnette • 035 David Bowden • 044 Bobby Stair Conference Secretary Terry Goodman gave instructions for a first ballot. Each person is to vote for no more than six persons. Laity Ballot #01 General is taken. Clergy Ballot #01 General is taken. The session ended for the evening at 9:24 p.m. at the closing of Clergy Ballot #01 General.
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Members of the Annual Conference were invited to attend Devotion and Communion. Worship participants are as follows: • Devotion Leader & Communion Celebrant – Rev. Tony Collins, Burks UMC in the Scenic South District • Communion Assistant – Rev. Elizabeth Sullivan, Burks UMC in the Scenic South District • Music Leader – Mr. Wesley Rouse, Fairview UMC in the Smoky Mountain District • Organist – Mr. Bryan K. Underwood, State Street UMC in the Clinch Mountain District • Musicians – El Ministerio Del Espirito Santo UMC.
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Bishop Taylor called us to order and read results of Laity Ballot #01 General with a total of 552 ballots, 543 valid, 272 needed to elect, there is no election. Bishop Taylor read Clergy Ballot #01 General with 340 ballots, 338 valid, 170 needed for election, there is no election. Mic # 1: John Anderson (TR). Is there a way to have the votes put on the screen so you don’t have to read them? Bishop Taylor “I’ll take that into consideration.” Mic # 1: Charlie Harrison (SS) is it possible that the top 20 candidates, both laity and clergy be the only ones read. Bishop Taylor: You’re suggesting that it be by count and not number of votes. Charlie let me revise that to say that those with less than 50 not be read. Bishop Taylor, I thank you for that suggestion. Bishop Taylor recognized Beth Tiption Applaachian District…my motion would be that 10 or less votes not be read. A second was given. Bishop Taylor called for a standing vote. Motion prevailed. Bishop Taylor we have an order of the day that is about to happen, so I am trying to move us along. I have been advised that it takes about 30 minutes to take a ballot. I ask Rev. Brad Scott to present the report from Rules and Order. Report found on page 15 of your book of reports, let me say that I have a copy of Roberts Rules of Order that belonged to an aunt in my family, the last president of the women’s organization before the 1939 merger conference. Her name was Clara Tucker Perry. I want to give this to you as a symbol of the leadership of women in Holston Annual Conference. Rev. Scott presents book to Bishop Taylor. Committee reports the following: • Change Membership of the Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry in the section that deals with a member of the young adult team from 9 to one. This brings our numbers into proper alignment. That brings the membership into agreement with the total number of members exclusive of ex-officio members. • The Board of Lay Ministry needed to be updated due to our redistricting from 12 District Lay Leaders to 9 District Lay Leaders bringing the total membership to 22. • The total of the Nurture Team should be 17. • The Conference Council on Youth Ministries total membership should be 29 instead of 38. • Camp and Retreat Ministry should be 20 with the addition Camp and Community Site Director. • The total membership of the Committee on Episcopacy should be 15 with the addition of ex officio members. • The Committee on Petitions and Resolutions should have a total of 9 with the addition of the Conference Secretary as ex-officio. • We are voting to strike the sentence: “Committee members are elected for the quadrennium” since that is dealt with in the policy for nominations. • At the end of paragraph 1 in the section on procedures, in light of Book of Discipline ¶605.3 we felt we should add: “Attention shall be given to inclusiveness.” There will be a resolution brought before the annual conference at a later time this week that talks about adding a person of color to each conference team and committee. • In Section 3 programs and reports, paragraph 17: add language accommodating new business to comply with the procedures we have adopted previously to refer resolutions and petitions to the Committee on Petitions and Resolutions for a recommendation prior to bringing those items to a vote. I refer you to that updated language to see how it reads. • Strike wording in ¶21 as it is superfluous to a similar section in the by-laws.
III. DAILY PROCEEDINGS 43 That ends our report. Bishop Taylor: This is properly before you and you have heard the changes and recommendations that were made from the committee. Anyone wishing to speak to it…if not you would adopt the report as your Rules of Order I would ask you to stand. Rules are adopted as amended. Bishop Taylor: Our Head Teller has asked for permission to speak. Tony Collins comes to the podium. Unfortunately some of my tellers got excited and gave out some ballots before they were told to. If you have a laity ballot, please hold it up and someone will come and collect it from you. Bishop Taylor: It’s 10:05 and we have a special guest with us, Tim Hilton is here to speak on the topic of “The Addictive Mind”, please join me in welcoming our guest speaker. Mr. Hilton proceeded to conduct a plenary session for the annual conference. Bishop Taylor thanked him following his presentation. Bishop Taylor stated that we have had the opportunity to look deep inside someone’s soul and troubles. We do want to take a ballot while we are having lunch. Tony has asked that the tellers go to the back of the auditorium and get the ballots. We will do laity first. Bishop Taylor asked that the names of laity nominated from the floor to be shown. They will not be up while we are balloting. Would lay members of the annual conference please stand. Please be seated when you receive your ballot. Bishop Taylor gave instructions for marking the ballot as number 2 laity and general. You will vote for 6. If you vote for 7 it will not be valid….the ballot is closed. Bishop Taylor: Terry Goodman has an announcement to help the clergy as they cast their votes. Terry Goodman: We need to make sure that you realize that you do not vote for #341 Bishop Looney; #255 Kathy Heustess is still a member of the South Carolina Annual Conference and cannot be voted for in Holston; Kristin Burkhart, as I reported last night was accidentally listed twice. The correct number to vote for her is #67. Do not use #69, if you do then that vote will not count. Bishop Taylor: Are the tellers ready to pass out the clergy ballots? It’s Clergy Ballot #02 General. Ballots were collected and the ballot was closed. Bishop Taylor: I’d like to invite to the stage, Miss. Rebekah Berg to offer our closing prayer. I want you to know that today is her ninth birthday, will you join me in singing Happy Birthday to her. Rebecca closes our session with prayer. We adjourn for lunch.
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Following lunch, the annual conference convened to conduct the Memorial Service. The scripture for this service was John 11:25-26, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me will live, even though he dies. And whoever lives and believes in Me will never die.” The sermon, entitled, “The Healing of Getting Up”, was delivered by Reverend Catherine Clark Nance. The following names were read:
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Wesley Rouse called us back together with song, “When we All Get to Heaven” Bishop Taylor called the session to order and called upon the Conference Secretary, the Rev. Terry Goodman, to share an announcement and an explanation of a situation we have discovered. Rev Goodman: “It has come to my attention that there are some irregularities with the blue clergy name tags. According to ¶35 of our Constitution, those name tags should have been given to full or part time local pastors that had completed the Course of Study and served two years under consecutive appointment. They would also have been given to Provisional Elders or Deacons. In reality, the data that was pulled included full and part time pastors that had not met the criteria. And so the way for us to resolve this is to issue new name tags to Provisional Elders, Provisional Deacons, and I am told that the full and part time local pastors that met the criteria are covered by the green badges. So, if you are a provisional elder or provisional deacon, you need to make your way to the information desk, before the next vote. You will trade in your blue name tag and Tony will give you a new color. For the remainder of our time together, blue name tags will not be eligible to vote on matters related to the election of delegates to the General or Jurisdictional conferences. As a local pastor, however, you may continue to vote on those other matters that come before the annual conference. Let me reiterate: If you are a Provisional Elder or Provisional Deacon, I need you to go back and exchange your name tag for the new color and that will be a new voting color in addition to the green name tags.” Mic # 3: Ruth Ann Henley, associate member, Draper Circuit, New River, what should be my color…I believe I have the right to vote. Rev Goodman responds: “An associate member is eligible to vote for delegates to the General or Jurisdictional conference. You should have a green name tag. What color is your name tag? (It is blue.) We did not realize that associates were in that incorrect pull. Please go back and Tony will also issue you a new color name tag. So, Associates, Provisional Elders, and Provisional Deacons need to be issued a new colored name tag. Thank you for raising that question.” Mic # 3: Sam Reese Claiborne Cluster, I am a licensed local pastor and have been one for two years and have completed course of study via seminary… Bishop Taylor: You are a provisional elder…you were voted in by the clergy session that gives you the right to vote. Bishop Taylor: I have a report on the Laity Ballot #02 General with 565 ballots, 554 valid, 278 needed for election, there is no election. Bishop Taylor: Are the tellers in place? If you are laity rise to receive your ballot. This is Laity Ballot #03 General. You are voting for no more than 6...please stand to turn in your ballot…ballot is closed. Bishop Taylor stated the Conference Secretary has told her that the exchange of name tags has taken place. Bishop Taylor called for the next clergy ballot to be taken. This is Clergy Ballot #02 for General. Because of the irregularity, the previous ballot was invalidated. So this is Clergy Ballot #02 for General. If you have a green or purple name tag you should also stand to receive your ballot. Bishop Taylor: I have had a question asked. We did not report the ballot (#2) because it was invalid (due to name tag irregularities). We had a previous ballot that was invalid, but it did not result in an election of any kind, therefore, there is nothing lost. Bishop Taylor: If you are done voting please stand and give your ballots to the tellers. The ballot is closed.
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Mic # 4: Jack Berry (TV) Moved we go with the top twenty when reading Laity Ballot results. Amended to say persons with twenty or less votes not be read – By Debbie Hearn (SS) seconding vote – Motion Prevailed. Bishop Taylor rose to address the Annual Conference on the State of the Church. The headlines in the Chattanooga Times Free-Press yesterday read, “The Methodist Church is fracturing. A conference this weekend will help decide its future.” As you well know that has been the topic of conversation since the special called General Conference in February. For many of our members the decisions made were exactly where they believe the church should be concerning our understanding of human sexuality. For others it was a decision that excluded important members of our churches who are a part of the LGBT community. The more I have studied and prayed about the divisive nature of our church I have been drawn to Paul’s second letter to the church at Corinth chapter 12. I want to start at the 4th verse and read through verse 27. I realize this is a lot of scripture, but I think it speaks to the state of our church and I ask for your indulgence. II Corinthians 12:4-27 God’s various gifts are handed out everywhere; but they all originate in God’s Spirit. God’s various ministries are carried out everywhere; but they all originate in God’s Spirit. God’s various expressions of power are in action everywhere; but God himself is behind it all. Each person is given something to do that shows who God is: Everyone gets in on it, everyone benefits. All kinds of things are handed out by the Spirit, and to all kinds of people! The variety is wonderful: wise counsel clear understanding simple trust healing the sick miraculous acts proclamation distinguishing between spirits tongues interpretation of tongues All these gifts have a common origin, but are handed out one by one by the one Spirit of God. He decides who gets what, and when. 12-13
You can easily enough see how this kind of thing works by looking no further than your own body. Your body has many parts—limbs, organs, cells—but no matter how many parts you can name, you’re still one body. It’s exactly the same with Christ. By means of his one Spirit, we all said good-bye to our partial and piecemeal lives. We each used to independently call our own shots, but then we entered into a large and integrated life in which he has the final say in everything. (This is what we proclaimed in word and action when we were baptized.) Each of us is now a part of his resurrection body, refreshed and sustained at one fountain—his Spirit—where we all come to drink. The old labels we once used to identify ourselves—labels like Jew or Greek, slave or free—are no longer useful. We need something larger, more comprehensive.
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III. DAILY PROCEEDINGS 47 don’t deserve a place on the head,” would you want to remove it from the body? If the body was all eye, how could it hear? If all ear, how could it smell? As it is, we see that God has carefully placed each part of the body right where he wanted it. 19-24
But I also want you to think about how this keeps your significance from getting blown up into selfimportance. For no matter how significant you are, it is only because of what you are a part of. An enormous eye or a gigantic hand wouldn’t be a body, but a monster. What we have is one body with many parts, each its proper size and in its proper place. No part is important on its own. Can you imagine Eye telling Hand, “Get lost; I don’t need you”? Or, Head telling Foot, “You’re fired; your job has been phased out”? As a matter of fact, in practice it works the other way—the “lower” the part, the more basic, and therefore necessary. You can live without an eye, for instance, but not without a stomach. When it’s a part of your own body you are concerned with, it makes no difference whether the part is visible or clothed, higher or lower. You give it dignity and honor just as it is, without comparisons. If anything, you have more concern for the lower parts than the higher. If you had to choose, wouldn’t you prefer good digestion to full-bodied hair?
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Most people I talk to do not wish for our church to divide. I know there are voices that are calling for such division but I don’t believe that’s what most of us desire for our church. So how do we live together when we don’t agree with one another? I believe we must focus on the mission the church to make disciples. Disciples who follow Jesus, nothing more and nothing less. I witnessed the mission of the church being lived out in a powerful way when I had the privilege to go back to Wesley Memorial in Chattanooga this past Palm Sunday and celebrate their 75th anniversary. Rusty and I were the pastors there in 1994 at the 50th anniversary. Bishop Hunt came back to the place of his first appoint and helped us celebrate. 25 years have passed so quickly, Bishop Hunt is now in heaven. But at lunch after the worship service those of us gathered there were asked if any would like to share a memory. Several people got up and shared, and then a woman got up that I did not know. Her name is Reverend Anita Holland Pringle. She is a United Methodist Minister serving in the Mississippi Conference. She said as a child her parents started bringing her to Wesley Memorial. Anita’s parents never attended church, but they would drop her off and pick her up. She told about how the church loved her, encouraged her, and supported her. She testified that she would never be who she is today except for the love of Jesus she experienced at Wesley Memorial. I don’t when I have been more proud to be a United Methodist Christian as when I heard Anita’s testimony. Friends we can love little children, we can support your people, we can encourage those who struggle with sickness, and addiction. We can comfort the lonely and seek the lost. And we can do that and still not agree about everything. I wish I could give you the formula that would fix our division, but I don’t think there is a formula except to make the commitment to follow Jesus, and to love people into a relationship with Him. The way Wesley Memorial did for Anita. We can do that! And it is my prayer that we will continue to be the church that the Holy Spirit breathed into being at that first Pentecost. I invite you to remember “We are Christ’s body-that’s who we are, and we must never forget this!”
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Bishop Taylor asked the Lay Leader, Del Holley, to come forward to give the laity address on the state of the Church. He affirmed our common call to ministry through baptism. He thanked the Board of Laity and recognized them. He thanked Bishop Taylor for service on the Extended Cabinet. Bishop Taylor, lay and clergy members, guests, and friends of Holston Annual Conference: I greet you this day in the powerful name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, the one who was, and is, and is to come. It is a privilege for me to have these few minutes each year to share a word of challenge and encouragement with you and to remind you that each of us – lay and clergy alike – has been called to ministry in the Kingdom of God through our baptism. You can find the written report of the Conference Board of Lay Ministry on page 95 of the Book of Reports. I am thankful for the members of the Board of Lay Ministry. This group is comprised of District Lay Leaders, the Conference Director of Lay Servant Ministries, Conference presidents of United Methodist Women, Men, and Youth, and additional members-at-large. These people are leaders in their congregations and districts, and I appreciate their willingness to serve at the conference level as well. They inspire me with how hard they work, and I am convinced that the word “No” is not part of their vocabulary. I hope you will join me in thanking them for their service. I am also thankful for Bishop Taylor and the Extended Cabinet. It is a humbling experience for me to be a member of this team, and I am grateful for the opportunity to represent the laity of the annual conference in the cabinet’s deliberations and work. These are challenging times for The United Methodist Church. I have heard many people who are wiser and more experienced than me characterize this time in the history of our denomination as a “crossroads” moment. As I consider the congregations of Holston Conference, however, I can say without hesitation that you are reaching out in powerful, Holy Spirit-filled ways to your communities and the world at large. You feed the hungry, clothe the naked, minister to the sick and infirm, welcome the children, and serve those around you in innovative ways that bring honor and glory to God. You send mission teams to provide aid and comfort to persons stricken by poverty and natural disaster, and you pack buckets, boxes, and bags to help our brothers and sisters in Christ halfway around the world. You do it all with a joyful heart. For the many ways you fulfill the Great Commandment to love one another, I give thanks to God. Yesterday, in our churches back home and here at the lake, we celebrated the birth of the Church on the Day of Pentecost. The Scripture we read told the story of the Holy Spirit falling on a room in Jerusalem filled with people from around the world, and the miraculous way that God spoke to them in each one’s own language. The crowd was amazed and wanted to know what it all meant. Peter preached a stirring sermon to explain, and Luke reports that 3,000 people were saved. I think the preachers in this room will agree: that’s a good Sunday in any local church. What strikes me about the story, though, is what happened after the service was over. I’m interested in that because that is where you and I live, and move, and have our being – in the days after Pentecost. After the Spirit filled the room, after the word of God was proclaimed, after the altar call and the baptisms, the people didn’t form up a bunch of committees; they didn’t call a conference; they didn’t elect delegates or start working on a 5-year ministry plan. As important as those tasks may be to the church today, that wasn’t how the church in Peter’s time got started. Luke says that the people devoted themselves – to teaching, fellowship, breaking bread, and prayers. As the story of Acts continues to unfold, we see that the apostles – the leaders of the early church – devoted themselves as well. They preached; they ministered to the poor and the widows; they healed the sick; they traveled far and wide so that as many as possible would hear that God so loved the world that He gave His only Son that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. They
III. DAILY PROCEEDINGS 49 took seriously the Great Commission to do all those things in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and all the world. Because of the devotion of early believers, the church grew. Everywhere they went, people who heard the message of God’s love responded by surrendering their lives to Christ and committing themselves to becoming faithful citizens of the Kingdom of God. A few years later when Paul came along, he regularly encouraged Christians to diligently, zealously, and joyfully lead lives becoming of the gospel and pleasing to God. People of Holston Conference, I believe that God is calling us to devote ourselves today in the same way our ancestors in the faith did in the First Century. I believe that God is pleading with us to recommit ourselves to the mission of the church: to make disciples of Christ for the transformation of the world. God needs us to be ambassadors of Christ, proclaiming the message of salvation to lost and hurting people through our words and our actions. Now is not the time for us to be distracted by the storms swirling around us and pulling us down into a sea of doubt and fear. Now is the time to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, to rise up, and to boldly serve as agents of the Kingdom of God on earth! Two paths are before us. One is the way of joyful service, mission, and ministry, sharing the love of God, and nurturing brothers and sisters into the fellowship of all believers. The other way is fraught with peril. It is a way filled with worry, hand-wringing, and asking, “What is the future of the church?” We must avoid that path at all costs for God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control. Friends, I stand here today to tell you confidently that I know what the future of the church is – I have read the back of the book. The church is of God and shall endure to the end of time; even the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it. Come, Lord Jesus! So I challenge you today to choose the path of devotion, recommit yourself to sharing the good news of God’s love, claim the power of the Holy Spirit, that the Kingdom of God may come upon the earth. Thanks be to God! Amen. Bishop Taylor called for Jeff Lambert to present the CFA Budget (BOR page 65). He thanked the Conference for supporting the Conference Budget. He celebrated 545 churches for paying 10%. We ended the year with surplus in 2018 $439,114; $9,100,709 projected budget; 2% increase for Conference Staff and District Superintendent salary $106,280; Vote Tuesday around 4 p.m.; He told the Conference moving expense belongs on W-2 (This was just a presentation). Bishop Taylor read results of Laity Ballot #03 General with a total of 553 ballots, 547 valid, 247 needed to elect, with 322 votes Emily Ballard is elected. Bishop Taylor calls for Laity Ballot #04 General to be taken. Laura McLean - asked for Point of Personal Privilege to celebrate election of a young adult on the lay ballot as a first. Bishop Taylor recognized John Eldridge with the Committee on Resolutions & Petitions with a new business item that was submitted. He stated the Committee on Resolutions & Petitions will meet to review. Bishop Taylor read results of Clergy Ballot #02 General with a total of 332 ballots, 324 valid, 163 needed to elect, with 168 votes Kim Goddard is elected. Bishop Taylor calls for Clergy Ballot # 3 to be taken. Announcements were given by Conference Secretary Terry Goodman. Harper June Collins gave prayer and recessed was called.
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All of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is neither slave nor free; nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. (Galatians 3:27-28) As the Church of Jesus Christ enters its third millennium, women continue to heed the call to transform the Church and the world in the name of the One who names us and claims us all for witness, mission and earth-shaking transformation. As much as he was a product of his era—one admittedly marked by gender, class, religious, and community exclusion—Jesus Christ brought to us a ministry of transformational invitation. The Living Christ invited—and still invites—to a common table of grace, justice, and power, people who had never before been invited to the religious power tables, including women, cultural and religious minorities, social outcasts, and disreputable community sinners.1 And women, in claiming their voice in the new faith movement ignited by the Messiah, became leaders in expanding that movement and in pushing further for inclusion of Gentiles in what was then viewed as Jesus’ renewal of Judaism. Women, in fact, advocated for and sought to protect the inclusive equality of discipleship called forth by Jesus. In this way, they challenged the Jesus movement to remain true to the new vision of human relationship that Jesus initiated by extending its table fellowship, sharing the message of the coming reign of God and inviting Gentiles (non-Jews) to share in that reign.1 Jesus treated women with dignity and respect, challenged the conventional sexism of his day, and forever redefined the role of women in the church and society. As with many expressions of the Christian faith, it took The United Methodist Church and its forebears a while to capture Christ’s vision. In 1770, the first Methodist woman was appointed a class leader in the United States; in 1817, women were allowed to hold prayer meetings but denied a license to preach; in 1884 Anna Howard Shaw’s ordination by the Methodist Protestant Church was ruled out of order; and full voting rights for women in the Methodist tradition were not universally recognized until 1956. Since that time, however, God’s call to women as preachers, teachers, administrators, mission workers, treasurers, lay leaders, trustees, peace-with-justice advocates, voting rights’ workers, Christian educators, and evangelists has blown a fresh breath across the globe and throughout the Church on the wings of the Holy Spirit, despite the rise and fall of our denominational enthusiasm for addressing sexism, gender bias, prejudice, and bad theology. God has done great things with us and, sometimes, in spite of us. Among the victories celebrated throughout our denomination’s history: •
twenty-seven percent of United Methodist pastors in local churches today are women, compared with less than one in 100 in 1972;
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of the 66 active United Methodist bishops around the world, 13 are women; 11 in the US and 2 in central conferences. Of the US women bishops, nine are white and two are Latina. No other US racial-ethnic group is represented among women bishops. In 2012 the first woman bishop was elected to serve in Africa. Since 2012 there has been no black US woman among the active United Methodist US bishops;
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The United Methodist Church gave to the world the first African American (Leontine T. C. Kelly, 1984) and first Latina (Minerva Carcaño, 2004) bishops in mainline Christendom;
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women comprise half of all students enrolled in United Methodist seminaries and seeking ordination;
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United Methodist Women is the largest and most prolific mission working entity on behalf of women, children, and youth in our denomination, with ministries of education, discipleship, economic and social development, health care, advocacy, and empowerment in over 120 nations around the world.
In many ways The United Methodist Church has been a standard-bearer among Judeo-Christian faith communions in terms of full inclusion of women in the life, ministry, and witness of the institutional church and its regional and local expressions. However, if we ask, “Is The United Methodist Church a credible and reliable witness to Christ’s exemplary embrace of all women as valued, respected partners in the total institutional life and global witness and impact of the Church?”—the honest answer is not yet. We still fall short when it comes to living out the challenge of Galatians 3:27-28, which declares men and women are truly one in Christ. There are still areas of leadership, of professional ministry, of decision-making, and of areas of discipleship for which the Church will not trust, value, revere, or allot resources to women to the same degree as their brothers in the faith. Some recent examples include: •
a number of United Methodist congregations in 2007 still flatly refuse to accept a woman as senior pastor and are especially opposed to receiving a woman in a cross-racial clergy appointment. In 2006, a racialethnic clergywoman assigned to an Anglo church was allegedly menaced by members to dissuade her acceptance of the appointment. In another instance, laity threatened to leave the congregation unless the woman pastor wore a dress instead of slacks to prove she was “a real lady”;
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in a 2007 survey of local United Methodist congregations, 18 percent said they do not have women serving as ushers (an increase over 2004), and local church chairpersons of the church council, finance, and trustees are still overwhelmingly men and not women;
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United Methodist membership in the US is declining among young women (and men) and people of color, particularly among those in low-income communities;
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according to the most recent “Clergy Age Trends in The United Methodist Church 2014” report from the Lewis Center, the number of female elders under the age of 35 has increased from 38 percent in 2013 to 39 percent in 2014;
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a number of lay and clergy respondents to a survey on sexual harassment in the church mandated by the 2004 General Conference dismissed any ministries related to empowering women and addressing sexism as “political crap,” which “has nothing to do with spreading the good news of Jesus Christ”;
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a woman district superintendent reportedly was called a “bitch” when she disagreed with a male colleague during a meeting of the conference cabinet;
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several prominent Church leaders—including bishops—have joined with secular society in decrying “the tyranny of diversity” and retreating from the work of undoing racism and sexism;
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such things as: “We need to stop worrying about politics and focus on the gospel . . .” (that is, as long as the gospel is interpreted in a way that continues to privilege North Americans, white people, and males); and “We’ll accept a woman or person of color as long as she’s qualified” (Could this infer that white men are automatically assumed to be qualified and that women and people of color get their jobs because of some other criteria, not because of their gifts and talents?);
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the United Methodist Women’s national organization is under attack for having too much money and too much power in the hands of a women-controlled board of directors. Proposals by opponents include reducing the number of United Methodist Women directors who can also serve on the General Board of Global Ministries in the interest of “gender balance”;
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complaints of alleged sexual abuse of women by lay and clergy leaders in church settings are on the rise, according to the General Commission on the Status and Role of Women;
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women comprise 54 percent of total members of our denomination, yet account for less than 30 percent of ordained ministers, and only 27 percent of the top-paying offices in US annual conferences (treasurers, chancellors, and directors of connectional ministry);
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of 20 active bishops who oversee the work of the church in Europe, Africa, and the Philippines, only two are women.
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According to United Methodist theologian and ethicist Rosetta Ross, the defining characteristic of an authentic Christian community is that we love one another as God loves us. Such love is not a passive, merely personal emotion, but requires that we constantly strive to be in right relationship with one another, that we pursue justice and well-being for all, and that we be courageous in undoing that in the community that stymies the building of God’s beloved—and loving—community.2 In fact, Dr. Ross asserts that agapé love in the Christian understanding is love that “affirms the dignity and value of life,” and depends on the “interrelatedness of all relationships—intimate or corporate, public or private,” as expressed through the actions, practices, and behaviors of individuals and the corporate Christian community. “Whatever we love with the social love of agapé—our understanding of a particular movement; persons living in war zones or without clean drinking water; communities of which we are a part; the cause of justice; or the natural beauty of creation—is evident in our expressions of faithful attentiveness to it,” concludes Dr. Ross, who is also a South Carolina United Methodist clergywomen. The United Methodist Church, as a community conceived as a corporate expression of Christ’s love for us all, has declared its belief in the full equality of women and its desire to embrace women, and has historically decried institutional sexism in all forms in every corner of the world. Yet, we are still on the journey to faithful living; to “walking our talk”; to emulating Jesus’ model of turning convention on its ear in favor of doing God’s new thing when it comes to engaging women as universally respected, full participants in every aspect of our corporate and congregational lives. We are still living into what it means to extend agapé love to all the daughters and sons of God, beyond the historic patriarchy and misogyny that has marred full participation of women in church and society. Our reliability as an agency of God’s love assumes that we are paying attention to one another and we are seeking to empower, to unshackle, to raise up those who are still oppressed, repressed, derided, treated as “less than.” This agapé love seeks to make the world better through persistently affirming all life, and we are willing to call all people and systems—including our own denomination—to account for how we either empower or repress the children of God. Agapé love fears no risk of ridicule or of interrupting business as usual. In fact, God’s love requires that we act, even if it means taking positions that are uncomfortable, unpopular, inconvenient, or even frightening. Further, it requires courage. To quote Dr. Ross, “We are behaving courageously when we have the resolve to take the actions and create the context needed for overcoming challenges we face in seeking to be faithful to what we love and are committed to.” Until we fully affirm the dignity and value, the contributions, the theological perspectives, the concerns, the hopes, the recommendations, and even the discourse of and among women, The United Methodist Church will not be adequately equipped to make of all disciples, to carry a word of hope and peace and love to a broken world, and to demonstrate our authenticity as the incarnation of the life-transforming and barrier-breaking body of Christ. We therefore ask the General Conference to recommit The United Methodist Church to fulfilling the following recommendation as we continue our journey toward dismantling sexism in the church and inviting all women from every station to share in God’s welcome table, by challenging the denomination to: 1. Listen anew to women, with new emphasis on women of color. The experiences of racial-ethnic women in the United States and women from The United Methodist Church in Africa and the Philippines mirror the parables and other Gospel stories of triumph over obstacles, being strangers in a strange land, reinterpreting familiar stories for new disciples, and bringing our talk about love and justice in line with our walk, especially as the Church also exists in a society that is still racist and sexist. We ask the general agencies to create evangelistic tools, programs, educational materials, networks, and opportunities to empower women in the church and society, including specific resources for and leadership opportunities offered to women under 35, racialethnic women in the United States, women from nations beyond the United States, women in recovery from addiction, divorced women, professional women, farm women, and skeptical-about-the-church women. We further urge church growth teams to include women from these groups in order to help the Church focus more on being a vibrant movement in people’s lives instead of just a religious institution. In our leadership development at all levels, the Church must put energy, resources, skill and prayerful action into engaging new women in lay and clergy leadership.
III. DAILY PROCEEDINGS 53 2. Champion economic parity and justice, beginning in our own communities. Our largely Western-focused denomination must witness in our giving and our living to the power of agapé by working actively for the well-being of all people. This is particularly critical in our work with women around the world who, with their children, are more likely than any other demographic group to live in poverty; to lack access to adequate health care, housing, and education; and to lack political power sufficient to transform systems. The United Methodist Church must lead the way by valuing the comparable work and worth of women in our churches, agencies, and related entities, and by championing such things as affordable child care and health care, pay equity, financial aid, and educational support for single women in Africa and the Philippines. Each agency and annual conference should report to the 2012 General Conference on how they have engaged women, including women of color, women from Africa and the Philippines, and women under 35. 3. Evangelize and identify, recruit, and develop leaders among women. In recent years, some church pundits have claimed that Christian churches have become “too feminized,” and therefore irrelevant and unappealing to men. However, these same observers fail to consider that even with decades of male-only leadership among churches, and even in the face of narrow and misogynist misreading of the Bible to exclude and blame them for human sin, many women have continued to stay actively and joyfully involved in the life of the institutional Church. We challenge general agencies and annual conferences to include in church growth and new discipleship strategies efforts to reach women of color, young women, poor women, career women, teen girls, older women, immigrant women, women survivors of violence, women in prison, women leaving prison, women seeking, women rearing children on limited incomes, etc. 4. Adopt a posture of “no tolerance” to sexual violence, harassment, and abuse in church and society. According to some estimates by denominational advocates and legal experts, The United Methodist Church has paid more than $50 million from 2000 to 2004 in legal fees, counseling, mediation, and reparations related to sexual misconduct and abuse in church settings committed by lay and clergy. While sexual misconduct can impact anyone and be perpetrated by anyone, most cases involve men as offenders and women and children as victims. If women cannot trust the Church to believe them, protect them from abuse, and offer them clear justice when abuse happens, it again calls into question the authenticity of the Church’s witness. It could suggest to them that the Church—and, by extension, God—does not care about, want, or value the participation of women. We call on the Council of Bishops to collaborate with the General Commission on the Status and Role of Women to continue to develop and enforce effective policies, laws, and practices and consistent application of those policies and practices to reduce risk of misconduct and offer swift and just recompense and remediation for victims when abuse happens. 5. Engage women in theological exploration and shaping and teaching church doctrine. There is no one women’s perspective or women’s theology or women’s view of Christianity. What is common among many women in The United Methodist Church, however, is that their participation in theological discourse is typically treated as “in addition to” the “classical” biblical and theological teachings. Feminist/womanist/mujerista perspectives are often considered subversive and treated as suspect. Discussions of gender-inclusive language, reading the Hebrew and Greek text through women’s eyes, and liberation theology—especially as discussed by women— are regarded by many as a threat to the Christian faith, instead of new and perhaps even more authentic perspectives on it. Further, laywomen and clergywomen in local parishes often do not see themselves as theologians, with as much right to explore Scripture, to embrace the gospel anew, and to offer their learnings to the wider Church. We urge the denomination to affirm the importance of women’s perspectives in theological discussions in the denomination, and we applaud the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry for its Women of Color Scholarship Program that empowers and engages women of color in theological education and discourse. Further, we ask that the board monitor United Methodist seminaries for inclusion of women’s theological perspectives as expressed in the number of tenured faculty, etc. Also, we invite the General Commission on the Status and Role of Women to create curricula for local churches with teaching tools on inclusive language, sexism, creating a girl-friendly church, and myths about women and church leadership. And we ask active members of the Council of Bishops to study with pastors and lay leaders in their respective annual conferences on the history of women as preachers and teachers in the church, using “Women Called to Ministry,” a six-part curriculum developed by the General Commission on the Status and Role of Women and the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, and available at www.gcsrw.org.
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6. Create a “report card” on overcoming sexism for each agency and annual conference. The General Commission on the Status and Role of Women shall create sufficient monitoring tools, focus-group interviews, desk audits and surveys, along with baseline standards in order to evaluate the progress of each annual conference and each general agency in terms of full participation of women, dismantling institutional sexism, and addressing sexual misconduct. Recommended resources: www.gcsrw.org, www.umsexualethics.org; The Journey Is Our Home: A History of the General Commission on the Status and Role of Women, by Carolyn Henninger Oehler, 2005; 2008 Resolutions #2044, “Sexual Misconduct Within Ministerial Relationships,” and #2045, “Eradication of Sexual Harassment in Church and Society.” ADOPTED 2008 AMENDED AND READOPTED 2016 RESOLUTION #3442, 2012 BOOK OF RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION #3443, 2008 BOOK OF RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION #190, 2004 BOOK OF RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION #180, 2000 BOOK OF RESOLUTIONS See Social Principles, ¶ 163. 1. An End to This Strife: The Politics of Gender in African American Church by Demetrius K. Williams, Augsburg Fortress Press, 2004. 2. “Blazing Trails and Transcending Boundaries Through Love: Women of Color and ‘Religious Work’” by Rosetta E. Ross, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Spelman College, Atlanta Georgia, 2006. From “The Book of Resolutions of The United Methodist Church 2016.” Copyright 2016 by The United Methodist Publishing House. Used by permission. Whereas we ask the Holston Annual Conference to recommit the Holston Annual Conference to fulfilling the calling outlined in Social Principles #163 that was amended and readopted 2016 and to overall: Listen anew to women, with emphasis on women of color, champion economic parity and justice, beginning in our own communities, evangelize and identify, recruit, and develop leaders among women, adopt a posture of “no tolerance” to sexual violence harassment, and abuse in church and society, engage women in theological exploration and shaping and teaching church doctrine, and create a “report card” on overcoming sexism for each agency and annual conference. Whereas we ask the Holston Annual Conference to fully embrace women, both clergy and laity entirely within every aspect of the Holston Annual Conference. Therefore be it resolved, that the Holston Conference Committee on the Role and Status of Women be the leaders in helping the Holston Conference champion the quest to dismantle systems of oppression by actively inviting all women to participate fully in the life of the Holston Conference at all levels. Be it resolved, we encourage the Bishop and Cabinet to appoint women to be senior pastors at the larger churches in the conference. Be it resolved, that local churches should be encouraged to recognize the lack of female leadership in the local church and seek to select women as lead pastors as well as chairs of various committees. Be it resolved, that a Gender Sensitivity & Full Women Inclusion Training be available to all churches, SPRC’s, conference leadership, clergy, and laity in the Holston Conference once per quadrennial. Therefore be it further resolved that the Holston Conference be committed to the full implementation of the guiding social principles as recorded in the Book of Resolutions: Every Barrier Down: Toward Full Embrace of All Women in Church and Society in full expression of our commitment to diversity and inclusion. Submitted, Rev. Sharon L. Bowers, Chairperson, Committee on Status and Role of Women in the Church
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Resolutions & Petitions Resolution #2 Barbara Doyle “Black Methodist for Church Renewal”, calling for a person of color to be on each team, group, etc. Recommended to be adopted by Committee on Resolutions & Petitions; Debbie Hearn (SS) made an editorial correction; Dan Young (SS) asked if this is this all ethnic groups; Barbara Doyle (CM) answered “Yes”; the resolution passed by show of hands.
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Whereas we, (the Black Methodist for Church Renewal-BMCR) believe that the Holston Conference would be better severed by the “inclusion” of at least one person of color serving on all conference committees, ad hoc committees, teams, taskforces, cabinet, extended cabinet and any and all leadership groups. We believe inclusion, diversity and “A Seat at Every Table” is critical to the success of the conference and helps to eradicate the sin of racism. Whereas we believe that every racial and ethnic person has a right to have a seat at the table: Rights of Racial and Ethnic Persons-“Racism is the combination of the power to dominate by one race over other races and a value system that assumes that the dominant race is innately superior to the others. Racism includes both personal and institutional expressions, attitudes, and/or behaviors that accept the assumptions of racial value system and that maintain the benefits of this system ... Therefore, we recognize racism as sin and affirm the ultimate and temporal worth of all persons. We rejoice in the gifts that particular ethnic histories and cultures bring to our total life”. (2016 Book of Discipline: Social Principles: II: THE NURTURING COMMUNITY (161) p. 110-162- A). Whereas we believe the Holston Conference nominating committee, cabinet and extended cabinet and all appointing entities should make these appointments in consultation with Black Methodist For Church Renewal (BMCR) and the Holston Conference African American Task Force and people of ethnic decent already serving in leadership positions. Whereas the BMCR in cooperation with the Holston Annual Conference is willing to provide a list of clergy and laity who arc available to serve in an)’ capacity as not to slow up the process. Whereas we believe this combined effort will be the BMCR and Holston Conference’s answer to the clarion call to inclusiveness and be a Christ like example of what the Book of Discipline means when it states: “We recognize that God made all creation and saw that it was good. As diverse people of God who bring special gifts and evidences of God’s grace to the unity of the Church and to society, we are called to be faithful to the example of Jesus’ ministry to all persons.” (The Mission and Ministry of the Church: Section VI: Called to Inclusiveness (140) page 101). Whereas the BMCR of the Holston Conference calls for an intentional inclusiveness within our conference: “Inclusiveness means openness, acceptance, and support that enable all persons to participate in the life of the Church, the community, and the world; therefore, inclusiveness denies every semblance of discrimination. The services of worship of every local church of The United Methodist Church shall be open to all persons”. “The mark of an inclusive society is one in which all persons are open, welcoming, fully accepting, and supporting of all other persons, enabling them to participate fully in the life of the church, the community, and the world”. (The Mission and Ministry of the Church Section VI: Called to Inclusiveness (140) page 101). Whereas to “The United Methodist Church inclusiveness means the freedom for the total involvement of all persons who meet the requirements of The United Methodist Church Book of Discipline, in the membership and leadership of the Church at any level and in every place”. (The Mission and Ministry of the Church Section VI: Called to Inclusiveness (140) page 101). Now therefore, be it resolved that the BMCR requests that the Holston Conference adopt and implement our policy, “A Seat At Every Table” as a way to ensure that persons of color in the Holston conference are fully included in the workings of the conference, posses empowered leadership and work together to eradicate racism.
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Be it further resolved that the Holston Conference Black Methodist for Church Renewal asks the Holston Annual Conference to support the efforts to “A Seat At Every Table” by embodying inclusivity and diversity with the implementation of language that supports the “inclusion” of at least one person of color serving on all conference committees, ad hoc committees, teams, taskforces, cabinet, extended cabinet and any and all leadership groups. Holston Conference Black Methodist for Church Renewal ~ Rev. Dr. Barbara Doyle, Chairperson Resolutions & Petitions Resolution #3 Stephanie Strucker et al Holston Conference Resolution “In Ministry Together” bringing attention to resistance from LGBTQAI+, disagreeing with Traditional Plan of General Conference, the Committee on Resolutions & Petitions did not come to an consensus but thought it might be able to express themselves. Richard (NR) spoke against, Danny (SS) of St. Elmo spoke for, Tim Best (TV) spoke to having this printed and delaying discussion to a later time. Motion to table until available in print second vote was standing vote. The Motion prevailed.
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Whereas, the Special Session of the General Conference of the United Methodist Church, convened in February 2019 adopted the Traditional Plan as its way forward. Whereas, the Traditional Plan continues to treat UMC LGBTQIA+ members as less than equal members and outlaws same sex marriage. Whereas, the Traditional Plan creates severely punitive measures for clergy who are gay and clergy who perform same sex weddings. Whereas, many persons believe the Traditional Plan has created harm and should be rejected. Therefore, be it Resolved that the Holston Annual Conference disagrees with the decision of the 2019 General Conference in passing the Traditional Plan and apologizes for the harm it has caused the body of Christ. Sincerely submitted, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Stephanie Armbrister Strutner Suzanne Sherman Pat Bellingrath Marc Gamble Rick Armbrister, Sr. Will Johnson Ginny West Case Luke Ihnen Karla Kurtz Margaret Dempster Bell Richard Armbrister, Jr. Danny Tullier Laurie McNeece Daniel Young Anna Golladay Keith Walker
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Stephanie Baker Jean Pearson Galyon Rev. Jim Bailes Deban Yeomans-Barton Ginger Holladay Gene Flinter Sandra Flinter Zayna Trammell Larry Danner Terrye Danner Judy V. Thompson Brad Thompson Fran Wheeler Jana S. Davison James Lamar Caroline Lamar
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Lindsey Buchanan Blackwell Rebecca Ellis Yarosh Meredith Weaver Kevin Gaddis Lala McKinney Smith Phillip Sherman Chris Sneed JoAnn Siddens Armbrister Naomi Asher Ryan Asher Jeff Kile Nancy Dreyer Kile Jim Michal Sheila Michal Owen Driskell Jenny Driskell Chelse Stevens Angela Ellis Roberts Hannah Berkley Rachael Barnett Rachel Watson Cody Alan Quillen Roger McNeece Barbara (Bobbie) Hodges Rev. Valerie Ohle Seth O’Kegley Rev. Brandon Berg Breanne Hubbard Sue Dietz Dale Dietz Celia Ferguson Cheri Harr Donald Rickels Nellie Blanton
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Tresa Childs Janice D. Hixson Beverly Smith Judy Grubb Jim Grubb Katie Logan Troy Logan Marilyn Cheek Courtney Valentine Rev. Charles Neal Brenda Neal Ann Reego Elizabeth (Betty) Craig Laura Wallace Rev. Ashley Helton Shannon Bowers Wilson Leanna Johnson Matt Strutner Sarah Burtch J.R. Hertwig Verna B. McClain Dr. Len Bellingrath Phyllis Eldridge Butch Robertson Rebecca Robertson Suzanne H. Freeman Donald W. Freeman Ray Smith Shirley Smith David G. Craig Rebekah Robertson Butch Robertson Leanna Cate Rev. Brandon Berg
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Edie Jo Hall Emily Walker Harold Holbert Jeanne Morales Russ Adkisson Joe Van Cleave Lisa Hancock Kathryn King Lee Ann Guinn Hall Laurie Craig Julya Johnson Emalie Love Dockery Rev. Nicole Krewson Bob Johnson Blake Valentine Jonathan Cooper Rev. Peggy L. Meade Annette Flynn Nathan Rowell Janie Dempster Karen Sterchi Cole Piper Sue Piper Angela Simmons Sarah Goins Rev. Stephen Overall Joanna O’Hagan Rev. Janet Edwards Caroline Mason Jenny McCloud Sherry Cunningham Thomas A. Callcott Rev. Sarah Varnell Rev. Asa Majors
Bishop Taylor read aloud Laity Ballot #04 General with a total of 555 ballots, 542 valid, 272 needed to elect, with 295 votes Del Holley is elected. Bishop Taylor calls for Laity Ballot #05 General to be taken. Bishop Taylor gave a benediction to close the day’s session.
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Morning Worship and Holy Communion, led by Rev. Leah Burns and Rev. Tim Paul. The morning session was called to order Bishop Taylor. Bishop Taylor read aloud Laity Ballot #05 General with no election. Bishop Taylor called for Laity Ballot #06 General to be taken. Bishop Taylor read results of Clergy Ballot #03 General with some confusion resulting from the reading because some names previously receiving high numbers of votes were missing from the report. Head teller Tony Collins provided updated results, which were read. Bishop Taylor explained the problems with the Scantron machine, which is broken. The tellers are hand-counting the ballots. They had all the results for Clergy Ballot #03 General, but the results were not all transferred to the list. They are doubleand triple-checking the results before she shares the list again.
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In the interim, Bishop Taylor recognized Rev. Ray Amos to present the Denman Evangelism Awards. Mr. Harry Denman’s primary purpose was to lead people to Christ, and this Award from the Foundation for Evangelism recognizes persons who make a significant impact in leading people to Christ. Laity – Dennis Ashley (AP), Clergy – Robin Kyek (TV), Youth – Nathan Roark (CM). Bishop Taylor called on Rev. Magan Stubblefield for the Report from Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry. Magan said the full report for Board of Higher Education and Ministry can be found in the BOR page 91. Rev. Stubblefield said the Board of Higher Education is grateful to Holston Conference for all the work done with young people, and they are especially grateful for Holston’s faithful, gifted chaplains and campus ministers. Rev. Stubblefield invited Rev. Caleb Frazier and Dr. Hayden Scott to present the Francis Asbury Award. The recipient of the Francis Asbury Award for 2019 is Rev. John Ousley. John has served as both the Director of Camp Dickenson and the Director of the ETSU Wesley Foundation during his ministry in Holston and has impacted many youth and young adults. Bishop Taylor asked the body to grant Head Teller Tony Collins privilege to make a report to the body. The counting was done, they had all the numbers; however, they simply failed to transfer a few of the numbers to the final list for Clergy Ballot #03 General. Bishop Taylor read results of Clergy Ballot #03 General with a total of 301 ballots, 296 valid, 149 needed to elect, with 157 votes Robert Wilson Cantrell is elected. Bishop Taylor calls for Clergy Ballot #04 General to be taken. Rev. Beth Tipton spoke on behalf of the Wesley Foundations of Holston Conference. John Wesley went to college in 1729, and he had a good time! And he began the first campus ministry while he was at Oxford with his Holy Club. Rev. Tipton thanked Holston and said, “We are here: UTC, UTK, UVA-Wise, Radford, and ETSU. The Wesley Foundations thank Holston for your support. On behalf of Beth, Keith, Martee, Sharon, and John … thank you, Holston!” Bishop Taylor recognized Dr. Jake Schrum, President of Emory & Henry College. Dr. Harley Knowles, President of Tennessee Wesleyan University, joined him at the podium. Dr. Schrum has been President of Emory & Henry College for 6 years and is retiring at the end of June. The new President of Emory & Henry College will be John Wells, and he will be here next year. His grandfather and father were Holston Conference clergy; his grandmother was a housemother at Emory & Henry College. He has also served churches in Holston Conference, so he has Holston ties. Dr. Schrum and Dr. Knowles led the conference in a time of silence in remembrance of Hiwassee College. Bishop Taylor invited Betty Furches to come and speak on behalf of Hiwassee College, which she recognized as a daunting task. She shared snippets of stories from the 170-year history of Hiwassee, many of which were about humorous antics of students. For 170 years, Hiwassee has made an impact. Many Holston clergy came through Hiwassee College, including Rev. William “Bill” Carter. Hiwassee made an impact. People came for many reasons, and God welcomed them. Today we recognize the goodness of 170 years. Betty asked persons who attended or taught at Hiwassee to please stand. And now the tradition must continue through Emory & Henry and Tennessee Wesleyan. Rev. Furches offered a prayer of thanksgiving for Hiwassee College, which closed in May 2019. Bishop Taylor recognized Rev. Kim Goddard and Mr. Del Holley to give a Delegation Report of the special called session of General Conference. Mr. Holley gave the report related to Petitions and Judicial Council rulings.
III. DAILY PROCEEDINGS 59 2 petitions passed amending Book of Discipline paragraphs related to denominational retirement funds to help insure long-term sustainability of the retirement programs A bundle of petitions known as the “Traditional Plan” were adopted As originally filed with the Commission on a Way Forward report, the TP was comprised of 17 separate petitions In October 2018, the Judicial Council ruled that 7 of those petitions were unconstitutional 2 of the petitions were referred to the Standing Committee on Central Conference Matters and were not approved for consideration by the plenary session The plenary did consider a bundle of 15 petitions One of the unconstitutional petitions was amended during floor debate All 15 petitions received a majority vote of the General Conference Further Judicial Council review Motion for declaratory decision approved by General Conference (only required 1/5 vote in favor) Judicial Council received briefs from 21 interested General Conference delegates Judicial Council ruled on April 25 – Decision #1378 Primary issue was severability – Since the Traditional Plan was adopted in a single vote, if any of the petitions were unconstitutional, would that make the entire plan unconstitutional? Judicial Council ruled that the constitutional petitions were not dependent upon the unconstitutional petitions for implementation of the Plan, so the constitutional petitions are valid changes to the Book of Discipline 6 of the petitions previously ruled unconstitutional were found to be unconstitutional again The petition that was amended before it passed still had constitutional defects and was ruled unconstitutional as amended The 8 remaining petitions that passed were found to be constitutional Effective Book of Discipline changes Footnote to Paragraph 304.3 clarifies that the term “self-avowed practicing homosexual” includes a person living in a same sex marriage or civil union or who publicly states that he/she is a practicing homosexual Paragraph 304.5 prohibits District Committees on Ordained Ministry and Conference Boards of Ordained Ministry from approving or recommending any person for candidacy, licensing, commissioning or ordination who does not meet the qualifications of Paragraph 304.1-.3 (which includes being a self-avowed practicing homosexual) and requires the presiding bishop to rule any such motion for approval or recommendation made in the clergy session out of order Paragraph 415.6 prohibits a bishop from consecrating as bishop, commissioning as deacon or elder, ad ordaining as deacon or elder any person who is a self-avowed practicing homosexual Paragraphs 362.1e and 413.3d regarding complaints against a clergy person or bishop require a copy of the written reasons for dismissal of such complaint to be given to the complainant Paragraphs 362.1, 413.3c, 2701.5, and 2706.5.c.3 regarding just resolution of complaints require that just resolution agreements must state all identified harms and how they will be addressed by the church and other parties to the complaint Paragraphs 362.1c, 413.3c, 2701.5, and 2706.5.c.3 regarding just resolution of complaints require that the complainant be made a party to the resolution and that every effort be made to have the complainant agree with the resolution
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Disaffiliation petition (A/K/A “gracious exit”) Petition approved by General Conference adds new Paragraph 2553 Allows disaffiliation from the denomination “for reasons of conscience regarding a change in the requirements and provisions of the Book of Discipline related to the practice of homosexuality or the ordination or marriage of self-avowed practicing homosexuals as resolved and adopted by the 2019 General Conference, or the actions or inactions of its annual conference related to these issues” New Paragraph has a sunset date of December 31, 2023 Requires a called church conference to consider disaffiliation; 2/3 majority vote of professing members present required to approve disaffiliation Requires a written disaffiliation agreement between the withdrawing congregation and conference board of trustees Allows the property of the withdrawing congregation to be freed from the trust clause upon payment of all conference apportionments for the current year plus an amount equal to an additional year of conference apportionments and payment of the congregation’s share of any unfunded pension liability of the annual conference; payment in full of these amounts is required prior to disaffiliation The withdrawing congregation or its successor in interest must assume all liability for its outstanding debts prior to disaffiliation Judicial Council Decision #1379 clarified that disaffiliation pursuant to this Paragraph is a 3-step process o
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Effective date of adopted legislation January 1, 2020 in the United States 12 months after General Conference 2020 Del Holley concluded his remarks by saying if people have specific questions to please ask him after a session, and he will be glad to try to help people understand. He then spoke from his heart about his personal experience at the called 2019 General Conference session. There were wonderful moments; there were moments of deep pain. Please continue to pray for our church. Rev. Kim Goddard thanked Del for his excellent explanation to the highly technical things that transpired. Del has given you, as he always does, a wonderful explanation of the legislation that was enacted at General Conference 2019.
III. DAILY PROCEEDINGS 61 The first thing I must do is thank you for your prayers, your encouragement and your support of the delegation, especially over the past year. One of the lay members from my district called soon after Annual Conference last year to tell me she carried the picture of the delegation in her bible, cut from of one of the editions of The Call. She said she laid hands on our pictures and prayed for us every day and she intended to do this each day through the called General Conference. Through the year I received several notes from her to let me know she was still praying. I heard stories like that so many times over the year that I started asking people not to stop praying for us “cold turkey” after General Conference. I asked they at least taper off in their prayers because I felt I would disintegrate into dust if I were suddenly and abruptly “on my own again.” I also want to thank you for your engagement – Over 2,500 of you attended the informational gatherings held around the conference prior to the called General Conference in February. You listened and were interested. You asked questions and offered suggestions. You were engaged and passionate. Then, over 3,000 of you attended the 3/3@3 gatherings held in every district at 3pm on the Sunday after General Conference. Together we were briefed on General Conference, and more importantly we worshiped and shared in communion. It was nothing short of magnificent. I am not going to try to give an account of what happened at General Conference or since, there have been plenty of articles written about that already. Instead, I will make a few observations...but first I have a request. I ask that you give me grace – I’m going to need it, because these are tender times and we are super sensitive about the words we use with one another. Let me just say upfront, my INTENTION is not to be hurtful or derogatory to anyone – If I get the words wrong, please look for the meaning through my feeble attempts to say it right. Observation 1 – Jim’s granddad said, “If two people agree on everything, one of them is not necessary.” – Well then we must all be necessary, every one of us in this room, because we sure don’t agree on everything! Observation 2 – We all love the church, we love each other and we want what is best for the church and one another. – It was nothing short of awe inspiring at General Conference to spend a day in prayer for the church, praying for God’s leading and direction, and hearing about ministry around the world as each of five areas of the world were highlighted. Amazing things are taking place in every part of the world touched by the United Methodist Church. Our ministries make a difference in the lives of people! Observation 3 – Our denomination is doing harm. And when our first General Rule is John Wesley’s admonition to “do no harm,” that’s a big deal. We do harm to persons in our church who affirm they are a person of one book .... and that one book is not the Book of Discipline, ..... it is the Bible. The Bible they read and study, earnestly, honestly, prayerfully, passionately, and interpret its meaning.... as the church has interpreted through most of its history... that the practice of homosexuality is contrary to the will of God for humanity. It is the practice, not the person, that violates scripture, but they are being labeled as the trouble-makers who refuse to at least “agree to disagree” or “live and let live”. For a year and half before General Conference, we prayed for God to lead us, for God’s will to be done; and as soon as the traditional plan passed there were vows and actions to resist and reject. Can we not see how that is hurtful?
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Observation 4 – Our Denomination may be broken, but our local churches are not. Our annual conference is not. And there are some things we can do. No one in this room can say were we might find ourselves in 1 or 2 or 10 years, but we can determine how we arrive. 1) We can concentrate on our mission. Making disciples, isn’t that what we WANT to do, what we LONG to do?? -- What if we decided here and now, to concentrate on attacking the opioid crisis with as much energy as we attack each other? We are not the enemy – the last time I checked, Satan was the enemy – the one we are supposed to be attacking! 2) We can concentrate on the things we do best – When I left General Conference I knew I HAD to get back to my home church. I HAD to worship on Sunday with the people who know me and love me, those who are my family. For all the struggles and shifting of the last week at General Conference, I HAD TO KNOW there was a place where the ground was solid beneath my feet. A place where things had not changed, where the foundation was still firm. Then I joined my district at 3pm that Sunday afternoon, and St Paul UMC in Wytheville, VA was packed. The choir loft was full, the balcony overflowing, and people even sitting in the windows. We were there to worship and we knew others in every district across the Annual Conference were doing the same. For me, it was like a long drink of life-giving water at the end of a desert journey. We know how to worship and we do it best when we are together. 3) We can talk to each other – instead of around and about each other. What if we covenanted not to post or repost anything on social media about the division in our church? We can private message that stuff if we must, or at least limit it to pages and places dedicated to those discussions. What if we only posted those things that would help us in our effort to win people to a relationship with Jesus Christ, things that cultivated our own relationship with Jesus AND with others. 4) We can’t do anything to change the discipline here, that is not the work of the Annual Conference, so let’s give space. Give space and grace to the other side. What ever the other side is, because the other side wants the same thing you do. Let them meet and try to figure it out.
III. DAILY PROCEEDINGS 63 You meet and try to figure it out. And maybe someone can move us forward. Go home and be the church, and know your local church is not broken. What if we threw our labels, our buttons and badges, in a heap and just declared we were followers of Jesus? What if LGBTQ+ members were just allowed to be members instead of an issue? What if traditionalist members were just allowed to be members and were not labeled as homophobic or bigoted? What if we acknowledged that Liberals love and honor the authority of scripture, And Conservatives love and honor the sacred worth of all people? What if we left here committed to walk so close behind Jesus that we are covered in the dust from his sandals, and we all look the same because we start to look so much like him? Sunday was Pentecost Sunday, when the Spirit hovered over a group of people in an upper room, who surely did not agree on everything, but who were there because Jesus commanded them to go and watch and wait and pray for what came next. That is where we find ourselves today. We are gathered in this room. Dare we make this the place where we commit to return to our churches, to watch and wait and pray and work for a fresh movement of the spirit, directing us to God’s next faithful step? Not because we already agree, but because this is what he told us to do? Oh, come Holy Spirit! Standing ovation. Bishop Taylor asked if we will receive this report, would we please say Amen. The conference responded with a very loud Amen! Bishop Taylor noted that we have an order of the day, our Retirement Recognition, and she called for a stand-up break as the retirees made their way to the stage.
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Glimpses of their years of ministry were shared via video memories from the retirees. Bishop Taylor led Rev. Brenda Carroll and Rev. Clayton Farmer in the Passing of the Mantle. Bishop Taylor asked retirees to remain on stage. Bishop Taylor read results of Laity Ballot #06 General with a total of 589 ballots, 581 valid, 292 needed to elect, with 300 votes Anne Travis is elected. Bishop Taylor calls for Laity Ballot #07 General to be taken. Bishop Taylor read results of Clergy Ballot #04 General with a total of 362 ballots, 357 valid, 180 needed to elect, there is no election. Bishop Taylor calls for Clergy Ballot #05 General to be taken. Bishop Taylor invited Ella Brown to the microphone, and she offered our closing prayer and blessing and we are on lunch break.
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The afternoon session was called to order with the singing of Hymns. Bishop Taylor read results of Laity Ballot #07 General with a total of 397 ballots, 390 valid, 196 needed to elect, with 207 votes John Eldridge is elected. Bishop Taylor calls for Laity Ballot #08 General to be taken. Bishop Taylor read results of Clergy Ballot #05 General with an election of Kristen Burkhart. Bishop Taylor calls for Clergy Ballot #06 General to be taken. Appreciation was expressed for tellers. Bishop recognized Andy Ferguson, who moved the tabled resolution from Monday evening be brought off the table (Holston Conference Commitment in Being in Ministry Together). The motion was seconded. Vote was taken by standing. Motion to untable carried. Andy moved for substitute resolution. Motion was seconded: Andy read the following substitute resolution: Whereas, the Special Session of the General Conference of the United Methodist Church, convened in February 2019 adopted the Traditional Plan as its way forward, Whereas, United Methodists of Holston Annual Conference remain divided in our response to the General Conference decision, and thus the Body of Christ as a whole has suffered; Whereas, LGBTQAI+ persons have often been excluded from full inclusion and welcome in our churches and our ministries; Therefore, we the members of Holston Conference commit ourselves to the global United Methodist Church, all its peoples and all its ministries. Therefore, we commit ourselves to welcome and affirm LGBTQAI+ persons in the churches of Holston, knowing them as persons of God’s sacred worth.
III. DAILY PROCEEDINGS 65 Therefore, we commit ourselves to join hands as one, united Holston Annual Conference through our prayers, our presence, our gifts, our service and our witness as we work together toward God’s hope for the people of Holston and apologize for the harm caused to the Body of Christ. Andy Ferguson spoke to the resolution. Bishop Taylor clarified that debate around this substitute resolution will only be allowed as to whether or not to substitute this resolution. If the substitute prevails, according to our process, it will need to go to Petitions and Resolutions before coming back to the body for final approval. Bishop Taylor recognized Sally Blackburn (TR) who rose with a question: “If we don’t like it, does this mean we won’t do it?” Bishop Taylor ruled the question as a speech against the motion to substitute. Bishop Taylor recognized Charles McEntyre (SS) who rose with a speech against. Bishop Taylor recognized Stephanie Strutner (TV) who rose with a speech in favor. Bishop Taylor recognized Betty Yeomans-Barton (TR) who rose with a speech in favor. Bishop Taylor recognized Lee Thomas (Atkins/Fries)(NR) who rose with a speech against. After three speeches in favor and three against, Bishop Taylor called for a vote upon whether to substitute the resolution. A point of order was made to call for a re-reading of the substitute resolution. Conference Secretary Terry Goodman read the substitute resolution. Bishop Taylor called for the vote to be made by standing. The tellers were called to count. The substitution was received by a vote of 376 in favor to 310 against. The substitute resolution will go to Committee on Resolutions & Petitions. Point of order made to ask for printed copies of the substitute resolution to be made available when it comes before the body. It will be printed tomorrow in the daily edition of The Call. Bishop Taylor recognized Mickey Rainwater, Chair of Board of Ordained Ministry to present the Board of Ordained Ministry Report to the 2019 Annual Conference. Bishop Taylor, members of the Annual Conference and guests. It is my honor to stand before you for a third year as the Chair of your Holston Conference Board of Ordained Ministry. The Board of Ordained Ministry is elected by the Annual Conference and charged with the primary responsibility of the enlistment and recruitment of ministerial leadership for our churches and other ministry settings, as well examining candidates for fitness for ministry. Our Book of Discipline spends eight pages describing our roles and responsibilities. We serve you The Holston Annual Conference. If you serve on the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry (laity and clergy), would you please stand. Thank you for your service with us. Last year at Annual Conference we expressed our appreciation to Dan Taylor as the outgoing Conference Secretary, and Director of Clergy Services and Clergy Concerns. I want to congratulate the new Conference Secretary and Director of Clergy Services Terry Goodman for being within a few days of surviving his first year. The learning curve has been steep, but Terry has ably met the challenge. This year we also welcomed aboard a new Administrative Assistant in the office of Conference Secretary and Clergy Services: Brandy Williams. Brandy, we are grateful for your gifts, and that you made the choice
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You will find the Report of The Board of Ordained Ministry on page 112 of the Book of Reports. In addition to the report you find there, I want to mention a few additional items. The Board of Ordained Ministry is pleased with the progression made this year in the area of Provisional Mentoring and Residency In Ministry as we seek to fulfill our commitment to those who are Commissioned members of our Annual Conference moving toward ordination; our thanks to Dennie Humphrey and his team, who provide a continued time of theological reflection post seminary, and mentoring for provisional clergy. The Board of Ordained Ministry has recently added “Healthy Mind Counseling Services” as an additional provider for psychological testing for candidates for ministry. We look forward to working with Jimmy Hill, and The Reverend Diana Brown Taylor in this process. We continue to be grateful for the opportunities in Holston where boys and girls, and young adults hear and sort out their calling to ministry: Camping Ministries, Resurrection, Divine Rhythm, and Discovery. We urge clergy to have conversations with congregants of all ages in whom you discern there to be a calling to ministry upon their lives. Three of our Holston Conference Board of Ordained Ministry members and staff attended the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM) Board of Ordained Ministry Mid-Quadrennium gathering. This two day even focused on General Conference outcomes related to Boards of Ordained Ministry, a report by The Commission on the Study of Ministry, GBHEM Program and Staff Updates, and also networking with other Annual Conferences on BOM issues, including the “Eight Year Assessment” for clergy under appointment. The 2016 General Conference passed legislation requiring a six-month evaluation of clergy every eight years beginning in 2020. This legislation is to be found in the 2016 Book of Discipline, Paragraph 349.3. On Sunday afternoon during the clergy session, the clergy were presented with the proposed plan for our living into this as Holston Conference clergy. Our proposal is called “The Flourishing in Ministry” process using the 3Rs of REVIEW, RENEW, and RETOOL. It is a pastor-driven, bottom-up process intended to resource both full and part-time clergy in becoming the person God is calling them to be in their next eight years of ministry—and for a lifetime. The process is designed to help each pastor focus on their spiritual, physical, emotional, financial, social, and ministry health—a process of total wellbeing. We have developed the process around readily available and affordable assessments for six aspects of wellness. In addition, we are identifying a cadre of trained mentors and certified coaches—both within Holston and from other annual conferences—who are called to walk alongside pastors throughout the Flourishing in Ministry process. We believe engaging a mentor, coach or counselor will be crucial in assisting the pastor to develop a realistic and healthy Retooling Plan. The Flourishing in Ministry Retooling Plan that is the culmination of this process can potentially replace the old Continuing Education Report and Plan included in the Charge Conference and Annual Consultation reports. However, the Flourishing in Ministry Process will allow the pastor to be focused, realistic, and, therefore, healthier in not only their continuing education, but all other aspects of their personal wellbeing. The Retooling Plan is the only component of the process that shall be shared with the pastor’s S/PPRC or DS—unless the pastor chooses to share significant findings in the Review or Renew steps. (The process itself is not designed as a tool for supervision but is driven by each pastor!)
III. DAILY PROCEEDINGS 67 Over the coming 12 months clergy members of the Board of Ordained Ministry, and the Cabinet will serve as a pilot group before rolling it out to all clergy. I am deeply grateful to David Woody for taking the lead on developing “The Flourishing In Ministry Proposal” along with Sharon Bowers and Sandra Johnson. The work of the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry could not be accomplished without the wonderful team of laity and clergy who form the District Committees on Ministry. If you serve on the District Committees on Ministry (both laity and clergy), would you stand please. Thank you for your partnership with us. We the Board of Ordained Ministry appreciate the opportunity to serve the Annual Conference, and we look forward to our continued journey with those who are discerning and responding to God’s call on their lives. Bishop Taylor I move the acceptance of The Report of The Board of Ordained Ministry. Conference received the Board of Ordained Ministry report by handclap. Mickey Rainwater recognized newly credentialed clergy in the Annual Conference. The pastors recognized were: A M : P M : F C : • Rochelle Maxwell • Bradley Brown • Susan Arnold • Timothy Hale • Clayton Farmer • April Hall • Gary Ihfe • Stephen Hopkins • Christopher Ray • Andrew Lay • Rachel Witt-Carosiello • David Paine • Samuel Reese • Alexander Thompson Del Holley asked members of Board of Lay Ministry to come to stage to participate in this licensing. Bishop Taylor, Mickey Rainwater, and Del Holley licensed new local pastors. L • • • • • • • •
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Bishop Taylor asked the historical questions of Licensed Local Pastors and prayed for them. Bishop Taylor gave thanks for the hard work of all the newly credentialed clergy in our Conference. Matt Hall described the history of the Appalachian Trail Chaplaincy. Corrina Sisk-Casson recognized those on the Appalachian Trail Chaplaincy team. 2019 Appalachian Trail Chaplains were recognized and commissioned: “Chappy” Jack Layfield and “Blueberry” Minta Wray.
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Bishop Taylor recognized Todd Chancey to report on behalf of the Board of Pensions and Health Benefits. (approval of Pre-82 service rate increase, 1.5%). Todd Chancey expressed condolences to the family of Rev. Ken Luton, former Conference Benefits Administrator, who recently passed away. Report of the Board of Pensions and Health Benefits Bishop Taylor, Members of the Annual Conference and honored guests. God has healing hands - Amen! My name is Todd Chancey and I am honored to serve as the chairperson of the Holston Conference Board of Pensions and Health Benefits. I want to thank the Board and especially the conference staff for all the hard work over the past year and for the groups dedication in providing the best benefits possible as related to pension and health care for our conference clergy, lay staff, and their families. It is my pleasure to present to you the report of the Board of Pension and Health Benefits for 2019. The full report can be found on pages 117-130 in the Book of Reports We are happy to report that Direct Invoicing collections for pension and health care expenses continue to be received at 99% of the billed rate. The Board of Pensions and Health Benefits appreciates the connection and the continued support of the local church through the direct invoice process. Thank you, Holston, for your dedication and faithfulness. The Board continually monitors and interacts with Wespath to facilitate and manage the conference Pre-82, MPP, CRSP, and UMPIP Pension plans. Details about each of these benefits can be found in the book of reports. The Board also over-sees other benefits managed under CPP such as: Long-term Disability, Voluntary Transition Program and Death Benefits. In addition to the Pension offerings, the Board also assists in oversite of Retiree Moving Expenses and Conference Pension Grant Plans as needed. All of these benefits are defined and explained in detail in the book of reports. The Conference continues to offer health care through a self-insured health plan which is currently administered by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Tennessee. The conference has limited liabilities through purchasing re-insurance for larger claims. In 2020 the self-insured plan will continue to offer the standard “S” network plan and participants who utilize health care in Tennessee may choose to participate in the “P” network plan if necessary. Other plan options may include PPO or H.S.A. savings plans for individuals, Employee plus 1 or family coverage. Plans may be changed annually during open enrollment or if a participant has a qualifying event during the plan year. The 2020 rate sheets for Health Care (Found on page 130 in the Book of Reports) represent an over-all 4% increase in cost for clergy based on the plan option chosen and an 12% increase to the local church or charge in Direct Invoicing. All health care plans require for the active employee participants and spouses (if covered under the plan) to have an annual wellness exam. Failure to have the wellness exam may result in a higher monthly premium increase to the participant the following plan year. Beginning in July 2019 All plan participants are required to have the annual wellness exam will need to have their provider properly submit the related claim as a “Wellness Exam” to Blue Cross and compliance will be reported to the conference. As a back up to insure information gets accurately reported, the participants can have their physician fill
III. DAILY PROCEEDINGS 69 out a prescribed form and it is up to the participant to make sure the form is presented to the conference office as proof of annual exam. The form is posted on the conference web-site. The 12% increase to church’s direct invoicing for health insurance will complete a three year – three-tiered increase to cover the retiree health stipend, which has been removed from the conference budget. Have you heard about Physicians NOW? It is a unique program that provides Physician services without having to actually go to a Doctor’s office or medical clinic (video was shown) To help assist younger clergy we are once again offering five $500 each scholarships for any young clergy wishing to attend the Rev-it-up or similar type events offered by Wespath to help younger clergy establish better understandings of their clergy benefits. To help assist clergy at or near retirement we are also offering five $500 each scholarships for near or retiring clergy to attend any retirement preparation event by Wespath or similar events. Scholarships may be requested by contacting the benefits officer at the conference office. Due to a revision in mortality rate tables and adjustments needed to forecast future conference liabilities, the conference liability for the Pre-82 Pension long-term was projected to be funded at 86%, while the Denominational funding ratio is 107%. Wespath has waived the conference billing for the Comprehensive Protection Plan (also known as: CPP) which is estimated in 2019 to be $725,500. Those funds should help off-set the shortfall caused by the mortality rate re-adjustments when the re-calculations of the pre-82 liabilities were up-dated. The board will continue to monitor the pre-82 requirements and work with Wespath as these adjustments balance out the liability needs of the annual conference. For clergy who have service years prior to 1982, annually the board reviews the past service rate and recommends a rate for the New Year. For 2020 the Board of Pension and Health Benefits recommends a 1.5% rate increase placing the rate for 2020 at $595 for each calendar year served prior to 1982. Bishop Taylor that concludes our report, I do believe the pre-82 past service rate recommendation for 2020 is properly presented and would require approval from this annual conference. Thank you! The report was received and at Pre-82 Past Service Rate increase of 1.5% was approved by show of hands. Bishop Taylor recognizes Bruce Galyon on behalf of The Committee on Equitable Compensation The Commission on Equitable Compensation report begins on page 40 in your book of reports. Our committee exist to provide a fair and equitable level of salary and support primarily for our beginning and entry level clergy. We are sensitive to the financial needs of the clergy family but also sensitive to the financial challenges many of our smaller membership churches face. Our recommendation reflect our attempt to be respectful to both arenas. Thank you to churches who have reached self-supporting status and to those churches who continue to strive toward that goal. We do not exist to make recommendation for salary for all clergy and churches. Our recommendation is not a blanket recommendation. Those clergy and churches who are above minimum salary should not make
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For 2020 we are recommending a 2% increase to the minimum salary requirements. The recommendation was approved by show of hands. 10-minute break was called for by Bishop Taylor. Conference Secretary Terry Goodman called for the members of the Petitions and Resolutions Committee to meet on the stage following the afternoon session. Bishop Taylor announced Change for Children offering so far: $47,812 Bishop Taylor recognized Caleb Pitkin who offered a report on the Sexual Ethics and Boundaries Task Force. The Conference has not updated it Sexual Ethics guidelines since 1998 (when only three Star Wars movies existed); the Task Force is in the process of updating our Conference guidelines, including a social media policy. This year, Dr. Karen McClintock provided sexual ethics training for all clergy across the conference. The Task Force is looking at options for ongoing sexual ethics training. (“Let the minutes reflect that I’m funny.”- Caleb Pitkin) Bishop Taylor recognized the Rev. Sandra Johnson to report on behalf of the Cabinet. Sandra Johnson celebrated the “Healing Hands” of the people of Holston in various ways: Places for the homeless, meals for children, putting words into action, missional hubs, working globally through distribution of kits, and disaster response. Thanks from the Cabinet for all the ways Holston represents Christ, and for your healing hands. The Cabinet also thanks the Conference staff for support in ministry, and for those who work in the district offices. Sandra Johnson acknowledged and gave thanks for Ken Luton. The Cabinet report was received by applause. Sandra Johnson went on to recognize and remember those sacred places of worship whose doors have closed. Resolutions for closure are found on pages 27-34 of the Book of Reports. The names of the churches closing were listed: Boones Creek UMC, Browder UMC, Hendron’s Chapel UMC, Mayberry Community UMC, McCarty UMC, Meadoview UMC, Mt. Olivet UMC, Union UMC. Rev. Johnson celebrated the ministry of these churches and all who have been touched by that ministry. Sandra Johnson moved the acceptance of the resolution of closure for the churches listed above. Vote was taken by show of hands and carried. Bishop Taylor read Laity Ballot #08 General. No elections. Bishop Taylor called for Laity Ballot #09 General. Bishop Taylor read Clergy Ballot #06 General. No elections. Bishop Taylor called for Clergy Ballot #07 General. Gary Ihfe called for a point of order and asked a question about number of votes required for election. Tony Collins cleared up the question. Clergy Ballot #07 General was taken. Bishop Taylor recognized Jeff Lambert to report on behalf of Council on Finance and Administration. Council on Finance and Administration recommends acceptance of the 2020 budget set at $9,100,70 and $106,280 for District Superintendent salaries. There was no discussion and no questions. By show of hands, the Conference approved the 2020 budget and District Superintendent salaries. Bishop Taylor recognized Becky Hall to report on behalf of Congregational Development and Revitalization. Becky named some highlights in congregation growth and development around the Conference this year: Leonard Memorial in Galax, VA, has completed their “no more outhouse campaign,” which included
III. DAILY PROCEEDINGS 71 restrooms and several other improvements to the church. Magnolia Avenue UMC Free Clinic—work done at the church has allowed the free clinic to have a more conducive environment. Continuing to work with the Hispanic Congregation in Sevierville to find a permanent home for that growing congregation. Development of witness and presence in Hardin Valley area of west Knoxville. Concord UMC will receive a new associate this year who will focus on building a UM presence in the Hardin Valley area. 38 pastors participated in Lenten sermon academy. When all of us work together, big things can happen! Report was received by show of hands. A prayer for dinner was offered by Gracie Ann Tabor and Bishop Taylor called for the dinner recess.
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Wesley Rouse led us in singing “Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know” Rev. Bryan Burch led us in our morning worship time. Bishop Taylor read results of Clergy Ballot #05 General with a total of 267 ballots, 267 valid, 137 needed to elect, with 152 votes Paul Daniel Seay and with 136 votes Mary C. Thompson are both elected. Bishop Taylor: We have had a request that we would continue to be in a spirit of prayer. I am going to call on Del Holley to lead us in prayer as we take this ballot. Del Holley rose to offer a prayer on our behalf. Bishop Taylor: Would the clergy stand to receive a ballot. This is Clergy Ballot #06 General. You are voting for 2 persons. Please put on screen those already elected…the ballot is closed. Bishop Taylor read results of Laity Ballot #10 with a total of 466 ballots, 452 valid, 227 needed to elect, there is no election. Bishop Taylor calls for Laity Ballot #11 General to be taken... ballot is closed. Bishop Taylor: I call Rev. Reed Shell forward to present the Personnel Resources Committee Report. Rev. Shell: The report is found on page 131 in the Book of Reports. Would members of the committee please stand---clergy and laity that work together. They function as a sort of staff pastor parish relations committee of our annual conference. I have a picture of Peyton Manning that has dropped back to pass inside a protective pocket. As great a career as he had, he would not have been so good by himself. He needed others working with him. He needed a team. The business of this committee is to focus on the conference staff as Team Holston. Would those persons please stand. They have done much preparatory work. Some behind the scenes and some on stage. Rev Shell read the first names of employees of the annual conference. They plan activities and programs. They work with children and youth. They prepare
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Over the last year there have been a few : Michael Snow chose to leave Camp Dickenson. John Ousley retired ETSU Wesley Foundation Anthony Gomez. New director for Camp Dickenson. Caleb Frazier coming to ETSU Wesley Foundation. With a heavy heart, we come to bid farewell to Ken Luton with his unexpected death. He answered the call to ministry in 2009 and in January 2011 he became the Conference Benefits Officer. Toward the end of 2017, Ken was talking with his supervisor, Rick Cherry, about health issues and out of that conversation the Personnel Resource Committee began to plan for a transition. Someone already a part of the staff, who was perceived to have the skills and graces to serve in that office. As we began to train this person, we were fortunate, to have begun training of Julie Graham. She has assumed that office and has the benefit of working with Ken and the training she has gleaned from Wespath. We pray for her in this new position. We are reminded that we are not in this alone. We come together as a team. I advocate on behalf of our staff as they continue to serve God. Bishop this is our report, and if appropriate, I move its acceptance. Bishop Taylor: Thank you Reed. If you will receive this report. Please lift your hands… I believe it is received. Mic # 1: Beth Tipton (AP) and Stephanie Parrot (TV).. On behalf of the Order of Deacons we would like to thank the Holston Annual Conference for electing a deacon to the General Conference Delegation. This is either the first or second time that this has been done in the 20 year history of the order. Bishop Taylor: I call upon Mike Eastridge, Chairperson, to present the Conference Strategy Team Report. Eastridge: I ask all members of the team to make their way to the stage. Let me ask: How many of you were here in 2016 at annual conference. Bishop Taylor: Mike. I have done it again. Eastridge: Am I out of order? Bishop Taylor: No. I am. Please hold those thoughts. I have the report of a ballot. Bishop Taylor read results of Clergy Ballot #06 General with a total of 255 ballots, 254 valid, 128 needed to elect, there is no election…I ask the clergy to stand and receive Clergy Ballot #07 General. You are voting for 2 persons….the ballot is closed. Bishop Taylor: I call upon Mike Eastridge again….I am sorry, if you want to be recognized, you need to remain seated and not just come to a microphone. Mic # 1: (Unnamed person) Point of Privilege: We have yet to elect a person of color to go to General Conference. Eastridge: 2016 was the first year the conference strategy team issued a report. We had two points. First how remarkable it is that in this auditorium, we have such a diverse group of people. Why do we gather in
III. DAILY PROCEEDINGS 73 this place each year with so many differences? First, we know that God loves us and that we love God and because of that we love each other and because of that we can worship despite our differences. The conference choir just sang in harmony…their voices blending together. Second, we pointed out that we have changed and we needed to grasp how to make the changes that we needed to adapt to the changing world around us. So we sit here in 2019—could anyone imagine the change that has taken place in our world in the last three years? Things have changed. Faced with that level of challenge—threat—most people collapse in the floor or you find the nearest exit. We are different. We are people of faith. When faced with challenges, we raise $129,000 to face the opioid addiction issues of our annual conference. We also get together and sing in harmony so loud and boisterously that our song reverberates out into the world. People of faith also create a strategy to live into the future together and strengthen the bonds that bind us together. We work in Missional Hubstogether-doing more than we can on our own. We have a strategy that recognizes that the world around us is changing and that we need a way to respond to that change. So in 2017, we adopted that strategy and gave this team the responsibility to put into action that strategy. There were seven elements of that plan see page 35 for a thorough report of how that plan has been implemented. We have a short video to remind you of what that strategy is important. (video was shown) We have moved together into the future and implement the plan you have claimed for the future of Holston Conference. We are implementing the vision God has placed on our hearts. We are a people of faith called to share God’s love and transform the world. That concludes our report. Bishop Taylor: If you will receive this report and say thank you will you please raise your hand. That looks unanimous to me. Bishop Taylor read results of Clergy Ballot #07 General with a total of 303 ballots, 301 valid, 152 needed to elect, with 151 votes Wm. Randall Frye is elected. Would you please stand to receive a ballot. This is Clergy Ballot #08 General. You are voting for one person… Bishop Taylor: I am sorry…we are in the middle of a ballot…You have a question about the previous math. Mic # 1: Jacob Reedy Clergy (TV). Last night we were told that the math was 50% +1. 301 divided by 2 is 150.5...rounded up that is 151..adding 1 makes it 152.. Bishop Taylor: Really…I did really well in math, but you are right…so on this ballot you are voting for 2 persons. After shouted questions Bishop Taylor: Hold on all of the ballots that are out…I hate to throw away good ballots. I think we need to start clean. So please stand and turn in your ballot. Give your ballots to the tellers. They will bring them in and then we will distribute a new ballot. Thank you for that assistance from the body. Bishop Taylor: Would this be a time to hear the difficulty in voting they had in South Carolina or North Georgia? Would anyone like to hear all of those stories? Bishop Taylor: I’ve been asked to clarify. What happened is a software issue. It has calculated a percentage. A majority vote is 50% plus one. None of us here can do a .2 or a .4 vote. Just to read the numbers again. Randy Frye was not elected…(numbers received by delegates were read by Bishop Taylor.)
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Bishop Taylor read results of Laity Ballot #11 General with a total of 507 ballots, 500 valid, 251 needed to elect, there is no election. Bishop Taylor: This is Laity Ballot #12 General. If you are ready to receive your ballot please stand. You are voting for one…ballot is closed. Bishop Taylor: I invite Rev. Mary Thompson to make the report of Camping and Retreat Ministries. Rev. Thompson: I am Executive Director of Camping and Retreat Ministries. I can remember the first time I heard God’s voice. I was 17 and a camp counselor. I remember the sounds of nature. I remember saying to our Lord, I can’t imagine not doing this every day of my life. I remember distinctly hearing the voice of God saying, “Who says you can’t?” From then on, I have not doubted my call to ministry. God changes lives at camp. Holston has had many called into ministry at camp. In 1947, it was reported on the service rendered to many youth as they are being called into Christian ministry. 70 Years later this still rings true. I would like to invite those that felt their call to ministry at camp. Would the board members please stand. I invite everyone that attended one of our camps to please stand. If you are a member o the Emmaus community or attended one of our camps please stand. If you have not attended but helped to sponsor a child. Would you please stand. Our camps are deeply dependent on our United Methodist connection. Our Five camps: Camp Dickenson, Camp Bays Mountain, Camp in the Community, Camp Lookout and Camp Wesley Woods are owned, operated and 100% a part of the Holston Annual Conference. We feel fortunate to be a part of Holston. God has used camping ministry for nearly 100 years in Holston. We rejoice in the ongoing ministry of our camps. We strive to be authentic to who we are we also seek to be relevant. Holston is one of the largest United Methodist camp and retreat ministries in the world. When other conference close their camps, Holston has asked, “Who says we can’t five thriving camp and retreat ministries. We celebrate our vibrancy thanks to laity, clergy, churches, district, and conference leadership. We are successful due to our ministry with you. When the tide rises we are all lifted up. By sending your children and youth to summer camp, you are investing in the future of Holston Annual Conference. Lives are changed due to your investment in camp. In 2018, we had 3280 campers. Of that number, 52% were from Holston Churches. Of that total group, 660 made a first time faith commitment while at camp. Over 800 campers rededicated their lives to Christ. I agree with Bishop Looney that camps are our greatest evangelism tool that we have in Holston. We are a tool for you to use. We have an impact because you send campers. You also provide scholarships so that children in youth and need can attend. A total of 110 Holston Churches were able to collectively sponsor 2026 children at camp. Those churches gave over $271,000…in addition to the $87,000 in scholarships given by the camps. Just as God spoke to me and said, “Who says you can’t?” Who says we can’t have every church sending children to cam? Who says we can’t provide camp and retreat ministries to all the underserved children in our midst? When we utter phrases such as “We can’t.” We put limits on a limitless God. When we feel that we can’t, God tells us we can. At this time we would like to present the Bishop with artwork from each of our camps. We understand that sometimes it is difficult to see the forest while standing among the trees. We hope that you can step back and see collectively what we are able to do through the grace of God. Our camps are flourishing because our churches are flourishing.
III. DAILY PROCEEDINGS 75 Bishop Taylor: If you will receive this report…please raise your hand… it is received. Bishop Taylor: read results of Clergy Ballot #08 General with a total of 316 ballots, 315 valid, 158 needed to elect, with 175 votes Wm. Randall Frye is elected, with 164 votes Sharon Bowers is elected. This completes the General Conference delegation. We are now going to elect 6 additional persons for Jurisdictional Conference. The first two will be alternates to the General Conference. Please mark your ballot, Clergy Ballot #01 Jurisdictional...please stand to receive your ballots. You are voting for 6 persons…the ballot is closed. Bishop Taylor: I want to share..last night as this wonderful drum group was playing for us…an arsonist set fire to the Lennon-Seney UMC office in Knoxville. It destroyed the secretary’s office…there is a certain spirit of wanting to do damage to the church….could we join in a prayer for Lennon-Seney UMC. Bishop Taylor offered a prayer for the situation. Bishop Taylor: I call on Rev. Liz Hamilton to come forward with the Discipleship Team report. Rev. Hamilton and Randall Wright came forward for a humorous presentation on behalf of the discipleship team. She shared what the team does and how to help you back in your congregation. Bishop Taylor: If you will receive that report…say thank you…report received. Bishop Taylor read results of Laity Ballot #12 General with a total of 551 ballots, 533 valid, 267 needed to elect, there is no election. Mic # 1: (Unidentified person) It is my concern that at this time, people are going to vote the same person each time…could the top three nominees speak 2 minutes… Bishop Taylor: that is out of order. Bishop Taylor: This is Laity Ballot #13 General, you are voting for one person…please stand to receive your ballot…ballot is closed. Bishop Taylor: We will take a 10 minute break. We come back to order… Bishop Taylor: I’ve been asked to remind you as we vote for Jurisdictional delegates to not reelect persons previously elected for General Conference. You do not need to reelect them. They will go to Jurisdictional conference. Bishop Taylor read results of Clergy Ballot #01 Jurisdictional with a total of 319 ballots, 311 valid, 156 needed to elect, there is no election. Bishop Taylor: Please stand to receive Clergy Ballot #02 Jurisdictional. Voting for 6 persons. I’ve been asked by the tellers to please fill in the seats rather than standing in the back. That would make the collection of ballots easier. Please rise to return ballot…ballot is closed. Bishop Taylor: I call upon the Rev Brian Burch on behalf of the conference board of trustees. I come to talk about insurance. We see God at work. First off, page 131, read the report. Second, there is a reason we have works compensation. People fall.
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(Technical difficulties prevented access to remainder of Rev. Burch’s presentation. Video resumed with Rev. Catherine Clark Nance at the podium.) Rev. Nance: On behalf of the Committee on Petitions and Resolutions: Yesterday we had a motion to replace the amendment…Look at the newspaper on the back side…you asked for it to be printed so you could read over it. The Resolutions and Petitions met to look at it and we unanimously recommend it to the body. It is before you now. Bishop Taylor: It is printed before you, would you please read the motion: Rev. Nance, reads the following: Whereas, the special general conference of The United Methodist Church convened in February 2019 adopted the Traditional Plan as its way forward Whereas the United Methodists of Holston Annual Conference remain divided in our response that the General Conference decision, and thus the body of Christ as a whole has suffered Whereas LGBTQAI+ persons have often been excluded from full inclusion and welcome in our churches and in our ministries Therefore, we the members of Holston Conference commit ourselves to the worldwide United Methodist Church, all its peoples and all its ministries Therefore, we commit ourselves to welcome and affirm LGBTQAI+ persons in the churches of Holston knowing them as persons of God’s sacred worth Therefore, be it resolved that as the Holston Annual Conference, we commit ourselves to join hands as one, united through our prayers, our presence, our gifts, our service, and our witness as we work together towards God’s hope for the people of Holston and apologize for the harm caused to the body of Christ and its witness in the world. Bishop Taylor: All right. It is properly before you. Would anyone like to speak. Before you do, let me say that by our rules of order we have opportunity for three speeches in favor and three speeches in opposition and then we automatically put it to the vote. It’s a three minute limit on a speech. So would anyone like to speak to this? Mic # 1: Ross Stickler, Appalachia District. I oppose this resolution. The words are all good and fall in line with our Disciplines. But I believe the intent of this resolution was an amendment to another resolution that was overtly opposed to the Council of Bishops decision to accept the Traditional Plan. Bishop Taylor: Sir. I am not sure you are speaking to what is specifically before us. You are referring to something that is not before us now. What is before us is what is printed in The Daily Call and that is what we are debating. Mr. Stickler: Yes mam. I was speaking to the intent of the resolution. I do believe that all people are sacred in God’s sight and loved by God. Not all of the laity of our conference or of our church are appropriate or acceptable for ordination. Bishop Taylor: We are not talking about ordination in this particular item. You need to speak specifically to this item.
III. DAILY PROCEEDINGS 77 Mr. Stickler: With that said, I do believe the underlying intent of this resolution was to go along with opposition to the Council of Bishop’s decision and because of that I speak against the resolution. Bishop Taylor: I don’t mean to debate with you I just believe that you are not exactly speaking to this resolution that is before us. Mic # 1: AL Bowles (retired clergy)(CC-First centenary, SS) I stand to support his resolution. To say that the church has been in pain since the last General Conference is an understatement. II have found myself weeping for the church I love…for the church I have given so many years to and am so grateful I have had a chance to share there. This resolution to me is more friendly and grade filled. It does not ask us in any way to act against the Discipline...the governance of the church. Otherwise. I would be on the opposite side…I take that covenant seriously. It does not question anyone interpretation of Scripture or theology. It does not invite us to fight over our convictions that are in conflict. In invites us to welcome everyone into the church and the churches ministry. During these days when I have been so troubled by the church I have turned often to the hymn 540: I Love Thy Kingdom Lord. And we hear about the church for which Jesus Gave his precious blood. The third stanza has always meant something for me: “For her my tears shall fall. For her my prayers ascend. For her my prayers and toils be given…till toils and cares shall end.” I hope that is the sense and spirit that we hear in this resolution. We have two convictions that are miles apart but it invites us to do some holy conversations so that we may move forward in being the church...the church for which Jesus Christ shed his precious blood. Bishop Taylor: We have had one speech for and one against. Mic # 4: Charles Millican (TV): I’d like to speak in opposition to this motion, not because I disagree with the...so much of it, but this using one solution to cause another problem. It states in hear that “…the Annual Conference remains divided in our response to the General Conference decision.” Any decision that we make here today is still going to offend someone. It’s going to hurt someone and the Body of Christ will still suffer. This resolution will only replace one problem with another. It also states down at the bottom, “…the people of Holston and apologize for the harm caused to the body of Christ…” We’ll still have to do that. Because we are still harming somebody. The only solution that I can see is in this first section where it says, “the special general conference of The United Methodist Church convened in February 2019 adopted the Traditional Plan as its way forward.” As the majority of the Methodist Church decided that this was the plan they would like to have, the only solution I have is for us to join together and support the majority and use education and our leaders to educate our people as to what we are facing and to come at his another day. We can do it like when Tennessee plays Alabama and we can always say: “There’s next year.” Bishop Taylor: Thank you sir. That was a speech against. I have had two speeches against and one in favor. Mic # 1: Rev. Evelyn Harris (SS) (St Luke UMC) I speak in favor o this resolution. I am the mother of a twelve-year-old daughter. I love her dearly, but she has had a hard time with General Conference with the special session and she has had a hard time being here. She asked me last night where all the young people were. She goes to an arts school. I am proud of her. But because of our stance and our current disagreement about LGBTQ+ persons, my daughter asked me the hard questions of how she could ever invite her friends to my church because they wouldn’t feel safe or welcomed or affirmed as children of God. So because of that I ask you to support a resolution that indeed welcomes and affirms our brothers and sisters. Our family in Jesus Christ. As children of God made in the Image of the living God that we worship. Bishop Taylor: I ask you to refrain from applause. We have had two speeches for and two against.
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Mic # 1: I am not sure how Roberts Rules of order work…I have a statement and overall I like this amendment… I am Melissa Burdick (SS)(Jones memorial UMC): I overheard a comment on the way in today: “If these stupid conservatives would get out of the way we would be done.” I would just like to acknowledge that the LGBTQIA+ community are not the only ones that are hurt and not the only ones that feel unwelcomed. Thank You. Bishop Taylor: I tried to say that in my state of the church address. I agree that there are people that are hurt on all sides of this matter. Mic # 1: Doug Jennings, pastor Strawberry Plains-Mascot UMC’s (MV): Yesterday when Sandra read the names of the churches (closing) I sat there and wept. I am not for this substitution because I feel it brings schism. From the Holston Conference to the UMC, because it speaks to separation. All I have heard is to pray for the Holy Spirit’s guidance and the General Conference responded. It is not about the Book of Discipline. I’ve been told ever since I entered the ministry that the General Conference speaks for our church. The local church does not speak nor does the Annual Conference speak. I know we can have and opinion. But that opinion is what the General Conference has said. So therefore, I disagree with the resolution. Bishop Taylor: Thank you. That is a speech against. We have three speeches against. I need a speech in favor. Mic # 1: Carolyn Allen (MV): My purpose is to propose a wording change…would that be in order? Bishop Taylor: Yes. You are. Ms. Allen: The very last line which says, “we commit ourselves to … work together towards God’s hope for the people of Holston and apologize for the harm caused to the body of Christ…” I propose that we remove and replace the two words “apologize for” with the word “grieve” so that the sentence reads we commit ourselves to … work together towards God’s hope for the people of Holston and grieve for the harm caused to the body of Christ…” If I may speak for my rationale. Bishop Taylor: There is a second. You may speak. Ms. Allen: I listened carefully to Rev. Goddard’s report and her words brought grief and sadness to my heart and I am sure that it did to most of us who love this church and love all its people. She said that these are tender times and we must be careful how we choose our words. Words matter. She says we have done harm to our brothers and sisters in the LGBTQAI+ community by suggesting that they are not equal and they are not worthy and that they are incompatible with Christian teaching. We equally do harm to hose that profess to be people of one book—not the Discipline, but the Scriptures and believe that their position in this matter is a matter of theology. She says our church may be broken as a denomination but our local churches need to concentrate on mission. Here is my reasoning for changing the words. Grieve is defined as a felling or expression of great sadness. Is there anyone in this room who is not grieved and saddened by this division in our church? The word apologize means to express regret for something that one has done wrong or to admit an error and express regret. I believe that half of this assembly would say my vote of conscience is not something for which I can apologize, because I was directed through prayer by the Holy Spirit in that decision. Likewise, the other half could say, you owe me an apology for what you have said and done about me as a person. I am grieved, saddened and in tears—as so many of you are over this division… Bishop Taylor: You are at your time…three minutes. Ms. Allen: I do not believe that we should demand apology for matters of conscience. So I submit this amended wording. Bishop Taylor: This motion is before us, please bring it to the front so we will have a copy.
III. DAILY PROCEEDINGS 79 Bishop Taylor: There is a motion to table. I heard that. It is not debatable. Who is making that motion? Can you identify yourself? Mike Andrews (CM)(Broadford Charge) I do not have a vote, but I understand that I do have a say. Bishop Taylor: No sir. Not in our debate. Andrews: I apologize. Bishop Taylor: What is your status? Andrews: I am an OF. Bishop Taylor: No sir, you do not have a vote. I don’t believe that you do. Andrews: White tag. No Vote, but voice. Bishop Taylor: Thank you. I am sorry, you do not have a voice. Bishop Taylor: We have a motion before us, which has been moved and seconded…Checking our parliamentary procedure to see if we were correct and we were. Mic# 1: Are you speaking to the amendment? Stephanie Strutner (Laity) (TV) I identify as a cisgender heterosexual my pronouns are she/her and hers which I find to be greatly irrelevant in this conversation. With respect to the amendment, the wording of the apology in the intent and spirit of our original resolution is one of the most important pieces the word apology and the word affirm. The reason that is so it that there are many members of our communities and there are people here among us that disagree on how people are born. Science backs us, and I believe that people who are born of a different race than I am cannot change that. People who are born of a different gender than I am cannot change that. People who are born of a different sexual orientation than I am also cannot change that. For those people it is important that we do offer our apology for the way that we have treated them and marginalized them through the work that we have done as the Body of Christ. It is important for us to show them that we want them in our congregations. We want them to come be members. We want them to participate in the work that we do. Most importantly, we want them to come and be affirmed. What that means to us is to come and we are not going to try and change who they are. Thank You. Bishop Taylor: Thank you. That was a speech against the amendment. Mic # 3: Robert Kariuki Nyaga. I have just come here to talk about something which I think we are wrestling with. I think it was Monday when we were hearing about the opioids. I took a picture of one of the points which was raised…Bishop Taylor: Excuse me. Are you speaking in favor or in opposition to the amendment? Nyaga: In favor of removing the last words…Bishop Taylor: To replace the word apologize for grieve…and you are in favor…correct? Nyaga: Yes. My rationale is that one of the points was that there is a clear standard. When we started this I could not know exactly where I stand. Now I have this clear statement over here. I could have been 100% for this because the original does not seem to do any harm. But then I remember my son. About a month ago he asked me, “Daddy why do people smoke?” It took me three days to come with an answer. The answer was that I asked him, “Did you figure out why people smoke?” He said I think it was about health issues. I was born in Africa—in Kenya. Because of the belief system I was born in there was no gray area. What I am trying to say, is let us not try to read between the lines. Let’s make it clear what we are saying. Because it is confusing. Each group is grieving in one way or another. A gray area is not going to help. I am for the substitute of these words. Thank you. Bishop Taylor: Thank you. We have two speeches for and a speech against. Mic # 1: Alissa Grantham (NR)(Auburn UMC): I am in favor. I have heard so many conversations and I have tried to talk to people on both sides trying to get a general idea of where we all stand. I approve of changing the word apologize to grieve. None of us like the idea, nor is it palatable to apologize for the actions of others. The other thing…is that those people who voted.. it was with their conscience. They should not have to apologize for following their interpretation of church canon...of Jesus’ word…of God’s word. But we can all grieve for what it is doing. I think the lady nailed it on the head. Bishop Taylor: That is three speeches for and one against.
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Mic # 1: Missy Belote (AP)(Local Pastor) I just think that this amendment is not something that we should approve. Because of a divine appointment, I had this week—when I went to have lunch in Waynesville there was a lesbian couple setting next to me. We began chatting and they asked what I do for a living. One of the ladies said, “I have given up on church.” I replied that God has not given up on you and I am so sorry for whatever it was that made you feel that way. I am passionate about evangelism and the fact that every person God ever created is a precious and beloved child. So if I have to apologize for something I didn’t do that has hurt this person… so that I can then share Jesus with her. That is something small that I am willing to do. The church has caused harm and if that is the entrée that I need to talk to someone about God’s love for them, then I think that is a very small ask. So I would urge us to oppose this amendment. Bishop Taylor: We have had three speeches for and two against. I need an additional speech against. Mic # 1: Amy Bloomberg (TR)(Gray UMC) I am really sorry if someone heard some hurtful words this morning coming in about conservatives. That wasn’t nice and it went against what Kim Goddard talked about yesterday. But there is a big difference between apologizing for someone’s opinion and apologizing about someone’s very being. These people need an apology. Bishop Taylor: The question is called. We have had three votes for and three votes against… so it is automatically called by our rules of order. A question for clarification…go to a microphone please. Terry Fleenor (AP)(Local Pastor) I need to clarify exactly who can vote on these resolutions. There have been mixed messages…especially for local pastors. Bishop Taylor: I will turn to our Conference Secretary who can clarify that for you. Secretary responds: Under the question of voting items, anything that is on the floor of the annual conference the following persons are allowed to vote. I am going to go across the list…laity, full connection elder, full connection deacons, retired elders, retired deacons, associate members-active, retired associate members, full time local pastors, part time local pastors, retired local pastors if they are serving a church in retirement, full connection pastors on voluntary leave, provisional members, clergy from other annual conference may not, clergy from other denominations may not, clergy on honorable location may not.. Bishop Taylor: Thank you for that question. Bishop Taylor: What is before us is the amendment, the Allen amendment to change the wording in the second line from the bottom of what is printed on your newspaper. We will change the word apologize and substitute the word grieve. So if you support his amendment will you please stand. Thank you. If you do not support the amendment, will you please stand. I think that the tellers need to count. I am sorry to ask the tellers to do one more thing. Bishop Taylor: There is an announcement from our Conference Secretary. Secretary: I want to remind you that Buzz Trexler, our conference photographer, needs to take picture of those persons that have been elected as delegates. Donna Mosby and Paul Seay still need to have their picture taken. Buzz said that someone took his table and he has no place to call an office, but he does have a hat on his head and you should be able to recognize him and he has a camera around his neck. So look for Buzz…he also needs Jurisdictional delegates as well. Bishop Taylor: We are in the middle of this matter, the tellers are tabulating. We do have the results of a ballot and we are trying to complete our voting. If it is okay with the house, we will pause so that we can know how we are to proceed. This is the result of Laity General Ballot #13: 550 cast; 543 valid, 7 invalid; needed 273; Becky Hall with 317 votes is elected. This will be Jurisdictional Laity Ballot # 1: You are voting for six persons because you have completed your General Conference delegation so now you are voting for Jurisdictional Conference Delegate… I hear a question go to Mic # 1: Ashely Garran (TV) I was wondering if we could have the names on the screen of those that have been elected to General Conference so we would not vote for them.
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Mic #1: Alan Gorrell (CM) We also need the names of those nominated from the floor back up too. Bishop Taylor: Our communications person, the Rev. Tim Jones, is going to help with the visuals. There is another question… Mic # 1: Kathy Robertson (SS) Would it be appropriate to move that we take the top six vote getters instead of continuing to vote…Bishop Taylor: No, mam it will not be. By our Constitution, everyone elected needs to be elected by a majority vote individually. Bishop Taylor: I declare this ballot closed. I have the report of the Clergy Jurisdictional Ballot # 2: 297 cast; 293 valid; 4 invalid; 148 needed: no election. The tellers are in place, if you are clergy please rise to receive your ballot. This is Clergy Jurisdictional Ballot #3. You are voting for six persons…I declare this ballot closed. Bishop Taylor: I have the results of the allen amendment: 428 in favor and 252 against. So the amendment does prevail. The amendment now becomes part of what is printed in your newspaper. We have had three speeches against, and two speeches for. Would anyone like to speak in favor of the resolution that is now before us. Mic # 1: Addison Cable (SM)(Laity) I’d like to make a motion that there be a paper ballot on the resolution before us. Bishop Taylor: Our Standing Rule 15 says such a motion only requires a 1/3 vote. Via a show of hands, it was not possible to determine an accurate vote. I will call on you to stand. I will again call upon the Conference Secretary to clarify who gets to vote. Secretary: Based on name tag colors, because the categories are rolled into the name tag colors, Green name tags are clergy that can vote on any and all matters before the annual conference; Blue name tags represent local pastors and they are able to vote on matters except constitutional amendments, so they can vote on this. Yellow names tags are laity and they can vote on all matters before the annual conference. We added the purple name tag to differentiate those provisional elders. They are able to vote as well. A white name tag has voice on all matters, but no votes. Bishop Taylor: The question is whether we will have a paper ballot please stand. Tellers, please count the sections. Please remain standing so you can be counted. To be clear, we are voting on whether to have a paper ballot or not. We are not voting on the resolution itself. You may be seated. If you prefer not to have a paper ballot, would you please stand…Let me sort of tell you where we are. We are in the middle of this item and we are trying to determine if there will be a paper ballot…Yes. We are going to have a paper ballot. Point of Order: Mic # 2: John Stroud (MV) (Morristown FUMC): Would it be all right to order out for pizza? (Applause) Bishop Taylor: If it’s pepperoni with extra cheese. Bishop Taylor: On my chart, we have 3 speeches…there is one room for one more speech in favor of the Ferguson resolution as amended. Are we clear? We have had three speeches against, and when I asked for another speech in favor, that is when we received the request for a paper ballot and that is what has gotten us off track. We have space for one more speech if someone would like to speak in favor. Mic # 1: Amy Rollins Probst (Elder) (AP): I speak in favor as amended. We have gone through a lot of procedure, but if we could pause for just a moment and think about our churches at home. The reports that we are going to make, but more importantly, the witness that we have on the unbelieving world around us. Through a series of events I never expected, I am leaving local church ministry this year. I am not taking a church and I am moving into different ways of life and ministry. I will find myself on a college campus. This is not an easy place to be as a pastor. This is not an easy place to be as a united
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Bishop Taylor: Thank you very much. We have had three speeches in favor and three against. Would you stand…we have specific written ballots you need to use. If you vote YES, it means you support the resolution as amended in the paper. If you vote NO, you do not support the resolution as amended in the paper. Please do not fold your ballot. If you have completed your ballot please stand. Once you have given your ballot to a teller, please be seated. Bishop Taylor: I am going to ask Daisy Kizer to come and lead us in our closing prayer and we will be in recess for lunch. We have some voting to continue. We have an order of the day at 230 but we will not adjourn the conference to continue our voting…that we could try to charge to Scantron. Daisy prayed for our conference and the meal a prayer she had written.
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The Rev. Kathie Wilson-Parker, Co-Chair, Division of Local Pastors and Associate Members, presented this person for recognition as an Associate Member: • Rochelle Dobbins Maxwell. Bishop Taylor administered the General Examination to all candidates. The Lake Junaluska Singers performed and Bishop Taylor delivered a sermon to those gathered. Following the sermon, Provisional Members were commissioned with Bishop Taylor praying for the group and calling each person by name. Bishop Taylor then laid hands on the shoulder of each candidate and prayed. Those being commissioned then received their certificates and Bibles. Bishop Taylor then had the candidates for ordination as an Elder stand and issued words of examination to them. Bishop Taylor then offered a prayer for the entire group calling each name during the prayer. Bishop Taylor then laid hands on the head of the Ordinands and prayed for each. Each candidate then placed their hand on a Bible as Bishop Taylor told them to “…take authority as an elder.” The Ordinands received a stole and certificate. Bishop Taylor recognized and greeted the candidate coming forward to become an Associate Member. Rochelle Dobbins Maxwell received her certificate and Bible. Worship Participants: • Mary Virginia Taylor, Resident Bishop, Holston Area, The United Methodist Church • Richard C. Looney, Bishop, The United Methodist Church • Director of Liturgy and Assisting Deacon for Bishop Taylor – Rev. Glenna Manning, Concord UMC, Tennessee Valley District • Music Leader – Mr. Wesley Rouse, Fairview UMC in the Smoky Mountain District • Organist – Mr. Bryan K. Underwood, State Street UMC in the Clinch Mountain District • Pianist – Mrs. Sandra Rouse, Fairview UMC, Smoky Mountain District • Musicians – The Lake Junaluska Singers, Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, Ms. Mary Huff, Director, Ms. Kathy Geyer McNeil, Associate Director. The Appointment Books were distributed by the ushers. The Reverend Mickey Rainwater addressed the question of clergy character. Bishop Taylor then fixed the appointments. Those gathered engaged in a recitation of A Covenant Prayer in the Wesleyan Tradition. We closed with a congregational signing of “My Tribute” Bishop Taylor dismissed us with a blessing. We processed out to the singing of “Lift High the Cross” Following a break we reconvened to continue the election process. Bishop Taylor reported results of the Ballot on Ferguson resolution as amended.
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573 in favor. 301 against. The Ferguson resolution as amended is adopted. Bishop Taylor read results of Clergy Ballot #03 Jurisdictional with a total of 303 ballots, 290 valid, 146 needed to elect, there is no election. Bishop Taylor asked clergy to stand to receive a Clergy Ballot #04 Jurisdictional, voting for six people. Point of order…previously marked ballots were accidentally distributed and were recalled before clergy could continue with the voting process. Question at Mic # 2 – Point of clarification –Do newly ordained—can they vote? Bishop Taylor they are voting and have been since their election at the Clergy Session. Bishop Taylor read results of Laity Ballot #01 Jurisdictional with a total of 523 ballots, 519 valid, 261 needed to elect, there is no election. Bishop Taylor asked laity to stand to receive Laity Ballot #02 Jurisdictional, voting for six persons. Question Mic #1: Charles Dunlap Scenic South: “I understand there were nominations from the floor—can we see the list?” Bishop Taylor “they have been scrolling names on the screen.” Charles-“Not since lunch.” Bishop Taylor “I am told they were scrolling.” Bishop Taylor called upon Paul Bowman to bring a report from the Holston Conference Foundation. Paul Bowman: Our report is found on page 132-133 in the Book of Reports. I want to mention 7% as the annual return in our balanced growth fund since 1990. A video was shown. Bishop Taylor asked for reception by show of hands and it was received. Bishop Taylor declared ballot closed. Bishop Taylor called upon the Rev. Charles Hutchins for the Holston Home for Children. Rev. Hutchins reported: Holston Home is a home for the people of Holston Conference. Thanked us for our support. It is the oldest mission in our Annual conference. Served 646 different children last year. Our Beacon School helps students that have not been successful in other schools. We issued 30 diplomas last year. Mrs. Wiley had 3 goals in mind: 1.) Every child should have a secure place to live, 2.) every child should be able to develop their God given potential 3.) Every child should hear about Jesus. We had 61 children accept Christ and were baptize. We are building a Christian worship center which we will dedicate in September. Bishop Taylor read results of Clergy Ballot #04 Jurisdictional with a total of 257 ballots, 257 valid, 130 needed to elect, with 137 votes Lauri Jo Cranford is elected. Bishop Taylor called for Clergy Ballot #05 Jurisdictional - voting for five persons. Please stand to receive your ballot. …The ballot was closed. Bishop Taylor: We have some people in our audience that represent UMW, UMM, CCYM. Is Carolyn Haerr present.. asked UMW to stand and wave. Is Eric Knowefel present.. Is Lindseay Kizer present….thank you. Bishop Taylor: I call upon the Rev. Sharon Bowers to make a report for the Conference Commission on the Status and Role of Women. COSROW.
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Sharon Bowers: Asked Rev. Sandra Johnson and Rev. Brenda Carroll to come up to the stage. Rev. Bowers spoke of the influence of women within our annual conference and raised up Bishop Taylor as a women that helped to break the glass ceiling for women in ministry. She also lifted up and gave thanks to the leadership of Rev. Brenda Carroll and Rev. Sandra Johnson who are coming off their years of service on the cabinet. She then called upon the women of the annual conference to stand and be recognized. Bishop Taylor read results of Laity Ballot #02 Jurisdictional with a total of 314 ballots, 312 valid, 157 needed to elect, with 188 votes Amanda Onks is elected, with 174 votes Charles McEntyre is elected, with 157 votes Reagan Kelly is elected. Bishop Taylor: Will you please rise to receive Laity Ballot #03 Jurisdictional, voting for three persons. Please do not vote for those already elected…I declare the ballot closed. Bishop Taylor read results of Clergy Ballot #05 Jurisdictional with a total of 251 ballots, 248 valid, 125 needed to elect, with 133 votes Joshua Kilbourne is elected...would you please stand to receive a ballot… this is Clergy Ballot #06 Jurisdictional; vote for four persons…the ballot was closed. Bishop Taylor I feel the need for energy in the room...can we get Wesley Rouse to come out and help us. Wesley led us in singing “I’ll Fly Away.” and “Love the Lord your God with All Your Heart, Mind, Soul and Strength” Bishop Taylor: The music has been wonderful. I want to call upon the Rev. Carl Blackburn at Mic #1. Carl has an update concerning events reported last night concerning Chattanooga. In response to opioid issues. A police Lieutenant. Said there is a full court press to provide training in Chattanooga…five confirmed deaths. The Hamilton county commission says that 2-3 had been saved using Narcon. Since January 250 calls for potential overdose in the area. 47 over dose deaths since January 28 were confirmed fentanyl. Drugs are being laced with fentanyl and just contact can cause an overdose. People need to be trained in using Narcon. They want to partner with churches in the area and will provide training throughout the Chattanooga area. Karen Frank, says Tim who spoke with us, is saving lives everyday. Thanks you Jesus for $129,000 to help with this issue. Bishop Taylor stated someone has asked if the presentations that were made could be duplicated and made available for each district. Rev. Blackburn, there are also a series of YouTube videos that can help expand in his teaching. Bishop Taylor read results of Laity Ballot #03 Jurisdictional with a total of 273 ballots, 268 valid, 135 needed to elect, with 152 votes Jim Gass is elected, with 140 votes Nathaniel Roark is elected. Would you please stand to receive Laity Ballot #04 Jurisdictional, voting for one person…ballot is closed. Bishop Taylor read results of Clergy Ballot #06 Jurisdictional with a total of 242 ballots, 242 valid, 122 needed to elect, with 136 votes David Graybeal is elected. Bishop Taylor: We will now take Clergy Ballot #07 Jurisdictional, voting for three persons please rise to receive you ballot…ballot is closed. Bishop Taylor asked all General and Jurisdictional delegates to meet in the Harrell center at the close of the annual conference.
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Bishop Taylor: There is a minute question: # 81 Where shall annual conference be held next year? Mic # 2: Lori Sluder came and moved that we meet at Lake Junaluska. Motion received a second. Bishop Taylor: Could we do that on June 7-10, 2020? Properly moved and seconded. Received a resounding yes from the Annual Conference. The motion does prevail. Bishop Taylor: I have received serious word that the childcare will close at 6:00 pm and there are children from one family still there. Bishop Taylor: I think the sprit of the AC has been incredible and there has been much work behind the scenes. I want to thank my parliamentarian Del Holley. I want to thank the Rev. Terry Goodman (even though he has a friend named Murphy). I want to thank Becky Hall who orchestrates the event by the minute. Bishop Taylor read results of Laity Ballot #04 Jurisdictional with a total of 266 ballots, 256 valid, 129 needed to elect, there is no election. Bishop Taylor if you are ready to receive ballot, please stand…something does not make sense…please stand and turn your ballot back in….you might want to talk to Terry Goodman about his friend Murphy… again. Bishop Taylor is anyone here old enough to remember Johnny Carson…Karnac…hermetically sealed… Please stand and receive your ballot. This is Laity Ballot #05 Jurisdictional, voting for one person…balloting was closed. Bishop Taylor asked Wesley Rouse to lead us in another song… Mic # 2: Ginny West Case – moment of personal privilege. Today is the anniversary of the Pulse shooting in Orlando, Florida…which points to the rise of hate crimes in our culture and the need for gun control…I ask for a moment of silence in honor of victims of hate crime and violence. Bishop Taylor if you will do that will you lift your hand…thank you Ginny…(there was a moment of silence). Wesley led us in singing “There’s Just Something About that Name” and “Hallelujah Thine the Glory Revive us Again” Bishop Taylor read the results of Clergy Ballot #07 Jurisdictional; 231 votes cast; valid 229; needed 116; Kristen Burkhart received 120 and is elected. Sarah Varnell received 119 and is elected. Please rise to receive Clergy Ballot #08 Jurisdictional, voting for one person…ballot was closed. Bishop Taylor: Terry Goodman has a request for a song…several songs are being suggested…Wesley, Terry Goodman, has had a hard week, would you be kind enough to take his selection of a song? Wesley led us in singing Number 622 –“There is a Fountain Filled with Blood.” This ballot is now closed. Bishop Taylor read results of Laity Ballot #05 Jurisdictional with a total of 229 ballots, 229 valid, 116 needed to elect, with 127 votes Leamon Burl Lawson is elected You have elected all of the Jurisdictional delegates for the laity. All of those delegates…there was a change to the constitution…says that those that go to General and Jurisdictional must be elected by 50% + 1.
III. DAILY PROCEEDINGS 87 Prepare a ballot Jurisdictional Laity Ballot #6 ...You are voting for two alternates. Please stand to receive your ballots...you are voting for two people…the ballot is closed. Mic # 4: Catherine Nance (SM). Could we ask our visitors from Willow, Alaska to bring us a greeting….I make that a motion… Bishop Taylor if you like that motion say come on up here. Crowd responds. Joe and Christine DowlingSoka come to the stage. We consider ourselves to be Holston’s frontier outpost… many of you have been there…you help to fund our ministry. They have built us a four bedroom house and we have room for you…simply say you are from Holston and you can come and stay with us…we will pick you up at the airport. Kristine spoke about the help with food and heat insecurity ministries you help us with. Holston helps us raise $50,000 for these ministries. People living off the grid in dry cabins come to the church once a week for showers. The town covers 600 square miles with a population of 2,000…we serve 15% of the population. Bishop Taylor read results of Clergy Ballot #08 Jurisdictional with a total of 200 ballots, 194 valid, 98 needed to elect, with 105 votes Mark Flynn is elected. Bishop Taylor asked clergy to stand to elect two Jurisdictional alternates. Clergy Ballot #09 Jurisdictional, voting for two persons…ballot was closed. Bishop Taylor called for a standing break… Bishop Taylor read results of Laity Ballot #06 Jurisdictional with a total of 207 ballots, 105 valid, _ needed to elect, with 149 votes Sam England is elected. Please stand to receive Laity Ballot #07 Jurisdictional, voting for one person as jurisdictional alternate…ballot is closed. Wesley Rouse began to sing, “Who the Son Sets Free” Bishop Taylor read results of Clergy Ballot #09 Jurisdictional Alternate with a total of 186 ballots, 183 valid, 93 needed to elect, there is no election. Bishop Taylor: Would the clergy please stand to receive Clergy Ballot #10 Jurisdictional Alternate, voting for two persons... Mic # 1: Betsy Ellifrits Warren asks: Would it be appropriate for a moment of personal privilege now or when the ballot is closed-- Bishop Taylor - When the ballot is closed…ballot is closed. Bishop Taylor recognizes Betsy Ellifritts Warren at Mic # 1. I rise for a moment privilege that we have such a robust amount of youth participation and I am thankful and proud of that and wanted to celebrate it. Wesley Rouse began to sing… “This is how I fight my battles.” Bishop Taylor read results of Laity Ballot #09 Jurisdictional Alternate with a total of 145 ballots, 145 valid, 74 needed to elect, with 87 votes Dawson Kitts is elected. This means the laity have completed their work. Bishop Taylor left the stage and left Del Holley in Charge. Del says, “That when the Bishop announced that the laity have completed the elections, my first reaction was that we won. I then leaned over to Terry and said, it’s kind of hard to be excited about that at 7:10 pm…”
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Bishop Taylor recognized Sandy Bandy for a point of personal privilege… “I want to recognize that this my third year as a lay delegate from Mars Hill UMC. We just celebrated 224 years…two years older than the state of Tennessee.” Bishop Taylor: Wesley Rouse and Terry Goodman are going to do a duet…”In Christ Alone.” Bishop Taylor read results of Clergy Ballot #10 Jurisdictional Alternate with a total of 156 ballots, 155 valid, 79 needed to elect, with 86 votes Amy Aycock Sumrall is elected. Bishop Taylor: Would you please stand to receive a ballot. You are voting for one person on Clergy Ballot #11 Jurisdictional Alternate…please stand and let the tellers receive your ballot… the ballot is closed. Mic # 2: Darlene Marshall (NR)…does Wesley know “Confidence”. He does not. Bishop Taylor: Can we get the laity results on the screen…their elections are complete. Bishop Taylor: When I went backstage a few moments ago, I was arranging for Tim Jones to take a picture of our tellers…the persons that have worked so diligently for us. I’ve asked Brandy Williams to come out, she has said no…she is staying hidden in the room…maybe if you chant her name she will come out…(Brandy comes out and hugs Bishop Taylor)…I think she just threatened me with my life. Wesley Rouse began to sing “Soon and Very Soon” and was interrupted with a ballot. Bishop Taylor read results of Clergy Ballot #11 Jurisdictional Alternate with a total of 146 ballots, 146 valid, 74 needed to elect, with 82 votes Caleb Fraizer is elected. Bishop Taylor “Would you like to express appreciation to Tony? (Applause) and Rachel? (Applause)” I still want Tim to come and take a picture, will the tellers please come up on stage. Bishop Taylor I need to declare that this session of the Holston Annual Conference is now adjourned. She then struck the gavel.
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THE BUSINESS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE The Minutes of the Holston Annual Conference Held in George R. Stuart Auditorium, Lake Junaluska, North Carolina From Sunday, June 9 through Wednesday, June 12, 2019 Bishop Mary Virginia Taylor Presiding Date When Organized 1824 (1968) Number of This Session 196 (52)
PART I ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL BUSINESS 1.
Who are elected for the quadrennium (¶¶603.7, 619)? Secretary? Terry D. Goodman Mailing Address: P.O. Box 850, Alcoa, TN 37701-0850 Telephone: 865-690-4080 Email: TerryGoodman@holston.org Statistician? Mailing Address: Telephone: Email:
F. Richard ‘Rick’ Cherry P.O. Box 850, Alcoa, TN 37701-0850 865-690-4080 RickCherry@holston.org
Treasurer? Mailing Address: Telephone: Email:
F. Richard ‘Rick’ Cherry P.O. Box 850, Alcoa, TN 37701-0850 865-690-4080 RickCherry@holston.org
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Is the Annual Conference incorporated (¶603.1)? Yes
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Bonding and auditing: What officers handling funds of the conference have been bonded, and in what amounts (¶¶618, 2511)? Name Position Amount Bonded F. Richard Cherry Conference Treasurer $1,000,000.00 Have the books of said officers or persons been audited (¶¶617, 2511)? Yes
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What agencies have been appointed or elected? Who have been elected chairpersons for the mandated structures listed? Structure Chairperson Council on Finance and Administration Jeff Lambert (¶611) Board of Ordained Ministry (¶635) Mickey Rainwater Board of Pensions (¶639) Todd Chancey Board of Trustees of the Annual Conference David McLain (¶2512) Committee on Episcopacy (¶637) Administrative Review Committee (¶636)
Email pastor@1stmethodist.com mrainwater@fairview-umc.org revtchancey@juno.com davidmclain5@gmail.com
b) Indicate the name of the agency (or agencies) and the chairperson(s) in your annual conference which is (are) responsible for the functions related to each of the following general church agencies (¶610.1): General Agency Chairperson Email General Board of Church and Society Lori Sluder lori@holston.org General Board of Discipleship Elizabeth Hamilton preacher@addilynn.com General Board of Global Ministries Tom Hancock drill_sgt007@hotmail.com General Board of Ordained Ministry Higher Education and Campus Ministry Magan Stubblefield magan.stubblefield@gmail.com General Commission on Archives and History David St. Clair dstclair@ech.edu General Commission on Christian Unity and Lori Sluder lori@holston.org Inter-religious Concerns General Commission on Religion and Race Charlotte McKee charbmckee@aol.com 1
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Indicate the conference agencies and chairpersons which have responsibilities for the following functions: General Agency Chairperson Email Criminal Justice and Mercy Ministries (¶657)? Lori Sluder lorisluder@holston.org Disability Concerns (¶653)? Lori Sluder lorisluder@holston.org Equitable Compensation (¶625)? Bruce Galyon bgalyon@middlebrookpike.com Laity (¶631)? J. ‘Del’ Holley delholley@aubrnalum.org Native American Ministry (¶654)? Faith Ramer Faith.e.ramer@gmail.com Small Membership Church (¶645)? Annette Warren pastonamw@yahoo.com
d) Indicate the president or equivalent for the following organizations. Organization Chairperson Conference United Methodist Women (¶647) Carolyn Haerr Conference United Methodist Men (¶648) Eric Knoefel Conference Council on Youth Ministry (¶649) Lindsey Kizer Conference Council on Young Adult Ministry (¶650)? Keith Moore
Email carolynhaerr@bellsouth.net efnoefel@msn.com Keith_moore@wesleyutc.com
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Have persons been elected for the following district boards and committees? Answer yes or no. District Boards of Church Location & Building (¶2518.2)? Yes Committees on District Superintendency (¶669)? Yes District Committees on Ordained Ministry (¶666)? Yes
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What other councils, boards, commissions, or committees have been appointed or elected in the annual conference? Annual Conference Program Committee Committee on Rules and Order Camp and Retreat Ministries Board Joint Committee on Disability and Incapacity Children’s Ministry Team Pastoral Counseling Center Supervisory Nurture Ministry Team Committee Committee on Congregational Development Personnel Resources Committee Committee on Nominations Strength for the Journey Committee on Petitions and Resolutions Wesley Foundation Boards
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Have the secretaries, treasurers, and statisticians kept and reported their respective data in accordance to the prescribed formats? (¶606.8)? Yes
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What is the report of the statistician? See 2019 Journal Volume II
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What is the report of the treasurer? See 2019 Journal Volume I
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What are the reports of the district superintendents as to the status of the work within their districts? See 2019 Journal Volume I
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What is the schedule of minimum base compensation for clergy for the ensuing year (¶¶342, 625.3)? For full-time service by Conference Members: Full Member (M.Div.) or equivalent degree $43,496 Provisional Member (M.Div.) or equivalent degree $41,016 Associate Member $39,384 For Service as Full-Time Local Pastors: Master of Divinity (M.Div.) $38,030 Completed Studies $37,023 Beginning Studies $32,095
10. What amount has been apportioned to the pastoral charges within the conference to be raised for the support of the district superintendents for the ensuing year (¶614.1a)? $1,383,299 11. a) What amount has been apportioned to the pastoral charges within the conference to be raised for the support of the pension and benefit programs of the conference for the ensuing year (¶¶614.1d, 1507)? $0 b) What are the apportionments to this conference for the ensuing year? 2
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For the World Service Fund?............................................................... $1,646,577 For the Ministerial Education Fund? ...................................................... $556,137 For the Black College Fund? .................................................................. $221,838 For the Africa University Fund? ............................................................... $49,646 For the Episcopal Fund? ......................................................................... $487,618 For the General Administration Fund? ................................................... $195,517 For the Interdenominational Cooperation Fund? ...................................... $43,494
12. What are the findings of the annual audit of the conference treasuries? Book of Reports.
Unqualified and printed in the 2019
13. Conference and district lay leaders (¶¶603.9, 660): a) Conference lay leader: Name: James D. ‘Del’ Holley Mailing Address: 440 Bowers Park Circle, Knoxville, TN 37920 b) Associate conference lay leaders: N/A c) District and associate district lay leaders: Appalachian (AP) Jacqueline ‘Jackie’ McGowan Scenic South (SS) Clinch Mountain (CM) Earl Maine Smoky Mountain (SM) Hiwassee (HI) Rick Lay Tennessee Valley (TV) Mountain View (MV) Jon Pursley Three Rivers (TR) New River (NR) Oliver McBride 14. List local churches which have been: a) Organized or continued as New Church Starts (¶259,1-4, continue to list congregations here until listed in questions 14.c, d, or e) Church Name District Mailing Address Phone Number Shades of Grace AP 313 E Sullivan St 423-765-2440 Kingsport, TN 37660
Date Founded 07/01/2014
b) Organized or continued as Mission Congregations (¶259,1-4, continue to list congregations here until listed in questions 14.c, d, or e) Church Name District Mailing Address Phone Number c)
Organized or continued Satellite congregations (¶247.22, continue to list here until listed in questions 14.a, c, d, or e) Church Name Parent Church District Mailing Address
d) Organized as Chartered (¶259.5-10, continue to list here until listed in questions 14.d or e) Church Name District Mailing Address
e) Merged (¶¶2546, 2547) (1) United Methodist with United Methodist District Name of GCFA # First Church TV Bethel 415252 TV Mascot 418585
Name of Second Church Powell Strawberry Plains
(2) Other mergers (indicate denomination) District Name of First Name of Second Church Church
Date Founded
Date Launched
Phone Number
Date Founded
GCFA #
Name of Merged Church
Date Merged
418665 420726
Powell Strawberry Plains
2019-07-01
Name of Merged Church
Date Merged
GCFA #
f) Discontinued or abandoned (¶¶229, 341.2, 2549) (State which for each church listed.) (1) New Church Start (¶259.2,3) Church Name District Location St Luke’s TV Knoxville, TN 3
Becky Hall Steve Yeaney Bobby Stair Dell Gates
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(2) Mission Congregation (¶259.1a) Church Name
District
Location
Date Closed
(3) Satellite Congregation Church Name
District
Location
Date Closed
(4) Chartered Local Church (¶259.5) Church Name Union (Broadford Circuit)
District CM
Location 500 Possum Hollow Rd Saltville, VA 24370 35045 Loves Mill Rd Glade Springs, VA 24340
Date Closed 12/1/2018
Mailing Address
Date Relocated
Mt. Olivet (Lebanon, Chilhowie-Mt. Olivet charge) g) Relocated and to what address Church Name
CM
District
h) Changed name of church? (Example: "First" to "Trinity") Former Name New Name Address i)
7/23/2018
Physical Location
District
Transferred this year into this conference from other United Methodist conference(s) and with what membership (¶¶41, 260)? Name Membership Sending Conference
j) What cooperative parishes in structured forms have been established? (¶206) Parish Name Charge Name Valley Parish (6) - Rev. Nancy Chalybeate Springs-Okolona Martin, Director Chalybeate Springs-Okolona Chalybeate Springs-Okolona Ross Campground – Cameron Ross Campground – Cameron Valley Center
Church Name Chalybeate Springs Okolona Grange Hall Ross Campground Cameron Valley Center
District AP AP AP AP AP AP
k) What other changes have taken place in the list of churches? 15. Are there Ecumenical Shared Ministries in the conference? (¶207, 208) a) Federated church Name District Other Denomination(s) b) Union Church Name Marble Point Weaver Lakeview Grassy Creek c)
District AP CM CM CM
Merged Church GCFA # Name
d) Yoked Parish GCFA #
Other Denomination(s) Baptist Presbyterian Baptist Baptist
District
Name
Other Denomination(s)
District
Other Denomination(s)
16. What changes have been made in district and charge lines (please list the GCFA Number beside church name)? See following page.
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GCFA# 417284
First Broad Street
417067
Arcadia
416815
Hermon
416974
Bethel
416713
Holly Springs
416985
Broadford Circuit
421036
Cedar Bluff
421127
Clearview
421685
Clearview-Dennison
420932
Changed Status First Broad Street Community
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Change
District
417067
Community UMC is now a Preaching Station
Date Effective
AP AP AP
07/01/2019
Arcadia Hermon
416515
Holly SpringsBethel
416985
Holly Springs is the lead church.
Broadford Circuit
421036
Union (PS) closed 6/30/2019; Remain: Roberts Chapel 421036 (lead); Crabtree 421014; Wesley (Saltville) 421071
CM
07/01/2019
Cedar BluffClearview
421127
Combining Cedar Bluff and Clearview
CM
07/01/2019
Clearview
421685
CM
07/01/2019
Dennison
420932
Separating Clearview and Dennison
AP TR AP
07/01/2019 07/01/2019
Russell Circuit
411117
Lakeview Grassy Creek
411117
No longer a circuit but a 2-point charge
CM
07/01/2019
Smyth County Parish / Grace-GreenwoodMt. Zion(PS)
410820
Smyth County Circuit
410820
Discontinuing Parish and creating new charge name "Smyth County Circuit"
CM
07/01/2019
Lebanon-Mt. Olivet
410534
Lebanon (Chilhowie)
410534
Mt. Olivet, formerly a PS, closed 06/30/2019
CM
07/01/2019
Tellico Plains Circuit
419416
Wesley Chapel 419135 become single church charge; Remain: Ironsburg (lead) 419146; First Tellico Plains 419740
HI
07/01/2019
Wesley Chapel
419135
Becoming single church charge
Pleasant Hill
414350
Becoming single church charge HI
07/02/2019
Burkett Chapel
966523
Becoming single church charge
Englewood
414042
Buckner Memorial will go on a charge with Forkners Chapel
HI
07/01/2019
Adding Buckner Memorial to charge with Forkners Chapel
HI
07/01/2019
dissolve charge / discontinue Meadowview
MV
07/01/2019
align Ebbing & Flowing Springs with Kincaid; new charge name: Ebbing & Flowing Springs Kincaid
MV
07/01/2019
dissolve charge / realign
MV
07/01/2019
Tellico Plains Circuit
419416
Pleasant Hill / Burkett Chapel
414350
Englewood - Buckner Memorial
414042
Forkners Chapel
419248
Buckner Memorial
419328
KincaidMeadowview
417524
Ebbing & Flowing Springs
417318
Kincaid
417524
Mary's Chapel Woodlawn
419911
Mary's Chapel
419911
Rutledge
420681
Shady Grove
420180
Woodlawn
965692
Buckner Memorial Forkners Chapel Buckner Memorial Kincaid
419328
419248 417524
Meadowview Ebbing & Flowing Springs Kincaid Mary's Chapel
417570
Woodlawn
965692
Rutledge Mary's Chapel
420681
Charge realignment for Mary's Chapel; Charge name: Mary's Chapel - Rutledge
MV
07/01/2019
Shady Grove Woodlawn Parish
420180
re-alignment; charge name: Shady Grove Woodlawn Parish
MV
07/01/2019
417318 419911
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Changed Status
GCFA#
Change
Riverview Circuit
419512
Riverview Circuit
419512
No changes to charge membership. This authorization to move Fowler's Grove to Preaching Station status.
MV
07/01/2019
Round Bottom
421732
Rocky Top Charge
421526
Round Bottom is now a preaching station forms a charge with Rocky Gap
NR
07/01/2019
965665
New Mt. Olive and New Hope Charge is realigning with Carter Street and Mt Airy to form Radford Circuit. New Mt Olive will be the lead church
NR
07/01/2019
Pearisburg Circuit is realigning to form Wabash Circuit
NR
07/01/2019
Eggleston Circuit is realigning to form Wabash Circuit
NR
07/01/2019
Eggleston Circuit is realigning to form Wabash Circuit
NR
07/01/2019
SS
07/01/2019
SM
07/01/2019
Rocky Gap
421526
New Mount Olive
965665
New Hope
965621
Carter Street
422485
Mt Airy (Preaching Station)
422485
Big Stoney
421424
Edgewood
421652
Ingram Village
421630
Providence
421641
Bear Springs
421231
Eggleston
418596
Green Valley
421218
Mountain View
421275
Wesley's Chapel
421355
Easton's Chapel
421754
Pleasant Hill
421765
Shady Grove
421776
Sheffey Memorial
421548
Tessalia
421787
Holston Gap Parish
412511
Hillcrest / Hendrons Chapel
418186
Philadelphia
419580
Fenders
419237
Bethel (Knoxville)
415252
Powell
418665
St. Lukes
418062
Macedonia
418288
Magnolia Avenue
418302
Norwood
418621
Bell's Campground
414851
Rockwood
415445
Chevront
415456
Rocky Top
415081
Dutch Valley
414920
St Mark, Clinton
414840
Dutch Valley
414920
Bethel, Amherst/Lincoln Park
396951
Radford Circuit
Wabash Circuit
421218
District
Ft. Oglethorpe
412511
Flinstone
412486
churches becoming independent charge; Ft. Oglethorpe Flinstone
Simpson Memorial
412806
Become station
Hillcrest Hendrons Chapel
418186 419102
Hendrons Chapel (closed effective 7/1/2019)
SM
Date Effective
Philadelphia Fenders
419580
New charge, moving Fenders from HI District to SM District.
Powell
418665
Bethel Knoxville is merging with Powell
TV
07/01/2019
East Knox Circuit
418062
Re-align St Lukes, Macedonia, and Magnolia Ave. to East Knox Circuit
TV
07/01/2019
Norwood / Bell's Campground
418621
TV
07/01/2019
Rockwood Chevront
415445
TV
07/01/2019
Rocky Top
415081
New charge alignment
TV
10/04/2018
St Mark-Dutch Valley
414840
New charge alignment; St Mark is lead church
TV
10/04/2018
New charge alignment
TV
07/01/2018
Bethel, Amherst Lincoln Park
396951
Re-align Bell's Campground with Norwood; Norwood is lead church Re-align Rockwood and Chevront; Rockwood is lead church
HI
07/01/2019
418244
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GCFA#
Changed Status
Date Effective
Change
District
416440
closure
TR
07/01/2019
416393
closure
TR
07/01/2019
closure
TR
07/01/2019
Boones Creek
415888
Mt. Wesley
416416
Embreeville
416438
Telford
416524
Asbury
416371
Pleasant Grove Valley View
416052
Milburnton
416030
Johnson City Parish
416325
Otterbein
395450
West Market Street
965995
Fairhaven
416347
Chuckey
415924
Rheatown
416074
Albright
396432
Clear Springs (PS)
415946
Liberty Hill (PS)
415992
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Mt. Wesley Embreeville
416416
Realign churches to form charge
TR
07/01/2019
Telford Asbury
416542
Realign churches to form charge
TR
07/01/2019
Pleasant Grove - Valley View Milburton
416052
add Milburton to charge
TR
07/01/2019
East Pine Grove Park
416325
East Pine Grove Park becoming station
TR
07/01/2019
Johnson City Parish
416347
Fairhaven becoming part of Johnson City Parish
TR
07/01/2019
Chuckey Circuit
396432
Combine Chuckey - Rheatown with Clear Springs, Albright and Liberty Hill to form new Charge
TR
7/1/2019
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THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH THE BUSINESS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE The Minutes of the Holston Annual Conference Held in George R. Stuart Auditorium, Lake Junaluska, North Carolina From Sunday, June 9 through Wednesday, June 12, 2019 Bishop Mary Virginia Taylor Presiding Date When Organized 1824 (1968) Number of This Session 196 (52)
PART II PERTAINING TO ORDAINED AND LICENSED CLERGY (Note: A (v) notation following a question in this section signifies that the action or election requires a majority vote of the clergy session of the annual conference. If an action requires more than a simple majority, the notation (v 2/3) or (v 3/4) signifies that a twothirds or three-fourths majority vote is required. Indicate credential of persons in Part II: FD, FE, PD, PE, and AM when requested.) 17. Are all the clergy members of the conference blameless in their life and official administration (¶¶604.4, 605.7)? Yes 18. Who constitute: a) The Administrative Review Committee (¶636)? (v) Doug Fairbanks Principals: Caleb Pitkin Alternates:
Carole Martin
Janet Edwards
b) The Conference Relations Committee of the Board of Ordained Ministry (¶635.1d)? Brad Scott Chairperson: Don Hanshew Chuck Starks Jodie Ihfe Rebekah Fetzer Dennie Humphreys Tim Jones c)
The Committee on Investigation (¶2703) Adam McKee Clergy Members: Mike Eastridge Professing Members: Robert Nyaga Alternate Clergy: Mary Baker Alternate Laity: Alan Hawthorne
Tom Robins Nan Carver David Tabor Kelly Price
Beth Tipton Mike Slimbarski Charles Maynard Bob Martin
Kathie Wilson-Parker Brad Scott Melissa Smith Bob Lilly
19. Who are the certified candidates (¶¶ 310, 313, 314) (NOTE: Everyone who wants to become an LP, PE, or PD must first become a certified candidate.) a) Who are currently certified as candidates for ordained or licensed ministry? First Last Name District Date Certified Seminary Jeffery Adams NR 1/5/2016 Garrett-Evangelical Theological (GET) Kathrine Amburn MV 6/5/2017 Andrew Barton SS Brenda Bell Bell-McAdams MV 1/9/2017 Missy S. Belote AP 7/30/2018 Roland “Scotty” Berthold AP 5/2/2017 Brenda Booher TR 5/21/2019 Joe Boshears SS Austin Byerly HI 4/21/2017 Duke Divinity School (DDS) Kayla Rachel Kimberly T. Chase Scott Gracie
Carico Collins Cowell Crinkenberger Cunningham Ellis
TV SS SM CM AP SS
12/11/2014 3/15/2015 6/30/2017 7/30/2018 1/9/2017
Wesley Theological Seminary (WTS) Graduate MDiv
Candler School of Theology (CST) CST
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CONTINUE QUESTION 19 a) First Last Name Kim Ellis Terry Fleenor Kevin Gray Whitney Hair Thomas Hammontree Delisa Hammons Adam Hood Danny Hoosier Samuel Hopson Mark Huffine Mark Laughlin Jim Lewis Erick Light John McCord Jennifer McIntyre Austin Meadows Alexandra A. Nelson-Tomlinson Evan C. Nester Danny Nettleton Michael Nuebert Seth O'Kegley Kenneth Peterson Crystal Ragan Steve Reis Mary Sue Renner Adam Reuss Merry Reid Greta Jennifer Jarrod D. Thomas Randal R. Karen Jane Mike Sara B.
Sheffer Smith Speith Suits Stubbs Tipton VanDyke Wasem Webb Wood
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District SS AP SS SM SM NR SM NR TR AP TR SS HI AP SM HI TV NR NR SM TV AP HI TR TR HI
Date Certified 5/15/2018 7/30/2018 5/15/2018 6/26/2018 1/6/2015 5/16/2019 5/29/2018 5/16/2019 5/19/2015 7/30/2018 5/21/2019 4/21/2017 7/30/2018 12/18/2013 5/26/2018 2/16/2017 1/9/2017 5/16/2019 12/17/2015 5/24/2017 7/30/2018 5/25/2018
6/3/2018
TV SM TV HI TV MV CM TR AP SM
1/4/2017 12/18/2013 2/16/2017 2/17/2011 8/6/2019 1/15/2019 9/12/2017 5/17/2018 7/30/2018 8/6/2012
Seminary CST United Theological Seminary (UTS) CST
CST
UTS Graduate MDiv 2018 Local Pastor Licensing School (LPLS) DDS 2018 LPLS Asbury Theological Seminary (ATS) Iliff Theological Seminary (ITS)
UTS CST 2018 LPLS Vanderbilt School of Theology (VST) Graduate MDiv UTS ATS 2018 LPLS DDS 2018 LPLS
ATS Graduate MDiv
b) Who have had their candidacy for ordained or licensed ministry accepted by a District Committee on Ordained Ministry in another annual conference? (Include name of accepting conference.) First Jacob David
Last Name Dye Smithey
District CM SM
Date Certified 2018
Accepting Conference North Carolina Ohio; App LP 2015
c) Who have been discontinued as certified candidates for licensed or ordained ministry? – Not applicable (Note: Once a candidate is appointed as FL or PL, They are no longer listed as a certified candidate (except the first year they are appointed when they would need to be listed in 19 and in 20 or 21). Students appointed as Local Pastors (par.318.3) are the only people who are allowed to be listed as a candidate in one conference while being listed as an LP in a different conference. Par.318.3 stipulates that students appointed as local pastors can serve in either a full or part-time capacity. )
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20. Who have completed the studies for the license as a local pastor, are approved, but are not now appointed? (¶315 —Indicate for each person the year the license was approved.): (3/4v) Last COS First Last Name District Approved Licensed Completed Seminary Andrew Abell NR 2015 2015 Danny W. Arp HI 2007 Janet Manning Batts* TR 2005 J.W. Burgess HI 2006 Brian Scott Burnette SM 2018 Anthony R. Burns TV 2014 ATS John Bush TV 2014 DDS Steve Butler TR 2009 Darren Chapman SM 2015 Brian C. Cregger CM 2010 ATS Graduate MDiv. Bill F. Cross SS 2003 2009 Jacqueline Davis-Gaines SS 2017 2018 GTS Carmel Skeen Day SM 2005 John E. Dunn MV 2004 2017 Anthony Fears SS 2008 1st yr., 211, 212, 214, 3rd.yr., Lynn M. Garrison NR 411, 413, 511, 513 Janet M. Geitner HI 2006 2014 Alan L. Gorrell CM 1999 2008 Jimmy Guider SM 1998 Timo Harkonen TR 2009 Steve Hicks SM 2011 2015 Joshua James SM 2017 2018 Lurone Jennings SS 2003 Ethan R. Johnson SM 2014 2015 Barbara L. Johnston SS 2007 E. Gaye King SM 1999 Barry R. Lane AP 2000 2012 Charlotte B. McKee SS Roy Van Miller MV 1989 2010 Tina Morgan HI 2015 Evan C. Nester NR 2016 John Redmond TR 2014 2018 C. Michael Roberts* SS 1998 2006 Alvin O. Shaver SM 2006 2011 James E. Silcox HI 2010 Alex Thompson SS 2012 Royce Vickery SS 2008 Alex Walker SM 2017 2018 WTS Grad. MDiv. Jamie Webster SM 2015 2018 Boston Univ., ST Grad. MDiv. John W. Wells TR 2016 2018 Sarah C. Wells* TR 2003 2015 Renny Whittenbarger HI 2014 2015 Timothy L. York TV 2009 2017
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21. Who are approved and appointed as: (Indicate for each person the first year the license was awarded. Indicate what progress each has made in the course of study or the name of the seminary in which they are enrolled. Indicate with an asterisk those who have completed the five year course of study or the M.Div. (Âś319.4)? PLEASE NOTE: Persons on this list must receive an episcopal appointment. (3/4 v) a) Full-time local pastors? (Âś318.1) COS First Last Name Licensed Completed COS / Seminary Donnie Lee Bailey* 2002 2016 J. Michelle Brock* 2016 VDS Graduate MDiv. Greg Burnett 2018 Dina L. Clower 2016 121, 122, 123, 124, 221, 222, 223, 224 H. Wayne Cook* 2006 2016 Gleasanna Dixon* 1997 2010 Emmanuel "Manny" Elswick 2016 Undergrad courses online Liberty University Stephen M. Evans* 1997 2005 Betty M. Furches* 2001 2005 John Gargis 2012 ATS Matthew C. Hall 2017 R. Neal Hammons 2015 1st yr. Brooke Hartman 2016 ATS Caroline E. Hawthorne 2012 121, 123 Kimberly A. Hingers 2018 Mark Huffine 2018 Jason S. Humberd 2013 ATS J. Logan Jackson* 2013 DDS Mike King 2013 122, 113, 224 Robin Kyek 2017 Anthony D. Lea 2017 Anna Lee 2015 VDS Graduate MDiv. Susana Lopez 2012 223, 524 Darlene J. Marshall* 1997 2003 F. Tommy Messer 2012 121, 122, 123 Mark A. Miller* 2010 2015 Patricia Muse 2014 1st yr., 2nd yr, 322, 323 Amy S. Nutt 2006 ITC Seminary Leon B. O'Quinn 2004 121, 122, 224, 2nd yr, 3rd yr, 4th yr, 5th yr Bryan C. Orchard 2014 121, 122, 221, 321, 421, 521, 423 Heidi Parunak 2017 323 Glenn C. Patterson, Jr. 2018 121, 122 Cindy Paxton 2012 2016 Walter Pierce 2019 ATS 1st yr, 122, 222, 322, 522, 123, 323, 423, 523, 124, Charles Powell 2017 324, 424, 524 1st yr, 122, 222, 322, 522, 123, 323, 423, 523, 124, Rebecca Jane Powell 2017 324, 424, 524 John Redmond 2014 William C. Rimmer* 2001 2017 Luther Roberts 2012 Adam Reuss 2019 Steven M. Ryman William Shupe* 2000 2009 Douglas A. Silvers 2009 ATS H. Michael Somers* 2011 2011 Jarrod Suits 2019 Pamela Sutherland 2012 2017 Robert V. Sutton 2011 121, 222, 324 4 GCFA Revised April 2017 (final v for 2017-2020)
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CONTINUE QUESTION 21a) First Last Name Rebecca Wheeler* L. Knox Wimberly Brenda H. Woods David Zavona
Licensed 2012 2009 1997 2017
COS Completed 2017
COS / Seminary 1st yr, 222, 123, 321, 521, 524 121, 113, 224, 123, 324, 321, 523, 423
b) Part-time local pastors? (¶318.2) (fraction of full-time in one-quarter increments) COS First Last Name Time Licensed Completed Bruce Adams 1/2 2009 F. Steven Alderman 1/2 2011 2018 Carol B. Alley 1/4 2018 Ted P. Anders (Retired)* 1/2 1972 1977 Timothy J. Andrus 1/4 2016 Mark Asbury 1/4 2017 Alan Ashworth 1/2 2016 Gary L. Gregory K.
Atwater Bartley
1/4 1/2
2002
Phillip F. Jacob Rick Missy S.
Bates Beeler (Retired) Begley Belote
1/4 1/4 1/4 1/2
2005 2008 2017 2019
Bert E. James M. Phyllis Mack S. Gregory D. Richard D. William Daniel L. G. William "Bill" William Wayne A. Leah K. Jerry L. Richard K. Daniel L. R. Darrell Mary C. Cherie B. Robert K. Matthew Rachel David Jacob L. Gayle
Beria Berry Blazer* Blevins Bostick* Bowers (Retired)* Boyd (Retired) Bradley Breeding Brickey Bromberg Burns Campbell Carnes Castillo Chambers Chapiewski Chapman Cloud (Retired)* Coldiron Collins Coulter (Retired) Countiss Crabtree
1/2 1/2 1/4 1/4 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/4 1/2 1/4 1/4 1/2 1/4 1/4 1/2 1/2 1/4 1/2 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/2 1/4
2001 2014 2011 2015 1999 2003 2003 2010 2014 2016 2014 2007 2012 2005 2009 2003 2015 2016 1996 2016
Gary Edwin E. Bryan E.
Crum (Retired) Cunningham (Retired)* Daniel*
1/2 1/4 1/4
2012 1996 2010
Progress in COS
121
121 224 221 324 323 223 424 423 321 1st yr 2nd yr 3rd yr 223 521 522 423
ATS 121 224 222 324 523 323 422 424 521 423 124 CST Graduate MDiv. 2008 2012 1991
224 323
324 222 323 422 121 224 523 421 123 121 124 Retired, Florida Conference 2007 222
2016 2018 2006
CST 121 224 424 Adv COS - Christian Ethics 2003 2014
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Time 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/2 1/4 1/4 1/4
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Licensed 1992 2008 1992 2019 2017 2004 2005
P. Randall William B. Barbara B. Terry Greg Scott Roy E.
Emmert Ewing* Farmer (Retired) Fleenor Fletcher Fowler (Retired)*
1/4 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/4 1/2
2001 1993 2009 2018 2003 1997
Vivian Curtis H. Cynthia R.
Franklin (Retired) Frye Frye
1/4 1/2 1/4
2006 2014 2015
Prentis Max Vickie J. Daniel Brenda
Frye II Fulkerson-Carter Garrett Gentry
1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4
2010 2010 2017 2014
David O. David C. Sean John M. James L. Linda Jimmy R. Zachary
Gibbs, Jr. Gibson Glenn Graves Guthrie (Retired)* Hale Harmon (Retired)* Hash
1/2 1/4 1/2 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/2 1/2
2002 2003 2017 2015 1961 2013 2003 2017
Charles H. Darrell D. Elizabeth Javier Carlos Tim Jimmy Lee Lee H. Robert Neal Terry Leroy ‘Roy” M. Travis Dean H. Daniel Brian D. Cedric Terryl Jack C. William R. Ray
Heck (Retired) Hensley (Retired) Hernandez-Lopez Hernandez-Torres Hess* Hodges Horn (Retired) Houston (Retired) Howard Huffer Hull, III Humbard Ingram Inman Jackson James Johnson (Retired) Johnston Justus
1/2 1/4 1/4 1/2 1/2 1/4 1/2 1/2 1/4 1/2 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/2 1/4 1/2 1/4 1/2 1/4
2006 1994 2015 2007 2004 2010 2011 2010 2002 2009 2004 2011 2013 2019 2017 2018 1985 2016 2008
COS Completed 2005
Progress in COS
2001
1st yr 2nd yr 321 521 423 122 113 224 123 324 321 523 423 1st yr 221 321 322 523 422 424 521 423 2006 2017 113 321 523 521 124 412 2011 122 113 224 222 324 321 523 421 223 424 423 121 122 113 221 123 321 523 323 121 122 113 221 123 321 523 323 121 221 222 324 321 523 421 422 223 521 522 423 524 224 323 121 1st yr 221 123 324 321 523 4th yr 521 423 524 212 ATS 121 122 322 324 421 422 423 1974 1st yr 211 213 413 212 2013 121 122 123 124 121 113 224 2nd yr 523 323 421 422 223 121 122 324 523 522 524 1st 2nd 3rd 5th yr 2009 121 523 122 113 324 523 422 121 113 321 323 422 223 424 522 121 113 321 523 521 212 1st yr 222 321 322 523 223 121 113 224 523 223 213
113 221 123 321 523 422 223 521
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CONTINUE QUESTION 21b) First Last Name Judy Keller Elizabeth King Willie D. Kitchens, Jr. Vince Krauss
Time 1/4 1/2 1/4 3/4
Licensed 2014 2008 2015 2019
Ken C. Darrell
Lambert Lankford
1/2 1/2
2010 2019
Randy Randy Andrew Curtis Jennifer Charles M. Edna Warrick Melissa Betty Sue A. Stephen
Lantz Lawson Lay Lee Lindy (Retired)* Lopez Malcolm Marshall McCready
1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/4 1/4 1/2 1/4 1/2
2007 2013 2014 2017 1976 2014 2017 2002 1985
Lisa K. Austin Barkley Dennis Dixie J. David A. Douglas Joseph D.
McLaughlin Meadows Mencer Milhorn* Miller (Retired)* Moore Moore Moore, Jr.*
1/2 1/4 1/4 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/4 1/2
2006 2019 2016 2004 2003 2018 2014 2002
James R. J. Craig William B. Valarie
Mullens Needham Norris Ohle
1/2 1/2 1/4 1/2
1993 2015 2010 2019
J. Steven Steve Kenneth Timothy D. Willa Jane Brenda David N. Bill R. Crystal Alta
Patterson Pedersen Peterson Peterson Petitt Poole* Poore Porter (Retired)* Ragan Raper (Retired)*
1/2 1/2 1/4 1/4 1/2 1/4 1/4 1/2 1/2 1/4
2014 2013 2018 2016 2016 2001 2011 1988 2019 2002
Vivian M. John R. Jay B. Chad Luther W. Timothy J.
Reed Repass Richardson Roberts Roberts (Retired)* Robinson
1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/2 3/4
2005 2007 2015 2017 2005 2014
Rex G. David Catherine L. James W.
Rogers Rose Sandefur (Retired) Scott, Jr.
1/2 1/2 1/4 1/2
2007 2012 2009 2011
COS Completed
Progress in COS ATS 1st yr 221 222 323 521
2009 121 224 222 324 321 523 422 223 521 1st yr 222 123 321 523 223 522 524 113 ATS 1983 HTS 122 224 2nd yr 321 423 524 121 113 221 222 324 321 525 323 4th 5th yr ATS 322 524 2012 2013 124 221 224 2014 121 122 113 221 123 324 321 323 424 521 423 124 1st yr 223 212 312 121 221 223 224 323 421 422 122 321 524
2013 121 321 323 521 124 1988 2007 121 113 221 324 321 523 323 421 422 521 423 524 UTS 424, 224, 123 2010 ATS 1st 2nd 321 523 323 422 223 522 423 122 113 224 1st yr 211 212 312 413
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Licensed
Sherry C. Bonnie Jennifer Regina A.
Seay Seiber (Retired) Spieth Shelton (Retired)
1/4 1/4 1/2 1/2
2010 2017
William "Bill" Charles D. Randall A. J. Nichole "Nickie" Charles Dewey J. Leonard Melissa
Shelton Shipley Shupe Simmons Smelley Smith Smith (Retired)* Spiers
3/4 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/2
2004 2012 2009 2016 2013 2018 1979 2018
Grover B. Melinda S.
Starnes Sturm
1/2 1/2
1997 2015
William B.
Stuart
1/4
2007
Kenneth M. John G. Stephen Darrell D. Donald C. D. Lee William L. Patricia Laura A. Frank J. E. Victor Botrous Gary O.
Taylor Teffeteller Templeton Thacker Thayer (Retired)* Thomas* Thornton Tipton Tracy Trexler* Trobaugh Tutu Tye (Retired)
1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/2 1/4 1/4 1/2 1/2 1/4 1/4 1/4
2010 2014 2005 1999 1990 2006 2015 2015 2015 2001 2016 2016 2001
Bruce E. Donna Marie Floyd E.
Vincent, Sr. Waddle* Ward*
1/2 1/2 1/2
2002 2001 2003
Charles H. Mike Charles L. David
Weatherly (Retired) Webb Wender Whaley
1/4 1/2 1/4 1/2
2003 2018 2006 2015
Linda Wm. Charles Brian W. Mark E. Thomas J. Judy K. Craig
Whitehead-Rozar Williams Williamson Wills* Witten, Jr. (Retired) Yonce* Zirkle
1/2 1/4 1/4 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2
2002 2010 2005 2000 2007 2005 2018
COS Completed
Progress in COS 121 221 222 324 321 523 421 422 223 521 522 ATS
2004
2015 121 122 113 222 123 324 321 523 323 422 424 522 121 122 224 221 324 321 421 521 121 123 124 222 121 421 Tennessee Conference 1994 121 123 324 321 523 421 422 223 521 522 DDS 121 113 224 2nd yr 321 523 323 422 223 424 521 113 123 324 523 323 421 223 424 423 524 1st yr 222 523 223 2nd yr 321 523 323 4th yr 521 2000 2012 123 221 124 422 122 221 2013 124 424
121 113 224 2nd yr 321 523 323 422 223 424 5th yr 2014 2014 113 224 221 123 523 4th yr 521 522 423
121 113 224 2nd yr 3rd yr 4th yr 5th yr 121 221 222 324 523 421 223 524 121 113 123 VDS Graduate MDiv 2013
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d) Students who have been certified as candidates in your annual conference and are serving as local pastors in another annual conference while enrolled in a school of theology listed by the University Senate (¶318.3) First Last Name District First Year License Awarded COS Completed Seminary Tyler Chase Crickenberger CM North Georgia CST Evan M. Clark AP 2017 Peninsula-Delaware WTS James Hannah SS 2017 North Georgia CST Austin Meadows HI North Carolina DDS Melinda Sturm MV North Carolina DDS Christopher West MV 2015 Western North Carolina DDS e)
Persons serving as local pastors while seeking readmission to conference membership (¶¶365.4, 367, 368.3)? (If not in this conference indicate name of conference where serving.) – Not applicable
22. Who have been discontinued as local pastors (¶320.1)? First Year License First Last Name District Awarded Kevin Blue TV 2017 Valorie Brown SS Charles C. Dawn TV 2006 D. Jeanne Denton CM 2004 James W. Diehl SS 2018 Rex A. Hill AP 2007 Robert Hults AP 2011 Charles B. Johnson SM 2000 Sylvia D. Jones CM 1995 William ‘Bill’ Pendergrass TV 2014 Thomas Prater CM 2009 John Walden CM 2010 Brian W. Williamson SS 2005 23. Who have been reinstated as local pastors (¶320.4) (v)? First Last Name Mark Huffine
COS Completed
2011
2012 2010 2016 2016 2010
Date discontinued 5/22/2019 1/1/2012 5/22/2019 1/22/2019 2/29/2018 2/22/2019 2/22/2019 10/24/2018 1/22/2019 5/22/2019 1/26/2019 1/22/2019 6/30/2019
Clergy Status PL
24. What ordained ministers or provisional members from other Annual Conferences or Methodist denominations are approved for appointment in the Annual Conference while retaining their conference or denominational membership (¶¶331.8, 346.1)? (List alphabetically; indicate Annual Conference or denomination where membership is held. Indicate credential.) a) Annual Conferences First Last Name Clergy Status Home Conference Years Appointed Megan A. Boatwright FE South Carolina 3 Loren A. Boyce FE Mountain Sky 3 Samuel Dzobo FE Zimbabwe East 12 Rodney J. “Rod” Tkach FE Dakotas 6 Kathy Heustess FD South Carolina 2 William Heustess FE South Carolina 2 Sherry Cothran FE Tennessee 1 b) Other Methodist Denominations First Last Name Karen E. Black
Clergy Status FE
Denomination Christian Methodist Episcopal
Years Appointed 4
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25. What clergy in good standing in other Christian denominations have been approved to serve appointments or ecumenical ministries within the bounds of the Annual Conference while retaining their denominational affiliation (¶¶331.8, 346.2)? (v) (Designate with an asterisk (*) those who have been accorded voting rights within the annual conference. Indicate credential.) First Michael R. Sean E. Richard S. Kerry L. Richard L. Tom Randy D. William S. "Bill" Joel A. Rodney L. Edward Steve Merrill M. Patrick L. Jeremy L. R. Michael Corey D. Ronald F. Brent L. Dan L. Kenneth J. Christopher D. Danny Andrew C. R. Michael Thomas Mike David G.
Last Name Andrews Bailey Ballard Bond Brown Campbell Carter Clark Cook Dunn Donley Hancock Hawkins Kelly Kramer Lester Miller Murray NiDiffer Palmer Purscell Rouse Shortridge Smith Southerland Stanton Treadway Tully
Clergy Status OF OF OF OF OF OF OF OF OF OF OF OF OF OF OF OF OF OF OF OF OF OF OF OF OF OF OF OF
Denomination Southern Baptist Freewill Baptist Church of God Baptist Cumberland Presbyterian Baptist Freewill Baptist Christian Baptist Church of God United Brethren in Christ Baptist Baptist Cumberland Presbyterian Church of the Nazarene Baptist Baptist Southern Baptist Christian Missionary Church Inc. Disciples of Christ Church of God Southern Baptist Baptist American Christian Church Baptist Church of God Christian
26. Who are affiliate members: (List alphabetically; indicate annual conference or denomination where membership is held.) a) With vote (¶586.4b [v])? – Not applicable b) Without vote (¶¶334.5, 344.4)? (v 2/3) First Year of First Last Name Clergy Status Member Conference/Denomination Affiliation Peter Pereira FE Northern Illinois Conference 2004 Samuel R. Roberts RE West Virginia Conference 1990 NOTE: If your conference has admitted or ordained persons as a courtesy to another conference, list these persons in Question 40 only. If persons have been admitted or ordained by another annual conference as a courtesy to your conference, list these persons in Questions 27-39, whichever are appropriate, giving the date and name of the accommodating conference. 27. Who are elected as associate members? ¶322 (3/4v) (List alphabetically-see note preceding Question 27): First Last Name Rochelle O. Maxwell 28. Who are elected as provisional members and what seminary are they attending, if in school? (under ¶¶322.4, 324, 325) a) Provisional Deacons under the provisions of ¶¶ 324.4a, c or ¶324.5 (3/4v) – Not applicable b) Provisional Elders under the provisions of ¶¶ 324.4a, b or ¶324.6 (3/4v)); ¶ 322.4 (v 3/4) First Last Name Seminary Bradley Brown ATS Timothy Hale DDS April Hall HTS 10 GCFA Revised April 2017 (final v for 2017-2020)
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Stephen Hopkins ATS CONTINUE QUESTION 28 b) First Last Name Seminary Andrew Lay ATS David Payne ATS Samuel Reese ATS Alexander Thompson CST 29. Who are continued as provisional members, in what year were they admitted to provisional membership, and what seminary are they attending, if in school (¶326)? a) In preparation for ordination as a deacon or elder? (¶326) First Last Name Clergy Status Date Seminary Linda Bass PE 2015 PST Chris Black PE 2018 CST Eric Bronkala PE 2018 ATS Lisa Bryant PE 2018 ATS Palmer Cantler PE 2018 DDS T. Isaac Collins PE 2016 DDS Leslie Daniels PE 2018 ATS W. Ryan Ford PE 2017 DDS David Fugatt PE 2016 Louisville Theological Seminary (LTS) Sean G Hayden PE 2017 VDS Nathan Irwin PD 2018 ATS Natalie M. Justice PE 2014 ATS Justin Keating PE 2018 ATS L. Audrey Madigan PD 2018 ATS Stephanie Parrott PD 2017 IST Jason Ratliff PE 2017 CST Matthew S. Robinson PE 2016 DDS Elizabeth Rudesill PD 2012 ATS V. Kaye Seay PE 2017 UTS E. Creighton Smith PE 2015 CST Joshua Swanson PE 2017 CST Nancy Twigg PE 2018 ATS Monty Walton PE 2017 ATS Charlotte Williams PE 2017 GTS b) Provisional deacons who became provisional elders? (v) – Not applicable c) Provisional elders who became provisional deacons? (v)(Indicate year) – Not applicable d) Provisional members who transferred from other conferences or denominations? (¶347.1) (v) – Not applicable 30. What ordained clergy, coming from other Christian denominations, have had their orders recognized (¶347.6): (v) A person’s orders may be recognized when they are transferring their membership into your annual conference from another Christian denomination. A person who is listed in Q.30 must also be listed in either Q. 31 a or b, depending on the transfer status. – Not applicable 31. What ordained clergy have been received from other Christian denominations (¶347.3): (List alphabetically—see note preceding Question 27): a) As provisional members (¶347.3c)? (v) – Not applicable b) As local pastors (¶347.3)? (v) – Not applicable 32. Who are elected as members in full connection? (List alphabetically-see note preceding Question 27. Anyone appearing on this question must also be listed somewhere in questions 33-34 or 36, unless the clergy’s orders from another denomination were recognized on question 30 in a previous year.) (v 3/4): a) Deacons – Not applicable
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b)Elders First Susan N. Rachel Witt Clayton R. Gary R. J. Christopher
Last Name Arnold Carosiello Farmer Ihfe Ray
Clergy Status PE PE PE PE PE
Date 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016
Seminary Graduate ATS DDS CST DDS CST
33. Who are ordained as deacons and what seminary awarded their degree? Or, if their master’s degree is not from a seminary, at what seminary did they complete the basic graduate theological studies?: (List alphabetically-see note preceding Question 27) a) After provisional membership (¶330)? (v 3/4) – Not applicable b) Transfer from elder?(¶309) (v 3/4) – Not applicable 34. Who are ordained as elders and what seminary awarded their degree? a) After provisional membership? (¶335) (v 3/4) First Last Name Clergy Status Date Susan N. Arnold PE 2016 Rachel Witt Carosiello PE 2016 Clayton R. Farmer PE 2016 Gary R. Ihfe PE 2016 J. Christopher Ray PE 2016
Seminary Graduate ATS DDS CST DDS CST
b) Transfer from deacon? (¶309) (v 3/4) – Not applicable 35. What provisional members, previously discontinued, are readmitted (¶364)? (v) – Not applicable 36. Who are readmitted (¶¶365-367 [v], ¶368 [v 2/3]) – Not applicable 37. Who are returned to the effective relationship after voluntary retirement (¶357.7): (v) – Not applicable 38. Who have been received by transfer from other annual conferences of The United Methodist Church (¶¶347.1, 416.5, 635.2n)? (List alphabetically. Indicate credential. See note preceding Question 27.): (v) First Last Name Clergy Status Previous Conference Date of Transfer Susan Groseclose FD Tennessee 2019 39. Who are transferred in from other Methodist denominations (¶347.2)? (List alphabetically. Indicate credential.) – Not applicable 40. Who have been ordained as a courtesy to other conferences, after election by the other conference? (See note preceding Question 27. Such courtesy elections or ordinations do not require transfer of conference membership.) a) Deacons? – Not applicable b) Elders? – Not applicable 41. Who have been transferred out to other annual conferences of The United Methodist Church (¶416.5)? (List alphabetically. Indicate credential. See note preceding Question 27.) First Last Name Clergy Status New Conference Date of Transfer Ryan Beavers PE Florida 9/18/2018 Bethany R. Douty FE Florida 6/30/2019 Christina Boaz Taylor FE Western North Carolina 6/19/2019 42. Who are discontinued as provisional members (¶327)? (v). a) By expiration of eight-year time limit (¶ 327) First Last Name Clergy Status Marty Dedrick PD b) By voluntary discontinuance (¶ 327.6) (v) – Not applicable c) By involuntary discontinuance (¶ 327.6) (v) – Not applicable d) By reaching Mandatory Retirement Age (¶ 327.7) – Not applicable 43. Who are on location? a) Who has been granted honorable location (¶358.1)? (1) This year? (v) – Not applicable
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(2)Previously? First Joseph Henry C. Dan John B. William S. James W. W. George Richard Kenneth Joseph N. Vance R. Ronald H. Howard J.J. Kenneth Rule Don
Last Name Adams Dawson, Jr. Dotterweich Evans Gamble Henley Jones Piper Rutland Sherwood Stone Ware, Jr. Watson Weir White
Year Originally Granted 1973 1980 1992 1963 1978 1971 1968 1969 1959 1987 1987 1972 1956 1968 1965
Charge Conference Membership
District
Emory Wilmore, KY
AB KN
Greeneville, Asbury Knoxville, First
KN MV TV
b) Who on honorable location are appointed ad interim as local pastors? (¶358.2) (Indicate date and appointment.) - Not applicable c) Who has been placed on administrative location (¶359)? (1) This year? (v) First Last Name Date Effective Charge Conference Membership Cass Mack Turner, Jr. 1/7/2019 (2) Ad Interim Administrative Location (v) - Not applicable (3) Previously? – Not applicable 44. Who have been granted the status of honorable location–retired (¶358.3): a) This year? (v) – Not applicable b) Previously? Clergy Year Honorable Location First Last Name Status Originally Granted Arlen B. Morgan RE 2008 Ben Ellis Pitts RE 1993 Thomas Underwood RE 1997 Martin C. Wilson RE 2002 Margaret B. Wood-Johnston RA 2010
Charge Conference Membership St. Elmo, SS Jefferson City, First, MV SM
45. Who have had their status as honorably located and their orders terminated (¶358.2)? (v) – Not applicable 46. Who have had their conference membership terminated? a) By withdrawal to unite with another denomination (¶360.1, .4)? (v) – Not applicable b) By withdrawal from the ordained ministerial office (¶360.2, .4)? (v) First Last Name Date Effective Prior Clergy Status Matt Hampton 8/19/2018 FE Bruce Spangler 2/27/2019 RE c) By withdrawal under complaints or charges (¶¶360.3, .4; 2719.2)? First Last Name Date Effective Prior Clergy Status Brian S. Davis 4/30/2019 FE d) By termination of orders under recommendation of the Board of Ordained Ministry (¶¶ 358.2, 359.3 )? (v) – Not applicable e) By trial (¶2713)? – Not Applicable 47. Who have been suspended under the provisions of ¶362.1d, ¶2704.2c or ¶2711.3? (Give effective dates. Indicate credential.) – Not applicable 13 GCFA Revised April 2017 (final v for 2017-2020)
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48. Deceased (List alphabetically) a) What associate members have died during the year? Active: First Last Name Date of Birth William S. Gamble 9/12/1927 Retired: First Jackson Daniel “JD” James Robert William “Billy” Donald W.
Last Name Clark Gilbert Gillespie Large
Date of Birth 12/2/1923 7/19/1930 1/15/1942 2/3/1938
Date of Death 7/26/2018 Date of Death 2/4/2019 10/14/2018 11/21/2018 3/19/2019
b) What provisional members have died during the year? (Indicate credential.) Active: - Not applicable Retired: - Not applicable c) What elders have died during the year? Active: First Last Name Date of Birth Date of Death Alvin C. Cobble 7/20/1931 4/12/2019 John L. Sheldon 10/16/1957 4/20/2019 Retired: First Sammie Lee Robert Lee G. Wayne Charles Edward Toombs H. James Spurgeon Mathilda Sue Eldon Anderson Fredericko ‘Fred’ Boyd Wiley L. John William Wallace Eugene John Byron William F.
Last Name Campbell Carbary Cummings Dixon Kay, Jr. McCartt Merker Moore Moretz Neal Neese Newman Smith Warnock, Sr.
d) What deacons have died during the year? Active: - Not applicable Retired: - Not applicable First Last Name William C. Bennett e)
Date of Birth 6/29/1930 8/1/1940 8/25/1931 10/23/1931 12/22/1929 3/15/1923 10/23/1942 10/15/1932
Date of Death 6/5/2018 1/12/2019 12/20/2018 3/30/2019 12/4/2018 4/10/2019 3/10/2019 11/29/2018
12/1/1944 4/9/1918 2/1/1943 9/24/1913 1/12/1936 9/10/1934
8/20/2018 12/17/2018 9/4/2018 2/28/2019 5/24/2018 6/23/2018
Date of Birth 11/13/1927
Date of Death 9/25/2018
Date of Birth 11/6/1955
Date of Death 5/15/2019
2/22/1950
2/9/2019
Date of Birth 8/20/1931 12/16/1937 6/19/1946
Date of Death 11/17/2018 10/13/2018 5/21/2019
What local pastors have died during the year? Active: First Larry J. Jim Retired: First Floyd Clifton Charles D. L. Kenneth
Last Name Anderson Silcox (Approved Not Appointed) Last Name Horne Liles Luton
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CONTINUE QUESTION 48 e) Retired: First Last Name Date of Birth John Robert Mays 9/13/1932 Joseph T. Miller 3/20/1940 Wayne Thomas Monroe 12/23/1942 Robert F. White 2/7/1935
Date of Death 4/6/2019 5/6/2019 12/23/2018 6/9/2018
49. What provisional or ordained members (elders and deacons) have received appointments in other Annual Conferences of The United Methodist Church while retaining their membership in this Annual Conference (¶¶331.8, 346.1)? First Tammy A. Shannon Marie Rachel Witt T. Isaac Douglas E. Fred Betzy W. Ryan Timothy L. April B Robert Michelle Daniel David ‘Don’ G. Mark Matthew S. Christina Rebecca ‘Becky’ S.
Last Name Bales Berry Carosiello Collins Crockett Dearing Elifrits Warren Ford Kobler Hall Lorton, Jr. McKinnon-Young Ogle Petty Hicks Robinson DowlingSoka Stephens
Clergy Status FE FE PE PE FE RE FE PE FE PE AM FE FE FE FE PE FE FE
Conference Where Appointed Western North Carolina North Carolina South Carolina Virginia Virginia East Africa Illinois Great River Louisiana Michigan Alaska Missionary Conference Western North Carolina Oregon-Idaho North Georgia Central Texas Czech and Slovak Rep. North Carolina Alaska Missionary Conference East Ohio
Years Appointment 7 2 2 3 9 8 3 4 2 1 3 3 2* 4 2* 3 3 3
50. Who are the provisional, ordained members or associate members on leave of absence and for what number of years consecutively has each held this relation (¶353)? (Indicate credential. Record Charge Conference where membership is held.) a) Voluntary? (1) Personal, 5 years or less (¶353.2a 3) (v) First Last Name Clergy Status Date Effective Charge Conference Harrison Bell FE 7/1/2019 Mafair, AP Amy Probst FE 7/1/2019 Mafair, AP (2) Personal, more than 5 years (¶353.2a 3) (v 2/3) First Last Name Clergy Status Priscilla R. Bryan FE Michael Carter FE Linda Coffey FD Carolyn Gass FD Amy S. Holmes FE Cynthia Pennington FE Beverly Robinette FE G. Curtis Trent FE
Date Effective 1/1/2014 11/10/2012 3/6/2013 7/1/2014 11/1/2011 5/1/2010 6/11/2008 6/17/2009
Charge Conference Fairview, SM Glen Alpine, AP First Broad, AP Fincastle, TV Gray, TR Brainerd, SS Emory, CM Alcoa, First, SM
(3) Family, 5 years or less (¶353.2b 3) (v) – Not applicable (4) Family, more than 5 years (¶353.2b 3) (v 2/3) First Danielle Cooper
Last Name Jenkins
Clergy Status FE
Date Effective 10/1/2014
Charge Conference St. Paul’s Carlock, HI
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52. Who have been granted medical leave due to medical or disabling conditions (¶356)? (v) First Last Name Clergy Status Date Effective Charge Conference Bobby D. Barton FE 6/1/2010 Pigeon Forge, SM Janice A. Cate FE 1/13/2000 Harrogate – Arthur – Mt. View, MV Thomas A. Conley FE 7/1/2002 Pisgah-Pleasant Hill, CM L. Diana Cornett FL 4/1/2016 New Market Circuit, MV Ronnie G. Duncan FL 12/1/2014 Keywood Charge, CM Steven G. Gott FE 5/1/2016 Fairhaven, TR Gerald Scott Henry, Jr. FE 1/1/2018 East Stone Gap, AP CONTINUE QUESTION 52. First Last Name Clergy Status Date Effective Charge Conference Ralph J. Horak AM 1/1/2018 Andersonville-Mt. Pleasant, TV Carlons Don Jones FE 7/1/2018 Harned’s-Parrottsville, MV Roger G. Mathess AM 4/1/2016 Unicoi, TR David William Olinger, Jr. FL 7/1/2005 Eggleston, NR Ronald W. Ramsey FE 4/1/2017 Jefferson City, First MV L. Lyle White AM 4/1/2017 Holly Avenue, SS 53. What members in full connection have been retired (¶357): (List alphabetically. If retiring in the interim between conference sessions (¶357.2d), indicate the effective date of retirement.) (Under ¶357.1, no vote required; under ¶357.2, v; under ¶357.3, v 2/3) Deacons a) This year? First Last Name Date Effective Clifford W. Amos 10/1/2018 Lisa R. Blackwood 6/30/2019 Richard D. Isbell 6/30/2019 b) Previously? – See 2019 Journal Elders c) This year? First Harvey R. Brenda F. Caryl William L. Steven R. Sandra J. Harry P. John W. Williams F. Patrick ‘Pat’ C. Thomas L. Daniel H. Donald ‘Don’ E. Emmit B.
Last Name Brown Carroll Griffin Russell Hill Johnson Johnson Layell Ousley Pace Polis Seay Taylor, Jr. Thomas Wilson
Date Effective 6/30/2019 6/30/2019 6/30/2019 6/30/2019 6/30/2019 6/30/2019 6/30/2019 6/30/2019 6/30/2019 6/30/2019 6/30/2019 6/30/2019 6/30/2019 6/30/2019
d) Previously? – See 2019 Journal 54. What associate members have been retired (¶357): (List alphabetically. If retiring in the interim between conference sessions (¶357.2d), indicate the effective date of retirement.) (Under ¶357.1, no vote required; under ¶357.2, v; under ¶357.3, v 2/3) a) This year? First Last Name Date Effective James G. Denton 6/30/2019 b) Previously? – See 2019 Journal 16 GCFA Revised April 2017 (final v for 2017-2020)
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55. What provisional members have been previously retired (¶358, 2008 Book of Discipline)? – See 2019 Journal 56. Who have been recognized as retired local pastors (¶320.5): a) This year? First Last Name First David Coulter Victoria Lynn Cathy E. Downs Charles Michael William P. Faulkner William D. Vivian S. Franklin H. Michael Darrell D. Hensley Michael D. William A. Hughes Charles H.
Last Name Neese Roberts Shupe Somers Ward Weatherly
b) Previously? – See 2019 Journal 57.What is the number of clergy members of the Annual Conference: a) By appointment category and conference relationship? - See 2019 Journal b) By gender and racial/ethnic identification? - See 2019 Journal (NOTE: See the instruction for item 57 for guidelines to assist in the racial/ethnic identification count.)
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PART III CERTIFICATION IN SPECIALIZED MINISTRY Note: Indicate credential of persons in Part III: FD, FE, PD, PE, AM, FL, PL, and LM. 58. Who are the candidates in process for certification in specialized ministry? First Last Name Clergy/Lay Status Specialized Ministry Michael Snow LM Camp and Retreat Patricia Tipton PL Christian Education, Youth Ministry 59. Who is certified in specialized ministry? (List the areas of specialized ministry. Indicate by an asterisk those certified this year.) First Last Name Clergy/Lay Status Specialized Ministry Randall Clyde Pasqua RE Camp and Retreat Don Washburn LM Camp and Retreat Darres P. Carter LM Christian Education Jaymie Derden LM Christian Education Richard D. Isbell RD Christian Education Sue Lynn Johnson FD Christian Education Melanie Sue Karnes RD Christian Education Music Ministry Douglas Grove-DeJarnett FD Music Ministry Renni Morris LM Spiritual Formation 60. Who are transferred in as a certified person in specialized ministry? – Not applicable 61. Who are transferred out as a certified person in specialized ministry? – Not applicable 62. Who have been removed as a certified person in specialized ministry? – Not applicable
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(¶¶ 268, and 666.10 The Book of Discipline)
63. Who are certified as lay ministers (¶¶ 268, and 666.10)? (List alphabetically, by district) First Scott Joy
Last Name Cunningham Eastridge
District Appalachian Appalachian
Greg Theresa Glen Nikki Ada “Prue” Cathy Karen
Cox Fern Keen Keen Oxendine Smith-Cox VanDyke
Clinch Mountain Clinch Mountain Clinch Mountain Clinch Mountain Clinch Mountain Clinch Mountain Clinch Mountain
Harold Dale
Dixon Kennedy
Hiwassee Hiwassee
John Erica Robert Michael Stacey Kevin Kelly Jon Johnny Susie Haskel Ron Bill Randall Kathleen Cathy Stephanie Don
Allen Bramhall Carmichael Hannon Morgan Morrison Price Pursley Ramey Rouse Smith Stroud Thomspon Tipton VanOrsdel Walker Widmann Wilson
Mountain View Mountain View Mountain View Mountain View Mountain View Mountain View Mountain View Mountain View Mountain View Mountain View Mountain View Mountain View Mountain View Mountain View Mountain View Mountain View Mountain View Mountain View
Cloyd Jack Jeff Pat Danny Carolyn Susan Paul
Blankenship Cox Dykes Farrell Hoosier Kidd King Perkins
New River New River New River New River New River New River New River New River
Dorine Dan Sharon Jacqueline Dobbin Dina JoAnna
Bagley Baker Bell Brown Callahan Campbell Crooks
Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South
First Bryan Kevin Marta Judy Lee Alex Pam Angie Glenda Ed Darrin Thomas Virginia Scott Bill Mitchell Pam Stephen Barbara Darren Fred Joseph Jan Charles Frank Matthew Deborah Wiley David Jan Marshall Britnie Leigh James Mike Dannie Mahogany Dan
Last Name Dantzler Davis Driesslein Driggans Everett Ford Foster Gregory Gwaltney Helton Hering Hinkle Housley Ingell Jennings Johnson Johnson Kaye Kitchens Lewis Loyd Madida McCool McEntyre Parker Raborn Ragland Render Schwabenbauer Smith Stinnett Tomecko Topping Tricoglou Wadel Williams Williams Young
District Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South Scenic South
Joe
Haymore*
Smoky Mountain
Barbara Bobby Karen
Knowlton Stair Woods
Tennessee Valley Tennessee Valley Tennessee Valley
Emily Lynn Lynn
Harding Mason Sorrell
Three Rivers Three Rivers Three Rivers
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PART V DIACONAL MINISTERS (Paragraph numbers in questions 64-71 refer to The 1992 Book of Discipline) 64. Who are transferred in as diaconal ministers (¶312)? – Not applicable 65. Who are transferred out as diaconal ministers (¶312)? – Not applicable 66. Who have had their conference relationship as diaconal ministers terminated by Annual Conference action (¶313.3)? (Under ¶313.3a, no vote; under ¶313.3b, v 2/3) – Not applicable 67. What diaconal ministers have died during the year? a) Effective: – Not applicable b) Retired: – Not applicable 68. What diaconal ministers have been granted leaves of absence under ¶313.1a, c, d) (disability, study/sabbatical, or personal leave): (v) – Not applicable 69. What diaconal ministers have been granted an extended leave (¶313.1e): – Not applicable 70. Who have returned to active status from extended leave (¶313.1e)? (v)? – Not applicable 71. Who have taken the retired relationship to the Annual Conference as diaconal ministers (¶313.2): (Under ¶313.2b, v 2/3) a) This year? – Not applicable b) Previously? First Last Name Dorothy Avers Beth McCoy Mary Eugenia Settle Ottalee S. Winegar
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PART VI APPOINTMENTS AND CONCLUDING BUSINESS 72. Who are approved for less than full-time service? a) What associate members and elders (full and provisional) are approved for appointment to less than full-time service, what is the total number of years for which such approval has been granted to each, and for what fraction of full-time of service (in one-quarter, one-half, or three-quarter increments) is approval granted (¶¶338.2, 342.2, 1506)? (v 2/3, after 8 years v 3/4): First Last Name District Years Appointed Fraction of Full-Time Service Mark Barber MV 2 3/4 John Brewster TV 2 1/2 Sherri Franklin MV 4 1/2 David Henderson TV 8 1/2 Gary Ihfe TR 1 1/2 1/2 Nancy Martin AP 7 1/2 J. Glenn Moseley HI 3 1/2 Thomas A. Robins TV 7 3/4 Matthew S. Robinson TV 3 1/2 Jason Stubblefield TV 4 3/4 John D. Thompson MV 9 1/2 William ‘Skip’ White HI 1 Beyond 8 years v ¾ First Last Name John H. Graham
District CM
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Fraction of Full-Time Service 1/2
b) What deacons in full connection and provisional deacons are approved for appointment to less than full-time service (¶331.7)? First Last Name District Years Appointed Fraction of Full-Time Service Sue Lynn Johnson TV 23 1/2 Elizabeth Rudesill SM 1 1/2 73. Who have been appointed as interim pastors under the provisions of ¶338.3 since the last session of the annual conference, and for what period of time? First Last Name Appointment Start End Martha Fay Luper Lead Mines Circuit 8/1/2018 6/30/2019 Brian D. Inman Peck’s Memorial 10/1/2018 6/30/2019 Joe Green Camp Ground 10/24/2018 6/30/2019 H. Rae Mullins Holly Springs 12/1/2018 6/30/2019 Alex Thompson Sand Mountain-Wildwood 12/2/2018 6/30/2019 Doug Fairbanks Signal Crest 12/16/2018 6/30/2019 Charles Steven Maddox Legion Memorial 1/1/2019 6/30/2019 Darrell Lankford Carpenters 1/1/2019 6/30/2019 James E. Whedbee Colonial Heights 1/1/2019 4/30/2019 74. What elders, deacons (full connection and provisional), associate members, local and supply pastors are appointed to ministry to the local church and where are they appointed for the ensuing year? – See Fixing of Appointments. 75. What changes have been made in appointments since the last annual conference session? First Last Name Appointment Where Clay D. Holt Pastor Morrison Chapel Robert Hamilton Pastor Retired - Unappointed Paul Perkins Michael R. Andrews Pastor Broadford Circuit Martha Fay Luper Pastor Lead Mines Circuit Harold Dixon Pastor Graysville / New Bethel Nicole M. Krewson Chaplain Amedisys
Start 7/15/2018 7/29/2018 7/31/2018 8/1/2018 8/1/2018 8/5/2018 8/6/2018
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Buck Fairbanks Millican Parrott Parunak Lankford Whedbee Hobbs
Stephanie R. Chandler
Parrott Goins
Mark A. Leroy M. Daniel Leroy M. Charles Steven
Hicks Hull III Ogle Hull III Maddox
Peggy
Meade
Amy John J. Kenneth Crystal
Probst Redmond Sprinkle Ragan
Missy S. Barkley Brian S. Sherry
Belote Mencer Davis Cothran
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Appointment Pastor Pastor Supply Pastor Pastor Pastor Pastor Pastor Pastor Voluntary Leave of Absence Pastor Pastor Assistant Director Assistant Director Pastor Pastor Pastor
Pastor Czech / Slovak Annual Conference Pastor Pastor Pastor Pastor Extension - Frontier Health Formational & Spiritual Growth Leave
N/A Pastor Associate Pastor Minister of Lay Development Pastor Pastor Pastor
Where Peck's Memorial Retired - Unappointed Dutch Valley Camp Ground Holly Springs Holly Springs Retired Sand Mountain / Wildwood
Signal Crest Chevront Wesley Foundation Wesley Foundation Carpenter’s Colonial Heights Colonial Heights Central, Knox Children and Family Flatwoods
Start 10/1/2018 10/1/2018 10/4/2018 10/24/2018 12/1/2018
6/30/2019 11/30/2018 6/30/2019 12/2/2018
12/2/2018 12/16/2018 12/16/2018
1/1/2019 1/1/2019 1/1/2019 5/1/2019
6/30/2019 2/28/2019 12/31/2018 6/30/2019 4/30/2019
1/1/2019 1/1/2019
ESUMC Prague State Street, Associate North Georgia Legion Memorial Legion Memorial
1/1/2019 1/1/2019 1/1/2019
Shades of Grace
1/1/2019
Mafair Approved not appointed Mafair First, Sweetwater
1/1/2019 1/1/2019 1/1/2019 2/6/2019
First Broad Street Chevront St. Marks, SS St. Marks, SS
End 6/30/2019
1/1/2019
12/31/2018 6/30/2019
6/30/2019 6/30/2019
3/1/2019 3/4/2019 4/30/2019 5/1/2019
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CONTINUE QUESTION 76. Charge District Superintendent District Superintendent District Superintendent District Superintendent District Superintendent District Superintendent District Superintendent District Superintendent Emory & Henry College, Associate Chaplain Emory & Henry College, Volunteer Service Coordinator Emory & Henry College, Chaplain Emory & Henry College, Visiting Professor General Evangelist General Evangelist Holston Conference Camping & Leisure Ministries Missionary to the United States Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference Tennessee Wesleyan University, Prof. Religion and Philosophy Tennessee Wesleyan University, Prof. Religion Tennessee Wesleyan University, Part Time Professor Wesley Center, UTC, Director Wesley Foundation, Eastern Illinois University, Director Wesley Foundation, ETSU Director Wesley Foundation, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Director Wesley Foundation, UTK Assistant to the Director Wesley Foundation, UTK Director
Clergy Status FE FE FE FE FE FE FE FE FE FE FE FE FE FE FD
Years Appointed 1 3 2 3 3 3 1 3 6 24 12 1 1 5 1
David C. Warden (¶344.1a 3)
RE
11
Sean G. Hayden
PE
3
Alexander Thompson Christopher Dover G. Keith Moore Betzy Elifrits Warren Caleb Frazier
PE FE FE FE FE
1 1 18 2 1
Tim Kobler
FE
2
Heidi Parunak Sharon Bowers
FL FE
2 2
Pastor Jane E. Taylor Elihugh J. Kilgore, Jr. Angela Hardy Cross Kimberly M. Goddard Randall B. Martin Jason N. Gattis, Sr. Ann P. Robins Lauri Jo Cranford
Sharon Wiley Wright Talmage A. Stanley Mary K. Pope Briggs David Jackson Jason C. Roe Richard D. Wright Mary Thompson
b) To ministries endorsed by the Board of Higher Education and Ministry (¶344.1b)? Clergy Status FE FE FL FL FE
Years Appointed 2 2 11 3 6
Kevin L. Holmes
FE
12
Rhonda S. Cooper
FE
16
David Ault Eric L. Doolittle Eric Bronkala
FE FE PE
9 6 3
Timothy W. Graham Amanda Bell Madson David B. Knight, Jr. Amy Beth Bartee Ryan A. Davenport David K. Beavers
RE FE FE FE FE FE
17 4 18 5 5 19
Michael D. Charles Hagan Robert McClellan
FE FE
2 19
Charge Amedisys Hospice, Chaplain, Knoxville, TN Cheyenne VA / Loveland, Chaplain, Loveland, CO Director of Wesley Woods Camp East TN Children’s Hospital, Chaplain, Knoxville, TN Grivens Estates, Chaplain, Asheville, NC J.H. Quillen VA Medical Center, Chaplain, Mountain Home, TN Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD Chaplain, H.J. Duffey Family Patient & Family Service Program
Pastor Nicole Krewson Sara Jo Emmerich Anthony D. Lea Rebecca Jane Powell Tammy Wright Bales
Knoxville Leadership Foundation, Vice President, Programs North Central College, Chaplain Shannondale, Chaplain, Knoxville, TN Southwestern VA Mental Health Institute, Marion, VA, Chaplain Tennova Hospice, Chaplain U.S. Air Force, Chaplain U.S. Air Force, Chaplain U.S. Army, Chaplain U.S. Army, Chaplain U.S. Army, CPE Chaplain Internship, Palmetto Health, Columbia, SC U.S. Navy, Chaplain 23
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To other valid ministries under the provisions of ¶344.1d? (v 2/3) Charge A Flynn Partnership Caris Healthcare LLC, Hospice Chaplaincy Director of Studies, Wesley House, Methodist Theological College, Cambridge, UK Elizabeth Griffin Foundation Elk Garden Project, School Community Ministries Frontier Health-Holston Counseling Services
Pastor Annette Flynn Catherine A. Fox Rollins
Knoxville Leadership Foundation Vice President - Programs National Council of Churches, Director of Comm. & Dev.
Cindy Wesley Caryl P. Griffin Mary C. Chapiewski Peggy L. Meade David Ault Steven D. Martin
Next Step Ministries Spiritual Director Training for Leaders, Coach Trident Health System, Chaplain, Charleston, SC Wesley Woods Camp
Lisa A. Stone Larry J. Ousley Janet Edwards Anthony D. Lea
James “Jim” E. Goddard
Clergy Status FE FE
Years Appointed 4 8
FE RE PL FE FE FE RE FE RE FE FL
6 9 5 2* 9 6 2 13 1 4 3
77. Who are appointed as deacons (full connection and provisional) for the ensuing year? a) Through non-United Methodist agencies and settings beyond the local church (¶331.1a)? Clergy Years First Last Name Status Appointed Extension Ministry Assignment East TN Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Stephanie Parrott PD 1 Endocrinologist RN b) Through United Methodist Church-related agencies or schools within the connectional structures of The United Methodist Church (¶331.1b)? Clergy Years First Last Name Status Appointed Extension Ministry Assignment Church & Community Worker, Clinch L. Brooke Atchley (¶331.4b) FD 6 Mountain District Cooperative Ministry VA Tech Adult Day Services, Director / Ila W. Schepisi (¶331.4a) FD 12 Senior Faculty Instructor Diana Brown Taylor (¶331.4a) FD 11 Healthy Mind Counseling Service Amy L. Horak (¶331.4a) FD 11 Anderson County Schools Kathy Heustess OD 2 Holston Center for Wellbeing, Director Mary Elizabeth “Beth” Tipton FD 12 Wesley Foundation, Director UVA Wise 78. Who are appointed to attend school (¶416.6)? (List alphabetically all those whose prime appointment is to attend school.) – Not applicable 79. Where are the diaconal ministers appointed for the ensuing year (¶310) [1992 Discipline]? – Not applicable 80. What other personal notations should be made? (Include such matters as changes in pension credit (¶1506.5), corrections or additions to matters reported in the "Business of the Annual Conference" form in previous years, and legal name changes of clergy members and diaconal ministers.) Excused Absence(s) First Mark Rebecca ‘Becky’ (Smithey) Michael D. Charles
Last Name Asbury Stephens Ward Weatherly
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Last Name Sellars Stephens Sumrall
Clergy Status PL FE FE
81. Where and when shall the next Conference Session be held (¶603.2, 3)? Where When Lake Junaluska, NC
June 7 – 10, 2020
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District: Appalachian APPALACHIAN DISTRICT District Superintendent: Jeffrey W. Wright
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Appointment Years Charge Pastor Code (AC) Appointed (YA) Alley’s Chapel (1).................................... Robert K. Cloud ..............................RL .......................................... 19 Amis Chapel - Fudges Chapel (2) ........... Gregory S. Fletcher .........................PL............................................. 2 Appalachia - Derby - Exeter (3) .............. David L. Rose .................................PL............................................. 5 Exeter - 1 ............................................... Preaching Station Arcadia - Hermon (2) ............................ Regina A. Shelton..........................RL............................................ 1 Bethel (1) ................................................. David A. Gibson .............................PL............................................. 7 Big Stone Gap, Trinity (1) ....................... Robert E. Burlingham .....................FE............................................. 2 Cassidy (1) ............................................... Thomas E. Hancock ........................FE............................................. 6 Chalybeate Springs - Okolona (2) ............. Terry D. Fleenor ............................... PL ...............................................3 Church Hill, First (1) ............................. Robert S. Ruth...............................FE ............................................ 1 Clintwood (1) .......................................... Mark C. Huffine............................FL ............................................ 1 Clouds Bend (1) ....................................... Kenneth J. Peterson.........................PL........................................... 10 Coeburn (1) ............................................. Benjamin C. Harding ...................SY ............................................ 1 Colonial Heights (1) ................................ Chris J. Brown ................................FE............................................. 2 Crab Orchard (1) ...................................... Kenneth J. Purscell .........................OF ............................................ 4 Crossroads (1) .......................................... Randy W. Lantz ..............................PL........................................... 12 Depews Chapel (1) .................................. Nathan M. “Nate” Ware .................OR.......................................... 11 Dryden - Seminary (2) ........................... Billy W. Rines ................................RA ........................................... 1 Dungannon Circuit (3) ............................. Jacqueline Strickler McGowan .......AM ........................................... 8 Dungannon - 1 Fort Blackmore - 1 Slant - 1 East Stone Gap (1) ................................... Brad K. Stapleton............................FE............................................. 5 Elm Springs (1) ........................................ Michael E. Webb ............................PL............................................. 2 Ewing Circuit (2) ..................................... Timothy J. Robinson .......................PL............................................. 4 Ingles Chapel - 1 Morgan Memorial - 1 Fall Branch (1) ......................................... David G. “Dave” Tully ...................OF ............................................ 8 First Broad Street - Community (2) .... W. Randall Frye ............................FE ............................................ 2 First Broad Street - Community, Associate Misti Dawn McCreary ..................FE ............................................ 4 First Broad Street - Community, Associate Missy S. Belote...............................PL .......................................... 2* Community - 1 .................................... Preaching Station First Broad Street - 1 Flatwoods (1) .......................................... R. Chandler Goins ........................SY .......................................... 2* Gate City Parish (3) ................................. Raymond G. McBride .....................FE............................................. 3 Gate City - 1 Blair’s Chapel - 1 .................................. Preaching Station Marble Point - 1 .................................... Preaching Station Glen Alpine (1) ....................................... Randall E. Wright .........................FE ............................................ 1 Grange Hall (1) ........................................ Nancy G. Martin .............................FE............................................. 3 Hales Chapel (1) ...................................... G. Stephen Templeton ....................PL........................................... 12 Hiltons Memorial (1) ............................... Jason L. Ratliff................................PE............................................. 3 Holly Springs - Bethel (2) ...................... Randall A. Shupe .........................PL ............................................ 1 Holston View (1) ..................................... W. Wayne Hedrick ........................FE............................................. 5 Jonesville, First - Gilbert’s Memorial (2) Jonesville, First - 1 ................................ D. Layne Pennington ......................FE........................................... 17 Gilbert’s Memorial - 1 .......................... Preaching Station Jonesville Parish (4) ................................. Lisa K. McLaughlin ........................PL............................................. 8 Bowling Chapel - 1 Campground - 1 Miller’s Chapel - 1 York’s Chapel - 1 Kendricks Creek (1) ................................. Stephen Hopkins .............................PE ............................................ 4
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District: Appalachian Charge Pastor AC YA Ketron Memorial (1) ................................ Joshua Swanson ..............................PE............................................. 3 Kingsley (1) ............................................. Amy Aycock Sumrall ....................FE ............................................ 1 Lebanon (1) .............................................. Ryan E. Ward ..................................SY ............................................ 3 Legion Memorial (1) .............................. Harry P. Layell..............................RE............................................ 1 Logan’s Chapel (1) .................................. Scott Cunningham...........................LM ........................................... 5 Mafair (1) ................................................ Adam T. Love ................................FE ............................................ 1 McClure (1).............................................. Bradley “Butch” Lambert ...............SY ............................................ 3 McClure’s Chapel (1) .............................. Robert N. Howard ...........................PL............................................. 7 McFerrin (1) ........................................... David N. Poore ..............................PL ............................................ 1 Midway Memorial - Prospect (2) ............ Janet K. Sweet.................................FE............................................. 5 Morrison Chapel (1) .............................. Clay D. Holt ...................................SY .......................................... 2* Mountain View (1) ................................. Elizabeth S. Hamilton ...................FE ............................................ 1 Mt. Carmel (1) ......................................... J. Craig Needham ............................PL............................................. 7 Mt. Vernon (1) ......................................... Vickie J. Carter ...............................PL........................................... 10 Old Union (1) ........................................... Patricia Tipton.................................PL............................................. 2 Nickelsville Circuit (3) ............................ Rance C. Edwards ...........................AM ........................................... 2 Culbertson’s Chapel - 1 New Hope - 1 Nickelsville - 1 Norton (1) ................................................ Ken M. Taylor.................................PL........................................... 12 Nottingham (1) ......................................... Bill R. Porter ...................................RL ............................................ 3 Pactolus (1) .............................................. Steve S. Pedersen ............................PL............................................. 7 Pennington Gap, First (1) ........................ Kyle D. Burnette .............................OR............................................ 4 Pound (1).................................................. Randy D. Carter ..............................OF ............................................ 3 Rock Springs (1) ...................................... Carole R. Martin .............................FE............................................. 2 Ross Campground - Cameron (2) ........ Jeremy L. Kramer ........................OF............................................ 1 Rye Cove (1) ............................................ Danny Ray Dockery........................RL .......................................... 16 St. Charles - Robbins Chapel (2) ............. David A. Gibson .............................PL............................................. 4 Robbins Chapel - 1 ............................... Preaching Station St. Luke (1) .............................................. Tim E. Hodges ................................PL............................................. 2 St. Mark (1) ............................................ H. Rae Mullins...............................RE............................................ 1 St. Matthew - Emory, Kingsport (2) .... Jeffrey W. Moncier .......................FE ............................................ 1 St. Paul - Castlewood (2) ....................... Kevin S. Richardson .....................FE ............................................ 1 Fort Gibson - 1 St. Paul - 1 Salem (1) .................................................. Lewis B. Kizer ................................FE............................................. 6 Shades of Grace - New Church Start 1 ... Will H. Shewey ...............................FE............................................. 6 Smith’s Chapel (1) ................................... Rick V. Begley................................PL............................................. 3 Smyth’s Chapel (1) .................................. Darrell D. Hensley ..........................RL .......................................... 14 Station Creek-Speaks Chapel (2) Station Creek - 1 ................................... Tracy E. McPherson .......................SY .......................................... 17 Speaks Chapel - 1 ................................. Preaching Station Sugar Run Circuit (2) .............................. Betty S. Marshall ............................PL........................................... 19 Chance’s Chapel - 1 Pleasant Hill - 1 Surgoinsville, First (1) ........................... M. Elaine Ruth ..............................FE ............................................ 1 Tacoma (1) ............................................... David L. Gilbert ..............................RE .......................................... 17 Three Bells - Horton’s Chapel (2) ........... Sean E. Bailey .................................OF ............................................ 4 Valley Center (1) ..................................... Carol B. Alley .................................PL............................................. 3 Vermont (1).............................................. Jeremy M. McMillan ......................FE............................................. 3 Wise, Trinity / Appalachian Prayer Fellowship (1) ....................................... Phillip F. Bates................................PL............................................. 8 (Charges – 74, Churches – 101)
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District: Appalachian APPOINTMENTS BEYOND THE LOCAL CHURCH (¶331) Charge Pastor AC YA Frontier Health-Holston Counseling Services . Peggy L. Meade (CC Shades of Grace) ....FE .......................................... 2* Wesley Foundation, Director ................. Mary Elizabeth “Beth” Tipton.......... FD ......................................... 12 UVA Wise............................................ CC Legion Memorial (¶331.1b) APPOINTMENTS TO EXTENSION MINISTRIES Wංඍඁංඇ ඍඁൾ Cඈඇඇൾർඍංඈඇൺඅ Sඍඋඎർඍඎඋൾඌ ඈൿ Uඇඍංൾൽ Mൾඍඁඈൽංඌආ (¶344.1a 1) Charge Pastor AC YA Camp Bays Mountain, Director .............. Jeffrey L. Wadley (CC Frist Broad Street)....FE............................................. 5 District Superintendent ........................... Jeffrey W. Wright .............................FE............................................. 3 Mංඇංඌඍඋංൾඌ Eඇൽඈඋඌൾൽ ൻඒ ඍඁൾ Bඈൺඋൽ ඈൿ Hංඁൾඋ Eൽඎർൺඍංඈඇ Mංඇංඌඍඋඒ (¶344.1b) Charge Pastor AC YA U.S. Army, Chaplain .............................. Ryan A. Davenport (CC Mafair)......FE............................................. 5 U.S. Air Force, Chaplain ........................ David B. Knight, Jr. (CC East Stone Gap) ..FE........................................... 18 APPOINTMENT TO ANOTHER ANNUAL CONFERENCE Charge Pastor AC YA Wesley Foundation, Louisiana Tech ...... W. Ryan Ford (CC Mountain View) ....PE............................................. 4 Louisiana Conference LEAVE OF ABSENCE (¶353) Pastor Charge AC YA Linda D. Coffey ...................................... CC First Broad Street .......................FD ............................................ 7 Amy R. Probst ....................................... CC Mafair .......................................FE ............................................ 1 MEDICAL LEAVE (¶356) Pastor Charge AC YA Gerald Scott Henry ................................. CC East Stone Gap ...........................FE............................................. 2 SEMINARY STUDENTS An up pointing triangle (ı) indicates Students serving as Student Pastors and are included in the list of appointments. Student Cert.Cand. Church / Charge Conference Seminary Sean E. Bailey ......................................... Three Bells - Horton Chapel ı............Asbury Theological Seminary Missy S. Belote ................... 2018 ........... First Broad Street ı .............................Asbury Theological Seminary Evan M. Clark .................... 2016 ........... Big Stone Gap, Trinity .........................Wesley Theological Seminary Timothy J. Robinson ........... 2014 ........... Ewing Circuit ı ...................................Asbury Theological Seminary
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Doris J. Ahern (RD)(First Broad Street) Benny J. Bishop (RL)(Ross Campground-Cameron) Larry L. Caylor (RE)(Mt. Carmel) Jerry W. Clark (RL)(Sugar Run Circuit) Norman W. Clark (RL)(East Stone Gap) Robert K. Cloud (RL)(Alley’s Chapel)** Roy H. Corbin (RA)(St. Charles) Danny Ray Dockery (RL)(Rye Cove)** Pierce Jackson Edwards (RE)(First Broad Street) Gale K. Flanary (RE)(Rock Springs) Gregory A. Garland (RE)(Pound) David L. Gilbert (RE)(Tacoma)** John A. Hackney (RA)(Kendricks Creek) Jimmy Joe Harless (RE)(First Broad Street) Darrell D. Hensley (RL)(Smyth’s Chapel)** Donald G. Hill, Sr. (RE)(Clintwood) Nancy T. Hobbs (RD)(Pennington Gap, First) Millard J. Johnson (RE)(Glen Alpine) Charles F. Kilbourne (RL)(Community) Deborah W. Killough (RL)(Dryden-Seminary) Kenneth W. LaDuke (RE)(Colonial Heights) Joe L. Marine (RE)(Holston View)
J. Richard McKee (RL)(First Broad Street) Paul H. McNalley (RA)(Crab Orchard) Carl E. Mehaffy (RL)(Appalachia-Derby-Exeter) P. April Milligan (RE)(Mafair) John William Mullen (RD)(First Broad Street) H. Rae Mullins (RE)(St. Mark)** Harry P. Layell (RE)(Legion Memorial)** Bill R. Porter (RL)(Nottingham)** Gary E. Perdue (RL)(Dryden-Seminary) William C. Poister (RL)(Emory) James S. Pollock (RE)(First Broad Street) Wayne E. Rader (RL)(Midway Memorial-Prospect) Frederick Hugh Richard (RE)(First Broad Street) Billy W. Rines (RA)(Dryden-Seminary)** Ernest Leroy Robertson (RE)(Church Hill, First) Homer Claude Roller (RE)(Vermont) Barry K. Sarver (RL)(Dryden-Seminary) Regina A. Shelton (RL)(Arcadia-Hermon)** Kenneth L. Sprinkle (RE)(First Broad Street) Daniel C. Theiben (RE)(Trinity, Wise) Jack Preston Weikel (RE)(First Broad Street)
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District: Clinch Mountain CLINCH MOUNTAIN DISTRICT District Superintendent: Jane E. Taylor
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Appointment Years Charge Pastor Code (AC) Appointed (YA) Abingdon (1) ........................................... J. Robert Countiss ............................FE............................................. 6 Abingdon, Associate ............................. Glenn C. Patterson, Jr.......................FL............................................. 2 Addilynn Memorial (1) ......................... Dan L. Gray ....................................FE ............................................ 1 Aldersgate - Anderson Street (2) ............ Paul T. Griffith .................................AM ........................................... 2 Bishop Circuit (2) ................................... Daniel L. Bradley .............................PL............................................. 3 Alexander Memorial - 1 Brown’s Chapel - 1 Beech Grove (1) ...................................... C. Scott Spence ................................FE............................................. 4 Belfast - Midway (2)............................... J. Michelle Brock .............................FL............................................. 4 Benham’s Circuit (3) .............................. Curtis H. Frye ...................................PL............................................. 5 Booher’s Chapel - 1 Campground - 1 Mary’s Chapel - 1 Bristol, First (1) ...................................... Brandon R. Berg ...............................FE............................................. 3 Broadford Circuit (3) ........................... Michael R. Andrews .......................OF............................................ 2 Crabtree - 1 Roberts Chapel - 1 Wesley, Saltville - 1 Brumley Gap - Greendale (2) ................. A. Stephen McCready ......................PL............................................. 4 Carvosso (1) ............................................ G. William “Bill” Breeding..............PL............................................. 6 Cedar Bluff - Clearview (2) ................. Annette M. Warren ........................AM........................................... 1 Chatham Hill Circuit (4) ......................... Mack S. Blevins ...............................PL............................................. 6 Chatham Hill - 1 .................................. Preaching Station New Cove - 1 Ridgedale - 1 Riverside - 1 Chilhowie - Seven Mile Ford (2) ......... Charles L. Leonard ........................FE ............................................ 1 Clinch Circuit (4) .................................... James D. Lyttle .................................SY .......................................... 10 Church Hill - Munsey, Castlewood - 2 Esther Memorial - 1 ............................. Preaching Station Oak Grove, Castlewood - 1 ................. Preaching Station Coleman’s Chapel (1) ............................. Darrell B.Thacker .............................PL........................................... 22 Dailey’s Chapel (1) ................................. John R. Repass .................................PL............................................. 9 Damascus (1) ......................................... E. Creighton Smith, II ...................PE ............................................ 1 Damascus Circuit (4) .............................. James T. Oxendine ...........................RA............................................ 4 Cedar Bluff - 1 ..................................... Preaching Station Laurel - 1 .............................................. Preaching Station Wright’s Chapel - 1 Zion - 1 Dennison (1) ........................................... Greg Cox .........................................LM ........................................... 1 East Tazewell Circuit (3) ........................ James W. Scott, Jr. ...........................PL............................................. 6 Burkes Garden - 1 Concord - 1 Mt. Olivet - 1 Ebenezer (1) ............................................ Catherine L. Sandefur ......................RL .......................................... 12 Emory (1) ............................................... David R. Jackson ............................FE ............................................ 1 Garden (1) ............................................... Thomas J. Witten, Jr.........................RL ............................................ 3
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District: Clinch Mountain Charge Pastor AC YA Glade Spring Charge (2) ......................... Donnie Lee Bailey ............................FL............................................. 2 Byars Cobbs - 1 Lebanon, Glade - 1 Honaker-Elk Garden (2) ......................... Aaron D. Atchley .............................FE............................................. 6 John Wesley - Charles Wesley (2) ......... Robert K. Nyaga ...............................FE........................................... 10 Keywood Charge (2)............................... John Leonard Smith .........................RL ............................................ 6 McCready - 1 Quarry - 1 Lakeview - Grassy Creek (2) ............... Roger Carter ...................................SY ............................................ 1 Grassy Creek - 1 Lakeview - 1 Laurel Springs Circuit (3) ....................... John H. Graham................................FE............................................. 9 Laurel Spring - 1 Mountain View, Chilhowie - 1 Zion Hill - 1 Lebanon Circuit (2)................................. Daniel L. Garrett ..............................PL............................................. 5 Cleveland - 1 Willis Chapel - 1 Lebanon, Chilhowie (1) ........................ R. Steve Wright ..............................SY ............................................ 1 Lebanon Memorial (1) ............................ Jeffrey L. Tallent ..............................FE............................................. 2 Lebanon Memorial, Associate .............. Gary E. Crum ...................................RL ............................................ 4 Looney’s Chapel - Grundy (2) ............... J. N. Howard.....................................RE ............................................ 3 Madam Russell - Tates Chapel (2) ......... Lisa Bryant .......................................PE............................................. 2 Main Street (1) ........................................ Anthony C. Grills .............................FE............................................. 9 Main Street, Associate .......................... Emmanual “Manny” L. Elswick ......FL............................................. 4 Marion East Circuit (2) ........................... Faith E. Ramer..................................FE............................................. 2 Davis Memorial - 1 Mt. Carmel, Marion - 1 Marion, First (1).................................... James Bennington...........................FE ............................................ 1 Mt. Hermon (1) ....................................... Ray Justus .........................................PL........................................... 15 Mt. Pleasant - Steelesburg (2) ................ Jack C. Johnson ................................RL .......................................... 25 Mountain View, Abingdon (1) ............... Donald C. Thayer .............................RL .......................................... 30 North Keywood Circuit (2) .................. J. Michael Dixon .............................PL ............................................ 1 Blackwell’s Chapel - 1 Mahanaim - 1 North Tazewell - Mt. Zion (2).............. Leon B. O’Quinn ............................FL ............................................ 1 Pisgah - Pleasant Hill (2) ........................ Zachary T. Hash ...............................PL............................................. 3 Pleasant View (1) .................................... Dale M. Gilbert ................................FE............................................. 2 Pleasant View, Associate...................... Barbara B. Farmer ............................RL .......................................... 11 Reynolds Memorial (1) ........................... Laura B. Plaster ................................FE............................................. 8 Richlands, First (1) ................................. Rod J. Tkach .....................................OE ............................................ 2 RichValley - Bethany (2) ........................ Mark H. Asbury................................PL............................................. 3 Riverside - Wilbur (2)............................. Carlos H. Hess ..................................PL............................................. 3 St. Luke - Hunt Memorial (2) ................. Caroline E. Hawthorne .....................FL............................................. 3 Shady Grove - Meadowview (2) .......... Barbara A. Doyle ............................FE ............................................ 1 Sinking Springs - Paperville (2) ............. John M. Graves ................................PL............................................. 4 Smyth County Circuit (3)..................... Natalie Justice .................................PE ............................................ 1 Grace - 1 Greenwood - 1 Mt. Zion, Marion - 1 ............................ Preaching Station South Bristol (1) ..................................... Raymond W. Amos, Jr. ....................FE............................................. 4
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District: Clinch Mountain Charge Pastor AC YA State Street (1) ........................................ Jonathan B. Jonas .............................FE............................................. 6 State Street, Associate ........................ Leroy “Roy” M. Hull, III...............PL .......................................... 2* Sulphur Springs, Castlewood (1) ............ Patrick L. Kelly ................................OF ............................................ 2 Three Springs - Virginia Ave (2) ........... J. Steve Patterson..............................PL............................................. 2 Trinity (1) ................................................ Rosa K. Slavik ..................................FE............................................. 6 Wallace - Wyndale (2) ............................ Luther W. Roberts ............................RL ............................................ 9 Washington Chapel - Washington Springs (2) Larry D. Lusk ...................................AM ......................................... 16 Weaver (1) .............................................. Cynthia R. Frye ................................PL............................................. 3 Wharf Hill - Elizabeth (2) .................... John P. Roe .....................................AM........................................... 1 (Charges – 62, Churches – 109) APPOINTMENTS BEYOND THE LOCAL CHURCH (¶331) Charge Pastor AC YA Church & Community Worker ..................... L. Brooke Atchley (¶331.4b) ...........FD ............................................ 6 Clinch Mountain District Cooperative Ministry ....... CC Honaker-Elk Garden APPOINTMENTS TO EXTENSION MINISTRIES Wංඍඁංඇ ඍඁൾ Cඈඇඇൾർඍංඈඇൺඅ Sඍඋඎർඍඎඋൾඌ ඈൿ Uඇඍංൾൽ Mൾඍඁඈൽංඌආ (¶344.1a) Charge Pastor AC YA Emory & Henry College ......................... Mary K. Briggs .................................FE........................................... 12 Chaplain ............................................... CC Emory Church and Community Worker ............ Harry W. Howe ................................FE........................................... 27 Director, Project Crossroads ................ CC Marion, First District Superintendent ........................ Jane E. Taylor .................................FE ............................................ 1 Emory & Henry College ........................ Talmage A. Stanley ..........................FE........................................... 24 Volunteer Service Coordinator ............ CC Emory Emory & Henry College ......................... Sharon Wiley Wright .......................FE............................................. 6 Associate Chaplain............................... CC Emory Emory & Henry College....................... David R. Jackson ............................FE ............................................ 1 Visiting Professor ............................... CC Emory Mංඇංඌඍඋංൾඌ Eඇൽඈඋඌൾൽ ൻඒ ඍඁൾ Bඈൺඋൽ ඈൿ Hංඁൾඋ Eൽඎർൺඍංඈඇ Mංඇංඌඍඋඒ (¶344.1b) Charge Pastor AC YA Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, .........Rhonda S. Cooper .............................. FE .............................................16 MD Chaplain, H.J. Duffey Family .........CC Pleasant View Patient & Family Service Program
APPOINTMENT TO ANOTHER ANNUAL CONFERENCE Charge Pastor AC YA Oregon-Idaho Conf., Columbia Dist. ..... Michelle McKinnon-Young .............FE............................................. 3 Lake Oswego UMC, Lake ................... CC Bristol, First Oswego, OR
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OTHER VALID MINISTRIES (¶344.1d) Charge Pastor AC YA Elk Garden Project, ................................. Mary C. Chapiewski .........................PL............................................. 5 School Community Ministries .............. CC Elk Garden Caris Healthcare LLC, ........................... Catherine A. Fox Rollins..................FE............................................. 8 Hospice Chaplaincy .............................. CC Bristol, First
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District: Clinch Mountain LEAVE OF ABSENCE (¶353) Pastor Charge AC YA Beverly C. Robinette .............................. CC Emory .........................................FE........................................... 12 MEDICAL LEAVE (¶356) Pastor Charge AC YA Thomas A. Conley .................................. CC Pisgah-Pleasant Hill ...................FE........................................... 18 Ronnie G. Duncan .................................. CC Keywood Charge .......................FL............................................. 6 SEMINARY STUDENTS An up pointing triangle (ı) indicates Students serving as Student Pastors and are included in the list of appointments. Student Cert.Cand. Church / Charge Conference Seminary T. Chase Crickenberger .......................... Madam Russell - Tates Chapel ...............Candler School of Theology John R. Repass .................... 2006 ........... Dailey’s Chapel ı.................................United Theological Seminary RETIRED MINISTERS A double asterick (**) indicates the Church a Minister is serving in retirement during the 2019 - 2020 Appointment Year. Minister (AC) (Charge Conference Membership)
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William E. Cahill (RE)(Trinity, Bristol) Joel H. Campbell (RE)(St. Luke) Kenneth Conner (RE)(Pleasant View) Gary E. Crum (RL)(Lebanon Memorial)** James G. Denton (RA)(Damascus) Charles R. Dilks (RE)(Lebanon Memorial) Clarence G. Dishman, Jr. (RE)(Hunt Memorial) Tom F. Driver (RE)(Emory) Howard L. Edwards (RL)(Main Street, Tazewell) Douglas R. Fairbanks, Jr. (RE)(Abingdon) Barbara B. Farmer (RL)(Pleasant View)** John W. Farmer (RE)(Bristol, First) Timothy W. Graham (RE)(Marion East Cir.) Brian H. Greene, Jr. (RE)(Trinity, Bristol) Leroy D. Henry (RE)(Trinity, Bristol) Harry W. Hight, Jr. (RE)(Meadowview) Bill E. Hinton (RE)(Wharf Hill-Elizabeth) H. Paul Hite, Jr. (RE)(Clearview/Dennison) J.N. Howard (RE)(Looney’s Chapel-Grundy)** Jack C. Johnson (RL)(Mt. Pleasant-Steelsburg)**
Frederic R. Kellogg (RE)(Emory) Beth P. McCoy (DR)(Abingdon) James E. McReynolds (RE)(Bristol, First) Margaret Owens-Yates (RE)(Zion, Damascus) James T. Oxendine (RA)(Damascus Circuit)** James Darrell Ray (RA)(Brumley Gap-Greendale) Betty C. Reiff (RE)(Abingdon) Luther W. Roberts (RL)(Wallace-Wyndale)** Scott A. Robertson-Gouge (RE)(Madam Russell-Tates) John P. Roe (RA)(Weaver) Catherine L. Sandefur (RL)(Ebenezer)** John Leonard Smith (RL)(Keywood Charge)** David T. St. Clair (RE)(Meadowview) Jack L. Stevens (RE)(Trinity, Bristol) James Michael Teague (RE)(Three Springs) Donald C. Thayer (RL)(Mtn View, Abingdon)** Carolyn E. Whitaker (RD)(Reynolds Memorial) Emmit B. Wilson (RE)(Grace-Greenwood) Thomas J. Witten, Jr. (RL)(Garden)** Nelson C. Woody (RE)(State Street)
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District: Hiwassee
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HIWASSEE DISTRICT District Superintendent: Elihugh J. Kilgore, Jr. Appointment Years Charge Pastor Code (AC) Appointed (YA) Allen Memorial (1) ................................ Charles D. Ensminger ....................FE ............................................ 1 Apison (1) ............................................... Jacob W. Herron ...............................FE............................................. 3 Athens Parish (2) .................................... Bruce E. Vincent, Sr. ......................PL........................................... 19 Tranquility - 1 Union Chapel - 1 Benton (1) ............................................... L. David Whaley ..............................PL............................................. 4 Big Spring (1) ......................................... Terry K. Huffer ................................PL............................................. 4 Black Fox (1) ......................................... Travis D. Humbard ...........................PL........................................... 10 Broad Street (1)....................................... Micah J. Nicolaus .............................FE............................................. 3 Broad Street, Associate ........................ Betsy R. Switzer ...............................FE............................................. 2 Broad Street, Associate ...................... Adam Reuss.....................................FL ............................................ 1 Broad Street, Associate ...................... Jarrod D. Suits ................................FL ............................................ 1 Calhoun - Spring Creek (2) .................... Corey D. Miller ................................OF ............................................ 5 Chilcutt - Chestuee (2) ............................ Kenneth L.Scoggins .........................RE ............................................ 4 Cleveland, First (1) ............................... Curtis D. McKee .............................FE ............................................ 1 Cleveland, Trinity - Pleasant Grove (2) . Marvin V. Howard ...........................RE .......................................... 10 Cleveland, Wesley Mem. - Valley Head (2) . Ramon D. Torres, III ........................FE............................................. 4 Cleveland, Wesley Mem., Associate .... Chris Rouse ......................................OF ............................................ 4 Valley Head - 1 .................................. Preaching Station Copperhill, First - Ducktown (2) ............ Thomas M. Reed ..............................FE............................................. 4 Ducktown - 1 ....................................... Preaching Station Croft Chapel (1) .................................... TBS Dayton, First (1)...................................... Willard T. Akers ...............................FE............................................. 2 Englewood (1) ........................................ Richard Tallent ...............................RA ........................................... 1 Etowah, St. Paul’s - Carlock (2) ............. Jason S. Humberd .............................FL............................................. 6 Evensville (1) .......................................... William R. Boyd ..............................RL .......................................... 10 Forkner’s Chapel - Buckner Memorial (2) .. Brenda Gentry ................................PL ............................................ 1 Graysville - New Bethel (2) .................. Harold Dixon...................................LM ........................................... 1 Jones Chapel - Wesleyanna (2) ............ Bradley S. Brown............................PE ............................................ 1 Keith Memorial (1) ................................. David W. Graybeal ...........................FE............................................. 5 Keith Memorial, Associate ................... Andrew C. Lay .................................PE ............................................ 2 Luminary (1) ........................................... Charles W. Griffin ............................FE............................................. 6 Madisonville Circuit (2) ......................... William Brickey ...............................PL............................................. 4 Chestua - 1 ........................................... Preaching Station Eleazar - 1 Madisonville, First (1) ............................ Keith G. Knight ................................FE............................................. 4 Mars Hill (1) .......................................... Joshua Stuckey ...............................SY ............................................ 1 McDonald (1) .......................................... Jacob W. Countiss ............................PL............................................. 2 Meigs County United Methodist Churches Decatur-Concord (2) (Parish Director) ... William J. “Will” Conner .................FE............................................. 4 Goodfield Circuit (3) ........................... David Moore.....................................PL............................................. 2 Goodfield - 1 Mt. Carmel - 1 Mt. Olivet - 1 Pleasant Hill (1).................................. David Derrick .................................SY ............................................ 1 Burkett Chapel (1) ............................. Jackie Westfield ..............................SY ............................................ 1 Ten Mile - Oak Grove (2) .................... J. Douglas Brown .............................RE .......................................... 17 Mountain View (1) ................................ Rodney Lorentz Dunn....................OF............................................ 1 Mt. Zion - St. Elmo (2) ........................... J. Glenn Moseley ..............................AM ........................................... 4 St. Elmo - 1 .......................................... Preaching Station Niota - Cedar Springs (2) ..................... Alexander Thompson .....................PE ............................................ 1 Ooltewah (1) ........................................... Dwight S. Kilbourne ........................FE............................................. 7 Ooltewah, Associate ............................ Amanda Dean .................................FE ............................................ 1
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District: Hiwassee Charge Pastor AC YA Piney Grove (1) ........................................ TBS Red Hill (1) ................................................ Terril D. Littrell .................................. RE................................................7 South Cleveland (1) ................................... Bert E. Beria ....................................... PL ................................................7 Spivey - New Providence (2) .................... William B. Ewing ............................... RL................................................3 New Providence - 1 ................................ Preaching Station Spring City - Reed’s Chapel (2) ................ Dale S. Wyrick .................................... FE ................................................4 Sweetwater, First (1) .................................. Ron D. Fisher ...................................... FE ................................................4 Sweetwater, First, Associate ................. Crystal Ragan .................................... PL..............................................2* Tasso - Charleston (2).............................. Joe Ratledge....................................... PL................................................1 Tellico Plains Circuit (2) ......................... William S. “Bill” Clark....................... OF..............................................14 Ironsburg - 1 Tellico Plains, First - 1 Trinity, Athens (1) ................................... William “Skip” White, III................ FE................................................1 Vine Grove / Mt. Olive - St. Clair (2) ....... Willa “Jane” Petitt .............................. PL ................................................4 Wesley Chapel (1) .................................... Tim Andrus........................................ PL................................................1 Wesley Memorial, Etowah - Pleasant Grove (2) .Wayne D. Hickman............................. FE ................................................3 Pleasant Grove - 1................................... Preaching Station (Charges – 49, Churches – 71) APPOINTMENTS TO EXTENSION MINISTRIES Wංඍඁංඇ ඍඁൾ Cඈඇඇൾർඍංඈඇൺඅ Sඍඋඎർඍඎඋൾඌ ඈൿ Uඇඍංൾൽ Mൾඍඁඈൽංඌආ (¶344.1a) Charge Pastor AC YA District Superintendent ........................... Elihugh J. Kilgore, Jr. ......................FE............................................. 3 Tennessee Wesleyan University ............. Sean G. Hayden ................................PE............................................. 3 Prof. Religion and Philosophy Tennessee Wesleyan University ........... Alexander Thompson .....................PE ............................................ 1 Prof. Religion ...................................... CC Niota-Cedar Springs Holston Conference Camping & ............ Mary Thompson ...............................FD ............................................ 3 Leisure Ministries ................................. CC Niota-Cedar Springs FAMILY LEAVE (¶353.2b) Pastor Charge AC YA Danielle A. Jenkins Cooper.................. CC Grove, NR .................................FE ............................................ 6 SEMINARY STUDENTS An up pointing triangle (ı) indicates Students serving as Student Pastors and are included in the list of appointments.
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Student Cert.Cand. Church / Charge Conference Seminary Jacob W. Countiss .............. 2016 ........... McDonald ı ...........................................Candler School of Theology Jason S. Humberd ............... 2013 ........... Etowah, St. Paul’s - Carlock ı............Asbury Theological Seminary Tina L. Morgan ................... 2013 ........... Allen Memorial ....................................Asbury Theological Seminary Austin Byerly ...................... 2017 ........... Cleveland, First ................................................. Duke Divinity School Eric Light ............................ 2017 ........... Ooltewah...............................................Asbury Theological Seminary
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District: Hiwassee RETIRED MINISTERS A double asterick (**) indicates the Church a Minister is serving in retirement during the 2019 - 2020 Appointment Year. Minister (AC) (Charge Conference Membership) Ronald O. Allen (RE)(Allen Mem.) Leonard M. Perry (RE)(Cleveland, First) William R. Boyd (RL)(Evensville)** Kenneth D. Pierce (RE)(Dayton, First) Carolyn M.Braddy (RL)(Red Hill) James H. Purser (RL)(Sale Creek) J. Douglas Brown(RE)(Ten Mile-OakGrove)** Rebecca A. Reed (RE)(Etowah, St Paul’s-Carlock) Hugh P. Bryan (RE)(Mountain View) Ben L. Roberson (RE)(Wesleyanna) G. William Climer, Jr. (RE)(Keith Memorial) John W. Roberson, Jr. (RE)(Wesleyanna) Lonnie R. Eldridge (RE)(Niota-Cedar Springs) Stella M. Roberts (RE)(Keith Memorial) William B. Ewing (RL)(Spivey)** Shirley M. Rogers (RE)(Wesley Mem.) Jerry L. Everley (RE)(Broad Street) Kenneth L. Scoggins (RE)(Chilcutt-Chestuee)** John W. Gilbert, Jr. (RE)(Broad Street) Helen E. Shaw (RE)(Tellico, First) Ambrose S. Havey IV (RE)(Keith Memorial) Walter Simmerman (RE)(Cleveland, First) R. Michael Hubble (RE)(Keith) Richard Tallent (RA)(Englewood)** Richard A. Humphrey (RE)(Mt. Olive) James W. Thompson (RD)(Athens, Trinity) E. Patricia Hogan (RD)(Cleveland, First) Michael H. Travis (RE)(Broad Street) Marvin V. Howard (RE)(Cleveland, Trinity-Pleasant Grove)** Wheeler “Ogle” Wattenbarger(RE)(Allen Mem.) Linda Hansen Kress (RD)(Cleveland, First) Daryl K. Williams (RA)(Sweetwater, First) Terril D. Littrell (RE)(Red Hill)** W. Michael Ogle (RE)(Broad Street) Mary L. Parson (RE)(Broad Street)
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District: Mountain View
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MOUNTAIN VIEW DISTRICT District Superintendent: Angela Hardy Cross Appointment Years Appointed (YA) Charge Pastor Code (AC) Asbury (1) ...................................................... Gerald L. Jones .......................................FE ...................................................6 Bales Chapel (1) ............................................ James R. Fain ..........................................RE ..................................................6 Beth Car - Watkins Chapel (2) ...................... R. Darrell Chambers ...............................PL .................................................15 Bethel (1) ....................................................... Edwin E. Cunningham, Jr. ......................RL ................................................28 Boyd Chapel (1) ............................................. Andrew C. Smith.....................................OF ..................................................6 Bradburn Hill - Mt.Pleasant,Greeneville(2) J. David Neel ..........................................FE ..................................................1 Bulls Gap, First (1) ........................................ Wayne A. Bromberg ...............................PL ...................................................3 Burchfield - Bogart’s Chpl - Lawson Chpl (3) ..William J. Cheetham ...............................PL ...................................................7 Bybee (1)........................................................ Dennie D. Humphreys.............................RE ..................................................3 Carter’s Valley Circuit (2) ............................. Mark E. Wills ..........................................PL .................................................20 Carter’s Chapel - 1 Carter’s Station - 1 Centenary (1) ................................................. Bryan K. Wyke .......................................FE ...................................................7 Cherokee Circuit (3) .................................... Brenda Bell-McAdams .........................PL ..................................................1 Mt. Carmel - Mt.Pisgah - River Hill - 3 Chestnut Grove - Ebenezer (2) ...................... H. Doug Wilder .......................................RE ..................................................2 Chestnut Hill (1)........................................... William Stacey Morgan ........................LM .................................................1 Christ (1) ....................................................... Cynthia Thompson ................................RE ................................................2* Claiborne Cluster (3) ................................... Vincent K. Krauss .................................PL ..................................................1 Lone Mountain - 1 Mayes Chapel - 1 Tazewell - 1 Clinch Valley Circuit (2) ............................... R. Michael Southerland...........................OF ..................................................2 Mt Pleasant, Thorn Hill - 1.......................... Preaching Station Dotson’s Campground - 1 Cosby Circuit (2) Pleasant Valley - 1 ..................................... Thomas Mott .........................................RL ..................................................1 Caton’s Grove - 1 ........................................ Phyllis C. Blazer .....................................PL ...................................................9 Dandridge, First (1) ....................................... R. Steven Brown .....................................FE ...................................................6 Del Rio Circuit (2) ......................................... W. Charles Williams ...............................PL .................................................11 Jones Chapel - 1 Mulberry Gap - 1 Dodson Creek - Edgewood (2) ...................... Floyd E. Ward .........................................PL ...................................................3 Ebbing & Flowing Springs - Kincaid (2) ... Fred E. Dimond .....................................PL ..................................................1 Edward’s Chapel (1) ...................................... Charles D. Shipley ..................................PL ...................................................9 George Street - Grant (2) ............................... William C. Rimmer .................................FL ...................................................2 Glendale (1) ................................................... Charles R. “Rick” Spell, Jr. ....................RE ..................................................7 Hardin’s Chapel (1) ..................................... Cathy Walker ........................................LM .................................................1 Harmon’s Valley (1) ...................................... Charles M. Lindy ....................................RL ................................................12 Harneds - Parrottsville (2) ............................. H. Roy Dalton .........................................RL ..................................................2 Harrogate - Arthur - Mountain View (3) ....... Judy Keller ..............................................PL ...................................................4 Hills Union - McCampbell’s (2).................... Sherri F. Franklin ....................................AM .................................................7 Hunt’s Chapel - Whittenburg - Rehobeth (3) Hunt’s Chapel - 1 ........................................ P. Max Frye, II ........................................PL ...................................................2 Rehobeth - 1 ............................................... Preaching Station Whittenburg - 1............................................ Preaching Station Iglesia Rios Agua Viva, Mission Congregation .. Susana Lopez ..........................................PL ...................................................3 Jefferson City, First (1) .................................. Lloyd J. Jones..........................................AM .................................................3 Liberty Hill - Russellville (2) ...................... Tom Stanton ..........................................OF ..................................................1 Love’s Memorial (1) ...................................... Dan L. Palmer .........................................OF ..................................................5 Mascot .................................................... Douglas C. Jennings .......................FE ............................................ 7 Midway (1) ............................................. Jerry R. Holt .....................................SY .......................................... 12 Mooresburg - Beelers Chapel (2) ........... H. Denver Davidson .........................PL........................................... 21
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District: Mountain View
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Charge Pastor AC YA Morristown, First (1) .............................. Walter P. Weikel ..............................FE............................................. 3 Morristown, First, Associate ................ Asa L. Majors ...................................FE............................................. 3 Mosheim Central - Ottway (2) ............... James H. Brooks ...............................AM ........................................... 3 Mt. Airy - Economy (2) .......................... Allen D. Shupe .................................FE............................................. 9 Mt. Carmel, Mosheim (1) ....................... Clyde Hester .....................................RA............................................ 4 Mt. Hebron (1) ...................................... Donald Swift....................................RE............................................ 1 Mt. Hope - Antioch (2) ........................... David O. Gibbs, Jr. ...........................PL........................................... 19 Mt. Pleasant, Talbott (1) ......................... Merrill M. Hawkins, Jr. ....................OF .......................................... 16 Mt. Zion, Afton (1) ................................. Maria W. Grimm ..............................FE............................................. 4 Mt. Zion - Seahorn’s Chapel (2) ............ John D. Thompson ...........................RA.......................................... 18 New Market Circuit (2) .......................... John M. Slater ..................................RE ............................................ 4 Cedar Grove - 1 New Market - 1 Newport, First (1).................................. David Woody...................................FE ............................................ 1 New Tazewell (1) .................................... Laurence V. Hesser........................... FE ..............................................5 Noe’s - Central, Bean Station (2) ........ John W. Wilson ..............................FE ............................................ 1 Oakland (1) ............................................. Larry V. DeVault..............................RE ............................................ 2 Otes (1) ................................................... Vic Trobaugh....................................PL............................................. 3 Panther Springs (1) ............................... Cynthia A. Paxton ..........................FL ............................................ 1 Persia - Pleasant Hill (2) ......................... Charles H. Heck ...............................RL ............................................ 3 Pine Grove - Hartman’s Chapel (2) ........ John L. Grimm .................................FE............................................. 4 Pruitt Hill - Tate Chapel (2) ................ Sandra G. Johnson .........................RE............................................ 1 Riverview Circuit (6) .............................. Mark A. Barber ................................AM ........................................... 2 Bewley’s Chapel - 1 Bruner’s Grove - 1 Fowler’s Grove - 1 ............................... Preaching Station O & S Chapel - 1 Oven Creek - 1 Warrensburg - 1 .................................... Preaching Station Rogersville, First (1) ............................. Loren Boyce ....................................OE ........................................... 1 Romeo - St. Clair - Talley’s Chapel (3) . Dixie J. Miller ..................................RL ............................................ 2 Talley’s Chapel - 1 ............................... Preaching Station Rutledge - Mary’s Chapel (2) .............. Samuel Dzobo .................................OE ........................................... 1 Rutledge Circuit (3) ................................ Cherie Chapman ...............................RL ............................................ 4 Shiloh - 1 Cedar Grove - 1 Joppa - 1 Shady Grove - Woodlawn Parish (2) .. Jason M. McIntosh .........................FE ............................................ 1 Shady Grove - 1 Woodlawn - 1 ...................................... Preaching Station Sneedville Circuit (3) .............................. Kerry L. Bond ..................................OF ............................................ 3 Sneedville - 1 Shiloh - 1 Union - 1 Strawberry Plains (1) .............................. Douglas C. Jennings .........................FE............................................. 7 Thompson Chapel (1) ........................... Rodney Melton................................OF............................................ 1 Trinity, Greeneville (1) ........................... Sarah M. Varnell ..............................FE............................................. 2 Trinity, Morristown (1) ........................... Michael W. Cutshaw ........................FE............................................. 8 Weems Chapel - Mt. Sinai (2) ................ Tim Peterson.....................................PL............................................. 4 Mt. Sinai - 1 .......................................... Preaching Station Wesley’s Chapel, Dandridge (1) ............ Sherry Seay Sellars...........................PL........................................... 10 Wesley’s Chapel, Greeneville (1) ........... Vivian M. Reed ................................PL............................................. 4 White Pine, First (1) ............................. Thomas John “T.J.” Burdine ........FE ............................................ 1 (Charges – 70, Churches – 118)
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District: Mountain View APPOINTMENTS TO EXTENSION MINISTRIES Wංඍඁංඇ ඍඁൾ Cඈඇඇൾർඍංඈඇൺඅ Sඍඋඎർඍඎඋൾඌ ඈൿ Uඇඍංൾൽ Mൾඍඁඈൽංඌආ (¶316.1) Charge Pastor AC YA Preaching Station Ministries, Coord. ...... P. Max Frye, II .................................PL........................................... 11 CC Hunt’s Chapel - Whittenburg - Rehobeth Wංඍඁංඇ ඍඁൾ Cඈඇඇൾർඍංඈඇൺඅ Sඍඋඎർඍඎඋൾඌ ඈൿ Uඇඍංൾൽ Mൾඍඁඈൽංඌආ (¶344.1a 1) Charge Pastor AC YA District Superintendent ........................... Angela Hardy Cross .........................FE............................................. 2 General Evangelist .................................. Richard D. Wright ............................FE............................................. 5 CC Mt. Zion-Seahorn’s Chapel Mංඇංඌඍඋංൾඌ Eඇൽඈඋඌൾൽ ൻඒ ඍඁൾ Bඈൺඋൽ ඈൿ Hංඁൾඋ Eൽඎർൺඍංඈඇ Mංඇංඌඍඋඒ (¶344.1b) Charge Pastor AC YA North Central College, Chaplain ..............Eric L. Doolittle ................................. FE ...............................................6 Naperville, IL, Northern Illinois Conf....Harrogate-Arthur-Mtn.View MEDICAL LEAVE (¶356) Pastor Charge AC YA L. Diana Cornett ..................................... CC New Market Circuit ...................FL............................................. 5 Jack Jenkins .......................................... CC Morristown, Trinity ................AM........................................... 1 C. Don Jones ........................................... CC Harneds - Parrottsville .....................FE ...................................................2 Ronald W. Ramsey ................................. CC Jefferson City, First....................FE............................................. 4 APPOINTED TO ANOTHER ANNUAL CONFERENCE Charge Pastor AC YA Benbrook UMC, Pastor .......................... David G. Petty ..................................FE............................................. 4 North District, Central Texas Conf. ..... CC Pine Grove-Hartman’s Chapel SEMINARY STUDENTS An up pointing triangle (ı) indicates Students serving as Student Pastors and are included in the list of appointments.
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Student Cert.Cand. Church / Charge Conference Seminary Chris A. West...................... 2015 ........... Newport, First.................................................... Duke Divinity School Melinda Strum .................... 2014 ........... Cherokee Circuit................................................ Duke Divinity School
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District: Mountain View RETIRED MINISTERS A double asterick (**) indicates the Church a Minister is serving in retirement during the 2019 - 2020 Appointment Year. Minister (AC) (Charge Conference Membership) Martha M. Beamer (RL)(Ottway) Christine W. Bean (RL)(Morristown, First) Jacob Beeler (RL)(Thompson Chapel) Robert Boragine (RL)(Rogersville, First) Robert C. Brewer, Jr. (RP)(Strawberry Plains) Cherie Chapman (RL)(Rutledge Circuit)** John T. Clark (RE)(Chestnut Hill) Marta M. Cogburn (RL)(Newport, First) Robert E. Cook, Sr. (RL)(Mosheim, Mt. Carmel) Roger L. Crim (RE)(Romeo) Edwin E. Cunningham, Jr. (RL)(Bethel)** H. Roy Dalton (RL)(Harneds-Parrottsville)** Charles W. DeHart (RL)(Hardin’s Chapel) Larry DeVault (RE)(Oakland)** Darris K. Doyal (RE)(Morristown, First) Paul B. Elmore (RE)(Pruitt Hill-Tate Chapel) James R. Fain (RE)(Bales Chapel)** Ellen F. Fisher (RD)(Morristown, First) Harry W. Fleenor (RA)(Otes) M. Elizabeth Fox (RL)(Newport, First) Curtis A. Grissett (RE)(Greeneville, Trinity) Caroline W. Goddard (RE)(Dandridge, First) Katherine Hale (RE)(Trinity, Morristown) C. Frederick Hammer (RE)(White Pine, First) Charles Heck (RL)(Persia-Pleasant Hill)**
Danny C. Hensley (RE)(Mt. Pleasant, Grnv.) Clyde W. Hester (RA)(Mt. Carmel, Mosheim)** Jeannie Higgins (RD) Dennie D. Humphreys (RE)(Bybee)** Sandra J. Johnson (RE)(Pruitt Hill-Tate Chapel)** Charles M. Lindy (RL)(Harmon’s Valley)** John R. Manney (RE)(Pine Grove-Hartman’s Chapel) Dixie J. Miller (RL)(Romeo-St.Clair-Talley’s Chapel)** Rose T. Mincey (RL)(Chestnut Grove-Ebenezer) Thomas Mott (RL)(Pleasant Valley)** William E. Nickle (RE)(Mooresburg-Beelers Chapel) James Donald Rose (RE)(Dandridge, First) James M. Shanks (RE)(Economy) Carol Ferguson Shirey (RE) Betty A. Shirley (RL)(Rutledge) John M. Slater, Jr. (RE)(New Market Cir.)** Charles R.“Rick” Spell, Jr. (RE)(Glendale)** Donald Swift (RE)(Mt. Hebron)** Meg G. Taylor (RE)(Noe’s Chapel) Cynthia Thompson (RE)(Christ, Greenville)** John Thompson (RA)(Mt. Zion-Seahorn’s Chapel) David R. Vaughn (RE)(Panther Springs) Walter O. Waddey (RL)(Glendale) H. Doug Wilder (RE)(Chesnut Grove-Ebenezer)** Norman C. Wilhoit (RE)(Christ, Greeneville)
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District: New River NEW RIVER DISTRICT District Superintendent: Kimberly M. Goddard Appointment Years Charge Pastor Code (AC) Appointed (YA) Aldersgate - Jordan’s Chapel (2) ............ Rebecca Wheeler ..............................FL............................................. 5 Atkins Memorial - Fries Station (2) ....... D. Lee Thomas .................................PL............................................. 7 Auburn (1)............................................... L. Knox Wimberly ...........................FL............................................. 4 Bethel (1) ................................................ Larry E. Ramey ................................RE ............................................ 7 Bishop’s Chapel (1) ................................ Jimmy Harmon .................................RL .......................................... 15 Bland Circuit (3) ................................... Darlene J. Marshall ........................FL ............................................ 1 Bland - 1 Central - 1 Trinity - 1 Bluefield, First (1) .................................. James R. Ferguson............................FE............................................. 3 Blue Ridge Circuit (3) ............................ V. Kaye Seay ....................................PE............................................. 3 Fancy Gap - 1 Island Creek - 1 Mountain Plains - 1 Bridle Creek Circuit (3) ....................... Danny Nettleton ..............................FL ............................................ 1 Bethany - 1 Bridle Creek - 1 Oak Grove - 1 Cedar Springs Circuit (4)..................... Bobbie J. Dunford ..........................RL............................................ 1 Asbury - 1 Blue Springs - 1 Groseclose - 1 Speedwell - 1 Ceres Circuit (5) ..................................... R. Neal Hammons ............................FL............................................. 3 Bethany - 1 Ezelle - 1 Goodman’s Chapel - 1 Red Oak - 1 Zion - 1 Cripple Creek Circuit (3) ........................ Eddie Frye ........................................SY ............................................ 3 Calvary - 1 Crockett’s Chapel - 1 Huddle Memorial - 1 Door of Heaven (1) ................................. Javier Hernandez-Torres ..................PL........................................... 14 Door of Heaven, Associate ................... Elizabeth Hernandez-Lopez .............PL............................................. 5 Draper Circuit (3) ................................... RuthAnne G. Henley ........................AM ........................................... 8 Cecil’s Chapel - 1 Draper - 1 Glenwood - 1 Dublin (1) ................................................ Don R. Hanshew, Jr. ........................FE............................................. 5 Dublin, Associate.................................. Donald P. Shelor ..............................AM ........................................... 2 Ebenezer - Bailey (2) .............................. Steven A. Aker .................................FE........................................... 16 Elk Creek Circuit (6) .............................. Gleasanna J. Dixon ...........................FL............................................. 4 Bethel - 1 Crossroads - 1 Forest - 1 Lebanon - 1 Mt. Zion - 1 Salem - 1 Fairlawn - Bethel (2)............................... Mark A. Miller .................................FL............................................. 3 Fairview - Sidney (2), Pastor ............... Donna Sharp ...................................OE ........................................... 1 Fairview - Sidney, Associate Pastor .. Charles Kempfer ............................SY ............................................ 1 Fairview - Sidney, Associate Pastor .. Serounian Keir................................OF............................................ 1 Floyd (1) ................................................. Timothy Hale ..................................PE ............................................ 1
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Charge Pastor AC YA Floyd Circuit (3) .................................... William Schoneman .......................RE............................................ 1 Camp Bethel - 1 Falling Branch - 1 Willis - 1 Franklin Street (1) ................................... Harry Grubb .....................................SY ............................................ 2 Fries Circuit (6)....................................... Greg Burnett .....................................FL............................................. 2 Cold Springs - 1 Fairview - 1 Liberty Hill - 1 Mt. Hope - 1 Mt. Olivet - 1 Stevens Creek - 1 Galax Circuit (3) ..................................... Lee H. Houston ................................PL............................................. 7 Asbury - 1 Leonard Memorial - 1 Longview - 1 Galax, First (1) ........................................ Mark B. McFadden ..........................FE............................................. 2 Gladeville - Mt. Olivet (2) ...................... Teresa J. Gregory .............................AM ........................................... 4 Glenwood (1) .......................................... Gloria L. Rhudy................................RA............................................ 7 Grace Circuit (4) ..................................... Ted P. Anders ...................................RL ............................................ 5 Bethel - 1 Fairview - 1 Mountain View - 1 Mt. Mitchell - 1 Graham’s Forge (1) .............................. Danny Hoosier ................................SY ............................................ 1 Grant - Flat Ridge Circuit (3) ................. Dwight A. Sells ................................SY ............................................ 5 Grant - 1 Little Wilson - 1 Mill Creek - 1 Grove (1) ................................................. Mark R. Kilbourne ...........................FE............................................. 3 Grove, Deacon-in-Residence .................. Ila W. Schepisi .................................FD ............................................ 6 Hale’s Chapel - Kathleen Memorial (2)....... William Russell Johnston ................. PL ..............................................4 Hillsville, First (1) .................................. Robert L. Smith ................................FE............................................. 7 Independence, First - Flat Rock (2) .... Walter Pierce ..................................FL ............................................ 1 Flat Rock Lead Mines Circuit (3) ......................... Martha Luper .................................SY .......................................... 2* Bethany - 1 Forest - 1 Foster Falls - 1 Little Walker Circuit (4) ......................... Linda S. Hale ....................................PL............................................. 7 Davis - 1 Goshen - 1 Millirons - 1 Strader - 1 Max Meadows Circuit (5) .................... Delisa Hammons .............................SY ............................................ 1 Brick - 1 Fort Chiswell - 1 Locust Hill - 1 Max Meadows - 1 Cedar Hill-1 ......................................... Carolyn Kidd ....................................LM ........................................... 2 Mechanicsburg Circuit (6) ...................... Danny Shortridge .............................OF .......................................... 15 Byrnes Chapel - 1 Mt. Zion, Bland - 1 Salem, Bland - 1 Shady Grove, Bland - 1 Shiloh, Bland - 1 Wesendonck - 1 Midway - Macedonia (2) ........................ H. Daniel Ingram, Jr. ........................PL............................................. 8
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District: New River Charge Pastor AC YA Mt. Olivet - Trinity (2) ........................... Judy Yonce .......................................PL........................................... 20 Mt. Pleasant (1) ....................................... Ralph M. Kidd ..................................FE............................................. 2 Mt. Vale - Savannah (2) ......................... David W. Payne................................FL............................................. 3 Mt. Vale - Savannah, Associate ........... Ronnie G. Collins .............................FE............................................. 3 Mt. Zion (1) ............................................ Harvey Joe Carrico ...........................RA............................................ 8 Mountain Circuit (3) ............................... Teresa G. Tolbert..............................FE........................................... 10 Parrott - 1 Thornspring - 1 Wesley Memorial - 1 Narrows, First (1).................................... Douglas A. Armstrong .....................FE............................................. 4 Narrows, First, Minister of Music .......... Melanie Karnes.................................RD............................................ 4 New Bethel (1) ........................................ Stephen Cornett ................................SY ............................................ 3 New River Circuit (3) ............................. Ginny N. Tompkins ..........................FE............................................. 8 Belspring - 1 Morgan’s Chapel - 1 Rockford - 1 Newbern - Mountain View (2) ............... Paige P. Wimberly............................FE............................................. 4 Oakland (1) ............................................. Tim W. Smith ...................................FE............................................. 7 Out of the Box (1)................................... Ronnie G. Collins .............................FE............................................. 7 Out of the Box, Associate .................... David W. Payne................................PL............................................. 6 Pearisburg, First (1) ................................ Brian C. Burch..................................FE............................................. 8 Pilot (1) ................................................... William B. Norris .............................PL........................................... 11 Pocahontas - Christ First (2) ................... Steven M. Ryman .............................SY ............................................ 3 Pulaski, First (1)...................................... William R. “Will” Shelton, II ..........FE............................................. 2 Radford, Central (1) ................................ Donald H. Smith ...............................FE............................................. 2 Radford Circuit (4) ............................... Elizabeth S. King ............................PL ............................................ 1 Carter Street - 1 Mt. Airy - 1 .......................................... Preaching Station New Hope - 1 ....................................... Riley Huffstetler .............................RE............................................ 2 New Mt. Olive - 1 Randolph Avenue (1) .............................. Karen Black ......................................OE ............................................ 4 Rich Creek, First (1) ............................... Gilbert C. Butler, III .........................FE............................................. 2 Rocky Gap Charge (2) .......................... L. Rodney Lawson ..........................AM......................................... 10 Rocky Gap - 1 Round Bottom - 1 ............................... Preaching Station Round Mountain Circuit (2) ................... David Alan Ashworth.......................PL............................................. 8 New Hope Union - 1 Pine Grove, Bastian - 1 Rural Retreat (1) ................................... Clayton R. Farmer .........................FE ............................................ 1 Rural Retreat Circuit (4) ......................... C. W Huff .........................................RA............................................ 4 Fairview - 1 Fulton - 1 King’s Grove - 1 Marvin - 1 St. Paul (1) .............................................. Lon F. Tobin .....................................FE............................................. 3 Spring Valley Circuit (4) ........................ Ricky Bedwell ..................................SY ............................................ 4 Ebenezer - 1 Jerusalem - 1, Preaching Station ...... TBS Providence - 1 Summerfield - 1 Virginia Avenue - Falls Mills (2) ......... Ray E. Petty, Jr...............................RE............................................ 1
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District: New River Charge Pastor AC YA Wabash Circuit (14) Wabash Circuit, Co-Pastor ................ Pamela L. Sutherland ....................FL ............................................ 1 Wabash Circuit, Co-Pastor................ James E. “Jim” Goddard ..............RE............................................ 1 Wabash Circuit, Associate ................. Jacob Nunn .....................................SY ............................................ 1 Wabash Circuit, Associate ................. Michael Chase .................................SY ............................................ 1 Bear Springs - 1 Big Stoney - 1 Eatons Chapel - 1 Edgewood - 1 Eggleston - 1 Green Valley - 1 Ingram Village - 1 Mountain View - 1 Pleasant Hill, Pearisburg - 1 Providence - 1 Shady Grove, Pearisburg - 1 Sheffey Memorial - 1 Thessalia - 1 Wesley’s Chapel - 1 West End (1) ........................................... Richard G. Lindamood .....................FE........................................... 10 West Galax (1) ........................................ Richard S. Gregory ...........................RE ............................................ 2 Woodlawn - Shiloh (2) ........................... Dina Clower .....................................FL............................................. 4 Wright’s Valley - Tip Top (2) ................ Jimmy Lee Horn ...............................RL .......................................... 11 Wytheville Circuit (2) ............................. F. Steven Alderman ..........................PL............................................. 3 Evergreen - 1 Mt. Ephraim - 1 (Charges – 73, Churches – 166) APPOINTMENTS BEYOND THE LOCAL CHURCH (¶331) Charge Pastor AC YA VA Tech Adult Day Services, ............... Ila W. Schepisi (¶331.4a) .................FD .......................................... 12 Director / Senior Faculty Instructor APPOINTMENTS TO EXTENSION MINISTRIES Wංඍඁංඇ ඍඁൾ Cඈඇඇൾർඍංඈඇൺඅ Sඍඋඎർඍඎඋൾඌ ඈൿ Uඇඍංൾൽ Mൾඍඁඈൽංඌආ (¶344.1a 1) Charge Pastor AC YA District Superintendent .......................... Kimberly M. Goddard ......................FE............................................. 3 Mංඇංඌඍඋංൾඌ Eඇൽඈඋඌൾൽ ൻඒ ඍඁൾ Bඈൺඋൽ ඈൿ Hංඁൾඋ Eൽඎർൺඍංඈඇ Mංඇංඌඍඋඒ (¶344.1b) Charge Pastor AC YA U.S. Air Force, Chaplain...........................Amy Beth Bartee................................ FE ...............................................5 CC Staffordsville Circuit
APPOINTMENT TO ANOTHER ANNUAL CONFERENCE Charge Pastor AC YA Highland Springs UMC, VA Conf. ........ Doug E. Crockett ..............................FE............................................. 9 (CC New Mt. Olive) Farmer UMC, Pastor ............................... Robert T. Lorton, Jr. ........................AM ........................................... 3 Uwharrie District, WNC Conf.............. CC Fairlawn-Bethel
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OTHER VALID MINISTRIES (¶344.1d) Charge Pastor AC YA Next Step Ministries ............................... James “Jim” E. Goddard ..................RE ............................................ 2
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District: New River LEAVE OF ABSENCE (¶353) Pastor Charge AC YA K. Michael Carter (¶353.2a) ................... CC Glen Alpine, KI..........................FE............................................. 7 MEDICAL LEAVE (¶356) Pastor Charge AC YA Victoria L. Neese .................................... CC Bethany-Lead Mines ..................FL............................................. 7 David William Olinger, Jr. ..................... CC Eggleston....................................FL........................................... 14 SEMINARY STUDENTS An up pointing triangle (ı) indicates Students serving as Student Pastors and are included in the list of appointments. Student Cert.Cand. Church / Charge Conference Seminary Jeff Adams .......................... 2016 ........... Bethel.................................................... Garrett Theological Seminary RETIRED MINISTERS A double asterick (**) indicates the Church a Minister is serving in retirement during the 2019 - 2020 Appointment Year. Minister (AC) (Charge Conference Membership)
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Fred L. Austin (RE)(Pearisburg, First) Ted P. Anders (RL)(Grace Circuit)** B. Ann Blair (RE)(Max Meadows Circuit) Kenneth Blevins (RA) Ray Bolen (RL)(Graham Forge) Jeffery C. Callahan (RE)(Mt. Vale/Savannah) Harvey Joe Carrico (RA)(Mt. Zion)** Earnest H. Chinault (RA)(Draper) Jackson D. Clark (RA)(Hales Chpl-Kathleen Mem) Bobbie J. Dunford (FL)(Fries Circuit)** Kenneth G. Fields (RA)(Bishop Circuit) Kevin Fiorini (RE)(Grace Circuit) Alfred S. Furr (RA)(Fancy Gap) Kenneth G. Gillespie (RL)(Cedar Springs Circuit) James E. Goddard, Jr. (RE)(Bear Springs)** Richard S. Gregory (RE)(West Galax)** Jimmy R. Harmon (RL)(Bishop’s Chapel) Jimmy Lee Horn (RL)(Wright’s Valley-TipTop)** C.W. Huff (RA)(Rural Retreat Circuit)** Paul Preston Jones (RL)(Hillsville, First) Melanie Sue Karnes (RD)(Narrows)** Raymond Klaiber, Jr. (RL)(Midway-Macedonia) Charles W. Lockerby (RE)(Dublin) Timothy F. McCobin (RE)(Rural Retreat)
Thomas L. Martin (RA)(Staffordsville Circuit) Wayne T. Monroe (RL)(Mechanicsburg Crt.) H. Randolph Morris (RA)(Mechanicsburg Crt.) Larry Dallas Murphy (RE)(Mt. Vale) Mariel Myers (RL)(Auburn) Richard J. Patterson (RE)(Dublin) Larry D. Patton (RA)(Ceres Circuit) William R. Perkins (RL)(Little Walker Circuit) Ray E. Petty, Jr. (RE)(Virginia Ave-Falls Mills) Larry E. Ramey (RE)(Bethel)** Gloria L. Rhudy (RA)(Glenwood)** William S. Rodgers (RE)(St. Paul) Harold D. Russell (RA)(Oakland) William A. Schoeneman (RE)(Cedar Spring Cr.)** Wm. Don Scott (RE)(Round Bottom) Mary Eugenia Settle (DR)(Grove) Olin E. Shupe (RE)(Atkins) Donald E. Stansell (RE)(St. Paul) Aubrey L. Whitlow, Sr. (RA)(Rich Creek, First) Peter M. Wohlwend (RE)(Franklin Street) Richard E. Worringham (RE)(Grove) Joe Mack Taylor (RE)(Mt. Pleasant) Deanna Y. Webb (RE)(Pocahontas-Christ First)
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District: Scenic South SCENIC SOUTH DISTRICT District Superintendent: Randall B. Martin
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Appointment Years Charge Pastor Code (AC) Appointed (YA) Bethlehem - Wiley (1) ............................ Willie D. Kitchens, Jr. ......................PL............................................. 5 Brainerd (1) ........................................... Timothy B. Bracken .......................FE ............................................ 1 Brooks Memorial (1) .............................. Mary E. Cline ...................................PL............................................. 4 Burks (1) ................................................. W. Anthony Collins..........................FE............................................. 4 Burks, Associate ................................... Elizabeth K. Sullivan........................FE............................................. 2 Burks, Associate .................................. Rachel Collins .................................PL ............................................ 1 Christ (1) ................................................. Nathan A. Malone ............................FE............................................. 3 Christ, Associate ................................... W. David Hall ..................................AM ......................................... 12 Christ, Associate, Congregational Care ...Debra J. M. Stokes ...........................FE............................................. 3 Daisy-Sale Creek (2)............................... David G. Anderson ...........................FE............................................. 4 East Ridge (1) ......................................... Natalie B. Smart ...............................FE............................................. 2 Eastdale Village Community (1) ............ Charlotte S. Williams .......................PE............................................. 3 First - Centenary, Senior Minister (1) .... C. Mark Gooden ...............................FE............................................. 2 Minister of Teaching & Outreach ........ William L. Lauderback ....................FE............................................. 5 Minister of Adult Discip./Cong.Care ... Linda I. McDaniel ............................FE............................................. 7 Minister of Mustard Tree Ministries .... C. Barry Kidwell ..............................FE............................................. 5 Minister of Faith & Work ..................... L. Clark Taylor, Jr. ...........................FD ............................................ 3 Ft. Oglethorpe - Flintstone (2) ............. Justin R. Keating ............................PE ............................................ 1 Grace - Fairview (2) ............................... A. Braxton Cotton, Jr. ......................FE............................................. 5 Harrison (1) ........................................... Adam E. McKee..............................FE ............................................ 1 Hixson (1) ............................................... Reed L. Shell ....................................FE............................................. 8 Hixson, Associate ................................. T. Drew McCallie .............................FE............................................. 4 Hurst (1) ................................................. Charles H. Smelley, Jr. ..................PL ............................................ 3 Jones Memorial (1) ................................. Eric B. Rieger ...................................FE............................................. 5 Lookout Mountain (1)............................. Thomas N. Tucker ............................RE ............................................ 2 McFarland (1) ......................................... H. Wayne Cook ................................FL............................................. 2 Payne’s Chapel (1) .................................. Melissa Spiers...................................PL............................................. 2 Red Bank (1) ........................................... Kenneth E. Sauer ..............................FE............................................. 2 Savannah (1) ........................................... Jennifer Lee ......................................PL............................................. 4 Signal Crest (1) ...................................... Joshua D. Kilbourne ......................FE ............................................ 1 Signal Crest, Associate Congreg. Care William L. Thornton ........................PL............................................. 5 Signal Mountain (1) ................................ Caleb Pitkin ......................................FE............................................. 5 Simpson Memorial (1) .......................... John W. Oldham ............................FE ............................................ 1 Soddy (1)................................................. Jeffrey Todd Kingrea .......................FE............................................. 6 St. Elmo, Chattanooga (1) .................... Debra P. Dickerson ........................FE ............................................ 1 St. John (1) .............................................. H. Carlton Blackburn, III .................FE............................................. 5 St. Luke, Chattanooga (1) ....................... Evelyn B. Harris ...............................FE............................................. 5 St. Marks (1) .......................................... Sherry Cothran ...............................OE ......................................... 2* Stanley (1) ............................................... Richard L. Brown .............................OF ............................................ 2 Tyner (1) ................................................ Timothy S. “Ty” Harrison .............FE ............................................ 1 Washington Hills (1)............................... Terryl James .....................................PL............................................. 2 Wauhatchie (1) ........................................ F. Thomas “Tommy” Messer ...........FL............................................. 3 Wesley Memorial (1) .............................. Clair Travis Sauer.............................FE............................................. 5 White Oak (1) ......................................... Amy S. Nutt......................................FL............................................. 5 Dade County Cluster New Salem (1) ..................................... J. Christopher Ray .........................FE ............................................ 1 Rising Fawn (1) ................................... Will Garrett.......................................SY ............................................ 2 Sand Mountain - Wildwood (2) ........ Christopher Dover..........................FE ............................................ 1 Trenton (1) ........................................... Bradley H. Scott ...............................FE............................................. 3 Whiteside (1)........................................ William B. 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District: Scenic South Charge Pastor AC YA Sequatchie Cluster Chapel Hill (1) ..................................... Jared G. Wood ..................................FE............................................. 2 Dunlap (1) ............................................ Leslie Daniels ...................................PE............................................. 2 Havron’s-Whitwell - Morganville-Slygo (4) .. Michael T. King ...............................FL............................................. 2 First, Whitwell - 1 Havron’s Chapel - 1 Morganville - 1 .................................. Preaching Station Slygo Valley - 1 ................................. Preaching Station Holly Avenue - Randolph (2) .............. J. Logan Jackson ..............................FL............................................. 3 Looney’s Creek - Sulphur Springs (2). Brenda H. Woods .............................FL............................................. 7 McKendree - Wells (2) ........................ Joseph W. Manis ..............................FE............................................. 3 Wells Chapel - 1 ................................ Preaching Station Mount Crest (1) .................................. Greg Bartley ....................................PL ............................................ 1 Pikeville (1).......................................... Greg S. Smart ...................................FE........................................... 10 Pleasant Grove (1) ............................... Cecil J. Baxter ..................................RA............................................ 4 Sardis (1) .............................................. Bryan E. Daniel ................................PL........................................... 10 Welch’s - Stephen’s Chapel (2) ........... Douglas Silvers.................................FL........................................... 11 Wesley - Lou’s Chapel (2)................... Joe D. Moore ....................................PL........................................... 17 (Charges – 51, Churches – 63) APPOINTMENTS BEYOND THE LOCAL CHURCH (¶331) Charge Pastor AC YA Agape Youth Center Counseling ............John Oldham (CC Simpson Memorial) ... RE ..............................................1 APPOINTMENTS TO EXTENSION MINISTRIES Wංඍඁංඇ ඍඁൾ Cඈඇඇൾർඍංඈඇൺඅ Sඍඋඎർඍඎඋൾඌ ඈൿ Uඇඍංൾൽ Mൾඍඁඈൽංඌආ (¶344.1a 1) Charge Pastor AC YA TWU, Part Time Professor .................. Christopher Dover..........................FE ............................................ 1 CC Sand Mountain-Wildwood District Superintendent ........................... Randall B. Martin .............................FE............................................. 3 Wesley Center, UTC, Director ............... G. Keith Moore (CC Hixson) ..........FE........................................... 18 Mංඇංඌඍඋංൾඌ Eඇൽඈඋඌൾൽ ൻඒ ඍඁൾ Bඈൺඋൽ ඈൿ Hංඁൾඋ Eൽඎർൺඍංඈඇ Mංඇංඌඍඋඒ (¶344.1b) Charge Pastor AC YA U.S. Army, Chaplain .................................David K. Beavers ............................... FE .............................................19 CC New Salem
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APPOINTMENT TO ANOTHER ANNUAL CONFERENCE Charge Pastor AC YA East Africa Conference, South Sudan .... Fred E. Dearing, III ..........................RE ............................................ 9 District Superintendent ....................... CC Christ Willow, First UMC, Pastor ..................... Christina Downling Soka .................FE............................................. 3 Alaska District, Alaska Conference.... CC Wauhatchie MEDICAL LEAVE (¶356) Pastor Charge AC YA L. Lyle White .......................................... CC Holly Avenue .............................AM ........................................... 3
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District: Scenic South SEMINARY STUDENTS An up pointing triangle (ı) indicates Students serving as Student Pastors and are included in the list of appointments. Student Cert.Cand. Church / Charge Conference Seminary Gracie Ellis ......................... 2017 ........... Brainerd ...................................................Candler School of Theology Kim Ellis ............................. 2018 ........... Brainerd ...................................................Candler School of Theology Kevin Gray .......................... 2018 ........... Hixson....................................................United Theological Seminary Amy S. Nutt ........................ 2006 ........... White Oak ı .....................................Gammon Theological Seminary Jacqueline Davis-Gines....... 2015 ........... St. John ..............................................Gammon Theological Seminary Douglas Silvers ................... 2009 ........... Welch / Stephones ı ...........................Asbury Theological Seminary Rachel Collins ..................... 2018 ........... Burks ı ...................................................Candler School of Theology Andrew Barton .................... 2019 ........... Signal Crest ....................................................... Duke Divinity School RETIRED MINISTERS A double asterick (**) indicates the Church a Minister is serving in retirement during the 2019 - 2020 Appointment Year. Minister (AC) (Charge Conference Membership) Donald E. Allison (RE)(Christ) Cecil J. Baxter (RA)(Pleasant Grove)** Dallas J. Beck, Sr. (RE)(St. John) Albert J. Bowles, Jr. (RE)(First-Centenary) C. Stephen Byrum (RE)(First-Centenary) Jack W. Carter (RE)(First-Centenary) Lee-Lee Castor (RE)(Brainerd) Alberta L. Clark (RE)(St. John) Lawrence C. Clark (RE)(Christ) Donald J. Daniels, Sr. (RE)(Stanley) Mark C. Davis (RE)(Christ) Fred E. Dearing, III (RE)(Christ) James Louis Douthat (RE)(Signal Mountain) Joseph “Joe-d” Dowling Soka (RE)(St. Elmo) Donald L. Everhart (RA) Reece F. Fauscett (RA)(Trenton) Chester Leon Fraley (RL)(Burks) Charles J. Fowler (RE)(First-Centenary) Steven N. Galyon (RE)(Trenton) Gordon C. Goodgame (RE)(First-Centenary) Ronald W. Goodman, Jr. (RE)(McKendree) Gary W. Grogg (RE)(McFarland) Robert E. Hamilton (RE)(Graysville-New Bethel) David M. Harr (RE)(First-Centenary)
Roy L. Howard (RE)(Wauhatchie) Bennie Huguley (RE)(Simpson) Bonnie S. Jacobs (RE)(St. Luke) Michael T. Johnson (RE)(Holly Avenue) Sullins M. Lamb (RE)(Simpson) James Benny Matherly (RE)(Christ) Gary R. Mauldin (RE)(Brainerd) Charles R. McKinney (RE)(St. John) Laura Jean Myers-Ross (RE)(Christ) Charles T. Neal (RE)(First-Centenary) William F. Pace (RE)(Stanley) Craig E. Paul (RA)(Hixson) James L. Philpott (RE)(Christ) Mike Roberts (RL)(Hixson) Steven M. Ross (RE)(Christ) Curtis R. Schofield (RE)(Trenton) Laura A. Shearer (RE)(First-Centenary) Alvin H. Smith (RE)(Hurst) W. Edward Snodgrass (RE)(First-Centenary) Amos Taj (RE)(Brooks Memorial) Laura E. Trent (RE)(Brainerd) Thomas N. Tucker (RE)(Lookout Mountain)** John N. Wilson (RE)(First-Centenary) Mark S. Womack (RL)(Jones Memorial)
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District Smoky Mountain
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SMOKY MOUNTAIN DISTRICT District Superintendent: Jason N. Gattis, Sr.
Appointment Years Appointed (YA) Charge Pastor Code (AC) Alcoa, First (1) ....................................... Todd Chancey .................................FE ............................................ 1 Asbury (1) ............................................... Ashley Sullivan Helton ....................FE............................................. 3 Axley’s Chapel (1) .................................. Richard K. Carnes ............................PL........................................... 17 Bethel, East Knox (1) ............................. Gerald “Gery” L. Dingman ..............PL............................................. 3 Bethel, Seymour (1) .............................. Valerie Ohle ....................................PL ............................................ 1 Bethel - Vonore (2) ................................. David Fugatt .....................................PE............................................. 3 Beulah - French Broad (2) ...................... Stephen P. Burkhart..........................FE............................................. 3 Binfield (1) .............................................. Alta C. Raper ....................................RL ............................................ 5 Broadway (1) .......................................... Laura R. Rasor..................................FE............................................. 8 Camp Ground (1) .................................. Joseph S. Green ..............................RE.......................................... 2* Carpenters (1) ....................................... TBS Cokesbury (1) ......................................... Stephen B. DeFur .............................FE............................................. 7 Cokesbury, Minister of Generosity & .. Charles W. Maynard ........................FE............................................. 3 Traditional Worship Cokesbury, Minister of Discipleship .... Rebekah P. Fetzer .............................FD .......................................... 18 Cokesbury, Executive Pastor ................ Anna Lee ..........................................FL............................................. 5 Colonial Heights (1) .............................. Rhonda Hobbs ................................FE ............................................ 1 Ebenezer (1) ........................................... Timothy B. Paul ..............................FE ............................................ 1 Ebenezer, Associate .............................. Nancy J. Twigg ................................PE............................................. 8 Fairgarden Circuit (3) ............................. Kenneth Lambert ..............................PL........................................... 10 Cedar Bluff - 1 Eden - 1 Fox - 1 Fairview (1)............................................. Mickey W. Rainwater ......................FE............................................. 5 Fairview, Associate .............................. T. Gilbert Harris ...............................FE............................................. 9 Friendsville (1) ........................................ Betty M. Furches ..............................FL............................................. 8 Gatlinburg, First - Huskey’s Grove (2) .. Barbara A. Clark ..............................FE............................................. 2 Gatlinburg, First, Associate .................. Edna Warrick Lopez.........................PL............................................. 6 Gatlinburg, First - 1 Huskey’s Grove - 1 ............................ Preaching Station Green Meadow (1) .................................. Frank J. “Buzz” Trexler ...................PL........................................... 19 Green Meadow, Associate, ................... Botrous Tutu .....................................PL............................................. 4 Spring of Living Water Hillcrest (1) ............................................ Monty L. Walton ............................PE ............................................ 1 Immanuel (1)........................................... Jason T. Stubblefield ........................FE............................................. 3 Kodak (1) ................................................ Melissa R. Smith ..............................FE............................................. 2 Kodak, Associate .................................. David A. Coulter ..............................RL ............................................ 4 La Casa del Alfarero, Mission Congregation ... TBS Lenoir City, Trinity (1) ........................... Karolyn “Kristie” Banes...................FE............................................. 4 Logan’s Chapel (1) ................................. Charles D. Ledger ............................FE............................................. 4 Loudon (1) .............................................. Amy J. Cook .....................................FE............................................. 2 Martel (1) ................................................ Dewey L. Smith................................RL ............................................ 2 Maryville, First (1).................................. Catherine C. Nance ..........................FE............................................. 6 Maryville, First, Associate ................... Sarah Slack .......................................FE............................................. 6 Maryville, First, Celebrate Recovery ... Matthew C. Hall ...............................FL............................................. 2 Maryville, First, Dir. of Youth Ministries. Nathan D. Irwin ................................PD ............................................ 2 Meadow (1) ............................................. Patricia Chaput .................................OR............................................ 5 Middle Creek (1)..................................... R. Bruce Adams ...............................PL............................................. 4 Middlesettlements (1) ............................. Magan Stubblefield ..........................FE............................................. 4 Mountain View (1) ................................. Mike Treadway.................................OF ............................................ 5 New Hope (1) ......................................... L. Riley Huffstetler ..........................RE ............................................ 2 New Salem (1) ........................................ David A. Lord ..................................RE .............................................2 Oakland (1) ............................................. Timothy S. Hankins..........................FE............................................. 2 Peck’s Memorial (1) .............................. Brian Inman ....................................SY .......................................... 2*
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District: Smoky Mountain Philadelphia - Fenders (2) .................... Randy Lawson ................................PL ............................................ 1 Charge Pastor AC YA Pigeon Forge, First (1) ............................ Stuart K. Albee .................................FE............................................. 2 Piney Grove (1) ..................................... Scott Motgomery ............................SY ............................................ 1 Pittman Center Circuit (3) ...................... Robert Sutton....................................FL............................................. 5 Burnett Memorial - 1 Shults Grove - 1 Webb’s Creek - 1 Pleasant Hill, Blount (1) ....................... Archer Coppedge............................RE............................................ 1 Pleasant Hill, Knoxville (1) .................... Robert L. Haskins .............................RE ............................................ 3 Pleasant Hill, Roane (1) .......................... Edward Donley .................................OF ............................................ 2 St. John (1) .............................................. Stephen K. Yeaney ...........................FE............................................. 2 St. John, Associate ................................ Daniel Castillo ..................................PL............................................. 7 St. Mark, Knoxville (1) ......................... Samuel Ward ..................................FE ............................................ 1 St. Mark’s, Louisville (1) ...................... Rowland S. Buck ............................FE ............................................ 1 St. Paul East (1) ...................................... Russell J. Young ...............................AM ........................................... 8 Sand Branch (1) .................................... C. Dennis Ford ................................RA ........................................... 1 Sevierville Circuit (3) ............................. Fred Heard ........................................OR............................................ 9 Sevierville Circuit, Associate ............... Douglas Moore .................................PL............................................. 6 Luretta - 1 Murphy’s Chapel - 1 Roberts - 1 Sevierville, First (1) ................................ Jeffery L. Lambert ............................FE............................................. 6 Sevierville, First, Associate .................. David Zavona ...................................FL............................................. 3 El Ministerio del Espiritu Santo ........... Susana R. Lopez ...............................FL............................................. 8 Sevierville Parish (3) .............................. Donald G. Watkins ...........................AM ........................................... 2 Sevierville Parish, Associate ................ Nickie Simmons ...............................PL............................................. 4 Pleasant Hill, Sevierville - 1 Union Grove - 1 Walden’s Creek - 1 Seymour (1) ............................................ Paul D. Seay .....................................FE............................................. 3 Sycamore Tree (1) ................................. A. Virginia “Ginger” Isom ...............FE............................................. 2 Trentville (1) ........................................... Chad E. Roberts................................PL............................................. 3 Tuckaleechee (1) ..................................... Richard M. Rudesill .........................FE............................................. 5 Tuckaleechee, Director of .................. Elizabeth Rudesill ...........................PD ............................................ 1 Children & Youth Union Grove (Blount) (1) ....................... Matthew Coldiron.............................PL............................................. 4 Vestal (1) ................................................ TBS Walland (1) ............................................. Parker R. Benson ..............................RE ............................................ 3 Wears Valley (1) ..................................... Kenneth R. Tucker, Jr. .....................FE............................................. 5 Williamson Chapel (1) .......................... Rex Rogers ......................................PL ............................................ 1 Zion (1) ................................................... Charles M. Wender ..........................PL........................................... 15 (Charges – 60, Churches – 72)
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District: Smoky Mountain APPOINTMENTS TO EXTENSION MINISTRIES Wංඍඁංඇ ඍඁൾ Cඈඇඇൾർඍංඈඇൺඅ Sඍඋඎർඍඎඋൾඌ ඈൿ Uඇංඍൾൽ Mൾඍඁඈൽංඌආ (¶344.1a 1) Charge Pastor AC YA District Superintendent ........................... Jason N. Gattis, Sr. ...........................FE............................................. 3 Conference Secretary / Director ............. Terry D. Goodman ...........................FE............................................. 2 Clergy Services .................................... CC St. Mark’s Director of Connectional Ministries & ... Michael G. Sluder (CC St. Mark’s) ..FE............................................. 5 Missions Director of Congregational ........................ J. Russell Taylor ................................. FE ................................................8 Development & Revitalization ................ CC Maryville, First Director of Communications ................... Timothy W. Jones, Jr. ......................... FE ................................................2 CC Sycamore Tree Associate Director of Connectional ........ Susan L. Groseclose .........................FD ............................................ 2 Ministries for Discipleship ................... CC Fairview Wංඍඁංඇ ඍඁൾ Cඈඇඇൾർඍංඈඇൺඅ Sඍඋඎർඍඎඋൾඌ ඈൿ Uඇංඍൾൽ Mൾඍඁඈൽංඌආ (¶344.1a 3) Charge Pastor AC YA General Evangelist .................................. Jason C. Roe (CC Seymour) ............FE............................................. 2 OTHER VALID MINISTRIES (¶344.1d) Charge Pastor AC YA Knoxville Leadership Foundation .......... David Ault ........................................FE............................................. 9 Vice President - Programs ................... CC Midlesettlements Wesley Woods Camp ............................. Anthony D. Lea ................................FL............................................. 3 Director ................................................ CC Sycamore Tree LEAVE OF ABSENCE (¶353) Pastor Charge AC YA Priscilla R. Bryan .................................... CC Dublin (WY) ..............................FE............................................. 7 G. Curtis Trent ........................................ CC Alcoa, First .................................FE........................................... 11 MEDICAL LEAVE (¶356) Pastor Charge AC YA Bobby D. Barton ..................................... CC Pigeon Forge, First .....................FE........................................... 11
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SEMINARY STUDENTS An up pointing triangle (ı) indicates Students serving as Student Pastors and are included in the list of appointments. Student Cert.Cand. Church / Charge Conference Seminary Amanda Haynes ...................................... Alcoa, First ...........................................Asbury Theological Seminary Adam Hood ......................... 2018 ........... Maryville, First .....................................Asbury Theological Seminary Jennifer McIntyre ................ 2013 ........... Broadway...............................................United Theological Seminary Michael Neubert ................. 2013 ........... Alcoa, First ............................................United Theological Seminary Greta Smith ......................... 2013 ........... Maryville, First ......................................United Theological Seminary Whitney Hair...........................2018 ............Fairview ...........................................................Candler School of Theology
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District: Smoky Mountain RETIRED MINISTERS A double asterick (**) indicates the Church a Minister is serving in retirement during the 2019 - 2020 Appointment Year. Minister (AC) (Charge Conference Membership) Judith Anna (RE)(Maryville, First) Kenneth K. Abbott, Jr. (RE)(Maryville, First) A. Carol Beaty (RL)(Pleasant Hill, Roane) Parker R. Benson (RE)(Walland)** Joseph C. Black (RE)(Seymour, Bethel) Lisa R. Blackwood (RD)(Maryville, First) Frank M. Bostick (RE)(Maryville, First) Harvey R. Brown, Jr. (RE)(Walden’s Creek) Ashley M. Calhoun (RE)(Sevierville Cir.) Archer Coppedge (RE)(Pleasant Hill, Blount)** David A. Coulter (RL)(Kodak)** Mary Kathryn Crone (RD)(Sevierville, First) C. Dennis Ford (RA)(Sand Branch)** Robert H. Freestate (RE)(Maryville, First) David L. Funk (RE)(Maryville, First) James R. Green (RE)(Green Meadow) Joseph S. Green (RE)(Camp Ground)** Jimmy Ronald Hammond (RE)(Maryville, First) James Hartley (RA) (Sevierville Parish) Robert L. Haskins (RE)(Pleasant Hill, Knox)** Robert A. Hayes (RE)(Broadway) Gary F. Hill (RE)(Cokesbury) Norman Holcomb (RE)(Vestal) L. Riley Huffstetler (RE)(New Hope)**
Janice M. Keebler (RE)(Camp Ground) Freddrick L. Long (RE)(Maryville, First) David A. Lord (RE)(New Salem)** Eugene H. Lovell, Jr. (RE)(Maryville, First) Bruce S. Marston (RE)(Mountain View) Ronald H. Matthews (RE)(Broadway) Mark McKnight (RE)(Wears Valley) Daniel F. Moore (RE)(Gatlinburg, First) Donald L. Nation (RE)(Fairview) Alfred L. Newman (RE)(Union Grove, Sevier) Jerry Page (RL)(Peck’s Memorial) Randy Pasqua (RE)(Alcoa, First) Steve Pross (RL)(Seymour) Alta C. Raper (RL)(Binfield)** Jerald W. Russell (RE)(Fairview) James H. Rutherford (RE)(Pleasant Hill, Blount) Alvin O. Shaver (RL)(Sand Branch) F. Douglas Smith (RE)(Maryville, First) Wendell M. Smith (RE)(Vestal) John Thierbach (RE)(Maryville, First) Robert A. Tripp (RE)(Loudon) Charles B. Turpin (RE)(Cokesbury) Nancy J. Wilhite (RE)(Ebenezer) Tae Hun Yoon (RE)(St. Mark, Knox)
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District: Tennessee Valley
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TENNESSEE VALLEY DISTRICT District Superintendent: Ann P. Robins
Appointment Years Charge Pastor Code (AC) Appointed (YA) Andersonville - Mt. Pleasant (2) ............ Robin Kyek.......................................FL............................................. 2 Asbury, Clinton (1) ................................. Cedric D. Jackson .............................PL............................................. 5 Asbury Chapel (1)................................... R. Steven Parker ...............................RE ............................................ 3 Bearden (1) ............................................. Sherrell E. Boles ...............................FE............................................. 6 Beaver Ridge (1) ..................................... Larry J. Dial......................................FE............................................. 5 Bethel, Amherst (1) ............................... William “Bill” R. Shelton ................PL............................................. 2 Bookwalter (1) ........................................ Stephen K. Doyal .............................FE............................................. 5 Bookwalter, Associate, Hispanic ....... Daniel Castillo .................................PL ............................................ 1 Ministries Bradbury - Good Shepherd (2) ........... John Brewster .................................FE ............................................ 1 Cedar Lane (1) ........................................ Richard L. Richter, Jr. ......................FE............................................. 3 Christ (1) ................................................. Don E. Ferguson, Jr. .........................RE ............................................ 2 Christ, Associate ................................... Megan A. Boatwright .......................OE ............................................ 3 Church Street (1)..................................... Charles W. Starks .............................FE............................................. 3 Church Street, Associate ...................... P. Dawn Chesser ..............................FE............................................. 2 Church Street, Associate ...................... Palmer Cantler ..................................PE............................................. 2 Clapps Chapel (1) ................................... Joshua S. Felton................................FE............................................. 2 Concord (1) ............................................. Larry S. Trotter .................................FE............................................. 5 Concord, Senior Associate ................... R. Wilson “Wil” Cantrell .................FE............................................. 5 Concord, Pastor Student Ministries ...... P. Christopher Luper ........................FD ............................................ 4 Concord, Pastor Discipleship & Outreach ... Glenna B. Manning ..........................FD .......................................... 10 Concord, Pastor Worship and Arts ....... J. Michael Stallings ..........................FD ............................................ 7 Concord, Associate, Hardin Valley ... John J. Gargis .................................FL ............................................ 1 Cowan Chapel (1) ................................... James L. Guthrie ..............................RL .......................................... 16 Clinton, Memorial (1) ........................... Scott Wilks ......................................FE ............................................ 1 Emerald Avenue (1) .............................. Dennis Loy.......................................FE ............................................ 1 Fairview - Oakwood (2) ......................... John F. Jackson, Jr. ..........................RE ............................................ 6 First Farragut (1) .................................. Martha Scott ...................................FE ............................................ 1 First Farragut, Associate ....................... Chuck Powell ...................................FL............................................. 3 Fincastle (1) ............................................ Stephen M. Evans .............................FL............................................. 4 Fountain City (1)..................................... Thomas T. Ballard ............................FE............................................. 2 Fountain City, Associate .................... Kristen Burkhart ............................FE ............................................ 1 Grigsby Chapel (1) ................................ David Smith.....................................RE............................................ 1 Hansard Chapel (1) ................................. Jay B. Richardson .............................PL............................................. 4 Harriman (1) ........................................... Darren L. Kitts..................................FE............................................. 3 Haven Chapel (1) .................................... Peter Kenny ......................................OF ............................................ 4 Irwin’s Chapel (1) ................................... Gary O. Tye ......................................RL ............................................ 4 Jacksboro - Caryville (2) ........................ Perry W. Duncan ..............................FE............................................. 4 Jellico (1) Preaching Station ............... TBS Kern Memorial (1) ................................ Donna M. Hester ............................FE ............................................ 1 Kingston (1) ........................................... Charlie Harrison.............................FE ............................................ 1 Kingston, Minister of Congregational Care .. Sue Lynn Johnson ............................FD .......................................... 22 Knoxville, Central (1) ............................. James A. Sherrod..............................FE............................................. 6 Knoxville, Central, Director of .......... Stephanie Parrott ...........................PD .......................................... 2* Children & Youth Knoxville, First (1) ................................. Troy Forrester ...................................FE............................................. 4 Knoxville, Second (1) ............................ Charla Sherbakoff ..........................FE ............................................ 1 Knoxville Second, Associate ................ Leah Burns .......................................PL............................................. 4 LaFollette (1) .......................................... Chris J. Stanfield ..............................FE............................................. 7 Lennon - Seney (1) ................................. Elston D. McLain .............................FE............................................. 4 Lenoir City, Central (1) .......................... W. Scott Layer..................................FE............................................. 3 Lenoir City, Central, Associate ............ L. Audrey Madigan ..........................PD ............................................ 2 Lincoln Park (1) .................................... Donn King .......................................SY ............................................ 1 Lonsdale - Martin Chapel (2) ................. Walter H. Cross ................................AM ........................................... 4
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District: Tennessee Valley Charge Pastor AC YA Lynnwood (1)......................................... Clarence Ulman ..............................SY ............................................ 1 Macedonia (1) ........................................ Steven Hancock II ..........................OF............................................ 1 Magnolia Avenue (1)............................. Scott Montgomery ..........................SY ............................................ 1 Middlebrook Pike (1) .............................. Bruce M. Galyon ..............................FE............................................. 4 Middlebrook Pike, Associate................ Jacob P. Reedy .................................FE............................................. 5 Midtown Valley (1) ............................... Tom Campbell ................................OF............................................ 1 Miller’s Chapel, Union (1) ..................... Kathy Chesney .................................PL............................................. 4 Moore’s Gap (1) ..................................... Heidi Parunak ...................................FL............................................. 2 Mt. Hermon (1) ....................................... Gregg D. Bostick ..............................PL........................................... 17 Mt. Zion (1) ............................................ James R. Mullens .............................RL .......................................... 27 New Century (1) ..................................... Gary Atwater ....................................PL............................................. 4 New Life - Hopewell (2) ........................ Teresa Atkins McClure ....................FE............................................. 7 Norris - Sinking Springs (2) ................... William S. Kurtz ..............................FE............................................. 5 Norwood - Bell’s Campground (2) ...... Joe R. Phillips .................................FE ............................................ 1 Oak Ridge, First (1) ................................ Mark R. Flynn ..................................FE............................................. 3 Oak Ridge, First, Associate .................. Chris E. Black ..................................PE............................................. 2 Oliver Springs Parish (2) ..................... Barkley Mencer ..............................PL ............................................ 1 Jonesville, Roane - 1 Oliver Springs - 1 Oneida, First - Rugby Road (2) .............. J. David Gass, II ...............................FE............................................. 3 Pleasant Grove, Union (1) ...................... John Teffeteller.................................PL............................................. 4 Powell (1) ............................................... Bradley K. Hyde .............................FE ............................................ 2 Powell, Associate ................................. Brooke H. Hartman........................FL ............................................ 4 Powell, Associate ................................. Brenda F. Carroll ...........................RE............................................ 1 Rockwood - Chevront (2) ..................... Samuel A. Reese..............................PE ............................................ 1 Chevront - 1 Rockwood - 1 Rocky Top (1) ......................................... Dave Henderson ...............................FE............................................. 7 Rutherford Memorial (1) ........................ William F. Heustess .........................OE ............................................ 2 St. Luke, Knoxville (1) .......................... TBS St.Mark - Dutch Valley (2) St. Mark - 1 ......................................... David M. Grant ..............................FE ............................................ 4 DutchValley - 1 - Preaching Station ... Kathy LaFollette .............................SY ............................................ 1 St. Paul, Fountain City (1) ...................... Timothy J. Best ................................FE............................................. 2 Solway (1) ............................................... Henry L. Lenoir ................................RE .......................................... 25 SunOak Parish (2) ................................... Thomas A. Robins ............................FE............................................. 3 SunOak Parish, Associate (2) ............ Jennifer Spieth ................................PL ............................................ 1 Oakdale - 1 Sunbright - 1 Swan Pond (1)......................................... Brenda A. Poole ...............................RL ............................................ 4 Trinity (1) ................................................ J. David Tabor ..................................FE............................................. 2 Valley View - Heiskell (2) ..................... Linda J. Bass ....................................PE............................................. 2 Washington Pike (1) ............................. Richard L. Hayes ............................FE ............................................ 1 Well Spring - Cawood (2) ...................... Keith T. Hampson ............................AM ........................................... 8 Woods Chapel (1) .................................. Bonnie Seiber ..................................RL............................................ 1 (Charges – 69, Churches – 84)
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APPOINTMENTS BEYOND THE LOCAL CHURCH (¶331) Charge Pastor AC YA Healthy Mind Counseling Service .......... Diana Brown Taylor (¶331.4a) ........FD .......................................... 11 CC Church Street Anderson County Schools ...................... Amy L. Horak (¶331.4a) ..................FD .......................................... 11 CC Andersonville - Mt. Pleasant Children’s Hospital, Pediatric ............. Stephanie Parrott ...........................PD ............................................ 1 Endocrinologist RN CC Knoxville, Central Holston Center for Wellbeing, Director ........ Kathy Heustess ...................................OD..............................................2
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District: Tennessee Valley APPOINTMENTS TO EXTENSION MINISTRIES Wංඍඁංඇ ඍඁൾ Cඈඇඇൾർඍංඈඇൺඅ Sඍඋඎർඍඎඋൾඌ ඈൿ Uඇඍංൾൽ Mൾඍඁඈൽංඌආ (¶344.1a 1) Charge Pastor AC YA District Superintendent ........................ Ann P. Robins .................................FE ............................................ 1 Wesley Foundation, UTK, Director ....... Sharon Bowers (CC) ........................FE............................................. 2 Wesley Foundation, UTK, .................... Heidi Parunak (Moore’s Gap) ........ FL .......................................... 2* Assistant to the Director Wesley Foundation, University of .......... Tim Kobler (CC Church Street) .......FE............................................. 2 Michigan Ann Arbor, Director Wesley Foundation, Eastern Illinois ....... Betzy Elifrits Warren (CC Bearden) ......FE............................................. 2 University, Director Mංඇංඌඍඋංൾඌ Eඇൽඈඋඌൾൽ ൻඒ ඍඁൾ Bඈൺඋൽ ඈൿ Hංඁൾඋ Eൽඎർൺඍංඈඇ Mංඇංඌඍඋඒ (¶344.1b) Charge Pastor AC YA U.S. Army, CPE Chaplain ........................Michael D. Charles ........................... FE ...............................................2 Internship, Palmetto Health, Columbia, SC ...CC Bradbury - Good Shepherd Tennova Hospice, Chaplain ......................Amanda Bell Madson ........................ FE ...............................................4 CC Church Street Shannondale, Chaplain..............................Eric Bronkala...................................... PE ...............................................3 Knoxville, TN.........................................CC Middlebrook Pike Amedisys Hospice, Chaplain..................Nicole Krewson ................................. FE .............................................2* Knoxville, TN .......................................CC Church Street East TN Children’s Hospital, Chaplain ....Rebecca Jane Powell .......................... FL ...............................................3 Knoxville, TN.........................................CC First Farragut OTHER VALID MINISTRIES (¶344.1d) Charge Pastor AC YA Trident Health System, Chaplain..............Janet Edwards (CC Church Street).... FE ...............................................4 Charleston, SC A Flynn Partnerships .................................Annette Flynn (CC Rockwood) ........... FE ...............................................4 Elizabeth Griffin Founation ......................Caryl P. Griffin (CC Concord) .......... RE ...............................................9 National Council of Churches, Director ...Steven D. Martin (CC Kern Memorial) . FE ...............................................6 of Comm. and Development Spiritual Director .......................................Lisa A. Stone (CC Oak Ridge, First) ..FE .............................................13 Director of Studies, Wesley House,..........Cindy Wesley (CC Concord)............. FE ...............................................6 Methodist Theological College, Cambridge, UK Training for Leaders, Coach ............... Larry J. Ousley (CCMiddlebrook Pike).. RE.......................................... 2*
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APPOINTMENT TO ANOTHER ANNUAL CONFERENCE Charge Pastor AC YA Granville Cir., Heritage District ............. Matthew S. Robinson .......................PE............................................. 3 Oxford, NC, North Carolina Conference .. CC Middlebrook Pike LEAVE OF ABSENCE (¶353) Pastor Charge AC YA Carolyn Gass ........................................... CC First Oneida ................................FD ............................................ 6 MEDICAL LEAVE (¶356) Pastor Charge AC YA Ralph J. Horak ........................................ CC Andersonville - Mt. Pleasant .....AM ........................................... 2 Janice A. Cate ......................................... CC St. Mark, Clinton .......................FE........................................... 21
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District: Tennessee Valley DEACONESS (¶415.7) Charge Pastor AC YA Union County Public Schools................. Terry Craft Goodin ...........................DE ............................................ 2 Special Education Teacher / Vision Specialist...CC Fountain City SEMINARY STUDENTS An up pointing triangle (ı) indicates Students serving as Student Pastors and are included in the list of appointments. Student Cert.Cand. Church / Charge Conference Seminary Sabine Collins ..................... 2018 ........... Concord ................................................Asbury Theological Seminary John Gargis ......................... 2012 ........... Concord ı ............................................Asbury Theological Seminary Brooke Hartman .................. 2016 ........... Powell ı ..............................................Asbury Theological Seminary Thomas Stubbs .................... 2018 ........... Church Street ..................................................... Duke Divinity School Jennifer Spieth ................... 2018 ........... Sun Oak Parish ı ................................Asbury Theological Seminary Alexandra Nelson Tomlinson .. 2018 ........... Concord ............................................................. Duke Divinity School Seth O’Kegley…................. 2017 ........... Oak Ridge, First ı ........................................ Iliff School of Theology Robin Kyek ......................... 2017 ........... Andersonville - Mt. Pleasant ı ...........Asbury Theological Seminary
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Minister (AC) (Charge Conference Membership) Cliff Amos (RD)(St. Paul, Fountain City) John C. Anderson (RE)(Concord) E. Mahan Archer (RE)(Fountain City) Dorothy Avers (DR)(Fountain City) James R. Bailes (RE)(Concord) Gary E. Baker (RE)(Second) James M. Ball, Jr. (RE)(Concord) Bert Bastian (RL)(Moore’s Gap) Robert H. Bean (RE)(Emerald Avenue) Heidi Bender (RE)(Norwood) Larry K. Best (RE)(Church Street) Fred L. Bittle, Jr. (RE)(New Life) Bobby Black (RA)(Valley View) George W. Boles (RE)(Powell) Nelson Wayne Bridge (RL)(Middlebrook Pike) Ronald W. Burgess (RE)(Oak Ridge, First) Jan Buxton-Wade (RE)(Church Street) Robert T. Cantrell (RE)(Oak Ridge, First) Brenda F. Carroll (RE)(Powell)** Larry E. Carroll (RE)(Trinity) Cheryl M. Caruso-Payne (RE)(Middlebrook Pike) Herman F. Cate (RE)(St. Mark, Clinton) Lee A. Cate (RE)(Kern Memorial) Von Darnell Chance (RE)(Macedonia) Joseph T. Crockett (RL)(Middlebrook Pike) Darrell Cook (RE)(Oak Ridge, First) James A. Dougherty (RE)(Fountain City) Columbus V. Duff III (RE)(Beaver Ridge) Richard Edwards (RE)(Oak Ridge, First) Kenneth L. Faught (FE)(Church Street) Don E. Ferguson, Jr. (RE)(Christ)** Frederick A. Ferguson (RE)(Church Street) William J. Fowler (RE)(Midtown Valley) H. Eddie Fox (RE)(Concord) Caryl P. Griffin (RE)(Concord) James L. Guthrie (RL)(Cowan Chapel)** Brent R. Hall (RE)(Concord) James W. Hart (RE)(Washington Pike) Kenneth H. Henderlight (RE)(Oak Ridge, First) William L. Hill (RE)(Jacksboro) Lee A. Hokaj (RE)(Middlebrook Pike) Richard D. Isbell (RD)(Church Street) John F. Jackson, Jr. (RE)(Fairview)** John J. Justice (RL)(Moore’s Gap) Dan B. Kelly (RE)(Fountain City)
G. William Kilday (RE)(Concord) Henry L. Lenoir (RE)(Solway)** W. David Lewis (RE)(Bethel) Charles Liles (RL)(Asbury Chapel) Paul Young Marchbanks (RE)(Lennon-Seney) Charles Mattson (RE)(Middlebrook Pike) William C. Mooney, Jr. (RE)(Oak Ridge, First) Donald D. Morris (RE)(Kern Memorial) James R. Mullens (RL)(Mt. Zion)** Randolph R. Mutter (RA)(Wellspring-Cawood) Edward D. Nelson (RE)(Bookwalter) Karl A. Netting (RE)(Concord) Carl I. Oaks (RE)(Powell) Jimmy R. Osborne (RE)(Jacksboro) Larry J. Ousley (RE)(Middlebrook Pike) R. Steven Parker (RE)(Asbury Chapel)** Robert E. Parrott (RE)(Church Street) Bruce P. (RE)(Bookwalter) C. Ray Penn (RE)(Kern Memorial) Lynn W. Pitts (RD)(Magnolia Ave.) Patrick C. Polis (RE)(Washington Pike) Brenda A. Poole (RL)(Swan Pond)** Harold W. Rehagen (RE)(Emerald Avenue) Gordon L. Ridenour (RE)(Concord) John E. Ripley (RE)(Church Street) Peyton Rowlett (RE)(Church Street) Van G. Sanks (RL)(Middlebrook Pike) Thomas L. Seay (RE)(Emerald Avenue) Bonnie Seiber (RL)(Woods Chapel)** David L. Smith (RE)(Grigsby Chapel)** William C. Stooksbury (RE)(Knoxville, Second) Daniel H. Taylor, Jr. (RE)(Kern Memorial) Millard C. Taylor (RA)(Knoxville, Second) Patsy K. Taylor (RL)(Knoxville, Second) Donald E. Thomas (RE)(First Farragut) Richard H. Timberlake (RE)(Concord) James Titcombe (RL)(Beaver Ridge) Gary O. Tye (RL)(Irwin’s Chapel)** Carl W. Ware, Jr. (RE)(Bookwalter) Lewis E. Weaver (RE)(Valley View-Heiskell) James E. Whedbee (RE)(Fountain City) Raymon E. White (RE)(Lennon-Seney) Jack Howard Wilson (RE)(Concord) Grady C. Winegar (RE)(Central) Ottalee Winegar (DR)(Central)
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Appointment Years Charge Pastor Code (AC) Appointed (YA) Adams Chapel - Hulls Chapel (2) .......... Grover B. Starnes .............................PL............................................. 4 Austin Springs (1) ................................... Brenda Booher..................................SY ............................................ 2 Baileyton Circuit (4) ............................. Gregory P. Davis ............................FL ............................................ 1 Baileyton - 1 Doty’s Chapel - 1 Sulphur Springs - 1 Zion - 1 Bethesda - Eden (2) ................................ Edwin G. “Ed” Blair ........................AM ........................................... 3 Blountville (1) ......................................... Susan N. Arnold ...............................FE ............................................ 6 Bluff City (1) .......................................... C. Sean Glenn ...................................PL............................................. 2 Carter County Parish (4) ......................... Leann K. Crandall ............................FE............................................. 3 Carter County Parish, Associate ........... James M. Berry ................................PL............................................. 8 Hunter - 1 Slagles - 1 St. Paul - 1 Watauga Point - 1 Cedar Grove - Ebenezer (2) .................... Melissa Malcom ...............................PL............................................. 2 Centenary, Erwin (1) .............................. Kimberly S. Isley..............................FE............................................. 6 Chuckey Circuit (5) .............................. Roy E. Fowler, Jr. ..........................RL............................................ 1 Clear Springs - 1 .......................................Preaching Station Liberty Hill - 1 ................................. Preaching Station Chuckey - 1 Rheatown - 1 Albright - 1 Cokesbury, Johnson City (1) .................. Kimberly A. Hingers ........................PL............................................. 4 Cross (1) .................................................. D. Lynn Sorrell .................................LM ........................................... 4 East Pine Grove Park (1) ..................... TBS Edgefield (1) ........................................... Estel F. Williams ..............................AM ........................................... 3 Elizabeth Chapel (1) ............................... Susan W. Lankford ...........................FE............................................. 2 Elizabethton, First (1) ............................. Ray W. Amos, Sr. ............................FE............................................. 9 Fairview (1) ............................................ P. Randall Emmert .........................PL ............................................ 1 Grace (1) ................................................. Laura A. Tracy .................................PL............................................. 5 Gray (1) ................................................... Dennis W. Flaugher..........................FE............................................. 3 Gray, Associate ..................................... Bryan C. Orchard .............................PL............................................. 6 Greene County Parish (3) ....................... Richard S. Ballard ............................OF ............................................ 5 Afton - 1 Greenwood - 1 Stone Dam - 1 Greystone Circuit (3) .............................. Tyler Rutherford ...............................SY ............................................ 2 Bethesda - 1 Gethsemane - 1 Mt. Tabor - 1 Hermon - Pleasant Hill (2) ..................... Mark Laughlin ..................................SY ............................................ 2 Jearoldstown - Union Temple (2) ........... Craig Zirkle ......................................PL............................................. 2 Johnson City, First (1) .......................... Jodie Elizabeth Ihfe ........................FE ............................................ 1 Johnson City, First, Associate ........... Gary Ihfe .........................................FE ............................................ 1 Johnson City Parish (3) ........................ Paul B. Longmire............................FE ............................................ 1 Fairhaven - 1 Otterbein - 1 West Market Street - 1 Jonesborough (1)..................................... Karen M. Lane..................................FE............................................. 6 Limestone (1) ......................................... Donna R. Waddle ...........................PL ............................................ 1 Limestone Cove (1) ............................... Tim Tapp .........................................SY ............................................ 1 Marvin’s Chapel (1) ................................ Joel A. Cook .....................................OF ............................................ 3
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District: Three Rivers Charge Pastor AC YA Mt. Carmel - Seviers (2) ......................... Richard D. Mullan ............................FE............................................. 4 Mt. Wesley - Embreeville (2) ............... Linda W. Rozar ..............................PL ............................................ 1 Mountain City Circuit (3) ....................... Samuel L. Johnson ...........................RA............................................ 6 Doe Valley - 1 Shouns - 1 Valley View - 1 Mountain City, First - Trade (3) ......... John W. Crabtree ...........................FE ............................................ 1 Mountain City, First - 1 St. John, Mountain City - 1 .............. Preaching Station Trade - 1 Munsey Memorial (1) ............................. Carol E. Wilson ................................FE............................................. 2 Munsey Memorial, Minister of Music ...... Douglas Grove-DeJarnett .................FD .......................................... 33 Munsey Memorial, Associate .............. Patricia D. Muse ...............................FL............................................. 6 Munsey Memorial, Associate .............. Michael S. Lester..............................OF ............................................ 3 New Victory (1) ...................................... Cathy E. Downs................................RL ............................................ 7 Piney Flats (1) ........................................ Paul Humphrey...............................FE ............................................ 1 Pleasant Grove - Valley View - Milburnton (3) . Stephen Reynolds ...........................SY ............................................ 1 Rockhold - Enterprise (2) ....................... Dennis W. Milhorn ...........................PL............................................. 5 St. Paul (1) .............................................. Bryan C. Orchard .............................PL............................................. 5 Sulphur Springs (1)............................... J. Scott Brady..................................FE ............................................ 1 Telford - Asbury (2) .............................. Michael A. Vaughn .........................AM........................................... 1 Taylor Memorial (1) ............................... Rochelle O. Maxwell........................AM ........................................... 5 Unicoi (1) ................................................ Todd R. Adams ................................FE............................................. 5 Valley Forge - Roan Mountain (2) ......... Brent L. NiDiffer ..............................OF ............................................ 2 Wesley Chapel, Mountain City (1) ...... TBS Wesley Memorial (1) .............................. Gerald E. Casson ..............................FE............................................. 7 Wheeler (1) ............................................ Crystal Salyers Smith.....................FE ............................................ 1 (Charges – 46, Churches – 79)
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APPOINTMENTS TO EXTENSION MINISTRIES Wංඍඁංඇ ඍඁൾ Cඈඇඇൾർඍංඈඇൺඅ Sඍඋඎർඍඎඋൾඌ ඈൿ Uඇඍංൾൽ Mൾඍඁඈൽංඌආ (¶344.1a) Charge Pastor AC YA District Superintendent ........................... Lauri Jo Cranford (¶344.1a 1) ..........FE............................................. 3 Wesley Foundation, ETSU, Director .. Caleb Frazier ..................................FE ............................................ 1 Missionary to the United States, ............. David C. Warden (¶344.1a 3) ..........RE .......................................... 11 Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference .. CC Marvin’s Chapel Mංඇංඌඍඋංൾඌ Eඇൽඈඋඌൾൽ ൻඒ ඍඁൾ Bඈൺඋൽ ඈൿ Hංඁൾඋ Eൽඎർൺඍංඈඇ Mංඇංඌඍඋඒ (¶344.1b) Charge Pastor AC YA Givens Estates, Chaplain...........................Tammy Wright Bales ......................... FE ...............................................6 Asheville, NC Cheyenne VA / Loveland, Chaplain.........Sara Jo Emmerich .............................. FE ...............................................2 Loveland, CO.........................................CC Green County Parish J.H.Quillen VA Medical Center, Chaplain....Kevin L. Holmes ................................ FE .............................................12 Mountain Home, TN .............................CC Cokesbury, Johnson City U.S. Navy, Chaplain..................................Hagan Robert McClellan, Jr. ............. FE .............................................19 CC East Pine Grove Park OTHER VALID MINISTRIES (¶344.1d) Charge Pastor AC Northeast State Professor of Philosophy ........................................................... TBS
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District: Three Rivers APPOINTMENT TO ANOTHER ANNUAL CONFERENCE Charge Pastor AC YA Fremont UMC ......................................... Shannon Marie Berry .......................FE............................................. 2 North Carolina Conference.................. CC Munsey Memorial Northside UMC, Pastor .......................... Rachel Witt Carosiello .....................PE............................................. 2 Greenville District, South Carolina Conf... CC Munsey Memorial Elbaville UMC, Pastor ................................... J. Robert McClellan, Sr. .........................RA ..................................................3 Advance, NC, WNC Conference ............... CC E. Pine Grove Park Czech and Slovak Republics ....................... Mark Hicks ............................................FE ..................................................1 Annual Conference, ESUMC LEAVE OF ABSENCE (¶353.1) Pastor Charge AC YA Amy Yearly Holmes ............................... CC Cokesbury, Johnson City ...........FE............................................. 9 Elizabeth O. Rudesill .............................. CC Edgefield ....................................PD ............................................ 4 MEDICAL LEAVE (¶356) Pastor Charge AC YA Steven G. Gott ........................................ CC Fairhaven....................................FE............................................. 5 Roger G. Mathess ................................... CC Unicoi .........................................AM ........................................... 5 INVOLUNTARY RETIREMENT (¶357.3) Pastor Charge AC YA Michael E. Ladd...................................... CC Blountville..................................RE ............................................ 3 DEACONESS (¶415.7) Charge Pastor AC YA Independent Ministry Journalist / ........... Corrina Sisk-Casson .........................DC............................................ 2 Photographer ........................................ CC Wesley Memorial SEMINARY STUDENTS An up pointing triangle (ı) indicates Students serving as Student Pastors and are included in the list of appointments. Student Cert.Cand. Church / Charge Conference Seminary C. Sean Glenn ......................................... Bluff City ı .........................................Asbury Theological Seminary Samuel G. Hopson ............. 2015 ............ Johnson City, First...................................Candler School of Theology Kathryn L. Lawrence .............................. Jonesborough ........................................Asbury Theological Seminary Melissa Malcom ..................................... Cedar Grove - Ebenezer ı .....................Hood Theological Seminary Steve Reis ............................................... Johnson City, First.................................United Theological Seminary
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District: Three Rivers RETIRED MINISTERS A double asterick (**) indicates the Church a Minister is serving in retirement during the 2019 - 2020 Appointment Year. Minister (AC) (Charge Conference Membership)
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Billy L. Byrd (RA)(Cross) Richard D. Bowers (RL)(Jearoldstown) Charles K. Caraway (RE)(Mountain City, First) James E. Caraway (RE)(Mountain City, First) William J. Carter (RE)(Johnson City, First) Ricky Clowers (RE)(Marvins Chapel) G. Wayne Cummings (RE)(Munsey Memorial) Cathy E. Downs (RL)(New Victory)** Joseph Vance Eastridge (RE)(Munsey Memorial) David W. Elliott (RE)(Otterbein) Roy E. Fowler, Jr. (RL)(Clear Springs)** Vivian S. Franklin (RL)(Milburnton) Buford W. Hankins (RE)(First Elizabethton) Phyllis L. Hankins (RE)(First Elizabethton) David Lee Hazlewood (RE)(Munsey Memorial) W. Sue Hicks-Caskey (RD)(Munsey Memorial) Mack A. Houston (RA)(Piney Flats) Garland E. James (RE)(Boones Creek) Samuel L. Johnson (RA)(Mountain City Circuit)**
C. Maurice Lay (RE)(Gray) J. Robert Layell (RE)(Embreeville) David H. Lovelace (RE)(Munsey Memorial) Kenneth E. Lytton (RL)(Boones Creek) Hagan R. McClellan, Sr. (RA)(E.Pine Grove Park) Eblen G. “Buddy” Miller (RE)(Gray) George Edwin Odle (RE)(Sulpher Springs) John Ousley (RE)(Munsey Memorial) Billy Frank Rowland (RE)(Cross) Pedro O. Salazar (RE)(Wesley Memorial) Michael Somers (RL) (Fairhaven) Robert Warren Stewart (RE)(Mountain City, First) Bedford T. Transou, Jr. (RE)(Munsey Memorial) C. Byron Waites (RE)(Johnson City, First) David C. Warden (RE)(Marvin’s Chapel) Charles Weatherly (RL)(Embreeville) Kathie Wilson-Parker (RE)(Edgefield) Martha B. Yeomans (RE)(Jonesborough)
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Notes NOTES An asterick (*) indicates an appointment made between sessions of the Annual Conference. A double asterick (**) indicates Clergy that are serving in retirement and the Charge Conference listed indicates the church they are appointed to serve during the 2019 - 2020 Appointment Year. An up pointing triangle (ı) indicates Students serving as Student Pastors and are included in the list of appointments. Number listed under Years Appointed (YA) indicated number of times appointed. To Be Served (TBS) APPOINTMENT CODES (AC) DM Diaconal Minister (2004 Discipline ¶369.1) DC Deaconess (¶1913.2) DR Retired Diaconal Minister (consecrated under provisions of 1992 or earlier Discipline) AF Affiliate Member (¶¶334.5, 344.4, 586.4) OR Retired member of other Annual Conference AM Associate Member (¶¶322, 369.1, 635.2h) RD Retired Deacon in Full connection (¶357) PD Provisional Deacon (¶¶324, 325) RE Retired Full Elder (¶357) FD Deacon in full connection (¶330) RA Retired Associate Member (¶357) FE Elder in full connection (¶335) RP Retired Provisional Member (¶357) (prior to Jan 1, 2013) PE Provisional Elder (¶¶324, 325) RL Retired Local Pastor (¶¶320.5, 327.7)
OA Associate Member of other Annual Conference (¶346.1) FL Full time Local Pastor (¶318.1) OD Deacon member of other Annual Conference (¶331.8) PL Part time Local Pastor (¶318.2) OE Elder member of other Annual Conference or other Methodist denomination (¶346.1) LM Certified Lay Minister (¶268) OP Provisional member of other Annual Conference (¶346.1) HL Honorable Location\Honorable Location Retired (¶¶358.1, 358.3) OF Full Member of other denomination (¶346.2) AL Administrative Location (¶359) SY Other Supplies – Used by GCFA for assigned pastors, not a Disciplinary Code
TERMINOLOGY Ordination is performed by a Bishop and conveys the rites and privileges of each ecclesiastical order. Membership is by election of the full connection clergy members of the annual conference.
Equitable Compensation is the minimum salary recommended by the Conference Equitable Compensation Committee, for each ordained and licensed clergy classification.
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Members in Full Connection are clergy who have been elected to full membership in an annual conference at an annual conference clergy session. Only full connection members may vote on all matters including clergy membership. Full connection members do not hold membership in the local church but in the annual conference.
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Notes ORDAINED Elders in full connection (FE) have sacramental (Communion and Baptism) authority. While most elders serve as pastors in a local church they are also found in a variety of extension ministries. Elders are subject to the itinerant system. Deacons in full connection (FD) may serve either in the local church, in extension ministries, and appointments beyond the local church. Deacons do not have sacramental authority but may assist an elder. Deacons are not subject to the itinerant system and find their own ministry setting. Deacons may perform weddings. Deacons who work outside the local church must also have a relationship with a local congregation. COMMISSIONED AND LICENSED Provisional Members are clergy who have completed their educational requirements and serve a residency (probation) period of at least two years. Provisional members complete written materials and are interviewed by members of the board of ordained ministry before their election to provisional (commissioned and licensed) and full connection membership and ordination. Provisional members may serve in extension ministries. Provisional members do not vote on matters of clergy relations. Provisional Elders (PE) serve under a license to preach and have sacramental authority that is limited to the boundaries of their appointment. They are subject to the itinerant system. Provisional Deacons (PD) serve under a license to practice the art of ministry. Provisional deacons are not subject to the itinerant system and must find their own ministry setting. They may perform weddings. Provisional deacons who work outside the local church must also have a relationship with a local congregation ORDAINED AND LICENSED Associate Members (AM) are clergy who have completed educational and other requirements that are outlined in the Discipline. They are elected to associate membership by members in full connection at the clergy session. Associate members are subject to the itinerant system. Associate members cannot vote on matters of clergy relationship. There are two types of associate members: Associate Members (Deacons) who came in under any Discipline prior to 1996 are ordained deacons, whose sacramental authority is limited to their appointment. Associate member deacons may perform marriages outside the bounds of their appointment. Associate Members (Licensed) with a permanent license (2000 Discipline and forward) have sacramental authority within the bounds of their appointment. Licensed associate members cannot perform marriages outside their appointment.
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LICENSED Local Pastors are clergy who serve under license. The license must be renewed annually. They must complete certain education requirements to maintain their license. Local pastors have sacramental authority and may perform marriages within the bounds of their appointment. All local pastors are subject to the itinerant system. Local pastors cannot vote on matters of clergy relations. The difference between full-time local pastors (FL) and part-time local pastors (PL) is not the number of hours worked but salary. Any licensed local pastor making less than the minimum equitable compensation for a local pastor classification is considered part-time. Student Pastors (SP) are licensed clergy serving full or part-time appointments and attending college, university or seminary in a conference other than the conference in which they are certified candidates.
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Notes ORDAINED CLERGY FROM OTHER DENOMINATIONS There are times when clergy from other denominations serve as pastors of United Methodist churches. The following designations apply to these persons: Elders from other Annual Conferences and other Wesleyan denominations are designated (OE). Associate Members from other Annual Conferences are designated as (OA). Elders from other UMC conferences may decide to affiliate with a conference where they work or reside, while keeping their membership in their home conference. These clergy are called Affiliate Members (AF). Clergy from non-Wesleyan denominations are designated Other Fellowship (OF). Clergy in these categories maintain the rites and authority granted by their denomination while being subject to the rules and order of The United Methodist Church. NON-CREDENTIALED Certified Lay Minister (LM) A certified lay minister is a certified lay servant or certified lay missioner, who is called and equipped to conduct public worship, care for the congregation, assist in program leadership, develop new and existing faith communities, preach the Word, lead small groups, or establish community outreach ministries as part of a ministry team with the supervision and support of a clergyperson. A certified lay minister is assigned by a district superintendent. They are not clergy and have no sacramental authority. Supply Pastors (SY) are men and women who serve week to week as pastors of a church without credentials. They are not clergy and have no sacramental authority. Supply pastors cannot perform marriages.
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Fellow Servants of Christ! I write this to remind you of the importance of deadlines. The Book of Reports is a document that I am required to publish and distribute at least 30 days before the start of the Annual Conference. That firm deadline is fixed by the date chosen for Annual Conference. I cannot control the date of Annual Conference. I cannot control the date I am supposed to distribute the Book of Reports available to the delegates. These deadlines, in essence, start another series of deadlines that all build upon one another. Take a look at the chart below: Date
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Any petition for 2020 General Conference must be postmarked by this date for consideration.
June 27, 2019 .............. Any report or item for inclusion in the 2019 Journal MUST be in the hands of the Conference Secretary by this date. June 12, 2019 .............. Holston Annual Conference Ends June 9, 2019 ................ Holston Annual Conference Begins May 10, 2019 .............. Book of Reports must be DISTRIBUTED to delegates of the Annual Conference either in printed or electronic format. April 8, 2019 ............... Book of Reports must be finalized and sent to the printer. March 15, 2019 ........... All Items for inclusion in the Book of Reports must be in the hands of the Conference Secretary. March 1, 2019 ............. Any proposed resolution or petition must be in the hands of the Committee on Petitions and Resolutions. This gives the committee time to meet and compile its report for inclusion in the Book of Reports. February 15, 2019 ....... Names of all nominees for General Conference from local churches shall be in the hands of the District Board of Laity. I mention all this to say that as we move forward, deadlines will be important. The Annual Conference cannot function as efficiently if its committees, teams, boards, groups, task forces, etc. do not do their job and meet deadlines. Documents not submitted on time may not be included in future Book of Reports. In 2020, the deadlines will be similar to the ones above, so please plan accordingly A Fellow Servant of Christ, Rev. Terry Goodman, Secretary of the Holston Annual Conference
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The Committee met February 8, at 10:00 a.m. in the Conference Center at Alcoa. We studied the Bylaws, Plan of Organization and Procedures and made the following changes to recommend to the Annual Conference: 1. Change the membership of the Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry, in the part that deals with a member of the Young Adult Team from “9” to a “1”, which brings that board’s membership into agreement with the number of total members, exclusive of ex-officio members.
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2. The Board of Lay Ministry needed to be updated to conform to the new district number, so “12 district lay leaders” should become “9 district lay leaders”, and the total membership should be 22. 3. The total of the Nurture Team should be 17. 4. The Conference Council on Youth ministries total membership should be 29 instead of 38. 5. The Camp and Retreat Ministry Board membership should be 20, with the addition of the Camp in the Community Site Director. An additional Board Chair may be added to reflect the addition of the Camp in the Community program. 6. The total Membership of the Committee on the Episcopacy should be 15, with the addition of ex-officio members. 7. The Committee on Petitions and Resolutions should have a total membership of 9 with the addition of the Conference Secretary as ex officio. Strike the sentence “Committee members are elected for the quadrennium,” since that is the overall policy for the nominations committee in the conference. 8. At the end of the paragraph numbered “1” in the section on “Procedures” I. Nominations and Elections: add the sentence “Attention shall be given to inclusiveness.” (Par. 605.3, Book of Discipline) 9. Under section III. Program and Reports: paragraph 17, add language accommodating “new business” to comply with the procedures we have had previously to refer resolutions and petitions to the Committee on Petitions and Resolutions for a recommendation prior to bringing those items to a vote. See that paragraph for changes. 10. Strike the wording in paragraph 21, as it is superfluous with a similar section in the Bylaws. Respectfully Submitted, ~ Bradley H Scott, Chair
HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE BYLAWS PREFACE These Bylaws of the Holston Annual Conference are in keeping with The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church (Par. 604.1, The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church 2016, hereinafter referred to as the Discipline) which states, “The annual conference, for its own government, may adopt rules and regulations not in conflict with the Discipline of The United Methodist Church.” This Annual Conference is incorporated under the laws of the State of Tennessee as the Holston Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. All references to “Conference” or “Annual Conference” shall mean The Holston Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. ARTICLE I: ORGANIZATION OF THE CONFERENCE A. Organization. The organization, composition, character, powers, duties, and business of the Annual Conference shall be in accordance with the current issue of the Discipline. B. Rules of Order. ¶505 The General Conference Rules of Order shall be used so far as they apply; otherwise, Robert’s Rules of Order (current edition) shall be used to address all matters not specifically covered by the current Discipline and the following Conference Rules.
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ARTICLE II: CONFERENCE OFFICERS A. Conference President. ¶ 603.6 The Bishop assigned to the Holston Annual Conference is the President. B. Conference Secretary and Statistician ¶ 603.7 The Conference Secretary and a Conference Statistician shall be nominated by the Nominations Committee, in consultation with the Bishop, and elected at the first Annual Conference session following the General Conference and shall serve for the quadrennium. In the case of a vacancy in the interim of the session of Annual Conference, the bishop, after consultation with the district superintendents, shall appoint a person to act until the next session of the annual conference. C. Conference Treasurer. ¶ 619 The Conference Treasurer shall be nominated by the Conference Council on Finance and Administration, in consultation with the Bishop, and elected at the first Annual Conference following the General Conference, and shall serve for the quadrennium. If a vacancy should occur during the quadrennium, the council shall fill the vacancy until the next session of the annual conference. D. Conference Chancellor. ¶ 603.8 The Conference Chancellor shall be nominated by the Bishop and elected at the first Annual Conference following the General Conference and shall serve for the quadrennium. If a vacancy should occur during the quadrennium, the bishop shall fill the vacancy until the next session of the annual conference. She/he shall serve as legal advisor to the Bishop and to the Annual Conference. The Annual Conference may designate one or more associate chancellors by the same nomination and election process to assist the conference chancellor. E. Lay Leader. ¶ 603.9 and ¶ 607 a. The Conference Lay Leader shall be nominated by the Committee on Nominations and elected at the first Annual Conference following the General Conference and shall serve for the quadrennium. The Conference Lay Leader is eligible to serve two consecutive terms of office. When a term is complete or a vacancy occurs of the Conference Lay Leader, the Board of Lay Ministry may submit the names of one or more persons for consideration by the Committee on Nominations. b. Associate lay leader(s), to work with the Conference Lay Leader, may be elected by the Conference in the same manner as the Conference Lay Leader. The District Lay Leaders shall be nominated by the District Committees on Nominations after consultation with the District Superintendent and elected at the District Conference. F. Vacancies. The Extended Cabinet shall be authorized to fill any vacancy in a Conference Office arising between Annual Conference sessions. If a vacancy should occur during the quadrennium in the position of Conference Treasurer, the Conference Council on Finance and Administration shall fill the vacancy until the next session of the annual conference when an election can be held. ARTICLE III: STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE A. Conference Policies & Procedures. Policies, procedures, and ministry descriptions for Conference officers, committees, and positions shall be published each year in the Conference Journal and labeled “Structure and Organization of the Annual Conference.”
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“The purpose of the Annual Conference is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world by equipping its local churches for ministry and by providing a connection for ministry beyond the local church; all to the glory of God.” (2016 Book of Discipline, ¶601). Composition and Character is defined by (2016 Book of Discipline, ¶¶602) Organization is defined by (2016 Book of Discipline, ¶603) Function is defined by the (2016 Book of Discipline, ¶604-606) I. CABINET a. Appointment Cabinet: Resident Bishop; 9 District Superintendents; Executive Assistant to the Bishop (Discipline ¶417-425). b. Extended Cabinet: Appointment Cabinet; Conference Secretary/Director of Clergy Services; Director of Connectional Ministries; Conference Treasurer/ Director of Administrative Services; Director of Congregational Development; Executive Director, Holston Conference Foundation. The Conference Lay Leader shall be invited to attend meetings of the Extended Cabinet. II. COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COUNCIL, a service agency of the entire Conference. Total Membership = 15: 9 elected members, Cabinet Representative, Director of Communications, Information Technology Manager, Multimedia Coordinator, Print Media Specialist, Editor of The Call (Discipline ¶¶609, 646). Related to Council on Finance and Administration and Annual Conference. III. COMMITTEE ON CONGREGATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Total Membership = 13: 12 elected members, Cabinet Representative. IV. BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND CAMPUS MINISTRY Total Membership = 13: 11 elected members, 9 1 from the Young Adult Ministry, Cabinet Representative (Discipline ¶634). Related to the Discipleship Team and Council on Finance and Administration: 1. Wesley Foundations 2. Conference Colleges V. BOARD OF LAY MINISTRY (Related directly to Annual Conference) a. The Conference Lay Leader is the elected leader of conference laity (Discipline¶607.1). b. Total membership 25 22: 12 9 District Lay Leaders; presidents of United Methodist Men, United Methodist Women, United Methodist Youth; Resident Bishop, Conference Director of Lay Servant Ministries; 2 cabinet representatives; 5 members-at-large; Conference Lay Leader. The Board may elect up to three associate Conference Lay Leaders from its membership, who may represent the Lay Leader with full voting rights in any group of which the Lay Leader is a member. (Discipline ¶631) c. The Conference Lay Leader shall be the chairperson of the conference Board of Lay Ministry (Discipline ¶607.3). VI. DISCIPLESHIP TEAM Total Membership = 24: 12 elected members, Resident Bishop, Board of Higher Education & Campus Ministry Chairperson, Conference Lay Leader, Director of Connectional Ministries,
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5 Chairpersons of Ministry Teams with vote: Missions, Nurture, Outreach, Stewardship, Witness, 3 Representatives without vote: Appointment Cabinet, Board of Ordained Ministry, Communications Advisory Council. (Discipline ¶630) a. Missions Team Total Membership = 14: 12 elected members, Conference Secretary of Global Ministries, Cabinet Representative (Discipline ¶633). Sub-groups to be determined by Missions Team in consultation with Discipleship Team. b. Nurture Team Total Membership = 16 17: 12 elected members, Representatives of the 4 Ministry Teams/ Board with vote (Children’s, Council on Youth, Young Adult, Camp and Retreat), Cabinet Representative. Other representatives to be determined and named by Nurture Team in consultation with Discipleship Team. 1. Children’s Ministry Team Total Membership = 11: 9 elected, 2 Ex-Officio: Cabinet Representative, Staff Resource Person. 2. Conference Council on Youth Ministries Total Membership = 38 29: 2 youth per District, 1 adult per District, Coordinator of District Coordinators, Cabinet Representative (Discipline ¶649). 3. Young Adult Ministry Team Total Membership = 13: 12 elected members, 75% or 9 of which are age 18 to 35, representing a cross-section of the annual conference, Cabinet Representative (Discipline ¶650). 4. Camp and Retreat Ministry Board Total Membership = 19+ : 16 elected members, Resident Bishop, Director of Connectional Ministries, Camp and Retreat Ministry Executive Director, 4 Site Directors, Chairpersons of 4 Site Boards c. Outreach/Advocacy Team Total Membership = 21: 12 elected members plus the five ministry area chairpersons of Religion and Race, Church and Society, Status and Role of Women, and Christian Unity and Inter-Religious Concerns, Disability Concerns, and chairpersons or representatives of other groups related to Outreach/ Advocacy. Cabinet Representative, (Discipline ¶629). 1. Religion and Race Ministry Area (Chair): Total Membership = 13: 12 elected members, Cabinet Representative (Discipline ¶643). 2. Church and Society Ministry Area (Chair) (Discipline ¶629). 3. Status and Role of Women Ministry Area (Chair) (Discipline ¶644). 4. Christian Unity and Inter-Religious Relationships Ministry Area (Chair) (Discipline¶642). 5. Disability Concerns (Chair) (Discipline ¶653). 6. Strength for the Journey Team: Total membership = 12: 9 elected, Cabinet Representative, staff, Director Emeritus. 7. Conference Representative to Holston Home for Children 8. Native American Ministries (Chair) Total Membership = 7: 6 elected members, Cabinet Representative (Discipline ¶654). d. Stewardship Team Total Membership = 13: 12 elected members, Cabinet Representative e. Witness Team Total Membership = 15: 12 elected members, Chairpersons of Committee on Small Membership Congregation Team and Hispanic/Latino Ministry Leadership Team, Cabinet Representative 1. Small Membership Congregation Team Total Membership = 10: 9 elected members, Cabinet Representative 2. Hispanic/Latino Leadership Team Total Membership = 13: 12 elected members, Cabinet Representative
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VII. BOARD OF ORDAINED MINISTRY Total Membership = 47: 39 elected members [nominated by the Resident Bishop and elected by the Annual Conference]; The Board may adopt a policy to pull in others to use as interviewers as needed. Members may serve up to three four-year terms (Discipline ¶635.1.a). Director of Clergy Services/Administrative Registrar; Chair, Order of Deacons; Chair, Order of Elders [nominated by the Board of Ordained Ministry and elected by Clergy Session]; Co-Chairs, Fellowship of Local Pastors and Associate Members; Vocational Discernment Coordinator, 2 District Superintendents appointed by Resident Bishop. The Board shall select its own officers. (Discipline ¶635, ¶306-309) VIII. GROUPS RELATED TO THE CABINET AND ORDAINED MINISTRY a. Administrative Review Committee Total Membership = 3: 3 elected clergy in full connection and two alternate clergy in full connection, nominated by the Bishop and elected by the Clergy Session. (Discipline ¶636) b. Committee on Investigation = 16: 4 clergy members in Full Connection, 3 Professing Members, 3 alternate Clergy Members, 6 alternate Lay Members. Nominated by the Resident Bishop in consultation with the Board of Ordained Ministry (clergy) and the Board of Laity (professing members). Elected quadrennially by the annual conference (Discipline ¶2703.2). c. Order of Deacons, Order of Elders (Discipline ¶306-309). d. Center for Wellbeing Supervisory Committee Total Membership = 13: 8 elected members, Representative of the Board of Ordained Ministry, three (3) District Superintendents (none of whom shall be from any district where Counselors hold their Charge Conference), Director of Clergy Services. Related to Cabinet and Board of Ordained Ministry. IX. COUNCIL ON FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION Total Membership = 19: 15 elected members and 4 persons without vote: Resident Bishop, Conference Treasurer, District Superintendent chosen by the Cabinet, and Director of Connectional Ministries. The Council shall elect its own officers, except the treasurer who shall be the Conference Treasurer. (Discipline ¶¶611, 612) X. ADMINISTRATION a. Board of Pensions Total Membership = 27: 8 elected members each from Clergy, Laymen, Laywomen, Pensions Director, Chair of Joint Committee on Incapacity Medical Leave, Cabinet Representative. (Discipline ¶639) b. Board of Trustees Total Membership = 13: 12 elected members, Cabinet Representative; Ex-Officio, nonvoting CFA representative, Resident Bishop. The Board shall elect its own officers. (Discipline ¶¶640, 25122550) c. Commission on Archives and History Total Membership = 12: 9 elected members, Cabinet Representative, Historical Society Representative, Conference Archivist (Discipline ¶641). d. Commission on Equitable Compensation Total Membership = 13: 10 elected members [an equal number of lay and clergy members], one District Superintendent and one Cabinet member named by the Cabinet, Conference Treasurer (Discipline ¶625). e. Committee on Episcopacy Total Membership = 17 15: 12 elected (4 clergy, 4 laymen, 4 laywomen), 1 clergy, l layman and 1 laywoman appointed by the Resident Bishop, Ex-Officio Members are the lay and clergy members of Jurisdictional Committee on Episcopacy. The Conference Lay Leader shall be one of the lay elected persons. (Discipline ¶637) f. Committee on Nominations There shall be a Conference Committee on Nominations composed of the Resident Bishop, who shall serve as Chairperson, members of the Extended Cabinet, Conference Lay Leader, President of the Conference United Methodist Women, President of the Conference United Methodist Men,
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Chairperson of the Discipleship Team, Conference Secretary, a representative of United Methodist Youth, one layperson from each district chosen by the District Committee on Nominations, and additional lay and clergy persons for equalization of lay and clergy membership. g. Committee on Petitions and Resolutions Total Membership = 11 9: 9 elected members, Ex Officio (without vote) 1 a member of the current Holston delegation to General Conference, the Secretary of the Annual Conference and a Cabinet Representative (without vote). Committee members are elected for the quadrennium. h. Committee on Rules and Order Total Membership = 13: 8 elected members (4 Lay and 4 Clergy) nominated by the Committee on Nominations and elected by the Annual Conference, 5 Ex-Officio members with vote: Resident Bishop, Conference Chancellor, Conference Secretary, Cabinet Representative, and Executive Assistant to the Bishop. i. Episcopal Residence Committee Total Membership = 3: Chairs or Representatives of the Committee on Episcopacy, the Council on Finance and Administration, and the Board of Trustees. (Discipline ¶638) j. Personnel Resources Committee Total Membership = 17: 12 elected members, Conference Chancellor, Executive Assistant to the Bishop, Chairperson of Committee on Episcopacy, Chairperson of Personnel Team of the Council on Finance and Administration or designee, Resident Bishop (Ex-Officio). k. Program Committee, Annual Conference Session Total Membership = 9+: Resident Bishop, Conference Secretary, Conference Lay Leader, President of United Methodist Men, President of United Methodist Women, Chairperson of Discipleship Team, District Superintendent chosen by the Cabinet, Director of Connectional Ministries, additional members appointed by Resident Bishop as necessary. XI. SUPPORT GROUPS a. United Methodist Men All men of local churches or charges chartered or unchartered within the bounds of the Annual Conference. (Discipline ¶648). b. United Methodist Women All members of local units within the bounds of the Conference. (Discipline ¶647) XII. THE CONFERENCE CONNECTIONAL TABLE The membership shall include those staff persons, clergy, lay officials, and other persons deemed needed by the Resident Bishop to carry out the missions of the conference. Different connectional tables may be held for various missions. Purpose: to assist in identifying Conference priorities and coordinating Conference ministries and emphasis. XIII. TASK FORCES Task forces must be formed with the approval of the Extended Cabinet and may exist for up to a period of four years to complete their work. At the end of four years, any task force must reapply, if needed, for an extension not to exceed four more years. If funding is required, task forces must apply to the appropriate body. XIV. THE CONFERENCE STRATEGY TEAM: Named by the Resident Bishop-Shall consist of between 9 and 15 members, set up in three rotating panels. No more than three (3) team members can serve consecutive terms on the Conference Strategy Team. (Approved, but accidentally omitted from 2018 Standing Rules.) Procedures I. Nominations and Elections 1. The Conference Committee on Nominations shall nominate all members of Conference boards, teams, councils, commissions, and committees including the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, and Secretary, unless such nominations are otherwise provided for in the Book of Discipline or elsewhere in these Standing Rules. The Committee on Nominations, through the Conference Secretary, shall develop an annual instrument for the
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Charge Conference packet on which laity and clergy may indicate an interest in election to membership on a Conference or District Board, Committee, Team, Council, or Commission. The Committee on Nominations shall also nominate the Conference Lay Leader for election to a four-year term of office. When a term is complete or a vacancy occurs of the Conference Lay Leader, the Board of Lay Ministry may submit the names of one or more persons for consideration by the Committee on Nominations. The Conference Lay Leader is eligible to serve two consecutive terms of office. All persons elected at the Annual Conference will begin serving at the close of the Annual Conference. The Extended Cabinet shall fill all mid-year vacancies which shall be confirmed at the next meeting of the Annual Conference. As per 605.3 “attention shall be given to inclusiveness”. 2. Election to Conference boards, teams, councils, and committees shall be for a term that corresponds to the quadrennium following a regular session of General Conference and concluding in the calendar year of the succeeding regular session of General Conference. Except where the Discipline of the Church or action of the Annual Conference provides otherwise, a person is eligible to serve no more than two consecutive quadrennial terms in the same elective office, subject to the further clarification herein regarding election for part of a quadrennium. • Members of the Board of Pensions are elected for a term of eight years and are arranged in panels: one-third laywomen, one-third laymen, and one-third clergy (Discipline ¶639.2). Members of the Board of Pensions shall not serve consecutive terms. • Conference leadership groups shall be organized into the following descriptive categories: advocacy groups, agencies, boards, commissions, committees, councils, ministry areas, and teams. No person shall serve as an elective member of two or more conference leadership groups within the same category; provided, however, that the limitation on joint membership shall not apply to agencies, committees, United Methodist Men, United Methodist Women, the Religion and Race Ministry Area, the Board of Directors of the Holston Conference Foundation, Inc., and the Board of Directors of Asbury, Inc. • In the event a person is elected during a quadrennium as defined above, the person’s election shall be for the balance of the pending quadrennium. A person who is ineligible for re-election to the same conference office because of the term-limit provisions of this Rule may be elected to serve in another conference office. A person who is ineligible for re-election to the same conference office because of the term-limit provisions of this Rule becomes eligible for election to that office again after the passage of a full quadrennium. • Members who fail to participate in the meetings and activities of a conference board, council, committee, or team may be removed and a successor named in the next report of the Committee on Nominations to the Annual Conference, unless the by-laws of the agency provide otherwise. • The chairperson, majority of members, or Resident Bishop may call a meeting of any conference board, council, committee, team, or commission. The call of a meeting shall be coordinated with the Conference office and shall give the date, time, place, and purpose of the meeting. Unless a meeting is called at the Annual Conference, in order to report to the Annual Conference, a three Day or greater notice should be given to members. 3. No person in the employ of a Conference agency shall be a voting member of a board, committee, commission, or council which supervises the work of the agency by which that member is employed. 4. The Resident Bishop may designate a person to represent the Bishop on any board, team, council, commission, committee, other position, or any occasion where the Bishop deems it necessary. The Resident Bishop or designated person may charge a council, board, committee, team or commission, or other conference entity to study or consider an issue that he/she believes is necessary to carry out the mission of the Conference. 5. There shall be a Committee on Nominations within each district, composed of the District Superintendent (who shall serve as Chair), District Lay Leader, District President of United Methodist Women, District
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President of United Methodist Men, a representative of the District Youth Council, the Chairperson of the District Leadership Team or other structure, and the District Lay representative to the Conference Committee on Nominations. Additional representatives may be added by the District Leadership Team or other structure to ensure adequate representation. These district committees shall serve as a resource group throughout the year to supply appropriate names of clergy and lay persons to the Conference Committee on Nominations for service within the Annual Conference. 6. Members of the boards of directors of Asbury Centers, Inc., Holston United Methodist Home for Children, and Advisory Board of Directors of the Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge shall be nominated and elected by the respective boards and confirmed by the Annual Conference. 7. Members of the Board of Trustees of Holston Conference Colleges (Emory & Henry College, Hiwassee College, and Tennessee Wesleyan University) shall be nominated and elected by the respective Boards at their fall Board meetings and confirmed at the next session of Annual Conference. 8. The Holston Conference of The United Methodist Church Foundation, Inc. shall be governed by a board of not fewer than fifteen (15) directors elected by the Board of Directors and confirmed by the Holston Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. The Resident Bishop of the Holston Conference of The United Methodist Church and the Conference Treasurer shall be ex-officio members of the board with full voice privileges and voting rights. All elected directors shall serve for terms of one, two, or three years as determined by said Board. II. Members to Annual Conference 9. The lay members of the Annual Conference may be elected annually, or to four-year terms to provide continuity. Lay members shall serve at the meeting of the next Annual Conference following election. 10. The District Leadership Team or other structure, in consultation with the District Council on Youth Ministries or other appropriate group representatives of youth throughout the district, shall elect members of the Holston Annual Conference. The young persons elected shall meet the requirements for election of all lay members as stated in The Book of Discipline, ¶32, which is one person from age 12 to 17 and one person from age 18 to 30. The names and addresses of the elected members shall be sent to the Holston Conference Secretary by January 15. If any elected youth is unable to attend the Annual Conference, the District Leadership Team may select a replacement member to attend by sending the name of the youth to the Conference Secretary. A per diem for these youth members shall be paid by the Annual Conference. 11. Each year there shall be elected an equal number of lay and clergy members to the Holston Annual Conference. Professing lay members representing each local charge are to be elected at the Charge Conference. Diaconal ministers, active deaconesses and home missioners under Episcopal appointment within the bounds of the Holston Conference, Conference President of United Methodist Men, Conference President of United Methodist Women, the Conference Treasurer, Director of Connectional Ministries and Associate Director(s), Director of Communications, Conference Chancellor, Chair of the Committee on Rules and Order, Chair of the Discipleship Team, Chair of the Personnel Resources Committee, Chair of the Council on Finance and Administration, the Executive Director of the Holston Conference Foundation, the Conference Lay Leader, and other members of the Conference Board of Lay Ministry not otherwise elected as members of the Annual Conference shall be members of the Annual Conference. The conference director of Lay Servant Ministries, Conference Secretary of Global Ministries (if lay), and the remaining lay members that will be needed to achieve equalization are to be apportioned to the Districts on the basis of district lay membership, provided that the total number of lay members shall include youth delegates required by the Discipline, District lay leaders, District presidents of United Methodist Women and United Methodist Men, and Lay delegates and alternates to the General and Jurisdictional Conferences for the Quadrennium. The clergy membership shall consist of deacons and elders in full connection, provisional members, associate members, and local pastors under appointment. (Discipline ¶602, ¶32 Article I)
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12. The Conference Secretary shall notify each District Superintendent of the number of lay members to be elected not later than sixty days following Annual Conference. The additional persons apportioned to the Districts as lay members to the Holston Annual Conference shall be elected at each of the District Conferences upon nomination from the local churches and District Committee on Nominations. Where there is no District Conference, lay members shall be elected in a manner determined by the District Leadership Team or other equivalent structure. A prepared ballot of these nominees will be available for the election. Nominations may be received from the floor of the District Conference. A per diem for these members shall be paid by the Annual Conference upon requisition, where they are not paid by the local Church, the District, or some other source. The District Superintendents will be responsible for seeing that the members are elected and that their names and addresses are sent to the Holston Conference Secretary by January 15th of each year. III. Program and Reports 13. The Conference Secretary shall be responsible for Memoirs. A memorial service for clergy members, spouses of clergy members, and members of local congregations deceased during the year shall be held at each Annual Conference. 14. Proposed programs from boards, teams, commissions, committees, councils, and agencies that require Conference action shall be compiled and published and/or made available in electronic/digital format under the direction of the Annual Conference Program Committee and distributed to all lay and clergy members of the Conference at least thirty (30) days before the opening session of the Annual Conference. Reports from various committees, boards, teams, commissions, and agencies that are to be included in the Book of Reports are due at the oďŹƒce of the Conference Secretary by March 15. Agenda items and reports not requiring action by the Annual Conference other than a vote to receive said item for publication in the Journal may be placed on a Consent Agenda. For any item or report to be eligible for placement on the Consent Agenda, it must have been distributed in the pre-Conference materials. Determination of items to be placed on the Consent Agenda shall be made annually by a committee composed of the Conference Secretary, the Chair of the Committee on Rules and Order, and the Director of Connectional Ministries. An individual item may be removed from the Consent Agenda by a written request signed by twelve clergy and/or lay members of the Annual Conference and presented to the Conference Secretary prior to the first business session of the Annual Conference. When an individual item has been removed from the Consent Agenda, it shall be placed on the regular agenda at an appropriate time as determined by the Conference Secretary. 15. The Statistical Report (Table No. 1, Table No. 2, and Table No. 3) for each local church shall be due and submitted by the pastor at an announced place and date set by each District Superintendent, in consultation with the conference statistician and extended cabinet, said date to be no earlier than the close of conference books. 16. The Program of the Annual Conference shall be arranged by a Program Committee composed of the Resident Bishop, Conference Secretary, Conference Lay Leader, President of the Conference United Methodist Women, President of the Conference United Methodist Men, Chair of the Discipleship Team, and a District Superintendent. The Resident Bishop shall serve as chair and may appoint additional members to serve on the Program Committee. The Conference may make any change in the schedule necessary to facilitate its work. 17. There shall be a Conference Committee on Petitions and Resolutions consisting of nine persons elected for the quadrennium by the Annual Conference after nomination by the Committee on Nominations and one person who shall be a member of the current Holston delegation to General Conference (who shall be selected and appointed by the delegation). There shall be a Cabinet Representative appointed to the Committee (without vote). The Chair shall be nominated by the Committee on Nominations. All proposed resolutions for the Annual Conference or petitions to General Conference, to be considered by the Annual Conference, shall first be presented to the Committee on Petitions and Resolutions by March 1. The Committee shall evaluate each proposed resolution for Annual Conference or petition to General Conference and recommend concurrence, non-concurrence or appropriate referral. Their recommendations and all materials must be in the hands of the Conference Secretary for the Book of Reports by March 15. Any resolution to Annual Conference, including new business, or petition to General Conference proposed at the Annual Conference from the floor, that was not first considered by the Committee on Petitions and Resolutions, must shall be referred, by a majority vote of the
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Annual Conference, to the Committee on Petitions and Resolutions for a recommendation,. After which the Annual Conference may shall consider it in the time on the program allotted for new business. Such petition(s), resolution(s), or new business shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Annual Conference by noon on the first full day of Annual Conference. All petitions to General Conference submitted for consideration by the Annual Conference must adhere to the specific requirements published each quadrennium by the Petitions Secretary of the General Conference.
IV. Procedures General 18. In those districts scheduling a district conference, the membership shall include the local church lay leader; chair of the administrative council or administrative board and council on ministries; presidents of United Methodist Youth, United Methodist Women, and United Methodist Men; lay leader; Diaconal ministers and pastors serving within the district; and such other persons as may be determined by the District Leadership Team or other structures. 19. No clergy member of the Annual Conference shall leave the seat of the Conference without notifying that member’s district superintendent, who will, in turn, report to the conference secretary. 20. The effective date for all clergy members of the Holston Annual Conference entering into voluntary retirement shall be July 1 after the close of the Annual Conference at which their retirement is approved. No retirements may be voted for a projected date during the ensuing appointive year except by the joint recommendation of the Board of Ordained Ministry and the Board of Pensions in response to extraordinary and compelling circumstances. 21. The General Conference rules of order shall be used so far as they apply; otherwise, Robert’s Rules of Order shall be used. (This rule is now covered in our bylaws. Sections will be renumbered in 2020 Report.) 22. Any and all proposed changes in the Standing Rules of the Conference made by the Committee on Rules and Order shall be printed in the Annual Conference Book of Reports as outlined in Standing Rule 14 and shall be presented for approval by the Annual Conference at the opening business session of the Annual Conference. Any other motion to amend the Standing Rules must be presented in writing, lay over one day, and be reviewed by the Committee on Rules and Order before a vote is taken, and such motion must be approved by a two-thirds vote of the Annual Conference. The Standing Rules of the Conference shall be printed in each edition of the Conference Journal.
Finance 23. There shall be a Conference Council of Finance and Administration. The Council of Finance and Administration shall submit its proposed budget and recommendations in the Book of Reports to the members of the Annual Conference for its consideration. Budget amendments and other recommendations made by the Council of Finance and Administration, but not included in the Book of Reports, may be considered at the Annual Conference. All requests for Conference funds or monetary obligations by any board, committee, council, team, agency, or other body shall first be submitted to the Council of Finance and Administration for consideration in the budget. Requests for funds must be submitted to the Council of Finance and Administration or Conference Treasurer by March 1. All requests for funds properly made in time, but not recommended in the budget by the Council of Finance and Administration, may be considered by the Annual Conference by amendment to the budget. Other requests for funds or obligations shall not be considered by the Annual Conference unless first referred by the majority vote of the Annual Conference to the Council of Finance and Administration for a recommendation. After receiving a recommendation, the Annual Conference may consider a proposed budget amendment. (Discipline ¶611-619) 24.The fiscal year of the Conference shall be from January 1st through December 31st of each year. The final day to receive payment on Conference apportionments shall be by the close of the business day of January 9th or the Monday following when the 9th falls on a Saturday or a Sunday.
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25. The Treasurer of the Conference shall make a final settlement and shall disburse all funds as designated after the adjournment of the Annual Conference. During the fiscal year, the Conference Treasurer shall make disbursements to various Conference Agencies at times and in manners approved by the Conference Council on Finance and Administration, and upon requisition of the proper officials of the Boards and Agencies. (Discipline ¶619) 26. The District Superintendents shall receive equal salaries, plus allowances for travel and other expenses beyond the District served and for which no other financial arrangement has been made on requisition, from the fund designated for this purpose. 27. There shall be a Conference Board of Trustees. Any request for the sale, mortgage, transfer, or disposal of real estate or other assets owned by the Conference shall first be considered by the Conference Board of Trustees. The Board shall present its recommendations in the Book of Reports but can include additional property or assets or change its recommendation at the Annual Conference. Any other items not considered by the Conference Board of Trustees must be referred to the Conference Board of Trustees by a majority vote of the Annual Conference before action. After receiving a recommendation from the Conference Board of Trustees, the Annual Conference may consider the item.(¶640, ¶2512.1-8) 28. Capital funds campaigns initiated by Conference agencies and institutions that involve the churches of Holston Conference must have the approval of the Council on Finance and Administration and the Annual Conference. Other fundraising campaigns which extend beyond district boundaries must have the approval of and be coordinated by the Council on Finance and Administration and the Annual Conference. In those instances where financial goals are to be assigned to the congregations, said goals, along with the proposed strategies for meeting those goals, shall be clearly identified prior to approval. Appeals arising within the Conference between Annual Conference sessions may be conducted only on approval of the Council on Finance and Administration. Approval of such appeals shall be communicated to local churches of the Conference. 29. The Conference Council on Finance and Administration shall be required to give thirty (30) days notice to all boards and agencies prior to the annual meeting for budgetary review for consideration of the annual budget of the Conference. Journal 30. The Committee on Rules and Order and the Conference Secretary and Staff shall establish the policy for the publication of the Journal. Publication may include both print and digital publishing. The Journal shall be published under the direction of the Conference Secretary, who shall serve as editor. The Conference Secretary shall, with the approval of the Council on Finance and Administration, enter into a contract to publish the Journal. All materials to be published shall be in the hands of the Editor within fifteen (15) days after the adjournment of the Conference. 31. The Conference Secretary shall be responsible for the distribution of the Journal. The District Superintendents shall obtain the orders for the Journals from the pastoral charges, through pre-paid orders. Retirees may receive, upon request and without charge, a copy of the Journal for the year of their retirement. A clergy person, whose spouse has died, and Surviving Spouses may receive, upon request and without charge, a copy of the Journal that contains the memorial. Clergy and Diaconal ministers, who are retired or on medical leave, and conference claimants may receive, upon request and without charge, a copy of the Conference Directory. Requests must be made to the Office of the Conference Secretary from Staff. Other persons may place orders with payment through the Conference Secretary. Receipts of Journal sales shall be held in a carry-over account at the end of the fiscal year. Reports and Motions 32. All motions presented to the Conference and amendments to any paper shall be in writing and placed in the hand of the Secretary immediately following the presentation.
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Election Procedures for Delegates to General and Jurisdictional Conferences 33. The Orders of Elder and Deacon shall make available to clergy members an option to withdraw their names from consideration to serve as delegates to General and Jurisdictional conferences, so long as the eligibility of all members in full connection is not limited in any way. Any printed material to address this must be in the hands of the Conference Secretary prior to stated deadlines for the Book of Reports and Programs. To ensure that qualified lay persons are identified for consideration as delegates to the General and Jurisdictional Conference, persons may be nominated by local churches, District Boards of Laity, or the Annual Conference Board of Lay Ministry on a form to be developed by the Conference Board of Lay Ministry. The form shall ask the potential nominee to respond to the following items: • I agree to be a nominee for General and Jurisdictional Conferences. • I wish to be a nominee for the Jurisdictional Conference only. Names of all nominees from local churches shall be in the hands of the District Board of Laity by February 15th of the year in which delegates are to be elected. The District Board of Laity shall review the nominations and determine their eligibility. The Board may add names of persons it deems to be candidates and shall deliver the list to the Conference Board of Lay Ministry by March 1st. The Conference Board of Lay Ministry shall complete the lists, add any persons it deems to be candidates, and provide the list by March 15th, along with biographical information, to the Conference Secretary for printing and distribution in the Book of Reports. The form for nominations shall include the name, address, occupation, local church and district, indication if individual is of ethnic constituency, current photograph, and a biographical sketch of no more than fifty (50) words provided by the nominee. In addition to this process, nominations may be made at the Orientation Session for Laity at the seat of the Annual Conference for presentation to the Conference. Following the election of the lay delegates to General Conference and two lay delegates to Jurisdictional Conference, the chair shall then explain to the lay members that an additional list of names is now available indicating persons who have asked to be considered for election to the Jurisdictional Conference only, and they may now vote for these persons as well as any unelected person. 34. Clergy and lay delegates elected to the previous General and Jurisdictional Conferences shall be delegates to special sessions of the respective conferences. 35. Expenses of two alternate ministerial and two alternate lay delegates to the General and Jurisdictional Conferences, in order of their election, shall be borne by the Annual Conference at a rate not to exceed the per diem of delegates. 36. Each member shall be required to vote for no more than the number of delegates for that particular ballot, but ballots with less than the required number will be considered valid. 37. The names of all eligible clergy persons in the conference shall be printed on a ballot in alphabetical order. A voting number shall be assigned for each eligible clergy person. Clergy members shall vote by ballot until the required number of delegates are elected by a majority vote of the ballots cast. The number of votes a clergy member can cast on a ballot cannot exceed the number of delegates left to be elected. On the ballot that elects the last delegate, if one or more clergy receives a majority vote that exceeds the needed number to be elected, the highest vote total(s) will be used to determine the election. The other clergy person(s) with majority vote will be elected as alternate(s). Another ballot will be taken to elect alternate delegates. After that ballot, if not enough alternates have been elected, a floor vote of a majority of clergy present and voting may elect alternates in the manner specified in the motion. 38. Because of the vital need of the Annual Conference to carry out its mission in a timely manner, if any conference leadership group duly elected by the Annual Conference determines an action is needed to
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properly carry out the mission of the Conference, especially when business of the Annual Conference was unavoidably overlooked during the conference session, or an issue is deemed vital and time is of the essence, such action is authorized to be taken by the elected leadership group after due consultation and/or necessary action of the extended cabinet acting on behalf of the conference and the resident bishop. Any action so taken will be recorded in the minutes of the cabinet and in the subsequent Journal, reported in an expeditious manner to the members of the Annual Conference, and further reported to the next annual conference session.
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W , exigent circumstances exist that require immediate protection of the local church’s property for the benefit of the denomination (The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church 2016, ¶ 2549.3b), T that the Presiding Bishop Mary Virginia Taylor and a majority of district superintendents, celebrating the ministry of this church, do hereby authorize the closure of the Browder United Methodist Church effective August 15, 2018 and B that the remaining members be transferred to Fenders United Methodist Church in Sweetwater, TN or a church of their own choosing, and B that all deeds, records, and other official and legal papers should be collected by the district superintendent for the Trustees of the Holston Annual Conference, and B that the furnishings and fixtures be distributed to the churches of the Hiwassee District or at the discretion of the district superintendent or the Trustees of the Holston Annual Conference, and B Conference, and
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2018 represents the first full year of implementation of the Holston Conference Comprehensive Strategy Plan following its adoption at the 2017 meeting of the Annual Conference. With the committed efforts of District Superintendents, District Administrative Assistants, District leadership, Conference staff and the collective leadership of churches from one end of the Conference to the other, we have seen great success in transitions, new ideas and a strengthening of the connection within Holston Conference. The most visible benchmark was achieved at the end of December 2018 when all nine districts formally completed the transition of district realignment. This exercise in ‘right-sizing’ the districts resulted in several benefits: a more equitable distribution of resources among the districts for mission and ministry, a new opportunity to celebrate the ‘places’ where we live, financial savings and perhaps most important, the successful implementation of a new evaluative process to ensure that the Conference will periodically recalibrate the number of its districts and/or their boundaries to adapt to changes affecting the strength of our Church that takes place within our Conference over time. But if the ‘right-sizing’ of the districts was the most obvious transition in the first full year of implementation, the launch of the most significant provision of the Holston Conference Comprehensive Strategy Plan took place with the start of Holston Conference ‘Missional Hubs’ in February 2019. A ‘training of trainers’ event hosted by the Holston Conference Strategy Team and the leadership of the Conference Connectional Ministries Team brought together over 70 participants from all of the districts across the Conference to learn how to implement the Missional Hub structure in their own districts. This emerging initiative sequentially follows the restructuring of the districts naturally to capitalize on the enhanced resources the districts now have for mission and ministry in their mission fields. In addition, each district was awarded a $5,000 grant for ‘seed money’ to help initiate, strengthen or expand ‘Missional Hubs’ in their districts. Less visible, but still significant provisions of the Holston Conference Comprehensive Strategy Plan have also been implemented, or continue to be undertaken, to complement all of the other provisions which, together, represent a comprehensive new strategy for Holston Conference to share the love of God to make disciples of Christ for the transformation of the World … beginning with each mission field around us. In summary, and as a reminder, the core goal of the Comprehensive Conference Strategy Plan is to strengthen our Connection as followers of Christ. The Plan is nothing more than a structure through which inspired individuals can pursue God’s calling to make disciples of Christ, working with others and through the church to share God’s love in a more fruitful and transformative way. The following sections report the progress of each HCST subcommittee in fulfilling its mandate to implement each element of the Comprehensive Conference Strategy: STRENGTHENING OUR CONNECTION The first provision of the Conference Comprehensive Strategy Plan is placed first by no accident; it reflects the transcendent importance of the unity of the Body of Christ in Holston Conference for fruitful ministry. One consistent agenda item at each meeting of the Holston Conference Strategy Team in 2018 was to monitor the progress of the Commission On The Way Forward to ensure that we were prepared for any consequences that might affect the implementation of the Holston Conference Comprehensive Strategy Team. Not only was there a consensus that engineering adaptive processes into the Plan would put Holston Conference in an advantageous position to adapt to any challenges the Church might encounter, but without exception, the unanimous conclusion at each meeting was that irrespective of any decision made at the called General Conference in 2019, our collective call to find new and innovative means for mission and ministry, to share God’s love and to make disciples of Christ for the transformation of the world has been, and will continue to be unshaken by external events. The significance and timeliness of addressing this transcendent effort to strengthen our connection – to unify the Body of Christ in Holston Conference – is an affirmation of what we discern to be God’s vision for the Church. SUPPORTING OUR CLERGY AND CHURCHES As a reminder, the ‘Missional Hub’ structure is designed not only to enable each District Superintendent to live into the role of ‘Chief Missional Strategist’, as mandated by the General Conference of The United Methodist Church, but it creates the structure for each clergy, layperson and church to act upon the visions for mission that God inspires in each of us. Promoted by the tagline of “Passion into Action”, the ‘Missional Hub’ structure is designed to facilitate and cultivate new and emerging ideas for mission and creative ministry in the communities where we live. In dialogue with superintendents throughout 2018, the need for uniform training on the nature and purpose of the missional hub concept was expressed. Consequently, a
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design team was formed and dreams and plans for a weekend ‘train the trainer’ began. On February 8-9, 2019, the dream became a reality. With input from superintendents, several clergy and laity from each district were invited to attend. Invitees included the district administrative assistants, District Lay Leaders, and Church and Community Workers. With the understanding that each district is unique - the training served as an inspiration and a catalyst for the exciting and creative ministries that can be birthed and nurtured in our Missional Hubs. The members of this Subcommittee are Sandra Johnson, Chair, Charles Maynard, Willie Kitchens, and David Scyphers. RIGHT-SIZING THE DISTRICTS As we grow into our second year in our transition from 12 to 9 districts, all indications are that the transitions have gone well. Each of the 9 districts set budgets and elected district leadership using the new structure in the fall of 2018. With assistance from the Conference Treasurer’s Office, District Finance Teams have worked to set up the necessary financial accounts and structure needed for the new districts. District Office staffing has been set in each district. Two districts, the Appalachian District and the Tennessee Valley District, merged two former District Offices into one new office in their respective districts and the Clinch Mountain District relocated its Abingdon office to a bigger space to accommodate the increased size of that district. Ministry groups such as the United Methodist Women and United Methodist Youth have reorganized using the 9-district format. The members of this Subcommittee are Jeff Wright, Chair, Rick Cherry and Becky Hall REVITALIZING CONFERENCE LIFE: HEALTH OF BOARDS AND COMMITTEES Assessment of the existing boards, committees, and agencies that make up the administration of Holston Conference is underway with the hope that we will have a better understanding of how the work of the Church can operate in the most fruitful and efficient manner – avoiding duplication and meeting gaps in needs. But the work of this subcommittee is more than simply streamlining the administration of our ministry areas; the core objective of this provision is to cultivate broader and deeper circles of leadership in Holston Conference. With that in mind, this subcommittee is also exploring a more effective way to educate and train new and existing leadership each year as a means of supporting, encouraging and rewarding those who step into leadership roles throughout the Conference. Implicit in this renovation project is the expanded use of technology and innovative means to enhance leadership opportunities and make serving on Conference boards and committees more accessible for everyone. Members of the Revitalization Task Force include Terryl James, Carol Wilson, Sarah Varnell, and Dan Taylor, in addition to the members of the HCST Subcommittee overseeing this element of the Comprehensive Conference Strategy. The members of this Subcommittee are Charles Maynard, Chair, Mike Sluder and Becky Hall EXERCISING OUR FINANCIAL LEADERSHIP Recognizing the importance of undertaking a periodic ‘health check’ to ensure that financial resources for mission and ministry are being allocated to maximize fruitfulness for the cause of Christ, this subcommittee continues to explore and refine evaluative tools that can help churches strengthen vitality – and to be aware of signs that jeopardize their viability. We encourage churches to continue posting vital signs. The goal is to ensure church sustainability by providing metrics to allow churches to assess their viability as compared to similar churches and their level of productivity. The subcommittee continues to evaluate analytical tools that utilize a summary of budget ratios and offer averages and goals at each charge conference to compare their vitality base on similar churches throughout Holston Conference. Finding a thoroughly reliable tool has thus far been elusive, although the work continues to find ways to help support churches maintain financial viability. This subcommittee includes advisors from the BOM, CFA, Congregational Development as well as a Member of the Appointment Cabinet The members of this Subcommittee are Leanna Johnson, Chair, Rusty Taylor & Rick Cherry STAFFING THE CONFERENCE FOR DISTRICTS AND LOCAL CHURCHES As mentioned earlier, there is a sequential dimension to the successful implementation of the Holston Conference Comprehensive Strategy Plan. The configuration of the staffing of Holston Conference to maximize the fruitful development of mission and ministry is significantly reliant upon the reorganization of the districts as well as the establishment of Missional Hubs throughout the Conference. This is because the clear focus of appropriate staffing is how to most effectively serve and communicate with local congregations and districts through Missional Hubs and the district leadership that relates to local church leadership. This subcommittee has brought together industry experts and experts in the fields of HR, finance, and change management, along with seasoned clergy, laity, and staff to develop a plan that will help us understand how to best utilize conference and
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district staffing to make disciples for Jesus Christ. Members of this Staffing Task Force include members of the Holston Conference Personnel Resources Committee, Adam Love and Carolyn Kidd, Mike Sluder, Holston Conference Director of Connectional Ministries, business professionals Mendy Simmers, Phillip Tencer, and Justin Haynes as well as Bishop Mary Virginia Taylor. In 2018, this task force has engaged in strategic analysis to help envision what the best configuration of staff for Holston Conference might be. Despite the challenges in timing and structure faced by this subcommittee and task force, the assessment of the current Conference staffing structure has been valuable. Furthermore, the addition of Rev. Susan Groseclose as Associate Director of Connectional Ministries for Discipleship provides key expertise in utilizing the Missional Hub structure to cultivate and nourish new mission and ministries throughout the Conference. Throughout this continuing work, the focus remains on helping define the staffing role that will support the District Superintendent as the chief missional strategist and identify a staffing structure that will keep the Holston Conference connected through the local church by developing a contextually robust communications and collaborative strategy while aligning with the four areas of emphasis for The United Methodist Church, (that is, engaging the poor, improving global health, developing principled Christian leaders, creating new and renewed congregations). The members of this Subcommittee are Don Hanshew, Chair, Mike Eastridge and Mike Sluder COMMUNICATIONS This provision of the Conference Comprehensive Strategy Plan strives to achieve unity in mission and understanding across the Conference through reliable and accessible communication. This subcommittee continues to assess the Conference’s technologies and communication strategies and make recommendations to clarify and enhance efforts to communicate across the Connection of Holston Conference as well as every dimension of church life from the local church to district and Conference administration. In addition to specific initiatives to enhance the online presence of the Conference and provide training in local church strategies to maximize use of communication tools, the larger goal continues to be the dual responsibility of strategically aligning tools of communication to the needs of the Conference in the context of the structural changes being implemented, while also communicating the process of implementation in accordance with the Comprehensive Strategy Plan and promoting transitions as they occur. The overarching vision of this subcommittee is to be able to “Relate the Vision”: to communicate the life-giving ministry in our local churches and across the Connection in clear and compelling ways that focus and inspire us to continue to be in ministry together as the Body of Christ. The members of this Subcommittee are Amy Aycock, Chair, Micah Nicklaus and Mike Sluder CONCLUSION In Summary, we celebrate the accomplishments achieved thus far and prepare for the challenging work that still lies ahead. This effort continues with the assistance of many lay and clergy members of our churches and districts; we are reminded that all of us together are the ‘Holston Conference.’ In adopting the Comprehensive Strategy Plan, the Annual Conference wisely recognized that our world changes and that the church needs to periodically recalibrate its structure to make sure it is relevant to the changing world. The Comprehensive Conference Strategy Plan for Holston Conference will undergo a re-evaluation in conjunction with each meeting of the General Conference of The United Methodist Church – which means that the next evaluative process will be in 2020. The successful implementation of this first version of the Comprehensive Conference Strategy will lay the foundation and facilitate the process for future generations of United Methodists in Holston Conference. The Holston Conference Strategy Team gives praise for God’s faithful guidance throughout this process, for the individuals throughout Holston Conference who have dedicated their work to this effort and for the prayers of everyone that have sustained the work of the Team through this past year. Respectfully Submitted, ~ Mike Eastridge
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The Archives and History Commission of the Holston Annual Conference is pleased to announce to the Annual Conference that, like our Hebrew ancestors, our long sojourn in the Wilderness is over. Members of the Conference may recall that in June 2016, the Archives and History Commission was forced to vacate the then current location of the Conference’s Archives. By October 2016, all of the Archives had been removed from Emory & Henry and were placed in storage in a Conference facility. In 2018, the Conference’s lease on that facility was concluded and the Archives were again moved, this time to a commercial storage facility in the Knoxville area.
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We are now very happy to announce that we have crossed the Jordan and entered into Archives and History Promised Land. This year finds the Archives of the Holston Conference in a new permanent location on the campus of Tennessee Wesleyan University in Athens. President Harvey Knowles, the administration of the College, and the college community have cooperated fully and completely with us to secure space and staffing for the maintenance, the use, and the growth of the Holston Conference Archives. We are deeply indebted and profoundly grateful to Tennessee Wesleyan, as we are to our Conference staff and most especially to Angela Lee for their help in stewarding these valuable and vital Conference resources and assets. Finding a new home for our Archives allows the Archives and History Commission to re-focus on the important work of promoting and caring for the historical interests of the Holston Annual Conference. ~ David St. Clair, Chairman C
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The Communications Advisory Council (CAC) supports the paid Communications Team of professionals of the Holston Conference. The council is made up of laity and clergy with media, public relations, marketing, and other communications-related training and experience. The primary function of the CAC is to act as a team of “consultants” who answer questions and provide expert advice at the request of the Communications Team. The CAC has been very pleased and excited to work with the new full-time Holston Conference Director of Communications, Rev. Dr. Tim Jones. Tim and the rest of the Communications Team have navigated a very difficult time in our denominational life together by providing excellent, balanced coverage of events related to General Conference 2019. The Communications Team has kept Holston informed during this time through regular updates to the new General Conference blog and periodic email newsletters. Additionally, the Communications Team has undertaken several new initiatives to enhance communications across the conference: • More and more video content is produced and shared on holston.org (our conference website) and is also available to local churches. These video resources are invaluable tools for sharing information from the General Conference delegation and for telling the stories of our churches and our people. • The new daily Lenten devotional provided inspiration and insight from conference leaders. We look forward to more content like this as the Communications Team and the CAC continue to generate ideas for increased engagement. • The Communications Team, with input from the CAC, is in the process of redesigning the conference website. This effort will result in a web experience that is more streamlined, easier to read and navigate, and fine-tuned for search and usability. The initial cost of this redesign will be covered with reserve funds. There will be ongoing costs associated with website maintenance and enhancements. These costs will be accounted for in the ongoing budget. We believe that all these efforts are helping to create a deeper sense of community and shared mission throughout the conference. In addition to its consulting role, the CAC also makes budget recommendations for conference communications. Over the next budget cycle, we do expect increases in expenditures primarily related to the new full-time Director role and increased funding for website-related expenses. Our prayer is that Holston communications will continue to play a vital role in telling our story as a conference. More importantly, we pray that we will—in everything we say and do—tell Jesus’ story, and invite everyone who listens to receive new life in him. God’s peace and blessings to all the members of Holston Conference! C
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The office of Congregational Development and Revitalization reflects the very best of our connection across Holston Conference. Our work is to initiate and support new ministry opportunities throughout the Annual Conference. Our capacity to start new congregations is dependent upon our churches wanting to expand their witness in a new place. One such place is Hardin Valley in Knox County. This year Concord UMC will begin to
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work on expanding their witness in Hardin Valley. The Annual Conference purchased property in Hardin Valley some 12 years ago, and it is exciting to think about what God is going to do there. The scope of the work that is supported by the Annual Conference budget and the Builders Club is found in every corner of our conference. The Builders Club continues to have members across our conference who support the grants for Congregational Development. If you desire to share in this work, you are invited to be a part of The Builders Club. The following churches have received grants in the past year: First Whitwell, St. Marks Chattanooga, BethlehemWiley, St. Johns Maryville, Vestal, Magnolia Avenue, First Newport, First Knoxville, Lennon-Seney, Christ Knoxville, Second Knoxville, El Ministerio del Espiritu Santo, First Johnson City, Panther Springs, Bluff City, Outof-the-Box, Green Meadow, Seymour, Austin Springs, Community. The Sermon Academy is a learning opportunity for pastors in preparation for Lent and Advent that we host at the conference center. The Sermon Academy provides preaching resources for these two important seasons of the Christian year. With a deep sense of gratitude, we are able to serve Holston Conference and we rejoice in the opportunities of mission and ministry that God has placed before us. Respectfully Submitted, ~ Becky Hall, Chairperson, and Rusty Taylor, Director E
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The Annual Conference Committee on Episcopacy is the group charged with the responsibility of working closely with the resident bishop and providing feedback on the various responsibilities of the bishop using the eight different categories provided by the SEJ COE. In the quarterly meeting in January 2018, Del Holley updated the committee on the SEJ Committee on Episcopacy Meeting with the College of Bishops, Lay Leaders and Directors of Connectional Ministries. He shared that, in comparing evaluations between this year and previous years, there are lots of consistencies. One issue that seems to come up regularly is communications. The Bishop noted from the Holston Conference Strategy Team that Communication is one of the areas that is a point of emphasis. When Del Holley asked Bishop Taylor to share in areas of Administrative Responsibilities in this Episcopal Area, she noted how things had changed since she started in 2012. She shared that she feels like the Conference could be organized in a way that could be more helpful for pastors during their journey of ministry. In the April 23 meeting, Del Holley shared that evaluations were pretty consistent from last year in areas of Leadership, Preaching, and Teaching. In these areas, Bishop Taylor shared that after meeting with Dr. Fred Allen, Director of the General Church Initiative on Strengthening of the Black Church for 21st century, the Annual Conference is looking at the possibilities of developing a more intentional partnership and also looking for opportunities for growth. The Bishop shared that the 2018 Annual Conference theme was “Jesus is Good” which was taken from a chalk drawing on one of the church walls among the refugees of South Sudan. The Annual Conference offering benefitted the ministries there. In the July meeting, Kim Goddard asked Bishop Taylor about her approach to appointment making. Bishop Taylor said that in some ways it is a very difficult task in the midst of all of life’s challenges. She and the Cabinet must balance the well-being of the church and the well-being of the pastor. It is an on-going conversation where she and the Cabinet prayerfully work together to get the best fit possible. Bishop Taylor does well in the area of Building Healthy Relationships. At Annual Conference she meets with clergy in extension ministries. She meets with Local Pastors, and new ordinands and those being consecrated for ministry. Work is being done to strengthen cultural and ethnic groups and revitalize some of those committees and ministries. Bishop Taylor shared about the difficulty of approaching the findings of the Committee on the Way Forward and the relation with all the different extremes and opinions. It is hard to address what may or may not happen. In the October meeting, Bishop Taylor discussed the Initiatives of the United Methodist Church and Strengthening the Connection. She said that an effective way to start a new church is to have a parent church that helps to birth a new church plant. Our bishop is assigned to the Holston area, but she serves alongside other bishops in the Southeastern Jurisdiction. A bishop must balance the dual responsibilities of the Annual Conference and the General Church. She shared about the four areas of focus for the General Church. Her focus is on poverty. Bishop Carder spoke about poverty in our area and ways that we can
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answer needs. We are thankful for our bishop and her leadership and will continue to keep her and her family in our prayers as we work together to share the Good News to the world. ~ Dr. R. Steven Brown, Chairman of Episcopacy Committee
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One of the drivers of a vital congregation is “effective, equipped and inspired clergy leadership.” The Commission on Equitable Compensation views its work as one way to help make this “driver” possible in primarily entry-level positions in our local churches. It is our responsibility to recommend a minimum salary for our pastors. This amount is what we determine to be the minimum salary necessary to support a pastoral family. We do not determine pay increases for clergy above the minimum levels. The purpose of equitable compensation is to support full-time clergy serving as pastors in the charges of the annual conference. This will be accomplished by: a) Recommending conference standards for pastoral support; b) Recommending funds to be used in compensation supplementation; c) Providing counsel and advisory material on clergy support to district superintendents and committees on staff/pastor/parish relations. The Commission on Equitable Compensation will accomplish these objectives by: a) b) c) d)
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1. There shall be a Committee on Finance for the charge or for each congregation of the charge making application. 2. There shall be an educational program (approved by the District Superintendent) emphasizing specific stewardship goals of regular proportionate giving and tithing.
3. There shall be at least a simple income projection and spending plan for the congregation making application for a grant. A copy of that plan is to be attached to the application. No application will be considered complete until that plan is received.
4. The church/charge will have worked with the District Superintendent in reaching agreed upon goals related to its district and conference giving.
5. Requests shall be for a specific length of time, not to exceed four years. A specific written plan for getting off Equitable Compensation Support shall be submitted as a part of the application. The plan should be reviewed and updated at least annually to determine that adequate progress toward the ultimate goal is being achieved and celebrated. The total amount that the charge can expect over the four- year period would be determined up front. (Example: Total amount = $25,000; year one - $10,000; year two - $7,500; year three - $5,000; year four - $2,500; year five - $0.) The charge must annually pick up the 25% decrease from the previous year plus any increase in the minimum salary for its pastor as set by the conference for the coming year.
6. There shall be an annual audit, and a copy of the most recent audit shall accompany the application. No application shall be considered complete without the most recent annual audit being provided.
7. If, due to unusual circumstances, a church requests to be granted funds under the “mission situation” classification, it must substantiate its request by clearly defining its distinctive mission ministry and convince the Cabinet and the Commission on Equitable Compensation that the situation is as deserving of mission support as are other critical mission needs.
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form: • Total compensation from the charge including salary, travel allowance, parsonage utilities, social security payment, and pastor’s share of medical insurance premiums (including salary reduction, if applicable.) • Contributions from all other sources at the national, conference, district, and local church levels. • All other income from church sources. Step 2: The district superintendent will submit applications to the cabinet representative to the Commission on Equitable Compensation for review by the entire cabinet. Once approved, the applications will be forwarded to the Conference Administrative Services Office for disbursement. Step 3: The decision of eligibility for and distribution of equitable compensation funds is delegated to the cabinet, which will, insofar as possible, seek to follow the conference guidelines on equitable compensation. The Commission on Equitable Compensation and the Conference Council on Finance and Administration encourage judicious stewardship in the allocation of these funds. Step 4: The district superintendent shall diligently guide those charges and pastors who receive support in his/her district toward self-sufficiency.
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payments directly to the church treasurers rather than to the pastors. The treasurers are to include the funds in the pastor’s paychecks and account for them on the pastor’s W-2 forms. Equitable compensation supplements shall not be included in the pastor’s compensation line item on end-of-year reports. C C Equitable Compensation Charge: A charge in which the proposed equitable salary schedule is not fully paid by the charge, but which possesses the potential to become self-sustaining. Amount of funding will be reduced by 25% per year with the church becoming self-sufficient within four years. Funding beyond four years will be subject to a review by a joint committee of the Cabinet and the Commission on Equitable Compensation. Mission Aid Ministry: A ministry, rural or urban, where the minimum salary level cannot be paid for by the ministry, either in full or in part; and where there is no realistic expectation of financial independence. It is the responsibility of the district, the pastor serving the ministry, and a representative of the related charge conference to justify the designation of such a ministry and why it qualifies for aid. The designation is to be reviewed annually. Cooperative Parish: A cooperative parish is a group ministry made up of two or more charges for the purpose of enhancing ministry among churches in a specific geographical area. It is expected that any request for equitable salary funds in a cooperative parish shall meet the approved guidelines and standards for equitable compensation. Q R For a pastor to receive an Equitable Compensation Supplement, he or she must be under Episcopal appointment as an approved full-time pastor. A seminary or college student may be appointed full or part-time as a local pastor to a charge and will receive at least the appropriate minimum salary of the Annual Conference in accordance with paragraph 318.3 of the 2016 Book of Discipline. Students who qualify as a full-time local pastor will receive at least the appropriate minimum salary of the Annual Conference. A local pastor may be considered full-time when he or she is in pursuit of a college or seminary degree, as long as the student is taking less than a full-time class load as defined by the school in which he/she is enrolled. He or she must reside within the geographical bounds of the charge. Full-time pastors who are also students and receiving equitable compensation will be expected to: a) Work at least 2 1/2 days per week on site. b) Work full-time each week the student is not in school. c) Be absent from Sunday worship no more than three Sundays per year. The charge/church receiving salary supplementation must pay at least 50% of the minimum salary, provide housing or a housing allowance for the pastor and offer Sunday school and other local church programs in addition to weekly worship services. A charge not meeting this standard is not eligible for salary supplementation even if served by a student. Students serving a charge in this category will be classified as part-time local pastors and receive only the salary level paid by the charge. Utility costs should be considered when making appointments. If the utilities are paid by the charge, this should be considered as part of the salary. The utilities should always be in the name of the charge/church and not the pastor. Each charge should provide for its pastor’s travel expenses in its budget and provide reimbursement at the standard IRS approved mileage rate for all properly documented travel expenses related to the performance of ministry within the charge. S
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Throughout Holston Conference, we have 872 local congregations. It is those local congregations who are the heartbeat of Holston Annual Conference. As a discipleship team, we are continuously seeking to use each of our team branches to help resource the local church. Our main goal and focus as a team is to be of help to our local churches across Holston. Each one of our congregations is unique, with history and context but we also share much in common within our Holston family. Most of our churches have the desire to grow and tell the story of Jesus in such a way that it creates lasting relationships in our communities and most of our churches are struggling to keep up with a fast-paced culture in the midst of change. This is where the discipleship team is working to be a resource hub to help local congregations connect to much-needed resources, grants, and ministry helps. As we grow in this vision of our Conference Discipleship Team one of our first efforts to provide practical resources to local congregations was the 2018 Evangelism Conference sponsored by the discipleship team. Our Evangelism Conference was held at two locations across Holston, one in the southern end and one in the northern end, in an effort to make attendance easier for our laity and clergy. The material was covered by a dynamic, practical, and growth-oriented speaker, Kay Kotan. She spent her time helping us understand how to use the book “Get Their Name” co-authored by her, Bob Farr, and Doug Anderson, in our local congregations to reach new people within our communities. Although our team represents Conference Mission Team, Nurture Team, Outreach/Advocacy Team, Witness Team, Stewardship Team, African American Ministry Team, Native American Miniseries Team, we are seeking to be a place where a church of any size, age range, nationality, race, or cultural context, can come and seek to find resources that can propel their ministry out into their local communities. It is the local church that is the best avenue for making disciples of Jesus Christ. We as a Conference Discipleship Team are working hard to support our local churches and their desire to do ministry with every branch of our team and
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through the resources and events we can provide. Stay tuned in to see what future events the Conference Discipleship Team will be offering for a church like yours!! Below you will find our Vision and Mission Statements authored by the Rev. Susan Groseclose, Associate Director of Connectional Ministries for Discipleship. Holston Conference Discipleship Team Vision: Connect, empower, and resource laity and clergy to intentionally live as disciples of Jesus Christ who are Spirit-filled; have a risktaking love for all God’s children, and reflect the saving grace and redeeming justice of our Lord Jesus Christ. Mission: The mission of The United Methodist Church is to “make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.” The mission of the Discipleship Team is to: • Connect persons and congregations so that they learn together; spiritually grow in their discipleship; share ideas and “best practices”; and to celebrate faithful and fruitful ministries of discipleship. • Empower congregations and missional hubs to strengthen their respective ministries and to plan ministries that nurture and empower disciples to make disciples of Jesus Christ within their communities. • Resource congregational leaders with persons, curriculum, training, and print/electronic tools that assist congregations and missional hubs to develop intentional, relational, systemic, and transformational discipleship ministries. Team Fulfills Mission by: • Work collaboratively to provide training, resources, and ministry possibilities and/or opportunities that spiritually nurture and lead disciples to make disciples of Jesus Christ. • Serve as a resource for district missional hubs (a clearinghouse for stories of fruitfulness, identify needed resources, provide ongoing training and support, etc.…) • Support individual teams within the Discipleship Team in their respective mission and ministries. • Initiate programs and/or initiatives that strengthen and enhance local church discipleship ministries. • Recognize and celebrate faithfulness and fruitfulness in discipleship. (Example – videos shared at annual conference, stories in The Call, Denman Awards, etc.) We look forward to working with your local congregations!
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As the African American Ministry Task Force, it is crucial that we acknowledge and honor the Living God apart from whom we can do nothing. We are indebted to our Fearless Leader, Rev. Carl Marshall, who made his transition from this life to join the assembly of the ancestors and became one of the clouds of witnesses. Carl was indeed a transforming and overpowering justice warrior for our Task Force. We also thank the Rev. Dr. Sharon L. Bowers who continues the work for equality, inclusivity, and justice for people of color, women and other marginalized peoples in the Holston Conference. We thank the Holston Conference for supporting our efforts and providing the Task Force with the opportunity to lift our own voices, to define for ourselves, in our own terms, our real circumstances, possibilities, and interests by engaging in dialogue, providing solutions, research, and direct action concerning the state of African American Ministries within the Holston Conference. We are committed to remaining faithful to the historical tradition, spiritual formation, and biblical foundation of the African American Church; Cultural and psychological self-determination of Speaking Truth to Power in Love; and working diligently to contribute suggestions and insights that will enhance the life, health, and vitality of African American Ministries and the Holston Conference. We celebrate the long and storied history of African American contributions of servant leadership and shared leadership to the Methodist Church in general and the Holston Conference in particular. We fervently believe that developing a stronger commitment to and from the African American church and its members enriches the work of the Holston Conference. We believe that commitment should be intentional, active, and sustainable. From our point of view, empowerment includes providing African American clergy and laity with exposure, support, and opportunities to serve and participate in various leadership roles such as district superintendent, conference staff, nomination committee, and the various conference and district committees. We also believe that the conference, as a whole, is poised to embrace the historical narrative and invaluable educational opportunity to become more aware of the African American culture
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in its fullest as well as the passion, praise, and rich African American worship experience. We are honored that the Holston Conference agreed to provide $25,000 towards the Strengthening the Black Church for the 21st Century Initiative under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Fred Allen. This initiative will empower at least five (5) predominately African American churches and their pastors to develop leadership strategies to remain relevant in the Holston Conference and beyond. This commitment from the Conference is viewed as an effort to provide the conference leadership, clergy, and its churches with specific tools that are aimed at opening dialogue geared towards broadening knowledge and understanding of the core values and cultural nuances that are specific to the African American church. ~ Rev. Charlotte Shynellen Nzingah Nyaboke Williams, Chairperson
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Mission is not something we do, but who we are as followers of the Risen Lord. The Church is only truly the Church when it is moving outward into the world. Carlos F. Cardoza-Orlandi (2002), in his book, Mission: An Essential Guide reminds us all that since God is in mission … the Church is in mission (p. 14), a mission rooted in God’s salvation history. God is working both within the Church and with the Church, calling the people of God to participate in God’s action in the world. Cardoza-Orlandi continues, “Therefore, the church lives in two realities: it is born out of God’s mission and it participates in God’s mission” (p.46). When a Church embraces its calling and bears witness to God’s salvation history, proclaiming Jesus the Christ, the Holy Spirit works in the Church and outside the Church, transforming both the Church and the world. Mission is in the DNA of Methodism. Our Book of Discipline (2016) explains our responsibility and calling to go out into the world and witness to the grace and love of Christ through missions. The section on missions is outlined in Part IV-The ministry of All Christians. Paragraph 130 explains the call of the local church and reminds us: “The people of God, who are the church made visible in the world, must convince the world of the reality of the gospel or leave it unconvinced. There can be no evasion or delegation of this responsibility; the church is either faithful as a witnessing and serving community, or it loses its vitality and its impact…” (p.98). While these words remind us of living as a faithful community, there is also an individual, personal reality. Missions should not or cannot be delegated to a select few. Missions is the calling of each person who seeks to live The Way of Jesus. Anglican priest and missionary, Henry Martyn, stated it this way, “The spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions. The nearer we get to Him, the more intensely missionary we become.” As you continue to grow closer to Christ, the Mission Team prays you will accept God’s invitation to go out into your community and the world to experience the abundant blessings of serving through missions. The Mission Team affirms these words realizing discipleship and transformation take place most significantly at the local church level and seeks to connect local congregations with God’s redemptive work in the world. More specifically, the Mission Team is focused on inviting, inspiring, and involving the people of the Holston Conference in God’s life-giving, transformative mission in their personal lives, in their communities and in the world. This report provides a brief overview of just some of the mission opportunities throughout Holston. Our Conference has a strong foundation and tradition of excellence in missions work established by the devotion, commitment, and leadership of those who have faithfully responded to God’s call to serve and go into the world. Currently, the Holston Conference is actively engaged in Africa, Central and South America, Eastern Europe, Turkey, India, and throughout the United States. A special thanks to all the missionaries, team leaders, and church leaders for your prayers, support, and sacrificial service. Because of your efforts, we are able to celebrate numerous short-term mission teams who have faithfully served and shown the love of Christ to our neighbors both far and near. None of these missions would be possible without the leadership and devotion of the missionaries who give so much of themselves. Please continue to pray for all of those who serve the Lord through Holston-related missions: Fred and Libby Dearing (South Sudan/Uganda) Helen Roberts-Evans (Liberia) Mark and Heather Hicks (Czech Republic) Peter Pereira (India) Bruce and Emy P (Middle East) Rebecca S (MOT) Bill Lovelace (Lithuania) Rukang and Fresie Chikomb (Democratic Republic of Congo) Joe D and Christina Dowling Soka (Alaska Missionary Conference)
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The following reports were submitted to celebrate the on-going missions throughout the Conference.
South Sudan In Exile/Northern Uganda The children and staff of GRACE Home, most of our pastors, and many more of our brothers and sisters from Yei continue to join over a million South Sudanese who are exiled in one of several resettlement camps in northern Uganda. Civil war broke out in December of 2013, causing thousands to flee as insecurity moved across the nation. GRACE Home and staff fled in July of 2016, along with Libby Dearing and other UMC staff. GRACE has established a temporary place in Rhino Resettlement Camp where they continue to wait for effective peace while attending school and growing together as family. Efforts are being made to supplement the children’s educational opportunities with tutoring, teacher training, and technology. Students now have access to an offline digital library containing curriculum resources for preschool through college-level coursework. Six laptop computers are shared by students and staff, offering both teaching and learning, by connecting to the digital library, or RACHEL. It is hoped this technology, coupled with proper instruction will increase the ability for the GRACE Home children to capitalize in attending the schools in Uganda. Our pastors have planted 11 churches in the camps where they have resettled, offering hope to so many in despair. There are 14 pastors in course of study, while five are in seminary, set to graduate in May of this year and become ordained at Annual Conference in September. We celebrate reaching this milestone of ordained pastors beginning to lead the UMC of South Sudan. We are working on registering the church in South Sudan. Two students have graduated from Kajo Keji Medical Institute and will be certified Clinical Medical Officers. Currently, four students are enrolled in the Clinical Medical Officer studies and one is enrolled in nursing school. Four children are enrolled in Secondary School and three others are applying for vocational school and nursing school. Fred and Libby Dearing are traveling to Uganda twice a year, staying over anywhere from 6 to 8 months. Small teams continue to travel to work with Fred and Libby, taking team members who can participate in strategic opportunities while in Uganda, including Education, Pastor Training, Church Leadership Development, and UMC Staff Training. Holston is committed to remain beside those we have come to know and love, waiting for the day when the church has indigenous leadership, children are educated to become strong and transformational leaders, and together we can walk across the border, back into their homeland and enjoy a lasting peace for all! ~Danny Howe, County Coordinator for South Sudan
English Speaking UMC, Prague On January 1, 2019, Heather and I took on a whole new life, as we became the new pastors of The English Speaking United Methodist Church of Prague and your Holston Conference missionaries to the Czech Republic. Adjusting to a new culture, learning the Czech language, and working to serve God in the most atheistic nation on earth has certainly been a challenge; but, God has been faithful and we are thrilled to have this amazing opportunity. Since 2011, when the Johnson City District began this ministry it was clear that the work would be challenging. As this mission became a Holston Conference Mission in 2016, it opened the door for wider support and longevity, which is exactly what this ministry needs. The work has been slow and tedious for my predecessors and all indications are that it will continue to be a slow-growing ministry in the future. This seems to be for two primary reasons. First, within the Czech Republic, Christianity is generally met with polite dismissal. Christians are seen as lunatics that believe in fairy tales on the level of unicorns and hobbits. Secondly, historical corruption within the church is well remembered and creates serious issues of trust. Adding to the mix of challenges is the recent talk of “divorce” within the United Methodist General Conference. As “dependents,” we have the interesting perspective of watching as the churches that are essentially our parent organizations speak of leaving one another. However, the workers that have gone before us in this ministry have done a stellar job and Heather and I are committed to continuing this important work. Each day we study the language, each week we meet with various missions and potential ministry partners, and we continually look for ways to get involved in our community to show Christ to a nation that has lost its faith. Heather and I want to thank the Holston Conference, its mission leaders, and all our supporting churches. With your help, we believe the day will come that the Czech Republic is no longer listed among atheist nations. We believe that day will come and we know that God leads us toward that day. ~Mark Hicks, Pastor ESUMC
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As we have done for the last 19 years the ocean-going containers have been packed with food and school supplies, health kits and hundreds of other valuable items for Liberia and Zimbabwe. While at the Project of Ishe Anesu last year, we helped lead VBS for our students of the project and church children. We were blown away by the end of the week with over a thousand students in attendance. Pastor Gaga, the senior pastor at Hilltop UMC, asked if this year (2019) we could open the VBS to the community and expect two thousand children to come. Just imagine 2000 children coming up a hill walking to hear about Jesus and to have, music, crafts, recreation, and to hear the stories of Jesus. So we are praying about persons who would like to be a part of this effort Aug.22-Sept.6 in Zimbabwe. Time to Love on Children in Zimbabwe and hopefully receive the containers. Resurrection Costa Rica In partnership with Resurrection Holston, we are working with the Methodist Church in Costa Rica to transplant this experience to La Fortuna, Costa Rica. Our dream is to have 1000 young people from our local Methodist Churches come and share the Resurrection Experience, which has so impacted Holston Conference with the development of young leadership in Costa Rica to strengthen the youth and also the life of the Methodist church in the beautiful country in Central America. We are looking for persons who would like to come be a part of a servant team to walk alongside our Costa Rican friends and help birth this event. We are looking for 30-40 persons with servant hearts to travel to Costa Rica Oct. 7-Oct. 14. We ask for your prayers for each of these events which Holston will share the love of Christ in other nations and in partnership with our local United Methodist churches in those nations. ~Dr. Jerry Russell
Project Crossroads In 2018, Project Crossroads celebrated 25 years of full-time ministry in Southwest Virginia. Through the years, we have seen new ministries develop and grow in order to meet the needs of folks in our communities. We are often asked, “How many homes have you worked on since you started?” “How many ramps have you built? Or “How many loads of wood have you delivered?” We can’t give a total in numbers for the 25 years, but we can tell you about Mrs. Caldwell and Mrs. Annie or about the Harris’ and the Medley family. These are the stories of those whose homes have been repaired and made accessible, rehabbed with indoor plumbing, received firewood or furniture. We can tell you about Michael who received medical care and medications that have helped improve his health along with the education to continue to maintain his overall well-being being. These are the stories of lives that have been changed, of those who have experienced the fullness of God’s love and grace in a time of need in their lives. Like Nora, we can tell you stories of the individuals and churches whose lives have been touched as they experienced Christ in the very lives of the ones they came to serve. This past year we did serve 31 families through our rehab ministry and 36 families through our firewood ministry. These two ministries have been a part of our mission since we started in 1988 as a local outreach program. They continue to be our primary ministries and provide opportunities for churches to come and serve in mission with us. Working under the direction of Jim Fetzer and the Holston Conference Disaster Response Program, we collected cleaning buckets and hygiene kits that the churches of the conference put together. We also were called upon to deliver buckets and kits to the Eastern coastal areas following Hurricane Florence. We delivered all available buckets and kits with three trips to the coastal area. We have been collecting buckets and kits to restock in order to be prepared for the next call to flooded areas when disaster strikes. We have seen a transition at the Mel Leaman Free Clinic with the start of the expanded Medicaid program in Virginia. Many of our patients qualify for the program but no longer qualify for the services of the free clinic. This is a great opportunity for the patients because they have access now to medications and some referral services that we have difficulty obtaining. Most of these patients, however, have expressed that they don’t want to leave our clinic because of the love, compassion, and care they have received. Project Crossroads along with the Mel Leaman Free Clinic continue to be the primary sponsors of the RAM Clinic in Smyth County. Through this annual event, we provide dental, vision and medical care to the underserved in a fivestate region over a three-day clinic in May. This past fall we received two grants that will help us provide for accessible rehab for our families. We received a $10,000 grant from the Holston Conference Foundation that will help us buy materials for the construction of handicap ramps for those with mobility issues. We also received a $20,000 grant from the Foundation for the Carolinas that will is specifically for the purchase and rehab of bathrooms with wheelchair accessible showers. This year Mark Stransky retired on August 31 from service with Global Ministries and thus from full-time service with Project Crossroads. We are unable to receive a new Church and Community Worker due to the new policies of Global Ministries, so we are working to hire someone during the May to August months when most of the volunteer work teams are with us. We want to thank the Bishop, Cabinet and Extension Ministry Program of Holston Conference for the support and oversight of Project Crossroads through the years. We also are grateful to the Holston Conference Advance for continuing to provide an opportunity for our churches to financially support the work and ministry of the project as well as provide for the financial
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support for me to be your Church and Community Worker (your missionary) with Project Crossroads. Together we are able to make a difference and help bring transformation to the lives of our folks both tangible and spiritual. ~Rev. Harry Howe, Executive Director
Jubilee Project, Inc. Jubilee Project is located in Sneedville, TN, and serves the people of Hancock County, which is the second poorest county in Tennessee. The ministry addresses a variety of issues that affect an area where poverty is prevalent. These areas include clean, accessible water to homes, substandard housing, and food sufficiency. In the midst of meeting these basic needs, the ministry strives to build relationships with those they serve through sharing the love and grace Jesus Christ and thus opening the door for God to come in and transform lives. Also, working to empower those they serve to improve their own lives. There are two ongoing group programs to provide fellowship, support, and spiritual growth; one is for middle and high school youth and one is for women. 2018 was a productive year for our ministry. Highlights include: • 18 mission teams (291 volunteers) did home repairs and handicap-accessibility changes on 16 homes. • 10 homes were served through the water project, serving 37 people. • A summer feeding program through Second Harvest Food Bank was hosted for a third year serving six mobile sites. We also continued hosting a mobile food bank in Treadway for Second Harvest. • 5 youth were sent to Bays Mountain Camp on scholarship. • The total value of donations, goods, and services for the year was $376,728. • Including multiple visits: 12,542 people were served through the food ministry, 5,700 through the personal care ministry, and 276 through the household items. • Camp in the Community was offered for the second year in partnership with Sneedville UMC. Volunteers from SunOak Parish came as a mission team to provide junior counselors and adult workers. • Miles for Smiles Dental Clinic was hosted for a second year in Hancock County and will return as an annual event. • Cub Scout Pack 393 was chartered for its third year at Jubilee. • There was a summer youth program that was based on special events during the summer. • A partnership was formed with the Engineering Department at Milligan College for their students to help design systems for our water ministry. The first project will be to develop and provide purification for a couple of spout springs in our county. Work will start in spring 2019. • A new program to provide diaper bags filled with baby supplies for new mothers was started with money from a Change for Children grant. • Holiday meals were provided partnering with the community at Thanksgiving and from Fairview UMC at Christmas. If you would like to participate in the ministries at Jubilee Project, there are several ways: • Prayer for the ministry and those they serve. • Contribute either monetarily or with items to one of the ministries. • Send a mission team to work with the home repair or water project ministries. All teams are welcome including intergenerational, adult or youth who can serve for a week, weekend or even a day. • Help spread the word about the ministry of Jubilee Project and invite someone from the ministry to speak at your church. ~Linda Stransky, Executive Director
Elk Garden School Community Ministries The Elk Garden School Community Ministries in the Clinch Mountain District continue to serve neighbor in the name of Jesus Christ in new and exciting ways! We are loving the least, the last, the lost and the lonely of Russell County and the surrounding areas. There is no way to list all of what is going on at EGSM but here are a few highlights. The food pantry continues to grow! We serve 200-250 families a month. Close to 6000 food items are distributed each and every month along with toiletries and personal hygiene items. More importantly, relationships are built. Our food pantry distributes food each Tuesday and we laugh, cry, pray, mourn and celebrate each and every one of those days! In 2019, we have
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started sharing a meal around the table as folks are waiting for their turn in the free-choice pantry. There is something holy about breaking bread together. The community garden is being redesigned and we are converting to all raised bed gardening. Over 50 raised beds will be cultivated by community volunteers to provide fresh fruits and vegetables to supplement the food pantry and the community meals. The fall of 2018 a Bible study and lunch was started. What was supposed to be a short-term study has now developed into a year-round event! By the time you read this, we will have completed SIX Bible studies. We are digging deep into God’s word and answering tough questions each and every week. The fall of 2018 was also the beginning of Threads of Blessings, a sewing and quilting class that meets each Thursday afternoon. This group of 20-30 ladies gathers to sew, quilt and support one another. It is an eclectic group of women of all backgrounds and abilities. Not only are they piecing together fabric to create beautiful works of art, but they are helping one another piece together a loving, safe community where they can share the hurts of life. This ministry would not be possible without the support of the community, churches, organizations, and agencies. As of the spring of 2019, over 84 churches, agencies, and organizations have supported this emerging ministry in some way. We are hoping to eclipse the 100 mark by the middle of 2019. Let us know if you would like to be one of them! ~Brooke Atchley, Church and Community Worker
Church and Community Renewal Appalachian District Church and Community Renewal continues to address the needs of people in Southwestern Virginia, specifically Lee, Scott, Wise, and Dickenson Counties. The year begins with the seed catalog! We partner with Society of St Andrew to distribute a ton of potatoes through the food banks and at least one community garden. As the days grow longer we distribute corn and bean seeds, onion starts, tomato plants, and some packaged seeds. This year we will partner with Camp in the Community at Fort Blackmore UM Camp. We look forward to a larger group of children, young people, and adults as we explore new ways of doing day camp. As we move to the end of the year, we will offer Christmas gifts, hygiene bags, and other goodies for Christmas CART. This program focuses on ways that we can support families by offering gifts and encouragement. Throughout the year, we also offer small emergency aid grants for water and electric bills. Two years ago, the board for Church and Community Renewal put together a sustainability plan. This is a plan for the churches in the counties served to continue the work of Church and Community Renewal without a Church and Community Worker. Much of my work last year continuing to this year is to train the churches to take over the leadership of these programs. Thank you for all the ways Holston Conference supports Church and Community Renewal. Your gifts of money, toothpaste, toothbrushes, and seeds are so appreciated by those in need. Your prayers and kind words offer encouragement. You truly are a blessing! ~Koni Purscell, Church and Community Worker There are many more active missions at the local church and district levels serving the people of communities throughout Holston. Thank you for all the ways you are reaching out beyond the walls to share the hope and love of Jesus Christ. ~Tom Hancock, Mission Team Chair
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The Holston Conference Stewardship Team has been reactivated and is focusing on some new pathways for strengthening stewardship and generosity in Holston’s churches. Our hope is to offer a renewed vision for stewardship and to provide encouragement, practical support, and relevant and adaptable resources to the churches and clergy of Holston. Above all, we will stress that our stewardship is linked to our discipleship and faithful living in Christ. We are thankful for the good work done by previous teams in conjunction with the leadership provided by Rev. Bill Kilday, the long-time former Director of Stewardship in Holston. We hope to build on their efforts. We welcome Rev. Richard Edwards, who became the new Director of Stewardship for the Holston Foundation in May 2018. Richard is excited and thankful to take on this role. Working through the Foundation and in behalf of the Conference Stewardship Team, he hopes to provide encouragement and practical support to churches and clergy leaders in areas of faith, money, and stewardship. Together, we believe that good stewardship leads to greater generosity. Here are some of our efforts: • We are taking stewardship support to Holston’s nine new districts. Already, stewardship programs have been presented in five of our districts. Attending clergy are provided with multiple resources. We hope to speak in the remaining districts by the end of 2019. • We are again providing stewardship and generosity training to Holston’s ordination classes. A three-hour teaching session was offered to first and second-year provisional elders in March 2019. We also hope to provide training and support for entering local pastors in the year ahead. • We are building an extensive new stewardship website as a part of the Holston Foundation’s expanded web presence. The website will have links to many stewardship resources. Our plan is to have these resources available by late 2019. The Foundation’s Director of Communications, Ms. LeRae Collins, is guiding this effort. • The Stewardship Team is working to put in place a program to support and invest in the young clergy of Holston. It would seek to promote the financial health and personal practices of young clergy and put them in a stronger position to provide good leadership in their churches. Offering this kind of support to Holston’s young clergy could be helpful in recruiting and retaining young clergy leadership in the challenging environment we are facing. • We are readying a plan to provide stewardship grants to local churches that are seeking to initiate new stewardship efforts. Partnering with this support, we hope to strengthen stewardship awareness and generosity in a number of our churches. • Finally, we are grateful for the support of the Foundation and the Conference in providing stewardship leadership in Holston. We especially thank Dr. Paul Bowman, Executive Director of the Holston Foundation, and Rev. Michael Sluder, Director of Connectional Ministries in Holston Conference, for their support. Respectfully submitted, ~ Troy Forrester, Chair
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B Amis Chapel UMC Colonial Heights UMC Elm Springs UMC Hales Chapel UMC First Church Hill UMC First Surgoinsville UMC Holston View UMC Kingsley UMC Salem UMC Station Creek UMC Valley Center UMC
H M Arcadia UMC Cassidy UMC Chalybeate Springs UMC Fall Branch UMC First Pennington Gap UMC Gate City UMC Hiltons Memorial UMC Horton’s Chapel UMC Ketron Memorial UMC Logans Chapel UMC Mafair UMC
McFerrin UMC Midway Memorial UMC Mt. Carmel UMC Okolona UMC Old Union UMC Pactolus UMC Smith’s Chapel UMC Smyth Chapel UMC Three Bells UMC Trinity UMC Big Stone Gap Vermont UMC
Clinch Mountain District G Cedar Bluff UMC First Marion UMC Main Street UMC S Abingdon UMC Alexander UMC Lebanon Memorial UMC Looney’s Chapel UMC Mary’s Chapel UMC South Bristol UMC State Street UMC
B Beech Grove UMC Brown’s Chapel UMC Byars-Cobbs Memorial UMC Campground UMC Church Hill UMC Elizabeth UMC Lebanon (Glade) UMC Mountain View (Chilhowie) UMC Pleasant View UMC Shady Grove UMC St. Luke UMC Sulphur Springs UMC
H M Addilynn Memorial UMC Anderson Street UMC Blackwell Chapel UMC Booher’s Chapel UMC Carvosso UMC Coleman’s Chapel UMC Grace UMC Grassy Creek UMC Greenwood UMC Hunt Memorial UMC Madam Russell UMC
Mt. Carmel UMC Pleasant Hill UMC Reynolds Memorial UMC Riverside UMC Seven Mile Ford UMC Three Springs UMC Washington Chapel UMC Washington Springs UMC Weaver UMC Wharf Hill UMC Willis Chapel UMC
Hiwassee District G Allen Memorial UMC First UMC, Cleveland Ooltewah UMC Wesley Memorial UMC, Cleveland S Niota UMC Spring City UMC
St Paul’s UMC Goodfield UMC Vine Grove-Mt. Olive UMC Keith Memorial UMC Luminary UMC Pleasant Hill UMC B St. Clair UMC Burkett Chapel UMC Wesley Memorial UMC, Etowah Calhoun UMC Mt Carmel UMC Carlock UMC First UMC, Dayton First UMC, Sweetwater
H M Apison UMC Benton UMC Black Fox UMC Buckner Memorial UMC Eleazar UMC First UMC, Madisoville Jones Chapel, UMC Mt. Olivet, UMC
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First UMC Morristown First UMC White Pine Hills Union UMC Jones Chapel UMC Mary’s Chapel UMC Panther Springs UMC Parrottsville UMC Persia UMC Pleasant Hill UMC Rutledge UMC Seahorn’s Chapel UMC Thompson Chapel UMC Trinity UMC Greeneville Woodlawn UMC Newport
H M Beth Car UMC Caton’s Grove UMC Chestnut Hill UMC First UMC Newport Glendale UMC Hardin’s Chapel UMC Hartman’s Chapel UMC Hunt’s Chapel UMC Love’s Memorial UMC Mt Carmel UMC Greeneville Mt Pisgah UMC Mt Zion UMC Afton Mt Zion UMC Dandridge
Mulberry Gap UMC Oakland UMC Pruitt Hill UMC River Hill UMC Russellville UMC Shiloh UMC Rutledge St Clair UMC Tate Chapel UMC Watkins Chapel UMC Wesley’s Chapel UMC Dandridge
New River District G Atkins Memorial UMC Bethany-Bridle Creek Circuit UMC Bridle Creek UMC Mt. Ephraim UMC Red Oak UMC S Asbury-Cedar Springs Circuit UMC Bear Springs UMC Bethel - Grace Circuit UMC Bluefield First UMC Central - Radford UMC Christ First UMC Dublin UMC Gladeville UMC Hillsville First UMC Mt Olivet - Galax UMC Out of the Box Pocahontas UMC Pulaski First UMC Rural Retreat UMC Savannah UMC Shady GroveMechanicsburg UMC
B Bethel - Radford UMC Bishop’s Chapel UMC Cold Springs UMC Evergreen UMC Flat Rock UMC Forest - Lead Mines UMC Glenwood- Galax UMC Goodman’s Chapel UMC Independence First UMC Max Meadows UMC Mt. Olivet - Pulaski UMC Mt. Zion- Elk Creek Circuit UMC Oakland UMC Oak Grove UMC Randolph Avenue UMC Rich Creek First UMC Rockford UMC Shady GroveStaffordsville UMC Sidney UMC H M Asbury - Galax Circuit UMC Bailey UMC Belspring UMC
Bethel Memorial - Elk Creek Circuit UMC Bethel - Bluefield UMC Bethany - Ceres Circuit UMC Byrnes Chapel UMC Cedar Hill UMC Crockett’s Chapel UMC Cross Roads UMC Draper UMC Eaton’s Chapel UMC Ebenezer - Bluefield UMC Falling Branch UMC Falls Mills UMC Fries UMC Glenwood - Draper Circuit UMC Grant UMC Grove UMC Hales Chapel UMC Lebanon UMC Locust Hill UMC Longview UMC Millirons UMC Mountain ViewEggleston UMC Mt Hope UMC Mt. Mitchell UMC
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Scenic South District G Christ UMC Eastdale Village Community UMC White Oak UMC S Hixon UMC Jones Memorial UMC
Wauhatchie UMC B Chapel Hill UMC Daisy UMC Dunlap UMC Flintstone UMC Pikeville UMC Red Bank UMC Stanley UMC
Sulpher Springs UMC Trenton UMC Welch Chapel UMC Wesley Memorial UMC Wesley UMC H M Brooks Memorial UMC Grace UMC
Lou’s Chapel UMC Payne’s Chapel UMC Sale Creek UMC Signal Mountain UMC St Elmo UMC St Luke UMC Simpson UMC Stephens Chapel UMC Tyner UMC
Smoky Mountain District G Beulah UMC Cokesbury UMC Ebenezer UMC Logan’s Chapel UMC New Salem UMC Oakland UMC Sand Branch UMC S Broadway UMC Burnett Memorial UMCPittman Center Circuit Fairview UMC Friendsville UMC
Gatlinburg, First UMC Kodak UMC New Hope UMC Piney Grove UMC Pleasant Hill (Roane) UMC St. Mark (Knox) UMC B Alcoa, First UMC Axley’s Chapel UMC Bethel (East Knox) UMC French Broad UMC Loudon UMC Luretta UMCSevierville Circuit
Meadow UMC Middlesettlements UMC Pigeon Forge, First UMC Pleasant Hill (Knox) UMC St. Mark’s (Blount) UMC St. Paul (East) UMC Trinity UMC Webb’s Creek UMCPittman Center Circuit H M Binfield UMC Cedar Bluff UMCFairgarden Circuit Colonial Heights UMC
Eden UMC-Fairgarden Circuit Fox UMC-Fairgarden Circuit Maryville, First UMC Peck’s Memorial UMC Pleasant Hill (Sevier) UMCSevierville Parish Sevierville, First UMC Shults Grove UMCPittman Center Circuit Trentville UMC Tuckaleechee UMC Wears Valley UMC Zion UMC
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Christ UMC Church Street UMC Lennon-Seney UMC New Life UMC B Bearden UMC Bradbury UMC Cawood UMC Central UMC, Knoxville First UMC, Oak Ridge Heiskell UMC
Midtown Valley UMC Mt. Hermon UMC Mt. Pleasant UMC Pleasant Grove UMC Rocky Top UMC Solway UMC St. Mark UMC Trinity UMC Valley View UMC Washington Pike UMC
H M Bell’s Campground UMC Clapp’s Chapel UMC First Farragut UMC Good Shepherd UMC Harriman UMC Haven Chapel UMC Kingston UMC Second UMC Well Spring UMC Woods Chapel UMC
Three Rivers District G First UMC, Johnson City Munsey Memorial UMC Telford UMC S Eden UMC Fairview UMC Grace UMC Greenwood UMC Wesley Memorial UMC
B Baileyton UMC Bethesda UMC (Washington Co.) Blountville UMC Doe Valley UMC Edgefield UMC Elizabeth Chapel UMC Jonesborough UMC Marvins Chapel UMC Sulphur Springs UMC
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“Sharing the Love of Christ in the Glory of God’s Creation” is the mission of Holston Conference Camp and Retreat Ministries (CRM). We accomplish this mission through the combined ministries of Camp in the Community, Camp Bays Mountain, Camp Dickenson, Camp Lookout, and Camp Wesley Woods. The 2018-2019 year has been very fruitful for Holston CRM. New structures have been built at several camp properties and an immeasurable amount of spiritual growth has happened at all 5 camps. The Holston Conference is pleased to be one of the largest United Methodist Camp & Retreat Ministries in the world. In 2018, we had a record-breaking 3,280 campers. Of those campers, 666 made a first-time faith commitment and 805 recommitted their lives to Christ. 52% of our campers in 2018 were members of one of our Holston Conference churches. That means that 48% of our campers were unchurched or attend a different denomination. We are proud to serve United Methodist church members and we are proud to build a bridge for more persons to find a church home or experience the love of God through our Methodist ministry. In 2019, Holston CRM projects our camper registration to be one of the largest in our history. In September 2018, we were able to celebrate Don Washburn’s 20th anniversary as the director of Camp Lookout. Under Don’s tenure, Camp Lookout has doubled the number of campers in attendance Don’s leadership has inspired every camper, staff person, and retreat guest to be in the “build ‘em up business, not the tear ‘em down business.” We were proud to recognize our previous Holston CRM Executive Director, Randy Pasqua, with the highest achievement in United Methodist Camp & Retreat Ministries. In January 2019, Randy was awarded The Legacy of Leadership award by the United Methodist Camp & Retreat Ministries Association. Randy served in Holston Camping for over 33 years and as Executive Director for 22 years. During his tenure as Executive Director, over 66,000 campers attended one of our Holston Camps with tens of thousands making significant faith commitments. As we continue to grow Camp and Retreat Ministries in Holston, the members of the CRM Board, our camp staffs, as well as our guests wish to express great appreciation to Holston Conference for the tremendous support and encouragement we receive that enables us to continue the Lord’s work in the ministry. ~ Dave Grant, CRM Board Chair ~ Mary Thompson, CRM Executive Director
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The Children’s Ministry Facebook group provides up-to-date resources and ministry ideas, connects children’s ministry leaders, and celebrates the many inspirational activities throughout the conference. Each month features a specific theme. This year we highlighted holiday ideas, gratitude, Change for Children grants, Ministry Architect evaluation process, volunteer appreciation and “cool tools.” Future themes include mission ideas, summer planning and programming, and family ministries. We encourage you to join the conversation with your questions, ideas, and suggestions. The Facebook group can be found at https:// www.facebook.com/groups/HolstonKids/. The Children’s Ministry Team continues to be an advocate and resource for Safe Sanctuaries in our churches. Three leaders participated in an online train-the-trainer event in November. Change for Children continues to be an established mission. The 2017-2018 Annual Conference offering was $66,063.57! Two grant cycles (August and February) were held this year. Twenty-four grants to churches and organizations were awarded for a total of $73,700 for the year. Camp in the Community was awarded $17,500 to distribute grants to participating churches. Additionally, six training scholarships for a total of $3,000.00 were awarded for children’s ministry leadership training. The grand total of grants awarded using Change for Children funds for 2018-19 was $94,200.00! Thank you Holston Conference for your generous support of children! “Lunch and Learn” Regional/District Networking is a new project. The goal of this project is to identify leaders in each area
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and help them to establish networking groups. An exciting, creative “Lunch and Learn” toolbox has been assembled and will be distributed to each participating region. The first training for the Tennessee Valley District will be held this spring. A mentoring program is also being introduced. When a mentor is requested, identified leaders in the conference will serve as mentors to children’s ministry leaders in their geographic region. Ministry leaders desiring the assistance of a mentor should contact susangroseclose@holston.org. We are grateful for the many servant leaders in Holston and for their ministry to children and families in our conference and around the world. We look forward to serving in the upcoming year. ~ Jaymie Derden, Chair
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The Holston Conference Council of Youth Ministries had a very successful year. Assembly was a success. Youth in Mission was a success. Resurrection was a success. The youth had a very successful year in getting involved in their local churches, districts, and as a conference. Furthermore, this year was a very special year for the CCYM and Resurrection. We chose to help make a dream a reality in making our Youth Service Fund money go toward helping create Resurrection Costa Rica. The CCYM talked to the youth of the Holston Conference and asked them to pray and donate to help make Resurrection Costa Rica a reality. Also, new this year, we teamed with Emory & Henry to start a new event called Engage. This event is to help Youth learn and figure out their Call to Ministry. In 2018, 50 youth of the Holston Conference went on a mission trip to Cincinnati and we are looking forward to doing hurricane recovery work in North Carolina in 2019. Two hundred middle school and high school youth came to Emory & Henry College for a week in 2018; it was tremendous fun. The youth of the Holston Conference had a successful year with sharing the light of Christ with others among our friends and within our Conference. ~ Lindsey Kizer, CCYM President
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“More than Our Memories” was this year’s theme for Jubilation 2019. In the 19th year, Jubilation has provided a three-day retreat for adults 55+ years and older. This year’s speaker was Bishop Kenneth L. Carder as he provided a theological framework to understand God’s love, especially God’s love for friends and loved ones who are living with Alzheimer’s and dementia. He also challenged the group to respond to God’s love by loving those with dementia and practical ways to develop dementia-friendly ministries in our churches and communities. In addition, Reverend Brad Hyde (a.k.a. Forest Gump) brought an entertaining, informative message on Monday evening and Jimbo Whaley and the Greenbrier Band entertained the group on Tuesday evening. A variety of leaders throughout Holston Annual Conference provided leadership for workshops, a hike, and BINGO. Thanks to the design team who made the retreat possible – Bill Cochran, David and Louise Coulter, Joan DeTar, Nancy and Larry Hobbs, Russell and Virginia Martin, Joyce Marion, Deb Miller, and Karen Wood and to John Powers and Morrisa Dimond for providing music for the retreat. The United States Census Bureau announced this year that by 2035 there will be a larger population of older adults than children for the first time in the history of the United States. Already our congregations are graying and this trend will continue as Baby Boomers retire. Our congregational ministries with older adults span 40+ years and a one-size fits all ministry, no longer works effectively. The ministry needs of those recently retired, who are too old to be young and too young to be old, are totally different than the needs of senior adults who have just moved into independent or assisted living. Reverend Susan Groseclose is available for training, to provide resources, and to assist your district or local congregation to develop or expand your ministries with older adults. Please contact Susan at susangroseclose@holston.org. We are grateful for the many servant leaders throughout Holston for their ministries with older adults in our congregations and communities. We look forward to serving in the upcoming year. In Christ’s service, ~ Reverend Susan Groseclose Associate Director of Connectional Ministries for Discipleship
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We take seriously the Biblical mandate to reach all peoples in every language. This has been an exciting time for Hispanic/ Latino ministry in Holston Conference. And there is a lot of good news happening in Holston! We celebrate the established Spanish language congregations in Holston that are reaching out to their communities all across the conference: • FUMC – Dayton • San Juan – Maryville TN • Gatlinburg • El Ministerio del Espiritu Santo – Sevierville • Iglesia Rios Agua Viva – Morristown • Erwin • Unicoi • Manantial de Vida – Abingdon • Door of Heaven – Galax • Independence • Pulaski We give thanks for other missional outreaches that are happening in Chattanooga, Cleveland, and Knoxville, and for other collaborations and partnerships in this area between Holston churches. And we are encouraged by the growing interest shown across Holston conference in reaching out to our Spanish-speaking neighbors. In 2018 and 2019, the Hispanic/Latino Leadership team has provided funding to support our local churches and pastors, and also provided grants to help local English speaking churches reach out to new ways to their Spanish-speaking neighbors. We are also providing funding to help with training and development for our Spanish-speaking pastors. We are interested in talking with anyone across Holston Conference who is interested in developing or helping with Hispanic/Latino ministries and community outreach. Please contact us if you would like to become involved with our work, or if we can be of help with you in your ministry. ~ Mike Feely, Chair 865-719-9715 revfeely@yahoo.com
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The Holston Conference Commission on the Status and Role of Women (COSROW) is committed to full participation and inclusion of women in the total life of The United Methodist Church. We believe that every person –clergy and lay, women and men, children and adults are full and equal parts of the family of God. We believe that a fully engaged and empowered membership is vital to The United Methodist Church’s mission “to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.” Currently, an ad hoc committee of clergywomen is working to reestablish a strong COSROW’s presence in the Holston Conference. We have gathered and talked about our own experience in the ministry and are motivated to help eliminate the practice of gender and ethnic discrimination within the Holston Conference and beyond. Holston’s COSROW committee currently includes the Rev. Sharon Bowers, Rev. Leah Burns, Rev. Carole Martin, Rev. Heidi Parunak, Rev. Martha Scott, Rev. Laura Shearer, Rev. Kristie Banes, and the Rev. Dr. Karen Black. We are eagerly anticipating additional team members. In the upcoming year and before the end of the quadrennium, the committee has one overarching goal to increase awareness of the role of COSROW in the annual conference. This will be accomplished utilizing a multifaceted approach. Our strategy will include but not be limited to providing training for clergy, SPRC committee members and laity i the various districts. Also, we will provide listening sessions, collect data, monitor events, advocate through/with the conference sexual ethics committee, write and proposal legislation in the annual conference, invite the cabinet to discuss sexism and appointments, attend Do No Harm conferences, advocate for budgeted expenses, recommend women as quadrennial leaders, encourage the use of inclusive language, and create our own story (narrative) in the Holston Conference and beyond. Long term, Holston Annual COSROW will design and implement a clergywomen mentoring program that seeks to nurture younger clergy who may experience a call to vocational ministry that is designed to help avoid the pitfalls that women called in ministry often encounter. Holston Annual Conference COSROW will educate, collaborate, advocate, and participate fully in the health and life of the church. We look forward to actively raising the bar of inclusivity in the Holston Annual Conference. ~ Rev. Sharon L. Bowers, Chairperson
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Strength for the Journey Retreat began in 1997 at Buffalo Mountain Camp through the creative leadership of Dot Avers and several clergy of the Holston Conference. For persons living with HIV, this is an opportunity to renew and strengthen their faith through three daily worship experiences. There are small covenant groups, craft opportunities, storytelling, and hiking. Daily workshops offer Bible Studies, medical updates, spiritual formation, and guidance for daily issues we all face. Even a police dog has led a couple of amazing presentations! Strength for the Journey is blessed by church leaders throughout Holston Conference who provide worship, music, medical assistance, small groups, and serve up really good comfort food. Each year many churches create prayer shawls for participants who then know someone has been praying for them long before they arrive. Individual churches offer financial assistance in addition to the generous giving by Holston Conference. In the twenty-two years I have served this retreat, I have listened to persons whose lives have been saved. I have learned how HIV enters every type of human relationship. I have met persons, turned away from their churches, discover once again that the Good News still applies to them. I have rejoiced with persons, who overcoming hardships, embody a zest for life that equals the most saintly among us. You cannot imagine how many persons you have helped these two decades. Just know that you have offered them Christ. ~ Dennis Loy, Chairperson
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Thank you for being generous. Because of your faithful stewardship, we are able to touch many lives with the love and grace of God. You fund Camp and Retreat Ministries, Higher Education and Campus Ministries, Age Level Ministries (Older Adult Ministries Young Adult Ministries, Youth and Children), Evangelism and Witness, Missions, Licensed and Ordained Ministry, and a host of other ministries. “The mission of the Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world” (The Book of Discipline 2016, ¶ 120). Thank you for doing your part in fulfilling the mission of the Church. Together we are making a difference in many people’s lives. The Conference Council on Finance and Administration (CCFA) recommends the continuation of the tithe, which requires churches to submit 10% of their undesignated income to the Holston Conference. The primary responsibility rests upon the pastor to ensure full payment of the tithe. There are four exclusions to the amount that is included in determining the tithe:
5. Tuition based income (day care, mother’s day out, etc.) 6. Pass through donations sent to unrelated organizations (Advance specials, 5th Sunday offerings, UMCOR, etc.) The amount received matches the amount sent directly to the unrelated organization.
7. Endowment gifts (principal only unless earnings are also donor designated and actually used for such purpose.) 8. Designated funds from donor-designated gifts or capital-related gifts. Designated Funds are not related to operating expenses of the Church. The balance sheet should contain any remaining amounts on hand at the end of the fiscal year. A copy of the church tithe and remittance worksheet should be included with each church’s monthly remittance by the 10th of the subsequent month for the collections received from the prior month. Causes Beyond Those Included in Conference Budget. It is recommended that the Annual Conference continue recognition of local churches that give to the five-star program of payments. To qualify we would expect churches to send 10% of their income in compliance with the church tithe and remittance worksheet and at least one Advance Special in each of the four designated lanes with a minimum payment of $25.00 to each lane. District Superintendents A. CCFA’s formula for determining the district superintendent’s salary is to take the top two salaries of each district, divide the total by eighteen, and use the average as their salary. For 2020 we recommend the salary of the district superintendents to be $106,280. B. The itemized cost of travel for district superintendents in the performance of their duties shall be reimbursed upon requisition to the Office of Financial Services at the IRS business rate. C. Actual moving expenses for incoming district superintendents shall be paid from the Cabinet Fund upon requisition to the Conference. D. Direct invoicing costs for the Cabinet shall be paid by the Cabinet budget and the District Superintendent shall be responsible for funding the pastor’s share of the insurance. E. Adequate funding shall be provided by the districts for the office expense of superintendents. F. The conference designates an amount annually of a cabinet staff person’s salary as allowance for parsonage expense excludable for income tax purposes. This amount is to be set after receipt of the Housing Allowance Resolution by the Conference Treasurer. Office of Financial Services A. The Office of Financial Services shall carry a fidelity bond of no less than $1,000,000. B. The conference treasurer shall provide quarterly reports to each church during the period covered by the report as directed by CCFA. C. The conference treasurer shall be responsible for accounting for all conference receipts and disbursements in a timely manner. The treasurer’s books shall be closed within guidelines of generally accepted accounting principles, with reports provided promptly. D. The Holston Conference Treasurer shall pay General Church and Southeastern Jurisdictional apportionments at a rate determined after the books close at the end of the year. Deficit spending will be charged against these apportionments. E. The Holston Conference shall maintain a cash flow reserve policy equal to ninety days of estimated expenditures. Policies for Boards, Commissions, and Agencies
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A. At the close of each monthly period, the conference treasurer shall deposit to the account of all Advance specials or other designated giving as they shall receive. B. All requisitions for any funds shall be submitted on approved vouchers and shall bear the signature of the properly authorized representative of the board, commission, team, agency or staff. C. The standard travel rate for attendance at meetings of conference boards, teams, commissions and agencies shall be the recommended IRS rate for charitable travel and an additional two cents per person per mile for others traveling in the same vehicle for the same board or agency. The travel rate for paid staff employed by the conference shall be the IRS recommended rate per mile per car or actual cost of public transportation, for travel related to the performance of duties of their office(s). D. Every district office shall annually submit to Holston Conference Council on Finance and Administration a complete financial report for the previous year showing sources of funding, uses of such funding, and balances in all cash and investment accounts. Such financial reports shall have been reviewed or audited by an independent person prior to submission to Holston Conference Council on Finance and Administration. Recommendations to the Local Churches A. It is the policy of the Holston Conference that administrative boards or charge conferences designate annually, in an official resolution, an amount of the pastor’s salary as allowance for housing expense (housing exclusion) or for parsonage expenses that are excludable for income tax purposes. This amount is to be set after dialogue between the pastor and the pastor (staff) parish relations committee. B. Charges of the conference shall pay the moving expenses for incoming pastors. The amount paid to pastors for moving expenses should be included on the W2 as income. C. Local churches are urged to pay the expenses for members of the Annual Conference, both lay and clergy, inasmuch as such persons from the church are official members of the conference. D. Church treasurers are reminded that The Book of Discipline 2016, ¶624, requires full payment of Ministerial Support approved by the charge conference including housing. E. Since both past service and current pension obligations are remitted to the General Board of Pensions each month, and since other conference expenses must be met monthly, it is important that contributions from local churches be sent to the conference treasurer on a monthly basis. F. We applaud the work of the Holston Conference Foundation in their efforts to promote, attract and manage special gifts, bequests, and endowments for our local churches and our Conference Institutions and Agencies. The Conference Council on Finance and Administration recommends the Foundation as trustworthy, efficient, and effective stewards of investment funds for all churches and institutions. We encourage all to utilize the materials and the expertise the Foundation provides as part of their mission to serve the church and the Holston Conference. G. CCFA expects each local church to conduct an annual stewardship campaign and to provide year- round awareness and teaching opportunities to share information about giving and tithing as part of our Wesleyan heritage. H. CCFA encourages the local churches to support all of our conference-related institutions, including Emory & Henry College, Hiwassee College, Tennessee Wesleyan College, Holston Home for Children, and Asbury Centers by promoting gifts, grants, and bequests from our members. I. CCFA encourages the local churches to promote “Fifth Sunday Offerings” in support of Holston Home and the annual “Mother’s Day Offering” in support of the Circle of Friends Endowment for Asbury Centers. Miscellaneous Recommendations A. The Holston Annual Conference shall reimburse the church or institution in which this annual conference session is held for reasonable expenses incurred by that body in addition to payments from other sources, upon itemized statements. B. The publishing of the 2019 Conference Journal has been contracted with United Graphics, Inc., of Knoxville Tennessee. The price of the 2019 Journal will be determined at a later date. An electronic version will be available online at Holston.org. C. The conference will continue the policy by which any church’s administrative board or council wishing to withhold its proportionate share of the National and/or World Council of Churches payment may do so by communicating this action in writing to the conference treasurer. The treasurer will then notify the church of the amount designated for this cause in the local church tithe and will direct all receipts proportionately to the other causes. D. The conference will reimburse the members at large for a per diem amount of $45 per day with a maximum of 3 days and mileage, for the 2019 Annual Conference. We believe serving as an at-large delegate to Annual
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The Holston CCFA reminds all churches and agencies of the annual conference that the IRS requires a FORM 1099 MISC for every person receiving non-employee compensation of $600 or more per year. IRS Form W9 is used to obtain the information for filing the Form 1099 MISC. Also, all churches should be issuing W2 statements for all employees that are employed by the church. Each church should take great care to insure that they are meeting all of the requirements as outlined by the Internal Revenue Service to maintain the tax-exempt status. ~ Jeff Lambert, President Carolyn Kidd, Vice President Rick Cherry, Treasurer
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Churches of the Holston Annual Conference have participated within the connection by remitting their Tithe the year ending 12/31/18. We are grateful to each church for their giving. Through our tithe and second-mile giving, we can equip the ministries of local congregations and support multiple ministries that are an expression of our commitment to making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. The majority of churches have been faithful and committed to the Tithing Formula. Some have not fulfilled their obligations, and this continues to limit the number of dollars we can commit to doing the work God calls us to do. Nevertheless, in 2018 I bring good news. For the first time since I have been in the office of Finance and Administration, either as Controller or Treasurer, The Holston Conference received 100.29% of the Approved Budget. There was a surplus of money that was budgeted but not spent by The Annual Conference. The work of all involved in CFA, combined with strategic planning and reallocation of resources focusing on fruitfulness seem to have come to harvest. Just as a vinedresser sometimes has to take what appears to be drastic measures and cut specific shoots from a grapevine for the good of the vine as a whole, we have also had to do this as a Conference. Consequently, we can now begin to see renewal and new growth through our work. If ALL churches in the conference fulfilled the covenant of paying 10%, there would be more than sufficient money to pay the obligations and build our ministries. Namely, if All Churches had paid the 10% Tithe, we would have collected $10,255,189. The Annual Conference and CFA have worked very hard to make necessary changes in the budget to live into this tithing formula. After reviewing the 2018 Year End Statistics, I would like to share with you some of my findings: • 545 out of 833 churches paid between 95% and 100% of the 2018 calculated Tithe • 288 churches in the Annual Conference paid less than 95% of their 2017 calculated Tithe • If all 874 churches and preaching stations in the Annual Conference paid 100% of the calculated Tithe, we would have collected $10,255,189 • 2018 Approved Budget $9,074,601 • Total Budget spent for 2018 $8,661,595 • Unspent Tithe for 2018 $439,114 • Designated Giving for 2018
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It is the commitment of the CFA and my office to help better equip the local churches of The Holston Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church to do ministry. It is our core value. Everything we do is based on that principle. I want every member, in every church, in any position, to feel like they have a valuable resource at their hands when questions arise. The people of The Holston Annual Conference have shown their commitment year after year. We have had several years of deficit spending, but seem to have finally been able to turn the corner. I am hopeful that through the work of the Strategic Planning Committee and the various subcommittees we will continue to find our fruitfulness is multiplied, and in the coming days, we are further lead by the Spirit of God and not by the limitations of our resources. District Superintendents work very hard to help local churches pay these tithes. Together through our connection, we can change the lives of people and transform the world in the name of our Savior, The Lord Jesus Christ. ~ Rick Cherry, Conference Treasurer
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3600 - Human Relations Day
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200,411.58 $
125,674.28 $
120,631.78 $
215.00 $
4,178.78 $
1,180.36 $
2,190.61 $
29,451.89 $
7,533.33 $
4,022.69 $
3,225.60 $
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95,318.70
91,715.02
107,506.05
140.00
3,964.00
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2,880.46
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879,817.23 $ 1,136,606.08 $ 1,417,262.55 $ 1,181,700.75 $ 1,265,654.27
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98,973.93 $
112,067.45 $
187.00 $
3,666.55 $
372.50 $
2,015.55 $
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6,066.11 $
3,738.02 $
1,954.55 $
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804,737.69 $
72,964.09 $
97,825.05 $
220.00 $
2,969.01 $
553.50 $
1,989.62 $
25,543.46 $
5,433.82 $
2,549.01 $
3,162.78 $
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3100 - Native American Ministries
5200 - UMCOR
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3000 - Peace With Justice
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CM - CLINCH MOUNTAIN DISTRICT
HI - HIWASSEE DISTRICT
MV - MOUNTAIN VIEW DISTRICT
NR - NEW RIVER DISTRICT
SM - SMOKY MOUNTAIN DISTRICT
SS - SCENIC SOUTH DISTRICT
TR - THREE RIVERS DISTRICT
TV - TENNESSEE VALLEY DISTRICT
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160,563
29,461
13,939
22,221
22,171
17,296
14,434
12,933
12,922
678
141
37
130
96
60
57
60
45
700
104
52
89
104
72
64
68
65
78
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1
1
218
10
17
46
60
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6
59
9
794
163
57
153
137
55
54
72
51
672
110
61
118
142
66
35
40
45
496
153
3
18
63
6
13
1
0
299
47
9
53
19
24
45
2
18
876
131
47
98
390
7
84
12
24
604
105
52
97
87
45
44
95
37
418
44
14
45
36
38
108
46
26
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330
210
260
230
266
230
171
216
158,861
29,187
13,830
22,227
21,904
17,166
14,128
12,906
12,817
14,696
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2a Received this year by Profession of Faith through Confirmation 2018
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2d Added by Correction - 2018
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2e Transferred in from another United Methodist Church - 2018
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2f Transferred in from a Non-United Methodist Church - 2018
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3a Removed by Charge Conference Action - 2018
52
3b Withdrawn from Professing Membership - 2018
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82
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52
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Description BUDGET SUMMARY Cabinet Communications Information Technology Ministry Teams Emerging Ministries Annual Conference Commission on Archives and History Board of Ordained Ministry Board of Higher Education Groups Related to the Cabinet and BOM Financial Services General Church Apportionments Lay Ministries Pensions/Trustees/Eq Comp/Episcopal Congregational Development Total
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Approved Budget 2018
Approved Budget 2019
Proposed Budget 2020
$1,688,746 $1,656,367 $1,463,255 $1,492,049 $225,709 $234,797 $241,696 $375,548 $136,454 $116,633 $128,708 $134,838 $1,108,730 $1,159,121 $1,201,583 $1,248,647 $0 $0 $317,687 $25,653 $82,800 $83,300 $130,000 $114,650 $25,380 $25,200 $25,200 $25,200 $213,360 $235,823 $254,791 $280,649 $750,205 $706,947 $717,867 $730,614 $171,069 $122,727 $138,169 $145,906 $587,901 $576,377 $513,468 $650,625 $2,626,542 $2,885,799 $3,149,680 $2,903,229 $2,430 $3,350 $3,200 $3,200 $1,354,573 $816,100 $472,650 $472,700 $456,302 $452,060 $494,048 $497,201 $9,430,200 $9,074,601 $9,252,002 $9,100,709
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$23,524 $82,830 $82,830
$27,000 $0 $27,000
$27,000 $73,000 $100,000
$27,000 $73,000 $100,000
Continuing Education/Training Counseling Moving Expenses New DS Training Miscellaneous Expense Sub-total Cabinet
$54 $1,910 $8,548 $0 $790 $25,884
$0 $3,000 $2,125 $500 $1,250 $6,875
$0 $3,000 $2,125 $500 $1,250 $6,875
$0 $3,000 $4,000 $500 $1,250 $8,750
Salaries Sub-total Cabinet Salaries
$1,245,405 $1,622,492 $1,356,380 $1,383,299 $1,245,405 $1,622,492 $1,356,380 $1,383,299
Total Cabinet
$1,354,119 $1,656,367 $1,463,255 $1,492,049
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Actual YTD Budget 2018 Annual 2018
Approved Budget 2019
Requested Budget 2020
COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRY TEAM General & Administration Meeting & Travel Expenses Dues & Subscriptions Advertising/Promotion Continuing Ed and Training Communications Hardware/Equipment Postage Travel Communications Miscellaneous Expense Sub-total - General & Admin
$361 $1,689 $63 $3,437 $4,342 $32 $3,523 $171 $13,618
$250 $600 $0 $400 $200 $0 $4,500 $50 $6,000
$50 $600 $150 $400 $200 $50 $4,500 $50 $6,000
$500 $1,500 $250 $3,500 $8,000 $50 $6,000 $0 $19,800
Publication Expenses Meals & Travel E-mail hosting for the Call 2 Design & Printing Free Lance Writing/Photo/Misc. Sub-total Publications Expense
$2,988 $203 $2,103 $1,469 $6,763
$3,250 $500 $2,500 $2,000 $8,250
$4,000 $200 $3,000 $2,000 $9,200
$4,000 $250 $3,000 $2,500 $9,750
Web/Internet Development Expenses Video Development Sub-total Communications
$626 $981 $1,607
$2,000 $2,000 $4,000
$4,000 $1,250 $5,250
$5,000 $3,500 $8,500
Salaries Sub-total Communications Salary
$249,296 $249,296
$216,547 $216,547
$221,246 $221,246
$337,498 $337,498
Total Communications
$271,285
$234,797
$241,696
$375,548
VI.
REPORTS AS ORDERED BY THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
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Description
Actual YTD Budget 2018 Annual 2018
Approved Budget 2019
Requested Budget 2020
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Travel-Director-Information Technology Internet T-1 Charges - JC Office Supplies Service/Support Web Page Hosting License & Fees - Domain Renewal Software Purchases Hardware Puchases/Past Leases Maintenance
$909 -$1,502 $0 -$7,677 $6,918 $525 $16,534 $36,222 $117
$2,000 $0 $100 $18,864 $6,000 $350 $5,000 $21,322 $200
$2,000 $0 $0 $38,880 $6,000 $1,000 $5,000 $15,000 $0
$2,000 $0 $0 $31,000 $9,000 $1,000 $6,000 $20,000 $0
OTHER SOURCES OF INCOME Transfer in from Foundation Account Sub-total Information Technology
$0 $52,046
-$21,650 $75,486
$0 $67,880
$0 $69,000
Salaries Sub-total Information Technology Salaries
$60,208 $60,208
$62,797 $62,797
$60,828 $60,828
$65,838 $65,838
$112,254
$138,283
$128,708
$134,838
Total Information Technology
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Description
Actual YTD
Budget Annual
Approved Budget 2019
Proposed Budget 2020
DISCIPLESHIP TEAM General & Administration Meetings, Meals, Travel Expense General Church Quadrennial Training Event Future Discipleship Programs Leadership Holston African American Ministry Team Travel - Director - Connectional Ministries Sub-total - Discipleship Team OTHER SOURCES Sub-total Audio Visual TOTAL DISCIPLESHIP TEAM MISSIONS MINISTRY TEAMS Meeting Expense Travel-Coordinator-Missions Sub-total
$1,978 $4,000 $0 $0 $0 $11,672 $17,650
$270 $0 $3,150 $2,250 $450 $9,000 $15,120
$1,770 $0 $2,500 $2,500 $500 $9,000 $16,270
$1,270 $0 $0 $0 $1,000 $9,000 $11,270
$0
$0
$0
$0
$17,650
$15,120
$16,270
$11,270
$0 $0 $0
$180 $1,000 $1,180
$200 $1,000 $1,200
$0 $0 $0
$0 $0
$1,350 $1,350
$1,500 $1,500
$0 $0
$814 $0 $9,000 $100,978 $459 $5,201 $116,452
$450 $180 $9,000 $106,000 $1,800 $5,201 $122,631
$500 $200 $9,000 $106,000 $2,000 $9,500 $127,200
$500 $0 $1,000 $106,000 $500 $7,500 $115,500
General & Administration Southeast Jurisdiction Programs UMVIM Office Sub-total In-Conference Ministries Meet the Missionaries Disaster Training Event Mission Cultivation Church & Community Workers Missionary Itineration Annual Conf Mission Advance Team Sub-total
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REPORTS AS ORDERED BY THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Holston Annual Conference of the UMC, Inc. Fiscal Year Beginning 1/1/2018 Budgeted Financial Statement for Period 12 December 100.00%
Description Volunteers in Mission VIM Committee Sub-total
Actual YTD
Budget Annual
Approved Budget 2019
Proposed Budget 2020
$92 $92
$360 $360
$400 $400
$100 $100
$ $116,544
$ $126,421
$ $130,300
$ $115,600
NURTURE MINISTRY TEAM Meals & Travel Worship Conference
$0 $1,500
$135 $2,000
$135 $2,000
$0 $0
Children's Ministry Meeting Expenses Consultations and Workshops Design & Printing LEAD Kids Children's Day Travel - Coordinator - Childrens Ministries Sub-total Children's Ministry Team
$0 $0 $285 $354 $0 $978 $3,117
$150 $500 $0 $3,000 $1,000 $5,850 $12,635
$150 $500 $0 $3,000 $1,000 $5,850 $12,635
$200 $1,000 $250 $2,550 $500 $6,000 $10,500
Youth Council (Transfer to Designated Accounts) Operating CCYM T/O Designated $25,656 Travel - Coordinator - Youth Ministries $3,832 Sub-total Council on Youth Ministries $29,488
$25,650 $5,400 $31,050
$25,650 $5,400 $31,050
$25,650 $4,000 $29,650
$1,350 $2,700 $1,350 $2,700 $1,000 $9,100
$1,350 $2,700 $1,350 $2,200 $1,500 $9,100
$1,350 $600 $1,500 $2,000 $1,500 $6,950
Native American Ministries "The Gathering" TOTAL MISSIONS MINISTRY TEAM
Adult Ministry Teams Older Adult Ministry Travel - Coordinator - Older Adult Ministries Young Adult Ministry Grants Clergy/Spouse Retreat AT Chaplaincy Sub-total Adult Ministry
$192 $577 $0 $441 $1,000 $2,211
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Description
Actual YTD
Camp & Retreat Ministries Office Expenses (Telephone, Supplies, Postage Camp In The Community Sub-total - Camping Staff & Support/Benefits
Budget Annual
Approved Budget 2019
Proposed Budget 2020
$52,764 $0 $52,764
$50,760 $2,000 $52,760
$56,400 $2,000 $58,400
$58,500 $2,000 $60,500
Staff Support and Benefits Salaries and Benefits T/O Designated Sub-total Camping Staff Support & Benefits
$421,860 $421,860
$421,863 $421,863
$449,085 $449,085
$465,750 $465,750
TOTAL NURTURE TEAM
$509,439
$527,408
$560,270
$573,350
OUTREACH ADVOCACY TEAM Meetings, Meals, Travel Expenses
$206
$450
$450
$250
Annual Conference Programs Emergining Ministries Training and Networking Events Sub total
$0 $135 $341
$900 $2,250 $3,600
$900 $2,250 $3,600
$1,000 $150 $1,400
$0 $0 $21,600 $4,000 $25,600
$2,790 $1,350 $21,600 $6,750 $32,490
$2,790 $1,350 $21,600 $6,750 $32,490
$0 $0 $21,600 $6,750 $28,350
$900 $3,000 $3,900
$3,600 $1,800 $5,400
$3,600 $1,800 $5,400
$3,600 $1,800 $5,400
$ , $2,700
$ , $2,700
$ , $2,700
$ $100
Agencies Funded by Holston Conference Appalachian Development Committee Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy Virginia Chaplaincy Service Poverty Action Team Sub-total Grants/Scholarships within Holston Conference Holston Camp Scholarships Handicap Accessibility Grants Sub total Religion and p Race g Ministries p Sub-Total
VI.
REPORTS AS ORDERED BY THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Holston Annual Conference of the UMC, Inc. Fiscal Year Beginning 1/1/2018 Budgeted Financial Statement for Period 12 December 100.00%
Description
Actual YTD
Budget Annual
Sub Team Seed Money Prision Ministry Ethnic Minority Local Church Relations Creation Care Task Force Native American Ministries Strength for the Journey Sub-total
$2,949 $0 $0
$2,700 $3,150 $900
$0 $2,949
STEWARDSHIP MINISTRY TEAM Meeting Expenses Clergy Financial Workshop Travel Investing in Young Clergy Stewardship Staff Travel Stewardship Materials/Supplies Stewardship Grants Ordinand/Local Pastor Financial Training Stewardship Summit Leadership Expenses Conference or Regional Stewardship Events Stewardship Staff Continuing Education Total Stewardship Ministry Team
Approved Budget 2019
Proposed Budget 2020
$4,500 $11,250
$2,700 $3,150 $900 $900 $4,500 $12,150
$2,700 $3,150 $900 $500 $4,500 $11,750
$316 $1,822 $0 $2,745 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $4,883
$360 $0 $450 $0 $270 $3,600 $900 $675 $4,140 $1,350 $11,745
$360 $0 $450 $0 $270 $3,600 $900 $675 $4,140 $1,350 $11,745
$450 $0 $3,500 $3,000 $500 $1,000 $200 $2,000 $2,350 $500 $13,500
$0 $0 $0 $20,400 $68,905 $89,305
$200 $2,500 $1,500 $28,000 $90,000 $122,200
$200 $2,500 $1,500 $28,000 $90,000 $122,200
$0 $0 $1,500 $28,000 $90,000 $119,500
^ub-total Ministry Teams
$129,677
$189,385
$190,285
$180,000
Salaries Sub-Total Ministry Team Salaries
$303,605 $303,605
$298,488 $298,488
$304,458 $304,458
$368,427 $368,427
WITNESS MINISTRY TEAM Meeting Expenses Evangelism-NCD Smaller Membership Churches/Rural Churches Church Program Grants Hispanic Ministries TOTAL WITNESS MINISTRY TEAM
Total Ministry Teams
$1,076,915 $1,156,822 $1,201,583 $1,248,647
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Description EEh > KE& Z E Meeting Expense At-Large Delegates Expense Voting Costs Conference Leaders Housing Printing Supplies/Materials Program Expense Honorariums Stoles & Bibles for Ordained Alternate Delegates to Gen Conf New Clergy Training Miscellaneous Expense Total Annual Conference Sessions
Description COMMISSION ON ARCHIVES & HISTORY Meals & Travel Supplies/ Resources Contractual Services Membership Dues Total Commission on Archives & History
Actual YTD Budget 2018 Annual 2018 $3,101 $29,834 $0 $13,390 $11,523 $1,861 $21,549 $1,400 $903 $0 $672 $1,989 $86,222
$900 $23,200 $0 $13,500 $13,500 $2,700 $13,500 $1,800 $0 $0 $0 $900 $70,000
Actual YTD Budget 2018 Annual 2018 $0 $1,125 $3,745 $300 $5,170
$180 $0 $25,000 $200 $25,380
Approved Budget 2019 $900 $46,000 $36,700 $13,500 $13,500 $2,700 $13,500 $1,800 $500 $0 $0 $900 $130,000
Approved Budget 2019 $0 $0 $25,000 $200 $25,200
Proposed Budget 2020 $900 $46,000 $0 $14,000 $13,500 $2,700 $22,000 $1,800 $1,000 $10,000 $750 $2,000 $114,650
Proposed Budget 2020 $0 $0 $25,000 $200 $25,200
VI.
REPORTS AS ORDERED BY THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Holston Annual Conference of the UMC, Inc. Fiscal Year Beginning 1/1/2018 Budgeted Financial Statement for Period 12 December 100.00%
Description
Approved Actual YTD Budget Budget 2018 Annual 2018 2019
Proposed Budget 2020
BOARD OF ORDAINED MINISTRY COMMITTEES/TASK GROUPS Contractual Wages BOM Meeting Expense BOM Members-Training Travel-Director Clergy Svcs Regional & National Mtgs/Event Fees Staff Training & Development Seminary Visits Eight Year Assessment Clergy Gathering Unplanned Initiatives UMCARES Plus - Contractual Miscellaneous Continuing Education: Director of Clergy Services ^ubͲtotal Candidacy Programs Materials ClĞrgy & Probationary Mentoring ^ubͲtotal Candidate's Preparation Ministerial Assessment Licensing School Bishop's Ordination Retreat Ordination Vocational Discernment/Candidacy Summit Residency in Ministry ^ƵďͲƚŽƚĂů Other ^ubͲtotal ^ub-total Board of Ordained Ministry
$7 $1,485 $5,343 $1,516 $1,490 $0 $0 $0 $706 $0 $1,320 $645
$0 $3,721 $8,500 $3,500 $2,500 $0 $4,000 $2,500 $1,000 $0 $1,320 $1,000
$0 $1,500 $3,600 $3,000 $2,500 $0 $2,000 $0 $0 $0 $1,320 $0
$0 $3,750 $18,000 $3,500 $7,500 $1,250 $4,000 $3,500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $1,250
$871 $11,283
$2,500 $20,721
$0 $13,920
$3,000 $50,250
$75 $0 $75
$0 $0 $0
$1,000 $2,250 $3,250
$0 $0 $0
$18,191 $5,819 $0 $12 $1,960 $1,004 $29,084
$17,500 $500 $750 $0 $2,000 $2,000 $32,570
$25,000 $15,000 $800 $1,000 $2,500 $0 $44,300
$22,250 $500 $750 $0 $4,000 $5,000 $32,500
$0
$0
$0
$0
$40,443
$53,291
$61,470
$82,750
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Description
Actual YTD Budget 2018 Annual 2018
Approved Budget 2019
Proposed Budget 2020
Salaries Sub-total BOM Salaries
$180,419 $180,419
$182,332 $182,332
$193,321 $193,321
$197,899 $197,899
Total Board of Ordained Ministry
$220,862
$235,623
$254,791
$280,649
VI.
REPORTS AS ORDERED BY THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Holston Annual Conference of the UMC, Inc. Fiscal Year Beginning 1/1/2018 Budgeted Financial Statement for Period 12 December 100.00%
Description
Approved Budget Actual YTD Budget 2019 2018 Annual 2018
Proposed Budget 2020
BOARD OF HIGHER ED & CAMPUS MINISTRY General and Administrative Meeting, Meals, Travel Expense BHE/ Ministers Retreat Sub-total General & Administrative
$875 $482 $1,357
$1,000 $0 $1,000
$1,000 $0 $1,000
$1,000 $0 $1,000
$20,520 $20,520 $20,520 $20,520 $20,520 $102,600
$20,520 $20,520 $20,520 $20,520 $20,520 $102,600
$20,520 $20,520 $20,520 $20,520 $20,520 $102,600
$20,520 $20,520 $20,520 $20,520 $20,520 $102,600
$45,000 $45,000
$45,000 $45,000
$45,000 $45,000
$45,000 $45,000
$0
$0
$0
$0
SubͲtotal Wesley Foundations
$148,957
$148,600
$148,600
$148,600
Conference Colleges Emory & Henry Hiwassee Tennessee Wesleyan E & H Campus Ministry Hiwassee Campus Ministry TWC Campus Ministry Sub-total - Conference Colleges
$50,000 $50,000 $50,000 $7,200 $7,200 $7,200 $171,600
$50,000 $50,000 $50,000 $7,200 $7,200 $7,200 $171,600
$50,000 $50,000 $50,000 $7,200 $7,200 $7,200 $171,600
$50,000 $50,000 $50,000 $7,200 $7,200 $7,200 $171,600
Total Board of Higher Education
$320,557
$320,200
$320,200
$320,200
Salaries Sub-total Board of Higher Ed Salaries
$388,196 $388,196
$386,747 $386,747
$397,667 $397,667
$410,414 $410,414
Total Board of Higher Education
$708,753
$706,947
$717,867
$730,614
Wesley Foundations Programs ETSU Radford University UT Chatanooga UT Knoxville UVA College at Wise Sub-total Wesley Foundation Program Capital Improvements Sub-total Capital Improvements Sub-total Salaries
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Description GROUPS RELATED TO THE CABINET & BOM ORDERS Meetings & Travel Clergy Spouses Support for Regions TOTAL ORDERS
Actual YTD
Budget Annual
Approved
Proposed
Budget 2019
Budget 2020
$0 $0 $264 $264
$700 $0 $0 $700
$1,000 $1,000 $700 $2,700
$1,000 $2,000 $700 $3,700
$0
$0
$0
$0
$264
$700
$2,700
$3,700
$0
$0
$0
$0
Travel/Lodging/Meals Travel/Lodging/Meals-Director Travel/Lodging/Meals-Assoc. Director
$10,760 $114
$8,500 $100
$8,500 $100
$8,500 $100
Continuing Education Continuing Education-Director Supervisory Committee Staff Supervison Telephone Office Supplies Office Rent/Utilities/Maintenance Office Equipment/Renovation Cell Phone Charges CWART Do No Harm Training Event Misc/Contingency/Testing Professional Fees ^ubͲtotal - Pastoral Counseling Office
$1,349 $0 $0 $1,639 $792 $10,296 $663 $1,300 $0 $6,035 $0 $626 $33,574
$700 $250 $400 $1,400 $950 $10,300 $700 $1,560 $0 $0 $60 $775 $25,695
$700 $250 $400 $1,400 $950 $10,300 $700 $1,560 $0 $0 $60 $775 $25,695
$2,500 $250 $400 $1,650 $950 $10,700 $700 $1,200 $1,500 $0 $100 $775 $29,325
Total Groups Related to CAB & BOM
$33,838
$26,395
$28,395
$33,025
Salaries Sub-total Groups Related Salaries
$84,166 $84,166
$96,332 $96,332
$109,774 $109,774
$112,881 $112,881
$118,004
$122,727
$138,169
$145,906
WESLEY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE Total Transfer to Wesley Institute TOTAL- ORDERS, WESLEY INSTITUTE & STAFF PASTORAL COUNSELING CENTER ^ubͲtotal
Total Groups Related to the Cabinet/BOM Orders
VI.
REPORTS AS ORDERED BY THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Holston Annual Conference of the UMC, Inc. Fiscal Year Beginning 1/1/2018 Budgeted Financial Statement for Period 12 December 100.00%
Description Travel Financial Services Travel Training
Approved Actual YTD Budget Budget 2018 Annual 2018 2019
Proposed Budget 2020
$2,991 $117
$0 $0
$5,000 $900
$7,500 $1,000
CONFERENCE OFFICES Office Supplies-Alcoa Postage-Alcoa Printing-Alcoa Cellular Telephone Office Rent-Alcoa Equipment Purchases Maintenance Agreement Charges Copier, Postage Machine Lease Staff Meetings/Relations Holston Administrative Professionals Personnel Resource Team General and Jurisdiction Conference Nominations Committee Meeting CFA Meeting Expense Legal Expense Audit Expense Miscellaneous Expense ^ubͲtotal Conference Offices
$9,998 $16,031 $3,713 $9,942 $148,944 $355 $6,664 $10,150 $7,372 $0 $0 $0 $0 $528 $675 $27,400 $1,766 $246,646
$14,500 $19,000 $500 $9,675 $148,944 $0 $2,200 $19,500 $4,600 $0 $100 $0 $400 $650 $675 $26,600 $225 $247,569
$15,500 $22,000 $0 $10,500 $151,923 $500 $3,500 $19,500 $6,000 $0 $100 $10,000 $400 $1,100 $675 $27,132 $225 $274,955
$15,000 $22,000 $4,500 $10,500 $151,923 $500 $7,000 $19,500 $7,500 $2,000 $100 $0 $400 $1,100 $1,500 $28,500 $2,000 $282,523
CONFERENCE JOURNALS Transfer to Journal Fund Total Conference Administration
$6,936 $253,582
$6,934 $254,503
$6,934 $281,889
$7,000 $289,523
Salaries Transfer Health Insurance Cost 960/0110 Sub-total Administration Salaries
$507,683 ($180,000) $327,683
$543,466 ($180,000) $321,875
$513,468 ($150,000) $363,468
$541,102 ($180,000) $361,102
$581,265
$576,378
$645,357
$650,625
Total CFA (with G & Apport)
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Holston Annual Conference of the UMC, Inc. Fiscal Year Beginning 1/1/2018 Budgeted Financial Statement for Period 12 December 100.00%
Description GENERAL CHURCH APPORTIONMENTS World Service Black College Fund Africa University Fund General Administration Fund Interdenominational Cooperative Fund Episcopal Fund Ministerial Education Fund ^ubͲtotal - General Church Apportionments Jurisdictional Conference Fund Projected Reduction TOTAL GENERAL/JURISDICTIONAL CHURCH APPORTIONMENTS
Description
Actual YTD Budget 2018 Annual 2018
Budget 2019
Budget 2020
$1,635,180 $1,635,185 $1,607,413 $1,646,577 $220,308 $220,303 $216,562 $221,838 $49,308 $49,303 $48,466 $49,646 $194,160 $194,165 $190,867 $195,517 $43,188 $43,193 $42,459 $43,494 $484,248 $484,245 $476,020 $487,618 $552,290 $552,290 $542,910 $556,137 $3,178,682 $3,178,684 $3,124,697 $3,200,827 $24,984 -$317,868
$24,983 -$317,868
$24,983 $0
$24,983 -$322,581
$2,885,798 $2,885,799 $3,149,680 $2,903,229
Actual YTD Budget 2018 Annual 2018
Approved Budget 2019
Proprosed Budget 2020
$1,400 $1,000 $350 $450 $3,200
$1,400 $1,000 $350 $450 $3,200
SUPPORT GROUPS BOARD OF LAY MINISTRY Dues & Subscriptions Clergy Abuse Task Force Meeting Expenses Assoc. Meeting Expenses TOTAL BOARD OF LAITY
$705 $0 $0 $0 $705
$1,400 $1,000 $0 $450 $2,850
VI.
REPORTS AS ORDERED BY THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Holston Annual Conference of the UMC, Inc. Fiscal Year Beginning 1/1/2018 Budgeted Financial Statement for Period 12 December 100.00%
Description
Actual YTD 2018
Budget Annual 2018
Approved Budget 2019
Proposed Budget 2020
PENSIONS/TRUSTEES/EQ COMP/EPISCOPAL BOARD OF PENSIONS/HEALTH BENEFITS Retiree Health Insurance Total Board of Pensions
$350,004 $350,004
$350,000 $350,000
$0 $0
$0 $0
$903 $50,313 $16,572 $67,788
$0 $60,000 $22,000 $82,000
$2,600 $61,000 $25,000 $88,600
$2,600 $61,000 $25,000 $88,600
COMMISSION ON EQUITABLE COMPENSATION Salary Supplements Supplements-Mission Aid Supplements-Cooperative Parish Meeting Expense
$101,808 $32,444 $41,216 $481
$100,000 $138,800 $2,700 $500
$165,000 $50,000 $4,500 $500
$165,000 $35,000 $4,500 $500
SUSTENTATION PAYMENTS Sustentation Payments - Salary ^ubͲtotal
$185,441 $361,390
$120,000 $362,000
$142,000 $362,000
$157,000 $362,000
$0 $0
$100 $100
$50 $50
$100 $100
EPISCOPAL RESIDENCE COMMITTEE Episcopal Residence TOTAL EPISCOPAL RESIDENCE COMMITTEE
$13,000 $13,000
$13,000 $13,000
$13,000 $13,000
$13,000 $13,000
EPISCOPAL DISCRETIONARY FUND Bishop's Discretionary Fund TOTAL EPISCOPAL DISCRETIONARY FUND
$9,000 $12,080
$9,000 $9,000
$9,000 $9,000
$9,000 $9,000
$0
$0
$0
$0
$788,183
$816,100
$472,650
$472,700
Board Of Trustees Meals & Travel Umbrella/B & M Insurance Worker's Comp Insurance TOTAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON EPISCOPACY Meeting, Meal, & Travel Expense TOTAL CONF COMMITTEE ON EPISCOPACY
Preservation of Historic Shrines TOTAL PENSIONS/TRUSTEES/EQUITABLE COMPENSATION/EPISCOPACY
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Holston Annual Conference of the UMC, Inc. Fiscal Year Beginning 1/1/2018 Budgeted Financial Statement for Period 12 December 100.00%
Description CONGREGATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Special Ministries Salary Fund
Approved Actual YTD Budget Budget 2018 Annual 2018 2019
Proposed Budget 2020
$30,710
$70,000
$90,000
$90,000
Congregational Development Team Preaching/Sermon Academy - Income Preaching/Sermon Academy - Expense Travel - Director - Church Dev/Stewardship New Church Strategy Support Strategic Revitalization Natural Church Development Leadership Training Meetings, Meals, Travel Expense Demographics/Research/Planning Miscellaneous Expense Sub-total Congregational Development Team
-$1,332 $1,387 $2,437 $0 $5,000 $24,843 $80 $1,620 $9,633 $3,948
$6,600 $0 $6,300 $0 $9,000 $700 $1,000 $450 $9,750 $1,400
$2,200 $4,400 $6,300 $3,600 $9,000 $700 $1,000 $1,500 $9,750 $100
$2,200 $4,400 $6,300 $3,600 $9,000 $700 $1,000 $1,500 $9,750 $100
$78,325
$105,200
$128,550
$128,550
Church Extension Grants Offset Overspend TOTAL CONGREGATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
$229,795 $7,767 $300,352
$216,360 $0 $321,560
$216,360 $0 $344,910
$216,360 $0 $344,910
Salaries Sub-total Congregational Dev Salaries
$151,708 $151,708
$130,500 $130,500
$149,138 $149,138
$152,291 $152,291
Total Congregational Development
$452,060
$452,060
$494,048
$497,201
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Five Star Churches Appalachian District 411653 411287 416826 411380 417240 417284 417034 412214 411505 411527 416861 416906 416928 417067 416848 411711 411802 417488
Alley’s Chapel UMC Appalachia UMC Cassidy UMC Clintwood UMC Colonial Heights UMC Community UMC Crossroads UMC Culbertson’s Chapel UMC Dryden UMC East Stone Gap UMC Elm Springs UMC Emory UMC Kingsport Fall Branch UMC First Broad Street UMC First UMC Church Hill First UMC Jonesville First UMC Pennington Gap First UMC Surgoinsville
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Arcadia UMC Bethel UMC Campground UMC Chance’s Chapel UMC Crab Orchard UMC Derby UMC Dungannon UMC Fort Blackmore UMC Fort Gibson UMC
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Flatwoods UMC Glen Alpine UMC Grange Hall UMC Hermon UMC Ingles Chapel UMC Kendricks Creek UMC Kingsley UMC Legion Memorial UMC Logans Chapel UMC Mafair UMC McFerrin UMC Midway Memorial UMC Morgan Memorial UMC Morrison Chapel UMC Mountain View UMC Mt Carmel UMC New Hope UMC Nickelsville UMC
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Norton UMC Okolona UMC Pactolus UMC Prospect UMC Rock Springs UMC Ross Campground UMC Rye Cove UMC Salem UMC Smith’s Chapel UMC St Luke UMC St Mark UMC St Paul UMC Tacoma UMC Three Bells UMC Trinity UMC Wise Vermont UMC
100% Tithe Churches Appalachian District 411607 411642 416985 411664 417125 416872 411208 412156 412010
Gate City UMC Hiltons Memorial UMC Holly Springs UMC Holston View UMC Ketron Memorial UMC Lebanon UMC McClure’s Chapel UMC Mt Vernon UMC Pleasant Hill UMC
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Pound UMC Seminary UMC Smyth Chapel UMC St Charles UMC St Matthew UMC Trinity UMC Big Stone Gap Valley Center UMC
Five Star Churches Clinch Mountain District 410204 410248 410306 410693 410011 410135 410044 410124 410523 410784 417730 410567 410875 422224 421184
Abingdon UMC Addilynn Memorial UMC Anderson Street UMC Beech Grove UMC Blackwell Chapel UMC Brumley Gap UMC Byars Cobbs UMC Carvosso UMC Chilhowie UMC Church Hill UMC Dailey’s Chapel UMC Damascus UMC Davis Memorial UMC Elizabeth UMC Elk Garden UMC
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First UMC Honaker First UMC Richlands Garden UMC Laurel Springs UMC Lebanon Memorial UMC Lebanon UMC Chilhowie Lebanon UMC Glade Main Street UMC Mountain View UMC Abingdon Mt Carmel UMC Marion New Cove UMC North Tazewell UMC Pisgah UMC Pleasant View UMC Abingdon Quarry UMC
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Reynolds Memorial UMC Rich Valley UMC Ridgedale UMC Roberts Chapel UMC Seven Mile Ford UMC South Bristol UMC St. Luke UMC State Street UMC Steelesburg UMC Three Springs UMC Wallace UMC Washington Chapel UMC Weaver UMC Wyndale UMC Zion Hill UMC
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100% Tithe Churches Clinch Mountain District 421140 411061 410261 410374 421127 421014 410341 410820 411106
Belfast UMC Bethany UMC Booher’s Chapel UMC Campground UMC Cedar Bluff UMC Cedar Bluff Crabtree UMC First UMC Bristol Grace UMC Grassy Creek UMC
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Allen Memorial UMC Apison UMC Benton UMC Big Spring UMC Carlock UMC Chilcutt UMC Decatur UMC Evensville UMC First UMC Cleveland
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Black Fox UMC Broad Street UMC Buckner Memorial UMC Cedar Springs UMC Englewood UMC
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Greendale UMC Greenwood UMC Lakeview UMC Looney’s Chapel UMC Mary’s Chapel UMC Meadowview UMC Midway UMC Cedar Bluff Mt Olivet UMC Tazewell Mt Pleasant UMC Cedar Bluff
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Paperville UMC Pleasant Hill UMC Tazewell Riverside UMC Tate’s Chapel UMC Trinity UMC Bristol Virginia Avenue UMC Bristol Washington Springs UMC Wesley UMC Saltville Wright’s Chapel UMC
Five Star Churches Hiwassee District 413880 419248 414166 413776 413641 413630 413878 414474 414350
First UMC Copperhill Forkners Chapel UMC Goodfield UMC Jones Chapel UMC Keith Memorial UMC Luminary UMC McDonald UMC Mt Zion UMC Pleasant Hill UMC
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Reed Chapel UMC Spivey UMC Spring City UMC St Paul’s UMC Tasso UMC Union Chapel UMC Wesleyanna UMC
100% Tithe Churches Hiwassee District 419237 419740 414224 413936 414235
Fenders UMC First UMC Tellico Plains Ooltewah UMC Red Hill UMC Tranquility UMC
414463 Vine Grove/Mt Olive UMC 419135 Wesley Chapel UMC 414100 Wesley Memorial UMC Etowah
Five Star Churches Mountain View District 420225 420668 420076 395211 420566 420486 420145 420522 420123 420247 417318 420203 420214 420167 420305 420407
Asbury UMC Greeneville Bewley’s Chapel UMC Bogart’s Chapel UMC Bradburn Hill UMC Bybee UMC Carter’s Chapel UMC Caton’s Grove UMC Cedar Grove UMC New Market Chestnut Hill UMC Christ UMC Ebbing & Flowing Springs UMC Ebenezer UMC Economy UMC First UMC Dandridge First UMC Jefferson City First UMC Morristown
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First UMC Newport First UMC Rogersville First UMC White Pine Glendale UMC Hardin’s Chapel UMC Harmon’s Valley UMC Harned’s Chapel UMC Hartman’s Chapel UMC Hills Union UMC Joppa UMC Kincaid UMC Love’s Memorial UMC Mary’s Chapel UMC Midway UMC Mt Airy UMC Mt Carmel UMC Greeneville
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Mt Pisgah UMC Mt Pleasant UMC Greeneville Mt Zion UMC New Market UMC Ottway UMC Parrottsville UMC Pine Grove UMC Pleasant Hill UMC Romeo UMC Rutledge UMC Shady Grove UMC Shiloh UMC Rutledge St Clair UMC Strawberry Plains UMC Thompson Chapel UMC Trinity UMC Morristown
100% Tithe Churches Mountain View District 420338 414975 418995 420464 420384 419900 420101 417546 414793
Antioch UMC Arthur UMC Beth Car UMC Carter’s Station UMC Centenary UMC Central UMC Bean Station Chestnut Grove UMC Dodson Creek UMC Dotson’s Campground UMC
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Edgewood UMC First UMC Bulls Gap Grant UMC Hunt’s Chapel UMC Jones Chapel UMC Mosheim Central UMC Mountain View UMC Claiborne Mt Carmel UMC Mosheim Mt Hope UMC
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Five Star Churches New River District 422383 422100 421207 422361 417956 421856 965530 422714 422508 422064 422496 421652 417967 422075 421047 422122 422144 421366 421402
Aldersgate UMC Asbury UMC Bailey UMC Belspring UMC Bethel UMC Bethel UMC Bethel UMC Bluefield Camp Bethel UMC Central UMC Radford Cold Springs UMC Crockett’s Chapel UMC Edgewood UMC Pearisburg Fairview UMC Falling Branch UMC First UMC Bluefield First UMC Hillsville First UMC Independence First UMC Narrows First UMC Pearisburg
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First UMC Pulaski Fort Chiswell UMC Fulton UMC Glenwood UMC Huddle Memorial UMC Jordan’s Chapel UMC Lebanon UMC Leonard Memorial UMC Little Wilson UMC Marvin UMC Morgan’s Chapel UMC Mountain Plains UMC Mt Mitchell UMC Mt Olivet UMC New Hope UMC New Hope Union UMC New Mt Olive UMC Oakland UMC Parrott UMC
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Pine Grove UMC Bastian Pleasant Hill UMC Pearisburg Providence UMC Rockford UMC Rocky Gap UMC Shady Grove UMC Pearisburg Sheffey Memorial UMC Shiloh UMC Bland St Paul UMC Stevens Creek UMC Thornspring UMC Tip Top UMC Virginia Avenue UMC Bluefield Wesley’s Chapel UMC Eggleston 422623 Woodlawn UMC 421457 Wrights Valley UMC
100% Tithe Churches New River District 421231 421925 421424 421845 421880 422304 421947 422485 422680 421891 965984 422268 421162 422394 422565 422747 421481 422213
Bear Springs UMC Bethany UMC Ceres Big Stoney UMC Bland UMC Bridle Creek UMC Byrnes Chapel UMC Calvary UMC Carter Street UMC Cedar Hill UMC Central UMC Bland Crossroads UMC Davis UMC Eggleston UMC Ezelle UMC Fairview UMC Fairview UMC First UMC Rich Creek Forest UMC
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Forest UMC Fries UMC Glenwood UMC Goshen UMC Grahams Forge UMC Grant UMC Green Valley UMC Eggleston Hales Chapel UMC Narrows Ingram Village UMC King’s Grove UMC Longview UMC Midway UMC Mill Creek UMC Mountain View UMC Mountain View UMC Mt Ephraim UMC Mt Hope UMC Mt Olivet UMC
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Mt Olivet UMC Pulaski Mt Vale UMC Mt Zion UMC Mt Zion UMC New Bethel UMC Newbern UMC Oak Grove UMC Providence UMC Pearisburg Rural Retreat UMC Salem UMC Savannah UMC Shiloh UMC Sidney UMC Summerfield UMC Wesendonck UMC Wesley Memorial UMC West End UMC West Galax UMC
Five Star Churches Smoky Mountain District 417706 417865 418905 419363 419762 418040 417843 419055 419421 419066
Asbury UMC Knoxville Bethel UMC East Knox Binfield UMC Broadway UMC Camp Ground UMC Colonial Heights UMC Knoxville Ebenezer UMC Knoxville Eden UMC Fairview UMC First UMC Gatlinburg
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First UMC Maryville First UMC Sevierville Fox UMC Friendsville UMC Green Meadow UMC Logan’s Chapel UMC Martel UMC Middlesettlements UMC Mountain View UMC New Hope UMC New Salem UMC
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Peck’s Memorial UMC Piney Grove UMC Knoxville Pleasant Hill UMC Sevierville Roberts UMC Sand Branch UMC St Mark’s UMC Trinity UMC Lenoir City Tuckaleechee UMC Vonore UMC Walland UMC Wears Valley UMC
100% Tithe Churches Smoky Mountain District 419432 419408 418927 419603
Bethel UMC Loudon Carpenters UMC First UMC Alcoa First UMC Pigeon Forge
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Hillcrest UMC Immanuel UMC Loudon UMC Pleasant Hill UMC Knoxville
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St John UMC St Paul East UMC Union Grove UMC Union Grove UMC Blount
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Five Star Churches Scenic South District 412943 412681 414144 412464 413151 966317
Chapel Hill UMC Christ UMC Fairview UMC First-Centenary UMC Grace UMC Hurst UMC
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Brooks Memorial UMC Burks UMC Daisy UMC Eastdale Village Comm. UMC First UMC Whitwell Flintstone UMC Fort Oglethorpe UMC
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Adams Chapel UMC Bethel UMC Bethesda UMC Blountville UMC Chuckey UMC Cross UMC Eden UMC Edgefield UMC Embreeville UMC
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Looney’s Creek Chapel UMC McKendree UMC New Salem UMC Rising Fawn UMC Signal Mountain UMC Soddy UMC
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Sulphur Springs UMC Wauhatchie UMC Wesley Memorial UMC White Oak UMC Whiteside UMC
100% Tithe Churches Scenic South District 412588 413253 412602 413218 413184 414496 412794
Lookout Mountain UMC Lou’s Chapel UMC McFarland UMC Pleasant Grove UMC Sand Mountain UMC Savannah UMC Signal Crest UMC
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St Elmo UMC Chattanooga St Luke UMC Chattanooga Welch’s Chapel UMC Wildwood UMC
Five Star Churches Three Rivers District 415981 416223 410922 415935 395734 416382 416405 420431 416416
First UMC Elizabethton First UMC Johnson City First UMC Mountain City Greenwood UMC Jearoldstown UMC Limestone UMC Marvins Chapel UMC Mt Tabor UMC Mt Wesley UMC
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Munsey Memorial UMC Roan Mountain UMC Rockhold UMC Slagles UMC Valley Forge UMC Valley View UMC Wesley Chapel UMC Mtn City Wesley Memorial UMC Zion UMC
100% Tithe Churches Three Rivers District 415913 396432 416371 416017 420112 415902 415957 410955
Afton UMC Albright UMC Asbury UMC Austin Springs UMC Bethesda UMC Cedar Grove UMC Cokesbury UMC Johnson City Doe Valley UMC
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Ebenezer UMC Enterprise UMC Grace UMC Jonesborough UMC Limestone Cove UMC Mt Carmel UMC Piney Flats UMC Pleasant Hill UMC
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Shouns UMC St Paul UMC Sulphur Springs UMC Sulphur Springs UMC Trade UMC Union Temple UMC Valley View UMC Wheeler UMC
Five Star Churches Tennessee Valley District 417945 395951 395973 414703 415104 418027 414884 395995 418164 414964 966374
Bearden UMC Bethel UMC Amherst Bookwalter UMC Bradbury UMC Central UMC Lenoir City Church Street UMC Concord UMC Knox Fairview UMC Knoxville Fountain City UMC Grigsby Chapel UMC Haven Chapel UMC
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Heiskell UMC Jacksboro UMC Jonesville UMC Roane Kern Memorial UMC Kingston UMC LaFollette UMC Lonsdale UMC Middlebrook Pike UMC New Century UMC New Life UMC Oakdale UMC
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Rockwood UMC Rocky Top UMC Rugby Road UMC Rutherford Memorial UMC Sinking Springs UMC Solway UMC St Mark UMC Clinton Sunbright UMC Trinity UMC Knoxville
100% Tithe Churches Tennessee Valley District 414942 414986 415150 418244 418302
Fincastle UMC Harriman UMC Irwin’s Chapel UMC Lincoln Park UMC Magnolia Avenue UMC
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Mascot UMC Memorial UMC Clinton Miller’s Chapel UMC Union Moore’s Gap UMC Mt Hermon UMC Knox
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Grace and peace to you from the Office of Spiritual Life at Emory & Henry College! During the 2018-19 academic year, Associate Chaplain Sharon Wiley Wright and I have worked together to support a growing and engaged Spiritual Life ministry designed to offer grace, acceptance, education, and accountability to all of our students. Our academic year began on Sunday during Wasp Welcome when the leaders of our Spiritual Life organizations gathered in the dining hall for a meet-and-greet with new students and a fall kick-off. The Emory UMC also welcomed many students in worship that day. Throughout the year, we provide several opportunities to gather for worship. In addition to Encounter, we hold a Chapel Service, that provides time for prayer, singing, and contemplation. Encounter, our student-led worship service, and Emory UMC welcomes students weekly on Sunday mornings and to “Gathering Around the Table.” Our groups that meet weekly include Campus Christian Fellowship, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Men’s and Women’s Bible studies, Kergyma (faith discernment group), Expedition (discussion group). Our Spiritual Life House provides a place where residents form strong Christian relationships and offer hospitality to the campus community. Our interfaith prayer room provides an oasis for students from different faith traditions. In January, the theme of our MLK Day Celebration was “Dream – Build – Become: The Beloved Community.” Programs offered participants to consider what it would mean for us to become the beloved community as individuals and as a campus community. January and February also included two weekends at Holston Conference youth and young adult events. Four students and Chaplain Briggs represented Emory & Henry at Resurrection. They worked to recruit students to Emory and Henry and to promote our Church Leadership Fellows affinity group as well as our new “ENGAGE” vocational discernment program. During the first weekend of February, a group of students and traveled with the chaplains to participate in Divine Rhythm. Our Church Leadership Fellows affinity group is in its second year. It meets regularly to provide training in the context of the church for students who show promise for church leadership, whether clergy or laity. We are currently implementing a second program funded by the GBHEM’s Young Clergy Initiative. Chaplain Briggs directs this vocational discernment and leadership program called “ENGAGE.” Partnering with Holston Conference, we are planning an overnight retreat for middle and high school students as well as two 5-day events this summer. Our office partners with other departments in several ways, including working with the Office of Enrollment Management, the Powell Resource Center, the Office of Student Life, the Appalachian Center for Civic Life, and the Center for Inclusion and Dialogue. Now having completed my eleven years as the Chaplain at Emory & Henry, I, along with Associate Chaplain Wright, am committed to creating a space where students are encouraged to ask the difficult questions and to struggle with them to search for the answers. We are forever grateful for generosity and support of the Conference Board of Higher Education and Ministry, as well as the churches of Holston who help us provide opportunities for faith formation among the young people who walk the sidewalks of our beautiful campus. We continue to be honored and humbled that we have been called to this place and entrusted with such an important task. ~ Mary K. Briggs, College Chaplain www.ehc.edu/spiritual-life
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Greetings from ETSU Wesley Foundation! We have had another great year of ministry and community development. We welcome Rebecca Miller as our program director this year. She has contributed greatly to our program and ministry. Facility wise we have rewired all of the electrical and lightning and painted the walls and flooring downstairs. This area is now called, “The Wesley Bean.” We look forward to utilizing this space more in the near future for a coffee house and other music and program venues. Some highlights from the year include: • Averaging 30 in attendance for our Tuesday night worship service throughout the fall and early spring semesters. • We had 1 student to graduate in the spring semester 2019. • The annual barbeque and auction netted $20,000 this year. Since 2001, we have raised $383,667 through our annual barbeque and auction!! Thank you for your support and continued support for the next one! Also, special thanks to First Johnson City UMC for purchasing and cooking the delicious barbecue! The next Barbecue and Auction will be September 29, 2019. This will be on a Sunday afternoon from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. • Presently we are planning a fundraising banquet for March 30, 2019, called the Generous Portion. This will be at Munsey UMC starting at p.m. Last spring we raised over $7,000. We are hoping to receive $8,000 to $12,000 for this year. • Our regular worship service is on Tuesday night. We start at 6:00 pm with a free meal provided by local churches in the area. The meal is followed by small group time and then moves to praise music and worship. Word and communion follow this. Special thanks to all of the churches who prepared and served these meals to the students. • Presently we have three-bible study groups that meet weekly. Our topical bible study lessons were developed by local pastors in the area and are taught to the bible study leaders early in the week by the director. The students, in turn, teach this same lesson to their small group later in the week. A special thanks to the ministers who helped with developing the bible study curriculum. • We have continued with our fall ministry to freshmen and new transfers and gearing up for this coming fall. We had another great group of “Freshley Wesley” this year! • For our mission trip this year, we will be going to the Four Corners Native American Ministries on the Navajo Reservation in Shiprock, New Mexico. The General Board of Global Ministries supports this mission site. We will be doing home repair for a Navajo family along with helping with the local Day Care Center and some landscaping at Shiprock United Methodist Church. Twelve students will be going on this trip. Many area churches have helped with fundraising for this mission trip. Thank you!! • A fantastic worship band led by Matt Sanders and friends. • 15 attended Divine Rhythm 2019! • The Bedford Transou Book Scholarship Fund was established in 2004. This book scholarship fund is available to ETSU Wesley Alumni who actively participated in the Wesley Foundation while completing their undergraduate studies at ETSU. Eligible candidates are those who are going to seminary or pursuing other Christian related postgraduate studies. Since 2004, the Bedford Transou Book Scholarship Fund has given out $23,468.51 in book scholarship support!Donations to this important mission fund are still being encouraged and accepted. I am so thankful for this wonderful opportunity to serve as Director of ETSU Wesley! It is hard to believe that I have served here nine years now. Once again, thank you to all the people who support us. ~ John Ousley, Director
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Greetings from your United Methodist Campus Ministry in Chattanooga! We wish to express our thankfulness to all of those church members and their congregations who support the work of the Wesley Center by your prayers, your presence, your gifts and your service. Through faithful giving to your local congregation to the budget of the conference we are able to partner with the local churches in the Chattanooga area to do things like Renew The City. This September we partnered with churches of the Scenic South District to bring Dr. Anthony Hunt back to Chattanooga for a weekend of reflection and preaching on how young adults can work to build bridges across differences. On Saturday morning, the churches of the district’s South of the River Cluster joined in bringing together church and community leaders from around the city and across denominational lines for a conversation. We were even greeted by Mayor Andy Berke who took the time to record a video message on the subject. Thanks to Dr. Hunt and the churches of the Scenic South for helping make this event a reality. Thanks also to Pastor Willie Kitchens and the congregation Bethlehem-Wiley UMC for once again hosting the event. They are also working with the Wesley Center to offer a new worship opportunity for young adults. The Funktion features great music and a diverse slate of guest preachers from around our district. Open to young adults 18-30, it provides both college students as well as post-college and career young adults with another opportunity to be a part of a worshipping community that might better fit into busy schedules. Once again, your faithful giving directly impacts the life of the church in real ways through the church’s outreach to higher education and young adults. ~ Keith Moore, Director
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Greetings to you from your Wesley Foundation at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UTK)! This has been a year of wonderful growth and much-unanticipated change. We are glad to have you join us in thought, word, and deed as we celebrate our 96th year of campus ministry at UTK. Also, we are celebrating the 51st anniversary of our building this year and are in the process of planning, developing and implementing some major renovations. We are currently involved in a fundraising and a friend-raising project to help meet the demands of many years of deferred maintenance on our well-seasoned building. We solicit your prayers as the Wesley Foundation @ UTK is on the move! Over the past year, we have welcomed many new first-year and graduate students into the life of the Wesley Foundation and watched them become active student-leaders in this community. This year we had a list of over 400 new students who have indicated that their religious preference is Methodist. We are excited about this and continue to keep our commitment to make at least one contact and follow up with each of them. We believe that UTK Wesley Foundation can play a major role in their college and life success. Our goal is to provide a welcoming and nurturing environment on the university campus. Through worship, fellowship, study, and service we seek to build an open and diverse Christian community. This year we have placed a strong emphasis on outreach and we endeavor to make our community more diverse and welcoming by using Fresh Expressions of Worship. We have started a new congregation based on a “meal and a message” around the table that we call Worship Full. Also, we have partnered with the Wesley House after-school program to provide an onsite Dinner Church, Worship Full Too for students and their parents. This new congregation currently meets monthly and is looking forward to the start of weekly meetings in the near future. In addition, our regular weekly programs include worship, two free meals, Bible studies, and other small group gatherings. Our worship times have been lively and joyful as we gather to discern what God is doing in our lives both individually and collectively. We have started a student worship team that explores worship arts and plans our worship services. Our goal is to be equally visible on the campus and in the community. We continue to offer to lead worship in local congregations as we emphasize building a stronger connection among and between the community, church and the academy. We also enjoy fellowship times through our Friday Night Stuff program and our Outdoor Wesley group. We continue to expand our ministry to graduate students through a new outreach, Pub Theology group, which is helping to increase the number of student participants who think theologically. Our strong resident program has helped to make the Wesley Foundation home for eight UT students who help to make it a welcoming environment for all. We continue to forge new partnerships with local churches to help meet the growing needs of our community. Our partnerships include but are not limited to community gardening, recovery programs, after-school tutoring, mission trips, hurricane relief, and laundry for needy families. One new and exciting program we have is to offer our worship team to come to your church and to give a church worship team and pastor a day off to sit, relax, and experience worship. Our program, Leadership on Location, gives clergy and their worship
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team a day to receive rather than give. This outreach has been highly successful and we look forward to adding many more churches this year to our growing list of partners. We celebrate our heartfelt relationships with churches in the Tennessee Valley, Smoky Mountain, and Mountain View districts and eagerly await the upcoming year. We are thrilled to continue our flagship program to help students discern God’s call in their life, funded by The Lilly Endowment’s Theological Exploration of Vocation Initiative. This five-year plan helps students to better understand their gifts and graces and how to implement them in faithful ways in their communities. Through service learning, reflection, internships, and mission events, the students in our community can better discern who they are designed to be and what God is calling them to do. We have been given the opportunity to apply for a sustainability grant to continue our flagship program. Our students are involved in small groups and participate in a spiritual formation program, Lumos. The primary focus of Lumos is to provide spiritual direction and expose students to various spiritual disciplines that will enhance their spiritual growth. It has been received with raving reviews and is one of our most stable programs. We continue to forge partnerships with area local churches to help meet the growing needs of our community. Through student interns, service projects, collaborative mission trips, worship experiences, and social justice efforts, our students and local church leaders have had the opportunity to learn from one another and to combine our resources for effective ministry. Our Board of Directors, under the leadership of Rev. Leah Burns, continues its focus on our long-range goals and has successfully recruited new members to help meet both our short and long-term goals including fundraising, building renovations, and staff changes. We are celebrating the beginning of new leadership with Rev. Sharon L. Bowers as Executive Director and Rev. Heidi Parunak as Associate Director. We are looking forward to the coming year to live out our faith story of service and love to the greater Knoxville community. We are excited to see what God is going to do in the lives of the people called Methodist at the UTK Wesley Foundation. Please continue to keep us in your heart and pray for us as we commit to faithfully executing the call of God with our students and friends in campus ministry at UTK. ~ Rev. Sharon Bowers, Executive Director ~ Rev. Heidi Parunak, Associate Director
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With tears in his eyes, he acknowledged that maybe, perhaps, it IS possible that God loves him. He came to school without much support: a broken family, child abuse, and gut-wrenching poverty. He came to school hoping for a future different than what he had experienced thus far in his 26 years of life. He was a non-traditional student who started the fall semester at UVaWise searching for a place to fit in. He told me early in the semester he was an atheist and inquired as to whether he could still attend Wesley functions. He came nearly every week. As an evening supper and worship service ended I simply said, “I believe God loves you very much.” The tears welled up in his eyes. We chatted for a few minutes before he was out the door and off to another obligation. She remembers well her first week at college. At some point during a fun gathering for new students, she remembers me asking, “Do you know what YOU believe and why?” It began her earnest search, with fear and trembling, to find her own theology during that first year of school. He quietly showed up a few times a semester. Who can turn down free food, after all? He was asked to be a student leader his senior year of college. His peers celebrated his detailed task management and always caring presence. He invited others to come and join him, and they did. With only months left until graduation, he undertook a final major project, along with another graduating student leader, that will leave a legacy at Wesley. They worked diligently during the spring 2019 semester to see the project come to fruition. The student leaders, two of whom graduated in May, met with campus personnel, community resource persons, and as a team to birth the first career clothes closet at UVa-Wise. Because so many of them are first-time college students from poverty-stricken families they know the importance of having professional clothing for interviews and career opportunities. The Director of Career Services aided them and celebrated the new available clothing ministry at Wesley. Some seeds that are planted through the Wesley Foundation at UVa-Wise ministry grow quickly and others take time and even appear dormant. We cast seeds to promote the gospel of Jesus Christ on our campus and in our community at UVa-Wise whether we see and experience results or simply pray for their return in due time. Thank you to Holston Conference for your continued support of this vital outreach, mission, and ministry in Wise, Virginia. This year Wesley has offered weekly lunches with discussion, community service opportunities, Lifetree Café gatherings, a women’s prayer group, and Scripture studies. Short-term mission opportunities were offered during fall and spring breaks. We celebrate what God is doing to change lives at UVa-Wise. The United Methodist Church is assisting students, faculty, and
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staff to discern their own theologies; and, teaching them disciplines to assist them in growing more like Christ. Seeds are being planted that will grow for lifetimes. ~ Rev. M. Beth Tipton, Director
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Since the 2018 Annual Conference, Holston Conference United Methodist Women are busy doing the work of living out our Purpose. The women of Holston worked hard to meet their pledge to missions but missed it by about 30%, We strive each year to encourage mission giving from all churches as this undergirds the Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church universal. When we assembled in July at our Conference Mission u Event at Central United Methodist Church, Lenoir City, we studied subjects chosen several years in advance by the United Methodist Women’s Incorporated. Study topics were Spiritual Growth: Practicing Resurrection: Where the Money Goes; Living as a Covenant Community and Embracing Wholeness. The children and youth study dealt with Where the Money Goes. The attendance was very good and the study was condensed to two days to convenience the working community who would be able to attend. 2019 Mission u will be held at Pleasant View UMC in Abingdon, Virginia. In August, we met Keith Memorial, Athens for our Social Action Workshop on “Teen Suicides.” The meeting was very well attended with 150+ attending. In September, we convened our Annual Meeting at Meadowview Convention Center in Kingsport and we were very pleased with a large attendance of UMW members from across the conference. Reverend Patty Muse was our worship leader and she was accompanied by Reverend Sandra Johnson in the communion services. During this time, we had a banquet meal to celebrate the 150 Years Anniversary of United Methodist Women, ending with a birthday cake and a special legacy gift to the outgoing president. Holston’s UMW special mission project for 2018 was to the Legacy Fund of United Methodist Women. This fund is a foundation that assures the continuance of United Methodist Women and the future. The Theme for 2018-19, remained “Rejoice in the Lord, Always, Again, I Say Rejoice”. The Young Women’s Event was delayed until 2019 with some new programming to go into the event and naming it RISE. During 2018, the United Methodist Women worked diligently with our districts to make a smooth transition from 12 districts to 9 districts. This worked well and everyone is excited to meet new people and establish relationships in the new districts. We are striving to seek ways we can encourage our young women to join us and are looking strategically at ways we can have meetings that will enable them to be a part of UMW and offer missions and programs that will be of interest to them. Our appreciation is expressed to all who have worked to help us grow and continue to develop our PURPOSE. ~ Carolyn Haerr, President
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This has been a year of transition for our Holston Conference Board of Ordained Ministry as we not only welcomed The Reverend Terry Goodman as the Conference Secretary and Director of Clergy Services, but we also welcomed Brandy Williams as the Administrative Assistant to the Conference Secretary and Director of Clergy Services. Both Terry and Brandy have worked hard to acquaint themselves with their new roles and have faithfully lived into their new positions. As an annual conference, our clergy and laity have been patient, supportive and graceful during this transition. One of the responsibilities of The Board of Ordained Ministry (made up of laity and clergy alike) is to work with candidates seeking Provisional and Full Connection Conference Membership. This dedicated board spends much time reading the materials of, interviewing and reflecting on the call, and exploring the readiness and effectiveness of those seeking Conference Membership. The Board does not take this work lightly. Because of the significant investment Board members have in candidates, we are able to celebrate with those pursuing their call to ordained ministry as they grow over the three-year provisional period. I am grateful for all who serve on The Holston Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, those who serve on District Committees on Ministry, and our staff in the Office of Clergy Services who resource both groups. We continue to prepare for “the 8-year assessment,” approved by the 2016 General Conference, and described in The Book of Discipline, 2016, paragraph 349.3 (page 292). Again, this year we partnered with the Wesley Leadership Institute on Ministers’ Convocation, which took place in February, in Pigeon Forge. This year we had three plenary speakers: James Howell, Kimberly Pope-Seiberling, and Jerry Russell. In 2018, we celebrated the retirement of 24 clergy whose combined ministry was a total of 528.75 years of service to God’s Church. We commissioned two provisional deacon members and seven provisional elder members. We licensed 12 and recognized one associate member. We ordained 12 Elders.
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On behalf of The Board of Ordained Ministry, and The District Committees on Ministry, we are grateful for the opportunity to serve the people of The Holston Annual Conference. ~Mickey W. Rainwater, Chairperson
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The Holston Center for Wellbeing has been in the midst of transition. After celebrating the work and ministry of The Reverend Laura A. Shearer who retired in 2017, the Supervisory Committee began the process of searching for a new Director. Seventeen candidates applied for the position. Six were interviewed. The Committee selected The Reverend Kathy T. Heustess as the next Director of the Holston Center for Wellbeing. She began her duties July 1, 2018. Kathy is a Deacon in Full Connection, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and a member of the South Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church. She has over twenty-five years of experience as a clinician and non-profit executive. Donna Felskie, Administrative Assistant, and Laura Shearer spent time with Kathy, orienting her to the workplaces around the Conference. In keeping with tradition, Kathy began facilitating clergy groups in Knoxville, Chattanooga (Ooltewah), and Emory, VA. Twenty- five different clergy members meet monthly for a book study, case study, and peer support. Clergy and their families began scheduling appointments for counseling as well as church staff and conference employees. Within six months, her caseload reached near capacity. She has recently added a day in Johnson City as well. The Holston Center for Wellbeing is a wonderful benefit the Holston Conference provides for its clergy and their families. Pastoral psychotherapy integrates the knowledge and discipline of clinical training with the wisdom and practice of theology and religion. By supporting pastoral leadership in the Holston Conference, churches and families are strengthened toward becoming all that our Creator intended for them to be. When pastors and their families face stress or illness, the Holston Center for Wellbeing offers them a “soft place to land.” Often, ministry professionals need to be reminded to practice good self-care. They spend so much time taking care of others. Unfortunately, they forget about themselves. This makes them vulnerable to crossing boundaries or neglecting family or themselves. Professional. Safe. Affordable. Confidential. This is the mission and ministry of the Holston Center for Wellbeing. ~ Rev. Kathy T. Heustess, MSW, LCSW, Director Rev. Laura B. Plaster, Chairperson Supervisory Committee
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The Congregational Wellness and Advocacy Response Team seeks to serve congregations and pastors of the Holston Annual Conference in two ways. First, we serve as the response team who works with congregations immediately following alleged clergy or church staff misconduct. Second, we work with congregations who are experiencing ongoing turmoil, conflict, crisis, tragedy, pain, and communication issues. We consist of laity and clergy from throughout the Conference. Our work as a response team is a short-term, immediate response in order to provide safe and active listening to church members and staff. Our goal is to allow the congregation to be heard, to grieve, and to begin the healing process so that they can move forward and grow as a vital congregation. The team also serves as advocates and works with alleged victims of clergy abuse. The team assigns an advocate for anyone who is a survivor of the misuse of power by clergy. When sacred trust is broken, victims often experience a crisis, including a crisis of faith. The team helps survivors understand their rights as the complaint process unfolds and an investigation takes place. Response team ministry works quietly and confidentially. The Congregational Wellness and Advocacy Response Team has been in the midst of transition this year. In the fall of 2018, the Reverend Laura Blair Plaster resigned as Chairperson and asked the Reverend Kathy T. Heustess to serve as coordinator. A search was conducted to identify response team members with training and experience. Several new persons were identified to serve as well. At least one congregation requested the services of the response team in the past Conference year. We are now in the process of identifying new people, clergy and laity, to serve in this important ministry, as several members are no longer available to serve. A training event is scheduled for May 3, 2019, with Dr. Karen A. McClintock, nationally known psychologist, author, and consultant for preventing clergy sexual misconduct and promoting healthy congregations. With regular continuing education opportunities, we are hopeful that we will continue to learn and grow as a team. We will continue to promote and inspire congregational leaders to use healthy communication toward healing and wholeness as they endeavor to make disciples for Jesus Christ. If you believe your congregation might benefit from the ministry of the CWART team, please contact your District Superintendent. Your request will be evaluated and referred to the response team. ~ Rev. Laura Blair Plaster, Outgoing Chairperson ~ Rev. Kathy T. Heustess, Coordinator
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In the fall of 2018, Bishop Taylor asked the Rev. Terry Goodman to pull together a team and plan for a Sexual Ethics and Boundaries workshop for the ministers of the annual conference in spring 2019. The initial person called onto this team was Kathy Heustess, our newly installed conference counselor. Others asked to be a member of the team were District Superintendent Lauri Jo Cranford, the Reverend Sharon Bowers, the Reverend Leah Burns, the Reverend Caleb Pitkin, the Reverend Kathie Wilson-Parker, the Rev. Diana Brown-Taylor, the Rev. Laura Plaster and the Rev. Charles Starks. As this team began its deliberations we were guided toward Dr. Karen McClintock, a United Methodist minister, and psychologist, who eventually signed on to present a series of seven workshops to varying groups within the annual conference in late May and early April. She presented five workshops for the clergy of the annual conference. It was mandatory that each clergy person attend one of these workshops, else he or she would not be appointed at the 2019 annual conference. Dr. McClintock also conducted a workshop for the extended cabinet and one for members of CWART (Conference Wellness and Advocacy Response Team). As we entered into conversations with Dr. McClintock, it became apparent that our annual conference had not updated its policies on sexual ethics and boundaries in quite a while. The task force, at Dr. McClintock’s urging, set about examining our current policies and bringing them up to date. As part of this process, we sent Kathy Heustess, Sharon Bowers, Leah Burns, and Caleb Pitkin to a GCOSROW event in Texas. Coming back with some great ideas, we undertook the much-needed update to our conference policies. Due to the time constraints of publication dates for the Book of Reports, the task force was only able to update the current policy. Our goal is to continue working and fully develop a policy on the use of social media and other topics relevant to this area of our common life together. Such policies will be presented at future annual conferences. When asked the best way to present our updated policy to the annual conference, Bishop Taylor asked how we introduced the current policy for adoption. Research showed that the annual conference adopted our current policy at a previous session. We felt it best to do that with this policy. Especially, since it is a policy that would affect all the churches of our annual conference. The Sexual Ethics and Boundaries Task Force respectfully submits this policy to the annual conference for its consideration and adoption.
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Statement of Covenant: We have been called into covenant with God and one another through the grace of Jesus Christ. This covenant, which we share together as Christ’s body, the Church, is intended by God to be a means of reconciliation, justice, faith, hope, and love. Sexual harassment and misconduct, and other like actions, disrupt the sacred covenant of God with us and are unacceptable in the community where Christ’s ministry of grace is proclaimed and experienced. Therefore, all Christians are called to identify and prevent sexual harassment and misconduct whenever, however, and wherever it is encountered. Preamble: In light of our covenant, it is the intent of this policy to provide for an experience of grace, justice, and reconciliation for both the aggrieved, the respondent and all affected parties when sexual misconduct is alleged or proven. Victims of sexual misconduct experience a devastating betrayal of trust. The victim(s) has trusted that the power and the authority entrusted to the ministry professional will be used for the well-being of persons. In turning to that ministry professional, persons become vulnerable and trust that their vulnerability will be respected and not abused. When the ministry professional uses power to abuse and disrespect the trust and vulnerability of persons, the effects are painfully traumatic. Furthermore, we understand that while grace means that we are loved by God unconditionally, it does not mean that we escape the consequences of our actions. There may come a time when we can no longer continue in ministry or employment because our personal behavior is not compatible with the sacred office of the ministry. When incidents of sexual misconduct are alleged or proven, the greatest possible care shall be taken to assure that victims are not further victimized. When sexual misconduct occurs in a community, all are affected. When sexual misconduct has occurred, all who are hurt are encouraged to seek appropriate therapeutic assistance. Truth-telling is risky and painful and may stir up strong feelings of fear and anger for both those who tell and those who hear. But, truth-telling has the power to release persons accused and victims from secrecy, denial, and guilt that result from sexual misconduct. Therefore, truth-telling must be encouraged and truth tellers must be protected. NOTE: The term “ministry professional” is used in this policy to include all ordained, licensed, consecrated and commissioned persons both male and female, married or single, serving in the Holston Annual Conference. This includes those ministers serving extension ministries, those who are on leaves, those who have been honorably located, and those who are retired. “Ministry professionals” also includes any person, professional or volunteer who serves in a position of leadership, power, or authority in a ministry of the Holston conference.
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A. DEFINITIONS 1. Sexual Misconduct: Is a chargeable offense for ministry professionals and lay people in The United Methodist Church. Chargeable offenses include child abuse, sexual abuse, sexual misconduct, use of pornography, sexual harassment, gender discrimination, crime, and immorality. Sexual misconduct is an abuse of power through sexual harassment, contact, or activity (not limited to sexual intercourse) in which the ministry professional violates the free choice or abuses the vulnerability of a parishioner (including children), client, church staff person, colleague or any other person who acknowledge the authority of the ministry professional; or causes or allows the parishioner, client, church staff person, or colleague to engage in inappropriate sexual behavior with the ministry professional. For a fuller definition of sexual misconduct, see Book of Resolutions 2016, Resolution 2044. It is an act not just against a single person, but against all members in a local church, the wider Church, fellow ministry professionals, and God. At the core of this definition of sexual misconduct is the abuse of power that occurs when a person initiates or allows sexual behavior with or from someone who is in a position of trust and dependence in the relationship. Sexual misconduct breaks a sacred trust. Any such sexual misconduct is a violation by the ministry professional who then bears the responsibility for his or her behavior. Each alleged case of sexual misconduct requires an investigation and response that is in line with procedures outlined below in section B When Sexual Misconduct is Alleged. 2. Sexual Harassment: Sexual harassment is a sin. The United Methodist Church defines sexual harassment in The 2016 Book of Discipline, ¶161.J as “any unwanted sexual comment, advance, or demand, either verbal or physical, that is reasonably perceived by the recipient as demeaning, intimidating, or coercive. Sexual harassment must be understood as an exploitation of a power relationship rather than as an exclusively sexual issue. Sexual harassment includes but is not limited to, the creation of a hostile or abusive working environment resulting from discrimination on the basis of gender.” The 2016 Book of Resolutions, Resolution 2045 further clarifies, “It creates a hostile, offensive environment that can include unwanted inappropriate sexual jokes, repeated advances, touching, displays, or comments that insult, degrade or sexually exploit women, men, elders, children or youth.” Furthermore, sexual harassment can include inappropriate questions or comments about sexual behavior or preference, inappropriate comments about clothing or physical appearance, and/or repeated requests for social engagements. 3. Sexual Abuse: Sexual abuse is a form of sexual misconduct. When a ministry professional engages in sexualized behavior or conduct with a parishioner, employee, student, coworker, subordinate, client, or volunteer the ministry professional is engaging in sexual abuse. It can include coerced or forced sexual contact, intercourse or contact with children or youth, and sexual exhibitionism or display of sexual images or pornography. 4. Pornography: Is defined in the 2016 Book of Discipline ¶161.Q. It is “sexually explicit material that portrays violence, abuse, coercion, domination, humiliation, or degradation for the purpose of sexual arousal. Pornography sexually exploits and objectifies both women and men. Any sexually explicit material that depicts children is abhorrent and victimizes children.” The Book of Resolutions 2016, Resolution 2081 further clarifies our stance on pornography. To summarize this resolution at its simplest form, “We oppose all forms of pornography.” While sex and sexuality are God’s gifts to us, pornography has the capacity to teach and encourage unhealthy, unrealistic and exploitive views of sex and sexuality particularly in the young. The church should be a place where healthy sexuality is encouraged and taught. B. WHEN SEXUAL MISCONDUCT IS ALLEGED It is the purpose of this policy to encourage proper standards of behavior and, thus, the disclosure of sexual misconduct. Therefore, it is important to protect those persons who truthfully disclose such misconduct. When an allegation of Sexual Misconduct is made to any ministerial professional, it should promptly be reported to the relevant District Superintendent or the Bishop. Any allegation of sexual misconduct involving a minor or any other person covered by State Mandatory reporting laws should also be reported to appropriate governmental authorities. The list of names of District Superintendents and the Bishop and their contact information can be found at www.holston.org or by calling (865) 690-4080. When a complainant contacts the District Superintendent or Bishop, they should be given a clear understanding of what it means to file a formal complaint. Explanations and examples can be found at www.umsexualethics.org. Upon receipt of a report by a District Superintendent or the Bishop, a prompt and thorough investigation into the allegations of sexual misconduct against any ministry professional will be conducted and, if needed, appropriate corrective action will be taken. Each investigation will vary in scope by the nature of the report and the related circumstances. When involving ministry professionals, the procedure may be governed by paragraphs ¶362, ¶2701-¶2719 and any other relevant paragraphs of the current Book of Discipline. All investigations will be handled with as much discretion as the circumstances permit to protect the privacy of the individuals involved.
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All persons having reported suspected sexual misconduct should refrain from contacting the person suspected of such conduct. Likewise, the persons suspected of such conduct shall refrain from contacting the complainant or alleged victim. All persons serving as witnesses in the investigation should refrain contacting the complainant or the respondent, in order to preserve the integrity and confidentiality of the investigation. All persons having received a report of sexual misconduct, including anyone specifically engaged to serve as an advocate or investigate such reports, shall keep all reports confidential, except as required by The Book of Discipline, where applicable, or necessary to investigate and resolve such matters, and/or to respond to any related legal or administrative proceedings. All allegations of sexual misconduct with minors or vulnerable adults occurring in the Holston Conference will be reported to the appropriate governmental agencies, as required by mandatory reporting laws of each State in the Holston Conference. C. STANDARDS OF MINISTERIAL CONDUCT 1. Ministry professionals related to the Holston Annual Conference are always accountable for the ways they respond to persons who ask for their ministerial assistance and over whom they have authority. Any breach of this ministerial relationship, ministerial responsibility, and ministerial authority is abusive and unethical. All those within the covenant of the church are encouraged to discern when particular collegial support, therapy, or other assistance should be sought for ministry professionals with regard to both clergy-to-clergy and clergy-to-lay relationships. 2. Ministerial self-discipline requires self-awareness. Personal integrity and mature professional conduct are a part of every ministerial relationship. This prohibits any sexual behaviors with a parishioner or client entrusted to his or her sacred care. Since the balance of power is always on the side of the ministry professional, it is the ministry professional who is always responsible for keeping the relationship free from sexualized behavior. This power difference makes consent impossible in the relationship. 3. All ministry professionals have the responsibility for developing healthy and ethical relationships with other persons. Married ministry professionals have covenanted to nurture and maintain a faithful marital relationship. The covenant also reminds single ministry professionals that dating relationships must maintain full attention to sexual conduct as understood in our Christian teaching, outlined in ¶330.5.c (3) and ¶335.c (3) of The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church, 2016. These standards apply to all ministry professionals as defined in this policy. D. SOCIAL MEDIA GUIDELINES Social Media is the ever-expanding array of web-based and mobile technologies used for both public and private communications. Examples include texting, emailing, video chat, picture/video sharing services, and applications. Social Media can be a useful and increasingly necessary way of developing relationships and growing community. However, as useful as Social Media can be there are also potential pitfalls. Interactions on Social Media can seem much more private than they really are. Content may also remain accessible, even after it seems to have been deleted. The words and images we use need to be selected with care. The meaning and tone of words can be lost or misconstrued when removed from tone, body language, and other context clues. Images of parishioners should not be posted without the consent of the people in them or of children without the consent of parents. Other images may be copywritten and we may not legally be able to post them. Therefore, care must be taken to exercise wisdom and discretion about what is posted, what sites are visited, messages that are sent and to whom. Messages and posts that contain words or images that can reasonably be seen as sexually explicit, offensive, profane, racist, sexist, demeaning, libelous, threatening, offensive and the like, even if no hurt or harm was intended, are inappropriate. Anyone who uses social media in ways that constitute misconduct is subject to discipline. Social media and its best practices may represent a shifting goal. There are some areas in which best practices do exist. The first best practice is to remember that you are a ministry professional even when you are on Social Media. Therefore, think that for the person reading a post it is in the voice of the Pastor, District Superintendent, Bishop, Church leader or other Ministry Professional that is being heard. When communicating with parishioners, the ministry professional should not delete those communications. Ministry professionals should seek and receive permission from parents/guardians before communicating with minors on social media, and all communications should be saved. Disappearing message applications and services should not be used by ministry professionals to communicate with parishioners, clients, youth or about church business or professional matters. As technology changes, our guiding principle of social media use must be: “Does this further the work of the Church and does it meet the high ethical standards of our calling?” E. RESPONSIBILITY FOR REPORTING SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AND HARASSMENT Because the Church is a place for healing and justice, it must recognize, prevent, and stop sexual misconduct and harassment. As a part of the covenant community of faith, all ministry professionals and laity bear sacred responsibility to address sexual
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misconduct and harassment as they become aware of such behavior. Both laity and ministry professionals bear responsibility for confronting one another with knowledge of sexual misconduct and harassment. Ministry professionals, in particular, are called not only to confront one another but to report sexual misconduct and harassment to the district superintendent and/or the Bishop. Relevant State Mandatory reporting laws should also be followed. Every complaint will be taken seriously. When the covenant of trust has been broken by instances of sexual misconduct or harassment, there is pain and disruption throughout the covenant community. In those instances, the whole community is called to encourage and support an aggrieved person, care for one committing the offense and initiate complaint procedures as outlined in ¶361 and ¶2701 through ¶2719 in The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church, 2016. F. AVAILABILITY OF POLICY This policy shall be printed annually in the Journal of the Holston Annual Conference. Further, it shall be posted at www. holston.org continuously. It should be made available in at least one common area of every church in the Holston Annual Conference and kept on file in each church office. It is also strongly recommended that each church place a copy of the General Commission on the Role and Status of Women flyer somewhere in their church. (See link below.) http://umsexualethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/GCSRW-Sexual-Ethics-Flyer-0420105-Crops.pdf If any provision of this policy is in conflict with the current edition of The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church, the current Book of Discipline shall prevail. Such conflict shall not be grounds for invalidating this policy.
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Denominational funding status as of 1/1/2018 was 111%. Actuarial assumptions relating to revised mortality tables and discount rates resulted in increases in funding liability from previous years. Increases in the Past Service Rate are required to be funded in advance ($334,851 for 2020) and also contribute to the increase in unfunded liability. *********************** The MPP plan was funded by direct Conference contribution to individual participant accounts based on the respective clergy compensation base and functioned as a defined contribution plan during active plan years. Effective January 1, 2014, retiring participants are required to convert 65% of their plan balance to a lifetime annuity with optional survivor benefits available with reduced immediate benefits. The balance of the retiree’s account is available for immediate distribution or “Roll-Over” to UMPIP or other qualified outside accounts. The plan is presently fully funded and no contribution is required by the Conference for 2020. *********************** Our current retirement plan, CRSP, provides both a “Defined Benefit” and a “Defined Contribution” component. The Defined Benefit is calculated using the following criteria: For each service year from January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2013, eligible participants are credited with 1 ¼% of the Denominational Average Compensation (DAC). For each service year after December 31, 2013, the percentage credited has been reduced to 1% of the DAC. Clergy appointed at less than 100% but at least 50% are credited with a pro-rata percentage benefit. At retirement, participants will receive a lifetime annuity based on their accrued plan benefit, with optional survivor benefits available with reduced immediate benefits. The Conference contribution to the CRSP Defined Benefit plan for 2020 is projected to be $2,045,332 and will be funded by “Direct Invoicing.” Under the Defined Contribution benefit portion of CRSP the Conference; Contributed 3% of the participants’ plan compensation into an investment account similar to UMPIP and with the same fund investment options. Effective January 1, 2014, this percentage was reduced to 2% of the participants’ plan compensation. After January 1, 2014, if the participant voluntarily contributes at least 1% of their plan compensation into the UMPIP plan, an additional 1% will be contributed to the participants’ CRSP Defined Contribution account. This action was taken in order to encourage participation in the UMPIP plan. At retirement, the balance in the participants’ Defined Contribution account is available for immediate distribution or “Roll-Over” to UMPIP or other qualified outside accounts. The Conference contribution to the CRSP Defined Contribution plan for 2020 is projected to be $799,731 and will be funded by “Direct Invoicing.” *********************** The Conference sponsors UMPIP for both clergy and Conference laity employees. All clergy are encouraged to contribute at least 3% of their plan compensation as elective deferrals into the plan which allows an additional 1% contribution by the Conference into the clergy person’s CRSP-DC account. This election is properly made on the “Pastor Support Worksheet” concurrently with each new appointment or in connection with annual Charge Conferences for recurring appointments. Lay elections and changes are made directly with the Conference Treasurer’s office. Conference laity staff members, after one year of employment, are eligible to participate in the UMPIP with the Conference contributing 6% of eligible compensation provided the employee elects to contribute at least 3% personally. UMPIP provides a variety of self-directed investment options available through Wespath. The Conference contribution to the laity plan for 2020 is projected to be $84,058 and will be funded by Tithe/Askings. *********************** The CPP covers full-time appointed clergy only and provides for long-term disability integrated with Social Security disability benefits awarded to claimants. Clergy requesting “Medical Leave” status and approved by the Joint Committee on Medical Leave are eligible to apply for disability benefits with approvals coordinated by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and Wespath. Applicants are granted a stipend of the lesser of 70% of their compensation base or $3,000 per month not to exceed
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three months, or for a lesser period if approval takes place before the end of that three-month period. The Conference is reimbursed through retroactive benefits awarded the claimant. If not approved, the funds advanced are deemed to be a grant and no repayment is required. During the time clergy are on disability, provided the claimant is enrolled in the Conference Health Plan, the Conference assumes the church portion of Health Plan Premiums with the claimant responsible for their personal portion. Health Plan cost to the Conference for clergy on disability is projected to be $46,096 for 2020 funded by Tithe/Askings. In accordance with ¶ 356, The Book of Discipline 2016, the Conference Board recommends the following active ministers and local pastors be continued subject to the renewal of their eligibility for disability benefits under CPP: Ronnie G. Duncan Steven Gott Diana Cornett
Thomas A. Conley Janice A. Cate Lyle White
Carlons D. Jones David W. Olinger, Jr. Ronald Ramsey
Bobby D. Barton Roger G. Mathess Ralph J. Horak
The Voluntary Transition Program under CPP facilitates “grace-filled” exit from ministry for eligible clergy members in full connection or associate members who choose to withdraw from ministry: Eligibility: Minimum service of at least five years in full connection. Not within two years of eligibility to enter the retired relationship under ¶ 357.2b, or ¶357.2c of the Book of Discipline 2016. The Clergy person, district superintendent, bishop, and board of ordained ministry must agree to transition participation. Surrender of Credentials upon approval. Severance Benefits: Two weeks of participant’s plan compensation for each full year of continuous service up to a maximum of six month’s pay. Other Benefits: Continuation of Health Plan benefits, if enrolled, with full payment of premiums for an 18-month period. Active death benefits for the same period used to calculate the severance payment. Transition outplacement and career counseling services for up to 90 days during the transition period. Moving expense reimbursement in accordance with policy established for retiring clergy. Other Considerations: Participant is excluded from any other benefits under CPP not specifically granted under the transition program. If a former Transition Participant returns to ministry at any time he/she is required to repay the transition payment received under this program when the Annual Conference Board of Ordained Ministry approves a return to active ministry. Additionally, CPP provides death benefits for eligible clergy, their spouses, and covered dependents. Projected premiums for CPP for 2019 and 2020 amount to $725,500 and $732,755 respectively and have been waived by Wespath. The Conference will continue to Direct Invoice amounts designated for CPP during this payment “Holiday” and redirect them to fund the Pre-82 liability. *********************** Retiree Moving Expense Reimbursement - The Conference will continue to provide new retirees with a one-time moving expense allowance not to exceed $1,500 upon submission of valid receipts to the Conference Treasurer. The Conference cost for 2020 is projected to be $36,000 to be funded by Tithe/Askings. Conference Pension Grants In compliance with ¶ 1506.11 of The Book of Discipline 2016, the Board hereby reports the following grants to dependent adult children of former clergy of the Holston Annual Conference: Mr. Thomas E. Byrd, age 72, dependent adult son of Rev. Howard G. Byrd, 25% of current pension rate. Mr. Wendell R. Stock, age 58, dependent adult son of Rev. Shirl F. Stock, 25% of current pension rate.
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H B P In accordance with ¶ 639.7, The Book of Discipline 2016, the Conference sponsors a group health care plan. The Holston SelfInsured Health Plan covers all eligible Conference clergy, staff, and laity staff employed by participating local churches and other qualifying organizations. Clergy are deemed eligible if their cash compensation, as shown on line 4 of the Pastor Support Worksheet, is equal to, or greater than, 75% of the minimum compensation of the individual’s Conference status (Refer to the Committee on Equitable Compensation Report for those levels). Premiums are established each year by the Board and a blended premium amount set as the church’s responsibility for eligible appointed clergy. This premium is billed to the church even though an eligible clergy appointee is covered under an alternative health plan, including retired clergy appointed at a compensation level that would otherwise qualify for eligibility. Participating clergy elect their level of coverage (Individual, Family, or Employee + one), Plan type, (PPO or Health Savings Account (H.S.A.)), and Network preference (Blue Cross / Blue Shield of Tennessee Network “S” or Network “P”). Participant premiums are set accordingly plus any added amounts for optional dental, vision coverage, and elected participation in a “Flexible Spending Account.” Full-Time (30 Hours per week average), non-clergy Conference employees, and laity staff of participating local churches and other qualifying organizations are eligible to participate in the Conference Health Plan. Premiums for these individuals are established by the Board based on the same option available to clergy and billed to participating organizations as one total amount. While our approved rate schedules present a recommended allocation between employer and employee premium responsibility, the amount of employer-shared responsibility is at the discretion of the participating organizations as long as the election is applied consistently to all participants. For all covered individuals, plan types, coverage options, network preferences, and optional coverages may be modified during the open enrollment period (November 1-30 of each calendar year), or during the plan year if a qualifying event occurs (marriage, divorce, new eligible dependent, or loss of other coverage). Flexible Medical Spending and Dependent Care Account participation must be renewed each year during the open enrollment period and a new enrollment form must be completed and submitted in order to participate the following calendar year. In accordance with Board action in 2016, an annual wellness exam is required for all participants and covered spouses. Examinations are to be conducted between July 1 and June 30 of each Conference year. Failure to comply with the requirement will result in a monthly premium surcharge the following calendar year. Claims and administrative expenses are projected to be $6,995,000 for 2020 and will be funded through Direct Invoicing to local churches and other participating organizations. While total costs are contingent on actual claims experience, the Conference obtains “Reinsurance” to limit the impact of claims in excess of $200,000 and maintains adequate Health Plan reserves to cover total costs in excess of premiums collected. Please refer to Appendix A for the schedule of base premiums for 2020. *********************** In accordance with ¶ 639.6, The Book of Discipline 2016, the Conference provides Conference clergy persons, who have retired in accordance with ¶ 357.1, ¶ 357.2b, ¶357.2c, or ¶ 357.2d other than as applied to ¶ 357.2a of The Book of Discipline 2016 who are eligible for Medicare, and their spouses, access to a Medicare supplement through a Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Tennessee group plan. Effective January 1, 2018, clergy with less than 10 years of service under appointment in Holston as of that date, and their spouses will not be eligible for a stipend at retirement. The Conference has an unfunded liability for “PostRetirement Health Care Benefits” of $13,193,962 as of January 1, 2018, and this action by the Board has dramatically reduced the actuarial determination of this obligation in future periods. Projected annual plan benefit costs for 2020 are $1,050,000. Due to limited funding in the Conference budget, full allocation of amounts necessary to fund retirees’ healthcare cost are not be available in 2019 and future periods. To provide the necessary funds to cover projected costs, the Board has approved an additional increase in the clergy healthcare premium attributable to the appointment charge and allocated reserves in amounts sufficient to fully fund projected costs. Health Insurance Plans Eligibility and Financial Responsibility Policies: Definitions A. “Under Episcopal appointment within this Conference.” For purposes of the HIP, “Under Episcopal appointment within this Conference” means clergy appointed by the Bishop of this Conference. B. “Years of Service.” For purposes of the HIP, “years of service” shall include years served under appointment either on a full-time basis or a less than full-time basis, as recognized by the General Board of Pensions. Years will be determined under the appointment year basis. Years served under appointment after retirement will not count toward the HIP subsidy. If a retired
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clergy member returns to the effective relationship under the provisions of the Discipline, years served while in such effective relationship will count toward the HIP subsidy. Years of service credited towards the subsidy paid by the Holston Conference shall be years served while appointed within the Holston Conference. Years of service while appointed to extension ministries beyond the bounds of the Holston Annual Conference shall not be credited towards the retiree subsidy but shall be credited toward eligibility to participate in the retiree supplement program. C. Members of the Annual Conference taking honorable location or terminating their Conference relationship for any reason shall not be eligible to continue in the Conference insurance program. D. Change in status. It is the responsibility of the plan participant to notify the Conference immediately if an event occurs that has an impact on the continued participation of a spouse, retiree, person on incapacity, or dependent child. Failure to notify the Conference of a change will result in additional costs or the loss of future benefit opportunities. This would include a divorce, qualification for Medicare, or reduction of hours. E. Blended premium rate. This is the rate developed by the Conference Board of Pensions and Health Benefits that generates the premium revenue to fund the existing program for active qualified retired clergy members. This rate does not distinguish between a pastor being enrolled in the employee only, employee plus one or family program. This rate shall be developed annually based upon the number of participants in each group and will be utilized for directly invoicing the church. Health Insurance Plan Eligibility Policies The following individuals are eligible to participate in the HIP. See the section below for Financial Responsibility. In order to qualify for the receipt of health insurance benefits, a participant must be considered full-time based upon the number of hours or his/her salary in accordance with the minimum salary associated with their classification as adopted by the Annual Conference each year. For lay employees, it requires 30 hours per week and for active clergy, it must be at 75% of the minimum salary for their classification as denoted on line #4 of the Pastor Support Worksheet on file at the Holston Conference. 1. Active Clergy Eligibility a. Clergy – Every active clergy member under Episcopal appointment within this Conference, including full, probationary, associate, local pastors and members of another denomination or conference, must be enrolled in the active clergy HIP, except where equivalent coverage is available under a spouse’s group plan and proof of other creditable group coverage is provided. (i.) Medical Leave - Clergy appointed to Medical leave are eligible and may participate in the HIP if equivalent coverage is ended. (ii.) Family Leave, Leave of Absence, Sabbatical Leave, Appointed to School - Clergy appointed to any of these categories are eligible and may participate in the HIP. b. Clergy Spouse and Dependent Children – If the active clergy member is enrolled in the HIP, the clergy’s spouse and children under the age of 26 or disabled dependent, providing such disabled person(s) are not eligible for Medicare or other government-sponsored healthcare programs, are eligible to participate in the HIP. c. Surviving Spouse and Dependent Children – If an active clergy covered under the HIP dies, the surviving spouse and dependent children of that clergy person are eligible and may choose to participate in the HIP. If the surviving spouse remarries, the surviving spouse and the dependent children are no longer eligible for health insurance benefits through the HIP. d. Divorced Spouse – The divorced spouse will be allowed to participate in the HIP under the terms of COBRA as outlined within this policy document and in compliance with all regulations that apply to COBRA coverage. The rate schedule will be in accordance with the schedule for lay participants. 2. Retired Clergy Eligibility If a clergy member is appointed to a local church within the Holston Conference and meets the qualifications, then he/she would be on the active health insurance program. If a clergy member retires, he/she can only receive a subsidy towards the purchase of the Conference medical supplement as a part of the group program and can no longer be a part of the active program unless qualifying for early retiree plans. a. Clergy - A clergy member who retires under the rules of the Discipline while under Episcopal appointment within this Conference shall be eligible to participate in the HIP. (i.) Medicare Eligible - All retiree HIP subsidies are calculated based on Medicare eligibility and participation in Medicare Parts A and B. All Medicare-eligible retirees must be enrolled in Medicare Parts A and B.
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Continuation Coverage Active clergy participants in the HIP who have their hours reduced at the request of the Cabinet can continue to have access to the plan. The participants will pay 100% of the cost of health insurance at the lay rates, plus a 2% administrative fee. If any other individual enrolled in the HIP (including lay employees, their spouses and dependent children) loses HIP coverage due to a loss in eligibility resulting from a termination of employment or clergy appointment, reduction in hours of employment, death, divorce or legal separation, Medicare entitlement, or a child’s loss of dependent eligibility, such individual may continue to participate in the HIP for the period of time and under the conditions set forth in the Consolidated Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA). Although the HIP is not subject to COBRA, it is the intent of the Conference to allow eligible individuals to continue participation in the HIP under COBRA-like coverage. An individual who elects to continue coverage pursuant to this paragraph will be responsible for timely payment of the full cost of the HIP premiums at Lay Plan Rates, plus a 2% administrative fee, on the first day of each month. If payment is not received within 30 days of the due date, coverage will be terminated retroactive to the due date of the missed payment (i.e., the first of the month for which the payment was due). Financial Responsibility for Health Insurance Policies The Board of Pensions and Health Benefits is responsible for annually reviewing the HIP premiums and establishing the financial obligations of the parties. Effective January 1, 2011, the Board of Pensions shall annually determine the premium rates for all participants in the various health insurance plans. Such premium rates shall be published in the Book of Reports, Conference Journal, or mailed to the participants in the program. 1. Active Clergy Members The local church or salary paying unit is responsible for payment of the blended premium rate for all appointed clergy, which will be developed each year and included in the report from the Conference Board of Pensions and Health Benefits, and the remaining costs of the selected program will be invoiced to the local church or local salary paying unit and include the pastor’s portion of the health insurance premium. 2. Active Lay Employees The local church or salary paying unit is responsible for submitting the entire amount (100%) of the premium to the Holston Conference. Any type of employee cost-sharing plan as may be necessary to manage their local benefit costs may be
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established, so long as it is offered to each eligible employee in a consistent manner that does not discriminate on the basis of job title, hours worked, or classification. Lay employees are not eligible for HIP benefits after retirement or termination of employment with a Holston Conference related agency or institution, except as provided for “COBRA-like” coverage. 3. Medical Leave If participating in the Conference HIP, premiums for clergy appointed to medical leave will be the responsibility of the Board of Pensions and Health Benefits and will be split between the Conference and the participant. The Conference will pay the blended rate normally charged to the appointment and the clergy member will be responsible for the remaining portion of the clergy published rate. 4. Family Leave, Leave of Absence, Sabbatical Leave, Appointed to School Clergy appointed to any of these categories may participate in the HIP. The premium is at the participant’s sole cost, under the provisions established for continuation coverage. 5. Clergy Retirees a. The Board of Pensions and Health Benefits is responsible for subsidizing a portion of the health insurance premiums of the HIP for retirees, as described below. b. The retiree is responsible for paying the unsubsidized portion of the health insurance premiums of the HIP in accordance with the premium schedule. (1) Medicare Eligible – For Medicare-eligible retired clergy, spouses and surviving spouses, the subsidy will be subtracted from the adopted premium rate to determine the amount the retiree shall be responsible for paying. (2) Not Medicare Eligible – For retired clergy, spouses, surviving spouses and dependent children who are not eligible for Medicare, the subsidy will be subtracted from the premium determined for Lay employee plans to determine the amount the retiree shall be responsible for paying. c. The Board of Pensions and Health Benefits is under no obligation to subsidize any health insurance premiums for retirees unless specifically provided for below and reserves the right to recommend changes in the level of subsidization Changes and Amendments to the HIP. d. Lay participants are not allowed to participate in the retiree health insurance program. 6. Extension Ministries Participants appointed to extension ministries who remain on the Conference payroll will be responsible for payment of the premium amount after deducting the blended rate normally charged to the appointment which the Conference is responsible. Participants appointed to extension ministries who do not remain on the Conference payroll will be responsible for 100% of the premium amount. In this non-Conference, extension ministry case the participant is typically responsible for payment of 40% of the premium amount and the employer is responsible for the remaining 60%, so long as the Conference receives 100% of the adopted premium amount. While under appointment to a Conference endorsed or related entity, a participant will remain eligible for service credit for retiree coverage based upon their years of service as determined by the General Board of Pensions for service credit. 7. Sabbatical or Leave of Absence Participants on an approved leave of absence will be responsible for payment of the premium amount after deducting the blended rate normally charged to the appointment which the Conference is responsible. 8. Surviving Dependents Surviving dependents will be responsible for paying 40% of the total premium amount until such time as they qualify for Medicare when their share will reduce to ½ of the standard retiree rate. HIP Subsidy for Retired Clergy (over 65) and early retirees and their spouses The Board of Pensions and Health Benefits will subsidize the health insurance medical supplement and dental program for individuals who meet the eligibility criteria as set forth in the Health Insurance Plan Eligibility section above, as follows. If a participant meets the eligibility criteria but does not qualify for a subsidy, the participant may continue to participate in the HIP at the participant’s sole cost. 1. For eligible retired clergy with at least 10 Years of Service under Episcopal appointment within this Conference as of January 1, 2018 and during the 10 years immediately preceding such clergy’s date of retirement has been enrolled in the regular HIP, the Board of Pensions and Health Benefits will subsidize a portion of the HIP health insurance premium as follows, with the participant responsible for paying the unsubsidized portion:
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Delinquencies: Billings for health insurance are processed the first of each month for the month of coverage. The bills for both the pastor’s portion and the monthly amount directly invoiced to the salary paying unit shall become due and payable immediately, upon receipt. Unpaid balances that are still due after 30 days shall be subjected to a late fee of 1.5% of the outstanding balance due. Billings that are more than 60 days past due can result in termination of the health insurance coverage provided as a part of the HIP. If the premiums (including the amount directly invoiced) are not paid within 45 calendar days of the due date, a reminder will be sent to the participant with a copy to the District Superintendent (in the case of a clergy participant) noting the amount due. After a total of 60 calendar days past due, a letter will be sent indicating coverage will be terminated the first day of the next month unless the premiums are paid in full. Local Church, Related Agency, and Institution Participation Guidelines: All local churches, related agencies, and institutions of the Annual Conference will be considered subgroups of the Conference for insurance purposes. The following requirements will apply: A. Participants and/or dependents must follow the current guidelines for eligibility and participation. B. New enrollments, terminations, and changes in coverage must be sent to the Conference within 15 calendar days for processing. Changes received after the current month’s billing will be effective on the first day of the following month. C. Local churches, related agencies, and institutions must have 75% of their eligible Employees enrolled in the HIP. If they fall below 75%, there will be a grace period of one year for them to find other insurance coverage or reach the 75% enrollment. Employees covered under any creditable group insurance plan will be considered part of the 75% enrollment. D. Local churches, related agencies, and institutions are responsible for offering COBRA-like Continuation Coverage, similar to Article III, to all employees leaving employment with them. E. Local churches, related agencies, and institutions are required to sign a sub-group contract form with the Conference. Changes and Amendments to the HIP The Board of Pensions and Health Benefits, as fiduciary of the Conference Program, is required to authorize changes to the above as it deems reasonable, fair, and within the best interests of the Conference. In order to adequately share information, any changes in the guidelines shall be published in the Book of Reports or mailed to each participant group prior to enactment of any changes in policies or guidelines. The Conference Board of Pensions and Health Benefits will comply with all of the rules and requirements associated with the policies of our program administrator. This includes a requirement that all changes to coverage will be completed in writing on appropriate forms.
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In compliance with ¶1506.6 of The Book of Discipline 2016, The Holston Annual Conference has developed, adopted, and implemented a formal comprehensive funding plan for funding all its benefit obligations. The funding plan for 2020 has been submitted to “Wespath” (formerly the General Board of Pension and Health Benefits) and we have received their a favorable written opinion. Their opinion and the “Benefit Obligations Summary” are included with this report. The Complete Funding Plan is posted on the Conference website. References in this report to 2020 funding levels and funding sources reflect components of this funding plan, and approval of this report by the Holston Annual Conference constitutes approval of the funding plan by reference. ~ Rev. Todd Chancey, Chair ~ Rick Cherry, Treasurer ~ Kenneth Luton, Benefit Officer
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INTRODUCTION The 2012 Book of Discipline ¶ 1506.6 requires that each annual conference develop, adopt and implement a formal comprehensive funding plan for funding all of its benefit obligations. The funding plan shall be submitted annually to Wespath Benefits and Investments (Wespath) for review and be approved annually by the annual conference, following the receipt and inclusion of a favorable written opinion from Wespath. This document is only a summary of the information contained in the actual signed funding plan and does not contain all the information required for a comprehensive view of the conference’s benefit obligations. You may request the full contents of the 2020 comprehensive benefit funding plan from your conference benefit office. CLERGY RETIREMENT SECURITY PROGRAM (CRSP) Defined Benefit (DB) and Defined Contribution (DC) Program overview: The Clergy Retirement Security Program (CRSP) is an Internal Revenue Code section 403(b) retirement program providing lifetime income and account flexibility designed for those who serve as clergy of The United Methodist Church. The program is designed to provide participants with one portion of their overall retirement benefits. CRSP replaced the Ministerial Pension Plan (MPP) effective January 1, 2007, which had previously replaced the Pre-82 Plan for service rendered prior to January 1, 1982. CRSP consists of both a defined benefit (DB) plan, which provides a monthly benefit at retirement based upon years of credited service to The United Methodist Church, and a defined contribution (DC) plan, which provides a retirement account balance established and funded by the annual conferences.
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Current funding plan information: The Clergy Retirement Security Program (CRSP DB) annuities total liability as of January 1, 2018, is (1,740,019,798), while total plan assets are $1,904,387,237, resulting in a current plan funded ratio of 109%. The Holston Conference portion of the liability is 2.1176% and the 2020 contribution is $2,045,332. The conference anticipates that the amount will be funded by Pension Direct Billing. Additionally, General Conference 2012 approved a change to CRSP that provides each annual conference the discretion to determine whether to cover three-quarter and/or half-time clergy. The Holston Conference has elected to cover clergy serving 50%+ under CRSP effective January 1, 2020. Effective January 1, 2014, the CRSP DC plan was reduced from a 3% to a 2% of plan compensation non-matching contribution. Clergy can earn up to an additional 1% CRSP DC contribution by contributing at least 1% of their plan compensation to UMPIP; therefore, if a participant contributes at least 1% of plan compensation to UMPIP, the individual will receive a contribution of 3% to CRSP DC. The 2020 CRSP DC contribution is anticipated to be $762,409 and will be funded by Pension Direct Billing. MINISTERIAL PENSION PLAN (MPP) Plan overview: Supplement Three to the Clergy Retirement Security Program (CRSP), also known as the Ministerial Pension Plan (MPP), provides clergy with a pension benefit for their years of ministry with The United Methodist Church from 1982 through 2006. MPP is an Internal Revenue Code section 403(b) retirement plan. MPP requires that exactly 65% of the account balance must be annuitized when the funds are to be distributed. The remainder may be rolled over to UMPIP, another qualified plan or an IRA, or it may be paid in a lump sum. Current funding plan information: The Ministerial Pension Plan (MPP) annuities’ total liability as of January 1, 2018 is $(3,606,807,509), while total plan assets are $3,885,277,143, resulting in a current plan funded ratio of 108%. The required contribution for 2020 is $0. The Holston Conference’s percentage of the total liability is 1.8564%. Future MPP annuitants have a total account balance of $3,803,548,721 and the Holston Conference’s portion of that balance is $76,592,752 or 2.01% of the total. PRE-82 PLAN Plan overview: Supplement One to the Clergy Retirement Security Program (CRSP), also known as the Pre-82 Plan, provides clergy with a pension benefit for their years of ministry with The United Methodist Church prior to 1982. The Pre-82 Plan was replaced by MPP effective January 1, 1982. If a clergyperson retires within the Conference (and does not terminate), the minimum benefit payable is based on two factors: 1) Years of service with pension credit-approved by each conference on the recommendation of the Conference Board of Pensions (CBOP) in accordance with plan provisions and The book of Discipline. 2) The conference pension rate (past service rate)-the dollar amount chosen by the conference as the amount payable for each approved year of service with pension credit (may change from year to year). The number of years of service with pension credit is multiplied by the pension rate, and the product is the minimum annual benefit payable to those clergy eligible for Pre-82 Plan benefits. In certain situations, the benefit received from the Pre-82 plan may vary based on the applicability of what is referred to as Defined Benefit Service Money (DBSM), which is the defined contribution feature of the Pre-82 Plan. At the time that a participant retires, the DBSM account is converted to a life based benefit and, at that point, the clergy’s benefit is the greater of the PSR or DBSM benefit. If the conference increases the PSR, the clergy’s benefit is recalculated; but the DBSM-based benefit does not change. Current funding plan information: The 2020 PSR recommended to the Holston Conference will be 595, representing a 2% increase from the 2019 rate. The conference expects future annual increases to be approximately 2.00%. The contingent annuitant percentage is recommended to remain at the 70% level. ACTIVE HEALTH BENEFIT PROGRAM Program Overview The Holston Conference offers the following active health benefit to its active eligible participants: Self-Funded - Non-HealthFlex. Current funding plan information: The total cost of the program for 2020 is anticipated to be $6,723,600 and will be funded by Health Plan Direct Billing. It is
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anticipated that increases for future years will average 4.00%. The rationale for these changes is: 2018 essentially on target. 2019 and 2020 increases expected at 5% and 4% respectively do to normal medical cost increases •
Claims Incurred But Not Reported (if applicable) The Holston Conference provides the following health plan to its eligible participants: Self-Funded Non-HealthFlex. As of 12/31/2020, the estimated IBNR claims total is $336,180. It is anticipated that increases for future years will average 4.00%. It is anticipated that the IBNR claims, if applicable, will be funded via the following:
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POST-RETIREMENT MEDICAL BENEFIT PROGRAM (PRM) Program Overview: The Holston Conference currently offers Other for Post-Retirement Medical coverage. Current funding plan information: The plan sponsor’s intention for 2020 is to Change plan benefit. PRM benefits provided are as follows: Fixed $ Subsidy for each year of service beyond 10, plus limited benefit dental plan - self-insured Based on the most recent PRM valuation dated 01/01/2018, the following is the funded position of the PRM benefits: 1. Expected Post-Retirement Obligation (EPBO) net plan sponsor cost $13,564,463 2. Accumulated Post-Retirement Obligation (APBO) net plan sponsor cost $13,193,962 3. Assets (in-plan and outside) designated for PRM $33,809 4. Service cost (SC) net plan sponsor cost $56,231 5. Unfunded APBO, [3. - 2.] $(13,160,153) 6. Number of annual payments 20 7. Portion of unfunded APBO, [5. / 6.] $658,008 8. Ongoing funding contribution, [4. + 7.] $714,239 Future increases/decreases to the assets or APBO will be funded over the duration of the program as calculated in the PRM valuation report, or five years if not available. These values are based on a 6.00% long-term discount rate, a 0.00% long-term expected rate of return on assets, and a valuation year medical trend (inflation rate) of 7.00% with an ultimate medical trend (inflation rate) of 5.00%, beginning in 2022. In addition to the PRM funding contribution listed above, the projected annual plan benefit cost for 2020 (subsidies, HRAs, claims or premiums) is $997,879. COMPREHENSIVE PROTECTION PLAN (CPP) Plan Overview: The Comprehensive Protection Plan (CPP) provides death, long-term disability and other welfare benefits for eligible clergy of The United Methodist Church and their families. It is an Internal Revenue Code 414(e) “church plan” funded by plan sponsor insurance premiums. Generally, clergy are eligible to participate in CPP if they satisfy the eligibility requirements, including full-time appointment with plan compensation of at least 25% of the Denominational Average Compensation (DAC). Plan sponsors may elect to cover participants with three-quarter time appointments and/or to continue to cover clergy who, due to certain leaves or appointments, are not otherwise eligible to continue coverage. The CPP adoption agreement executed by the Holston Conference contains its elections to cover or not to cover categories mentioned above. Current funding plan information: For 2020, the Holston Conference has an expected required contribution to the Comprehensive Protection Plan of $769,112, which is anticipated to be funded by: Pension Direct Billing. The anticipated average increase in future years is expected to be 2.00% per year due to: Based on 2018 actual with expected 2% annual increase
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UNITED METHODIST PERSONAL INVESTMENT PLAN (UMPIP) FOR LAY AND CLERGY Plan Overview: The United Methodist Personal Investment Plan (UMPIP) is an Internal Revenue Code section 403(b) defined contribution retirement savings plan for clergy and lay employees of The United Methodist Church and affiliated organizations. Participants may make before-tax, Roth and/or after-tax contributions through payroll deductions. Participant contributions, various optional plan sponsor contributions and investment earnings comprise the individual’s retirement account balance. Current funding plan information: Conference office lay employees working an average of 30 hours per week or more are eligible after 12 months for a plan sponsor-funded pension contribution of 6% of salary. Lay employees are encouraged to make contributions toward their retirement through payroll deductions to the UMPIP. The conference’s estimated contribution for 2020 is $84,472 and will be funded via: Apportionments. OTHER DEFINED CONTRIBUTION (DC) OBLIGATIONS Plan Overview: The Holston currently offers the following DC benefit(s): Retiree Moving Expenses. The estimated contribution for 2020 is $36,000 with the funding sources to be: Apportionments. The anticipated average increase in future years is expected to be 5.00% per year due to Expected increase in retiring clergy. CONCLUSION The 2020 Comprehensive Benefit Funding Plan and this summary document incorporates, to the best of our understanding, the Holston’ s obligations and funding requirements of the benefits provided to the clergy and laity of the Holston Conference.
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The Holston Conference Personnel Resource Committee has primary responsibility for the management of staff and personnel who have duties related to the various ministries of the Holston Conference. The Committee oversees job descriptions, compensation, and benefits of the Conference employees. We work in collaboration with other Conference boards and agencies if requested, in the area of staffing needs. Our Holston Conference staff includes support staff in the Alcoa office, directors of camps and Wesley Centers on various college campuses as well as those who provide leadership for missions, youth, children, clergy concerns, and church development. Likewise, it includes our administrative staff in the areas of finances, pensions, insurance, media, and technology, as well as any other administrative support position. The staff ’s focus is to assist the Holston Conference to fulfill its mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world! During the past year, the PRC has been working on some revisions to the Employee Handbook as well as seeking a more efficient method to track hours worked and paid leave. That system is scheduled to be in operation no later than June 2019. Additionally, there has been collaboration with the board of Camp Dickinson to secure a new camp director after the departure of Michael Snow. The board of the Wesley Foundation at E.T.S.U. will be seeking new leadership as the result of John Ousley’s retirement. We pray God’s blessings on Michael and John as they look to new endeavors. We wish to welcome Anthony Gomez as the new Director at Camp Dickinson. Anthony comes to Holston after serving camping ministries in Virginia and California. Likewise, we welcome Brandy Williams who is on the support staff for Clergy Concerns. There are many reasons to celebrate the excellent ministries that occur in the Holston Conference. They arise from the grassroots of our local congregations and are bolstered by our conference staff. We can and do work together for a stronger conference and a faithful response to the call of Christ to be disciples in the world today! ~ Reed L. Shell, Chair
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Hiwassee College The trustees approved a modification to our July 2014 line of credit agreement which allowed the college to sell a portion of their property and transfer $136,200.00 to the Annual Conference. The current balance on the line of credit is $965,628.95. Church Mutual Worker’s Compensation Policy Holston Churches, thank you again for paying your premiums in full. This insurance protects your staff and your church. In 2018 $110,934 was paid out in claims. Most of these claims involved persons slipping, falling or experiencing a strain due to work conditions. The cost of the premiums paid by a congregation is significantly less the average loss. Why have property & liability insurance with the Holston Volunteer Program? Facts derived from using the data from the two hundred plus churches in our conference using Church Mutual for their property & liability coverage showed an average expense for a loss in 2017 was around $31,600. The good news in 2018, the average claim was for only $5,600. However, there were three times as many churches with incidents involving damage to one of God’s buildings or one of God’s people. The most common damage claim in 2018 involves water damage. Of those churches with the Church Mutual Holston Program, many qualified for free sensors to place in their churches to warn of water leaks. Property Tax Exemption Issue The Tennessee tax statue clearly says property used for the worship service and one parsonage per church are exempt from property taxes. What about property that is no longer used for worship? The trustees are actively addressing this issue. Respectfully submitted ~ David McLain, Chair & Brian Burch, Secretary
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$6,205,625 was distributed in 2018 out of the Foundation, including $5,162,790 to churches and ministries per their request; $914,087 in grants, scholarships and charitable entities; and $128,748 to individuals named as gift annuity/trust beneficiaries. The Foundation staff continues to work with compassionate individuals providing personalized illustrations related to simple bequests or complex trust/annuity proposals. We address potential donors’ hopes, dreams, and fears of giving their assets to the church. We partner with generous donors visualizing together what their legacy can be once they have joined the “Church Triumphant”. Information on the Foundation’s grants and scholarships can be found at foundation.holston.org while information on making a planned gift can be found at holstonlegacy.org. AS F U T Change and uncertainty have also permeated the denomination on all levels—from the local church to Annual Conferences to the denomination in the United States and abroad. A significant aspect of the Holston Foundation is that it was chartered in 1981 to serve United Methodist entities as well as those deemed as historically Methodist. That means that despite what may come to the local church or the denomination as a whole, the Holston Foundation will continue to offer investment service and planned giving consultation as it has for over 35 years. In fact, individuals who are concerned about the future of their local church may want to establish a Donor-Advised Fund that can be directed to the charity or church of their choice at some point in the future. Endowments continue to be a significant option to consider since they have always had unique criteria established by the donor with contingencies such as “should my church merge with another church” or “should my church no longer be part of the United Methodist denomination.” Our mission remains to serve churches, people and ministries “related to” The United Methodist Church. Your investments are secure. We will continue to administer your investments as you have instructed us to do so under your investment agreements. Our contracts are between the churches and the Holston Conference of The United Methodist Church Foundation, Inc. Only those specified as authorized signers may make withdrawals or transfers. We keep your account information private and no United Methodist body has any more access to your funds than they would at a local bank. The Holston Foundation is independent of the General Conference, the Annual Conference, the Council of Bishops, the General Council on Finance and Administration, Wespath, and any other United Methodist denominational entity. We are separately registered as a Tennessee Nonprofit Corporation and our Board of Directors is self-managed. We are sustaining investments for future generations. We will continue to be focused on the future, on developing principled leaders, supporting mission projects, and strengthening local churches. Respectfully submitted, Paul Bowman, Executive Director John Anderson, Board President
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Holston United Methodist Home for Children is related to the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church. In the Wesleyan tradition, Holston Home completed 123 years of ministry to children, youth and their families whose lives have been disrupted by family conflict, family breakdown and other traumas. We endeavor to counteract the stresses and strains, which put families at risk. Through residential care, foster care, adoption services, day care, education and family support services, Holston Home has brought healing and transformation to 646 children and youth. We thank you for your part in our ministry as you have answered the call of Christ to minister to the poor, downtrodden, alienated, frustrated and disenfranchised members of our society. We believe God has called us to be His ambassadors in partnership with the members of the churches of the Holston Conference. • We continue to encourage churches throughout the Conference to observe Fifth Sunday and The Advance. • We emphasize spiritual development, as the children are motivated to attend weekly worship and Christian events like Resurrection. • Construction began on the Christian Life Center, which we plan to have completed by August 2019, with dedication in early September. • A former bank building downtown, donated to Holston Home, was remodeled to provide a Coffee House for the community, and a place of prayer and caring ministry. • Eight of our students went to Guatemala and Jackson, Mississippi on mission trips where they conducted Bible school for more than 1,500 children in Guatemala and were able to pray and minister to homeless and at-risk families back in the states. The number of children and families served by Holston Home stayed steady although financial support did not keep pace with their growing needs. Satellite offices are maintained in Bristol, Johnson City, Knoxville and Chattanooga. We rejoice that thirty youth completed high school, including those from our on-campus Beacon School, and twenty-four are attending college or vocational school. Sixty-one of our youngsters made a profession of faith in Jesus Christ and thirty-two were baptized. Mrs. Wiley, our founder, had a dream that every child would come to know Jesus. That is still our dream. We count on your prayers. We have had a good year and pledge to the Holston Conference that we will continue to provide ministry to children, youth and families, never forgetting that we are the church in ministry without apology. We will bring ministry to as many children and families as you are willing to support with generous individual and church gifts. We ask each church to appoint an ambassador to promote the work of Holston Home in your church. We invite you to visit our Greeneville campus and experience first-hand the transformation and redemption that is taking place in the lives of children, and then return to your church and share our story. We ask for your continued support as we give thanks to you as a people with a heart connection. Your interest determines our future ~ Bradley S. Williams, President ~ Rev. Charles A. Hutchins, Director of Church Relations
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Founded in 1849, with a vision and a gift of seven acres for the development of a campus, Hiwassee College was established. The mission of the institution was in the intellectual and spiritual development of students. That same mission is in place today; 170 years and growing! We are pleased to share some of the continuing progress and successes here on our campus at Hiwassee College. The Coat of Arms is new to Hiwassee College representing our rich history, United Methodist roots, dedication to higher education, and symbolizes the future. The Cross represents our Christian foundation - our commitment to providing students with a positive and enriched educational environment in which to learn. The Open Book symbolizes literacy, scholarship, and our biblical foundation. It also symbolizes the passing down of knowledge, values, ethics, and virtue to future generations. The Tree is a Tulip Poplar representing the pride of our location in the State of Tennessee and the thriving life that continues to grow on our campus. The Lamp symbolizes the light of wisdom, intellect and good works. The Wheat Grain celebrates Hiwassee College’s roots at the foothills of the Smoky Mountains and represents our agricultural origins. We welcomed the addition of two new faculty this academic year: Dr. Feyissa Gelalcha, and Dr. Scarlett Cunningham. We also expanded our library staff with the addition of Mrs. Robin Turner; and additional support staff were added to assist with the day-to-day operations of our campus and to support student success. Dr. Gelalcha holds a Bachelor of Science from the former TH-Carl Schorlemmer, and both a Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy from Martin Luther University at Halle-Wittenberg in stereoselective organic synthesis. His experience includes research, publishing, and teaching. Dr. Gelalcha has been a welcome addition to our Department of Sciences and has been our lead Chemistry professor this past academic year Dr. Cunningham holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from the University of Maine at Presque Isle, a Master of Arts in Women’s Studies from the University of Alabama, and a Doctor of Philosophy in American Literature from the University of Mississippi. Dr. Cunningham has been instrumental in expanding our literature and composition courses to meet the demands for our growing student population. Mrs. Robin Turner, a Hiwassee College alum (1984), holds an M.S. in Library Science from the Catholic University of America. She worked 25 years in the Virginia public school system as a librarian and Special Education teacher. Robin has already contributed significantly not only to the library but other areas on campus. She is teaching College Foundations, a required 3-hour credit course for first-year students, and organizing the materials needed for institutional assessment. Advancing our curriculum, Hiwassee College is proud to announce the addition of academic “minors” to the degree programs in Hiwassee’s 7 Centers of Excellence. The minor programs will mirror the current major programs in the 7 Centers of Excellence, and consist of an average of 15 hours from a selection of upper level coursework in a discipline different from the student’s major discipline. We are still developing the courses of study for the minor programs this year and will implement them starting the fall semester of 2019. Our Alumni Board of Governors began offering scholarships to returning students this January to help students continue their education! We are truly grateful. An alumnae of Hiwassee College, Ms. Sarah Mozley is funding a Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award and will the first award will be to an outstanding faculty member who will be recognized at Commencement with a $ 3,000 stipend! Again, many thanks to our alumni! We have many athletic and academic successes that we wish to highlight and share with you: Hiwassee College Dental Hygiene is proud to announce a 100% passage rate for the Class of 2018 on both the clinical and written board examinations. All graduates have applied and received licenses to practice dental hygiene within their chosen state. We will be welcoming another full class in August 2019. Women’s Basketball earned 6th Place in the Nationals and set a school record for the number of wins in any season in history. Women’s Basketball Coach Cerezola is selected as the Coach of the Year in the Mideast Region. Men’s Baseball ranks in the top 10 of the NCCAA rankings and earned an at-large bid for the third consecutive year.
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In addition to all the outstanding student athletes, Hiwassee College is proud to have brought Brandon Cerezola in as Head Coach for our Women’s Basketball program. Coach Cerezola was hired as a youngest basketball coach in America. After the first half of the Season, he has started off 13-1, an impressive start for a first-year coach. Cerezola comes to Hiwassee College after spending a year as the Graduate Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach and Interim Sports Information Director at Truett McConnell University. Cerezola has been a head coach with two different AAU organizations, Team Nike Elite, and Peak Performance. Also, he has worked alongside WNBA legend Lady Grooms, training and coaching with her at Greater Atlanta Christian School in Norcross, GA. We are proud that we have been awarded an Appalachian Regional Commission grant for a total of $357,000, which will provide smartboard technology for 16 to 18 classrooms on campus. Today’s student body need and want a higher technology-learning environment. Smartboards combine the ability for professors to present slides, act as a whiteboard and a gateway to the internet, display video in high definition quality, and allow students to present via wireless connection. Over the next two years, the college will upgrade its physical infrastructure, install new computers in our computer classroom and learning center, and finally install the smartboards. Hiwassee is well underway with the multi-million dollar renovation phase of the Hardwick Johnson Library. Renovations began on October 1, 2018, and are scheduled for completion in early August 2019. This USDA funded project has been in the works for a few years and we are excited to see progress being made. The new and improved library will have completely new classrooms, collaborative study areas, and high-tech tools for teaching and learning. This renovation will push Hiwassee College into the next decade with a reenergized focus on students. We will have the tools and technology to provide students with knowledge, creativity, and the skills to lead. With respect to the spiritual life on campus, our Chaplain, Joseph Ratledge joined the staff of Hiwassee College in the summer of 2017 and has entered his second academic year with us. On July 1, 2018, he was appointed as a Licensed Local Pastor to Hiwassee College through the Holston Conference. He continues to provide dedicated leadership to the spiritual life programming on and off-campus and continues to serve as an adjunct instructor for the Christian Leadership Program under the leadership of The Reverend Dr. Sam Dzobo. Chaplain Ratledge provides planning for the weekly Lyceum Programs, part of the required curriculum, which exposes students to various dimensions of the academic, social, and spiritual aspects of life on campus and in society. The weekly programs include academic, social, vocational, and spiritual exploration through various media led by the chaplain, faculty, students and guest speakers. At the time of this publication, the following individuals have led our Lyceum programming for the 2018-2019 academic year: Rev. Mike Sluder discussing various opportunities for service for students. Rev. Mark Nichols providing a sermon on “Your Identity in Christ.” Rev Keith Knight for our Constitution Day Assembly. Dr. Sam Dzobo highlighting the annual mission trip of Holston Conference to Zimbabwe.
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Dr. Robert Allen providing the history and historical ties of Hiwassee College to the UMC. Dr. Anne-Marie Hodge, providing a lecture regarding her struggles as a college student with toxic relationships and how her faith (and friends) helped her through that dark time. Todd Cox, who provided a sermon based upon his experience in South Africa at the Young Adults in Global Ministries Conference. Additional guests included representatives from Bryan College, Liberty University, and Asbury Theological Seminary who provided students with a synopsis of their graduate school offerings. Also included, per the student’s request, was an opportunity each month where students could approach the administrative staff to voice any questions, concerns, and suggestions in a collective environment. This provided additional “face-time” between the students and administrative staff to join together and each side feel more fully informed about policies, procedures, and activities on campus. Spring 2019 saw the following guest speakers at Lyceum: Rev. John Oldham providing a series on loss and grief. Rev. Will Lauderbach from First-Centenary UMC, Chattanooga. District Superintendent Hugh Kilgore. Katie King, a representative from Randstad providing an overview of employment services. Laura McLean, Associate Director, Youth & College, Connectional Ministries. Candice Ratledge, LCSW with a presentation on Mindfulness. Adam Reuss from Johnston Woods, Cleveland, TN. Additional on-campus spiritual life activities include student-led men and women’s Bible studies, small group devotions, and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. The Office of Student Affairs at HC was very excited to welcome the arrival of our new and returning students in August. While many students were still enjoying the summer, a select group of students arrived early to HC for Resident Assistant training. As a Resident Assistant, these students take on multiple responsibilities at the paraprofessional level in assisting the Resident Director at each residence hall in maintaining a tolerant and positive community in exchange for a scholarship. These students trained and worked for hours preparing for student arrival, in addition to leading volunteer efforts with our residents during HC Residential Time of Service. We believe that it is not only important for our Resident Assistants to know first aid, how to respond in crises, and our policies, but it is equally imperative for us to develop in them a culture of service. This culture of service, along with the education that they receive here at HC, will mold these students into the next generation of leaders fully prepared to enter their careers upon graduation. The students were also welcomed to campus with many activities to keep them engaged all semester long. To kick-off the fun, several staff members joined our students in a rafting trip down the Hiwassee River. Memories were made and bonds were solidified during the event! While not in class or studying throughout this semester, many students will be enjoying a bonfire and s’mores, leading a club or organization, sliding down the slip-n-slide, playing an intramural sport, joining in to help with breast cancer awareness, displaying their kindness on World Kindness Day, participating in Project Semicolon in honor of National Suicide Prevention Week, and much more. With over 50 events taking place in the fall of 2018, the Office of Student Affairs is confident that students will find a way to stay involved on campus and find their place at HC. The students at Hiwassee College have always had a heart willing to serve others. As a Christian college, we are proud of the many projects that our students take on to better not only our campus but our community. Recently, our students have visited the Douglas Cherokee Headstarts in Monroe County to promote healthy living among the 3-5-year-olds that the organization serves. Our students can also be found, throughout the academic year, encouraging literacy with the youth at our local Boys & Girls Clubs by reading to them. When disaster strikes, our students are the first ones willing to organize a drive to help put together items that individuals and families may need. Thanks to our gracious faculty, staff, and students, we were able to send hygiene packets to Hurricane Florence victims in October. In November alone, our students collected and donated blankets, thermal socks, gloves, and thermal hats to local homeless citizens in order to help them prepare for the winter months. Hiwassee College is also a proud partner with Monroe Area Council of the Arts (MACA). Through this partnership, MACA is able to utilize our campus facilities to bring multicultural events to our community, students, faculty, and staff. Just recently, the Hiwassee College Rymer Cafeteria competed in the Taste of Monroe event in downtown Madisonville, TN. This event allowed us to bring our campus into our community to share some of the things that make HC a great place - our food, but, most importantly, the people of Hiwassee College. Amongst all of our student leaders, we wish to bring to your attention one student, who in particular, has found a way to serve both the campus and our community through trapping feral cats. Sasha Middleton noticed that feral cats serve a great purpose
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in the community for controlling insect, rat, and snake populations, but also realized that when the colonies get too large, they become a nuisance and the chances of them spreading rabies increases tremendously. Sasha was able to make connections with veterinarian clinics and shelters, who agreed to neuter all of the cats for free as long as Sasha trapped them, took them to the PPAWS clinic in Greenback, TN, and released the cats once treatment concluded. Through her efforts and her own financial commitment, she has successfully helped control the population of feral cats in our area while continuing to allow the cats to help manage the population of pests and keep the community safe. In today’s evolving social, political, economic, spiritual, and family environment’s we know the liberal arts profoundly inform STEM education. The liberal arts and technical or STEM education are both stronger for having engaged in learning how each area influences understanding of the other fields of study, and our thinking as citizens of the world. Our graduates make stronger leaders because they are exposed to great literature, religions of the world, languages, ethics, and philosophy, and who are taught to write based on fact; ultimately make better scientists and engineers, because they can better understand the culture in which they are serving. Those of us in higher education have the greatest opportunity to positively influence this next generation of leaders and there is nothing more profoundly important than creating ethical leaders for tomorrow’s challenges. ~ Dr. Robin J. Tricoli, President
Hiwassee College Madisonville, TN For Immediate Release March 28, 2019 Today, the Hiwassee College Board of Trustees voted to close the institution at the end of this spring semester, May 10, 2019. We are proud of our historic mission of educating students for 170 years in the United Methodist tradition of John Wesley. Many of our alumni have pursued additional education to become pastors in several Conferences as well as other denominations, teachers in our schools, pharmacists in the region, and community leaders across the nation. Hiwassee College’s legacy will survive through those who attended the college and who continue to lead and serve. Growing marketplace trends including substantially discounted or highly subsidized public education, changes in demographics, our rural location, and declining enrollment have combined to produce an unsustainable economic model. Our current fulltime equivalent enrollment is 225 students. On May 10, we will celebrate with 33 graduates: 23 will receive bachelor’s degrees and 10 will earn associate’s degrees. Our campus community is a top priority at this difficult time so we will work diligently to assist students to transition to other institutions and to serve as references for faculty and staff seeking career opportunities. We are truly grateful to everyone who has worked so faithfully in service to our mission of Christian education and to our dedicated and faithful donors who have enabled us to grow and sustain our beautiful campus. The Holston Conference of The United Methodist Church, the community, our alumni, and this region have all been a vital part of supporting our mission and campus. Our faculty and staff have been supportive through the years and we are grateful for their commitment to Hiwassee College and Christian higher education. We wish to thank all of those whose prayers and support have been so meaningful for so long. Hiwassee College Board of Trustees
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Africa University thrives in ministry because of the unwavering support of local congregations of The United Methodist Church. Thank you to the members of the Holston Conference for prioritizing Africa University and its ministry with an investment of 90 percent of the asking to the Africa University Fund (AUF) apportionment in 2018. The university community is greatly encouraged by the ongoing efforts of Holston United Methodists to invest in transforming the lives and communities in Africa. The students, faculty, staff, trustees and alumni of Africa University value every gift. They are especially humbled by the sacrifices that are being made to re-establish a tradition of 100 percent support for the AUF in the Holston Conference. In giving generously to the AUF, the Holston Conference affirms the university’s core mission of nurturing leaders who invite new people into a relationship with Jesus Christ. The impact of Holston Conference’s strong support for Africa University is evident in the contributions of graduates who address real-life challenges and help communities to experience peace, sustainable livelihoods, food security and abundant health. Institutional Update: For the first time in five years, there is new construction on the Africa University campus thanks to a 25th anniversary gift from Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas, TX. In December 2018, work began on the foundation for a new residence hall. The university subsequently broke ground for the construction of phase two of its Student Union and Cafeteria building. Both projects are progressing well and are expected to be in use by August 2020. Africa University remains a top choice for African young people who are seeking a relevant and life-changing educational experience. In 2018, Africa University enrolled more than 700 new students and maintained an overall enrollment of around 2,000 students. There were 25 African countries represented in the student body. Women made up 53 percent of the student population in 2018, which is almost twice the average for African higher education institutions. Among Africa University’s close to 9,000 alumni, women graduates are emerging as the difference-makers of their generation, whether empowering victims of gender-based violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo or working alongside rural women to establish and operate community-based telecommunications infrastructure in under-served communities across Africa. Throughout 2018, Africa University addressed the challenges of operating in a depressed and uncertain socio-economic environment in Zimbabwe with creativity and prudence. The university delivered teaching, learning and community service activities of high-quality without interruption, while also renewing and expanding its infrastructure. Key enhancements in 2018 included the full implementation of an ERP software system to integrate and manage all facets of the university’s operations and the refurbishment of three dormitories for women students. With the rise in internal displacement, migration, and refugeehood in Africa, the university consolidated its position as a trailblazer by offering new graduate training and research opportunities. Africa University has also continued to provide scholarships for refugee women so that their experiences, talents, and ideas are utilized in the search for lasting solutions. Africa University delivered critical data for reducing malaria deaths in southern Africa and controlling the spread of insect-borne diseases world-wide. AU’s insectary—a laboratory for rearing and studying live insects, such as mosquitos— shares its findings through the Southern Africa Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research. This data informs regional policies, practices and malaria control efforts. Africa University is deeply grateful to the members of the Holston Conference for their prayers and support, which continue to grow and sustain its ministry. Thank you to the Holston Conference for all that has been invested in Africa University over the past 27 years and for being part of a shared story of faithfulness, hope, and realized dreams. As Africa University and the Holston Conference move forward together in missional engagement, we trust in God for the increase. ~ James H. Salley Associate Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement Africa University Development Office jsalley@gbhem.org 615.340.7438
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For more than 100 years, Candler School of Theology at Emory University has prepared real people to make a real difference in the real world. Since our founding in 1914, more than 10,000 students have graduated from Candler, where they have been shaped as thoughtful, principled, and courageous leaders dedicated to transforming the world in the name of Jesus Christ. This is especially important to note amid the current uncertainty in our denomination. It is an honor and a privilege for Candler to be one of 13 official seminaries of The United Methodist Church. Yet true to the Methodist tradition of ecumenical openness, Candler has enthusiastically welcomed the entire Wesleyan family to our community for generations. Faculty, staff, and students from the AME Church, the AMEZ Church, the CME Church, Free Methodists, Nazarenes, and others have worked, worshiped, learned, and prayed alongside United Methodists, and have been a vital part of shaping Candler and our mission. This diversity has been a wonderful gift and a rich blessing. As we move forward from the Special Session of General Conference, we will continue to invite and welcome wholeheartedly those from all expressions of the Wesleyan tradition. Indeed, we will continue to welcome all those who follow Jesus Christ. Candler is also privileged to be one of seven graduate professional schools of Emory University in Atlanta. With the resources of a top-tier research institution and the reach of a global city, our students benefit from a rich academic and hands-on learning environment: The General Board of Global Ministries is in Atlanta, as are numerous public health, international development, and social service organizations. Candler’s intentional involvement with our surrounding community has contributed to our inclusion on a list of “Seminaries that Change the World” for six years running. In short, there is no better place to prepare for ministry that engages our major denominational priorities: developing leaders, starting and growing churches, ministry with the poor, and improving global health. In order to keep pace with the needs of the church and the world, Candler offers 16 degrees: six single degrees and ten dual degrees pairing theology with bioethics, business, international development, law, public health, and social work. Our Doctor of Ministry degree is 90 percent online, so students can remain in their places of ministry and immediately apply to their context what they learn in class. Our Teaching Parish program allows eligible United Methodist students to serve as pastors in local churches while they’re enrolled—they earn a salary as they earn course credit and pastoral experience, plus they are mentored by an experienced United Methodist elder. Candler’s student body continues to reflect the diversity and breadth of the Christian faithful, with an enrollment of 453, reflecting 51 percent women, 39 percent people of color (U.S.), and a median age of 27 among MDivs. Students represent 44 denominations, with half coming from the Methodist family. Candler has a deep commitment to alleviating student debt and promoting financial literacy. In 2018-2019, we awarded $5.8 million in Candler scholarships, with 100 percent of MDiv students receiving aid. Plus, our comprehensive “Faith & Finance” program teaches money management skills that serve our students now and will continue to serve them—and the churches they lead—well into the future. Candler draws considerable strength and inspiration from its relationship with The United Methodist Church. Our ability to fulfill our mission of educating faithful and creative leaders for the church’s ministries throughout the world depends upon your prayers, partnership, and support. Thank you for the countless ways you advance this vital ministry in the life of our denomination. Visit us in person or online at candler.emory.edu to see firsthand how Candler prepares real people to make a real difference in the real world. ~ Jan Love Mary Lee Hardin Willard Dean and Professor of Christianity and World Politics Candler School of Theology
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Tennessee Wesleyan University continues to make good progress on a number off its strategic initiatives. New Academic Offerings TWU continues to strengthen and expand its academic offerings. We await approval to offer a master’s in occupational therapy, a master’s of arts in teaching, and final accreditation approval of a bachelor’s in social work. Faith in Service Programming TWU’s “Love Thy Neighbor Project” is a direct service initiative focused on addressing food insecurity issues as part of a greater mission to eliminate poverty in the Athens and McMinn County communities. Specifically, the Love Thy Neighbor Project includes a campus and community food bank for food insecure community members throughout McMinn County, a weekend back sacks program for impoverished K-12 students in McMinn County, and a mobile food pantry to serve low-income communities in food deserts. The Love Thy Neighbor Project also serves community members through partnerships with multiple organizations throughout the community. Three AmeriCorps VISTA Members oversee the three components of the Love Thy Neighbor Project, and TWU students, faculty, staff, and friends serve as volunteers. Families in need can "shop" the client-choice food bank once per week, which focuses on providing fresh produce, dairy, and bakery items. Items are also delivered to community partners each week to distribute to clients in need (ex: Women at the Well, Grace & Mercy Ministries, etc.). Status as a low-income household is determined by standards set by the USDA for household size and monthly income. Approximately 48 households are served each week through the campus food bank. The Back Sacks program provides low-income students with food they might not otherwise receive for weekends and holidays. Each back sack contained a protein, canned vegetable, fruit cup, drink, breakfast item, and snacks. Students are identified by the guidance counselors and principals in our partner schools, McMinn County High School and Etowah City School. Approximately 70 back sacks are distributed to local children each week. The Mobile Food Pantry provides low-income families with an average of 61 pounds of food, including fresh fruits and vegetables. The MFPs are set up like farmer’s markets and allow clients to “shop” for the items they want and will use. Status as a low-income household is determined by standards set by the USDA for household size and monthly income. The Mobile Food Pantry serves 130 families each month. The Residence Life staff coordinated shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child in November. The TWU campus donated 46 shoeboxes. Additionally, the TWU campus community sponsored over 75 local children for our annual Angel Tree campaign at Christmas. The TWU/Fort Sanders Nursing students assembled and distributed 30 Easter baskets for “Basket of Smiles”. Basket of Smiles is an organization that shares the meaning of Easter with children in homeless shelters in Chattanooga and Knoxville. Over Spring Break, 25 students, 3 Nursing faculty and 3 Student Life staff members went to Freeport, Bahamas for outreach work. The nursing students, pre-nursing, and pre-med students worked with the local hospital and clinics to provide health care assistance. The group also painted St. Paul’s Methodist Church in an effort to repair damage sustained in recent storms. The group also attended service at St. Andrew’s Methodist Church on Sunday. Spiritual life at Tennessee Wesleyan University this year has included both large and small group activities. Large-group events have centered around our weekly Thursday 11:00 a.m. Chapel services. In the Fall Semester, Dr. Dover was assisted by Rev. Jessica Boyce, and 173 different students attended at least one chapel service, the average attendance was 28, and the average rating for the service was 4.4. The Spring Semester averaged 26 in attendance and an average rating of 4.8. These services have featured a variety of speakers, including TWU faculty and students, and the student instrumentalists and vocalists of the Chapel Worship team. Small group activities have focused on the activities of our three campus ministries, Wesleyan Christian Fellowship, Baptist Campus Ministries, and Fellowship of Christian Athletes, which form the core of the student-led ministry on campus. FCA, in particular, has seen tremendous growth, and has made a significant impact on the TWU campus. In addition, both the Athens and Knoxville campuses participated in the 7-week “Pray for Me” opportunity, which ran from October 1 – November 19. 62 students and staff from the Athens campus and 15 from the Knoxville Nursing campus participated with a prayer partner in daily reading from the Pray for Me book, as well as keeping a prayer ‘log’ or ‘journal.’ Dr. Dover and Dr. Augustine Bocco accompanied 7 students to the Urbana 2018 Student Missions Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, during the Christmas break. This Conference is held every three years, and consists of daily Bible Study, daily worship services, and the opportunity to visit with representatives of over 300 mission agencies, schools, and ministries.
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The Knoxville Nursing campus also has a thriving spiritual life, with the annual “Blessing of the Hands” ceremony taking place in September, and an active chapter of Nurses Christian Fellowship meeting weekly on Mondays for support and encouragement. With God’s blessings, the spirit of Tennessee Wesleyan University remains vital as it strives to prepare students for a life of leadership and service in an ever-changing global community.
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In August of 2018, L. Gregory Jones, the Ruth W. and A. Morris Williams Jr. Distinguished Professor of Theology and Christian Ministry, began serving as dean following Elaine Heath’s departure. Jones, who earned M.Div. and Ph.D. degrees from Duke, was previously dean of Duke Divinity from 1997-2010. Jones was asked to lead the school in enhancing its ties with church constituencies, strengthening its academic credibility, attending to cultural challenges, and addressing financial challenges. As he assumed the role of dean, Jones noted, “We need to build bridges across various divides in the church, the academy, and across society. Christian faith can play a significant role in this bridge building.” This academic year Duke Divinity School has been working steadily on these tasks. Admissions: Duke Divinity School welcomed an entering class of approximately 200 new students from 30 different states and several countries, including China, South Korea, the UK, and Zimbabwe. Our Master of Divinity program remains central to our identity, enrolling 112 students. Our Master of Theological Studies and Master of Arts in Christian Practice programs received enrollments of 24 students and 14 students, respectively. The Master of Theology (nine students), Doctor of Ministry (22 students), and Doctor of Theology (four students) all had strong enrollment. Our new Certificate in Theology and Health Care saw enrollment double this year to eight students. The ages of students enrolled in the M.Div. program range from 21 to 69, with a median age of 23, and students from minority groups comprised more than 22 percent of incoming M.Div. students, with black students making up 15 percent. Across all degree programs at the Divinity School, 32 percent of the incoming class identified as a race/ethnicity other than white (an increase from 26 percent last year). Black students made up 18 percent of all students; Hispanic students, two percent; Asian students, seven percent; and American Indian students, one percent. For the first time, the majority of students entering the Doctor of Ministry program identify as an ethnic group other than white. Female students made up 51 percent of incoming M.Div. students, while males were 49 percent. It was only the second time in school history that the incoming cohort of M.Div. students had a female majority (2005 being the other year). Across the degree programs, 42 percent of students in the incoming class were female, and 58 percent were male. There were 23 denominations represented in the M.Div. entering class, with 55 percent affiliated with The United Methodist Church (up from 41 percent last year). Nondenominational students made up 17 percent of the new M.Div. students; Baptists, eight percent; and Anglican-Episcopal, three percent. New Faculty: Several new faculty members joined the Divinity School community in July 2018, demonstrating Duke Divinity School’s ongoing commitment to the church, the academy, and the church’s witness in the world. • Christopher Beeley, the Jack and Barbara Bovender Professor of Theology, Anglican Studies, and Ministry and director of the Anglican Episcopal House of Studies, is an Anglican priest and a founding member of the Episcopal Gathering of Leaders. He has ministered in parishes in Texas, Indiana, Virginia, and Connecticut. Prior to joining the Duke faculty, Beeley taught for 16 years at Yale Divinity School. • David Emmanuel Goatley, research professor of theology and black church studies and director of the Office of Black Church Studies, is ordained in the National Baptist Convention, USA, and serves in leadership capacities with the NAACP, Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Society, and the Baptist World Alliance and the World Council of Churches. He was for 23 years the executive director of the Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Society. • Jan Holton, associate professor of the practice of pastoral theology and care, is an ordained elder in the Virginia Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. Holton most recently served in an extension ministry with Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services (IRIS) in New Haven, Conn., and was a member of the faculty at Yale Divinity School from 2006 to 2015. • Patrick T. Smith, associate research professor of theological ethics and bioethics and a senior fellow at the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, is also associate faculty with Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and the History of Medicine. Smith is licensed and ordained with the National Baptist Convention, USA and comes to Duke from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Harvard Medical School. United Methodists: Professor Kate Bowler's memoir, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I’ve Loved, made The New York Times’ hardcover nonfiction bestseller list and received significant national recognition in mainstream and Christian media. The related podcast, “Everything Happens with Kate Bowler,” returns for a second season with new episodes on how people have faced dark times in their lives. Bowler, Sujin Pak, and Edgardo Colon-Emeric, all United Methodist faculty members, received tenure and promotion to the rank of associate professor in recent months. On July 1, 2018, Pak began serving as vice dean of academic affairs and Colon-Emeric started as director of the Center for Reconciliation. Jeff Conklin-Miller began serving as director of the Methodist House of Studies at the same time. Beginning February 1, 2019, Laceye Warner fills the new role of associate dean for Wesleyan engagement.
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Looking to the Future: The Divinity School continues to discern fresh strategies to respond faithfully and wisely to the changing dynamics of the church, the academy, and the world. An example of our strategic work is a new focus throughout the school on Thriving Communities. Through this focus we are concentrating on the centrality of healthy congregations and gifted pastors in cultivating thriving communities. This approach offers opportunities to build on Duke Divinity School’s traditional strengths, but in a new key. We look forward to cultivating even stronger synergies among our work with the Clergy Health Initiative, Thriving Rural Communities, Hispanic House of Studies, and a revised Field Education program (all generously supported by The Duke Endowment), alongside longstanding commitments to the Office of Black Church Studies, the Anglican/Episcopal and Baptist Houses of Study, and initiatives in Leadership Education; Theology and the Arts; and Theology, Medicine, and Culture. Duke Divinity School is grateful for the strong ties that bind “the people called Methodist,” and we look forward to serving together as we bear witness to God’s future with hope. Respectfully submitted, L. Gregory Jones, Dean, Duke Divinity School
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Thank you for this opportunity to bring you news from MTSO. Full-tuition pledge extended to those pursuing United Methodist candidacy MTSO has announced a groundbreaking full-tuition pledge to every prospective student who is pursuing United Methodist candidacy as an elder or deacon. The school’s financial-aid experts will assist the prospective student in locating and applying for scholarships from numerous sources. If scholarships from those sources don’t cover the full tuition, MTSO and its donors will make up the difference, leaving the student with no out-of-pocket tuition expense. This pledge is extended to qualified prospective students who apply by July 1 for the 2019-20 academic year. The MTSO admissions staff is happy to answer questions at 800-333-6876 or admissions@mtso.edu. Master of Arts in Social Justice program launched In August of 2019, MTSO will welcome the first students pursuing the school’s new Master of Arts in Social Justice degree. This 39-hour, two-year professional master’s degree takes full advantage of MTSO’s unique ethos. The MASJ offers an interdisciplinary core curriculum combining ethics, theology, public leadership, sacred texts and spirituality. Students also will choose from among social justice-oriented elective courses to sharpen their focus in areas of interest such as race, immigration, human sexuality, climate, disability and labor exploitation. MASJ core classes include on-campus and online learning. All on-campus core classes will meet on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Coursework includes a cross-cultural immersion trip and a customizable 280-hour internship. Ohio Northern and MTSO announce 3+3 M.Div. program Ohio Northern University and MTSO have teamed up to offer incoming college students a unique 3+3 program leading to a Master of Divinity degree. The program is the only one of its kind in Ohio and one of only a few in the country. The typical path to an M.Div. requires seven years of undergrad and graduate study. Through the 3+3 program, students will save time and money by completing the degree in six years. Starting the program at ONU in Ada, they may choose one of three majors: religion, youth ministry, or religion and ecology. The next step is three years of study at MTSO. After their first year at MTSO, 3+3 students will complete a Bachelor of Arts degree from ONU. After completion of seminary coursework, they will earn an MTSO M.Div. Respectfully submitted ~ Danny Russell, director of communications
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Fostering wisdom and courage Wesley Theological Seminary, celebrating our 60th year in Washington, DC, has equipped Christian leadership for nearly 150 years. We prepare students to lead innovative ministries while remaining grounded in our biblical and theological traditions. President David McAllister-Wilson writes in his new book, A New Church and a New Seminary, “Leadership requires a seminary to foster both wisdom and courage.” Our faculty is chosen to prepare these kinds of leaders. In the past year, we welcomed Academic Dean Phil Wingeier-Rayo, Ph.D. plus two new faculty, the Rev. Lorena Parrish, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Urban Ministries and Director of the Community Engagement Institute, and the Rev. Anna Petrin, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Worship and Chapel Elder. Learn more about all the remarkable scholars on Wesley’s faculty at https://www.wesleyseminary. edu/faculty-2/ Whether you are clergy or laity, an alumnus or a prospective student, looking for master’s or doctoral work, or continuing education or simply deeper knowledge, Wesley stands ready to support you in your current and future call to ministry. Here are a few ways Wesley can help you grow in the wisdom of the faith and the courage to lead. Discover exciting pathways to seminary studies Wesley offers an 81-hour Master of Divinity, a 36-hour Master of Arts and a 60-hour Master of Theological Studies. Wesley equips all those called to serve for ordained Elder and Deacon ministries or to other ministries beyond the pulpit. Some are able to take advantage of our modern and affordable on-campus housing and food service to be full-time residential students, living in an exciting international capital. But we understand the struggle to balance life, family, ministry, and finances. So, Wesley’s Master of Divinity degree can now be completed via online, weekend, short-term intensive, and weeknight courses in 5 years, designed for those with busy ministry, work, and family lives. Check out upcoming flexible course offerings for Summer and Fall 2019 at http://www.wesleyseminary.edu/admissions/try-a-class-3/ In our 3+3 Fast Track B.A./M. Div. program, in partnership with Shenandoah University, students enter ministry with less debt after earning their degrees in six years. Learn more at www.wesleyseminary.edu/3+3degrees. Wesley provides more than $2 million dollars annually in scholarships thanks to the consistent support of graduates, congregations, and friends. Our new Generaçion Latinx Scholarship joins our many merit-based scholarships that enable students to afford seminary education. The Community Engagement Institute at Wesley embraces a vibrant vision to be the premier center for churches and faith-based organization engage their communities. Our Community Engagement Fellows program prepares students to engage in entrepreneurial ministry. Generous stipends are available for each Fellow while they complete their M.Div. degree. Students can focus their fellowship on Public Theology, Urban Ministry or Missional Church. Meet our current Fellows at https://www.wesleyseminary.edu/admissions/community-engagement-fellows/ Take your ministry to the next level Wesley is a leader in Doctor of Ministry programs in specialized tracks that can include international study. Our 2020 tracks will include Church Leadership Excellence, offered in conjunction with Wesley’s internationally respected Lewis Center for Church Leadership and Life Together: Spirituality for Transforming Community, and a track designed for military chaplains. Find out more or apply at www.wesleyseminary.edu/doctorofministry/. Wesley also offers opportunities for individual study without pursuing a degree. The Certificate in Faith and Public Life explores the foundations of public theology, religious freedom, and civil discourse through graduate courses. For more information, visit www.wesleyseminary.edu/ice/programs/public-theology/public-life/ A Certificate in Wesleyan Studies is available online via the Wesley Theological Seminary Lay Academy. Topics include United Methodist identity, early church history, Christian ethics, interfaith relations, and the intersection of faith and science. The courses can also be taken for personal education and enrichment. More information can be found at www.beadisciple.com/wesley/. Enrich your congregational outreach and explore new dimensions of ministry The Lewis Center continues to be on the leading edge of research for the local church. The Lewis Center’s Leading Ideas e-newsletter is now the go-to source for over 20,000 people in ministry each week. From this, we’ve launched a new podcast – Leading Ideas Talk. Sign up or listen at www.churchleadership.com/. And look for new practical online courses at
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lewisonlinelearning.org. From their new location at The Methodist Building on Capitol Hill, the Center for Public Theology, under the leadership of Distinguished Professor of Public Theology Mike McCurry, equips pastors, seminarians, people of faith, and the media to create spaces for civil dialogue at the intersection of religion and politics. In its second year, the Center’s Faith and Public Life Immersion for undergraduates offers a week-long experience of study and encounters with public theologians and those advocating for justice in Washington. For more information, visit http://www.wesleyseminary.edu/ice/programs/ public-theology/. The Luce Center for Arts and Religion is the only seminary-based program uniting arts and theology. The Luce Center offers regular classes and workshops with visiting artists. For information on past and upcoming opportunities visit www. luceartsandreligion.org. The innovative online Health Minister Certificate Program prepares congregations for public health work in their parishes. Contact Tom Pruski at tpruski@wesleyseminary.edu for more information or to register for future certificate classes. The African American Church Studies Master of Divinity specialization gives contextual preparation for the opportunities and challenges our future leaders may encounter in African American churches, while the Public Theology specialization allows master’s degree students to gain community leadership and advocacy skills. Learn more at https://www.wesleyseminary.edu/admissions/african-american-church-studies/ or https://www.wesleyseminary.edu/ice/programs/public-theology/ Through the Wesley Innovation Hub, a research project funded by the Lilly Endowment, we are working with 20 local congregations to design innovative ministries as models for ministry by and for young adults. Follow the work and connect with resources at www.wesleyseminary.edu/wesley-innovation-hub/. Stay connected: Contact us at (202) 885-8659 or admissions@wesleyseminary.edu about how Wesley’s degree programs can equip you for your next step in ministry. Ready to join in our mission? Find out more about how you can be part of the future of Wesley at www.wesleyseminary.edu/support/. Join the Wesley Community online via Wesley’s social media, www.facebook.com/wesleyseminary, on Instagram at wesleyseminary, and on Twitter at WesleyTheoSem or sign up for our electronic newsletter, eCalling, at www.wesleyseminary.edu/ecalling.
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Inspired by Jesus Christ, Hinton Rural Life Center's purpose is to engage individuals, congregations, and communities in transformation through retreat ministry and missional outreach. Don’t just go to church. Be the Church. This motto describes Hinton Center pretty well. Like a church, our campus is a physical place where people come to worship, learn, and serve, as well as retreat, reflect, and renew. But, Hinton Center is more than just a place. Through our ministries and mission outreach opportunities, we engage individuals, groups, churches, and organizations – both local and from across the Southeastern Jurisdiction -- in ways that impact our rural Appalachian community, improve quality of life, and give hope. As we focus on loving God and loving neighbor, our prayer is that everyone who connects with Hinton Center – whether as a guest, volunteer, mission team member, workshop participant, local homeowner, business owner, or partnering organization – experiences God’s transforming love. In 2018, guided by our Quality of Life Study, Hinton Center made homes safer and healthier, encouraged understanding of mental health and substance use, and promoted community-wide volunteer opportunities. We’ve been awarded numerous grants and continued to strengthen our ministries both on and off campus. Our 2018 ministry highlights include: • Received over $575,000 in grants, including funding for: • Youth and adult leadership programs, such as Leadership Chatuge, funded by a grant from The Duke Endowment • Mental Health First Aid training, through the Evergreen Foundation; our staff has provided MHFA training for educators in the Clay County and Cherokee County school systems • Young Clergy Initiative funding, from the UM General Board of Higher Education and Ministry; this funding supported a “God Powered Search” leadership training event for high school students interested in serving as future summer mission outreach staff. • Served 334 families through our Firewood, Christmas Cares, and Safe and Healthy Home Repair ministries • Completed 237 home repair projects for 29 homes • Hosted 51 church mission teams, with 46 from the SEJ • Completed our Lakeside Worship Center, with significant help from the NOMADS team led by Jim and Mary Jo Reeves; began hosting our annual Easter Sunrise Service there • Launched a regional Volunteer Center promoting ministry through service in the community, with over 25,000 volunteer hours in 2018 • Produced 785 pounds of food from the Hinton garden, used in our dining services and distributed to food programs in our community We also launched two new initiatives to promote Hinton’s resources and mission opportunities throughout the SEJ: • Our Hinton Ambassadors Ministry equips ten clergy from different annual conferences in the SEJ to represent Hinton Center in their ministry settings, each serving as a resource for information on Hinton Center’s ministry and mission offerings in his/her annual conference. They include: David Fuquay (FL); Laura Plaster (Holston); Ed Trimmer (TN); Adlene Kufarimai (N AL); Shannon Boaz (KY); Joshua Goocey (NC); Rebekah Ralph (WNC); Ed Archer (N GA); Bill Culpepper (S GA); Jonathan Tompkins (SC). • Hinton Center is helping to sponsor FCF Confirm confirmation retreats at Lake Junaluska. Our presence at these retreats is introducing a new generation of United Methodists to Hinton Rural Life Center as a place where they can go to retreat and serve … and BE the Church! Respectfully submitted, ~ Dr. Jacqueline Gottlieb President and CEO, Hinton Rural Life Center
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All of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is neither slave nor free; nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. (Galatians 3:27-28) As the Church of Jesus Christ enters its third millennium, women continue to heed the call to transform the Church and the world in the name of the One who names us and claims us all for witness, mission and earth-shaking transformation. As much as he was a product of his era—one admittedly marked by gender, class, religious, and community exclusion—Jesus Christ brought to us a ministry of transformational invitation. The Living Christ invited—and still invites—to a common table of grace, justice, and power, people who had never before been invited to the religious power tables, including women, cultural and religious minorities, social outcasts, and disreputable community sinners.1 And women, in claiming their voice in the new faith movement ignited by the Messiah, became leaders in expanding that movement and in pushing further for inclusion of Gentiles in what was then viewed as Jesus’ renewal of Judaism. Women, in fact, advocated for and sought to protect the inclusive equality of discipleship called forth by Jesus. In this way, they challenged the Jesus movement to remain true to the new vision of human relationship that Jesus initiated by extending its table fellowship, sharing the message of the coming reign of God and inviting Gentiles (non-Jews) to share in that reign.1 Jesus treated women with dignity and respect, challenged the conventional sexism of his day, and forever redefined the role of women in the church and society. As with many expressions of the Christian faith, it took The United Methodist Church and its forebears a while to capture Christ’s vision. In 1770, the first Methodist woman was appointed a class leader in the United States; in 1817, women were allowed to hold prayer meetings but denied a license to preach; in 1884 Anna Howard Shaw’s ordination by the Methodist Protestant Church was ruled out of order; and full voting rights for women in the Methodist tradition were not universally recognized until 1956. Since that time, however, God’s call to women as preachers, teachers, administrators, mission workers, treasurers, lay leaders, trustees, peace-with-justice advocates, voting rights’ workers, Christian educators, and evangelists has blown a fresh breath across the globe and throughout the Church on the wings of the Holy Spirit, despite the rise and fall of our denominational enthusiasm for addressing sexism, gender bias, prejudice, and bad theology. God has done great things with us and, sometimes, in spite of us. Among the victories celebrated throughout our denomination’s history: • twenty-seven percent of United Methodist pastors in local churches today are women, compared with less than one in 100 in 1972; • of the 66 active United Methodist bishops around the world, 13 are women; 11 in the US and 2 in central conferences. Of the US women bishops, nine are white and two are Latina. No other US racial-ethnic group is represented among women bishops. In 2012 the first woman bishop was elected to serve in Africa. Since 2012 there has been no black US woman among the active United Methodist US bishops;
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• The United Methodist Church gave to the world the first African American (Leontine T. C. Kelly, 1984) and first Latina (Minerva Carcaño, 2004) bishops in mainline Christendom; • women comprise half of all students enrolled in United Methodist seminaries and seeking ordination; • United Methodist Women is the largest and most prolific mission working entity on behalf of women, children, and youth in our denomination, with ministries of education, discipleship, economic and social development, health care, advocacy, and empowerment in over 120 nations around the world. In many ways The United Methodist Church has been a standard-bearer among Judeo-Christian faith communions in terms of full inclusion of women in the life, ministry, and witness of the institutional church and its regional and local expressions. However, if we ask, “Is The United Methodist Church a credible and reliable witness to Christ’s exemplary embrace of all women as valued, respected partners in the total institutional life and global witness and impact of the Church?”—the honest answer is not yet. We still fall short when it comes to living out the challenge of Galatians 3:27-28, which declares men and women are truly one in Christ. There are still areas of leadership, of professional ministry, of decision-making, and of areas of discipleship for which the Church will not trust, value, revere, or allot resources to women to the same degree as their brothers in the faith. Some recent examples include: • a number of United Methodist congregations in 2007 still flatly refuse to accept a woman as senior pastor and are especially opposed to receiving a woman in a cross-racial clergy appointment. In 2006, a racial-ethnic clergywoman assigned to an Anglo church was allegedly menaced by members to dissuade her acceptance of the appointment. In another instance, laity threatened to leave the congregation unless the woman pastor wore a dress instead of slacks to prove she was “a real lady”; • in a 2007 survey of local United Methodist congregations, 18 percent said they do not have women serving as ushers (an increase over 2004), and local church chairpersons of the church council, finance, and trustees are still overwhelmingly men and not women; • United Methodist membership in the US is declining among young women (and men) and people of color, particularly among those in low-income communities; • according to the most recent “Clergy Age Trends in The United Methodist Church 2014” report from the Lewis Center, the number of female elders under the age of 35 has increased from 38 percent in 2013 to 39 percent in 2014; • a number of lay and clergy respondents to a survey on sexual harassment in the church mandated by the 2004 General Conference dismissed any ministries related to empowering women and addressing sexism as “political crap,” which “has nothing to do with spreading the good news of Jesus Christ”; • a woman district superintendent reportedly was called a “bitch” when she disagreed with a male colleague during a meeting of the conference cabinet; • several prominent Church leaders—including bishops—have joined with secular society in decrying “the tyranny of diversity” and retreating from the work of undoing racism and sexism; • such things as: “We need to stop worrying about politics and focus on the gospel . . .” (that is, as long as the gospel is interpreted in a way that continues to privilege North Americans, white people, and males); and “We’ll accept a woman or person of color as long as she’s qualified” (Could this infer that white men are automatically assumed to be qualified and that women and people of color get their jobs because of some other criteria, not because of their gifts and talents?); • the United Methodist Women’s national organization is under attack for having too much money and too much power in the hands of a women-controlled board of directors. Proposals by opponents include reducing the number of United Methodist Women directors who can also serve on the General Board of Global Ministries in the interest of “gender balance”; • complaints of alleged sexual abuse of women by lay and clergy leaders in church settings are on the rise, according to the General Commission on the Status and Role of Women; • women comprise 54 percent of total members of our denomination, yet account for less than 30 percent of ordained ministers, and only 27 percent of the top-paying offices in US annual conferences (treasurers, chancellors, and directors of connectional ministry); • of 20 active bishops who oversee the work of the church in Europe, Africa, and the Philippines, only two are women. According to United Methodist theologian and ethicist Rosetta Ross, the defining characteristic of an authentic Christian community is that we love one another as God loves us. Such love is not a passive, merely personal emotion, but requires that we constantly strive to be in right relationship with one another, that we pursue justice and well-being for all, and that we be courageous in undoing that in the community that stymies the building of God’s beloved—and loving—community.2
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In fact, Dr. Ross asserts that agapé love in the Christian understanding is love that “affirms the dignity and value of life,” and depends on the “interrelatedness of all relationships—intimate or corporate, public or private,” as expressed through the actions, practices, and behaviors of individuals and the corporate Christian community. “Whatever we love with the social love of agapé—our understanding of a particular movement; persons living in war zones or without clean drinking water; communities of which we are a part; the cause of justice; or the natural beauty of creation—is evident in our expressions of faithful attentiveness to it,” concludes Dr. Ross, who is also a South Carolina United Methodist clergywomen. The United Methodist Church, as a community conceived as a corporate expression of Christ’s love for us all, has declared its belief in the full equality of women and its desire to embrace women, and has historically decried institutional sexism in all forms in every corner of the world. Yet, we are still on the journey to faithful living; to “walking our talk”; to emulating Jesus’ model of turning convention on its ear in favor of doing God’s new thing when it comes to engaging women as universally respected, full participants in every aspect of our corporate and congregational lives. We are still living into what it means to extend agapé love to all the daughters and sons of God, beyond the historic patriarchy and misogyny that has marred full participation of women in church and society. Our reliability as an agency of God’s love assumes that we are paying attention to one another and we are seeking to empower, to unshackle, to raise up those who are still oppressed, repressed, derided, treated as “less than.” This agapé love seeks to make the world better through persistently affirming all life, and we are willing to call all people and systems—including our own denomination—to account for how we either empower or repress the children of God. Agapé love fears no risk of ridicule or of interrupting business as usual. In fact, God’s love requires that we act, even if it means taking positions that are uncomfortable, unpopular, inconvenient, or even frightening. Further, it requires courage. To quote Dr. Ross, “We are behaving courageously when we have the resolve to take the actions and create the context needed for overcoming challenges we face in seeking to be faithful to what we love and are committed to.” Until we fully affirm the dignity and value, the contributions, the theological perspectives, the concerns, the hopes, the recommendations, and even the discourse of and among women, The United Methodist Church will not be adequately equipped to make of all disciples, to carry a word of hope and peace and love to a broken world, and to demonstrate our authenticity as the incarnation of the life-transforming and barrier-breaking body of Christ. We therefore ask the General Conference to recommit The United Methodist Church to fulfilling the following recommendation as we continue our journey toward dismantling sexism in the church and inviting all women from every station to share in God’s welcome table, by challenging the denomination to: 1. Listen anew to women, with new emphasis on women of color. The experiences of racial-ethnic women in the United States and women from The United Methodist Church in Africa and the Philippines mirror the parables and other Gospel stories of triumph over obstacles, being strangers in a strange land, reinterpreting familiar stories for new disciples, and bringing our talk about love and justice in line with our walk, especially as the Church also exists in a society that is still racist and sexist. We ask the general agencies to create evangelistic tools, programs, educational materials, networks, and opportunities to empower women in the church and society, including specific resources for and leadership opportunities offered to women under 35, racial-ethnic women in the United States, women from nations beyond the United States, women in recovery from addiction, divorced women, professional women, farm women, and skeptical-about-the-church women. We further urge church growth teams to include women from these groups in order to help the Church focus more on being a vibrant movement in people’s lives instead of just a religious institution. In our leadership development at all levels, the Church must put energy, resources, skill and prayerful action into engaging new women in lay and clergy leadership. 2. Champion economic parity and justice, beginning in our own communities. Our largely Western-focused denomination must witness in our giving and our living to the power of agapé by working actively for the well-being of all people. This is particularly critical in our work with women around the world who, with their children, are more likely than any other demographic group to live in poverty; to lack access to adequate health care, housing, and education; and to lack political power sufficient to transform systems. The United Methodist Church must lead the way by valuing the comparable work and worth of women in our churches, agencies, and related entities, and by championing such things as affordable child care and health care, pay equity, financial aid, and educational support for single women in Africa and the Philippines. Each agency and annual conference should report to the 2012 General Conference on how they have engaged women, including women of color, women from Africa and the Philippines, and women under 35. 3. Evangelize and identify, recruit, and develop leaders among women. In recent years, some church pundits have claimed that Christian churches have become “too feminized,” and therefore irrelevant and unappealing to men. However, these same observers fail to consider that even with decades of male-only leadership among churches, and even in the face of narrow and misogynist misreading of the Bible to exclude and blame them for human sin, many women have continued to stay actively and joyfully involved in the life of the institutional Church. We challenge general agencies and annual conferences to include in
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church growth and new discipleship strategies efforts to reach women of color, young women, poor women, career women, teen girls, older women, immigrant women, women survivors of violence, women in prison, women leaving prison, women seeking, women rearing children on limited incomes, etc. 4. Adopt a posture of “no tolerance” to sexual violence, harassment, and abuse in church and society. According to some estimates by denominational advocates and legal experts, The United Methodist Church has paid more than $50 million from 2000 to 2004 in legal fees, counseling, mediation, and reparations related to sexual misconduct and abuse in church settings committed by lay and clergy. While sexual misconduct can impact anyone and be perpetrated by anyone, most cases involve men as offenders and women and children as victims. If women cannot trust the Church to believe them, protect them from abuse, and offer them clear justice when abuse happens, it again calls into question the authenticity of the Church’s witness. It could suggest to them that the Church—and, by extension, God—does not care about, want, or value the participation of women. We call on the Council of Bishops to collaborate with the General Commission on the Status and Role of Women to continue to develop and enforce effective policies, laws, and practices and consistent application of those policies and practices to reduce risk of misconduct and offer swift and just recompense and remediation for victims when abuse happens. 5. Engage women in theological exploration and shaping and teaching church doctrine. There is no one women’s perspective or women’s theology or women’s view of Christianity. What is common among many women in The United Methodist Church, however, is that their participation in theological discourse is typically treated as “in addition to” the “classical” biblical and theological teachings. Feminist/womanist/mujerista perspectives are often considered subversive and treated as suspect. Discussions of gender-inclusive language, reading the Hebrew and Greek text through women’s eyes, and liberation theology—especially as discussed by women—are regarded by many as a threat to the Christian faith, instead of new and perhaps even more authentic perspectives on it. Further, laywomen and clergywomen in local parishes often do not see themselves as theologians, with as much right to explore Scripture, to embrace the gospel anew, and to offer their learnings to the wider Church. We urge the denomination to affirm the importance of women’s perspectives in theological discussions in the denomination, and we applaud the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry for its Women of Color Scholarship Program that empowers and engages women of color in theological education and discourse. Further, we ask that the board monitor United Methodist seminaries for inclusion of women’s theological perspectives as expressed in the number of tenured faculty, etc. Also, we invite the General Commission on the Status and Role of Women to create curricula for local churches with teaching tools on inclusive language, sexism, creating a girl-friendly church, and myths about women and church leadership. And we ask active members of the Council of Bishops to study with pastors and lay leaders in their respective annual conferences on the history of women as preachers and teachers in the church, using “Women Called to Ministry,” a six-part curriculum developed by the General Commission on the Status and Role of Women and the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, and available at www.gcsrw.org. 6. Create a “report card” on overcoming sexism for each agency and annual conference. The General Commission on the Status and Role of Women shall create sufficient monitoring tools, focus-group interviews, desk audits and surveys, along with baseline standards in order to evaluate the progress of each annual conference and each general agency in terms of full participation of women, dismantling institutional sexism, and addressing sexual misconduct. Recommended resources: www.gcsrw.org, www.umsexualethics.org; The Journey Is Our Home: A History of the General Commission on the Status and Role of Women, by Carolyn Henninger Oehler, 2005; 2008 Resolutions #2044, “Sexual Misconduct Within Ministerial Relationships,” and #2045, “Eradication of Sexual Harassment in Church and Society.” ADOPTED 2008 AMENDED AND READOPTED 2016 RESOLUTION #3442, 2012 BOOK OF RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION #3443, 2008 BOOK OF RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION #190, 2004 BOOK OF RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION #180, 2000 BOOK OF RESOLUTIONS See Social Principles, ¶ 163. 1. An End to This Strife: The Politics of Gender in African American Church by Demetrius K. Williams, Augsburg Fortress Press, 2004. 2. “Blazing Trails and Transcending Boundaries Through Love: Women of Color and ‘Religious Work’” by Rosetta E. Ross, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Spelman College, Atlanta Georgia, 2006. From “The Book of Resolutions of The United Methodist Church 2016.”
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Copyright 2016 by The United Methodist Publishing House. Used by permission. Whereas we ask the Holston Annual Conference to recommit the Holston Annual Conference to fulfilling the calling outlined in Social Principles #163 that was amended and readopted 2016 and to overall: Listen anew to women, with emphasis on women of color, champion economic parity and justice, beginning in our own communities, evangelize and identify, recruit, and develop leaders among women, adopt a posture of “no tolerance” to sexual violence harassment, and abuse in church and society, engage women in theological exploration and shaping and teaching church doctrine, and create a “report card” on overcoming sexism for each agency and annual conference. Whereas we ask the Holston Annual Conference to fully embrace women, both clergy and laity entirely within every aspect of the Holston Annual Conference. Therefore be it resolved, that the Holston Conference Committee on the Role and Status of Women be the leaders in helping the Holston Conference champion the quest to dismantle systems of oppression by actively inviting all women to participate fully in the life of the Holston Conference at all levels. Be it resolved, we encourage the Bishop and Cabinet to appoint women to be senior pastors at the larger churches in the conference. Be it resolved, that local churches should be encouraged to recognize the lack of female leadership in the local church and seek to select women as lead pastors as well as chairs of various committees. Be it resolved, that a Gender Sensitivity & Full Women Inclusion Training be available to all churches, SPRC’s, conference leadership, clergy, and laity in the Holston Conference once per quadrennial. Therefore be it further resolved that the Holston Conference be committed to the full implementation of the guiding social principles as recorded in the Book of Resolutions: Every Barrier Down: Toward Full Embrace of All Women in Church and Society in full expression of our commitment to diversity and inclusion.
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Whereas we, (the Black Methodist for Church Renewal-BMCR) believe that the Holston Conference would be better severed by the “inclusion” of at least one person of color serving on all conference committees, ad hoc committees, teams, taskforces, cabinet, extended cabinet and any and all leadership groups. We believe inclusion, diversity and “A Seat at Every Table” is critical to the success of the conference and helps to eradicate the sin of racism. Whereas we believe that every racial and ethnic person has a right to have a seat at the table: Rights of Racial and Ethnic Persons-“Racism is the combination of the power to dominate by one race over other races and a value system that assumes that the dominant race is innately superior to the others. Racism includes both personal and institutional expressions, attitudes, and/ or behaviors that accept the assumptions of racial value system and that maintain the benefits of this system ... Therefore, we recognize racism as sin and affirm the ultimate and temporal worth of all persons. We rejoice in the gifts that particular ethnic histories and cultures bring to our total life”. (2016 Book of Discipline: Social Principles: II: THE NURTURING COMMUNITY (161) p. 110-162- A). Whereas we believe the Holston Conference nominating committee, cabinet and extended cabinet and all appointing entities should make these appointments in consultation with Black Methodist For Church Renewal (BMCR) and the Holston Conference African American Task Force and people of ethnic decent already serving in leadership positions. Whereas the BMCR in cooperation with the Holston Annual Conference is willing to provide a list of clergy and laity who arc available to serve in an)’ capacity as not to slow up the process. Whereas we believe this combined effort will be the BMCR and Holston Conference’s answer to the clarion call to inclusiveness and be a Christ like example of what the Book of Discipline means when it states: “We recognize that God made all creation and saw that it was good. As diverse people of God who bring special gifts and evidences of God’s grace to the unity of the Church and to society, we are called to be faithful to the example of Jesus’ ministry to all persons.” (The Mission and Ministry of the Church: Section VI: Called to Inclusiveness (140) page 101).
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Whereas the BMCR of the Holston Conference calls for an intentional inclusiveness within our conference: “Inclusiveness means openness, acceptance, and support that enable all persons to participate in the life of the Church, the community, and the world; therefore, inclusiveness denies every semblance of discrimination. The services of worship of every local church of The United Methodist Church shall be open to all persons”. “The mark of an inclusive society is one in which all persons are open, welcoming, fully accepting, and supporting of all other persons, enabling them to participate fully in the life of the church, the community, and the world”. (The Mission and Ministry of the Church Section VI: Called to Inclusiveness (140) page 101). Whereas to “The United Methodist Church inclusiveness means the freedom for the total involvement of all persons who meet the requirements of The United Methodist Church Book of Discipline, in the membership and leadership of the Church at any level and in every place”. (The Mission and Ministry of the Church Section VI: Called to Inclusiveness (140) page 101). Now therefore, be it resolved that the BMCR requests that the Holston Conference adopt and implement our policy, “A Seat At Every Table” as a way to ensure that persons of color in the Holston conference are fully included in the workings of the conference, posses empowered leadership and work together to eradicate racism. Be it further resolved that the Holston Conference Black Methodist for Church Renewal asks the Holston Annual Conference to support the efforts to “A Seat At Every Table” by embodying inclusivity and diversity with the implementation of language that supports the “inclusion” of at least one person of color serving on all conference committees, ad hoc committees, teams, taskforces, cabinet, extended cabinet and any and all leadership groups. Holston Conference Black Methodist for Church Renewal Rev. Dr. Barbara Doyle, Chairperson
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WHEREAS, the Special Session of the General Conference of the United Methodist Church, convened in February 2019 adopted the Traditional Plan as its way forward. WHEREAS, the Traditional Plan continues to treat UMC LGBTQIA+ members as less than equal members and outlaws same sex marriage. WHEREAS, the Traditional Plan creates severely punitive measures for clergy who are gay and clergy who perform same sex weddings. WHEREAS, many persons believe the Traditional Plan has created harm and should be rejected. THEREFORE, Be it Resolved that the Holston Annual Conference disagrees with the decision of the 2019 General Conference in passing the Traditional Plan and apologizes for the harm it has caused the body of Christ. Sincerely submitted, 1 Stephanie Armbrister Strutner 2 Suzanne Sherman 3 Pat Bellingrath 4 Marc Gamble 5 Rick Armbrister, Sr. 6 Will Johnson 7 Ginny West Case 8 Luke Ihnen 9 Karla Kurtz 10 Margaret Dempster Bell 11 Richard Armbrister, Jr. 12 Danny Tullier
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Our 2019 theme, Healing Hands, is appropriate, challenging and hopeful. Appropriate because of the condition of the world, and the state of The United Methodist Church. Challenging in that one not trained in the medical profession might doubt the healing capabilities of his or her hands. Hopeful in that anyone can be an instrument of healing regardless of medical training. In each district of the Holston Conference, the hands of many individuals with various skills and passions respond to missional opportunities as our churches continue to serve their communities by sharing the love and grace of Christ. That entity is our United Methodist Churches. Individual churches continue to serve and engage their communities – as they should. As a Cabinet, we commend you for your faithfulness and healing efforts. Healing hands are manifested throughout Holston Conference. The Cabinet continues its support to our varied ministries addressing the needs of children, youth, young adults, older adults, women, and men. Those unique places and spaces – inside and outside – where body, mind, and soul are challenged, strengthened and refreshed. We applaud the healing hands of our laity, our clergy and their families who serve and worship in their local churches; engaging in ministry with those inside and beyond the walls of the church. We acknowledge the sacrifice and commitment of every United Methodist in Holston Conference whose healing hands strive to bring hope, help, and love to all of God’s creation. Often, the needs of our mission field are greater than the resources of a single church or charge. In Holston, we have instituted a tool for ministry that strengthens our resources and multiplies our fruitfulness. That tool is the Missional Hub. Though not new in concept, the formation of Missional Hubs throughout Holston Conference with a common purpose is in process. On February 8-9, over 75 leaders from all nine districts met for a Missional Hub Train the Trainers event. Those in attendance included laity, clergy, church and community workers, conference staff and administrative assistants. This weekend of training helped equip and empower the attendees for sharing their knowledge for the formation of new Missional Hubs and the enhancement of existing Missional Hubs. The Missional Hubs ministry is another realization of healing hands across Holston offering help, hope and love. Yes, Missional Hubs are up and functioning in some fashion in each of the nine districts. The Hubs reflect their mission field and the contextual identified needs. Some of the ways in which Missional Hubs and churches are extending healing hands across the Holston Conference are: • Appalachian – One of the newest ministries of Shades of Grace is Daryl’s House which aims to provide a place for the homeless who need hospice care. • Clinch Mountain – The Bristol (South) Missional Hub is hands-on preparing 100 hygiene kits for a local middle school and raising funds to sustain this ministry for an entire school year. • Hiwassee – Allen Memorial’s Quilters of Faith made 45 quilts for residents of a leper’s community in Romania, and additional quilts were made for veterans suffering from PTSD in the Athens community. • Mountain View – Woodlawn and Shady Grove churches coming together as a new charge and a Missional Hub to make a greater impact on their communities. • New River – Missional Hubs are working in local public schools, sponsoring two “Camp in the Community” sites, offering after-school nurture and tutoring, and collaborating on hub worship opportunities and outreach efforts. Plans are in place for growing the disciples already in the pews and pulpits. • Smoky Mountain – First Maryville’s Celebrate Recovery ministry hosted a day of learning revolving
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around prescription and drug addiction with over 250 persons in attendance. • Three Rivers – First UMC, Johnson City, continues its ministry to neighboring children with after-school activities and Sunday worship experiences. This ministry began with four children and now reaches over 200 children and youth. • Tennessee Valley – New Life and Hopewell Churches are living into their names by birthing a new expression of “church” – Dinner Church. Held in the local elementary school on Tuesday evenings, dinner and intergenerational worship is a vivid picture of the scripture “Let the children come to me.” • Scenic South – White Oak UMC offers healing hands by strategically partnering with local ministries and Social Services to empower the community. Healing hands are also at work through other partnerships: • The Cabinet affirmed the Board of Ordained Ministry’s recommendation to use Effective Ministry 360 (EM360) as one of several tools in implementing the Eight-Year Assessment. • The Cabinet is partnering with Strengthening the Black Church for the 21st Century (SBC21) to link predominantly Black Churches in efforts to enhance their mission and ministry. As a Cabinet, we acknowledge the wide range of emotions regarding the actions of the 2019 Called General Conference. There is indeed within The United Methodist Church a need for healing hands, healing words, and healing actions. As we anticipate and participate in future General Conferences, let us all be agents of healing. May we remain focused on our mission of making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. ~ Sandra J. Johnson, Dean of the Cabinet
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Mary Ann Kyker Hunt, aged 98, passed away on Saturday, November 10, 2018. A native of Briceville, TN, Mary Ann Kyker Hunt was the oldest daughter of Minnie M. Erwin and Dr. Charles H. Kyker. Her mother, a nurse, and her father, a physician, met and married in Dayton, OH. They returned to Tennessee, Dr. Kyker’s home state, and practiced medicine in the coalfields and mines near Knoxville, where Mary Ann was born in 1920 in a mining camp. They shortly moved to Johnson City, TN, where Dr. Kyker established a medical practice and where Mary Ann grew up. She was a childhood friend of her future husband when they lived near each other on Unaka Avenue. Mary Ann attended East Tennessee State University (then East Tennessee State Teacher’s College) and earned a B.S. degree in education in 1942. She married the late Earl G. Hunt, Jr., on June 15, 1943, and moved with him to Atlanta, GA, when he entered Candler School of Theology at Emory University. Mary Ann taught in elementary schools in Johnson City, TN, Decatur, GA, and Chattanooga, TN, during the future Bishop Hunt’s early ministry. They have one son, Dr. E. Stephen Hunt. Mary Ann was active in the women’s and youth organizations of the Methodist Church; directing the first junior camp for Holston Conference. She also directed community drama and local church plays, participating in Little Theatre and the Church Drama Players. In 1957, she moved with her husband and son to Emory, VA, when Earl G. Hunt, Jr., was appointed president of Emory & Henry College. Her husband was elected a Bishop at the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference in 1964 at Lake Junaluska, NC. Mary Ann enjoyed the role of a Bishop’s wife and accompanied Bishop Hunt in successive appointments in the Western North Carolina, Tennessee, and Florida Episcopal Areas. Her hobbies, besides travel, included theatre, making samplers, and knitting. Together they made several overseas trips, including the first visit by an American Bishop to the then East Germany to recognize the first Bishop elected by the DDR Conference, Dr. Armin Haertl. When Bishop Hunt retired in 1988, they moved to Lake Junaluska where in 1989 Bishop Hunt accepted the Presidency of the Foundation for Evangelism, serving until 1996. Health issues required Mary Ann and Earl to move to Givens Estates in Asheville, NC, a comprehensive retirement community which ironically Bishop Hunt had helped to found. Mary Ann Kyker Hunt was predeceased by her three siblings and her husband and is survived by her son Dr. E. Stephen Hunt and her daughter-in-law, Edeltraut Gilgan-Hunt, as well as numerous cousins. A memorial service was held Saturday, December 1, 2018, at Central United Methodist Church of Asheville with Reverend Dr. Robert M. Blackburn, Jr., and Bishop Lawrence McCleskey officiating. Interment was Wednesday, November 21, 2018, at Monte Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, TN.
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William Clarence Bennett, age 90, was born in Knoxville, TN, on November 13, 1927. He departed on September 25, 2018, while residing in Maryville, TN. He graduated from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in 1960 with a degree in religious education. In 1961, he graduated with a degree in church music. Bill was an ordained deacon in The United Methodist Church. On June 2, 1968, he retired from Knoxville Utility Board and from Bungalow United Methodist Church on June 30, 2018. The other churches he served include Hopewell United Methodist, Strawberry Plains United Methodist, Cosby United Methodist, Sevierville Circuit, and Walnut Grove Methodist Church. He was a member of Charles H. McKinney Masonic Lodge #433. Bill was a United Methodist Minister for 52 years with six appointments in Holsten Conference. He retired in 2013 but continued to serve as a part-time minister. At his retirement, Bill wrote, “I am most fortunate that my parents saw to it that I was in church from my infancy and I have enjoyed a wonderful Christian walk with Christ throughout my life. God has always graced my life with the gift of family. God continues to bless my life with my soul mate of thirty- three years, my wife, friend, and helpmate Joyce. Together we have been richly blessed with, our three children, Mark, Dan, and LeAnn. My wife and children are indispensable to my life and have always been an integral part of the church’s ministry and to my pastoral work.” He is preceded in death by mother Lennie Gamble Bennett, father Ray Clarence Bennett, and brothers Ray and Robert Bennett. He is survived by wife of 53 years Joyce Mayes Bennett, brothers, A.T. Bennett (wife Virginia) of Nashville, TN, and Carl Bennett (wife Bobby) of Jonesborough, TN, sister Margaret Horner of Georgia, sons, Mark Bennett of Maryville, TN, and Daniel R. Bennett (wife Amy) of Suwanee, GA, daughter LeAnn Bennett of Brentwood, TN, and grandchildren Shelby and Kylie Bennett of Suwanee, GA. A funeral service was held at Mynatt Funeral Home Fountain City Chapel on Saturday, September 29, 2018, with interment at Lynnhurst Cemetery.
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Sammie Lee Campbell was born to Arthur & Annie (Deakins) Campbell in Jonesborough, TN. Lee married Peggy (Gray) Campbell in August of 1964 and resided in the Morristown area. Rev. Campbell attended ETSU, as well as Emory University and Duke University. Lee served appointments in the Johnson City and Morristown districts. Lee was involved in many community activities, serving as Chaplin at Jefferson Memorial Hospital and Morristown Hamblen Hospital. He was also a member of the Morristown Noon Rotary Club. Lee served on the Board of Directors for Alps for many years and participated in various fundraisers and events supporting this organization. Lee’s hobbies included collecting antiques, reading, watching various sports and game shows on TV.Lee enjoyed meeting people and spending time with family and friends. He also had a love for traveling and traveled extensively to other states and countries. Lee is survived by many family members and friends throughout East Tennessee who will treasure the memories shared with him over the years.
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Rev. Robert Lee “Bob” Carbary was born, August 1, 1940, in Washington County, VA, to Robert Thomas and Dora Gladys (Caudill) Carbary. On June 23, 1958, Bob married his high school sweetheart, Patsy (Jackson). They had two children, a son, Robert Lee (Robbie) Carbary II, and a daughter, Laura Paige Carbary. Bob worked in several different jobs before being called into the ministry. He served in the U.S. Army Reserves from 1964-1969, at one point he owned and operated “Bob’s Interstate Gulf Station” in Abingdon, VA, he was a machinist for Raytheon, a locksmith, and eventually worked as building and transportation maintenance for the Washington County Virginia Department of Social Services. In 1983, Bob answered the call to the ministry and began preaching part-time. He accepted his first full-time position in 1992. Bob also went back to college in 1992 and graduated from Virginia Highlands Community College in May 1995 with an Associates of Applied Science Degree in Human Services. For four weeks over several summers, Bob also attended Emory University’s School of Theology to work toward the requirements for Ordination. Bob was ordained as an Elder in the Holston Conference in June 2002. In addition to God, church, and family, Bob loved old cars and motorcycles – anything that would go fast and rumble loud. He loved to do woodworking and spent a lot of time building things after his retirement. Bob loved music – he loved to sing and desperately wanted to be able to sing with a deep bass voice, but it was just not meant to be. One of his favorite songs was In the Garden. Bob went to be with our Heavenly Father on January 12, 2019, at Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon, VA, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Graveside services were held on January 16, 2019, at the Forrest Hills Memory Gardens in Abingdon, VA, with the Rev. Jonathan Jonas officiating. At the time of his death, Bob and Patsy had been married for 60½ years – their love and marriage were a blessing to all who knew them and an amazing example of what God’s intention for marriage should be.
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Reverend Jackson Daniel “J.D.” Clark was born December 2, 1923, in Princeton, WV. He was the son of Marvin L. Clark and Trilby (Coburn) Clark. J.D. was a veteran of World War II, serving with the U.S. Army where he was a Sergeant. He served in China, Burma, and India. J.D. attended schools in Princeton, WV, and West Virginia Business College. He also attended Bluefield State College and Duke University. He was ordained for clergy on June 16, 1974. He was a United Methodist pastor for thirty-four years. Most of the time was spent in the Holston Conference. J.D. also worked as a conductor for Norfolk Southern Railroad. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was married for seventy years to Glenna (Hill) Clark. They had one son, Jeffrey, and two grandchildren, Corey and Courtney. They also had two great-grandchildren. J.D. died on February 5, 2019, at Mercer Nursing and Rehab Center in Bluefield, WV. He was there for therapy after having emergency surgery. The funeral was held on February 9, 2019, at the Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton,
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Rev. A.C. Cobble, 87, of Morristown, passed away on Friday, April 12, 2019, at Morristown Hamblen Healthcare System. Rev. Cobble served as a minister in the Holston Conference of The United Methodist Church for over 50 years and was an Army Veteran of the Korean War. A.C. was born on July 20, 1931, in Livingston, TN. He was preceded in death by his parents, Claude and Grace Cobble, brother, James Edward Cobble, and wife, Marie Cobble. He is survived by daughters, Denise (Mark) Burns, Darlene (David) Saddler, and Diane Cobble, grandchildren, Courtney, and Aaron Saddler, sister, Anna Ruth Qualls, and niece, Barbara (Howard) Pennycuff. Funeral services were held, Sunday, April 14, 2019, at Economy United Methodist Church in Morristown with Rev. Allen Shupe officiating. Military graveside services were held Monday, April 15, 2019, at Hamblen Memory Gardens.
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Rev. Dr. G. Wayne Cummings, Johnson City, died at home on Thursday, December 20, 2018. He was 87 years of age. He was born in Marion, VA, but had lived in Johnson City, TN, since 1977. Following graduation from Marion High School, Marion, VA, in 1948, received a B. A. Degree from Emory & Henry College in 1952; a B. D. Degree from Drew University in 1955; awarded a Doctor of Divinity Degree from Emory & Henry in 1978. Survivors include his wife Patricia Ann (Widener) Cummings, to whom he was married in 1952, daughter Cheryl Cummings Warren Fore of Knoxville (and Richard), and son Stephen Wayne Cummings of Alpharetta, GA (and JoAnne), grandchildren Andrea (Warren) (and Jesse) Goins of Chattanooga, Nathan (and Megan) Warren of Knoxville, Ben and Emily Cummings of Alpharetta. Other survivors are brothers Wilburn R. Cummings, Marion, and Joe G. Cummings, Roanoke, VA, a sister, Eleanor (Cummings) Jackson, Raleigh, NC, great grandchildren, Jacob and Molly Goins, several nieces, nephews, and cousins. Dr. Cummings was granted a Local Preachers License by the Methodist Church in September 1948. While in Seminary, (1952 -55) he was under appointment to Stewart Memorial and First Methodist Churches, Old Forge, PA. Pastoral appointments in Holston Conference included Wharf Hill – Elizabeth Churches, Sugar Grove, VA; Interim Associate Pastor, First Methodist Church, Kingsport; Wheeler Methodist, Blountville, TN; Lebanon Memorial United Methodist, Lebanon, VA; and Clinton Memorial United Methodist, Clinton, TN. In 1973, appointed Knoxville District Superintendent, in 1997, made Director of the Holston Conference Council on Ministries, and in 1984, named Conference Director of Christian Higher Education and Development and Secretary/Treasurer of Holston Conference Colleges, Inc. Entered a retired Conference relationship in June 1993. Throughout his years of retirement, Dr. Cummings accepted invitations to teach, preach and participate in Services of Death and Resurrection.
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A Celebration of Life Service was held at Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church on Sunday, December 23, 2018, under the direction of The Rev. Carol Wilson, The Rev. James Whedbee, The Rev. Lauri Jo Cranford, and The Rev. Randy Martin. Music was provided by Rev. Doug Grove-DeJarnett and Matthew Brickey, organist. Honorary pallbearers were his Virgil Anderson Sunday School class. A family committal service was conducted under the direction of The Rev. Kathie Wilson-Parker on Monday, December 24, 2018, at Rose Lawn Cemetery in Marion, VA.
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Charles E. Dixon, age 87 of Flintstone, GA, passed away Saturday, March 30, 2019, in Advanced Rehab of Parkside, in Rossville, GA, after a short illness. He was born in Riceville, TN, October 23, 1931, and is a son of the late John Grady and Bernice (Millard) Dixon. Charles graduated from Tennessee Wesleyan College in 1964 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education. After pursuing the course of study from 1964-1969, Charles was ordained an Elder in Full Connection in the Holston Conference in 1970. While serving as Pastor, Charles has made an impact on many people from Flintstone, GA, to Clintwood, VA, and many places in-between. He served the communities that he lived in. Umpiring and coaching youth baseball was something he was very proud to do. He was also the chaplain of a local high school football team, as well as the play-by-play announcer on the radio. He knew the importance of young people in the church and reinforced many of the youth programs in the churches he served. He was an avid camper and loved nothing better than to be around a fire with family and friends. While serving an appointment in retirement, Charles began ministering to children in the community and the church who were not able to provide the means to attend Camp Lookout. Numerous children were able to experience camp and God’s Love for the first time. He was a loving husband, a proud father, grandfather, and greatgrandfather. Although he was known for his powerful voice, people remember him for his gentleness and kind heart. Charles is survived by his wife of 66 years and his high school sweetheart: Edna (Britt) Dixon of Flintstone, GA. Graveside services were held in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Athens, TN, on April 2, 2019, with Rev. Tim Paul and Rev. Lew Kizer officiating.
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Rev. William S. Gamble, 90, joined his Lord and Savior on July 26, 2018. Preceded in death by his wife, Frances Sue (Cook) Gamble, whom he met at age 16 and married at age 18. He delighted in saying, “They said it wouldn’t last - it only lasted 55 years!” Also, by his parents, James M. Gamble and Della Jane Banes Gamble Brown, a son, James Gamble, and a sister, Leila (Gamble) Gross. Survived by his wife, Pauline Morgan Stringer Stegall Gamble, Hermitage, TN, with whom he found love at age 78, sons, Bill (Beverly) Gamble, Jr., Ft. Collins, CO, John Gamble, Chattanooga, TN, and Joe (Lisa) Gamble, Hendersonville, TN, his step-children, Cynthia (Ronnie) Hart, Darilyn Stringer, and Paul (Cat) Stringer, four granddaughters, whom he cherished: Kamala, Lalanya, Shakira, and Gracie, and six great-grandchildren,
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Rev. James Robert “Bob” Gilbert went home to be with his Heavenly Father on Sunday afternoon, October 14, 2018, while a patient at the Chattanooga Hospice Center in Chattanooga, TN. Bob went peacefully, surrounded by his loving family. Bob was born July 19, 1930, in Chattanooga, TN. Bob was preceded in death by his parents Reverend J. Floyd Gilbert and Ethel Grace (Renengar) Gilbert and a brother John Stuart Gilbert. Reverend J. Floyd Gilbert was an active member of the Holston Conference Bob met his wife, Dorothy (Levan) Gilbert on Easter Sunday 1949 at church. They were married 6 months later on December 3, 1949. Bob and Dot (as they have always been known) have three sons James Robert Gilbert, Jr. (Juanita), Stuart Gregory Gilbert (Debbie) and David Alan Gilbert. They have ten grandchildren, eighteen great-grandchildren. Bob and Dot were married almost 69 years. Bob felt God’s call into the ministry when he was 17 years of age. Bob was a minister’s son, he did not think the ministry was for him. At the age of 34, Bob finally yielded to God’s call. First, he was a lay speaker. Later he was a part-time minister, but he felt God wanted him to go full time. Bob surrendered totally to God’s will. In June 1965 he was assigned to the Tellico Plains Circuit, Tellico Plains, TN. Bob attended Hiwassee College from the fall of 1966 through spring 1969. He attended Tennessee Wesleyan College from July 3, 1969, to spring of 1971. Bob later attended the Candler School of Theology in Atlanta, GA: Ministerial Course of Study – 1980 – 1984 and Ministerial Course of Study – Advanced – 1985 – 1988. While at Candler School of Theology, Bob preached in the John Wesley Pulpit, played on the softball team, and enjoyed many more activities while he was there. During Bob’s ministry, he served several churches in The Holston Conference from Tennessee to the North Georgia area. Bob loved U.T. football. He and his wife Dot worked for U.T. on football Saturdays and were always at the games, home and away. Bob also loved to play softball. Bob and his family loved to camp, which they did as often as possible. A Celebration of Life for Reverend James Robert Gilbert was held on Friday, October 19, 2018, at the Boynton United Methodist Church with the Reverend Randy Walworth officiating. Entombment was at the Tennessee-Georgia Memorial Park, Rossville, GA.
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William “Billy” Dean Bovard Gillespie, Jr., was born in Kingsport, TN, Sullivan County, on January 15, 1942. Billy died at Holston Valley Hospital in Kingsport on November 21, 2018, of heart failure. Billy was preceded in death by his parents, Nora Guy Gillespie and Bovard Gillespie, maternal grandparents W.T and Eve Cordelia Guy, paternal grandparents Rev. E.G. and Mattie Gillespie. He was also preceded in death by his brother Danny Gillespie.
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Billy was saved on November 30, 1952, and served his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, the rest of his life. He pastored twenty-five years within the Holston Conference of The United Methodist Church. During that time, he served twenty-eight churches. He was a 1961 graduate of Ketron High School. In 1972, he received his A.A. degree from Hiwassee College, and in 1977, he received his B.A. degree from Asbury College. Billy proudly served in the U.S. Navy from the fall of 1961 until 1962. On November 25, 2011, Billy married the love of his life, Karen Hunley. They shared seven wonderful years together. Billy is survived by his loving wife, Karen Hunley Gillespie, Kingsport, sister, Phyllis Gillespie, Kingsport, brother, Gordon Gillespie, Findlay, OH, niece Megan Edwards (Don), Woodstock, OH, nephew Eric Gillespie (Erin), Findlay OH, great-nephews Grayden and Cooper Edwards, Woodstock, OH, and Declan and Soren Gillespie, Findlay, OH, and a host of cousins and friends. Billy’s Service of Remembrance was held November 26, 2018, at Vermont United Methodist Church, Kingsport, TN, with pastors Jared Wood and Jeremy McMillian presiding. Billy’s earthly body was placed near his parents and brother in Vermont Church Cemetery. Billy had a beautiful singing voice and his signature song sums up the life he served for his Lord: It Is Well With My Soul.
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Floyd Clifton Horne, 87, left this life to go to Heaven on Saturday, November 17, 2018. He was born August 20, 1931, in Washington County, VA. He was a member of Salem United Methodist Church and ordained as a United Methodist Minister serving in the Kingsport and Abingdon Districts. Floyd was also a Real Estate Broker, owning Horne Realty and Investments. He worked in his younger years at Synalloy Corp. He was part of the Salem Quartet, gospel singing in many churches throughout East Tennessee. He was also a member of the F&AM Whiteside Lodge 13, Blountville, TN. Floyd is preceded in death by his wife, Vilas Horne, and his parents Mamie Elizabeth and David Vance Horne. He is survived by his sons, Ronald Horne and wife Wanda, and Darrell Horne and wife Debra, three grandchildren: Amy Falin and husband Scott, Joshua Horne and wife Desirae, and Sunshine Bourque and husband Brandon, five great-grandsons: Soloman Falin, Connor Falin, Nicholas Bourque, Colten Bourque and Elijah Horne, sister Maggie Goodman and husband Danny, Providence, NC., brother Frank Horne and wife Barbara, Ringgold, VA, and several nieces and nephews. A funeral service was held on Tuesday, November 20, 2018, at East Lawn Funeral Home with Rev. Lewis Kizer officiating. Masonic rites followed, presented by the members of Whiteside Lodge 13. A graveside service was held on Wednesday, November 21, 2018, at Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers were Joshua Horne, Connor Falin, Brandon Bourque, Soloman Falin, Scott Falin, and Allen Anderson. Honorary pallbearers were Colten Bourque, Nicholas Bourque, and Elijah Horne.
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Dr. Toombs H. Kay, Jr., who was born on December 22, 1929, died peacefully on December 4, 2018. He was the son of Toombs Hodges Kay, Sr. and Viola (Winn) Kay. He was brought up on the Kay farm near Royston, GA. He graduated from Royston High School and Reinhardt Junior College. He completed the A.B. degree from Duke University in 1951. Toombs received the M. Div. from Emory University in 1954 and then attended Union Theological Seminary in NYC and Columbia University before attaining a Ph.D. degree from New York University. Some years later, he was awarded the honorary D.D. by Tennessee Wesleyan College. Dr. Kay married Sara Elizabeth Beggs in 1951. They had five children, Ann Farr, Debra (Myrle) Perry, Cindy (Bill) Rhea, Paul Kay, and Robert Kay. There were six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Dr. Kay was preceded in death by his son, Robert, and grandson, Luke, and son-in-law, Ben. Sara died in 1988, and Toombs married Patricia B. Terrill in 1991. Pat has three children: Kathy (Jeff) Hewitt, Cindy (Mark) Munn, and Rick (Liz) Terrill. Pat has seven grandchildren. Dr. Kay was also preceded in death by Pat’s two grandsons, Barrett and Charlie. Dr. Kay began his ministry as a member of the North Georgia Conference of The United Methodist Church. He transferred his conference membership to the Holston Conference in 1971. In June 1951, Toombs was assigned to Union City Methodist Church, Union City, GA. After completing seminary, he was appointed to the Shandaken Methodist Parish in New York. From there, in 1956, he became the minister of First Reformed Church of Jamaica, NY, serving there until he finished his doctorate. In 1961, he was named Professor and head of the Department of Religion and Philosophy at LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA. In 1965 Toombs moved to Reinhardt College, which he had attended earlier, and was the Dean. From there he transferred to Tennessee Wesleyan College as the Academic Dean and Professor of Religion and Philosophy until 1974, when he was appointed as the Senior Minister of Church Street United Methodist Church in Knoxville, TN. He served there for thirteen years before moving to be Senior Minister of First Broad Street United Methodist Church in Kingsport, TN. He retired from that position in December 1993. After retirement, he served brief appointments at John Wesley United Methodist Church in Bristol, VA, Bethel Presbyterian Church in Kingsport, TN. and Erwin Presbyterian Church, in Erwin, TN. After another “retirement,” Toombs enjoyed his time living at the beach, playing golf and officiating weddings on the beach. Toombs was a member of the Kiwanis Club for 62 years. He remained active with their projects and received the Man of the Year award in 2017. Dr. Kay was a scholar of religion, philosophy, and history. He was an exceptional speaker and pastor. He walked humbly with his God, taught the word of God and lived by the word of God. A memorial service was held on December 8, 2018, at St. Paul’s UMC in Pawley’s Island, SC. A celebration and interment of cremains service was held on January 19, 2019, at Redwine UMC in Canon, GA. Both services were officiated by the pastors of the churches and Toombs’ two brothers. Rev. Dr. John Kay and Dr. Terry Kay. Also participating in the Georgia Service was the Rev. James Pollock.
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Quote from Toombs, “I thank God for the life He has given me and for all the opportunities I have had to witness to the validity of the Good News God has given us through His Son, Jesus Christ. I pray that, in death, I may continue to bear witness to the faith that has sustained me in this life and will keep my soul throughout eternity. Amen!” — Toombs Kay, Jr.
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Don Large was born on February 3, 1938, in Coeburn VA. He was the youngest of eleven children born to the Reverend William T. and Bessie (Powers) Large. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Carson Newman College in 1962, his Master of Science degree from East Tennessee State University in 1968, a doctorate degree in education from NOVA University in 1986, and completed the Course of Study at Duke University’s School of Divinity in 1996. He was ordained and made an Associate Member of the Holston Conference on June 9, 1997. Prior to his ministry, he had worked as a teacher, principal, and administrator in Russell County Public Schools. On November 23, 1961, he married Margaret Louise Maine. Don and Margaret enjoyed 57 years of marriage and had four children, son James Andrew Large, daughters Lydia Large and Karen Lehe, and Donald Wayne Large, Jr., an infant son who preceded his father in death. Don found joy in music throughout his life and had directed his church choir for many years. He also performed solos for funerals, weddings, and church services. His rendition of O Holy Night made this carol a family Christmas favorite. Don loved children and delighted in his seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He had a great sense of humor, which served him well in a huge family that loves to joke around. Don was passionate about botany and enjoyed raising orchids and gardening. Don passed from this life to the next on March 19, 2019, due to complications from a head injury that resulted from a fall. A celebration of his life was held at Midway Memorial United Methodist Church in Gate City, VA, on Friday, March 22, 2019, with the Rev. Janet Sweet officiating. The Midway Memorial UMC choir, directed by Don since his retirement, sang his favorite hymns. A headstone will be erected in his memory at Temple Hill Cemetery in Castlewood, VA.
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Charles Dorsey Liles, 80, of Apex, NC, died Saturday, October 13, 2018, at his home. Charles was born December 16, 1937, in Leslie, GA, to the late William Dorsey Liles and Wynonah Potter. He was a graduate of Georgia Tech and Asbury Theological Seminary. Charles was employed as an aerospace engineer in Oak Ridge, TN, retiring with over 38 years of service. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. Charles is survived by his wife of 58 years, Sheria Kay Miller Liles, sons, Stephen Edward Liles (Hillary), and Stuart Douglas Liles (Tina), sisters, Shirley Pittman, and Joyce Brown, and four grandchildren, Abigail, Elisabeth, Alex, and Drew Liles. Memorial service was held Thursday, October 18, 2018, at Cary Alliance Church, Apex, NC.
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John Robert Mays, born September 13, 1932, passed away Saturday, April 6, 2019, at his home surrounded by family. A graduate of Central High School in Knoxville and the University of Tennessee, he proudly served in the US Navy, honorably discharging as a Petty Officer First Class after four years. He retired from TVA after 25 years, then served as a pastor for the Holston Conference of The United Methodist Church for 15 years (Thompson’s Chapel, Mayes Chapel, Lone Mountain, Miller’s Chapel, and Bell’s Campground). John loved serving the small rural churches. He also dearly loved his wife, children, and grandchildren. After retiring from the ministry, John taught the adult Sunday school class at his home church Heiskell United Methodist. Preceded in death by his parents Velma Bailey Radford and Robert H. Mays, and brother, Howard Donald Mays, he is survived by Jolinda Mays, wife of 63 years, daughter Cindy Nichols (Bobby) and son Thomas Mays (Noemi), grandchildren Brittany Nichols, Trey Nichols (Sarah), Jason Mays, Casey Mays, and special aunt Norma Sue Herron. Funeral services were held April 9, 2019, at Mynatt Funeral Home, Halls Chapel, Knoxville, with Rev. Linda Bass and Rev. Denver Davidson officiating. John was buried in Bell’s Campground Cemetery, Powell, TN.
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Rev. James Spurgeon McCartt, 96, of Kingsport, TN, died peacefully at Asbury Center at Baysmont on April 10, 2019. Spurgeon was born in Rockwood on March 15, 1923, to the late James S. and Maggie McCartt. He was the beloved husband of the late Virginia Ann (Jan) McCartt for 71 years. He was a popular and effective United Methodist minister for 70 years and was currently active in First Broad Street United Methodist Church in Kingsport. Deeply religious and patriotic, Spurgeon was widely beloved as an engaging teacher, a compelling and eloquent preacher, and a wise and caring counselor. He was known for his good sense of humor, gift of storytelling, and remarkable memory. He loved his family, the United Methodist Church, East Tennessee, and living in the Smoky Mountain foothills. Spurgeon grew up on a farm in Harriman. After graduating from Harriman High School in 1940, he enrolled in Tusculum University, where he met Jan. According to Spurgeon, the day he met Jan was “the best day of my life.” His education was interrupted when he volunteered to serve in the Navy during WWII. Jan and Spurgeon married on Christmas Eve, 1943. Spurgeon served in the Navy from 1943 to 1946, then returned to Tusculum, graduating in 1947. He earned a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Duke University Divinity School in 1950, and an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Tennessee Wesleyan University in 1972. Spurgeon was a life-long Methodist. He was ordained as a Deacon of The United Methodist Church in 1949 and as an Elder in 1950, and he became a leader in the Holston Conference of The United Methodist Church with Jan as his partner. While in Divinity School in North Carolina, he held his first pastoral appointments to Pine Grove Circuit (1946-47) and Butner (1948-49). His first pastoral appointment in Holston Conference was the CaryvilleFincastle Charge (1949-50), followed by associate at Centenary, Chattanooga (1950-52). Pastoral appointments then included minister at Gatlinburg (1952-57), White Oak (195762), Washington Pike, Knoxville (1962-67), First, Maryville (1967-73), First Broad Street,
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Kingsport (1973-81), and First, Oak Ridge (1981- 83). He was a District Superintendent of the Morristown District during 1983-86. Spurgeon retired from full-time ministry after serving as minister at Fountain City, Knoxville (1986-90). He was a delegate to four General Conferences (1968, 1970, 1972, 1976) and the 1980 Jurisdictional Conference, a member of preaching missions in Cuba (1960) and Chile (1965), member of the General Board of Pensions (1972-80), and Trustee of Holston Conference Colleges (1968-76, 1978-80). Spurgeon served the Stratford and Evesham Circuit of the British Methodist Church from 1990-92. After returning to Kingsport from England, he served as chaplain at Baysmont and as interim pastor at many churches in the area, including Depews Chapel, Addilynn, Kendrick Creek, Cassidy, and Vermont. Most recently, Spurgeon frequently preached and taught at churches in the area. In Spring 2014, Spurgeon and Jan moved to Baysmont, where they enjoyed the fellowship of many friends. He served as President of the Baysmont Resident Association, and for the past five years, he coordinated the Sunday night Vesper services at Baysmont, an important non- denominational ministry for residents and the community. Spurgeon’s life and faith were heavily influenced by the events of the Great Emory River Flood on March 23, 1929, when his family was miraculously rescued from the roof of their two- story farmhouse on a raft built by Albert Adkisson and Lon Wright. When their house, country store, and barns were washed away, they lived for a time in the Woods Chapel United Methodist Church. Spurgeon recalled his mother singing His Eye Is on the Sparrow at church on the Sunday following his family’s rescue. Throughout his life, Spurgeon planted many maple trees in honor of the large maple tree that helped keep his house standing prior to his family’s rescue. Spurgeon was an avid reader, especially enjoying biographies and books about history, theology, and world events. He loved to garden and always had large flower and vegetable gardens. After his retirement, he loved to play golf and enjoyed games through this past October. He was proud of his degrees from Tusculum and Duke, and both Jan and he were devoted, enthusiastic fans of the Duke Blue Devils, especially the basketball team. He closely followed Duke’s run in the 2019 NCAA March Madness. Jan and he traveled extensively throughout the US, Europe, and the Middle East. They had a wide circle of friends and cherished the fellowship of other Methodist ministers and their wives. Spurgeon was father of Peg Hess (Howard), Anne McCartt (Michael Curcio), and Jim McCartt; grandfather of Jeremy Hess (Leili Besharat), Kristen Hess (John Fumbanks), Chris Curcio (Katie), and Sara Scoles (Matt); and great-grandfather of Clementine and Bennett Hess, Taylor Goldstein, Lexi and Rachel Fumbanks, and Emilia and Molly Scoles. Preceded in death by his brother, Calvin Moody McCartt (Dorothy, deceased), brother-inlaw of Katherine McDaniel (Edgar, deceased), Betty Lee Thompson (Charlie, deceased), and Hugh M. Taylor, deceased (Willie Love, deceased). Remembered with love by nieces and nephews Betsy Boyer, Bill McDaniel, David Thompson, Linda Baber, Jana Jensen, Kathy Love Erickson, Mary Weyant, Bobby McCartt, and their families. A graveside service was held Saturday, April 13, 2019, at Oak Hill Memorial Park. A memorial service was held Sunday, April 14, 2019, at First Broad Street United Methodist Church with The Rev. Randy Frye and The Rev. Jack Weikel officiating.
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Rev. Mathilda (Mat) Sue Merker, formerly of Benton United Methodist Church in Benton, TN, died Saturday, March 9, 2019, at age 76. She was born on October 23, 1942, in Richmond, VA, to Dr. Frank Ferdinand Merker and Edith Greer Merker. Mat enjoyed horseback riding as a teenager. She graduated from The Medical College of Virginia/ Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Nursing in Richmond, VA, in 1965. In October 1967, Mat enlisted in the Navy and was commissioned as a Lieutenant. She served in San Diego, CA, and cared for wounded soldiers returning from the Vietnam War. After 3 years of military service, Mat was separated from the Navy in June 1970. Mat received her Master’s degree in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing in 1975. From 1974 to June 1979, Mat was an Assistant Professor at the Pacific Lutheran University School of Nursing in Tacoma, WA. In the early 1980s, Mat came to the East Coast and worked at Sheppard Pratt Hospital and also at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. During this time of her life, she took an interest in sailing. She became friends with a number of members of the Potapskut Sailing Association. Mat enjoyed sailing and helped to introduce young people to the joys of sailing. While living in Millersville, MD, and also in Severna Park, she reached out to the U.S. Naval Academy as a sponsor for Midshipmen from Washington State. Lifelong relationships were formed with these midshipmen. Mat also opened her home to exchange students from Poland, Sweden, New Zealand, Russia, and Australia. Her generosity did not fade with time. It was repaid with enduring friendships from around the world. Mat attended Chandler School of Theology at the Emory University seminary in Atlanta, GA, earning her Masters of Divinity in 2003. She served the congregation of Benton United Methodist Church in Benton, TN. Mat Merker was predeceased by her parents Dr. Frank Ferdinand and Edith Greer Merker. She is survived by cousins, Charlie Greer of San Diego, CA, Sue Greer Pitt of Jackhorn, KY, Lucy Austin of Greer, SC, Fred Merker of Finksburg, MD, and beloved friends Tom and Liz Ryder of Penney Farms, FL. A Memorial Service was held at the Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville, MD, on May 18, 2019.
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Dennis Eugene Milligan was firstborn to Viola (Westberg) and Gene Milligan on January 21, 1948, in Wayne, NE. He was an older brother to Sandra (Milligan) Chambers and to Rodney Milligan. They all moved to Georgia when Dennis was 11 years old. Part of that move was going through a tornado on Easter weekend and losing their Easter clothes from the carrier on top of the car. Even then, God was moving in his life. Oakhurst Baptist Church in Decatur, GA, gathered the family under their wings, replacing Easter, and eventually a Sunday school teacher lead him to Christ. At 17, he was called to preach at a youth retreat in Ridgecrest, NC. Soon Dennis started college at Carson Newman College majoring in Religion. He held several summer church jobs, one of which was at Colonial Heights FBC. While serving FBC Greene, TN, he was ordained to full-time ministry. He faithfully served several congregations and then something happened. Something always happens when God starts to change things. It was then that his best friend from high school, Reverend Hal Knight, III, began to talk to him about grace and its emphasis in The United Methodist Church. Dennis and I were married on March 24, 1979, in Powder Springs, GA. Soon we were blessed with two boys and a girl. Tyson William, Nathaniel Gene, and Elyse Denae are our great joys. To date, there are four grandchildren with whom we have shared a close
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relationship. He would change the words to popular songs to personalize it for them when they were tiny. Once he rewrote the words to an old gospel song that they still cherish: “Wouldn’t take nothin’ for my journey now, Don’t go havin’ a big ole cow, Don’t have a horse or a duck, anyhow, But to the Lord be faithful and true, Don’t fuss and fight like the sinners do, If I could, still I wouln’t take nothin’ for my journey now.” Dennis Eugene Milligan served small to medium size churches in the Johnson City, Abingdon, Wytheville, and (the district near Etowah, TN). He was faithful to the end. Dennis was a baseball guy; he loved the Atlanta Braves. He played on church leagues when younger and was a real sports trivia expert. I told him he should have had a radio show. His greater love was telling the children’s message and working with children and youth. He served many years as a Minister in Residence at Buffalo Mountain Camp. He even served a couple of years on the Camping Board. Even when he became ill last year, he requested his children’s moment be pre-recorded so he would not miss his turn. Finally, after a year of fighting pancreatic cancer, Dennis passed into the next life while at home in Church Hill on hospice on May 14, 2018. He was celebrated at Mafair UMC in Kingsport, TN. by family and friends with Pastor Amy Rollins-Probst officiating. He was cremated at his request and his ashes now occupy a space on the living room étagère. But HE is in heaven.
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Rev. Wayne Thomas Monroe, of Bland, VA, passed on to celebrate a new birthday in Heaven on Sunday, December 23, 2018, his 76th birthday. He was born December 23, 1942, in Alexandria, VA, the son of the late John Wallace and Lucy Lamb Monroe. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force. He enjoyed photography. He was happiest when he was in the pulpit. Studying at Wesley Theological Seminary and Duke Divinity School, his ministry began as a Sunday School teacher and continued on as a Methodist Minister for over thirty years. He ministered to many in all realms of life from the pulpit, out on the street and even in the dialysis center in his last days. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Perry and Roger Monroe. Left to cherish his memory are his loving wife of 52 years, Dollie Pearl French Monroe, his loving daughters and sons-in-law, Dawn and Mike Davis, Dena Monroe and Debra and Warnie Day, his special grandchildren, whom he loved dearly, Brandon, Jackson and Jeneva, his sister and brother-in-law, Sherry and Don Koonce, his nephew, Brent Monroe, a special brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Robert and MaryAnn French and their family, and a real blessing of numerous neighbors, parishioners, and friends, too many to list. A memorial service was held Sunday, December 30, 2018, at A. Vest & Sons Funeral Home Chapel, White Gate, with Rev. Dale Riddle officiating. He was laid to rest at the Southwest Virginia Veteran’s Cemetery, Dublin.
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Eldon Anderson Moore was born on October 15, 1932, in Maryville, TN, to Farris and Mae (Anderson) Moore. Eldon attended Maryville High School before going on to Maryville College, Emory and Henry College, and earning a Masters of Divinity at Emory University-Candler School of Theology. He was a member of the U.S .Navy and a United Methodist minister from 1957-1998 serving multiple churches in the Holston Conference. Eldon received many accolades and had many accomplishments throughout the Holston Conference. He loved nature, gardening and was an outstanding, accomplished watercolor artist. He had a quick wit with an infectious smile and laugh. Eldon took great pride in his retirement home in Walland, TN, and it was placed on the Historic Registry. Eldon loved to tell stories and particularly loved to talk about animals and birds. Eldon was married to Elizabeth Francis (Libba) for many years and together they had four children. He is survived by his children Michael Moore (Joy), Amy Morton Vaughn (Jack), David Moore, Rachel Moore and grandchildren Kylie Berry (Evan), Laura Morton, Aubrey Moore, Myionna Albright, Anders, and Pierce Vaughn, and great-grandson Benjamin Berry. Eldon passed away on November 29, 2018, at Brookdale Senior Living. A memorial service was held at his home church, First United Methodist of Maryville, on December 9, 2018, with his best friend Reverend J.N. Howard officiating. Assisting in the service were Reverend Catherine Nance and his nephew Reverend Daniel Moore. Eldon said his greatest support was his faith in God, what a friend he had in Jesus, his close friends and his family. He loved that God’s creation surrounded him daily.
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Fredericko Boyd Moretz (Fred) was born December 1, 1944, in Boone, NC, to Eston Duard Moretz and Ella Faye Moretz. He graduated from Hiawassee College, Tennessee Wesleyan University, and Emory University Candler School of Theology. He was ordained in 1971. Fredericko and Susan Reeves Moretz were married on August 24, 1968. They met while working for the Toledo Ohio Council of Churches where they worked with migrant workers. They were blessed with three children Antonio (Tony) Moretz, Monica Moretz, and Laura Moretz Wooten and one cherished grandchild, Gavin James Wooten. Fred worked for many years as a chaplain for the Hospice in Winston Salem and surrounding areas. He dearly loved his work and helped so many along the way. He also served many churches, among them Looney Chapel in Vansant, VA, Community Methodist Church in St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands for 7 years, and Shiloh United Methodist Church in Winston Salem, NC. Fred was very proud of his family history. He spent many years searching for information about his family’s past. He was able to trace them back to the now Czech Republic in the 1700s. His other interest was wood. He loved working with it, cutting, planing, sanding and making unique furniture, and building other structures. Fred died on August 20, 2018, after a hard fight with lung cancer, and other complications. A memorial service was held at Shiloh United Methodist Church in Winston Salem, NC, with Pastors David Berrier and Eric Tang officiating.
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Reverend Wiley L. Neal, 100, died December 17, 2018, in Abingdon, VA. A funeral service was held at Madam Russell UMC in Saltville, VA, on December 20, 2018. Officiating pastors were Rev. Charles Starks, Rev. Ralph Kidd, and Rev. Lisa Bryant. Rev. Neal was then interred at the Holston Conference Emory and Henry Cemetery. Rev. Neal was born April 9, 1918, in Asberrys, VA. He attended Tennessee Polytechnic Institute and Hiwassee College and graduated from Emory and Henry College, and Asbury Theological Seminary. He served charges and appointments in the Holston Conference for 32 years, in the communities of Woodlawn, VA, Buchanan County, VA, Pearisburg, VA, Talbott, TN, Bland, VA, and Wytheville, VA. Wiley retired from Madam Russell UMC in Saltville, VA. Wiley was a veteran of WWII, having served various posts stateside, including on the island of Attu, AK, which experience he shared in a memoir published later in his life. Mr. Wiley was an unassuming man marked by the Spirit. His life was lived in servanthood, because he answered, “Here am I, send me.” He is well remembered by many for his kindness, generosity, humor, intellect, integrity, dedication, love of music, and appreciation of God’s creation. His long life was a well-lived one, and he is greatly missed. Many call him blessed. While serving in the Conference, Wiley helped to guide several young men as they answered the call to ministry, they were ordained and served or still serve in the Holston Conference. And in the spirit of letting the little children come, Wiley was deeply dedicated to opening every one of his charges to weeks-long Bible schools, and he enjoyed leading the music for campers at Camp Dickenson. Wiley’s particular gift was to foster peace within the churches to which he was appointed. He was well known for this strength and respected for witnessing the gospel. And music was his special joy, which he used for the glory of God, encouraging any and all to participate in singing and playing, as they were able to contribute. His work lives on in the lives of those he served, and in their churches. Rest in peace, good and faithful servant. Wiley is survived by his wife Marie Edwards Neal of Tannersville, VA, daughter Jeana Rhyee Neal Borman and husband John of Stanley, NC, daughter Leola Neal Griffin and husband Greg of Saltville, VA, and three granddaughters, Erin Griffin, Lauren Griffin, and Celeste Borman.
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Rev. John Neese, affectionately known as “Papa John,” by the many children that came through his life through the years. Dad was born February 1, 1943, to Bruce and Hazel Neese of Wytheville, VA, the youngest of six children. He was raised in the West End UMC where he was called to preach at the age of 5 years old. He accepted that call of God and moved to Cleveland, TN, to pastor Mt Zion, Savannah, and East View UMCs at the age of 21 years old. He moved into the parsonage there on June 12, 1964, while the Mt Zion church was having Vacation Bible School. He saw a young lady there who at 16 years old had been serving as the church pianist for 5 years. He told us many times that when he got out of the car and saw her across the yard he said to himself, “I will marry that girl if I can talk her into it.” On June
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Wallace E. Newman passed away on February 28, 2019, after a brief time at the Habersham Hospital. He was born September 24, 1913, in Adams County, NE. He received his grammar and high school education in Nebraska. He enrolled in Johnson Bible College, Knox County, TN, and received his B.A. degree in the spring of 1941. In the fall of 1942, Rev. Newman was appointed pastor of the West View Methodist Church in Knoxville, TN. In 1944, he was appointed to the Hendrons-Beulah charge in Knox County. During this time, he enrolled in Maryville College in Blount County and obtained his B.S. degree from that institution. In 1945, Rev. Newman accepted an appointment for a three church circuit in Oconomowoc, WI, churches being Lake Street-Concord-Sullivan. In 1947, he returned to the Tennessee Conference, being appointed to the Homestead Methodist Church near Crossville, TN. Rev. Newman was the first appointed pastor of this church and he not only assisted in erecting the church building but helped build a parsonage also. This was one of the first churches in the Homestead Area as prior to this time; it was a closed government-owned property. In 1950, he was given the appointment to the Tracy City Methodist Church in Grundy County. A new church building had been started so there was the task of completing the building of this church. In the spring of 1955, appointment was to the Pikeville Methodist Church in Bledsoe County. During his 11-year tenure at Pikeville, the church was completely renovated and a new Educational Building was completed. In 1966, he went to Knoxville, TN, to accept the Lonsdale Methodist Church appointment. His final appointment as an active minister was to Asbury United Methodist Church in 1971, where he served until his retirement in June 1979. Wallace was preceded in death by his wife, Anna Belle McNutt Newman who died August 1980. He is survived by his two daughters, Patricia Anne and her husband James Miner, and Ruth Hahn, two grandchildren Kimberly Childs and Timothy Miner, and two greatgrandchildren Katharine and Benjamin Childs. Services were held at Asbury United Methodist Church in Knoxville, TN, Tuesday, March 5, 2019, with Rev. David Smith and Ashley Helton officiating, followed by graveside services at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Rev. Dr. John L. Sheldon died at 61 years of age on April 20, 2019. He was the son of William C. and Carrie L. Sheldon late of Roane County, TN. John is survived by wife, Cindy (McSween) Sheldon of Louisville, TN, daughter, Jamie Petersen (Erik), and granddaughter, Avery Hillon of Knoxville. He is also survived by daughter, Misha Ramsey of Portland, OR, sister, Lucreta Chesney and her husband Bill of Knoxville and their sons, Adam (Becky) of Cumming, GA, and Logan Chesney of Lafayette, IN. John entered the U.S. Navy after high school and was stationed on the nuclear submarine USS George Bancroft (SSBN-643) Gold Crew during most of his military career. After his time in the service to his country, he transformed his service into the calling of a United Methodist pastor, serving in Knoxville and surrounding counties. John loved his family, he loved his country and he was a diligent and caring pastor in The United Methodist Conference. He will be missed by his family and friends. A graveside service and interment were held on Monday, April 29, 2019, at East Tennessee Veteran’s Cemetery, Knoxville, TN.
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John Byron Smith, Capt. USN (ret.), 82, of Hixson, TN, died Thursday, May 24, 2018. He was born January 12, 1936, in Jersey Shore, PA, to the late Herbert Eugene Smith and Eliza Margaret Cluston Smith. John loved his family. He was very active in his community. Everyone who met him loved him. Mr. Smith was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy. He retired from the U.S. Navy after 30 years of service to his nation. He was also a retired United Methodist Church pastor, serving at Mount Crest UMC, the longest and last church he served and was retired from TVA after 29 years as an engineer. Survivors include his wife of 57 years, the love of his life, Elizabeth “June” Keeney Smith, children, Crystal Hall, Jonathan (Joyce) Smith, and Suzanna (Tom) Ellis, sister, Vera Bower, grandchildren, Hunter Hall, Kalli Hall, Connor Ellis, Beth DeMonbreun, Laura Ferebee, Robin Harrington, and Andrew Ellis, and 8 great-grandchildren. Funeral Services were held Friday, June 1, 2018, at the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home. Interment followed in Chattanooga National Cemetery.
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John A. Tiller, age 93, of Knoxville, went to be with his Lord on February 24, 2019. John owned and operated a heating and air conditioning business for 25 years, served as a Gideon Camp President and answered the call to ministry within The United Methodist Church until full retirement at age 82. He was also a veteran of the U.S. Army during WWII. He was preceded in death by his wife of 70 years, Eula Mae Tiller, and son, Edward R. Tiller. Survivors include daughter, Donna Jeffries and husband Daryll, daughter-inlaw, Phyllis Tiller, grandchildren, David Tiller and wife Sharon, William Tiller, Christie Cinnamon, Jessica Wilson and husband David, Amanda Scarbrough and Adam Chaney, 11 great-grandchildren, 10 great-great- grandchildren, brother, Joseph Tiller of Greensboro, NC, sister, Lucille (Julie) Taylor of Princeton, WV, and several nieces and nephews. A funeral service was held at Lincoln Park United Methodist Church, Knoxville, TN, with Rev. John Gargis and Rev. Monty Walton officiating. A graveside service was held Wednesday at Lynnhurst Cemetery.
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William “Bill” Frank Warnock, Sr., was born September 10, 1934, in Anniston, AL, to Robert Perry Warnock, Sr., and Mary Agnes (Hawkins) Warnock. He graduated from the McCallie School in Chattanooga, TN, in 1952, and Emory and Henry College in 1970 with a B.A. After spending a year and a half at Trinity College, Glasgow, Scotland, studying Divinity, he returned to the U.S. and graduated from Asbury Theological Seminary in 1973 with an M.Div. Bill was ordained an Elder in 1974 in a reciprocal Ordination with Holston Conference, in Wembo-Nyama, Zaire, Africa, by Bishop Onema Fama. Bill and his wife of 60 years, Grace Elisabeth (de Wit) were married in France in1957 while serving in the US Air Force. Elisabeth Warnock Carter, Anne Carol Stone, William Frank Warnock, Jr., and Virginia Grace Warnock, were born to them, as well as eight grandchildren, and two greatgrandchildren, and are the happy result of their union. After serving in the USAF, Bill became a successful Mortgage Banker in Mississippi and Tennessee, until he was called into Ministry in 1967.
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After completing seminary in 1973, the family joined the GBGM and served three-year terms in Zaire, Zambia, Liberia, Russia, and Lithuania. After retirement in 1999 in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, in order to be near the children, he and Grace served further assignments in Cameroon and Cambodia. They took a seven-year missionary leave from 1979 to 1986 and he served at Trenton UMC, Trenton, GA, and then at First UMC, Maryville as Associate. He was active in the Conference during that time, as Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Bill was passionate about encouraging the people he served, to become self-sufficient and responsible for their own destinies. Though many of his assignments were in Finance and Administration, he always served in a pastoral role at a church community as well. When they returned to Mission work in 1986, he became the Director of Ganta Hospital in Liberia. The Annual Conference Churches and the Conference UMW greatly supported the work, and especially the members of First UMC, Maryville. Many of the Churches in the Conference supported Bill and Grace during the entire 25 years of their Missionary Service, and he often referred with gratitude for their loving care through those sometimes-difficult years. In Lithuania, he served as Mission Superintendent and was primarily responsible for the restarting of the Methodist Church that had been banned by the Communists for fifty years. This was challenging work, as there was basically no Christian literature and certainly no Book of Worship in the Lithuanian language. These became primary concerns, and so the Liturgy and Sacraments were translated and became an integral part of each worship service in the Churches. In Cameroon and Cambodia, he was also Mission Superintendent and again stressed the importance of “Word and Table” in his work. They retired in 2008. After a lengthy illness, he died on June 23, 2018, in Ponte Vedra Beach, and was buried at the National Cemetery in Jacksonville, FL. A Funeral Service was held at Christ Episcopal Church in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, and a Memorial Service was held at First UMC, Maryville, with Dr. Jerry Russell, Dr. Ken Sprinkle, and The Rev. Ray Petty officiating.
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The Rev. Nick White of Bristol, TN, entered into the Kingdom Eternal on June 9, 2018, and is buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Bristol. He was born February 7, 1935, a native of Norfolk, VA, and was the eldest child of Robert Sr. and Emily White. He graduated from William and Mary with a B.S. degree in Business. He served in the United States Army and was a member in good standing and high esteem of South Norfolk Lodge 339 A.F. & A.M. After a career in Personnel Management, Nick took early retirement from SmithKline Beecham and continued his career as VP of Human Resources for RSR Laboratories. Throughout his business career, he served in many leadership roles in Church, singing
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Chloe Ann Johnson Littrell passed peacefully from this temporal life to life eternal in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, at her home on December 16, 2018, surrounded by her family. She was born on March 24, 1943, at Greenville, KY, to The Reverend Morton and Mrs. Eula Mae Agee-Johnson. She was a coal miner’s daughter. Mr. Johnson was a bi-vocational pastor. Early in his life, he and Mrs. Johnson were devout Methodists. They were pioneers of the Pentecostal movement in Beech Creek, KY, early in the 1900s. Chloe grew up in a loving, caring family of eight children. They were taught to love God and their neighbor and to care and share with each other. Chloe was a natural born nurse, named after Chloe Hinds the community nurse at the Beech Creek Coal Minecamp in the 1930s and ’40s. Chloe graduated from Hughes-Kirk High School, Beechmont, KY, Cotty College, Nevada, MO, Graff School of Nursing, Springfield, MO, and licensing school for a local pastor in The United Methodist Church at Hiwassee College, Hiwassee, TN. She pastored three churches in the Holston Conference, two in the Johnson City District (now Three Rivers District), Liberty Hill (1999-2000 ), and New Victory (2000-2001), and one in the Morristown District (now Mountain View District), Wesley’s Chapel (2002-2004). She moved to Cleveland, TN, withher husband andtwo children in 1975 and in 1977 established the first physical therapy department at Bradley County Nursing Home. She wrote her own job description, which was approved by the state of Tennessee, and hired her own staff. She received many recognitions, citations, and awards for her leadership skills. Chloe was a highly intelligent, extraordinary, multi-gifted person who strived for excellence in all of her endeavors. She was a model humanitarian and angel of mercy to hundreds of suffering people for 40 years. She combined her nursing-nurturing-teaching skills to serve as a short-term missionary to India. She had a compassionate heart of gold, and was always asking, “What can I do to help you?” She was involved in several community faith-based ministries, including the Unity Center, and The Caring Place,
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Cleveland, TN. To know her was to love her. She was under Hospice care for the past year, and each of the nurses and caregivers remarked about what a pleasant, sweet personality she had. She was not only the daughter of a pastor but also a pastor’s wife to The Reverend Dr. Terril D. Littrell for 59 years. Together they traveled and preached in missions in almost all of the United States, and in 10 foreign countries. Chloe kept her bags packed and was eager to enter into a new adventure. A service of praise and thanksgiving for the life of Chloe was conducted at First United Methodist Church, Cleveland, TN, on December 18, 2018. The Reverend Hugh Kilgore, District Superintendent of the Hiwassee District of The United Methodist Church served as Eulogist. The Reverend Jason Humberd served as Liturgist. Dr. Terril D. Littrell served as Celebrant for the Holy Eucharist, and the Reverend Lukas Littrell (grandson) served as acolyte, soloist, pianist, and organist.
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Fannie Louise Apple Marchbanks, born May 11, 1928, to Howard and Vedia Apple, entered into eternal rest April 13, 2019. She attended Lennon Seney UMC. Fannie grew up in Cookeville, TN. There she worked as a caregiver for several families. She moved to Algood and met her future husband, Paul. He remembers their meeting this way: “Before I knew who she was, a voice said to HER, ‘There goes YOUR husband.’ I didn’t know that until later. She came to Algood to live when her mother had passed. When she came up there, I was a grade ahead of her, and I saw her. She had on a brown skirt, blue blouse, brown shoes and socks, head full of hair and a ribbon that wouldn’t stay tied. I don’t know why I guess it was puppy love then. When I got out of high school, (she was a grade behind me) and the year she was going to start high school, we got married on June 7, 1947 ... and have been together ever since ... we’ve been married for almost 72 years …” She was preceded in death by parents, Howard and Vedia Mae Apple, sisters, Carrie Mae Officer, Lillie Bea Bohannon, and Tomella Hill, and son, Titus Lee Marchbanks. Survivors include her husband, Paul Y. Marchbanks, Sr., sons, Paul (Shirley) Marchbanks, Murfreesboro, TN, Silas (Stephanie) Marchbanks, Pulaski, VA, grandchildren, Terry (Jessie) Norman, Murfreesboro, TN, Angelia Marchbanks, Charmaine (Adrian) Wells, Tenisha Marchbanks, Knoxville, TN, Michelle Marchbanks, Paul Young Marchbanks, III, Charlottesville, VA, Dianna (Carl) Young, Greenville, SC, Renita (Desmond) Humphrey, Atlanta, GA, Scott Adams, Akeem Marchbanks, Pulaski VA, ten great-grandchildren, four great-great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends. Funeral services were held Thursday, April 18, 2019, at Lennon-Seney United Methodist Church with Rev. Dr. Elston McLain officiating. Interment was in Algood Heritage Cemetery, Algood, TN.
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Mary Jane Ripley (82), of Farragut, TN, passed away peacefully Monday, October 1, 2018, with family by her side. Born in Whitwell, TN, on February 24, 1936. Mary Jane was a true lover of life. Her passions were education, religion and travel, and especially children. Her life’s work involved teaching children. Her proudest moments
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Lucille was born in White County but soon moved to Cookeville, which became her hometown. She attended public school. She was a graduate of McCormick Theological Seminary with a Master’s Degree in Christian Education. She met her husband, Ernest Robertson, on the chapel steps of the Seminary. They served God and the Church together for 70 years. She was a great-great- granddaughter of Cookeville founder Richard Fielding Cooke. She died August 27, 2018, at Signature Nursing Home from a tumor growing around the windpipe in her lung. Lucille and Ernest were granted only one son, David LeRoy Robertson, who graduated with a degree in Engineering from Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, TN. Lucille was a loving and much-respected leader and teacher in all of the churches where she served with her husband, Ernest, from Nebraska, the Pittsburgh area, and in Tennessee. She also served as a Ruling Elder for several years. Lucille was preceded in death by her parents Robert Rouenza and Mattie Pennington Bockman, two sisters, Blanche Bockman Maxwell, and Lena Rose Bockman Livesay, one brother, Robert Burnice Bockman, one nephew, J Watson Maxwell, and two nieces, Marguerite Maxwell, and Anne Livesay Rose. Lucille is survived by her husband, Ernest Robertson, and son David. Memorial services were held in Cookeville, TN on August 27, 2018
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Florence Ann Creech Allgood was born April 1, 1927, in Scott County, VA, to Lorne David Creech and Bessie (Edwards) Creech. She graduated from high school at Hardee County High School in Wauchula, FL. On March 11, 1946, she married Clarence Burton Allgood, Sr. and had three children, two sons Clarence, Jr., and Lorne Ellis, and daughter Leatha Verajane. During her life, she and the family served at different churches with her husband in Virginia and Tennessee with the Holston Conference. She was active with the WSCS and helped with the nurseries, teaching Sunday school, and other ministries in the different churches such as helping with the less fortunate people and visiting families that were severely handicapped and very elderly. She expressed her love for God, life, and people throughout her life. She deeply loved her family. On August 11, 2018, she went to be with Jesus, due to complications that arose due to a broken femur. Her family was with her when she passed. Her memorial service was held at Ketron Memorial United Methodist Church in Kingsport, TN, with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery there. Officiating was Rev. Joshua E Swanson. She is missed and was a great Mother.
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Billie Deane Reed Bacon, age 86 of Hixson, took up residence in her heavenly home on Tuesday, August 14, 2018. The service was held at North Chapel-Chattanooga Funeral Home on Saturday, August 18, 2018. Interment was at the National Cemetery in Chattanooga on Monday, August 20, 2018. Billie Deane Reed was born October 20, 1931, in Manchester, TN. She graduated from Central High School in 1949, where she played the clarinet in the band and played on the girls’ basketball team. Billie attended Martin Methodist College in Pulaski, TN, where she also played on the girls’ basketball team. She later earned her B.S. degree from Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, where she played clarinet in the band, was a member of the chorus, and was elected Most Versatile Girl her senior year. Ms. Bacon began her career as Assistant Home Demonstration Agent in Bradley County. During her 20 years as an educator, she taught second grade through high school. Subjects included shorthand, typing, bookkeeping, science, and home economics, among others. She was an active member of Delta Kappa Gamma in various chapters, depending on where her husband was assigned as an itinerant Methodist minister. During their 43 years in ministry, they served appointments in the Johnson City, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Morristown, Abingdon, and Cleveland Districts. She was the oldest of four daughters born to the late Ernest Lee and Gladys Evans Reed of Manchester. She was preceded in death by her husband of almost 59 years, John Y. Bacon, her son, Gerald Bacon of Murfreesboro, three sisters, Mildred Mayton, and Camille Holt, of Manchester, and Mary Honeycutt of Connecticut. Billie’s fourth great aunt was Rebecca Boone, wife of pioneer Daniel Boone. While her husband John was a student in Candler School of Theology at Emory University,
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Marguerite C. Cline, age 85, of White Pine passed away on Saturday, November 3, 2018. A funeral service was held on Monday, November 5, 2018, at Farrar Funeral Home, White Pine. A graveside interment service was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, in Hamblen Memory Gardens.
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Joyce Pauline Wray Crabtree was born on August 24, 1923, in Richmond, VA, to the late Clyde Mack Wray and Perry (Joyce) Wray. On December 24, 1943, she married Rev. James Lee Crabtree or as Mom referred to him “Jimmy.” She then began her life and service as a minister’s wife. My parents served in Mechanicsburg Circuit, New River Circuit, Sinking Springs UMC, Paperville UMC, Draper Circuit, Eggleston Circuit, Narrows Circuit, and Honaker Circuit. Mom and Dad had four sons, James Adrian, Charles Lee, George Timothy, and Paul Manley. Mom loved each of us, always living out her faith in front of us. I have often wondered why four boys; the truth is I think they just kept trying for a girl. Well, Mom got her wish for girls with four daughters-in-law. Jean married to Adrian, Gloria to Charles, Helen to Tim and my wife Dena. She treated each as the daughters she always waited for. Mom always gave herself to the work of the Lord and she knew her work was not in vain. She served in many churches, playing the piano, singing in the choir, and teaching Sunday school. I can still hear my mom and dad, as they would sing, It Is Well With My Soul. On May 17, 2018, I was reminded, it is well. Make no mistake, Mom’s biggest blessing and greatest joy was being G Ma to her 10 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. Mom’s service to the Lord continued up until the end, at Autumn Care where she resided the last 5 years. She led many Bible studies, opened in prayer for functions, served as President of the patient advisory board participating in every craft function, making sure
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she was on the van for every outing and became the bingo queen. We like to refer to her as the Assistant Director. She was active right up to the end. On May 17, Mom finished the race and she has received her crown.
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Patricia Ann (Widener) Cummings, age 85, passed away on Monday, January 7, 2019, at Johnson City Medical Center. She was born September 29, 1933, to Margaret Widener and Hunter Widener. In addition to her parents, Patricia was preceded in death by her loving husband of 67 years, G. Wayne Cummings, and her brother, Herbert Widener. Patricia graduated from Marion High School, attended Marion College and later attended the University of Tennessee. Patricia is survived by son and daughter-in-law Stephen Cummings and JoAnne, daughter and son-in-law Cheryl Fore and Richard, sister Violet Williamson, sister and brother-in-law Jeanie Hope and Hollis, grandson Ben Cummings, grandson and wife Nate Warren and Megan, granddaughter Emily Cummings, and granddaughter and husband Andrea Goins and Jesse. A funeral service for Patricia was held Thursday, January 10, 2019, at Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church, Johnson City, TN, under the direction Rev. Carol Wilson and Rev. Patty Muse. A committal service for Patricia was held Friday, January 11, 2019, at Rose Lawn Cemetery, Marion, VA.
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Pauline Denson Daugherty was born in Jonesville, Lee County, VA, on October 29, 1928, and went to her heavenly home on Sunday, June 17, 2018. Pauline faithfully served with her husband, Rev. Herbert H. Daugherty, in The United Methodist Holston Conference for 44 years throughout the Big Stone Gap, VA, Kingsport, and Johnson City, TN, districts. Herbert and Pauline were married on February 6, 1954, in Jonesville, VA, after meeting at Herbert’s first pastorate, Russell’s Chapel Methodist Church. Pauline also worked at Tennessee Eastman and JCPenney’s in Kingsport and Johnson City, TN. After retirement, Pauline attended St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in Clinton, TN, where she was an active member with the Women’s groups and served on various boards. She enjoyed gardening, sewing, cooking, being with family and friends, and was known for her delicious desserts. She is survived by her daughter Diane Daugherty Ilgner and husband Berny of Clinton, TN, and granddaughter Kristina Ilgner Lamons and husband Ben of Houston, TX. Pauline was the middle child of nine children and is survived by her sister Albon Cowden of Kingsport, TN, sister Emmeline Glass and husband Everette of Goldsboro, NC, sister Ernestine Powers and husband Harold of Pfafftown, NC, brother Wheeler Denson of Jonesville, VA, and many beloved nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Rev. Herbert H. Daugherty, parents Lillie
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Edna Wicker Dean, age 91, of Roan Mountain, TN, passed away Friday, July 20, 2018, at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, TN. She was born on April 11, 1927, in Knoxville, TN. Edna was a member of Pisgah United Methodist Church in Linville Falls, NC. She enjoyed antique shopping and going out to eat. She was preceded in death by her husband The Rev. Ernest Dean, her parents, and one sister. Edna leaves behind to cherish her memory her stepson Ernest Skip (Shirley) Dean of Austin, TX, friends Shirley Turbyfill of Roan Mountain, TN, Pat (Tommy) Jarrett of Roan Mountain, TN, Ann McMahna of Roan Mountain, TN, Barbara (Jack) Coffee of Newland, NC, and Joan Miller of Newland, NC. Edna’s family and friends would like to offer a special thank you to the doctors and staff of Sycamore Shoals Hospital in Elizabethton, TN. Services for Edna Wicker Dean were held on Monday, July 23, 2018, at the ReinsSturdivant Funeral Home with The Rev. Rhonda Campbell officiating. Interment followed in Pisgah Cemetery.
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Sarah Ann Quillen Dunsmore died peacefully on Monday, February 11, 2019, after a prolonged illness. Sarah Ann was born in Middlesboro, KY, and raised in Gate City, VA. She graduated from Shoemaker High School, Gate City, VA, and Emory and Henry College, Emory, VA. Mrs. Dunsmore worked for the United Methodist Board of Global Discipleship, the Women’s Resource Center of the New River Valley, and the public school systems of Scott County, VA, Knox County, TN, and Wise County, VA. Mrs. Dunsmore was an active member and leader in the United Methodist churches where her husband served as pastor and directed children’s choirs at churches in Lebanon, VA, Chattanooga, TN, and Tazewell, VA. Mrs. Dunsmore was preceded in death by her parents, H. Mont and Ann VanBeber Quillen, her husband, the Rev. Moses Beecher Dunsmore, and her son, Andrew Beecher Dunsmore. Mrs. Dunsmore is survived by her daughters, Sarah Elizabeth Dunsmore, Rockville, MD, and Julie Dunsmore, Blacksburg, VA, a son-in-law, John Wilson, Blacksburg, VA, grandson, Nicholas Wilson, Arlington, VA, granddaughter, Elizabeth Dunsmore, Raleigh, NC, a sister-in-law, Jeanne Dunsmore Finley, Cleveland, TN, first cousins, Byrd Quillen, Chuck Quillen, Ford Quillen, Pat Quillen and Kay Quillen Addington, all of Gate City, VA, Cecil Quillen and Shirley Quillen Peterson, Richmond, VA, and Patricia Quillen, Roanoke, VA, and several nieces and nephews. Sarah Ann had a life-long love of music and was a talented pianist and organist. She was active in The United Methodist Church from birth and had several leadership roles at the
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district and conference levels in United Methodist Youth and United Methodist Women. Her culinary skills were renowned throughout the Holston Conference. Sarah Ann loved to entertain and was known as a warm and gracious hostess. She was an expert flower arranger and wedding director and assisted with the weddings of many close friends and relatives. A Celebration of Life worship service was held on Saturday, February 23, 2019, at First United Methodist Church, Maryville, with the Rev. Catherine Nance and the Rev. Charles Neal officiating.
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Eulah Charles Bowlin, 99, passed away on Saturday, June 23, 2018, after a brief illness. Eulah was born Feb. 6, 1919, in Surgoinsville, TN, to the late Glenn and Minnie Greer. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Church Hill where she served as a Sunday school teacher for many years and sang in the Adult Choir. She loved her church and served it well. She was also a member of the Eastern Star. Eulah was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She had many close friends and received great joy in loving and helping others. She is preceded in death by her parents, husbands Paul Charles, father of her daughters, and Rev. Robert Fritts, Holston Conference clergy, brothers Everett Greer and J.S. Greer, and stepchildren’s mother Sibyl Bowlin. Left to cherish her memory are her husband Hiram “H” Bowlin of 39 years, daughters Betty (Grant) Wilder and Sandy (Chuck) Culbertson, step-son Howard (Linda) Bowlin, step-daughter Phyllis (Cleet) Murray, sister Audrey Kelly, special granddaughter Angie (Carter) Culbertson Long, great-grandsons Owen and Parker Long, niece Charlotte Hedrick, nephews Johnny and Billy Greer, along with several step-grandchildren and stepgreat-grandchildren. A funeral service was conducted Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at First Baptist Church of Church Hill with Rev. Gary Gerhardt and Rev. Mitch Russell officiating. A graveside service was held on Wednesday, June 27, 2018, at Highland Cemetery. Pallbearers were family and friends.
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Betty Ruth Peek Graham, age 82, passed away December 8, 2018, at McKendree Village in Hermitage, TN. She was born in Knoxville and lived in Rutherford County for the past 20 years. Betty was a volunteer for St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital and a member of The First United Methodist Church. Betty was preceded in death by her parents, Alvin Sperry and Lady Ruth Jordan Peek, and husband, Doyne E. Graham. She is survived by her sons, Ronald Doyne (Crystal) Graham, Terrell Alan Graham, daughter, Rebecca Graham (Mike) Rock of Hermitage, and grandchildren, Andrea Rock (Richard) Gilbert, Nathan Graham, Ethan Rock, Zackery Graham, Eric Williams, Taylor Harmon, and Courtney Jones, and three greatgrandchildren. A service was held, Wednesday, December 12, 2018, at The First United Methodist Church with Michael O’Bannon officiating. Burial followed in Mt. Hope Cemetery with family and friends serving as pallbearers.
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Mary Elizabeth Holbrook 88, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 1, 2019, at her daughter’s home where she resided after an extended illness. She was born in Globe, KY, on December 3, 1930, a daughter of Tony and Bertha (Collins) Stephens. Mary was a custodian for the Niles City School System, retiring on November 1, 1990. She enjoyed gardening, working in her yard and gambling. Most of all she cherished the time spent with her family and extended family. Mary was the “Caregiver to All” and is survived by a daughter, Bonnie (James) Sarber with whom she made her home, son, John P. Holbrook, Sr. of Niles, seven grandchildren, Joe (Laura) Zucco, Felicia (Brian) Williams, Jessica Sarber, John P. Holbrook, Jr., Thomas J. Holbrook, Sr., Christopher Holbrook, and Heaven Lee Holbrook, eight great-grandchildren, Brooke and Hannah Zucco, Tyler, Tristan, Emma Holbrook, Nathan Williams, Jaxon Holbrook, and Thomas J. Holbrook, Jr., sister, Shirley Padilla of Murfreesboro, TN, and brother-in-law, James P. Zucco of Niles. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Henery Holbrook whom she married in 1946 and who died December 30, 1977, two daughters, Carol Jean Madsen, and Mary Alice Zucco, son, Henery Thomas Holbrook, granddaughter-in-law, Amy Zucco, two sisters, Doris Butler, Hazel M. Evans, and four brothers, Junior, Bill, Charles, and Jimmy Stephens. The family thanks Hospice of the Valley for their kind and compassionate care of Mary. Mary’s funeral service was held at the Holeton-Yuhasz Funeral Home, Friday, January 4, 2019, with Pastor Darrell Cline officiating. Burial was in Kerr Cemetery.
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Judith Doss Kidd, age 81, passed away in a local healthcare facility on Saturday, December 15, 2018. She was a member of the Sunny Side Chapter of the Eastern Star. She was a member of South Cleveland United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband Reverend Ewing Wann Kidd and parents James Robert Doss and Miriam Gwendolyn Spires Doss She is survived by her brother and sister-in-law Thomas and Elaine M. Doss of Knoxville, and special cousin, Carolyn Yates. A memorial service was held Wednesday, December 19, 2018, in the chapel of Ralph Buckner Funeral Home and Crematory with Reverend Bert Beria officiating.
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Elizabeth Frances Hall Lundy, formerly a resident of Pulaski, VA, Malaysia, Singapore, Waynesville, NC and Roswell, GA, passed away peacefully in her sleep on July 5, 2018, in Roswell, GA. Elizabeth, or “Wiz” as she has always been known, was born in Pulaski on January 21, 1919, as the eldest of three daughters of Bassett Kee Hall and Allena (Smith) Hall. She attended high school in Pulaski, then went to Mary Washington College (now Mary Washington University) in Fredericksburg, VA, graduating with a degree in Commercial Education. She met and married Robert Fielden Lundy on June 15, 1944; he was a young
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Methodist minister who had been temporarily assigned to serve the church’s youth ministry in Pulaski, and who had dreams of serving as a missionary. The newlyweds were sent first to Oak Ridge, TN, where their oldest son Fielden was born. They were there while parts of the atomic bombs that ended World War II were being built there, and then were sent by the Methodist Board of Missions to Yale University, where they studied Mandarin Chinese. The plan was for them to serve in China, but while they were at Yale, a communist government took over the reins of power in China and banned further missionary arrivals. While Wiz and Bob were awaiting reassignment, their second child Allen was born. The Board of Missions eventually decided to send them to Malaya instead, which eventually became Malaysia; there was a large population of Chinesespeaking people there. While in Malaysia, their third child Elisa was born. Wiz worked at Bob’s side while in Malaysia and Singapore, helping to run women’s organizations within the church and in support of their joint mission. It was a long and interesting journey from a small Virginia town to Malaysia and Singapore, which were literally on the opposite side of the earth from where Wiz was born, especially after Wiz’s dad had advised her new husband “to treat her well and don’t take her very far from home.” Wiz and Bob served in Malaysia and Singapore for almost twenty years before returning to the United States. Once back in the USA, Wiz worked as a secretary, drawing on her college training in stenography and shorthand. During Wiz’s life, she raised three children, was a pastor’s wife, a home-school teacher, a PTA president, a conference secretary, and an administrative assistant in the Development Office at Emory University. Her life included two world wars, a number of smaller conflicts, The Great Depression, and eighteen US Presidents. She is survived by her three children, eight grandchildren, and one great-grandson, and by her two younger sisters, Jeanne and Eleanor. Wiz’s husband Bob died in 2003 and Wiz was buried next to him in Oakwood Cemetery in Pulaski, VA, on July 28, 2018. Retired Bishop Denis Dutton, formerly from Malaysia, Retired Bishop Richard Looney, and Rev. Alan Mears officiated at Elizabeth’s final service.
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Betty Joan Sharpe McAmis was born June 1, 1938, in Jupiter, NC. She moved to Tennessee when she was seventeen. She was the daughter of Rufus and Paralee (Grant) Sharpe. She was the widow of Reverend Ivan L. McAmis of Greeneville, TN. At the time of her death, she resided in Bulls Gap, TN. Betty was a loving mother to four children and their spouses, Christine and Carroll (deceased) Melton, Lisa (McAmis) Pierce, Bill and Carolyn McAmis, and Elaine and John Shefski. She had seven grandchildren, Michelle Swecker, Brian Duggar, Brittany Hipps, Ashley Hipps, Danielle Lowery, Kaitlin Dempsey, and Kyle McAmis. She also had ten great-grandchildren, Adara Hensley, Clarissa Price, Gabriella Price, Grayson Mattox, Nickolas Mattox, Xack Carter, Jadie Carter, Anna Duggar, Madison Lowery, and Vash Clanton. She received her Licensed Practical Nurse degree in 1971. She worked at Laughlin Memorial Hospital and retired from Greene Valley Developmental Center, working with the mentally challenged. She was very passionate about her work. Betty also enjoyed sewing, quilting, crocheting, and working in her yard. She loved spending time with her family. She was a devout Christian who loved reading her Bible and sharing God’s Word. She attended Hartman’s Chapel UMC when she was able.
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Julia Milsaps was born February 15, 1924, in Maryville, TN. She was the fifth child born to William E. and Molly (Adkins) Chapman. Her father was a logger and her mother a hardworking housewife. Julia attended Rule High School. Julia married William B. Milsaps, on June 13, 1942, at Marble City Evangelical United Brethren Church in Knoxville, TN. They had four children, Linda Faye Sammons (Karl), Patricia Ann Burnette, Joe Gary Milsaps (Ann), and Michael Kent Milsaps (Teresa). Julia’s oldest son, Joe, predeceased her in October 2012. Julia was blessed with 10 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren, all of which were her pride and joy. She was lovingly known to many as “Nana.” In 1950, Julia’s husband, who she affectionately called W.B., was a Probationer in the Evangelical United Brethren Church and became an ordained Elder in 1953. This ministry would become the legacy of W.B. and Julia. In the Milsaps family, the focus was God, family, and proclaiming the Gospel wherever they served through ministry and song. The Milsaps family started singing when their children were young. Julia and W.B. would go out and visit together, constantly seeking to build the church and visit the sick and disabled. They were mentors for others in the church, as well as to many young people. Many went on to be preachers, Sunday school teachers, and leaders of their respective churches. Julia and W.B. served at Piney Grove EUB, and Bethel EUB in Knoxville, Nashville First EUB in Nashville, St. Paul EUB, and Marble City EUB in Knoxville. Marble City EUB was where W.B. and Julia were converted to Christianity and would become their home church. W.B. and Julia attended the merger of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church in Houston, TX, on April 23, 1968. They returned to Knoxville as United Methodists and resumed their ministry at Marble City. They then served at Lonsdale UMC and New Salem UMC in Knoxville before moving to Fries UMC in Fries, VA. They would eventually be called back to Tennessee, where they would serve at Jacksboro-Caryville UMCs until her beloved W.B. passed away on November 27, 1985. After W.B.’s death, Julia returned to Knoxville, where she would be a devout member and leader of Marble City UMC. Julia loved singing in the choir, teaching Sunday school and was the annual lay delegate to Conference each year until she could no longer attend. She served as a mentor to each pastor. She loved to visit the sick, the disabled, and those in the nursing homes, as well as those who did not have a church. Julia joined Middlebrook Pike UMC in 2009 and attended regularly there until her health began to fail in 2016. Julia was a shining example of what it meant to be a pastor’s wife and a Christian lady. She greatly loved her family and had the sweetest spirit imaginable. She always looked for the good in all people. She was full of grace and love for her Lord Jesus Christ. She read the Upper Room every day and was the greatest prayer warrior and selfless individual that you could ever meet. Julia passed away on June 29, 2018, surrounded by her loving children. Her last days
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were spent consumed by the love of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was 94 years young. Her funeral service was held on July 5, 2018, at Middlebrook Pike UMC with the Reverend William (Bill) Rimmer and Reverend Bruce Galyon officiating. The eulogy was given by her son, Kent, whom she lovingly referred to as “her baby.” Interment followed at the Highland Memorial Cemetery in Knoxville. She will forever be remembered by those who knew her and were touched by her life.
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Barbara (Hancock) Montgomery, 81, passed away on Thursday, September 20, 2018, at the Regency Hospital in Macon, GA. Funeral services were held on Sunday, September 23, 2018, at Crowell United Methodist Church with interment immediately following in the church cemetery, where she was laid to rest next to her beloved husband, Russell Montgomery. Barbara was born on December 10, 1936, in Reynolds, GA, to the late Hiram Abiff and Lillie (Hartley) Hancock. She was retired from the Macon County Emergency Medical Services as a paramedic. Barbara was a longtime member of Crowell United Methodist Church, where she was a former Sunday school teacher. She grew up farming and learned the values of hard work at an early age. Barbara loved her family and was so proud of the accomplishments of each and every one of them. In addition to her parents, Barbara was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Russell Montgomery. Left to cherish her memory are her children, Russ Montgomery (Leigh) of Kathleen, GA, Leisa Highfield (Jacky) of Grovetown, GA, and Kristy Montgomery of Kathleen, GA, 5 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren, brother, Hiram “Buck” Hancock of Temple Terrace, FL, and several nieces and nephews.
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Thelma Baumgardner Dunford Pagans, age 95, of Rural Retreat, VA, passed away on Saturday, April 20, 2019, in Carrington Place of Rural Retreat. Thelma was born in Rural Retreat on March 2, 1924, to the late Luther Baumgardner and Eva Brown Baumgardner. She was preceded in death by two husbands, both Methodist ministers, Rev. Clarence Dunford, and Rev. George Pagans. She was also preceded in death by her brother Richard Baumgardner and two sisters, Margaret and Alma Baumgardner, and one granddaughter, Ruth Musser. Thelma graduated from Rural Retreat High School in 1941. She attended her beloved Hiwassee College and then LaGrange College, graduating in 1946 with a bachelor’s degree in religious education. In 1955, Clarence died and Thelma returned home to Rural Retreat where she not only was a single parent but caretaker for her mother and sister. Thelma was a longtime member of Rural Retreat United Methodist Church, played the organ for 32 years and taught Sunday school. She had a deep love for music and sang in the choir when she wasn’t playing the organ. In 1976, she married Rev. George Pagans. Thelma is survived by two children, Margaret Musser (Bobby), and Nelson Dunford (Debbie), six grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. A Celebration of Life was held April 24, 2019, at the Rural Retreat United Methodist Church with Rev. Bob Ruth, and Rev. Robert Countiss officiating. Interment followed at Mountain View Cemetery.
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1932 – 2019
Joyce Smith Perkins, age 86, passed away February 7, 2019, in her sleep. Joyce was born in Rome, GA, on February 25, 1932, and raised in Mt. Zion, GA, where she graduated from Mt. Zion High School. She was a devoted homemaker who dedicated her life to her family and to the ministry of her late husband, Kenneth Perkins, who was a minister for many years in the Holston Conference of The United Methodist Church. She was a member of Clapp’s Chapel United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband of 51 years Kenneth Perkins, her parents Alton and Mildred (Miller) Smith, and her son-in-law James Fleet. She is survived by her three daughters Catherine Fleet of Fletcher, NC, Bonnie Ramsey and husband Ron of Knoxville, and Melanie Crye and husband Phil of Knoxville. She is also survived by her three grandchildren, Sarah Bennett and husband Levi of Springfield, IL, and Jonathan Ramsey and Rebecca Ramsey, both of Knoxville, her sister, Shirley Leatherwood of Carrollton, GA, and her brother, David Smith and wife Melissa, also of Carrollton, GA. The funeral took place on Sunday, February 10, at Clapp’s Chapel United Methodist Church, with burial following in the church cemetery. Rev. David Smith and Rev. Joshua Felton officiated.
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Ruth Seal, 91, of Sneedville, passed away on Thursday, July 26, 2018, at her home. Ruth was the daughter of the late H.C. and Lillie (Greene) Trent. She was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Paul L. Seal, and son, James Mark Seal, brother, Aaron Trent, and sister, Zadell Wolfe. She is survived by her daughters, Jean Trent and Reba (Robert) Laney, son, John Seal (Donna) and Mollie, grandchildren, Amy Trent, Lillie (Bobby) Baxley, Sherry (Daniel) Cline, and James (Nikki) Laney, and great-grandchildren, Grant, Lorna, Gabriel, and Payton. Funeral services were held Sunday, July 29, 2018, at the Sneedville United Methodist Church with The Rev. Kerry Bond officiating. Interment followed in the Seal Cemetery.
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Dorothy Smith Price Thompson, 84, of Soddy Daisy, TN, passed away Saturday, November 10, 2018. She was born in the St. Clair area of Spring City, TN, and cherished her St. Clair community, church, and friends. She attended St. Clair Grammar School and graduated from Spring City High School in 1952. She was a faithful member of the Daisy United Methodist Church for many years. She, also, assisted her husband, Rev. Lynn Thompson at several area churches. She was preceded in death by two husbands, Kenneth Clifton Price, and Robert Lynn Thompson, as well as her parents, John A. and Ruth Gibson Smith, two sisters Beulah Barker, and Mary Ann Harrison, and one brother Robert Franklin Smith. Survivors include three sons John Clifton Price (Merlene), Kenneth Timothy Price (Pam), Robert Jeffrey Thompson (June). She was Grandmom to four grandchildren Julie King (Jason), Daniel Price (Bethany), James Price (Bekah), Dr. Beth Derryberry (Tommy), and seven precious great-grandchildren Mathew Price, Sam Price, Collin King, Anna Price, Rowan King, Charlie Derryberry, and Emma Price, three nephews, and one niece.
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A memorial service was held Saturday, November 17, 2018, at Daisy United Methodist Church.
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Wanda Noble Kemp Wikle, age 93, left Sunday, January 6, 2019, for the Heavenly home that was prepared for her by her Lord and Master, Jesus Christ. She joins her husband, John Wesley Wikle, an infant son, parents, George and Valma Kemp, brothers, George and Jack Kemp, and sister, Valma Zachry. She leaves her children, who grieve, but rejoice in her victory, son, John Wesley, Jr. and his wife, Sabrina, daughter, Nancy and her husband the Rev. Keith Knight and their sons, Joshua and Benjamin, son, William P. and his wife, Dotti and their daughters, Victoria, Patricia and Kimberly and their families, and daughter, Gena and her husband, Scott Brown. Wanda was born Dec. 1, 1925, in Shawmut, AL. She married John W. Wikle in 1950 and served with him as he pastored many churches throughout the Holston Conference. Her last years were spent in their cabin in Townsend, with family nearby, enjoying the beauties of God’s creation, the love of her Campground United Methodist Church family, the friendship of visitors she made while renting the family cabins and rejoicing in the blessing of God. A Celebration of Life service was held on Saturday, January 12, 2019, at Campground UMC.
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This list does not include those who transferred to another conference or another denomination nor those who withdrew or located. It also does not list associate members nor lay pastors; see elsewhere. In listing deceased pastors, some conference journals were not careful to distinguish full conference members from lay pastors. There may be some lay pastors in the list below. In most cases, “Year joined Conference” means “On Trial” or probationer; in some cases it means Full Connection. The bishops in the list were members of Holston or of one its antecedent conferences at the time of death. Although the terms are not identical, in this list supernumerary and disability are counted as retired if the persons did not return to active service. Many of these persons served as lay pastors before joining the conference, and many served as retired pastors. OME = The Methodist Episcopal Church before 1844 e = Effective (not retired) at the time of death o = The Conference Secretary does not have this information. If you have the information, please contact the Conference Secretary.
Name
Year Born
Year Conference Joined First Joined
Year Retired
Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
Abbott, H. Ronald ..........................1942 ........1968 ........Tennessee..........................2006 .............2008 ...........UMC ......................Donated to science Abshire, Herschel B. ......................1904 ........1934 ........Holston MES ...................1972 .............2000 ...........UMC ......................Mtn.View, Bristol VA Adams, David .................................1798 ........1821 ........Tennessee OME ..............1826 .............1853 ...........MES .......................Strawberry Plains TN Adams, J. M. ...................................1840 ........1866 ........Holston ME......................o....................1878 ...........ME..........................Pattonsville VA Adams, Leslie Clyde......................1931 ........1967 ........Holston..............................1995 .............2001 ...........UMC ......................Phillippi, Mountain City, TN Adams, William A..........................1927 ........1956 ........Holston Meth ...................1990 .............2008 ...........UMC ......................o Adams, William C..........................o...............1916 ........Blue Ridge AMEZ ..........1942 .............1952 ...........Meth .......................o Adamson, Malcolm M...................1921 ........1947 ........Holston Meth ...................1972 .............2008 ...........UMC ......................o Adcock, Vernon C. .........................1896 ........1931 ........Tennessee UB ..................e ....................1962 ...........EUB .......................Asbury, Knox Co. TN Addington, Elbert L. ......................1861 ........1891 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1931 ...........MES .......................Rural Retreat VA Akers, Jefferson D. .........................1868 ........1891 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1897 ...........MES .......................Montgomery Co. VA Alexander, Frank ............................1838 ........1885 ........Holston MES ...................1908 .............1925 ...........MES .......................Marion VA Alexander, George W.....................o...............1887 ........Washington ME...............e ....................1904 ...........ME..........................o Alexander, Samuel .........................1836 ........1860 ........Missouri MES..................e ....................1874 ...........MES .......................Marion VA Alley, John.......................................1825 ........1845 ........Holston MES; 1865 ME; 1873 ME .......................................................... ...........................................................................................................................................1896 .............1900 ...........MES .......................Chapel Hill, Dunlap TN Allgood, Clarence B., Sr. ...............1925 ........1953 ........Holston Meth ...................1978 .............1983 ...........UMC ......................Johnson City TN Allison, F. Max ...............................1916 ........1955 ........Holston Meth ...................1981 .............1981 ...........UMC ......................Clark’s Grove, Maryville TN Amis, J. H........................................1853 ........1875 ........Holston ME......................1915 .............1937 ...........ME..........................Forest Lawn, Glendale CA Anderson, Jerry A...........................1930 ........1963 ........Holston..............................1996 .............2006 ...........UMC ......................o Anderson, C. Virgil.........................1912 ........1953 ........Holston Meth ...................1977 .............1982 ...........UMC ......................Pulaski VA Angel, Samuel Powell ...................1864 ........1900 ........Holston ME......................1920 .............1946 ...........Meth .......................Knoxville TN Armbrister, George W. ...................1913 ........1941 ........Holston Meth ...................1983 .............2005 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Arnold, George W. .........................1908 ........1946 ........Holston Meth ...................1976 .............1986 ...........UMC ......................Johnson City TN Arnold, James Timothy .................1917 ........1965 ........Holston Meth ...................1983 .............1994 ...........UMC ......................Strawberry Plains TN Arnold, Leonard..............................1937 ........o ...............S. Georgia.........................2001 .............2009 ...........UMC ......................Andersonville, TN Arthur, James ..................................o...............1911.........East Tennessee UB..........e ....................1913 ...........UB ..........................o Austin, Sumpter H..........................1890 ........1913 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1939 ...........MES .......................Bluefield WV Athearn, Carl R., Sr. .......................1894 ........1927 ........Holston ME......................1960 .............1962 ...........Meth .......................Chattanooga TN Athey, H. T. .....................................o...............1909 ........East Tennessee UB..........1928 ............1941 ...........UB ..........................o Atkin, George..................................1793 ........1817 ........Ohio OME .......................e ....................1827 ...........OME ......................Abingdon VA (In 1895 the remains of George Atkin, A. L. Goodykoontz, and Thomas Wilkerson were removed to Sulphur Springs Cemetery, Bristol TN) Atkins, Alwyn .................................1890 ........1914 ........New England ...............................................................................................Southern ME ...................e ....................1921 ...........ME..........................Oak Grove, Fall River MA Atkins, Kennerly C.........................1843 ........1867 ........Holston MES ...................1919 .............1929 ...........MES .......................Fountain City TN Atkins, W. Henry ............................1904 ........1937 ........Tennessee MES ...............1968 .............1982 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Atkinson, George W.......................1900 ........1927 ........Holston ME......................1963 .............1986 ...........UMC ......................Grimsley TN Auvil, Keith B.............................................1913 ........1940 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1975 ...........UMC ......................Princeton WV Auvil, S. Harry................................1874 ........1904 ........W. Virginia MES .............e ....................1944 ...........Meth .......................Narrows VA Avery, Henry B. ..............................1839 ........1860 ........Mississippi MES .............e ....................1882 ...........MES .......................o Ayers, Robert E...............................1874 ........1901 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1921 ...........ME..........................Cedar Sprs. McMinn Co. TN Ayers, R. O. .....................................1831 ........1864 ........Cincinnati ME..................1882 .............1907 ...........ME..........................Cedar Sprs. McMinn Co. TN
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Year Retired
Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
Babb, C. H.......................................1893 ........1916 ........East Tennessee UB..........o....................1949 ...........EUB .......................Greene Co. TN Bacon, John Yost ............................1928 ........1953 ........Hoston...............................1996 .............2015 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga National Cemetery Bacon, William B. ..........................1884 ........1935 ........Tennessee UB ..................1957 .............1979 ...........UMC ......................o Bailey, Robert C..............................1899 ........1949 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1952 ...........Meth .......................Russell Mem., Lebanon VA Bailey, William E............................1860 ........1890 ........Holston MES ...................1936 .............1938 ...........MES .......................Bluefield VA Bailey, William K. ..........................1942 ........1993 ........North Georgia ..................2011 .............2018 ...........UMC ......................Carroll Memory Gardens Carrollton, GA Baker, D. P. ......................................o...............1900 ........East Tennessee UB..........1912 .............1918 ...........UB ..........................o Baker, James A. ..............................1853 ........1870 ........Holston ME......................1906 .............1917 ...........ME..........................Knoxville TN Baker, Joseph E., Jr.........................1918 ........1944 ........Holston Meth ...................1985 .............1986 ...........UMC ......................Cleveland TN Baker, J. N. ......................................1839 ........1869 ........Holston ME......................1872 .............1914 ...........ME..........................Fall Branch TN Baker, Melville M. .........................o...............1874 ........Hols. MES;.......................1895 .............TN UB.......e ..............................1901 UB o Baker, Ted F.....................................1935 ........1957 ........Holston..............................2000 .............2014 ...........UMC ......................o Baker, T. R.......................................1866 ........1902 ........Georgia ME......................o....................1926 ...........ME..........................Mt.Gilead, Ben Hill GA Balch,William H. ............................1937 ........1963 ........Tennessee..........................2002 .............2014 ...........UMC ......................Donated, University of Tennessee Baldwin, John D. ............................1818 ........1850 ........Holston MES ...................1881 .............1885 ...........MES .......................Sneedville Tn Baldwin, Keener W. .......................1903 ........1950 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1971 ...........Meth .......................Kingsport TN Bales, George S. .............................1863 ........1900 ........Holston ME......................1933 .............1947 ...........Meth .......................Greene Co. TN Ball, James K. P. .............................1844 ........1869 ........Holston MES ...................1878 .............1885 ...........MES .......................Spring Creek TN Ball, J. Monroe, Sr..........................1898 ........1925 ........Holston ME......................1956 .............1992 ...........UMC ......................Bristol TN Ballard, Robert H............................1874 ........1915 ........Holston MES ...................1945 .............1966 ...........Meth .......................Evergreen, Erwin TN Ballew, James R..............................1836 ........1860 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1864 ...........MES .......................North Carolina Ballinger, W. B................................1825 ........1852 ........Holston MES ...................1878 .............1884 ...........ME..........................Chilcutt,Bradley Co. TN Bandy, William S............................1857 ........1894 ........Holston ME......................1919 .............1938 ...........ME..........................Mt. Pleasant TN Banks, J. W. .....................................o...............1883 ........Washington ME...............e ....................1890 ...........ME..........................o Banks, Woodrow ............................1914 ........1957 ........Holston..............................1984 .............2000 ...........UMC ......................Greeneville TN Banner, G.........................................o...............o ...............East Tennessee ME .........o....................1896 ...........ME..........................o Barber, William F............................1894 ........1929 ........Holston ME......................1948 .............1975 ...........UMC ......................o Bardsley, John W., Jr. .....................1929 ........1949 ........Holston ME......................1994 .............2014 ...........UMC ......................Kingsport, TN Barker, Horace 1`N. .......................1915 ........1933 ........Alabama ...........................1980 .............2006 ...........UMC ......................Hiwassee College, TN Barker, Paul A. ................................1905 ........1927 ........Indiana ME.......................1975 .............1998 ...........UMC .....................Knoxville TN Barnes, Samuel G...........................1930 ........1960 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1973 ...........UMC ......................Kingsport TN Barnes, William H. .........................1812 ........1838 ........N. Carolina OME ............1879 .............1882 ...........MES .......................Princeton WV Barnett, James F..............................1879 ........1902 ........Holston MES ...................1945 .............1955 ...........Meth .......................Knoxville TN Barnett, W. A...................................1873 ........1909 ........Virginia MP......................1936 .............1957 ...........Meth .......................o Barnett, William R..........................1849 ........1871 ........Holston MES ...................1900 .............1929 ...........MES .......................Knoxville TN Barrett, Elbert ..................................1843 ........1873 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1881 ...........MES .......................Shiloh TN Barringer, John................................1800 ........1827 ........Holston OME ..................1840 .............1851 ...........MES .......................Abingdon VA Bates, Carl H. ..................................1914 ........1949 ........Holston Meth ...................1982 .............1996 ...........UMC ......................Kingsport TN Bates, William H. ...........................1821 ........1846 ........Holston MES ...................1879 .............1904 ...........MES .......................Knoxville TN Bauman, B. Frank ..........................1922 ........1956 ........Holston Meth ...................1986 .............2012 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Baxter, Jr. George W. .....................1925 ........1986 ........Holston..............................1990 .............2013 ...........UMC ......................Glenwood, Bristol VA Bayliss, W. B...................................o...............1894 ........Tennessee UB ..................e ....................1895 ...........UB ..........................o Baylor, Joseph A.............................1870 ........1893 ........Holston MES ...................1940 .............1947 ...........Meth .......................Emory VA Bays, Jr. Flanders M.......................1921 ........o ...............o .........................................1999 .............2009 ...........UMC ......................Holston View, VA Bays, James Alexander ..................1889 ........1919 ........Holston MES ...................1958 .............1965 ...........Meth .......................Knoxville TN Bays, John C. ..................................1853 ........1876 ........Holston MES ...................1912 .............1923 ...........MES ......................Abingdon VA Beadles, Carl B. ..............................1915 ........1951 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1956 ...........Meth ....................Knoxville TN Beard, Caughey A. .........................1870 ........1898 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1936 ...........MES ......................Athens TN Beard, Sr. James W.........................1942 ........2002 ........Holston UMC ..................2011 .............2017 ...........UMC ......................Centenary UMC, Erwin, TN Beard, Samuel Clemens ................1886 ........1912 ........Holston MES ...................1948 ..................................1959........................Meth Jonesborough TN Belchee, William B. .......................1878 ........1903 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1941 ...........Meth .......................Chattanooga TN Bell, Richard Philip ........................o...............1864 ........Washington ME...............o....................1893 ...........ME..........................o Bellamy, John R..............................1866 ........1891 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1894 ...........MES .......................Elizabethton TN Bellamy, Thomas M.......................1893 ........1923 ........Holston MES ...................1959 .............1968 ...........UMC ......................Anderson Co. TN Bellamy, William M.......................1847 ........1878 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1886 ...........MES .......................Scott Co.VA Belt, James W..................................1824 ........1852 ........Holston MES ...................1891 .............1912 ...........MES .......................Scott Co. VA Berwanger, Edwin C......................1912 ........1942 ........Holston Meth ...................1977 .............1997 ...........UMC ......................cremated Bennett, William Clarence ............o...............o ...............o .........................................o....................2018 ...........o ..............................o Benson, James D. ...........................1926 ........1951 ........Holston Meth ...................1992 .............2018 ...........UMC ......................Grandview Cemetery Maryville, TN Benton, Jesse F................................1884 ........1909 ........Holston MES ...................1940 .............1955 ...........Meth .......................Silverdale TN Bettis, Elbert S. ...............................1859 ........1893 ........Holston MES ...................1901 .............1903 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Beverly, A. L. ..................................1891 ........1920 ........Virginia MP......................1955 .............1972 ...........UMC ......................o Bewley, F. B. ...................................o...............1919 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1952 ...........Meth .......................o Bewley, W. H. .................................o...............1916 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1939 ...........ME..........................o Bilderback, Joseph A......................1846 ........1872 ........Holston MES ...................1915 .............1917 ...........MES .......................Sweetwater TN Bird, James Turner .........................1875 ........1906 ........Holston ME......................1935 .............1963 ...........Meth .......................Knoxville TN
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Name
Year Born
Year Conference Joined First Joined
o = The Conference Secretary does not have this information
Year Retired
Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
Birthright, R. H. ..............................1894 ........1937 ........Tennessee UB ..................1952 .............1959 ...........EUB .......................Nashville TN Bishop, Benj. W. S .........................1834 ........1856 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1895 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Bishop, E. A. ...................................1852 ........1902 ........Erie ME ............................e ....................1925 ...........ME..........................Green Mount, Montpelier VT Bishop, Elmer Alfred .....................1907 ........1952 ........East Tenn. Meth...............e ....................1969 ...........UMC ......................Williams, Roanoke VA Bishop, Patricia E. ..........................1941 ........1997 ........Holston..............................2010 .............2015 ...........UMC ......................o Bishop, William E. .........................1896 ........1924 ........Holston ME......................1961 .............1986 ...........UMC ......................Happy Mem.Valley ForgeTN Bittinger, Dale C. ............................1922 ........1946 ........Holston Meth ...................1988 .............2011 ...........UMC ......................Blountville, TN Black, Moses...................................1769 ........1796 ........S. Carolina OME.............o....................1809 ...........OME ......................o Blackard, William F........................1893 ........1915 ........Holston MES ...................1961 .............1989 ...........UMC ......................Johnson City TN Blake, Eugene .................................1856 ........1878 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1924 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Blakeney, Cooper L........................1897 ........1945 ........East Tenn. Meth...............1967 .............1982 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Blanchard, George E. .....................1895 ........1919 ........Holston ME......................1961 .............1986 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN Blankenbeckler, H. G.....................1850 ........1877 ........Holston MES ...................1882 .............1883 ...........MES .......................Greeneville TN Blevins, Nathan...............................o...............1894 ........Tennessee UB ..................e ....................1907 ...........UB ..........................o Bluford, William .............................o...............1872 ........Holston ME; .............................................................................1880 ........East Tennessee ME .........1888 .............1897 ...........ME..........................Marion VA Bogart, Lemuel ...............................1808 ........1866 ........Holston ME......................1881 .............1888 ...........ME..........................Cummings,Sevier Co. TN Bogle, Erastus A. ............................1842 ........1869 ........Holston MES ...................1897 .............1914 ...........MES .......................Bristol VA Bolden, J. V......................................o...............1916 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1939 ...........Meth .......................o Boling, James William...................1868 ........1901 ........Holston ME......................1943 .............1963 ...........Meth .......................Knoxville TN Booth, J. Talley ...............................1884 ........1915 ........Holston MES ...................1951 .............1960 ...........Meth .......................Morristown TN Boring, John ....................................1827 ........1851 ........Holston MES ...................o....................1910 ...........MES .......................Chattanooga TN Boring, Washington........................1822 ........1851 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1854 ...........MES .......................Sullivan Co. TN Bourne, John S................................1856 ........1881 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1888 ...........MES .......................Spring Valley VA Bourne, Stephen W.........................1867 ........1895 ........Holston MES ...................1939 .............1960 ...........Meth .......................Ebenezer VA Bowen, J. W. ...................................o...............1895 ........Tennessee UB ..................e ....................1895 ...........UB ..........................White Pine TN Bowles, Chester A. .........................1907 ........1955 ........East Tenn. Meth...............1972 .............1992 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN Bowman, John ................................1733 ........1812 ........Tennessee OME ..............1827 .............1847 ...........MES .......................Rheatown TN Bowyer, Elbert L. ...........................1876 ........1918 ........Holston ME......................1942 .............1958 ...........Meth .......................Mt. Mitchell VA Bowyer, Sanders S. ........................1876 ........1906 ........Holston MES ...................1941 .............1950 ...........Meth .......................Lenoir City TN Boy, Robert Allison ........................1933 ........1956 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1989 ...........UMC ......................Bristol TN Boyd, Charles..................................o...............1880 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1889 ...........ME..........................o Boyd, T. Y. .......................................1913 ........1957 ........Tennessee EUB ...............1978 .............1979 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Boye, Lee Olin................................1917 ........1944 ........Holston Meth ...................1984 .............1985 ...........UMC ......................Bristol TN Brabston, Clinton A........................1905 ........1934 ........Holston MES ...................1970 .............1973 ...........UMC ......................Newport TN Bradshaw, Henry E. .......................1880 ........1907 ........Holston MES ...................1934 .............1947 ...........Meth .......................Chattanooga TN Branham, E. R.................................1870 ........1903 ........Holston ME......................1930 .............1933 ...........ME..........................Logan’s, Maryville TN Branner, George..............................o...............1888 ........East Tennessee ME .........e ....................1896 ...........ME..........................o Bratton, Samuel E...........................1895 ........1923 ........Holston MES ...................1964 .............1989 ...........UMC ......................Pennington Gap VA Brewster, Albert L. .........................1907 ........1929 ........North Miss. MES ............1972 .............1973 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Briggs, William H...........................1871 ........1908 ........Holston MES ...................1943 .............1956 ...........Meth .......................Bristol TN Brilhart, Jacob .................................1808 ........1848 ........Kentucky MES ................1870 .............1874 ...........MES .......................Sweetwater TN Britt, Archie T..................................1926 ........1964 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1974 ...........UMC ......................Dublin VA Britton, James L., Jr........................1931 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1996 .............2014 ...........UMC ......................Bethany UMC, Ceres, VA Brooks, Archibald T. ......................1817 ........1871 ........Holston MES ...................1882 .............1885 ...........MES .......................Falls Mill VA Brooks, Asbury ...............................o...............1828 ........Holston OME ..................1836 .............o..................OME ......................o Brooks, Pompei P. ..........................o...............o ...............Central Tennessee ME ....e ....................1909 ...........ME..........................o Brooks, Yemmons W. ....................1888 ........1919 ........Holston MES ...................1954 .............1955 ...........Meth .......................Knoxville TN Brown, Jr. Andrew Jackson .............1932 ........1958 ........Holston UMC ..................1994 .............2016 ...........UMC ......................TN VA Cemetery, Knoxville TN Brown, Asa E. .................................1871 ........1898 ........Holston ME......................1949 .............1969 ...........UMC ......................Mountain City TN Brown, Charles R. ..........................1864 ........1889 ........Holston MES ...................1900 .............1929 ...........MES .......................Tazewell VA Brown, H. B. ...................................1873 ........1904 ........Holston MES ...................1940 .............1944 ...........Meth .......................Emory VA Brown, James Richard...................1866 ........1898 ........Holston MES ...................1939 .............1944 ...........Meth .......................Emory VA Brown, Paul Edward, Sr. ...............1916 ........1941 ........Holston..............................1983 .............2015 ...........UMC ......................o Brown, Paul Monroe......................1917 ........1956 ........Holston Meth ...................1976 .............1988 ...........UMC ......................Lenoir City TN Brown, Thomas W. ........................1841 ........1868 ........Holston ME......................1872 .............1931 ...........ME..........................Lynnhurst, Knoxville TN Brown, Willis ..................................o...............1915 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1927 ...........ME..........................o Browning, Charles H. ....................1904 ........1933 ........Holston MES ...................1970 .............1994 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Browning, John W..........................1857 ........1884 ........Holston MES ...................1928 .............1939 ...........Meth .......................Maryville TN Browning, Samuel L. .....................1877 ........1910 ........Holston MES ...................1944 .............1944 ...........Meth .......................Knoxville TN Browning, William E. ....................1879 ........1910 ........Holston MES ...................1944 .............1962 ...........Meth .......................Morristown TN Bruce, James E................................1849 ........1884 ........Holston MES ...................1901 .............1915 ...........MES .......................Bland Co. VA Bruner, M. C. ..................................1855 ........1881 ........Holston ME......................1886 .............1933 ...........ME..........................New Gray, Knoxville TN Brunner, John A. .............................1825 ........1847 ........Holston MES ...................1883 .............1914 ...........MES .......................Hiwassee College TN Bryan, Charles M. ..........................1927 ........1950 ........Holston..............................1992 .............2012 ...........UMC ......................Grandview, Maryville TN Buck, Robert H. ..............................1930 ........1952 ........Tennessee Meth ...............1994 .............2018 ...........UMC ......................Hamilton Mem. Gardens, Hixon, TN
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Buhrmann, Francis M. ...................1874 ........1901 ........Holston MES ...................1938 .............1960 ...........Meth .......................Emory VA Bull, William M., Jr. .......................1914 ........1948 ........Holston Meth ...................1978 .............1990 ...........UMC ......................Jonesborough TN Bull, William M., Sr. ......................1879 ........1906 ........Holston ME......................1939 .............1960 ...........Meth .......................New Market TN Bunts, W. Matthew.........................1883 ........1916 ........Holston MES ...................1950 .............1972 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Burger, W. R....................................o...............1904 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1942 ...........Meth .......................o Burgess, Arthur Blaine...................1894 ........1930 ........Tennessee UB ..................1968 .............1986 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Burkett, M. H. P. .............................1811 ........1864 ........Kentucky ME ..................1871 .............1875 ...........ME..........................Chatata,BradleyCo.TN Burkhart, Noble C. .........................1844 ........1887 ........Virginia ME .....................1911 .............1914 ...........ME..........................Hubbard Springs, Scott Co.,VA Burnett, Charles W. ........................1937 ........1957 ........Holston..............................2003 .............2010 ...........UMC ......................Wythe County, VA Burnett, John S................................1866 ........1888 ........Blue Ridge ME................1930 .............1942 ...........Meth .......................Chattanooga TN Burris, Lee Mitchell .......................1880 ........1910 ........Holston MES ...................1943 .............1950 ...........Meth .......................Wytheville VA Burrow, James A.............................1860 ........1885 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1933 ...........MES .......................Bristol VA Butcher, Milton J. ...........................1873 ........1896 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1910 ...........MES .......................Surgoinsville TN Byars, William H. ...........................1909 ........1947 ........Tennessee Meth ...............1972 .............1988 ...........UMC ......................Clarkrange TN Byerly, William R...........................1856 ........1888 ........Holston ME......................1902 .............1924 ...........ME..........................Baileyton TN Byrd, George Thomas....................1871 ........1894 ........Georgia ME......................1943 .............1950 ...........Meth .......................Sevier Co. TN Byrd, Howard G. ............................1893 ........1918 ........Holston ME......................1965 .............1973 ...........UMC ......................Fries VA Byrd, Samuel K. .............................1854 ........1884 ........Holston MES ...................1920 .............1923 ...........MES .......................Kingsport TN Byrum, William J., Jr. ....................1926 ........1961 ........Indiana So. Meth .............e ....................1974 ...........UMC ......................Chestnut Hill TN Cadle, A. G. .....................................1851 ........1886 ........Holston ME......................1891 .............1920 ...........ME..........................Hurst,Middlesboro KY Cagle, Dwight M. ...........................1927 ........o ...............Holston..............................1999 .............2011 ...........UMC ......................o Caldwell, L. B. ................................1834 ........1856 ........Bay Quinte ME ...............1910 .............1911 ...........ME..........................Chattanooga TN Calvert, Broadus C. ........................1866 ........1901 ........East Tennessee ME .........e ....................1904 ...........ME..........................o Camper, Richard C.........................1871 ........1905 ........Holston MES ...................1944 .............1967 ...........Meth .......................Rockwood TN Carbaugh, W. R...............................1864 ........1900 ........Holston MES ...................1936 .............1944 ...........Meth .......................Johnson City TN Carbary, Robert Lee .......................1940 ........o ...............o .........................................2005 .............2019 ...........Meth .......................Abingdon VA Carden, William C..........................1846 ........1870 ........Holston MES ...................1905 .............1924 ...........MES .......................Forest Hills, Chattanooga TN Cardwell, John Wesley ..................1861 ........1896 ........Holston ME......................1909 .............1945 ...........Meth .......................Lenoir City TN Cardwell, Joseph L.........................1832 ........1866 ........Holston ME......................1899 .............1910 ...........ME..........................Witt’s Foundry, Hamblen Co. TN Carey, Frank H................................o...............1907 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1941 ...........Meth .......................Cleveland TN Carico, Martin P. .............................1867 ........1891 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1937 ...........MES .......................Knoxville TN Carlock, Lemuel S. H. ...................1845 ........1868 ........Holston MES ...................1915 .............1931 ...........MES .......................Glade Spring VA Carner, Gasper A. ...........................1858 ........1894 ........Holston MES ...................1912 .............1928 ...........MES .......................Princeton WV Carnes, John B. ...............................1838 ........1888 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1911 ...........MES .......................Knoxville TN Carnes, John W. ..............................1842 ........1876 ........Holston MES ...................1910 .............1927 ...........MES .......................Fountain City TN Carr, Daniel H. ................................1838 ........1867 ........Holston MES ...................1904 .............1927 ...........MES .......................Bluefield WV Carriger, Tom P. ..............................1907 ........1938 ........Holston MES ...................1973 .............1997 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN Carroll, Charles T............................1842 ........1865 ........Holston MES ...................1899 .............1918 ...........MES .......................Morristown TN Carter, Jr. Edwin C. ........................1930 ........1958 ........Holston Meth ...................1996 .............2016 ...........UMC ......................Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville TN Carter, Daniel ..................................1813 ........1865 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1887 ...........ME..........................Carter’s, Jefferson City TN Carter, Daniel B. .............................1803 ........1827 ........Holston OME ..................1875 .............1876 ...........MES .......................Liberty Hill TN Carter, David Wendell....................1848 ........1871 ........Holston MES ...................1932 .............1937 ...........MES .......................Georgetown TX Carter, Joel Miles ............................1869 ........1894 ........Holston MES ...................1935 .............1947 ...........Meth .......................Memorial, Chattanooga TN Carter, Thomas Coke .....................1851 ........o ...............Holston ME; (Elected UB Bishop 1905)............................1894 ........Tennessee UB ..................1908 .............1916 ...........UB ..........................Forest Hills, Chattanooga TN Cartwright, Lem D. ........................1849 ........1881 ........Holston MES ...................1926 .............1942 ...........Meth .......................Spring City TN Cartwright, N. Rhea .......................1875 ........1900 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1931 ...........MES .......................Memorial, Chattanooga TN Case, A. H........................................o...............1898 ........East Tennessee UB..........e ....................1903 ...........UB ..........................o Cash, James I. .................................1847 ........1873 ........Holston MES ...................1914 .............1938 ...........MES .......................Spring CIty TN Cass, T. A.........................................1836 ........1861 ........Holston MES ...................1883 .............1909 ...........ME..........................Cedar Sprs.McMinn Co. TN Cassidy, Eugene E. .........................1868 ........1885 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1940 ...........Meth .......................Chattanooga TN Castor, Howard Paul ......................1922 ........1977 ........Holston..............................1985 .............2013 ...........UMC ......................o Catlett, Thomas K...........................1798 ........1825 ........Holston OME ..................1859 .............1867 ...........MES .......................Abingdon VA Catron, Stephen Sheffey ................1850 ........1883 ........Holston MES ...................1918 .............1927 ...........MES .......................Forest Hills, Chattanooga TN Cavaleri, Emilio E., Sr. ..................1876 ........1913 ........Georgia ME......................1948 .............1958 ...........Meth .......................o Chafin, Eugene E............................1915 ........1954 ........Holston..............................1981 .............2001 ...........UMC ......................Pearisburg VA Chambers, Edmund E....................1882 ........1906 ........Canada Methodist ...........1954 .............1963 ...........Meth .......................At Sea Chambers, James R........................1859 ........1887 ........Holston MES ...................1896 .............1896 ...........MES .......................Blountville TN Chaney, John L. ..............................1888 ........1921 ........Blue Ridge ME................1958 .............1971 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN Chase, T. G. .....................................1850 ........1873 ........Georgia ME......................1907 .............1908 ...........ME..........................Cleveland TN Chastain, Bishop Luther ................1906 ........1931 ........Georgia ME......................1971 .............1998 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN Chilcote, Thomas F., Jr...................1918 ........1943 ........Pittsburgh..........................1984 .............2009 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Clark, Elbert B. ...............................1830 ........1870 ........Holston ME......................1887 .............1891 ...........ME..........................Wesleyana, McMinn Co. TN Clark, John.......................................o...............1928 ........Virginia MP......................1946 .............1951 ...........Meth .......................o Clark, L. B. ......................................1869 ........1902 ........Holston ME......................1936 .............1952 ...........Meth .......................Lenoir City TN Clark, Robert ...................................o...............1870 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1873 ...........ME..........................o
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Year Died
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Clarke, John Cleveland ..................1892 ........1924 ........Holston MES ...................1961 .............1968 ...........Meth .......................Emory VA Clarke, Opie C. ...............................1900 ........1923 ........Holston MES ...................1967 .............1987 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Clarke, Robert Edward ..................1931 ........1960 ........Holston Meth ...................1995 .............2008 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Clear, Arthur S. ...............................1901 ........1927 ........Holston MES ...................1971 .............1984 ...........UMC ......................Kingsport TN Cleaves, J. C. ...................................o...............1911.........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1964 ...........Meth .......................o Cleek, Elmer....................................1918 ........o ...............o .........................................1999 .............2009 ...........UMC ......................o Clemens, Henry C. .........................1854 ........1885 ........Holston MES ...................1912 .............1928 ...........MES .......................Blount Co. TN Clendenen, G. W.............................1852 ........1889 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1908 ...........ME..........................Wildwood, Blount Co. TN Clendenen, Milton L. .....................1833 ........1867 ........Holston MES ...................1899 .............1915 ...........MES .......................Bristol TN Cline, Ralph E.................................1911 ........1934 ........Holston ME......................1974 .............1991 ...........UMC ......................Buttram, Dayton TN Clonce, Pulliam L...........................1873 ........1908 ........Holston MES ...................1926 .............1960 ...........Meth .......................Daisy TN Clowers, Charles D. .......................1886 ........1931 ........Virginia MP......................1951 .............1977 ...........UMC ......................Love’s Mem., Greene Co. TN Cobb, Pharaoh Lee .........................1866 ........1892 ........Holston MES ...................1942 .............1957 ...........Meth .......................Nashville TN Cobble, Alvin C ..............................1931 ........o ...............o .........................................1995 .............2019 ...........Meth .......................Morristown TN Cochran, Edward Foy ....................1916 ........1945 ........East TN Meth ..................1980 .............2002 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Cobleigh, N. E. ...............................1814 ........1844 ........New England MES.........e ....................1874 ...........ME..........................Atlanta GA Coffey, Leroy W. ............................1905 ........1961 ........East Tenn. Meth...............1971 .............1971 ...........UMC ......................o Coldwell, J. Fred.............................1884 ........1921 ........Holston ME......................1940 .............1941 ...........Meth .......................Witt’s TN Cole, Ernet Otis...............................1921 ........1950 ........Kentucky/W.Virginia ........1987 .............2017 ...........UMC ......................Westview Cemetery, Jefferson City TN Coleman, George W.......................1835 ........1858 ........South Illinois ME ............1902 .............1930 ...........ME..........................Cleveland TN Coleman, Henry C..........................1881 ........1920 ........Central Tenn. ME ............1954 .............1986 ...........UMC ......................Soddy-Daisy TN Cones, Francis M............................1832 ........1875 ........Holston ME......................1909 .............1917 ...........ME..........................Thornton IN Conner, Giles A...............................1842 ........1870 ........Virginia ME .....................1910 .............1918 ...........ME..........................Piedmont, Oty VA Conner, Thomas H. ........................1864 ........1902 ........Holston ME......................1929 .............1930 ...........ME..........................New Gray, Knoxville TN Cooke, Richard J. ...........................1853 ........1873 ........Central Tenn. ME ............1925 .............1931 ...........ME..........................Athens TN (Elected ME Bishop from Holston 1912) Cooper, D. B. ..................................1894 ........1918 ........Holston ME......................1960 .............1969 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Copeland, Robert Mack, Jr. .............1932 ........1957 ........Holston ME......................2000 .............2014 ...........UMX......................Holston View, Weber City, VA Cowan, Carl R., Sr..........................1924 ........1968 ........Holston UMC ..................1992 .............1992 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Cowen, Lawrence L., Jr.................1880 ........1910 ........Houston MES? ................1950 .............1964 ...........Meth .......................Atlanta GA Cox, Charles Glen ..........................1929 ........1951 ........Tennessee EUB ...............1974 .............1983 ...........UMC ......................Greeneville TN Cox, Charles L. ...............................1892 ........1921 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1937 ...........MES .......................Knoxville TN Cox, G. B.........................................1848 ........1884 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1905 ...........ME..........................Sulphur Springs, Washington Co. TN Cox, Ivan L......................................1878 ........1912 ........Holston ME......................1935 .............1940 ...........Meth .......................Rock Springs TN Cox, J. O. .........................................1872 ........1906 ........Holston ME......................1931 .............1935 ...........ME..........................Strawberry Plains TN Cox, Keener W................................1876 ........1898 ........Holston MES ...................1945 .............1960 ...........Meth .......................o Cox, Massie F..................................1899 ........1945 ........East Tenn. Meth...............1965 .............1971 ...........UMC ......................o Craig, John.......................................o...............1807 ........Western OME ..................1836 .............1840 ...........OME ......................o Cramer, Thomas W. .......................1916 ........1958 ........Holston Meth ...................1979 .............2006 ...........UMC ......................o Crawford, James Y. ........................1799 ........1823 ........Tennessee OME ..............e ....................1850 ...........MES .......................Rogersville TN Crawford, W. M..............................1842 ........1873 ........Holston MES ...................1879 .............1880 ...........MES .......................Boone NC Creamer, George.............................1828 ........1869 ........Holston MES ...................o....................1901 ...........MES .......................Greene Co. TN Cregger, W. Kyle ............................1897 ........1921 ........Holston MES ...................1963 .............1991 ...........UMC ......................Johnson City TN Crenshaw, Sallie A. ........................1900 ........1932 ........East Tennessee ME .........1971 .............1986 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN Creswell, A. F..................................1848 ........1875 ........Holston ME......................1884 .............1897 ...........ME..........................Ebenezer, Jefferson Co. TN Creswell, George J. ........................1887 ........1915 ........Holston ME......................1959 .............1971 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Crider, G. H. ....................................o...............1895 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1909 ...........ME..........................o Crismond, John M..........................o...............1847 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1875 ...........MES .......................Liberty Hill TN Crist, Benjamin ...............................1825 ........1853 ........Wisconsin ME .................1897 .............1916 ...........ME..........................Millersville PA Crockett, William C. ......................1852 ........1895 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1921 ...........MES .......................Crockett’s Cove VA Crouch, Larkin W. ..........................o...............1846 ........Holston MES ...................1870 .............1887 ...........MES .......................Calhoun TN Crowder, Douglas L. ......................1931 ........o ...............o .........................................1999 .............2010 ...........UMC ......................Lenoir City, TN Crowder, L. O. ................................1844 ........1870 ........Mississippi ME................e ....................1900 ...........ME..........................Spring Creek MS Crowder, Isaac G. “Ike”.................1884 ........1925 ........Holston ME......................1957 .............1977 ...........UMC ......................Mt.Pleasant, Greene Co. TN Crowe, John M. ..............................1857 ........1875 ........Louisville MES................1928 .............1937 ...........MES .......................Austinville VA Crowell,............................................o...............1918 ........W. Tennessee UB ............e ....................1918 ...........UB ..........................o Crumley, Fleming D.......................1829 ........1860 ........Holston MES ...................1892 .............1897 ...........MES .......................Fall Branch TN Crumley, H. J. .................................1822 ........1869 ........Holston ME......................o....................1894 ...........ME..........................Pippin’s Church, Washington Co. VA Crumley, T. J. ..................................1858 ........1885 ........Virginia ME .....................1921 .............1927 ...........ME..........................River View VA Crump, Edward L...........................1902 ........1928 ........Holston MES ...................1967 .............1971 ...........UMC ......................Memphis TN Cumming, Harvey B......................1803 ........1829 ........Holston OME ..................e ....................1835 ...........OME ......................o Cumming, James ............................1787 ........1820 ........Tennessee OME ..............1866 .............1869 ...........ME..........................Shiloh, Sevier Co. TN Cummings, George Wayne ...........o...............o ...............o .........................................1999 .............2018 ...........o ..............................o Cunningham, Jesse.........................1789 ........1811.........Western OME ..................1849 .............1856 ...........MES .......................Mt. Harmony, McMinn Co. TN Cunningham, John R. ....................1844 ........1875 ........Holston MES ...................1887 .............1898 ...........MES .......................Wheeler’s Chapel TN Cunningham, O. F. .........................1813 ........1833 ........Tennessee OME ..............1847 .............1848 ...........MES .......................Wheeler’s Chapel TN Cunnyngham, W. G. E...................1829 ........1843 ........Holston OME ..................1894 .............1900 ...........MES .......................Nashville TN
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Name
Year Born
Year Conference Joined First Joined
o = The Conference Secretary does not have this information
Year Retired
Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
Cupp, John Luther ..........................1886 ........1915 ........Holston ME......................1956 .............1959 ...........Meth .......................Englewood TN Curtis, William R............................1890 ........1923 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1954 ...........Meth .......................Coalmont TN Cushman, Ernest D. Jr. ..................1928 ........1951 ........Holston Meth ...................1989 .............2004 ...........Meth .......................Chattanooga, TN Dail, William H...............................1892 ........1924 ........Holston MES ...................1944 .............1979 ...........UMC ......................VA Dailey, Archer N. ............................1877 ........1924 ........Holston MES ...................1945 .............1947 ...........Meth .......................Chattanooga TN Dailey, W. C. ...................................1818 ........1843 ........Kentucky ME ..................1888 .............1897 ...........ME..........................South Knoxville TN Dame, John D. ................................1855 ........1890 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1933 ...........ME..........................Giles Co. VA Daniels, W. Clay .............................1897 ........1929 ........Holston ME......................1965 .............1969 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN Darr, Joseph A.................................1847 ........1887 ........Holston MES ...................1895 .............1913 ...........MES .......................Pine Grove, Jasper TN Daugherty, Herbert H.....................1928 ........o ...............o .........................................1999 .............2010 ...........UMC ......................Jonesville, VA Davenport, M. N.............................o...............1893 ........Virginia ME .....................1904 .............1946 ...........Meth .......................o Davidson, Herschell V....................1918 ........1956 ........Holston Meth ...................1984 .............1990 ...........UMC ......................Elizabethton TN Davis, Anderson..............................1870 ........1895 ........East Tennessee ME .........1945 .............1962 ...........Meth .......................o Davis, Charles B. ............................1900 ........1950 ........Holston Meth ...................1966 .............1990 ...........UMC ......................Johnson CIty TN Davis, Floyd C. ...............................1919 ........1948 ........Holston Meth ...................1987 .............1994 ...........UMC ......................Bluefield VA Davis, Harold J. ..............................1905 ........1930 ........Holston..............................1985 .............2002 ...........UMC ......................Jackson KY Davis, James A................................1825 ........1867 ........Holston MES ...................1894 .............1898 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Davis, John E. .................................1888 ........1923 ........Holston MES ...................1946 .............1980 ...........UMC ......................Riverside, Saltville VA Davis, J. U. ......................................1876 ........1899 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1900 ...........ME..........................Thorn Grove, Knox Co. TN Davis, Joseph B. .............................1833 ........1874 ........Holston MES ...................1894 .............1907 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Davis, Roy C...................................1901 ........1928 ........Holston MES ...................1966 .............1984 ...........UMC ......................Rural Retreat VA Davisson, Otto C. ...........................1934 ........1970 ........Holston UMC ..................1998 .............2000 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Dawn, William H. ..........................o...............1872 ........Holston MES ...................1880 .............1902 ...........MES .......................Knoxville TN Dawson, Henry C., Sr. ...................1909 ........1936 ........Holston MES ...................1976 .............1995 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Deakins, Moses E...........................1898 ........1924 ........Holston MES ...................1964 .............1978 ...........UMC ......................Copperhill TN Dean, Charles W. ............................1878 ........1905 ........Holston MES ...................1941 .............1963 ...........Meth .......................Kingsport TN Dean, Elmer W................................1883 ........1914 ........Holston MES ...................1950 .............1951 ...........Meth .......................Emory VA Dean, Ernest S., Sr..........................1911 ........1961 ........Holston Meth ...................1977 .............2003 ...........UMC ......................Newland NC Dean, Henry L. ...............................1886 ........1915 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1934 ...........MES .......................Bluefield VA Dean, John K...................................1892 ........1929 ........Holston MES ...................1954 .............1970 ...........UMC ......................Bluff City TN Dean, Walter M...............................1890 ........1924 ........Holston MES ...................1957 .............1978 ...........UMC ......................White Pine TN DeBusk, Berton F. ..........................1894 ........1937 ........Holston MES ...................1962 .............1971 ...........UMC ......................Abingdon VA DeLamotte, Roy C. ........................1917 ........o ...............o .........................................1999 .............2010 ...........o ..............................o Deck, John S. ..................................1905 ........1935 ........Holston ME......................1977 .............1985 ...........UMC ......................Kingsport TN Deese, A. Catherine........................1947 ........1997 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................2004 ...........UMC ......................o Deese, Raymond C. .......................1949 ........2004 ........o .........................................e ....................2012 ...........UMC ......................o Del Pino, Jerome F. ........................1913 ........1934 ........Florida...............................1978 .............2008 ...........UMC ......................o Delaney, Samuel .............................o...............o ...............East Tennessee ME .........o....................1919 ...........ME..........................o Delashmitt, Landon C. ...................1834 ........1850 ........Holston MES ...................1882 .............1921 ...........MES .......................Portland OR Dew, Joseph M. ..............................1891 ........1921 ........Holston ME......................1956 .............1989 ...........UMC ......................Bells Campground, Powell TN Dick, Cato........................................1896 ........1924 ........New England ME ...........1962 .............1989 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN Dickey, James W.............................1829 ........1852 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1876 ...........MES .......................Cedar Branch VA Dickey, John P.................................1844 ........1871 ........Holston MES ...................1906 .............1912 ...........MES .......................Los Angeles CA Diggs, Leroy....................................o...............1878 ........Washington ME...............e ....................1918 ...........ME..........................o Dixon, Charles E ............................1931 ........o ...............o .........................................1997 .............2019 ...........Meth .......................Athens TN Dixon, James Dion .........................o...............1811.........Western OME ..................1826 .............1850 ...........MES .......................o Doane, M. C....................................o...............1898 ........Missouri UB.....................e ....................1902 ...........UB ..........................o Doane, William P. ...........................1833 ........1859 ........Holston MES ...................1893 .............1905 ...........MES .......................Friends Station TN Dobbs, Cicero .................................1878 ........1906 ........Alabama ME....................1946 .............1947 ...........Meth .......................Elizabethton TN Dodd, Paul R...................................1913 ........1946 ........Holston Meth ...................1978 .............1984 ...........UMC ......................Cleveland TN Donaldson, David W. .....................1885 ........1915 ........Pittsburgh ME..................e ....................1949 ...........Meth .......................Washington PA Dosser, D. Sullins ...........................1889 ........1931 ........Holston ME......................1958 .............1980 ...........UMC ......................Morristown TN Downs, Samuel...............................1878 ........1922 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1946 ...........Meth .......................Green Lawn, Greeneville TN Draper, George B............................1855 ........1889 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1911 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Droke, J. D. .....................................o...............1896 ........ME.....................................e ....................1911 ...........UB ..........................o Duck, John W., Jr............................1916 ........1948 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1978 ...........UMC ......................Lynchburg VA Duggan, W. H. H. ...........................1814 ........1855 ........Holston MES ...................1867 .............1872 ...........ME..........................Hickory Grove, Mt.Vernon TN Dunbar, George R...........................1940 ........1963 ........Holston Meth ...................2006 .............2008 ...........UMC ......................o Duncan, Harry B.............................1899 ........1923 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1925 ...........MES .......................Nashville TN Duncan, Robert H...........................1906 ........1938 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1976 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Dunford, Clarence N......................1917 ........1947 ........Kentucky Meth ................e ....................1955 ...........Meth .......................Rural Retreat VA Dunsmore, Moses Beecher ...........1931 ........1956 ........Holston..............................1997 .............2014 ...........UMC ......................Maryville, TN Durham, J. M. .................................1842 ........1867 ........Holston ME......................1890 .............1914 ...........ME..........................Knoxville TN Duvall, John A. ...............................1860 ........1886 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1915 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Dye, Charles W. ..............................1909 ........1937 ........Holston ME......................1972 .............1973 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Dye, William M. .............................1868 ........1893 ........Virginia ME .....................1942 .............1960 ...........Meth .......................Athens TN
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ROLL OF DEAD - DECEASED CLERGY MEMBERS
e = Effective (not retired) at the time of death
Name
Year Born
Year Conference Joined First Joined
o = The Conference Secretary does not have this information
Year Retired
Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
Dyess, R.Q. (Tony).........................1910 ........1944 ........Holston Meth ...................1975 .............2002 ...........UMC ......................o Dykes, DeWitt S. ............................1903 ........1929 ........East Tenn. ME .................1969 .............1991 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Dykes, H. S. R. ...............................1878 ........1912 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1946 ...........Meth .......................Jaybird Cemetery, Newport TN Dykes, William Lee........................1877 ........1912 ........Holston MES ...................1931 .............1963 ...........Meth .......................Knoxville TN Eades, Prince A...............................1901 ........1927 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1961 ...........Meth .......................Chattanooga TN Eakin, George..................................1782 ........1811.........Western OME ..................1853 .............1856 ...........MES .......................Uriel TN Earle, J. W........................................o...............1896 ........East Tennessee ME .........e ....................1904 ...........ME..........................o Early, John Alfred ...........................1863 ........1896 ........Holston MES ...................1936 .............1947 ...........Meth .......................Emory VA Early, Roy E. ...................................o...............1907 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1950 ...........Meth .......................Emory VA Eastridge, Nancy C.........................1964 ........2004 ........Holston..............................e ....................2010 ...........UMC ......................o Edmonds, Robert T.........................1932 ........1957 ........Holston..............................1999 .............2016 ...........UMC ......................Sherwood Mem. Alcoa TN Eblen, Samuel N.............................1891 ........1918 ........Holston ME......................1940 .............1979 ...........UMC ......................Marion VA Eldridge, Edgar A. ..........................1917 ........1937 ........Holston ME......................1981 .............2006 ...........UMC ......................o Elkins, Joe Burton ..........................1929 ........1952 ........Central Texas Meth .........1978 .............2017 ...........UMC ......................o Eller, Robert O. ...............................1889 ........1920 ........Holston MES ...................1955 .............1962 ...........Meth .......................Knoxville TN Elliott, George Wilson....................1917 ........1942 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1960 ...........Meth .......................Knoxville TN Elliott, William V. ...........................1841 ........1881 ........Virginia ME .....................1909 .............1922 ...........ME..........................Mt. Pleasant VA Ellis, Wiley M. ................................1869 ........1903 ........Holston MES ...................1940 .............1942 ...........Meth .......................Hawkins Co. TN Ellison, Alex ....................................o...............o ...............East Tennessee ME .........o....................1931 ...........ME..........................o Ellison, James A. ............................1872 ........1896 ........Holston MES ...................1938 .............1947 ...........Meth .......................Knoxville TN Ely, Bobby Henry...........................1931 ........1955 ........Holston..............................1994 .............2015 ...........UMC ......................o Ely, J. B. ...........................................1881 ........1907 ........Holston MES ...................1939 .............1975 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Elzey, Roland Carl..........................1890 ........1919 ........Holston ME......................1959 .............1966 ...........Meth .......................Lenoir City TN Emert, J. M. .....................................1858 ........1893 ........Holston ME......................1928 .............1934 ...........ME..........................Athens TN Emmett, Glenn C............................o...............1916 ........Holston MES ...................On Trial .......1917 ...........MES .......................o Erwin, George E. ............................1886 ........1915 ........Holston MES ...................1952 .............1958 ...........Meth .......................Calhoun TN Eskridge, Thomas J. .......................1867 ........1889 ........Holston MES ...................1937 .............1948 ...........Meth .......................Abingdon VA Essary, Frank Fugate ......................1900 ........1928 ........Holston MES ...................1962 .............1968 ...........Meth .......................Lenoir City TN Evans, Robert L. .............................1889 ........1914 ........Holston MES ...................1956 .............1962 ...........Meth .......................Knoxville TN Evans, W. T......................................1877 ........1906 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1944 ...........Meth .......................Sinking Springs TN Fair, W. P..........................................o...............1870 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1876 ...........ME..........................o Fall, Ira .............................................o...............1832 ........Holston OME ..................o....................1844 ...........OME ......................Kingston TN Faris, William C..............................1856 ........1889 ........Holston MES ...................1911 .............1913 ...........MES .......................Forest Hills, Chattanooga TN Farley, Francis A. ............................o...............1860 ........Holston MES ...................1878 .............1879 ...........MES .......................Jonesville VA Farmer, Connie Mack ....................1938 ........1973 ........Holston UMC ..................2000 .............2009 ...........UMC ......................o Farmer, R. Gleaves .........................1899 ........1925 ........Holston MES ...................1971 .............1982 ...........UMC ......................Fountain City TN Farmer, Washington D. ..................1887 ........1909 ........Holston MES ...................1943 .............1971 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Farmer, Washington Irving............1904 ........1936 ........Holston MES ...................1969 .............1996 ...........UMC ......................Athens TN Farris, Sylvester Lee.......................o...............1947 ........East Tennessee Meth ........e ....................1962 ...........Meth .......................Round Hill, Marion VA Ferguson, E. C.................................1846 ........1874 ........New England ME ...........1924 .............1926 ...........ME..........................Quincy IL Fields, Lonnie G. ............................1929 ........1967 ........o .........................................1999 .............2010 ...........UMC ......................o Fillmore, E. L. .................................1864 ........1891 ........S. Dakota ME ..................e ....................1898 ...........ME..........................White Oak, Chattanooga TN Fisher, Charles M............................1893 ........1922 ........Holston MES ...................1963 .............1973 ...........UMC ......................New River VA Fisher, Elbert W. .............................1885 ........1911.........Holston MES ...................e ....................1918 ...........MES .......................Wythe Co. VA Fitzgerald, J. B. ...............................1826 ........1859 ........Holston ME......................1871 .............1902 ...........ME..........................Chuckey TN Fleming, David ...............................1779 ........1824 ........Holston OME ..................1866 .............1868 ...........ME..........................Kingston TN Fleenor, Jerry B...............................1938 ........1963 ........Holston Meth ...................2004 .............2012 ...........UMC ......................o Fleenor, Worley T. ..........................1910 ........1951 ........Holston Meth ...................1976 .............1994 ...........UMC ......................Kingsport TN Fleshman, Allen R. .........................1909 ........1956 ........East Tenn. Meth...............1979 .............1981 ...........UMC ......................Restlawn, Littlesburg WV Fogleman, Charles H. ....................1885 ........1902 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1907 ...........MES .......................Russell Co. TN Fogleman, William I. .....................1854 ........1888 ........Holston MES ...................1915 .............1936 ...........MES .......................Johnson City TN Foote, Phillips C. ............................1895 ........1925 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1958 ...........Meth .......................Bluefield VA Ford, J. H. ........................................o...............1922 ........Holston ME......................1930 .............1952 ...........Meth .......................o Forkner, Isaac ..................................1790 ........1844 ........Holston ME......................1870 .............1873 ...........ME..........................Otis, Hawkins Co. TN Forrest, E. H. ...................................o...............1904 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1947 ...........Meth .......................o Forrester, John .................................1801 ........1861 ........Holston MES ...................1876 .............1881 ...........ME..........................Burrville TN Fortune, Giles..................................o...............1932 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1942 ...........Meth .......................o Foster, William K............................1821 ........1853 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1861 ...........MES .......................New Hope WV Fowler, J. Fort .................................1890 ........1939 ........Tennessee Meth ...............e ....................1977 ...........UMC ......................Body to science Fowler, Wallace F., Sr.....................1912 ........1932 ........Holston ME......................1973 .............1987 ...........UMC ......................Wytheville VA Fox, George W. ...............................1880 ........1914 ........Holston MES ...................1952 .............1960 ...........Meth .......................Christiansburg VA Francisco, George T. ......................o...............1890 ........Holston ME......................1933 .............1951 ...........Meth .......................Woodlawn, Knoxville TN Francisco, Thomas H. ....................1881 ........1922 ........Holston MES ...................1940 .............1976 ...........UMC ......................Kingsport TN Frazier, Andrew J............................1836 ........1860 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1892 ...........MES .......................Knoxville TN Frazier, John Brown .......................1870 ........1890 ........Holston MES ...................1925 .............1940 ...........Meth .......................Arlington VA Frazier, John S.................................1924 ........1955 ........Holston Meth ...................1979 .............1980 ...........UMC ......................Body to science
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Year Retired
Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
Frazier, J. Tyler................................1849 ........1865 ........Holston MES ...................1919 .............1932 ...........MES .......................Chilhowie VA Frazier, J. Tyler III ..........................1909 ........1931 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1933 ...........MES .......................Chilhowie VA French, George D. ..........................1843 ........1869 ........Holston MES ...................1916 .............1923 ...........MES .......................Morristown TN French, John L. M. .........................1838 ........1861 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1893 ...........MES .......................Wythe Co. VA French, J. Stewart ...........................1872 ........1893 ........Holston MES ...................1945 .............1952 ...........Meth .......................Bristol VA Fritts, Robert E................................1903 ........1947 ........Holston Meth ...................1974 .............1977 ...........UMC ......................Rogersville TN Frye, Elbert Gordon .......................1886 ........1923 ........Holston ME......................1963 .............1964 ...........Meth .......................Kingsport TN Frye, Sidney O. ...............................1894 ........1921 ........Holston MES ...................1964 .............1985 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Fulton, Creed...................................1802 ........1823 ........Tennessee OME ..............e ....................1851 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Gaines, Samuel D...........................181 ..........1846 ........Holston MES ...................1877 .............1889 ...........MES .......................Bristol TN Gallaher, Oscar................................o...............1949 ........East Tennessee Meth ........e ....................1953 ...........Meth .......................Crestview, Knoxville TN Gamble, Marshall L. ......................1901 ........1924 ........Kentucky MES ................1957 .............1991 ...........UMC ......................Albany GA Gannaway, George O.....................1879 ........1909 ........Holston MES ...................1829 .............1956? .........Meth .......................Spring City TN Gannaway, Robertson ....................1780 ........1827 ........Holston OME ..................1853 .............1859 ...........MES .......................Smyth Co. VA Gardner, James H. ..........................o...............1888 ........East Tennessee ME .........e ....................1917 ...........ME..........................o Gardner, Sarah S.............................1907 ........1966 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1966 ...........Meth .......................Macon GA Gass, Andrew ..................................1792 ........1843 ........Holston OME ..................1858 .............1859 ...........MES .......................Dandridge TN Gass, Jr., Marvin B. ........................1921 ........o ...............Holston..............................1986 .............2011 ...........UMC ......................o Gates, Walter Lee............................1912 ........1942 ........Holston Meth ...................1980 .............1986 ...........UMC ......................Princeton WV Geisler, Raymond H.......................1909 ........1953 ........Holston Meth ...................1979 .............1991 ...........UMC ......................Elizabethton TN Ghormley, Rupert H.......................1893 ........1929 ........Holston ME......................1946 .............1966 ...........Meth .......................Lenoir City TN Gibson, Foye G...............................1903 ........1927 ........Holston MES ...................1972 .............1981 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Gibson, Samuel Vance ...................1885 ........1919 ........Holston MES ...................1937 .............1963 ...........Meth .......................Castlewood VA Giddins, Riley A. ............................1818 ........1848 ........Holston MES ...................1853 .............1895 ...........MES .......................Cleveland TN Gilbert, J. FLoyd.............................1894 ........1930 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1950 ...........Meth .......................Chattanooga TN Giles, J. F. ........................................1858 ........1895 ........Virginia ME .....................1924 .............1933 ...........ME..........................Athens TN Gillespie, Alex.................................o...............1880 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1900 ...........ME..........................o Gillespie, E. G.................................1880 ........1920 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1939 ...........ME..........................Vermont, Sullivan Co. TN Gillespie, Robert C. ........................1914 ........1939 ........Holston Meth ...................1979 .............1997 ...........UMC ......................Limestone Tn Gilliam, David Reece.....................1924 ........1955 ........Holston..............................1989 .............2014 ...........UMC ......................Shiloh Cemetery, Sparta, NC Gilmore, James H., Jr. ....................1925 ........1990 ........Holston UMC ..................1994 .............1995 ...........UMC ......................Rutledge TN Glasow, Carl E. ...............................1925 ........1952 ........Holston Meth ...................1991 .............2007 ...........UMC ......................Maryville, TN Golden, Walter S.............................o...............1950 ........East Tenn. Meth...............1968 .............1970 ...........UMC ......................Pinehurst, Pulaski VA Gonia, Robert Edward ...................1932 ........1984 ........North Carolina .................1991 .............2002 ...........UMC ...................... Gooden, Fred E...............................1938 ........1961 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1984 ...........UMC ......................Maryville TN Goodman, George Herman.............1926 ........1953 ........New York Meth ...............1979 .............1985 ...........UMC ......................Mt. Zion, Marion VA Goodman, T. E................................1874 ........1914 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1934 ...........ME..........................Oak Grove, Greeneville TN Goodykoontz, A. M. ......................1813 ........1838 ........Baltimore MES................e ....................1858 ...........MES .......................Abingdon VA Gordon, Fred ...................................1889 ........1918 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1924 ...........MES .......................New Hope TN Gordon, Robert Eugene .................1935 ........1955 ........Molston Meth ..................1991 .............2002 ...........UMC ......................Arlington, VA Goss, M. F. ......................................o...............1926 ........Holston ME......................1954 .............1954 ...........Meth .......................Maryville TN Gough, James Ronald ....................1942 ........o ...............o .........................................o....................o..................o ..............................o Grace, Francis M. ...........................1833 ........1860 ........Holston MES ...................1899 .............1904 ...........MES .......................Owenton AL Grace, J. G. ......................................o...............1874 ........Virginia ME .....................e ....................1877 ...........ME..........................Bethel VA Graham, Doyne E...........................1933 ........1986 ........Little Rock........................1998 .............2011 ...........UMC ......................Mount Hope, Franklin TN Graham, Prince William ................o...............1952 ........East Tennessee Meth.......1959 .............1962 ...........Meth .......................o Grant, Samuel S..............................1839 ........1858 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1881 ...........MES .......................Jackson TN Grant, Wayne S. ..............................1858 ........1890 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1928 ...........ME..........................Woodlawn, Knoxville TN Graves, William C. .........................1815 ........1834 ........Holston OME ..................1882 .............1896 ...........ME..........................Morristown TN Graves, Walter H. ...........................1891 ........1929 ........Holston MES ...................1952 .............1985 ...........UM .........................Knoxville TN Gray, Charles T. ..............................1883 ........1912 ........Holston MES ...................1944 .............1945 ...........Meth .......................Chattanooga TN Graybeal, David M.........................1866 ........1921 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1924 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Graybeal, David M.........................1921 ........1949 ........Holston Met. ....................1991 .............2017 ...........UMC ......................Holston Conference Cem., Emory VA Graybeal, Winfield A. ....................1883 ........1913 ........Western N.Carolina MES......................1928 ...........1958........................Emory VA Green, Joseph J. G..........................o...............1924 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1954 ...........Meth .......................o Green, Kenneth B...........................1927 ........1958 ........Holston Meth ...................1990 .............2002 ...........UMC ......................Alcoa TN Green, Q. David..............................1957 ........1984 ........Holston..............................e ....................2013 ...........UMC ......................o Green, Robert ..................................o...............1896 ........East Tennessee ME .........1931 .............1936 ...........ME..........................o Greene, Brian H., Sr. ......................1900 ........1926 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1960 ...........Meth .......................Maryville TN Greene, George W. K.....................1831 ........1859 ........Holston MES ...................1892 .............1894 ...........MES .......................Bland Co. VA Greear, Samuel................................1811 ........1867 ........Holston ME......................1890 .............1897 ...........ME..........................Scarboro TN Greer, Andrew J. .............................1832 ........1856 ........Holston MES ...................1886 .............1895 ...........ME..........................New Tazewell TN Greer, John F., Jr. ............................1917 ........1947 ........Holston Meth ...................1982 .............1998 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Greer, Robert Edward ....................1885 ........1914 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1945 ...........Meth .......................Emory VA Greever, James Hutton...................1915 ........1969 ........Holston UMC ..................1979 .............1998 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN Grier, Worth M................................1894 ........1923 ........Holston ME......................1966 .............1981 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN
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ROLL OF DEAD - DECEASED CLERGY MEMBERS
e = Effective (not retired) at the time of death
Name
Year Born
Year Conference Joined First Joined
o = The Conference Secretary does not have this information
Year Retired
Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
Griffitts, Jacob LaFayette...............1869 ........1903 ........Holston MES ...................o....................1923 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Grills, helen Nave Monroe ............1927 ........o ...............Missippi UMC.................o....................2017 ...........UMC ......................Cremated Grimm, William R., Jr....................1918 ........1950 ........Holston Meth ...................1983 .............2002 ...........UMC ......................Weber City VA Grisham, Dubro M. ........................1911 ........1933 ........East Tennessee ME .........1978 .............2003 ...........UMC ......................Nashville, TN Groseclose, Henry M. ....................1930 ........1953 ........Holston..............................1995 .............2014 ...........UMC ......................o Grostephan, Joseph H. ...................1917 ........1943 ........No. Minnesota Meth .......1982 .............1997 ...........UMC ......................Unicoi TN Guthrie, J. A. ...................................o...............1888 ........East Tennessee ME .........e ....................1914 ...........ME..........................o Hagaman, Jr., Coy Dexter .............1927 ........1962 ........o .........................................1992 .............2011 ...........UMC ......................o Hailey, William ...............................o...............1910 ........Florida ME .......................1939 .............1962 ...........Meth .......................Morristown TN Hale, Virgil Nedium .......................o...............1951 ........Holston Meth ...................1982 .............2008 ...........UMC ......................o Hall, Jerome V.................................1873 ........1904 ........Holston MES ...................1928 .............1929 ...........MES .......................Mt. Pleasant, Wytheville VA Hall, Samuel H................................1857 ........1888 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1920 ...........MES .......................Greeneville TN Hall, Thore.......................................1927 ........1950 ........Western N. Carolina........1994 .............2017 ...........UMC ......................o Haltom, W. C. .................................1866 ........1901 ........Blue Ridge ME................e ....................1914 ...........ME..........................Rockwood TN Hamil, L. D .....................................1870 ........1902 ........Georgia ME......................1934 .............1935 ...........ME..........................Mt. Zion GA Hamilton, Hale S. ...........................1873 ........1904 ........Holston MES ...................1934 .............1939 ...........MES .......................Big Stone Gap VA Hamilton, Lafayette N. ..................1885 ........1917 ........East Tennessee ME .........1948 .............1949 ...........Meth .......................Bethlehem, Knoxville TN Hamilton, Thomas S. .....................1867 ........1902 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1934 ...........MES .......................Bluefield WV Hammer, Dan Edwin .....................1948 ........1971 ........Holston UMC ..................2004 .............2008 ...........UMC ......................Donated, J.H. Quillen College of Med. Hammer, John W. ...........................1890 ........1924 ........Holston MES ...................1958 .............1979 ...........UMC ......................Dandridge TN Hammer, Neville A., Jr. .................1930 ........1953 ........Holston Meth ...................1993 .............2004 ...........UMC ...................... Hampton, Bernie H. .......................1896 ........1928 ........Holston MES ...................1960 .............1976 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN Hampton, G. F. M. .........................1850 ........1879 ........W. Virginia MES .............1895 .............1895 ...........MES .......................Riceville TN Hampton, Joseph M. ......................1894 ........1922 ........Holston ME......................1959 .............1983 ...........UMC ......................National, Chattanooga TN Handy, Thomas R...........................1849 ........1869 ........Holston MES ...................1910 .............1940 ...........Meth .......................Waugh AL Hankins, James E. ..........................1920 ........1947 ........Holston Meth ...................1984 .............2002 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville, TN Hankins, Lee Roy...........................1898 ........1928 ........Holston MES ...................1963 .............1994 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Harbour, Clifford B. Jr. ..................1921 ........1945 ........Holston Meth ...................1970 .............2007 ...........UMC ......................o Hardin, Cecil P. ...............................1902 ........1928 ........Holston MES ...................1972 .............1992 ...........UMC ......................Alcoa TN Hardin, Joseph A. ...........................1908 ........1933 ........Holston MES ...................1973 .............1991 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Hargraves, Ray P.............................1917 ........1942 ........Holston Meth ...................1981 .............2003 ...........UMC ......................Hixson, TN Harlow, Henry A.............................1931 ........1965 ........Holston..............................1993 .............2013 ...........UMC ......................Jefferson Cty Mem., Jefferson City TN Harmon, John C..............................1855 ........1889 ........Holston ME......................1899 .............1923 ...........ME..........................Union, Newport TN Harmon, Louis A. “Lon” ...............1883 ........1931 ........Holston MES ...................1954 .............1973 ...........UMC ......................Jarnigan, Morristown TN Harr, George O., Jr..........................1920 ........1946 ........Holston Meth ...................1985 .............1998 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN Harris, Harold C..............................1912 ........1938 ........Holston ME......................1978 .............1997 ...........UMC ......................Pigeon Forge TN Harris, James Bibb, Jr. ...................1921 ........1943 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1962 ...........Meth .......................Emory VA Harris, Mary ....................................o...............1918 ........W. Tennessee UB ............e ....................1918 ...........UB ..........................o Harris, Ray F. ..................................1906 ........1935 ........Holston MES ...................1973 .............1977 ...........UMC ......................o Harris, Thomas Gilbert Sr..............1932 ........1967 .......Holston Meth ...................1996 .............2018 ...........UMC ......................o Harris, William Kemp....................1873 ........1898 ........Holston ME......................1939 .............1958 ...........Meth .......................Knoxville TN Harrison, H. G.................................o...............1906 ........East Tennessee ME .........1945 .............1949 ...........Meth .......................o Harrison, Stanley L., Sr..................1921 ........1942 ........Holston..............................1984 .............2001 ...........UMC ......................Johnson City TN Harrison, William Henry ...............1886 ........1916 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1952 ...........Meth .......................Newport TN Hart, Herbert D. ..............................1897 ........1926 ........Holston MES ...................1965 .............1969 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Hart, Wilbur L.................................1885 ........1914 ........Tennessee ME..................e ....................1946 ...........Meth .......................Nashville TN Hartman, Enoch..............................o...............1894 ........UB .....................................e ....................1912 ...........UB ..........................o Harwell, Samuel B. ........................o...............1819 ........Tennessee OME ..............1866 .............1874 ...........MES .......................Kingston TN Hash, Jones F...................................1870 ........1891 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1903 ...........MES .......................Grayson Co. VA Haskell, William M. .......................1818 ........1844 ........Mississippi OME.............1881 .............1899 ...........ME..........................New Salem, Knox Co. TN Haskew, Joseph...............................1797 ........1827 ........Holston OME ..................1863 .............1882 ...........MES .......................Abingdon VA Hatcher, F. A....................................o...............1905 ........East Tennessee ME .........1933 .............1937 ...........ME..........................o Hauk, Horace Buford.....................1941 ........1964 ........Holston UMC ..................2006 .............2008 ...........UMC ......................o Havens, Robert N. ..........................1890 ........1912 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1936 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Hawk, H. M. ...................................1864 ........1902 ........Holston ME......................1936 .............1943 ...........Meth .......................Lenoir City TN Hawk, John Crisman......................1878 ........1904 ........Holston MES ...................1943 .............1946 ...........Meth .......................Emory VA Hawkins, James D..........................o...............1951 ........East Tennessee Meth.......e ....................1953 ...........Meth .......................o Hawkins, Preston A........................1915 ........1968 ........Holston UMC ..................1977 .............1997 ...........UMC ......................Pulaski VA Hayden, G. W..................................o...............o ...............East Tennessee ME .........o....................o..................o ..............................o Hayden, J. M. ..................................o...............o ...............East Tennessee ME .........o....................1965? .........Meth .......................o Hayden, S. W. .................................1823 ........1861 ........Holston MES ...................o....................1909 ...........ME..........................Maryville TN Haynes, Levi K. ..............................1841 ........1861 ........Holston MES ...................1892 .............1925 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Haynes, R. Ray ...............................1921 ........1950 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1982 ...........UMC ......................Johnson City TN Haywood, John W. .........................1980 ........1910 ........Delaware ME...................1953 .............1972 ...........Meth .......................o Headrick, George J. ........................o...............1910 ........East Tennessee ME .........1916 .............1917 ...........ME..........................o Hearon, Daniel S. ...........................1849 ........1872 ........N. Mississippi MES ........1918 .............1933 ...........MES .......................Bristol VA
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Name
Year Born
Year Conference Joined First Joined
o = The Conference Secretary does not have this information
Year Retired
Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
Helvey, John G................................1879 ........1914 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1929 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Helvey, John Watson......................1875 ........1905 ........Holston MES ...................1949 .............1967 ...........Meth .......................Emory VA Henderson, William H. ..................1846 ........1895 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1901 ...........MES .......................Graham VA Hendrick, G. J. ................................o...............o ...............East Tennessee ME .........o....................1917 ...........ME..........................o Hendricks, Thompson....................1886 ........1905 ........East Tennessee ME .........1957 .............1960 ...........Meth .......................o Hendrix, Robert R. .........................1927 ........1977 ........Holston Meth ...................1993 .............2004 ...........UMC ......................o Hendrix, William R. .......................1869 ........1895 ........N. Alabama MES ............e ....................1941 ...........Meth .......................Elmwood, Birmingham AL Henderson, Joseph A......................1877 ........1912 ........Holston MES ...................1947 .............1951 ...........Meth .......................Chattanooga TN Henley, John S. ...............................1857 ........1907 ........Holston MES ...................1921 .............1931 ...........MES .......................Charleston TN Henninger, G. W. ............................1851 ........1874 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1881 ...........ME?........................Fanning Chpl., Henderson Co. NC Henninger, John ..............................1784 ........1807 ........Western OME ..................1836 .............1838 ...........OME ......................Cleveland TN Henry, Andrew Lee ........................1948 ........1972 ........North Carolina Conf. ......2014 .............2016 ...........UMC ......................Highland Mem. Knoxville TN Henry, Horace Frank ......................1930 ........1961 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1989 ...........UMC ......................Alcoa TN Henry, J. T........................................o...............1909 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1939 ...........Meth .......................o Henry, James C. ..............................1920 ........1952 ........Holston..............................1984 .............2012 ...........UMC ......................Oak Hill Memorial, Kingsport TN Henry, John T. .................................o...............o ...............Central Tennessee ME ....e ....................1899 ...........ME..........................o Henry, P. H.......................................1838 ........1878 ........Holston ME......................1902 .............1911 ...........ME..........................Maryville TN Henry, Spencer................................1805 ........1840 ........Holston OME ..................1877 .............1883 ...........ME..........................Carpenter’s C.G. Blount Co.TN Hensley, Bruce Edward .................1941 ........1972 ........Holston..............................2005 .............2014 ...........UMC ......................o Hickey, Rufus M.............................1820 ........1845 ........Holston MES ...................1891 .............1902 ...........MES .......................Morristown TN Hicks, G. M.....................................1833 ........1862 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1893 ...........ME..........................Chestuee, Monroe Co. TN Hicks, William ................................1811 ........o ...............Holston MES ...................1877 .............1882 ...........MES .......................Bluff City TN Hicks, William C. ...........................1864 ........1894 ........Holston MES ...................1905 .............1928 ...........MES .......................Rural Retreat VA Hicks, William W. ..........................1849 ........1876 ........Holston MES ...................1917 .............1922 ...........MES .......................Bluefield WV Hickson, John D. ............................1835 ........1875 ........Holston MES ...................1898 .............1909 ...........MES .......................Afton TN Hight, William S. ............................1876 ........1909 ........East Tennessee ME .........1935 .............1957 ...........Meth .......................Highland, Chattanooga TN Hill, George M................................o...............1886 ........Washington ME...............e ....................1891 ...........ME..........................o Hill, Isaac Rucker ...........................o...............1889 ........East Tennessee ME .........1930 .............1939 ...........ME..........................o Hill, James E. ..................................1898 ........1956 ........East Tenn. Meth...............1973 .............1984 ...........UMC ......................Charleston TN Hill, Judson S. .................................o...............1879 ........Holston ME; .............................................................................1880 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1931 ...........ME..........................o Hill, Lee ...........................................1917 ........1938 ........Holston..............................1983 .............2009 ...........UMC ......................Dandridge, TN Hill, William M...............................1900 ........1931 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1966 ...........Meth .......................o Hilten, Robert L. .............................1923 ........1942 ........Holston Meth ...................1988 .............2012 ...........UMC ......................Emory, VA Hilton, Roger Edward ....................1928 ........1954 ........Holston Meth ...................1993 .............2017 ...........UMC ......................o Hinds, Howard Norman ................1932 ........1960 ........Holston Meth ...................2003 .............2005 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Hobbs, John N. ...............................1855 ........1875 ........Holston MES ...................1892 .............1922 ...........MES .......................Liberty Hill TN Hodge, Bachman Gladstone..............1893 ........1921 ........North Alabama MES ......e ....................1961 ...........Meth .......................Birmingham AL (Elected Meth bishop from Holston 1956) Hodge, B. David.............................1952 ........1983 ........Holston..............................2010 .............2013 ...........UMC ......................o Hodge, John C. ...............................1847 ........1888 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1906 ...........ME..........................Whitehorn TN Hodge, T. H. ....................................1848 ........1876 ........Virginia ME .....................1903 .............1923 ...........ME..........................Monte Vista, Johnson City TN Hodge, Walter .................................1877 ........1901 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1932 ...........MES .......................Blountville TN Hodsden, D. S. ................................1848 ........1875 ........Holston ME......................1894 .............1896 ...........ME..........................Maryville TN Hogan, J. M.....................................o...............o ...............East Tennessee ME .........o....................1932? .........ME..........................o Hogan, Otis C. ................................o...............1932 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1943 ...........Meth .......................o Holbrook, Zechariah D. .................1870 ........1902 ........Holston MES ...................1940 .............1961 ...........Meth .......................Bluefield VA Holden, J. W. ...................................1858 ........1885 ........Holston ME......................1886 .............1887 ...........ME..........................Titusville FL Holden, S. S.....................................o...............1894 ........Miami UB ........................e ....................1911 ...........UB ..........................o Holland, Harvey D. ........................1934 ........1956 ........Memphis Meth ................e ....................1984 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN Holliday, Charles ............................1880 ........1927 ........Holston ME......................1952 .............1974 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN Holloway, Cornelius B...................o...............1920 ........East Tennessee ME .........1963 .............1973 ...........UMC ......................Highland, Chattanooga TN Hollowell, George W. ....................1908 ........1952 ........Holston Meth ...................1979 .............1984 ...........UMC ......................o Holt, Henry Jett...............................1930 ........1956 ........Holston..............................1992 .............2002 ...........UMC ......................o Hood, Taylor F. M. .........................o...............1922 ........Virginia MP......................1946 .............1955 ...........Meth .......................Weber City VA Hooper, W. W..................................1843 ........1890 ........Holston ME......................1912 .............1923 ...........ME..........................Forest Hills, Chattanooga TN Hoppe, Louis E. ..............................1893 ........1919 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1953 ...........Meth .......................Chattanooga TN Hopper, S. A. ...................................1875 ........1910 ........Alabama ME....................1941 .............1944 ...........Meth .......................Lake City TN Horne, A. N. ....................................1863 ........1896 ........Virginia MP......................o....................1944 ...........Meth .......................Dorton KY Horne, Dayton C.............................1857 ........1885 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1890 ...........MES .......................Rockwood TN Horner, E..........................................o...............o ...............UB .....................................o....................1917 ...........UB ..........................o Horner, Patrick Henry ....................1892 ........1918 ........Holston MES ...................1962 .............1979 ...........UMC ......................East Hill, Bristol TN Horner, William Henry, Sr.............1926 ........1949 ........Holston..............................1992 .............2016 ...........UMC ......................Veteran’s Cemetery, Knoxville, TN Horton, Henry N.............................1919 ........1950 ........Holston..............................1995 .............2001 ...........UMC ......................Dublin VA Hoss, Elijah Embree.......................1849 ........1869 ........Holston MES ...................1918 .............1919 ...........MES .......................Jonesborough TN (Elected MES bishop from Holston Conference 1902) Houchins, C. D. ..............................1860 ........1892 ........Virginia ME .....................1919 .............1935 ...........ME..........................Neodesha KS Hounshell, Charles G. ....................1874 ........1899 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1939 ...........Meth .......................Memorial, Chattanooga TN
IX.
ROLL OF DEAD - DECEASED CLERGY MEMBERS
e = Effective (not retired) at the time of death
Name
Year Born
Year Conference Joined First Joined
o = The Conference Secretary does not have this information
Year Retired
Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
Houston, H. M. ...............................1887 ........1920 ........Holston ME......................1919 .............1923 ...........MES .......................Lusk Chapel AL Houston, J. H...................................o...............o ...............East Tennessee ME .........e ....................1964 ...........Meth .......................o Houts, Thomas J. ............................1867 ........1903 ........Holston MES ...................1939 .............1950 ...........Meth .......................Blountville TN Howard, Richard L.........................1957 ........1979 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................2004 ...........UMC ......................Hixson, TN Howard, Thomas G........................o...............1909 ........East Tennessee ME .........1954 .............1961 ...........Meth .......................o Howard, William O........................1894 ........1943 ........East Tennessee ME .........1967 .............1983 ...........UMC ......................Highland, Chattanooga TN Howell, D. L. ..................................1868 ........1942 ........Holston ME......................1954 .............1944 ...........Meth .......................Mountain City TN Howell, John H. ..............................1894 ........1943 ........East Tennessee ME .........1968 .............1973 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN Hudson, Robert B...........................1930 ........1957 ........Holston Meth ...................1996 .............2011 ...........UMC ......................Emory, VA Huff, Kenneth E..............................1930 ........1955 ........Tennessee EUB ...............1970 .............1986 ...........UMC ......................Lynnhurst, Knoxville TN Huff, Russell M. .............................1887 ........1920 ........Holston ME......................1931 .............1949 ...........Meth .......................Pigeon Forge TN Huffaker, J. N. S. ............................1827 ........1846 ........Holston MES ...................1883 .............1892 ...........MES .......................Knox Co. TN Hughes, J. R. ...................................1839 ........1867 ........Holston ME......................1882 .............1886 ...........ME..........................Greeneville TN Humble, W. Stanley .......................1915 ........1942 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1958 ...........Meth .......................Emory VA Humphries, James H. .....................o...............1894 ........Tennessee UB ..................e ....................1912 ...........UB ..........................o Hunter, Alfred B. ............................1861 ........1886 ........Holston MES ...................1931 .............1945 ...........Meth .......................Athens TN Hunter, James R..............................1864 ........1889 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1913 ...........MES .......................St. Elmo TN Hurd, C. H. ......................................o...............1901 ........East Tennessee ME .........1934? ...........1934? .........ME..........................o Hurley, David P. ..............................1861 ........1892 ........Holston MES ...................1926 .............1932 ...........MES .......................Pulaski VA Hurlock, Charles Jones ..................1921 ........1944 ........Holston ME......................1986 .............2015 ...........UMC ......................Lynnhurst Cemetery, Knoxville, TN Hutsell, Eli K...................................1795 ........1825 ........Holston OME ..................1845 .............1852 ...........OME ......................Sulphur Springs NC Hutsell, Robert A. ...........................1847 ........1872 ........Holston MES ...................1912 .............1913 ...........MES .......................LaFollette TN Hyden, S. W. ...................................1823 ........1861 ........Holston MES ...................1874 .............1909 ...........ME..........................Maryville TN Hypsher, Owen ...............................o...............1880 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1932? .........ME..........................o Ingle, A. H. ......................................1840 ........1875 ........Virginia ME .....................1909 .............1931 ...........ME..........................Ingle, Washington Co. VA Ingle, Willis .....................................1798 ........1844 ........Holston OME ..................1859 .............1867 ...........ME..........................Craig’s Mill, Washington Co.VA Insko, Emmitt Harrison .................1922 ........1946 ........Kentucky ..........................1972 .............2002 ...........UMC ......................Hillsboro KY Irvin, Andy Jack..............................1927 ........1960 ........Tennessee Meth ...............1989 .............2017 ...........UMC ......................Greenlawn Cem., Mountain View, MO Irwin, Robert L. ..............................1930 ........1952 ........Holston..............................1990 .............2013 ...........UMC ......................Lynnhurst, Knoxville TN Isabell, John C.................................1866 ........o ...............East Tennessee ME .........o....................1917 ...........ME..........................o Jackson, Frank Yoe.........................1866 ........1890 ........Holston MES ...................1941 .............1949 ...........Meth .......................Sweetwater TN Jackson, Frank Y., Jr. ......................1908 ........1938 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1952 ...........Meth .......................Greeneville TN Jackson, Fynes B., Sr. ....................1903 ........1927 ........Holston MES ...................1958 .............1987 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Jackson, George W. ........................1853 ........1878 ........Holston MES ...................1920 .............1924 ...........MES .......................Lenoir City TN Jackson, Jeru James........................o...............1955 ........East Tennessee Meth ........e ....................1956 ...........Meth .......................o Jackson, J. W. ..................................o...............o ...............East Tennessee ME .........o....................1934 ...........ME..........................o Jackson, Rush F. .............................1849 ........1884 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1905 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Jackson, W. A..................................o...............1910 ........East Tennessee ME .........1924 .............1924 ...........ME..........................o James, Charles M. ..........................1845 ........1875 ........Holston MES ...................1899 .............1925 ...........MES .......................Eleazer TN James, David Trigg, Jr....................1927 ........1950 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1978 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA James, David Trigg, Sr...................1899 ........1925 ........Holston MES ...................1971 .............1981 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Jameson, D. H.................................1869 ........1894 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1897 ...........MES .......................Bowling Green OH Jarvis, John L. .................................1884 ........1916 ........Virginia MP......................1947 .............1948 ...........EUB .......................Rogersville TN Jaynes, James D..............................1918 ........1965 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1976 ...........UMC ......................Greeneville TN Jeffers, Edward B. ..........................1912 ........1938 ........Tenessee UB ....................1978 .............1983 ...........UMC ......................Jonesborough TN Jeffries, .............................................o...............1913 ........East Tennesse UB............e ....................1913 ...........UB ..........................o Jelf, William E.................................1914 ........1939 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1964 ...........Meth .......................Chattanooga TN Jenkins, A. Clark.............................1953 ........1978 ........South Carolina .................e ....................2013 ...........UMC ......................Greenlawn Memorial, Columbia SC Jenkins, Dewey W. .........................1899 ........1922 ........Holston ME......................1962 .............1984 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Jenkins, James Albert .....................1946 ........1969 ........Holston..............................2008 .............2015 ...........UMC ......................Mountain View Cem., Monroe Co.WV Jennings, John H.............................1837 ........1869 ........Holston ME......................1893 .............1914 ...........ME..........................Washington Co. TN Jimerson, John H. ...........................o...............1938 ........Alabama ME....................1955 .............1970 ...........UMC ......................Alabama Jimison, James M. ..........................1877 ........1895 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1909 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Johnson, Frank D............................o...............1902 ........East Tennessee ME .........1953 .............1968 ...........UMC ......................o Johnson, F. Heisse, Jr......................1918 ........1943 ........Holston Meth ...................1984 .............1991 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Johnson, George Dale ....................1927 ........1966 ........Holston Meth ...................1989 .............2003 ...........UMC ......................Ceres VA Johnson, Harry W. ..........................1918 ........1946 ........Holston Meth ...................1983 .............2000 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Johnson, Harvey L., Sr...................1887 ........1921 ........East Tenn. ME .................1960 .............1972 ...........UMC ......................Pulaski VA Johnson, James W...........................o...............1910 ........East Tennessee ME .........1939 .............1949 ...........Meth .......................o Johnson, James ...............................o...............1922 ........Tennessee UB ..................o....................1958 ...........EUB .......................o Johnson, R. T...................................1891 ........1932 ........Tennessee UB ..................1957 .............1964 ...........EUB .......................Nashville TN Johnson, S. B...................................o...............o ...............East Tennessee ME .........o....................1936 ...........ME..........................o Johnson, T. A...................................o...............1903 ........East Tennessee UB..........1929 .............1936 ...........UB ..........................o Johnson, W. E..................................o...............o ...............East Tennessee ME .........o....................1912 ...........ME..........................o Johnson, William ............................o...............o ...............East Tennessee ME .........o....................1927 ...........ME..........................o Johnson, Willis H............................1888 ........1925 ........Holston ME......................1948 .............1951 ...........Meth .......................Sulphur Springs, Washington Co. TN
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Johnson, W. M. ...............................o...............o ...............East Tennessee ME .........o....................1929 ...........ME..........................o Johnston, Hugh S............................1867 ........1897 ........Holston MES ...................1929 .............1936 ...........MES .......................Bluff City TN Jollay, Malcolm...............................1907 ........1944 ........Holston Meth ...................1973 .............1988 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN Jones, A. Carr ..................................1909 ........1947 ........Holston Meth ...................1975 .............1987 ...........UMC ......................Galax VA Jones, Arthur H., Jr. ........................1911 ........1941 ........Tennessee MES ...............1979 .............1985 ...........UMC ......................Bristol TN Jones, Charles H. ............................o...............1921 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1927 ...........ME..........................o Jones, Charles R., Sr.......................1875 ........1912 ........Holston MES ...................1944 .............1967 ...........Meth .......................Emory VA Jones, Daniel L. ..............................1899 ........1926 ........Holston ME......................1964 .............1973 ...........UMC ......................Pigeon Forge TN Jones, Elton F. .................................1911 ........1938 ........Holston MES ...................1977 .............2000 ...........UMC ......................Athens TN Jones, Henry....................................o...............1879 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1881 ...........ME..........................o Jones, Hubert C...............................o...............1932 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1954 ...........Meth .......................o Jones, John F. ..................................1861 ........1897 ........Holston MES ...................1927 .............1934 ...........MES .......................Stevens Creek VA Jones, J. Nelson...............................1858 ........1888 ........South Carolina MES.......1916 .............1932 ...........MES .......................Knoxville TN Jones, Samuel Lafayette ................1891 ........1921 ........Holston MES ...................1959 .............1964 ...........Meth .......................Wythe Co. VA Jones, William L. ............................1853 ........1882 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1902 ...........MES .......................Morristown TN Jones, William T. ............................1861 ........1883 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1888 ...........ME..........................Rockwood TN Jordan, Gordon T............................1876 ........1910 ........Holston MES ...................1948 .............1964 ...........Meth .......................Elk Garden VA Julian, George .................................1812 ........1868 ........Holston ME......................1882 .............1906 ...........ME..........................Tyner’s Station TN Kahle, Elijah F.................................1853 ........1885 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1926 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Kay, Toombs Hodges, Jr................1929 ........o ...............o .........................................o....................2018 ...........o ..............................o Karnes, Henry Allen.......................1949 ........1995 ........West VA Conference.........e ....................2015 ...........UMC ......................Bowling Cem., Spanishburg, WV Keeble, Joe T. ..................................1918 ........1954 ........Holston Meth ...................1982 .............2005 ...........UMC ......................Grandview, Maryville TN Keebler, B. G...................................1896 ........1935 ........Holston ME......................1960 .............1975 ...........UMC ......................Monte Vista, Johnson City TN Keener, Ulrich .................................1800 ........1825 ........Holston OME ..................1854 .............1856 ...........MES .......................Jackson Co. NC Keister, James B. ............................1844 ........1892 ........Virginia ME .....................1912 .............1916 ...........ME..........................Roanoke VA Keith, John H. .................................1839 ........1879 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1902 ...........MES .......................Asheville NC Kelley, Archie Monroe...................1927 ........1951 ........Holston Meth ...................1989 .............2009 ...........UMC ......................o Kelley, Charles W. ..........................1864 ........1886 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1939 ...........Meth .......................Knoxville TN Kelley, John M................................1802 ........1828 ........South Carolina OME........1853 .............1867 ...........MES .......................Tazewell TN Kelly, Richard A. ............................1860 ........1878 ........Holston MES ...................1926 .............1933 ...........MES .......................Chattanooga TN Kelly, William H.............................1824 ........1848 ........Holston MES ...................1894 .............1911 ...........MES .......................Tazewell VA Kennedy, Charles N. ......................1871 ........1909 ........Holston MES ...................1938 .............1950 ...........Meth .......................Spring City TN Kennedy, James S...........................1826 ........1852 ........Virginia MES ...................1898 .............1905 ...........MES .......................Knoxville TN Kennedy, John H. ...........................1848 ........1872 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1898 ...........MES .......................Morristown TN Kenney, Lowell Dwight ................1936 ........1957 ........Holston Meth ...................1997 .............2016 ...........UMC ......................Graceland Mem, Morristown TN Kesting, Charles C..........................1916 ........1962 ........Holston Meth ...................1980 .............1989 ...........UMC ......................Cary NC Ketchersid, Burrell M. ...................1914 ........1941 ........South Georgia Meth .........1980 .............1996 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Ketron, A. C. ...................................1869 ........1899 ........Holston ME......................1933 .............1960 ...........Meth .......................Athens TN Ketron, S. G.....................................1854 ........1881 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1936 ...........ME..........................City, Kingsport TN Ketron, Louis Thurston..................1935 ........1964 ........Holston Meth ...................2002 .............2017 ...........UMC ......................E. Tennessee Vetrans Cem. Kidd, Ewing W. ..............................1932 ........1969 ........Holston UMC ..................1989 .............1995 ...........UMC ......................Cleveland TN Kilburn, Rollo Alvard ....................1887 ........1915 ........Holston ME......................1952 .............1964 ...........Meth .......................o Kilgore, Lewis E.............................1882 ........1913 ........Georgia ME......................1950 .............1958 ...........Meth .......................Jasper TN Kincaid, Ayres .................................1849 ........1872 ........Holston MES ...................1908 .............1917 ...........MES .......................Cleveland TN Kincheloe, Marvin S. .....................1903 ........1924 ........Holston MES ...................1972 .............1987 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA King, Henry F..................................o...............1889 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1891 ...........MES .......................o King, Jack D....................................1924 ........1958 ........Holston Meth ...................1990 .............2003 ...........UMC ...................... King, John A. ..................................1890 ........1924 ........Holston ME......................1963 .............1973 ...........UMC ......................Blountsville AL King, John Rutledge.......................1866 ........1903 ........Holston MES ...................1936 .............1957 ...........Meth .......................Bristol VA Kinsland, William...........................1836 ........1857 ........Holston MES ...................1883 .............1907 ...........ME..........................Joppa TN Kirby, Charles L..............................1875 ........1907 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1930 ...........ME..........................Grandview, Maryville TN Kirby, Clifford.................................o...............1947 ........East Tennessee Meth.......e ....................1958 ...........Meth .......................o Kirk, Melvin Gene .........................1928 ........1955 ........Holston..............................1996 .............2014 ...........UMC ......................o Kite, Rufus W..................................1858 ........1884 ........Holston MES ...................1892 .............1894 ...........MES .......................Bristol TN Knight, David Bingham, Sr. ............1935 ........1961 ........Holston..............................2001 .............2014 ...........UMC ......................Powell Valley, Big Stone Gap, VA Knott, Elijah ....................................o...............1888 ........East Tennessee ME .........1910 .............1915 ...........ME..........................o Lafon, B. Odell ...............................1929 ........1966 ........Holston Meth ...................1993 .............2000 ...........UMC ......................Townsend TN Lamb, Roy Willett ..........................1926 ........1967 ........Holston Meth ...................1971 .............1977 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Lambert, George L. ........................1877 ........1904 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1924 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Lancaster, Lawrence T. ..................1914 ........1944 ........Holston Meth ...................1979 .............1998 ...........UMC ......................Greeneville TN Lane, Charles Stephenson .............1893 ........1928 ........Tennessee UB ..................1959 .............1980 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Lankford, Gary P. ...........................1959 ........1997 ........Holston UMC ..................o....................2002 ...........UMC ......................o Larrowe, Wiley D...........................1886 ........1921 ........Holston MES ...................1957 .............1970 ...........UMC ......................Comers Rock VA Lash, Aaron .....................................o...............1919 ........East Tennessee ME .........1944 .............1950 ...........Meth .......................o Lassiter, William H.........................1936 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1999 .............2014 ...........UMC ......................o Lawrence, David Allen ..................1938 ........1960 ........Holston..............................2002 .............2014 ...........UMC ......................o
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e = Effective (not retired) at the time of death
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Year Born
Year Conference Joined First Joined
o = The Conference Secretary does not have this information
Year Retired
Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
Lawson, D. T...................................1869 ........1901 ........Holston ME......................1925 .............1953 ...........Meth .......................Greene Co. TN Lawson, J. D. ..................................1826 ........1868 ........Holston ME......................1871 .............1906 ...........ME..........................Wear’s Vly, Sevier Co. TN Lawson, Otis A. ..............................1875 ........1914 ........Holston ME......................1943 .............1962 ...........Meth .......................Baileyton TN Lawton, D. B...................................1814 ........1836 ........Black River OME (NY).........1871 .............1896 ...........ME..........................Interlochin FL Laycock, William A., Sr.................1921 ........1950 ........Holston Meth ...................1984 .............2009 ...........UMC ......................Waynesville NC Layman, Fred Dale.........................1931 ........1987 ........EM.....................................1998 .............2018 ...........UMC ......................Marshfield Cem., Marshfield, MO Leach, John......................................o...............1826 ........Pittsburg OME.................1867 .............1873 ...........ME..........................o Ledford, Allen J. .............................1905 ........1939 ........Holston Meth ...................1970 .............1981 ...........UMC ......................Rural Retreat VA Ledford, Wesley F...........................1882 ........1914 ........Holston ME......................1954 .............1973 ...........UMC ......................Jonesborough TN Lee, Barron W.................................1873 ........1898 ........Holston MES ...................1919 .............1937 ...........MES .......................Knoxville TN Leidig, Daniel Gsell, Sr..................1879 ........1918 ........Tennessee MES ...............1952 .............1964 ...........Meth .......................Emory VA Leidig, Samuel E. ...........................1919 ........1942 ........Holston Meth ...................1986 .............2000 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Letgers, Cornelius, Jr......................1910 ........1963 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1964 ...........Meth .......................St. Petersburg FL Leonard, I. B. ..................................1867 ........1901 ........Virginia ME .....................1936 .............1939 ...........ME..........................Oak Grove, Greeneville TN Leslie, R. L. .....................................1870 ........1896 ........Virginia ME .....................1922 .............1939 ...........ME..........................Bookwalter, Knoxville TN Lewis, Edgar R. ..............................1889 ........1915 ........Holston MES ...................1958 .............1985 ...........UMC ......................Dunlap TN Lewis F. Willard..............................1912 ........1943 ........Holston Meth ...................1962 .............1983 ...........UMC ......................Jefferson City TN Lewis, Warner H.............................1891 ........1921 ........Newark ME......................1959 .............1973 ...........UMC ......................o Light, William Garfield..................1914 ........1957 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1962 ...........Meth .......................Kingsport TN Lilly, Caleb ......................................1917 ........1961 ........Holston Meth ...................1986 .............2003 ...........UMC ......................Bluewell, WV Lippse, Charles Edward.................1934 ........1957 ........Holston Meth ...................1997 .............2016 ...........UMC ......................o Lippse, Glenn F. J. ..........................1899 ........1923 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1964 ...........Meth .......................Johnson City TN Little, Joshua B. ..............................1826 ........1852 ........Holston ME......................1884 .............1909 ...........ME..........................Fincastle TN Lloyd, Charles D. ...........................1915 ........1958 ........Holston Meth ...................1981 .............1999 ...........UMC ......................o Logan, James C. .............................1858 ........1904 ........Holston MES ...................1939 .............1941 ...........Meth .......................Bristol TN Logan, Onessus H. .........................1889 ........1918 ........Holston MES ...................1953 .............1968 ...........Meth .......................Emory VA Long, Carroll ...................................1823 ........1845 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1878 ...........MES .......................Wesleyana, Mc Minn Co. TN Long, Carroll S. ..............................1850 ........1875 ........Holston ME......................o....................1890 ...........ME..........................Athens TN Long, E. A. ......................................o...............1908 ........East Tennessee ME .........e ....................1922 ...........ME..........................o Long, Samuel D..............................1859 ........1880 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1934 ...........MES .......................Abingdon VA Long, W. R. .....................................1819 ........1844 ........Holston MES ...................o....................1906 ...........ME..........................Athens TN Looney, Carl ....................................1906 ........1932 ........Holston MES ...................1972 .............1997 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Lotspeich, James H. .......................1888 ........1915 ........Holston MES ...................1958 .............1975 ...........UMC ......................Clearwater FL Loudy, Clancy H.............................1915 ........1938 ........o .........................................1982 .............2004 ...........UMC ......................East Lawn, Kingsport TN Lovelace, Herman E. .....................1904 ........1928 ........Holston MES ...................1975 .............1995 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Lovelady, William M. ....................1918 ........1950 ........Holston Meth ...................1985 .............2005 ...........UMC ......................Lakeview, Lenoir City TN Lowrance, Robert Harrell..............1932 ........1964 ........Holston Meth ...................1995 .............2008 ...........UMC ......................Holladay UMC, Camden TN Lowry, Joseph E. ............................1868 ........1888 ........Holston MES ...................1935 .............1937 ...........MES .......................Knoxville TN Lucas, C. F.......................................1872 ........1893 ........Kentucky ME ..................1942 .............1961 ...........Meth .......................Knoxville TN Lundy, Clarence Fielden................1907 ........1936 ........Holston MES ...................1972 .............1979 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Lundy, Clyde Enoch.......................1896 ........1916 ........Holston MES ...................1969 .............1988 ...........UMC ......................Johnson City TN Lundy, Robert Fieldon ...................1920 ........1943 ........Holston Meth ...................1990 .............2003 ...........UMC ......................Pulaski VA Luttrell, S. Maynard .......................1917 ........1952 ........Holston Meth ...................1981 .............1992 ...........UMC ......................Greeneville TN Lynch, John F. .................................o...............1914 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1949 ...........Meth .......................Lynnhurst, Knoxville TN Lynch, Thomas H. ..........................1928 ........1959 ........Holston Meth ...................1994 .............2011 ...........UMC ......................LaFollette, TN Lyons, Edward F.............................1836 ........1866 ........Tennessee MES ...............e ....................1874 ...........MES .......................Knoxville TN Lyons, James A. ..............................1845 ........1875 ........Holston MES ...................1911 .............1929 ...........MES .......................Knoxville TN Lyons, O...........................................o...............1917 ........East Tennessee UB..........1931 .............1935 ...........UB ..........................o Lyons, William S. ...........................1865 ........1902 ........Holston MES ...................1942 .............1945 ...........Meth .......................Elk Creek VA Maas, Calvin Wayne ......................1938 ........1966 ........Holston..............................2000 .............2014 ...........UMC ......................Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, KY Maddox, Joseph F...........................o...............1936 ........East Tennessee Meth.......e ....................1958 ...........Meth .......................o Mahoney, James .............................1828 ........1859 ........Holston MES ...................1894 .............1907 ...........MES .......................Wallace VA Maiden, George A. .........................1851 ........1877 ........Holston MES ...................1913 .............1941 ...........Meth .......................Emory VA Maiden, John M..............................1854 ........1890 ........Holston MES ...................1908 .............1918 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Malmquist, Edward A....................1885 ........1926 ........Minnesota MES...............1958 .............1959 ...........Meth .......................Gate City TN Malone, John W..............................1856 ........1885 ........Holston MES ...................1928 .............1930 ...........MES .......................Mt. Pleasant VA Malone, Moses H. ..........................1888 ........1921 ........Central Alabama ME ......1953 .............1977 ...........UMC ......................o Maness, Joseph C. ..........................1861 ........1887 ........Holston MES ...................1902 .............1949 ...........Meth .......................Decatur GA Manker, J. J......................................1839 ........1866 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1916 ...........ME..........................Chattanooga TN Mann, John W. ................................1835 ........1857 ........Holston MES ...................1884 .............1897 ...........ME..........................Gray, Knoxville TN Mann, S. L.......................................o...............o ...............East Tennessee ME .........o....................1899 ...........ME..........................o Manning, John W. ..........................1875 ........1907 ........East Tennessee ME .........1948 .............1969 ...........UMC ......................o Marbury, W. R.................................o...............1880 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1923 ...........ME..........................o Markwood, Thomas David .............1945 ........1977 ........Holston..............................2012 .............2015 ...........UMC ......................Grigsby Chapel, Knoxville, TN Marley, William T...........................o...............1884 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1918 ...........ME..........................o Marsh, Edward Waverly................1847 ........1869 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1874 ...........MES .......................Rhea Co. TN
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Marshall, Harrison..........................1918 ........1944 ........Holston..............................1983 .............2010 ...........UMC ......................o Marshall, Thomas O.......................1891 ........1923 ........Holston ME......................1957 .............1963 ...........Meth .......................Lenoir City TN Marshall, W. A. ...............................1819 ........1869 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1871 ...........ME..........................Klontz Chapel, Clay Co. NC Martin, Aaron ..................................o...............o ...............East Tennessee ME .........o....................1893 ...........ME..........................o Martin, B. J......................................o...............1908 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1941 ...........Meth .......................o Martin, Burton M. ..........................1866 ........1894 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1924 ...........ME..........................Forest Hills, Chattanooga TN Martin, C. C.....................................o...............1932 ........Virginia MP......................1948 .............1955 ...........Meth .......................McKinney, Rogersville TN Martin, C. Walter ............................1908 ........1937 ........Holston ME......................1974 .............1986 ...........UMC ......................Radford VA Martin, George................................1821 ........1863 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1875 ...........MES .......................Bakersville NC Martin, Harrison .............................1918 ........1944 ........Holston..............................o....................2010 ...........UMC ......................o Martin, Isaac Patton........................1867 ........1889 ........Holston MES ...................1940 .............1960 ...........Meth .......................Emory VA Martin, James G..............................1897 ........1964 ........Holston Meth ...................1970 .............1984 ...........UMC ......................o Martin, Leroy A. .............................1901 ........1929 ........Newark ME......................1966 .............1971 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN Martin, Mitchell ..............................o...............1837 ........Western OME ..................e ....................1839 ...........OME ......................Charleston TN Martin, Paul Patton.........................1891 ........1915 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1961 ...........Meth .......................Chattanooga TN Martin, Peter T. ...............................o...............1880 ........East Tennessee ME .........1909 .............1910 ...........ME..........................o Martin, Wm. Anderson ..................1869 ........1893 ........Georgia ME......................e ....................1920 ...........ME..........................Mt. Zion GA Martin, William C...........................1890 ........1916 ........Holston ME......................1962 .............1972 ...........UMC ......................Bristol TN Martin, William Henry...................1927 ........1962 ........Holston Meth ...................1990 .............2008 ...........UMC ......................o Mason, A. Harvey, Jr......................1915 ........o ...............o .........................................o....................2001 ...........o ..............................o Mason, Charles E. ..........................1906 ........1944 ........Tennessee UB ..................1962 .............1974 ...........UMC ......................New Gray. Knoxville TN Mason, Frank C. .............................1899 ........1928 ........Holston ME......................1962 .............1984 ...........UMC ......................Kingsport TN Mason, William C., Jr. ...................1925 ........1947 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1990 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Matney, Green W............................1868 ........1895 ........Blue Ridge-Atlantic ME 1934 .............1963 ...........Meth .......................Elizabethton TN Mayberry, Lorenzo Dow ...............1877 ........1916 ........Holston MES ...................1948 .............1964 ...........Meth .......................Galax VA Mayo, Charles Douglas .................1920 ........1941 ........Holston..............................1986 .............2014 ...........UMC ......................Oak Grove, Greeneville, TN Mays, Charles K. ............................1812 ........1866? ......Holston ME; .............................................................................1880 ........East Tennessee ME .........1886 .............1888 ...........ME..........................o McBrossi, Jeffery G. ......................o...............1906 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1942 ...........Meth .......................o McCall, Jr., Clarence V. .................1933 ........1955 ........Holston..............................1998 .............2013 ...........UMC ......................o McCanless, Samuel A....................1868 ........1907 ........Holston MES ...................1931 .............1945 ...........Meth .......................Cleveland TN McCartt, James Spurgeon .............1923 ........o ...............o .........................................1990 .............2019 ...........Meth .......................Kingsport TN McCluskey, Joseph P......................1906 ........1933 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1970 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN McCoig, Austin Grace ...................1905 ........1937 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1967 ...........Meth .......................White Pine TN McComas, Howard Ernest............1922 ........1966 ........Holston ME......................1987 .............2005 ...........UMC ......................o McConnell, Enoch L......................1876 ........1910 ........Holston MES ...................1947 .............1962 ...........Meth .......................Richlands VA McCord, Jerry D.............................o...............1929 ........East Tennessee ME .........1949 .............1963 ...........Meth .......................o McCormack, William A. ...............1887 ........1919 ........Holston MES ...................1953 .............1956 ...........Meth .......................Hixson TN McCracken, David .........................1855 ........1875 ........Holston MES ...................1909 .............1922 ...........MES .......................Clinton TN McCready, Stanley C. ....................1938 ........1961 ........Holston Meth ...................1999 .............2012 ...........UMC ......................Saltville, VA McDaniel, Harold W. .....................1920 ........1953 ........Tennessee EUB ...............e ....................1984 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN McDonald, Donald F......................1936 ........1986 ........Holston UMC ..................1994 .............1996 ...........UMC ......................Cremation McDonald, Henry W......................1892 ........1930 ........Central TN ME................1963 .............1973 ...........UMC ......................Hamilton, Hixson TN McDonald, James B.......................1930 ........1959 ........Holston UMC ..................1995 .............1998 ...........UMC ......................Hixson TN McDonald, John K. ........................1912 ........1955 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1976 ...........UMC ......................Mosheim TN McDonough, James I.....................1903 ........1931 ........Tennessee MES ...............1973 .............1987 ...........UMC ......................Hermitage TN McDougle, Warren Ray, Sr..............1928 ........1957 ........Holston..............................1993 .............2016 ...........UMC ......................Veteran Mem. Cem., Johnson City, TN McDowell, Robert T. .....................1855 ........1883 ........Holston MES ...................1935 .............1941 ...........Meth .......................Bristol TN McFarland, Cecil E. .......................1930 ........1952 ........Holston Meth ...................1994 .............2012 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA McFarland, Gerald H. ....................1931 ........1953 ........Holston..............................1993 .............2012 ...........UMC ......................Oak Hill, Kingsport TN McFarland, L. W.............................1895 ........1925 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1932 ...........MES .......................Emory VA McGhee, Joseph L..........................1844 ........1869 ........Holston MES ...................1873 .............1873 ...........MES .......................Sweetwater TN McGhee, John Wesley ...................1852 ........1886 ........Holston ME......................1909 .............1926 ...........ME..........................Woodlawn, Knoxville TN McGhee, Silas A.............................1878 ........1910 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1929 ...........MES .......................Emory VA McKay, Charles George ................1876 ........1915 ........Holston MES ...................1945 .............1964 ...........Meth .......................Union Town OH McKenzie, A. B. .............................1867 ........1896 ........Holston ME......................1931 .............1944 ...........Meth .......................Lenoir City TN McKenzie, H. W. ............................1855 ........1889 ........Holston ME......................1917 .............1928 ...........ME..........................Morrison’s Chapel, Carter Valley TN McKinnon, Neil, Jr. ........................1903 ........1929 ........Holston MES ...................1969 .............1975 ...........UMC ......................Pennington Gap VA McLaughlin, E. H...........................o...............1904 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1906 ...........UB ..........................o McNeese, Solon..............................1894 ........1923 ........Holston ME......................1945 .............1980 ...........UMC ......................Greeneville TN McPherson, S. T. M. ......................1847 ........1872 ........Holston MES ...................1923 .............1928 ...........MES .......................Bristol VA McReynolds, Arthur B...................1904 ........1952 ........East Tenn. Meth...............1976 .............1991 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN McTeer, John M..............................1824 ........1847 ........Holston MES ...................1881 .............1892 ...........MES .......................Wytheville VA Mehaffey, Charlie D.......................1902 ........1930 ........Holston..............................1965 .............2001 ...........UMC ......................o Melear, James Melville..................1868 ........1892 ........Holston ME......................1934 .............1955 ...........Meth .......................Athens TN Merker, Mathilda Sue ....................1942 ........o ...............o .........................................2014 .............2019 ...........Meth .......................o
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ROLL OF DEAD - DECEASED CLERGY MEMBERS
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Name
Year Born
Year Conference Joined First Joined
o = The Conference Secretary does not have this information
Year Retired
Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
Meyers, John H...............................1889 ........1922 ........Holston ME......................1957 .............1983 ...........UMC ......................Kingsport TN Mielke, Robert H. E. ......................1919 ........1941 ........New Jersey Meth.............1982 .............1984 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Milburn, Glen A..............................1923 ........o ...............o .........................................2006 .............2009 ...........UMC ......................o Milburn, James Earl .......................1888 ........1915 ........Holston ME......................1952 .............1959 ...........Meth .......................Greene Co. TN Milburn, Joseph, Sr.........................1800 ........1855 ........Holston MES ...................o....................1873 ...........ME..........................Milburnton TN Milburn, J. P. ...................................1832 ........1861 ........Holston MES ...................1881 .............1886 ...........ME..........................Greene Co. TN Milburn, William ............................1797 ........1845 ........Holston MES ...................o....................1877 ...........ME..........................Milburnton TN Miles, D. T.......................................o...............1903 ........Holston MES ...................1939 .............1944 ...........Meth .......................Ewing VA Miles, George..................................1829 ........1854 ........Holston MES ...................1889 .............1892 ...........MES .......................Marion VA Miller, Charles K. ...........................1832 ........1860 ........Holston MES ...................1895 .............1913 ...........MES .......................Rural Retreat VA Miller, Charles W............................1859 ........1886 ........Alabama ME....................1909 .............1941 ...........Meth .......................Fincastle TN Miller, Claude T. .............................1894 ........1922 ........Holston MES ...................1959 .............1961 ...........Meth .......................Johnson City TN Miller, Samuel A.............................o...............1836 ........Holston OME ..................e ....................1863 ...........MES .......................Lee County VA Miller, W. C. ....................................1852 ........1882 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1912 ...........ME..........................Knoxville TN Milligan, Dennis Eugene ...............1948 ........o ...............o .........................................2010 .............2018 ...........Meth .......................o Mills, George Wesley.....................1878 ........1914 ........East Tennessee UB..........1945 .............1959 ...........EUB .......................Otterbein Lebanon OH Milsaps, William Burk...................1922 ........1950 ........Tennessee EUB ...............e ....................1985 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Mincey, Cleveland Leonard ............1926 ........1964 ........South Georgia Meth........1990 .............1992 ...........UMC ......................Brooklet GA Mitchell, Albert S............................o...............1914 ........East Tennessee ME .........1946 .............1947 ...........Meth .......................o Mitchell, Charles.............................1814 ........1851 ........Holston MES ...................1858 .............1859 ...........MES .......................Carroll Co. VA Mitchell, Damon B.........................1928 ........1952 ........Holston Meth ...................1993 .............2017 ...........UMC ......................Union Grove Cem, Sevierville, TN Mitchell, Edwin Dean ....................1926 ........1964 ........Holston Meth ...................1994 .............2003 ...........UMC ......................Abingdon, VA Mitchell, James A. ..........................1865 ........1895 ........Alabama ME....................1933 .............1936 ...........ME..........................Woodlawn, Knoxville TN Mitchell, James Thomas ................1928 ........1961 ........Holston Meth ...................On Trial .......1964 ...........Meth .......................o Mitchell, Tennie ..............................o...............1902 ........East Tennessee UB..........1931 .............1936 ...........UB ..........................o Mitchell, William D. ......................1844 ........1868 ........Holston MES ...................1923 .............1927 ...........MES .......................Radford VA Mize, Christopher Columbus.............1915 ........1939 ........Holston MES ...................1983 .............1994 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN Moheny, Ralph W., Sr. ...................1918 ........1942 ........Tennessee..........................1987 .............2008 ...........UMC ......................o Moneyhun, Lon M. ........................1909 ........1940 ........Holston Meth ...................1978 .............1987 ...........UMC ......................San Marcos TX Monroe, M. H. ................................1852 ........1886 ........Holston ME......................1899 .............1926 ...........ME..........................Mt.Pleasant, Anderson Co.TN Moore, Donald S. ...........................1924 ........1951 ........Holston..............................1987 .............2014 ...........UMC ......................Ebenezer Cemetery, Talbott TN Moore, Eldon Anderson ................o...............o ...............o .........................................o....................2018 ...........o ..............................o Moore, Enoch W.............................1832 ........1853 ........Holston MES ...................1903 .............1904 ...........MES .......................Independence VA Moore, J. M.....................................o...............1897 ........Virginia MP......................e ....................1907 ...........UB ..........................o Moore, Mark M. .............................1901 ........1925 ........Holston MES ...................1967 .............1977 ...........UMC ......................Pigeon Forge TN Moore, Ransom M. ........................o...............1849 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1851 ...........MES .......................o Moore, Robert Rood ......................1937 ........1970 ........Holston UMC ..................2002 .............2017 ...........UMC ......................Wilmore, Wilmore KY Moreland, George M......................1866 ........1891 ........Holston MES ...................1897 .............1949 ...........Meth .......................Lenoir City TN Morelle, S. V....................................o...............1900 ........Holston MES ...................1928 .............1954 ...........Meth .......................Glenwood, Bristol TN Morgan, H. D. .................................o...............1949 ........East Tennessee Meth ........1954 .............1954 ...........Meth .......................o Morgan, J. M...................................o...............1918 ........W. Tennessee UB ............e ....................1918 ...........UB ..........................o Morrell, Wheeler M. ......................1870 ........1894 ........Holston MES ...................1940 .............1952 ...........Meth .......................Greenwood, Knoxville TN Morris, Jesse W...............................1877 ........1913 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1938 ...........MES .......................Oakland, Galax VA Morrison, Benjamin M. .................1869 ........1904 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1929 ...........ME..........................Lenoir City TN Morrison, J. F. .................................1826 ........1869 ........Virginia ME .....................1881 .............1887 ...........ME..........................Locust Springs, Greene Co. TN Mort, Edward W. ............................1855 ........1890 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1923 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Morton, F. E. W. .............................o...............o ...............East Tennessee ME .........o....................1901 ...........ME..........................o Morton, John P. ...............................1855 ........1889 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1894 ...........ME..........................Clinton TN Moss, J. Burchell ............................1918 ........1946 ........Holston Meth ...................1983 .............1995 ...........UMC ......................Galax VA Mowrey, George W. .......................1938 ........1975 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................2004 ...........UMC ......................o Mullens, James L............................1870 ........1898 ........Holston MES ...................1943 .............1955 ...........Meth .......................Fincastle TN Munsey, Isaac N. ............................1857 ........1888 ........Holston MES ...................1935 .............1936 ...........MES .......................Floyd VA Munsey, Thomas K. .......................1816 ........1840 ........Holston OME ..................1850 .............1872 ...........MES .......................Calhoun TN Murphy, Andrew J..........................1876 ........1898 ........Holston ME......................1941 .............1942 ...........Meth .......................Maryville TN Murphy, Charles A. ........................1858 ........1894 ........Holston MES ...................1895 .............1895 ...........MES .......................o Murphy, William S., Jr. ..................1928 ........1956 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1979 ...........UMC ......................Dublin VA Murphy, W. B..................................1807 ........1833 ........Holston OME ..................e ....................1842 ...........OME ......................Knoxville TN Mustard, Walter E...........................1897 ........1942 ........Holston Meth ...................1966 .............1986 ...........UMC ......................Mechanicsburg VA Naff, George Eakin.........................1916 ........1944 ........Holston Meth ...................1984 .............1998 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Naff, John Eakin .............................1852 ........1880 ........Holston MES ...................1922 .............1934 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Nash, Joseph G. J. ..........................1890 ........1922 ........East Tennessee ME .........e ....................1954 ...........Meth .......................o Naylor, E. R.....................................1889 ........1914 ........Memphis MES ................1959 .............1969 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Neal, Henry C. ................................1829 ........1862 ........Holston MES ...................1901 .............1913 ...........MES .......................Abingdon VA Neal, Wiely Leftridge.....................o...............o ...............o .........................................o....................2018 ...........o ..............................o Neal, William W. ............................1824 ........1846 ........Holston MES ...................1875 .............1878 ...........MES .......................Rhea Springs TN Neel, John S. W...............................1839 ........1866 ........Holston MES ...................1914 .............1924 ...........MES .......................Johnson City TN
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Year Born
Year Conference Joined First Joined
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Year Retired
Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
Neel, Lyle M. ..................................o...............1902 ........Holston MES ...................1910 .............1923 ...........MES .......................Bloomingdale TN Neese, Dean M. ..............................1908 ........1931 ........Holston MES ...................1973 .............1992 ...........UMC ......................Cocoa Beach FL Neese, John William ......................o...............o ...............o .........................................o....................2018 ...........o ..............................o Neighbors, William S.....................1860 ........1887 ........Holston MES ...................1937 .............1957 ...........Meth .......................Chattanooga TN Neil, Scott R. ...................................1957 ........1983 ........Holston..............................e ....................2012 ...........UMC ......................o Nelson, D. J. ....................................o...............1895 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1905 ...........UB ..........................o Newcomb, G. T...............................1847 ........1878 ........Michigan ME...................e ....................1914 ...........ME..........................Forest Hills, Chattanooga TN Newgent, A. J..................................o...............1903 ........Wabash UB ......................1911 .............1913 ...........UB ..........................o Newman, A. A. ...............................1858 ........1906 ........Kansas ME.......................1923 .............1935 ...........ME..........................Salem Lutheran, Cocke Co. TN (Served as lay pastor in both UB and ME before joining Conference) Newman, Wallace Eugene ............1913 ........o ...............o .........................................1979 .............2019 ...........Meth .......................o Newton, James M...........................1838 ........1881 ........Virginia ME .....................1909 .............1918 ...........ME..........................Gate City VA Nichols, Alden W............................1908 ........1956 ........Holston Meth ...................1978 .............1990 ...........UMC ......................Fountain City TN Nicholson, J. A................................o...............o ...............Holston ME 1893; .............................................................................1895 ........Tennessee UB ..................e ....................1905 ...........UB ..........................o Noe, Jr., Eddie C.............................1944 ........1977 ........Holston..............................2007 .............2010 ...........UMC ......................Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Greenville, TN Nuckolls, Benjamin F.....................1838 ........1861 ........Holston MES ...................1878 .............1919 ...........MES .......................Galax VA Ogle, Edwin Hugh..........................1896 ........1922 ........Holston ME......................1967 .............1971 ...........UMC ......................Maryville TN Ogle, Horatio B...............................1848 ........1874 ........Holston ME......................1909 .............1923 ...........ME..........................Middle Creek, Sevier Co. TN Oliver, William L............................1872 ........1905 ........Holston ME......................1935 .............1937 ...........ME..........................Woodlawn, Knoxville TN O’Neal, Millard F. ..........................1896 ........1927 ........Tennessee UB ..................e ....................1950 ...........EUB .......................Knoxville TN Orr, John C. .....................................1858 ........1886 ........Holston MES ...................1936 .............1950 ...........Meth .......................Emory VA Orr, Taylor N. ..................................1890 ........1920 ........Holston MES ...................1963 .............1982 ...........UMC ......................Bearden TN Osborne, James M..........................1852 ........1906 ........Holston ME......................1922 .............1939 ...........Meth .......................Graysville TN Osborne, Jay B................................1908 ........1952 ........Holston Meth ...................1974 .............1997 ...........UMC ......................Abingdon VA Osborne, Roy Lee...........................1889 ........1926 ........Holston MES ...................1955 .............1971 ...........UMC ......................Kingsport TN Overton, Kyle V. .............................1933 ........1967 ........Holston..............................1998 .............2014 ...........UMC ......................Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville TN Owen, Robert A..............................1853 ........1877 ........Holston MES ...................1927 .............1929 ...........MES .......................Pearisburg VA Owens, Garfield A..........................o...............1927 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1938 ...........Meth .......................o Owens, R. ........................................o...............1926 ........Tennessee UB ..................1931 .............1936 ...........UB ..........................o Padgett, B. W. (M.D.) ....................1839 ........1896 ........Tennessee UB ..................e ....................1907 ...........UB ..........................Hamilton Co. TN Padgett, Robert T. ...........................1924 ........1945 ........Holston Meth ...................1987 .............1988 ...........UMC ......................o Painter, Charles E. ..........................1866 ........1894 ........Holston MES ...................1936 .............1938 ...........MES .......................o Pangle, Charles A. ..........................1877 ........1906 ........Holston MES ...................1942 .............1957 ...........Meth .......................Kingsport TN Pardue, Robert Amos .....................1921 ........1958 ........Holston..............................1986 .............2015 ...........UMC ......................Lakeview Cemetery, Lenoir City, TN Parham, Frank.................................1918 ........1966 ........Holston Meth ...................1981 .............1992 ...........UMC ......................Macon GA Parker, Wilbur N. ............................1897 ........1932 ........Holston ME......................1963 .............1966 ...........Meth .......................Moneta VA Parks, Richard Lee .........................1886 ........1921 ........Holston MES ...................1947 .............1958 ...........Meth .......................Emory VA Parrott, John H. ...............................1844 ........1871 ........Holston MES ...................1907 .............1924 ...........MES .......................Morristown TN Parrott, Lowell E.............................1906 ........o ...............o .........................................o....................2002 ............................................o Parsons, Robert F. ...........................1922 ........1943 ........Holston Meth ...................1971 .............2003 ...........UMC ......................o Pasel, Howard A. ............................1922 ........1949 ........Holston Meth ...................1979 .............2007 ...........UMC ......................o Patterson, Glenn C..........................1927 ........1956 ........Holston Meth ...................1993 .............2009 ...........UMC ......................o Patterson, James L. .........................1903 ........1934 ........Holston MES ...................1970 .............1996 ...........UMC ......................Johnson City TN Patterson, Samuel ...........................o...............1868 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1875 ...........ME..........................o Patton, Arnold .................................1809 ........1829 ........Holston OME ..................e ....................1839 ...........OME ......................Lebanon VA Patton, Samuel ................................1797 ........1819 ........Tennessee OME ..............e ....................1854 ...........MES .......................Kingsport TN Paxton, John M. ..............................1863 ........1891 ........Holston MES ...................1824 .............1930 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Payne, Jacob R................................1840 ........1861 ........Holston MES ...................1896 .............1911 ...........ME..........................Telford TN Payne, Joseph F., Sr. .......................1913 ........1954 ........Holston Meth ...................1978 .............1988 ...........UMC ......................Bristol TN Pearce, I. A. .....................................1839 ........1860 ........Pittsburg ME ....................1905 .............1912 ...........ME..........................Knoxville TN Peck, Joseph H................................o...............1847 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1850 ...........MES .......................o Pelleaux, Ernest W..........................1903 ........1932 ........Holston ME......................1968 .............1972 ...........UMC ......................Lynnhurst KY Penley, J. N......................................o...............1872 ........Virginia ME .....................o....................1893 ...........ME..........................Dryden VA Perkins, James A. L........................1864 ........1887 ........Holston MES ...................1925 .............1926 ...........MES .......................Swan Pond TN Perkins, Kenneth M........................1930 ........1971 ........Holston UMC ..................1996 .............2003 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville, TN Perkins, Roger C.............................1927 ........1972 ........Holston..............................1989 .............2012 ...........UMC ......................o Perry, J. F..........................................1848 ........1872 ........Holston ME......................1884 .............1912 ...........ME..........................Pleasant Hill, Meigs Co. TN Perry, John W. .................................1866 ........1892 ........Holston MES ...................1942 .............1954 ...........Meth .......................Emory VA Peters, Adam C. ..............................1843 ........1872 ........Holston ME......................1876 .............1917 ...........ME..........................Burrville TN Peters, John......................................o...............1894 ........Tennessee UB ..................e ....................1911 ...........UB ..........................o Pettis, G. H. .....................................o...............1887 ........Washington ME...............1920 .............1920 ...........ME..........................o Pettus, Mitchell O. ..........................1914 ........1951 ........Holston Meth ...................1980 .............1993 ...........UMC ......................Rossville GA Petty, J. S..........................................1838 ........1866 ........Holston ME......................1908 .............1911 ...........ME..........................National, Chattanooga TN Petty, William B..............................1945 ........1995 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................1999 ...........UMC ......................Sunset, Ooltewah TN Phettepace, C. J. ..............................o...............1918 ........West Tennessee UB.........1921 .............1924 ...........UB ..........................o
IX.
ROLL OF DEAD - DECEASED CLERGY MEMBERS
e = Effective (not retired) at the time of death
Name
Year Born
Year Conference Joined First Joined
o = The Conference Secretary does not have this information
Year Retired
Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
Phifer, Kenneth Harold ..................1923 ........1970 ........Holston UMC ..................1989 .............2007 ...........UMC ......................Abbott, Lenoir City, TN Phillippi, Mack C............................1917 ........1940 ........Holston Meth ...................1982 .............1990 ...........UMC ......................Mountain City TN Phillips, H. Arthur, Sr. ....................1907 ........1932 ........Holston MES ...................1973 .............1988 ...........UMC ......................Jackson TN Phillips, Helen Greene ...................1937 ........1991 ........Holston UMC ..................2003 .............2009 ...........UMC ......................Johnson City TN Phillips, Morgan K. ........................1923 ........1950 ........Holston Meth ...................1988 .............2005 ...........UMC ......................Grandview, Maryville, TN Phillips, Sewell................................1831 ........1851 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1896 ...........MES .......................Eagle Furnace TN Pickens, William B.........................1845 ........1877 ........Holston MES ...................1883 .............1883 ...........MES .......................Ducktown TN Pickering, Carroll L. (Jack)..............1926 ........1958 ........Holston Meth ...................1989 .............2003 ...........UMC ......................o Pickering, Charles E.......................1882 ........1935 ........Holston ME......................1953 .............1974 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Pickering, Walter Luke ..................1894 ........1922 ........Holston ME......................1963 .............1977 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN Pickett, J. A......................................o...............1902 ........East Tennessee ME .........e ....................1928 ...........ME..........................o Pierce, E. A......................................1908 ........1955 ........Tennessee, EUB ..............1973 .............2001 ...........UMC ......................Greeneville Pierce, Lewis Wetzel ......................1878 ........1906 ........Holston MES ...................1950 .............1967 ...........Meth .......................Emory VA Pierce, Weston V. ............................1896 ........1920 ........Holston MES ...................1958 .............1970 ...........UMC ......................o Pippin, Elisha M. ............................1871 ........1894 ........Virginia ME .....................1936 .............1942 ...........Meth .......................Woodlawn, Knoxville TN Pippin, Isaac N. ...............................1847 ........1883 ........Virginia ME .....................1909 .............1917 ...........ME..........................Pippin, Washington Co. VA Pitts, William F................................1872 ........1895 ........Georgia ME......................1944 .............1952 ...........Meth .......................Knoxville TN Platt, Robert B., Jr...........................1877 ........1906 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1936 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Pleasants, William H. .....................o...............1883 ........Washington ME...............e ....................1926 ...........ME..........................o Pless, James H.................................1912 ........1944 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1958 ...........Meth .......................Natchez MS Ploch, Donald..................................1933 ........1956 ........South Indiana Meth.........1989 .............1999 ...........UMC ......................Cedar Lawn, Paterson NJ Pope, Thomas J...............................1817 ........1854 ........Holston MES ...................1875 .............1892 ...........MES .......................Vernon TX Porter, Albert A. ..............................o...............1878 ........East Tennessee ME .........1894 .............1904 ...........ME..........................o Porter, R. Frank, Jr. .........................1912 ........1937 ........Holston Meth ...................1978 .............2004 ...........UMC ......................Greenwood, Knoxville, TN Porter, R. Frank, Sr. ........................1879 ........1907 ........St. Johns River ME .........1944 .............1944 ...........Meth .......................Athens TN Powers, Robert S ............................1928 ........1951 ........Holston..............................1993 .............2014 ...........UMC ......................o Prater, John L. .................................1853 ........1879 ........Holston MES ...................1917 .............1918 ...........MES .......................Bristol VA Price, Richard Nye .........................1830 ........1850 ........Holston MES ...................1907 .............1923 ...........MES .......................Morristown TN Price, William H. ............................1837 ........1872 ........Holston MES ...................1896 .............1926 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Priddy, Thomas ...............................1874 ........1901 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1932 ...........MES .......................Princeton WV Priest, Silas C. .................................o...............o ...............East Tennessee ME .........o....................1929 ...........ME..........................o Priestly, Henry S. ............................o...............1887 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1891 ...........ME..........................o Prigmore, J. F. .................................o...............1889 ........East Tennessee ME .........1932 .............1934 ...........ME..........................o Profit, George M.............................o...............1858 ........Holston MES ...................1853 .............1864 ...........MES .......................Live Oak FL Provine, Eli ......................................o...............o ...............East Tennessee ME .........e ....................1899 ...........ME..........................o Purser, L. Stephen...........................1943 ........1980 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1989 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN Pyott, William W. ...........................1846 ........1866 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1911 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Qualls, A. M. ...................................1871 ........1903 ........Holston MES ...................1926 .............1961 ...........Meth .......................Pound VA Quillen, Claude D...........................1930 ........1957 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1991 ...........UMC ......................Knox Co. TN Quirk, Paul D. .................................1908 ........1945 ........Holston Meth ...................1974 .............1990 ...........UMC ......................Etowah TN Rader, J. William ............................1869 ........1893 ........Holston MES ...................1922 .............1923 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Rafiq, John D. .................................1927 ........1970 ........Holston Meth ...................1984 .............1989 ...........UMC ......................Forsyth Co. GA Ragan, William H...........................1885 ........1916 ........Holston ME......................1949 .............1959 ...........Meth .......................Knoxville TN Rambo, John W...............................1922 ........1950 ........Georgia Meth ...................e ....................1967 ...........Meth .......................o Rambo, Moses H............................o...............1900 ........Iowa ME...........................1945 .............1953 ...........Meth .......................o Ramsey, Jacob P..............................1926 ........1954 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1971 ...........UMC ......................Chapel Hill, Dunlap TN Ramsey, Perry E. ............................1880 ........1908 ........Central Tenn. ME ............1947 .............1952 ...........Meth .......................Washington Co. TN Randall, Eugene Boyd ...................1912 ........1938 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1966 ...........Meth .......................Townsend TN Randall, Zenas Buford ...................1889 ........1916 ........Holston MES ...................1948 .............1968 ...........UM .........................Chattanooga TN Randolph, A. W...............................o...............1888 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1935 ...........ME..........................o Rapacioli, Richard J. ......................1936 ........1959 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1960 ...........Meth .......................Iselin NJ Rawn, George M. ...........................1940 ........o ...............Holston..............................2005 .............2009 ...........UMC ......................o Ray, Harold Dean ...........................1934 ........1956 ........Tennessee..........................1998 .............2015 ...........UMC ......................Defeated Creek Mem., Carthage, TN Ray, Rickey Joe ..............................1956 ........o ...............o .........................................e ....................2019 ...........Meth .......................o Rayfield, Hobart H. ........................1915 ........1955 ........Holston Meth ...................1981 .............1999 ...........UMC ......................Forest Hills, Rock Hill SC Reagan, Daniel R............................1834 ........1859 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1866 ...........MES .......................Georgia Redding, Joseph Thomas Jr. ............1936 ........1964 ........Holston Meth ...................2001 .............2008 ...........UMC ......................TN Veterans Cemetery, Knoxville TN Redmond, Lincoln W.....................1896 ........1944 ........East Tenn. Meth...............o....................1966 ...........Meth .......................o Reed, Jacob F. .................................1888 ........1914 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1942 ...........Meth .......................Washington Co. TN Reed, P. H. .......................................1830 ........1853 ........Holston MES ...................1891 .............1904 ...........ME..........................Greeneville TN Reese, E. Levi .................................1930 ........1983 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................1997 ...........UMC ......................Cremation Reese, Roy Isaac.............................1906 ........1930 ........Holston MES ...................1970 .............2004 ...........UMC ......................Donated to Emory U. School of Med. Regan, R. E. ....................................1883 ........1914 ........Holston MES ...................1956 .............1961 ...........Meth .......................Glade Spring VA Remines, M. W. ..............................o...............1898 ........Virginia MP......................1939 .............1949 ...........Meth .......................Clintwood TN Reneau, Isaac H. .............................o...............1895 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1911 ...........UB ..........................o Renfro, George W...........................1823 ........1847 ........Holston MES ...................1885 .............1889 ...........MES .......................Harriman TN
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Name
Year Born
Year Conference Joined First Joined
o = The Conference Secretary does not have this information
Year Retired
Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
Repass, J. W.....................................1866 ........1894 ........Holston MES ...................1915 .............1945 ...........Meth .......................Bristol TN Reynolds, Frank M.........................1875 ........1910 ........Holston MES ...................1905 .............1920 ...........MES .......................Andersonville TN Reynolds, John................................1797 ........1819 ........S. Carolina OME.............1867 .............1876 ...........MES .......................Asheville NC Reynolds, Luther S.........................1885 ........1911.........Holston MES ...................1922 .............1928 ...........MES .......................Union Cemetery, Newport TN Reynolds, Rufus G. ........................1885 ........1911.........Holston MES ...................e ....................1933 ...........MES .......................Concord TN Richardson, Daniel .........................1832 ........1868 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1897 ...........ME..........................Straight Creek, Claiborne Co. TN Richardson, Frank...........................1831 ........1854 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1912 ...........MES .......................LaFollette TN Richardson, George G....................1897 ........1933 ........Tennessee UB ..................e ....................1952 ...........Meth .......................Greene Co. TN Richardson, H. Powell ...................1913 ........1941 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1955 ...........Meth .......................Narrows VA Richardson, William H. .................o...............1937 ........East Tennessee ME .........1955 .............1962 ...........Meth .......................Chattanooga TN Riden, William W. ..........................1913 ........1970 ........Holston Meth ...................1983 .............1994 ...........UMC ......................Riceville TN Riddle, Ewing D. ............................o...............1932 ........East Tennessee ME .........1948 .............1952 ...........Meth .......................o Rightsell, Claude W........................1897 ........1926 ........Tennessee UB ..................1962 .............1994 ...........UMC ......................Greeneville TN Ritchey, Ernest M. ..........................1886 ........1909 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1953 ...........Meth .......................Marion VA Roach, Alexander ...........................o...............o ...............East Tennessee ME .........o....................1932? .........ME..........................o Roach, Thomas H...........................1899 ........1929 ........Illinois MES .....................1959 .............1983 ...........UMC ......................o Robbins, Wilmer B.........................1913 ........1942 ........Holston MES ...................1982 .............1997 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Roberson, J. D.................................1849 ........1875 ........Holston ME......................1916 .............1926 ...........ME..........................Roberson, Loudon TN Robertson, Emory B. .....................1855 ........1878 ........Holston MES ...................1893 .............1894 ...........MES .......................Dalton GA Robertson, John W. ........................1850 ........1875 ........Holston MES ...................1894 .............1904 ...........MES .......................Jasper TN Robertson, R. C. .............................1847 ........1879 .......Holston ME; supernumerary 1891; 1895 Tennessee UB; .............................................................................1904 ........Holston ME......................1910 .............1912 ...........ME..........................Pigeon Forge TN Robeson, John H.............................1818 ........1870 ........N. Carolina MES.............1880 .............1885 ...........MES .......................Buncombe Co. NC Robeson, William ...........................1822 ........1844 ........Holston MES ...................1862 .............1905 ...........MES .......................Blountville TN Robeson, Wm. E. Orla...................1889 ........1915 ........Holston ME......................1957 .............1959 ...........Meth .......................Morristown TN Robinette, J. J. .................................1853 ........1878 ........Holston ME......................1923 .............1925 ...........ME..........................Woodlawn, Knoxville TN Robinette, Wm. Solomon ..............1880 ........1929 ........Virginia MP......................1948 .............1965 ...........Meth .......................Chattanooga TN Robinson, Ray Edwin ....................1934 ........1958 ........Holston Meth ...................1995 .............2009 ...........UMC ......................Maryville TN Roe, Richard N. ..............................1913 ........o ...............Holston..............................1979 .............2009 ...........UMC ......................Davidson Co., TN Rogers, Amos Leroy, Jr..................1925 ........1950 ........Memphis Meth ................e ....................1965 ...........Meth .......................Memphis TN Rogers, John H. ..............................o...............1909 ........East Tennessee ME .........1937 .............1952 ...........Meth .......................o Rogers, Joseph L. ...........................1901 ........1948 ........East Tenn. Meth...............1968 .............1970 ...........UMC ......................Elizabethton TN Rogers, Wm. Hurd .........................1813 ........1832 ........Holston OME ..................1873 .............1891 ...........ME..........................Cleveland TN Rollins, Wm. Rathmell ..................1909 ........1938 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1976 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN Romans, John M.............................1838 ........1889 ........Holston MES ...................1894 .............1927 ...........MES .......................Marion VA Rominger, L. A. ..............................1847 ........1886 ........Blue Ridge ME................1917 .............1928 ...........ME..........................Red Hill, Bradley Co. TN Rose, A. M.......................................1857 ........1886 ........Holston ME......................1893 .............1936 ...........ME..........................Magnolia, Maryville TN Ross, W. Darryl...............................1939 ........1970 ........Holston..............................2010 .............2012 ...........UMC ......................o Rowan, George R. ..........................1861 ........1892 ........Holston ME......................1902 .............1955 ...........Meth .......................Chattanooga TN Rowe, J. Fred ..................................1878 ........1913 ........Holston ME......................1940 .............1942 ...........Meth .......................Washington Co. TN Rowe, N. K. ....................................1868 ........1894 ........Holston ME......................1924 .............1925 ...........ME..........................Unicoi Co. TN Rowe, T. D. .....................................1876 ........1898 ........Blue Ridge ME................e ....................1910 ...........ME..........................Roan Mountain TN Royal, J. B. ......................................o...............1931 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1966 ...........Meth .......................o Ruble, James A. ..............................1844 ........1866 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1916 ...........ME..........................Maryville TN Rugh, Donald E. .............................1915 ........1943 ........New Jersey .......................1982 .............2001 ...........UMC ......................Sevierville TN Rule, M. A. ......................................1844 ........1875 ........Holston ME......................1903 .............1912 ...........ME..........................Beaver Ridge TN Rule, Perry T. ..................................1907 ........1936 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1964 ...........Meth .......................Sevier Co. TN Rumburg, J. K.................................1853 ........1878 ........Virginia ME .....................1915 .............1927 ...........ME..........................Wilson, Simpson’s VA Runyan, John C. .............................1845 ........1871 ........Holston MES ...................1907 .............1908 ...........MES .......................Pleasant Grove TN Russell, Harrell M. .........................1903 ........1927 ........Holston MES ...................1970 .............1978 ...........UM .........................Loudon TN Russell, T. H. ...................................1833 ........1859 ........Holston MES ...................1894 .............1902 ...........ME..........................Sunbright TN Russell, Thomas B..........................1854 ........1875 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1912 ...........ME..........................Johnson City TN Russell, T. W....................................o...............o ...............East Tennessee ME .........o....................1911 ...........ME..........................o Rustin, John W. ...............................1900 ........1922 ........Tennessee MES ...............1964 .............1985 ...........UMC ......................Atlanta GA Rutherford, C. W.............................1897 ........1939 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1952 ...........Meth .......................Mt. Pleasant, Greene Co. TN Rye, Larry Steven ...........................1949 ........2000 ........Holston UMC ..................2011 .............2018 ...........UMC ......................First UMC Mountain City, TN Sadler, C. N. ....................................1860 ........1895 ........Central Tenn. ME ............o....................1931 ...........ME..........................Memorial, Chattanooga TN Sadler, Jasper N. .............................1879 ........1913 ........Holston ME......................1920 .............1922 ...........ME..........................White Oak,Chattanooga TN Sallee, Clarence D., Jr. ...................1916 ........1972 ........Holston UMC ..................1986 .............2002 ...........UMC ......................o Sallee, G. Steven.............................1951 ........1970 ........Holston..............................e ....................2013 ...........UMC ......................o Salmon, Charlie W. ........................1912 ........1949 ........Holston Meth ...................1977 .............1991 ...........UMC ......................Blount Co. TN Sanders, Francis P. ..........................1874 ........1903 ........Central Tenn. ME ............o....................1939 ...........Meth .......................Friendsville TN Sanders, John ..................................1867 ........1901 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1924 ...........ME..........................Magnolia, Maryville TN Sanders, Leslie Calvin....................1895 ........1926 ........S. Carolina MES..............1948 .............1949 ...........Meth .......................Kelton SC Samders, W. L.................................o...............1909 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1946 ...........Meth .......................o Sasser, Harper J...............................1928 ........1951 ........Holston..............................1991 .............2011 ...........UMC ......................Tennessee Georgia Mem., Rossville GA
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ROLL OF DEAD - DECEASED CLERGY MEMBERS
e = Effective (not retired) at the time of death
Name
Year Born
Year Conference Joined First Joined
o = The Conference Secretary does not have this information
Year Retired
Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
Scalf, M. M. ....................................o...............1910 ........East Tennessee UB..........e ....................1930 ...........UB ..........................o Scarborough, P. H...........................1870 ........1899 ........Holston ME......................1902 .............1902 ...........ME..........................Concord TN Schuler, Thomas C. ........................1859 ........1883 ........Holston MES ...................1930 .............1931 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Scott, R. A........................................1842 ........1872 ........Virginia ME .....................1909 .............1914 ...........ME..........................Hatcher’s, Roanoke VA Scott, S. B. .......................................1829 ........1877 ........Holston ME......................1892 .............1896 ...........ME..........................Oliver Springs TN Scroggins, Roy E............................1908 ........1956 ........Holston Meth ...................1975 .............1992 ...........UMC ......................Athens TN Scruggs, Fred S...............................o...............1910 ........East Tennessee ME .........1951 .............1957 ...........Meth .......................o Seaton, J. B......................................1831 ........1867 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1905 ...........ME..........................Wildwood, Blount Co.TN Seaton, Moses F. .............................1829 ........1857 ........Holston MES ...................1881 .............1889 ...........ME..........................Cedar Grove, Greene Co. TN Sells, Bradley T. ..............................1890 ........1914 ........Holston MES ...................1957 .............1957 ...........Meth .......................Grayson Co. VA Settle, Frank A., Sr..........................1906 ........1931 ........Baltimore MES................1976 .............1988 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Sevier, Elbert ...................................1802 ........1823 ........Holston OME ..................1852 .............1862 ...........MES .......................Chattanooga TN Seymour, W. Mervin ......................1906 ........1932 ........Holston..............................1971 .............1997 ...........UMC ......................Maryville TN Shamborguer, Nicodemus .............o...............1902 ........Lexington ME..................o....................1944 ...........Meth .......................o Shankle, Jack N. .............................1929 ........1954 ........W. No.Carolina Meth .........e ....................1975 ...........UMC ......................Floyd VA Sharp, W. A. ....................................1888 ........1910 ........South Illinois ME ............e ....................1935 ...........ME..........................Dahlgren IL Sheldon, John Lowell ....................1957 ........o ...............o .........................................o....................2019 ...........Meth .......................o Shelton, Arthur E. ...........................1922 ........1944 ........Virginia Meth ...................1984 .............1993 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Shelton, Floyd B. ............................1892 ........1916 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1957 ...........Meth .......................Emory VA Sherrill, J. C. ....................................o...............1924 ........East Tennessee ME .........1937 .............1942 ...........Meth .......................o Shields, J. T......................................1825 ........1894 ........Tennessee UB ..................1906 .............1906 ...........UB ..........................Chestnut Hill, Jefferson Co. TN Shugart, Edward A. ........................1872 ........1896 ........Holston MES ...................1944 .............1955 ...........Meth .......................Marion VA Shugart, James A. ...........................1910 ........1938 ........Holston MES ...................1978 .............1992 ...........UMC ......................White Pine TN Shuler, J. A. H. ................................1859 ........1886 ........Holston MES ...................1933 .............1935 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Shupe, Gurney L.............................1890 ........1916 ........Holston ME......................1952 .............1959 ...........Meth .......................Yellow Spring OH Simpkins, Walter H. .......................1886 ........1925 ........Holston MES ...................1957 .............1970 ...........UMC ......................West End, Wytheville VA Simpson, George W. ......................1846 ........1870 ........Holston MES ...................1904 .............1932 ...........MES .......................Johnson City TN Simpson, John B.............................1859 ........1885 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1933 ...........MES .......................Bluefield WV Simpson, Oscar L. ..........................1892 ........1915 ........Holston MES ...................1964 .............1979 ...........UMC ......................o Sims, T. Paul....................................1898 ........1925 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1955 ...........Meth .......................Knoxville TN Singleton, Toy W. ...........................1919 ........1969 ........Holston UMC ..................1981 .............2001 ...........UMC ......................Hamblen Co., Morristown, TN Sivils, Martin Luther ......................1876 ........1915 ........Georgia ME......................1938 .............1964 ...........Meth .......................Kingsport TN Skeen, Carroll H. ............................1904 ........1937 ........Holston ME......................1970 .............1972 ...........UMC ......................Kingsport TN Slagle, David C...............................1879 ........1904 ........Blue Ridge ME................1935 .............1954 ...........Meth .......................Athens TN Slagle, William S. ...........................1932 ........1957 ........Holston Meth ...................1997 .............2007 ...........UMC ......................Bristol, TN Slaughter, Elbert L..........................1903 ........1947 ........East Tennessee Meth ........1968 .............1986 ...........UMC ......................Dublin VA Slutz, J. Homer................................1884 ........1912 ........Central New York ME .......1957 .............1974 ...........UMC ......................Rumford RI Small, J. A........................................o...............1894 ........Tennessee UB ..................1906 .............1913 ...........UB ..........................o Smalley, Jr., Walter E. ....................1927 ........o ...............Holston..............................1991 .............2009 ...........UMC ......................o Smalling, James A. .........................1912 ........1938 ........Holston MES ...................1978 .............1993 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN Smeltzer, William R. ......................1917 ........1979 ........Holston UMC ..................1986 .............2002 ...........UMC ......................o Smith, David Gerald ......................1948 ........o ...............o .........................................2015 .............2018 ...........UMC ......................Woodlawn Cem., Knoxville, TN Smith, David Russell......................1835 ........1868 ........Holston MES ...................1886 .............1888 ...........MES .......................Rogersville TN Smith, Edgar D. ..............................1907 ........1930 ........Holston MES ...................1970 .............1992 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Smith, Frederick F. .........................1914 ........1942 ........Ohio Meth ........................1961 .............1984 ...........UMC ......................Paintsville KY Smith, George W. ...........................o...............1896 ........East Tennessee ME .........1913 .............1937 ...........ME..........................o Smith, Jacob ....................................1835 ........1861 ........Holston MES ...................1891 .............1921 ...........MES .......................Wytheville VA Smith, James Castro .......................1916 ........1939 ........East Tennessee UB..........1981 .............2003 ...........UMC ......................Dandridge TN Smith, James E. ..............................1918 ........1978 ........Holston UMC ..................1983 .............2011 ...........UMC ......................o Smith, James T. ...............................1819 ........1847 ........Holston MES ...................1886 .............1887 ...........MES .......................Asheville NC Smith, James Robert ......................1928 ........1950 ........Holston Meth ...................1990 .............2006 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga, TN Smith, John Napoleon....................1876 ........1905 ........Holston MES ...................1943 .............1961 ...........Meth .......................Kingsport TN Smith, John Wesley ........................1847 ........1872 ........Holston MES ...................1911 .............1918 ...........MES .......................Pulaski VA Smith, Luther H. .............................1909 ........1932 ........Holston MES ...................1971 .............1992 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Smith, Ned D. .................................o...............1918 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1943 ...........Meth .......................o Smith, Park W. ................................1867 ........1907 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1917 ...........ME..........................o Smith, Robert E. .............................1846 ........1870 ........Holston MES ...................1908 .............1910 ...........MES .......................Chattanooga TN Smith, Robert Paul .........................1917 ........1943 ........Holston Meth ...................1984 .............2007 ...........UMC ......................Greenwood, Chattanooga, TN Smith, S. Guy..................................1898 ........1925 ........Tennessee UB ..................1960 .............1972 ...........UMC ......................Greene Co. TN Smith, Walter A...............................1887 ........1920 ........Holston ME......................1959 .............1964 ...........Meth .......................Greeneville TN Smith, W. D.....................................1832 ........1867 ........Georgia ME......................1874 .............1892 ...........ME..........................Sugar Crk., Bradley Co. TN Smith, W. W. ...................................1814 ........1851 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1863 ...........MES .......................o Smyth, Tobias F. .............................1837 ........1860 ........Holston MES ...................1890 .............1893 ...........ME..........................Emory VA Snapp, Claude C. ............................1929 ........1955 ........Holston Meth ...................1994 .............2012 ...........UMC ......................o Snavely, A. Y. ..................................1846 ........1889 ........Holston ME......................1909 .............1911 ...........ME..........................Well Springs TN Snavely, Frank R. ...........................1920 ........1948 ........Tennessee..........................1996 .............2006 ...........UMC ......................o
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Name
Year Born
Year Conference Joined First Joined
o = The Conference Secretary does not have this information
Year Retired
Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
Snider, William R. ..........................1849 ........1883 ........Holston MES ...................1928 .............1933 ...........MES .......................Lenoir City TN Sniples, J. J. .....................................o...............1944 ........East Tenn. Meth...............o....................1966 ...........Meth .......................o Snyder, Harry W. ............................1917 ........o ...............Holston..............................o....................2010 ...........UMC ......................o Solomon, Roger B..........................1930 ........1952 ........Holston..............................1984 .............2013 ...........UMC ......................Donated to Emory School of Medicine Sorrell, Will L..................................1868 ........1892 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1915 ...........MES .......................Clinton TN Southerland, Robert M...................1937 ........1980 ........Holston Meth ...................2002 .............2006 ...........UMC ......................Decatur, GA Speer, J. G. H. .................................o...............1821 ........Tennessee OME ..............1825 .............1833 ...........OME ......................o Spence, John F. ...............................1828 ........1853 ........Cincinnati ME..................1867 .............1912 ...........ME..........................Knoxville TN Spring, James Edgar.......................1865 ........1893 ........Holston MES ...................1929 .............1945 ...........Meth .......................Roanoke VA Spurlin, James C. ............................1890 ........1927 ........Holston MES ...................1957 .............1984 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Standefer, Rufus M.........................o...............1875 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1926 ...........MES .......................Clinton TN Stapleton, R. L. ...............................1870 ........1899 ........Holston ME......................1942 .............1944 ...........Meth .......................Memorial, Chattanooga TN Starks, D. D. ....................................o...............1922 ........Liberia ME .......................1937 .............1942 ...........Meth .......................o Starling, Sherman P. .......................1919 ........1942 ........Holston Meth ...................1985 .............2008 ...........UMC ......................o St. Clair, Ben B. ..............................1920 ........1946 ........Holston Meth ...................1986 .............1999 ...........UMC ......................Lynnhurst, Knoxville TN Steele, Charles E.............................1864 ........1893 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1932 ...........MES .......................Bull’s Gap TN Steele, William S. ...........................1914 ........1940 ........Holston Meth ...................1980 .............1988 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Steiner, Joel......................................o...............1894 ........Tennessee UB ..................1906 .............1911 ...........UB ..........................o Sterchi, Gordon A...........................1925 ........1947 ........Holston Meth ...................1991 .............1992 ...........UMC ......................body to science Stevens, Rufus M. ..........................1808 ........1834 ........Holston OME ..................1861 .............1864 ...........MES .......................Covington KY Stevenson, J. H................................1860 ........1916 ........Troy ME ...........................e ....................1919 ...........ME..........................Mt. Olivet, Nashville TN Stevenson, Marion A......................1892 ........1914 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1961 ...........Meth .......................Jonesborough TN Stewart, Absalom D. ......................1833 ........1858 ........Holston MES ...................1899 .............1923 ...........MES .......................Dunlap TN Stewart, George ..............................1821 ........1851 ........Holston MES ...................1879 .............1891 ...........MES .......................Wythe Co. VA Stewart, James O. ...........................1913 ........1964 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1969 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN Stewart, John W. .............................1869 ........1904 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1952 ...........Meth .......................Benton TN Stewart, R. A. ..................................o...............1948 ........East Tennessee Meth ........o....................1966 ...........Meth .......................o Still, Elijah .......................................1805 ........1831 ........Holston OME ..................1873 .............1875 ...........ME..........................Red Hill, Bradley Co. TN Stokes, Bishop Mack B. ................1911 ........1933 ........Western N. Carolina...........1980 .............2012 ...........UMC ......................o Stone, Ausker Meek .......................1878 ........1923 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1934 ...........MES .......................Mt. Carmel VA Stone, J. Woodford .........................1900 ........1930 ........Holston MES ...................1966 .............1992 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN Stout, G. M. .....................................1859 ........1892 ........Holston ME......................1902 .............1905 ...........ME..........................Andersonville TN Strader, Tyler D...............................1866 ........1890 ........Holston MES ...................1922 .............1942 ...........Meth .......................West View, Radford VA Stradley, Charles L. ........................1867 ........1887 ........Holston MES ...................1932 .............1933 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Stradley, John R. .............................1825 ........1856 ........Holston MES ...................1873 .............1905 ...........MES .......................Hiwasssee College TN Stradley, Paul G. .............................1905 ........1934 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1967 ...........Meth .......................Emory VA Strait, C. Elmer ...............................1913 ........1940 ........Holston Meth ...................1983 .............1995 ...........UMC ......................Ft. Worth TX Straley, James O..............................1864 ........1884 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1912 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Strange, Joseph S............................1859 ........1890 ........Holston ME......................1921 .............1934 ...........ME..........................Memorial, Chattanooga TN Street, L. Ogleva .............................1912 ........1950 ........Holston..............................1977 .............2002 ...........UMC ......................Johnson City TN Stringfield, James K. ......................1839 ........1858 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1870 ...........MES .......................Asheville NC Stringfield, Thomas ........................1796 ........1816 ........Tennessee OME ..............1853 .............1858 ...........MES .......................Strawberry Plains TN Stuart, J. Ray ...................................1916 ........1940 ........Holston Meth ...................1980 .............2000 ...........UMC ......................Lynnhurst, Knoxville TN Sullins, David..................................1827 ........1850 ........Holston MES ...................1914 .............1918 ...........MES .......................Cleveland TN Sullins, Timothy..............................1812 ........1832 ........Holston OME ..................1856 .............1885 ...........MES .......................Knoxville TN Summer, George W. .......................1853 ........1877 ........Holston MES ...................1920 .............1925 ...........MES .......................Glade Spring VA Sutherland, Robey K......................1870 ........1894 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1916 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Sutton, Philip ...................................1823 ........1854 ........Holston MES ...................1889 .............1896 ...........MES .......................Princeton WV Swaim, Mitchell P...........................1832 ........1853 ........Holston MES ...................1892 .............1915 ...........MES .......................Liberty Hill TN Swan, R. A.......................................o...............o ...............East Tennessee ME .........1910 .............1919 ...........ME..........................o Swan, Richard A.............................o...............1890 ........East Tennessee ME .........e ....................1914 ...........ME..........................o Swecker, James E. ..........................1861 ........1890 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1909 ...........MES .......................Wythe Co. VA Swisher, H. B. .................................o...............1860 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1864 ...........MES .......................Greeneville TN Swisher, Jesse G. ............................1803 ........1844 ........Holston OME ..................1864 .............1866 ...........MES .......................Calhoun TN Tabor, Patrick P. ..............................1893 ........1916 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1958 ...........Meth .......................Chattanooga TN Tapley, Earl M.................................1913 ........1953 ........Holston..............................1980 .............2014 ...........UMC ......................Curlew Hills Mem., Palm Harbor, FL Tarwater, Charles B. .......................1886 ........1920 ........Holston ME......................1955 .............1965 ...........Meth .......................Knoxville TN Tarwater,Oliver Rule, Jr. ................1911 ........1939 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1976 ...........UMC ......................Etowah TN Tarwater, Oliver Rule, Sr. ..............1881 ........1907 ........Holston ME......................1954 .............1965 ...........Meth .......................Johnson City TN Tate, John W. ...................................o...............1880? ......East Tennessee ME .........o....................1917 ...........ME..........................o Tate, Wm. Lasater...........................1875 ........1922 ........Holston MES ...................1939 .............1967 ...........Meth .......................Dunlap TN Tate, William T................................o...............1955 ........East Tennessee Meth ........o....................1958 ...........Meth .......................So. Pittsburg TN Taylor, Clarence W., Sr ..................1895 ........1925 ........Holston MES ...................1962 .............1972 ...........UMC ......................Abingdon VA Taylor, French E..............................1902 ........1933 ........Holston MES ...................1969 .............1988 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Taylor, N. G.....................................1819 ........1872 ........Holston ME......................1882 .............1887 ...........ME..........................Happy Valley, Carter Co. TN Teilmann, Gunnar J., Jr. .................1918 ........1942 ........Holston Meth ...................1981 .............1987 ...........UMC ......................Blacksburg VA
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e = Effective (not retired) at the time of death
Name
Year Born
Year Conference Joined First Joined
o = The Conference Secretary does not have this information
Year Retired
Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
Thames, Richard H. .......................1892 ........1925 ........Holston ME......................1959 .............1970 ...........UMC ......................Maryville TN Thomas, F. D...................................o...............1923 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1946 ...........Meth .......................o Thomas, Harry E. ...........................1915 ........1951 ........Tennessee UB ..................1981 .............1987 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Thomas, William B. .......................1923 ........1957 ........Holston Meth ...................1988 .............2017 ...........UMC ......................o Thompson, Leander W. .................1849 ........1872 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1878 ...........MES .......................Floyd VA Thompson, G. H. ............................1845 ........1901 ........Holston ME......................1909 .............1923 ...........ME..........................Smith’s Chapel, Simpson VA Thompson, William C....................1866 ........1907 ........Holston MES ...................1927 .............1929 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Thorn, Arthur S...............................1868 ........1890 ........West Virginia MES .........e ....................1926 ...........MES .......................Princeton VA Throop, Ben T. ................................1917 ........1956 ........Holston Meth ...................1983 .............1984 ...........UMC ......................Shouns TN Tietze, Godfrey ...............................1889 ........1914 ........NW German (in Iowa).........1954 .............1975 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN Tiffany, Clarence W........................1897 ........1945 ........East Tennessee ME .........1968 .............1973 ...........UMC ......................Oak Grove, Bluewell WV Tiller, Hiram B. ...............................1894 ........1938 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1954 ...........Meth .......................Emory VA Timmons, Louis A..........................1921 ........1942 ........Delaware Meth ................e ....................1991 ...........UMC ......................Carterville SC Tindell, Harry P. ..............................1936 ........1981 ........Holston UMC ..................1993 .............2011 ...........UMC ......................o Tinker, Sidney .................................o...............1894 ........SE Indiana ME ................1882 .............1905 ...........UB ..........................o Tinner, James A. .............................o...............1929 ........East Tennessee ME .........1952 .............1978 ...........UMC ......................o Tomlinson, R. Kyle ........................1916 ........1941 ........Holston Meth ...................1982 .............1985 ...........UMC ......................Gunnings, Blountville TN Torrey, Henry Marion ....................1872 ........1902 ........Central Tenn. ME ............1920 .............1963 ...........Meth .......................Kissimmee FL Towe, Alfred H. ..............................1862 ........1886 ........Holston MES ...................1926 .............1930 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Trent, Cabel Winton .......................1927 ........1955 ........Holston Meth ...................1993 .............2017 ...........UMC ......................Lynnhurst Cemetery Knoxville TN Trentham, Eulys C..........................1898 ........1925 ........Holston ME......................1962 .............1991 ...........UMC ......................Rockwood TN Triplett, Marquis J...........................1911 ........1935 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1973 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Triplett, Rufus K. ............................1871 ........1900 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1929 ...........MES .......................Chattanooga TN Trotter, Frank E., Sr. .......................1910 ........1935 ........Holston ME......................1978 .............1995 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Troy, H. Olin ...................................1904 ........1934 ........Holston MES ...................1971 .............1977 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Troy, William H. .............................1864 ........1895 ........Holston MES ...................1921 .............1937 ...........MES .......................Bluefield VA Trundle, John Nelson .....................1934 ........1957 ........Holston Meth ...................1996 .............2016 ...........UMC ......................Maryville TN Tumlin, Wallace Ray......................1929 ........1975 ........Holston UMC ..................1995 .............2002 ...........UMC ......................Dayton TN Tunnell, John...................................1755 ........1777 ........Virginia OME ..................e ....................1790 ...........OME ......................Dew’s Chapel WV Turner, Cass M., Sr.........................1915 ........1943 ........Holston Meth ...................1979 .............1987 ...........UMC ......................Dandridge TN Turner, Charles Milburn ................1911 ........1937 ........Holston ME......................1949 .............1977 ...........UMC ......................Nashville TN Turner, Dallas T...............................o...............o ...............AME .................................1923 .............1923 ...........ME..........................o Turner, J. M. ....................................o...............1919 ........Tennessee UB ..................o....................1936 ...........UB ..........................o Turner, Lewis J................................1909 ........1938 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1961 ...........Meth .......................Etowah TN Turner, Sterling D. ..........................1925 ........1952 ........Holston Meth ...................1988 .............2008 ...........UMC ......................o Turner, W. H....................................1878 ........1928 ........Tennessee UB ..................1939 .............1959 ...........EUB .......................Greene Co. TN Turner, William L. ..........................1811 ........1837 ........Holston OME ..................1885 .............1889 ...........MES .......................Jonesville VA Tuttle, S. D.......................................1866 ........1897 ........Georgia ME......................1914 .............1915 ...........ME..........................Dayton TN Tyree, D. B. .....................................o...............1915 ........East Tennessee ME .........e ....................1964 ...........Meth .......................o Tyson, Anthony...............................1910 ........1944 ........East Tennessee Meth.......1976 .............1985 ...........UMC ......................o Umberger, J. Harvey ......................1864 ........1907 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1925 ...........MES .......................Mt. Pleasant VA Umberger, R. S. ..............................1856 ........1886 ........Holston MES ...................1908 .............1935 ...........MES .......................Athens WV Varnell, John M...............................1824 ........1849 ........Holston MES ...................1856 .............1857 ...........MES .......................Calhoun TN Varnell, Sam N., Jr..........................1920 ........o ...............Holston..............................1986 .............2010 ...........UMC ......................o Varner, Carroll H., Jr.......................1915 ........1940 ........Holston Meth ...................1980 .............2006 ...........UMC ...................... Vaught, S. B.....................................1868 ........1894 ........Holston MES ...................1933 .............1935 ...........MES .......................Tazewell VA Verran, Kenneth Crawford ............1927 ........1952 ........Holston..............................1990 .............2015 ...........UMC ......................Andrew Johnson Cem., Greenville, TN Vestal, Eugene C., Jr.......................1926 ........1953 ........Holston Meth ...................1989 .............2009 ...........UMC ......................o Wagg, John D..................................1835 ........1853 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1866 ...........MES .......................Hillsville VA Wagner, Curtis L.............................1903 ........1939 ........Holston MES ...................1968 .............1982 ...........UMC ......................Greenwood, Chattanooga TN Wagner, Dupey M. .........................1912 ........1943 ........Holston Meth ...................1960 .............1998 ...........UMC ......................Columbus OH Wagner, Enos ..................................1902 ........1933 ........Holston MES ...................1965 .............1988 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Wagner, George Samuel ................1871 ........1903 ........Holston MES ...................1945 .............1947 ...........Meth .......................Emory VA Wagner, William N.........................1854 ........1881 ........Baltimore MES................1921 .............1933 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Wakefield, Troy M. ........................1903 ........1927 ........Southern Cal.-Arizona ME .1976 .............1994 ...........UMC ......................o Walker, Edward W..........................1846 ........1889 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1901 ...........MES .......................New Providence TN Walker, James M. ...........................1875 ........1905 ........Holston MES ...................1934 .............1949 ...........Meth .......................Orlando FL Walker, John R................................1850 ........1876 ........Holston MES ...................1916 .............1917 ...........MES .......................Wytheville VA Walker, Newton F. ..........................1868 ........1908 ........Holston MES ...................1928 .............1929 ...........MES .......................Johnson City TN Walker, Richard E...........................1873 ........1904 ........Holston ME......................1935 .............1939 ...........ME..........................Cross Anchor, Greene Co. TN Walker, Robert ................................1865 ........1897 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1907 ...........ME..........................Wildwood, Blount Co TN Walker, Robert M. ..........................1863 ........1889 ........Holston MES ...................1927 .............1938 ...........MES .......................Strawberry Plains TN Walker, Robert W. ..........................1931 ........1953 ........Sou. Illinois Meth ............1999 .............2000 ...........UMC ......................Highland, Knoxville TN Walker, T. S. ....................................1840 ........1861 ........Holston MES ...................1905 .............1909 ...........ME..........................Morristown TN Walker, William H..........................1869 ........1897 ........Holston MES ...................1938 .............1939 ...........MES .......................Strawberry Plains TN Walter, James N. .............................1919 ........1952 ........Holston Meth ...................1984 .............1991 ...........UMC ......................Johnson City TN
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Year Born
Year Conference Joined First Joined
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Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
Walton, Julian Fletcher...................1941 ........1962 ........Holston..............................2007 .............2014 ...........UMC ......................West View Cemetery, Sweetwater, TN Wampler, French McFerrin .............1881 ........1910 ........Holston MES ...................1942 .............1950 ...........Meth .......................Bridle Creek VA Wampler, George M.......................1927 ........1956 ........Holston Meth ...................1990 .............2007 ...........UMC ......................Pine Grove, Jasper, TN Wampler, I. A. .................................1863 ........o ...............Virginia MP......................o....................1941 ...........Meth .......................Midway TN Wampler, Joseph F..........................1848 ........1879 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1900 ...........MES .......................McDaniel Chapel TN Wampler, Roy T..............................1909 ........1938 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1973 ...........UMC ......................Bristol TN Wanser,.............................................o...............o ...............Holston ME......................e ....................1877 ...........ME..........................o Wansley, Howard Malcolm.............1948 ........1986 ........Holston..............................2013 .............2016 ...........UMC ......................Cremation Ward, Charles K. ............................1922 ........o ...............Holston..............................1999 .............2009 ...........UMC ......................o Ward, John B...................................1857 ........1895 ........Holston MES ...................1925 .............1928 ...........MES .......................Abingdon VA Ward, W. W. ....................................o...............1903 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1943 ...........Meth .......................o Ware, Joseph T. ...............................1859 ........1892 ........Georgia ME......................1916 .............1931 ...........ME..........................Ludville GA Wareing, E. C. .................................1872 ........1892 ........N.W. Indiana ME ............1941 .............1944 ...........Meth .......................o Warner, David A. ............................1900 ........1929 ........Holston MES ...................1971 .............1982 ...........UMC ......................Alcoa TN Warnock, William Frank Sr...........1934 ........o ...............o .........................................o....................2018 ...........o ..............................o Washington, Rufus D. ....................o...............1888 ........East Tennessee ME .........1935 .............1937 ...........ME..........................o Waterhouse, Richard G..................1855 ........1878 ........Holston MES ...................1920 .............1922 ...........MES .......................Emory VA (Elected MES bishop from Holston 1910) Watkins, A. G. .................................1818 ........1867 ........Holston ME......................1873 .............1895 ...........ME..........................Jefferson City TN Watkins, Clyde F.............................1905 ........1923 ........Holston MES ...................1973 .............1978 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Watkins, James H. ..........................1874 ........1912 ........Baltimore MES................1933 .............1936 ...........MES .......................Highland, Knoxville TN Watkins, John M.............................1902 ........1935 ........Holston ME......................1971 .............1991 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville TN Watson, Frederick D.......................1888 ........1913 ........Holston ME......................1947 .............1967 ...........Meth .......................Greene Co. TN Watson, Jerry M..............................o...............1893 ........East Tennessee .................1913 .............1930 ...........ME..........................o Watson, Neil M...............................1857 ........1888 ........North Carolina MES.......1934 .............1938 ...........MES .......................Chattanooga TN Wattenbarger, Warrn H. .................1932 ........1955 ........Holston Meth ...................2000 .............2017 ...........UMC ......................Highland Cemetery, Rogersville TN Watts, Richard W. ...........................1880 ........1913 ........Holston MES ...................1943 .............1946 ...........Meth .......................Rocky Gap VA Waugh, Henry P. .............................o...............1855 ........Holston MES ...................1890 .............1898 ...........MES .......................Morristown TN Weaver, John H...............................1942 ........1974 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................1999 ...........UMC ......................Newmanstown NJ Webb, Robert Bell Jr. .....................1924 ........1952 ........Holston Meth ...................1982 .............2007 ...........UMC ......................o Webber, Wilson A...........................o...............1896 ........East Tennessee ME .........1929 .............1933 ...........ME..........................o Webster, Charles S..........................1878 ........1911.........Central Missouri ME ......1950 .............1969 ...........UMC ......................Princeton WV Weems, A. I. ....................................o...............1878 ........Washington ME...............1894 .............1894 ...........ME..........................o Weikel, M. Conway .......................1987 ........1924 ........Baltimore MES................1964 .............1977 ...........UMC ......................Johnson City TN Weller, Glen C.................................1930 ........1963 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1995 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN Wells, B. F. ......................................1813 ........1838 ........Holston MES ...................1877 .............1884 ...........ME..........................Leicester NC Wells, William Raymond ..............1937 ........1958 ........Holston..............................2005 .............2015 ...........UMC ......................Johnson City TN West, Thomas R..............................1838 ........1861 ........Holston MES ...................1909 .............1917 ...........ME..........................Athens TN Westcoat, Mary ...............................o...............1894 ........Tennessee UB ..................e ....................1896 ...........UB ..........................Elm Grove, Knoxville TN Wetherly, Samuel S. .......................1857 ........1873 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1905 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Wexler, Edwin C.............................1820 ........1858 ........Holston MES ...................1864 .............1865 ...........MES .......................Alabama Wheeler, Samuel R.........................1816 ........1861 ........Holston MES ...................1887 .............1890 ...........MES .......................Anderson WV Whtetsel, Charles W. ......................1933 ........1956 ........Holston Meth ...................1993 .............2018 ...........UMC ......................First UMC Church Memory Garden White, Josiah ...................................1926 ........1959 ........East Tenn. Meth...............1971 .............1974 ...........UMC ......................o White, O. B. ....................................1893 ........1929 ........Georgia ME......................e ....................1946 ...........Meth .......................Morristown TN White, William A............................1886 ........1925 ........Holston MES ...................1958 .............1966 ...........Meth .......................White Pine TN Whitten, Lunn P. .............................1896 ........1924 ........East Tennessee ME .........1955 .............1966 ...........Meth .......................o Wier, Frank E. .................................1930 ........1950 ........North Carolina .................1993 .............2011 ...........UMC ......................o Wikle, Arthur E...............................1896 ........1938 ........Holston MES ...................1961 .............1974 ...........UMC ......................Wytheville VA Wikle, John W.................................1926 ........1951 ........Holston Meth ...................1989 .............1997 ...........UMC ......................Maryville TN Wilcox, Robert Lyndon .................1918 ........1945 ........Holston Meth ...................1989 .............2008 ...........UMC ......................Alcoa TN Wiley, Edward Emerson Jr. .............1910 ........1937 ........Holston Meth ...................1978 .............2003 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville, TN Wiley, Ephraim Emerson ..............1814 ........1840 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1893 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Wilkerson, Thomas ........................1772 ........1792 ........Western OME ..................1830 .............1856 ...........MES .......................Abingdon VA Wilkinson, William D. ...................1887 ........1922 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1948 ...........Meth .......................Pulaski TN Williams, A. Neal ...........................1890 ........1936 ........Holston MES ...................1960 .............1972 ...........UMC ......................Narrows VA Williams, Arnold M. ......................1918 ........1962 ........Holston Meth ...................1984 .............2009 ...........UMC ......................Mountain HomeTN Williams, Charles H. ......................1892 ........1918 ........Holston MES ...................1959 .............1970 ...........UMC ......................Shelby Hill, Bristol TN Williams, George C........................1874 ........1902 ........Wilmington ME...............e ....................1925 ...........ME..........................Silver Lake, Dover DE Williams, John G. ...........................1930 ........1960 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1990 ...........UMC ......................Alcoa TN Williams, Leonard J. ......................1872 ........1904 ........Holston MES ...................1919 .............1929 ...........MES .......................Rock Springs, Georgia Williams, Moses H.........................o...............1937 ........Christian Meth Epis. .......1961 .............1968 ...........UMC ......................Maryville TN Williams, W. H................................o...............1925 ........Tennessee UB ..................1947 .............1967 ...........EUB .......................o Willis, Tranver O. ...........................1918 ........1952 ........Holston Meth ...................1985 .............1994 ...........UMC ......................Jonesborough TN Wilson, B. C. ...................................1865 ........1908 ........Louisville MES................e ....................1932 ...........MES .......................Ooltewah TN Wilson, Carmen E. .........................1906 ........1929 ........Holston MES ...................1968 .............1991 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN Wilson, J. T. .....................................o...............1903 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1942 ...........Meth .......................o
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ROLL OF DEAD - DECEASED CLERGY MEMBERS
e = Effective (not retired) at the time of death
Name
Year Born
Year Conference Joined First Joined
o = The Conference Secretary does not have this information
Year Retired
Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
Wilson, Leander W.........................1816 ........1836 ........Holston OME ..................1850 .............1851 ...........MES .......................o Wilsom, Reid Snethen ...................1927 ........1948 ........Holston..............................1989 .............2002 ...........UMC ......................Johnson City TN Wilson, T. J. .....................................1921 ........o ...............o .........................................o....................2001 ...........UMC ......................White Pine TN Wilson, Walter E.............................1932 ........1963 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1984 ...........UMC ......................Maryville TN Wing, Arthur Burdette....................1905 ........1938 ........Holston MES ...................1971 .............1980 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Wingo, Chapman K. ......................1883 ........1910 ........Holston MES ...................1937 .............1942 ...........Meth .......................Forest Hills, Chattanooga TN Winkler, E. J. ...................................1862 ........1885 ........Blue Ridge ME................1913 .............1927 ...........ME..........................Tasso TN Winslow, Walter Clay ....................1878 ........1914 ........Holston ME......................1938 .............1965 ...........Meth .......................Rheatown TN Winton, Wiley B. ............................1812 ........1833 ........Holston OME ..................1839 .............1878 ...........MES .......................Springfield MO Witcher, William W. .......................1817 ........1854 ........Holston MES ...................1889 .............1892 ...........MES .......................Cleveland TN Witt, James Harvey ........................1879 ........1916 ........Holston MES ...................1885 .............1918 ...........MES .......................Etowah TN Witt, Ted R. Sr.................................1909 ........1936 ........Holston MES ...................1974 .............2000 ...........UMC ......................Greenwood, Knoxville, TN Wolfe, John M. ...............................1844 ........1872 ........Holston MES ...................1902 .............1917 ...........MES .......................Dryden VA Wolfe, Joseph E. .............................1874 ........1896 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1936 ...........MES .......................Knoxville TN Wood, George S..............................1872 ........1892 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1915 ...........MES .......................Hilton VA Woods, John Wesley ......................1840 ........1890 ........East Tennessee ME .........e ....................1891 ...........ME..........................o Woods, S. A.....................................o...............o ...............East Tennessee ME .........o....................1946 ...........Meth .......................o Woodward, Alexander E................1831 ........1855 ........Holston MES ...................1885 .............1904 ...........MES .......................Tate Spring TN Woodward, Elbert Neal .................1866 ........1892 ........Holston MES ...................1943 .............1945 ...........Meth .......................Lebanon VA Woodward, George W....................1875 ........1920 ........Holston ME......................1934 .............1948 ...........Meth .......................Emory VA Woodyard, E. O. .............................1871 ........1904 ........West Virginia ME............1934 .............1936 ...........ME..........................Lutheran, Mosheim TN Woolsey, John .................................1851 ........1888 ........Holston MES ...................1905 .............1911 ...........MES .......................Powell Station TN Worley, Elbert Dayton....................1892 ........1916 ........Holston MES ...................1959 .............1963 ...........Meth .......................Jonesborough TN Worley, William Paul, Jr. ...............1911 ........1933 ........Holston MES ...................1973 .............2002 ...........UMC ......................o Wright, A. B. ...................................1826 ........1867 ........Holston ME......................1891 .............1893 ...........ME..........................Burrville TN Wells, B. F. ......................................1813 ........1838 ........Holston MES ...................1877 .............1884 ...........ME..........................Leicester NC Wells, William Raymond ..............1937 ........1958 ........Holston..............................2005 .............2015 ...........UMC ......................Johnson City TN West, Thomas R..............................1838 ........1861 ........Holston MES ...................1909 .............1917 ...........ME..........................Athens TN Westcoat, Mary ...............................o...............1894 ........Tennessee UB ..................e ....................1896 ...........UB ..........................Elm Grove, Knoxville TN Wetherly, Samuel S. .......................1857 ........1873 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1905 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Wexler, Edwin C.............................1820 ........1858 ........Holston MES ...................1864 .............1865 ...........MES .......................Alabama Wheeler, Samuel R.........................1816 ........1861 ........Holston MES ...................1887 .............1890 ...........MES .......................Anderson WV White, Josiah ...................................1926 ........1959 ........East Tenn. Meth...............1971 .............1974 ...........UMC ......................o White, O. B. ....................................1893 ........1929 ........Georgia ME......................e ....................1946 ...........Meth .......................Morristown TN White, William A............................1886 ........1925 ........Holston MES ...................1958 .............1966 ...........Meth .......................White Pine TN Whitten, Lunn P. .............................1896 ........1924 ........East Tennessee ME .........1955 .............1966 ...........Meth .......................o Wier, Frank E. .................................1930 ........1950 ........North Carolina .................1993 .............2011 ...........UMC ......................o Wikle, Arthur E...............................1896 ........1938 ........Holston MES ...................1961 .............1974 ...........UMC ......................Wytheville VA Wikle, John W.................................1926 ........1951 ........Holston Meth ...................1989 .............1997 ...........UMC ......................Maryville TN Wilcox, Robert Lyndon .................1918 ........1945 ........Holston Meth ...................1989 .............2008 ...........UMC ......................Alcoa TN Wiley, Edward Emerson Jr. .............1910 ........1937 ........Holston Meth ...................1978 .............2003 ...........UMC ......................Knoxville, TN Wiley, Ephraim Emerson ..............1814 ........1840 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1893 ...........MES .......................Emory VA Wilkerson, Thomas ........................1772 ........1792 ........Western OME ..................1830 .............1856 ...........MES .......................Abingdon VA Wilkinson, William D. ...................1887 ........1922 ........Holston ME......................e ....................1948 ...........Meth .......................Pulaski TN Williams, A. Neal ...........................1890 ........1936 ........Holston MES ...................1960 .............1972 ...........UMC ......................Narrows VA Williams, Arnold M. ......................1918 ........1962 ........Holston Meth ...................1984 .............2009 ...........UMC ......................Mountain HomeTN Williams, Charles H. ......................1892 ........1918 ........Holston MES ...................1959 .............1970 ...........UMC ......................Shelby Hill, Bristol TN Williams, George C........................1874 ........1902 ........Wilmington ME...............e ....................1925 ...........ME..........................Silver Lake, Dover DE Williams, John G. ...........................1930 ........1960 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1990 ...........UMC ......................Alcoa TN Williams, Leonard J. ......................1872 ........1904 ........Holston MES ...................1919 .............1929 ...........MES .......................Rock Springs, Georgia Williams, Moses H.........................o...............1937 ........Christian Meth Epis. .......1961 .............1968 ...........UMC ......................Maryville TN Williams, W. H................................o...............1925 ........Tennessee UB ..................1947 .............1967 ...........EUB .......................o Willis, Tranver O. ...........................1918 ........1952 ........Holston Meth ...................1985 .............1994 ...........UMC ......................Jonesborough TN Wilson, B. C. ...................................1865 ........1908 ........Louisville MES................e ....................1932 ...........MES .......................Ooltewah TN Wilson, Carmen E. .........................1906 ........1929 ........Holston MES ...................1968 .............1991 ...........UMC ......................Chattanooga TN Wilson, J. T. .....................................o...............1903 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1942 ...........Meth .......................o Wilson, Leander W.........................1816 ........1836 ........Holston OME ..................1850 .............1851 ...........MES .......................o Wilsom, Reid Snethen ...................1927 ........1948 ........Holston..............................1989 .............2002 ...........UMC ......................Johnson City TN Wilson, T. J. .....................................1921 ........o ...............o .........................................o....................2001 ...........UMC ......................White Pine TN Wilson, Walter E.............................1932 ........1963 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1984 ...........UMC ......................Maryville TN Wing, Arthur Burdette....................1905 ........1938 ........Holston MES ...................1971 .............1980 ...........UMC ......................Emory VA Wingo, Chapman K. ......................1883 ........1910 ........Holston MES ...................1937 .............1942 ...........Meth .......................Forest Hills, Chattanooga TN Winkler, E. J. ...................................1862 ........1885 ........Blue Ridge ME................1913 .............1927 ...........ME..........................Tasso TN Winslow, Walter Clay ....................1878 ........1914 ........Holston ME......................1938 .............1965 ...........Meth .......................Rheatown TN Winton, Wiley B. ............................1812 ........1833 ........Holston OME ..................1839 .............1878 ...........MES .......................Springfield MO Witcher, William W. .......................1817 ........1854 ........Holston MES ...................1889 .............1892 ...........MES .......................Cleveland TN
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2019 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE e = Effective (not retired) at the time of death
Name
Year Born
Year Conference Joined First Joined
o = The Conference Secretary does not have this information
Year Retired
Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
Witt, James Harvey ........................1879 ........1916 ........Holston MES ...................1885 .............1918 ...........MES .......................Etowah TN Witt, Ted R. Sr.................................1909 ........1936 ........Holston MES ...................1974 .............2000 ...........UMC ......................Greenwood, Knoxville, TN Wolfe, John M. ...............................1844 ........1872 ........Holston MES ...................1902 .............1917 ...........MES .......................Dryden VA Wolfe, Joseph E. .............................1874 ........1896 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1936 ...........MES .......................Knoxville TN Wood, George S..............................1872 ........1892 ........Holston MES ...................e ....................1915 ...........MES .......................Hilton VA Woods, John Wesley ......................1840 ........1890 ........East Tennessee ME .........e ....................1891 ...........ME..........................o Woods, S. A.....................................o...............o ...............East Tennessee ME .........o....................1946 ...........Meth .......................o Woodward, Alexander E................1831 ........1855 ........Holston MES ...................1885 .............1904 ...........MES .......................Tate Spring TN Woodward, Elbert Neal .................1866 ........1892 ........Holston MES ...................1943 .............1945 ...........Meth .......................Lebanon VA Woodward, George W....................1875 ........1920 ........Holston ME......................1934 .............1948 ...........Meth .......................Emory VA Woodyard, E. O. .............................1871 ........1904 ........West Virginia ME............1934 .............1936 ...........ME..........................Lutheran, Mosheim TN Woolsey, John .................................1851 ........1888 ........Holston MES ...................1905 .............1911 ...........MES .......................Powell Station TN Worley, Elbert Dayton....................1892 ........1916 ........Holston MES ...................1959 .............1963 ...........Meth .......................Jonesborough TN Worley, William Paul, Jr. ...............1911 ........1933 ........Holston MES ...................1973 .............2002 ...........UMC ......................o Wright, A. B. ...................................1826 ........1867 ........Holston ME......................1891 .............1893 ...........ME..........................Burrville TN
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E 2019
1968 – J Name
Year Born
Year Conference Joined First Joined
Year Retired
Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
Marshall, Carl Theodore................1949 ........2012 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................2018 ...........o ..............................o
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M 2019
1968 – J Name
Year Born
Year Conference Joined First Joined
Year Retired
Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
Ailor, Albert E. ................................1951 ........1976 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................1979 ...........UMC ......................Cremated Griffith, Howard L. ........................1925 ........1956 ........Holston Meth ...................1961 .............1996 ...........UMC ......................o Moore, Paul Lee .............................1942 ........1965 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1979 ...........UMC ......................A. Johnson, Greeneville TN Parlour, Robert D............................1924 ........1982 ........Holston..............................e ....................1983 ...........UMC ......................Shelburne NJ Snapp, Doris Davidson ..................1928 ........1990 ........Holston UMC ..................1993 .............2002 ...........UMC ......................Bristol TN
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M 1969 – J
Name
Year Born
Year Conference Joined First Joined
Year Retired
2019 Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
Harris, Marianna Rowlett ..............1932 ........1977 ........Holston UMC ..................2003 .............2015 ...........UMC ......................Emory & Henry Cemetery, VA Lundy, John .....................................1922 ........1977 ........Holston UMC ..................1987 .............1995 ...........UMC ......................Seahorn, Dandridge TN Parkhill, Grace Free........................1921 ........o ...............o .........................................o....................2015 ...........UMC ......................o Roberts,Leona Joyce ......................1922 ........o ...............Holston UMC ..................o....................2012 ...........UMC ......................Beaver Ridge UMC, Knoxville TN Smart, James A. ..............................1913 ........o ...............Holston UMC ..................o....................2005 ...........UMC ......................o Turner, Betty S. ...............................1928 ........1982 ........Holston UMC ..................1998 .............2011 ...........UMC ......................o
A M 1969 – J 2019 Since this classification began in 1968, all these persons were United Methodist. Many of them served as lay pastors before joining the conference (some in other denominations), and many served as retired pastors. Name
Year Born
Year Conference Joined First Joined
Year Retired
Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
Adcox, James T...............................1935 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1997 .............2006 ...........o ..............................Tri-Cities Memorial Gardens Ayers, James A. “Jay” ....................1943 ........1987 ........Holston..............................e ....................1992 ...........o ..............................Newman, Galax VA Beasley, Cecil Paul Banks .............1912 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1977 .............2000 ...........o ..............................o
IX.
ROLL OF DEAD - DECEASED CLERGY MEMBERS
e = Effective (not retired) at the time of death
Name
Year Born
Year Conference Joined First Joined
o = The Conference Secretary does not have this information
Year Retired
Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
Billingsley, Robert E. .....................1925 ........o ...............Holston..............................2003 .............2009 ...........o ..............................Rural Retreat, VA Bishop, Joe Donald ........................1930 ........1990 ........Holston..............................1992 .............1998 ...........o ..............................Bushnell FL Bishop, Gary Donald .....................1940 ........1979 ........Holston..............................1995 .............1998 ...........o ..............................East Lawn, Kingsport TN Booher, Virgel F. .............................1926 ........1963 ........Holston..............................1991 .............2004 ...........o ..............................Piney Flats, TN Bowman, Harry H..........................1907 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1976 .............1993 ...........o ..............................Sherwood, Alcoa TN Bowman, Mattye Kirby.................1908 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1973 .............2007 ...........o ..............................o Brantley, Trumer U.........................1926 ........1966 ........Holston..............................1988 .............2003 ...........o ..............................o Breese, Clarence W. .......................1916 ........1969 ........Holston..............................e ....................1973 ...........o ..............................Grandview, Bluefield VA Buchanan, George L. .....................1921 ........1943 ........Holston..............................1986 .............2004 ...........o ..............................Fairview, New Tazewell, TN Buck, Sheridan T. ...........................1915 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1981 .............1987 ...........o ..............................Cedar Springs, Wytheville VA Campbell, Wayne G. ......................1925 ........1970 ........Holston..............................1991 .............2003 ...........o ..............................Maryville, TN Churchwell, Leonard G. ................1904 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1974 .............1980 ...........o ..............................Hillcrest, Dandridge TN Clark, Jackson Daniel ....................1923 ........o ...............o .........................................e ....................2019 ...........o ..............................Princeton WV Clawson, Edward C. ......................1926 ........1971 ........Holston..............................1992 .............2007 ...........o ..............................Monte Vista Memorial Park, TN Clemons, Luther T..........................1918 ........1969 ........Holston..............................e ....................1976 ...........o ..............................Bethany Luth.,Cripple Creek VA Conner, R. Boyd .............................1904 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1972 .............1981 ...........o ..............................Capital, Austin TX Copeland, Charles L.......................1935 ........1971 ........Holston..............................2008 .............2011 ...........o ..............................Hillcrest Mem., Cleveland, TN Crabtree, James L. ..........................1914 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1980 .............1995 ...........o ..............................o Cross, Willard J...............................1910 ........1969 ........Holston..............................e ....................1973 ...........o ..............................Bristol TN Crotty, Allen V.................................1914 ........1970 ........Holston..............................e ....................1977 ...........o ..............................Roselawn, Bluefield VA Cutshaw, Robert “J. R.”.................1925 ........1985 ........Holston..............................e ....................1988 ...........o ..............................Central, Mosheim TN Dalton, John Ed ..............................1938 ........1969 ........Holston..............................e ....................1990 ...........o ..............................o Davis, Charles W. ...........................o...............o ...............o .........................................o....................o..................o ..............................o DeHart, Elmer D.............................1913 ........1970 ........Holston..............................1979 .............1993 ...........o ..............................Greene Co. TN Diggs, Hubert L. .............................1934 ........1976 ........Holston..............................o....................2001 ...........o ..............................Knoxville TN Dye, Charles C................................1927 ........o ...............Holston..............................2002 .............2009 ...........o ..............................o Edmonds, William R. Sr. ...............1948 ........1989 ........Holston..............................e ....................2004 ...........o ..............................o Farmer, Raymond H. .....................1913 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1979 .............1992 ...........o ..............................Farmer, Pulaski VA Garman, William D........................1927 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1993 .............2009 ...........o ..............................Johnson City TN Grace, Claude M.............................1909 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1974 .............1996 ...........o ..............................Lee, Jonesville VA Hale, Richard Nathaniel.................1929 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1994 .............2002 ...........o ..............................o Hamm, C. Clay...............................1926 ........1972 ........Holston..............................1988 .............2002 ...........o ..............................o Harris, James E. ..............................1931 ........1971 ........Holston..............................e ....................1976 ...........o ..............................Hamblen, Morristown TN Harville, Cecil .................................1933 ........1994 ........Holston..............................1997 .............2004 ...........o ..............................Jefferson City, TN Haun, Edgar Taylor ........................1918 ........1961 ........Holston..............................1984 .............1999 ...........o ..............................Green Lawn, Greeneville, TN Hawk, Billy Joe ..............................1937 ........1969 ........Holston..............................e ....................1999 ...........o ..............................Oak Hill, Kingsport TN Hayes, Marvin D. ...........................1935 ........o ...............Holston..............................2002 .............2010 ...........o ..............................Stawberry Plains, TN Hill, Louis T.....................................1924 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1999 .............2011 ...........o ..............................Woodlawn, Knoxville, TN Hyndrich, James Louis ..................1926 ........1981 ........Holston..............................1988 .............1997 ...........o ..............................Woodlawn, Bluewell WV Ireson, Rawley ................................1913 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1978 .............1985 ...........o ..............................Providence, Wythe Co. VA Johnson, David R. ..........................1921 ........1985 ........Holston..............................1987 .............1995 ...........o ..............................McEachern Powder Springs GA Jordan, Odell C. ..............................1905 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1981 .............1983 ...........o ..............................o Kelley, Joseph B. ............................1925 ........1984 ........Holston..............................1988 .............1988 ...........o ..............................Hayneville, Montgomery AL Kincheloe, John W. ........................1934 ........1982 ........Holston..............................2000 .............2006 ...........o ..............................Holston, Emory, VA LaFollette, Kyle ..............................1921 ........1971 ........Holston..............................1980 .............1981 ...........o ..............................Greenlawn, Greeneville TN Large, Donald Wayne ....................1938 ........o ...............o .........................................2003 .............2019 ...........o ..............................Castlewood VA Lawson, Luther E. ..........................1913 ........1959 ........Holston..............................1979 .............2007 ...........o ..............................Oak Hill Memorial Park, Kingsport TN Lewis, Franklin E. ..........................1911 ........1970 ........Holston..............................1979 .............1991 ...........o ..............................Church Hill TN Lichlyter, Bill R. .............................1942 ........1977 ........Holston..............................2005 .............2014 ...........o ..............................Tellico Plains TN Lindy, John A. .................................1908 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1979 .............1990 ...........o ..............................Resthaven, Newport TN Lingerfelt, Oral................................1918 ........1969 ........Holston..............................e ....................1970 ...........o ..............................A.Johnson, Greeneville TN Linkous, Sr. Larry Anderson ..............1944 ........1981 ........Holston..............................e ....................2017 ...........o ..............................Linkous/Oakwood Farm, Speedwell, VA Littreal, Thurman B........................1917 ........1969 ........Holston..............................e ....................1978 ...........o ..............................Mt. Hope, Fries VA Littreal, Vernon B. ..........................1911 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1978 .............2009 ...........o ..............................o Lyons, Ben C...................................1921 ........1969 ........Holston..............................e ....................1979 ...........o ..............................A.Johnson, Greeneville TN Mabe, Walter E. ..............................1917 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1983 .............1992 ...........o ..............................Temple Hill, Castlewood VA Mustard, Lena Willie Jane.............1906 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1972 .............2002 ...........o ..............................Mechanicsburg VA Nuckolls, Lawrence Lee................1946 ........1981 ........Holston..............................2011 .............2015 ...........o ..............................o Pagans, George ...............................1913 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1978 .............1992 ...........o ..............................Thornspring, Pulaski VA Perry, Franklin B.............................1926 ........1983 ........Holston..............................1996 .............2006 ...........o ..............................National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN Phipps, Silas S.................................1914 ........1969 ........Holston..............................e ....................1981 ...........o ..............................Grandview, Tazewell VA Pierre, Alfred E. ..............................1919 ........1975 ........Holston..............................1987 .............2013 ...........o ..............................o Pitsinger, Barmes S. “Barney” ..............1915 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1985 .............1990 ...........o ..............................o Raines, J. Earl..................................1906 ........1969 ........Holston..............................e ....................1981 ...........o ..............................Hamblen, Morristown TN Reneau, Hubert ...............................1922 ........1969 ........Holston..............................e ....................1984 ...........o ..............................Hills Union, Dandridge TN Ross, J. Stanley ...............................1897 ........1943 ........Holston Meth ...................1968 .............1980 ...........o ..............................Highland, Dublin VA
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Name
Year Born
Year Conference Joined First Joined
o = The Conference Secretary does not have this information
Year Retired
Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
St. Clair, George J...........................1924 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1989 .............1991 ...........o ..............................Maryville TN Satterfield, Jess Willard..................1917 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1982 .............1987 ...........o ..............................Greenwood, Knoxville TN Schooley, Robert L.........................1940 ........1999 ........Holston..............................2011 .............2016 ...........o ..............................o Sexton, Charles ...............................1921 ........1981 ........Holston..............................1992 .............1999 ...........o ..............................Rose Lawn, Marion VA Shupe, Arlin Duane ........................1935 ........1981 ........Holston..............................1997 .............2008 ...........o ..............................Fries VA Smith, David Rollyn ......................1929 ........1987 ........Holston..............................e ....................1998 ...........o ..............................o Snapp, Lee Roy ..............................1931 ........1974 ........Holston..............................e ....................1993 ...........o ..............................Surgoinsville, TN Snodgrass, Festus W.......................1908 ........1952 ........Holston Meth ...................1976 .............1980 ...........o ..............................Weber City VA Stafford, Edgar T.............................1931 ........1980 ........Holston..............................e ....................1994 ...........o ..............................Westview, Radford VA Stafford, Ray C. ..............................1920 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1985 .............1997 ...........o ..............................Lee, Jonesville VA Tabor, Sr., Calvin S.........................1939 ........1975 ........Holston..............................2008 .............2013 ...........o ..............................HermonUMC Cemetery, Gate City VA Tibbs, Dean Mason ........................1938 ........1994 ........Holston..............................o....................2002 ...........o ..............................o Williams, Arnold D. .......................1910 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1971 .............1973 ...........o ..............................Bird’s Chapel Williams, Fred F..............................1936 ........1976 ........Holston..............................2001 .............2013 ...........o ..............................o Williams, Larry R. ..........................1938 ........o ...............Holston..............................2004 .............2010 ...........o ..............................o Willis, Judge Ray............................1905 ........1972 ........Holston..............................1975 .............1997 ...........o ..............................Highland, Rogersville TN Wood, David A. ..............................1929 ........1988 ........Holston..............................e ....................1990 ...........o ..............................o Wood, James B. “J. B.” .................1904 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1977 .............1987 ...........o ..............................Lakewood, Chattanooga TN Yost, E. Leon...................................1926 ........1967 ........Holston..............................e ....................2010 ...........o ..............................o
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Many of the persons named below served as lay pastors before 1969. Hundreds of others did also, but many Conference journals did not record their deaths, so none who died before 1969 are listed here. Name
Year Born
Year Conference Joined First Joined
Year Retired
Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
Anderson Jr., Robert. B..................1947 ........2015 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................2017 ...........o ..............................Shackelford’s Chapel UMC, VA Arnold, H. Leslie ............................1929 ........1982 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................1991 ...........o ..............................Oak Hill, Kingsport TN Arnold, James H. ............................1929 ........1956 ........Holston Meth ...................1991 .............1998 ...........o ..............................Logan’s Chapel, Maryville TN Atkinson, John W. ..........................1892 ........1924 ........Tennessee ME..................1957 .............1974 ...........o ..............................Spring Chapel, Jamestown TN Aytes, Roland W. ............................1910 ........1939 ........Holston Meth ...................1976 .............2004 ...........o ..............................Frankfort Church, Frankfort TN Baines, Miles D. .............................1934 ........1972 ........Holston..............................2000 .............2015 ...........o ..............................Fall Branch UMC, Fall Branch, TN Barton Jr., Walter R. .......................1920 ........o ...............Holston..............................o....................2010 ...........o ..............................o Berta, Joseph ...................................1920 ........o ...............Holston..............................o....................2011 ...........o ..............................o Billingsley, Wendell........................1942 ........2000 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................2005 ...........o ..............................o Blackshear, Thomas R. ..................1934 ........1996 ........Holston UMC ..................2005 .............2016 ...........o ..............................Chattanooga National Cemetery Bradby, Porterfield “Pete” .............1931 ........1998 ........Holston UMC ..................2006 .............2017 ...........o ..............................Rushmere, VA Bragg, Otis Glenn...........................1898 ........1955 ........Holston Meth ...................1962 .............1982 ...........o ..............................o Brooks, Franklin D.........................1932 ........1983 ........Holston UMC ..................2002 .............2009 ...........o ..............................Fairview, Tazewell TN Brummett, Donald M.....................1941 ........2002 ........Holston UMC ..................2005 .............2016 ...........o ..............................Calvary UMC, Wichita, KS Burcham, R. Glenn.........................1945 ........o ...............Holston..............................e ....................2009 ...........o ..............................Bishop Chapel UMC, Carroll Co. Cahill, Albert ...................................1908 ........1970? ......Holston UMC ..................1973 .............1975 ...........o ..............................Elizabeth, Saltville VA Call, James H. .................................1908 ........1972 ........Holston UMC ..................1985 .............1998 ...........o ..............................Mt. Rose, Glade Spring VA Campbell, Paula Dell .....................1945 ........20009 ......Holston UMC ..................2016 .............2017 ...........o ..............................Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Johnstown, PA Carpenter, Theodore M..................1901 ........1958 ........Holston Meth ...................1968 .............1983 ...........o ..............................Lynnhurst, Knoxville TN Cary, William T...............................1929 ........o ...............o .........................................o....................2001 ...........o ..............................o Casteel, Theodore R. ......................1919 ........1975 ........Holston UMC ..................1986 .............1987 ...........o ..............................East Lawn, Kingsport TN Clark, Elbert L. ...............................1902 ........1948 ........Holston Meth ...................1967 .............1970 ...........o ..............................Johnson, Roan Mountain TN Clarke, R. Shelton...........................1911 ........1966 ........Holston Meth ...................1973 .............1991 ...........o ..............................Seahorn, Dandridge TN Clifton, Franklin..............................1945 ........1981 ........Holston UMC ..................2007 .............2011 ...........o ..............................Davis Bend, KY Cline, Walter, Jr. ..............................1931 ........o ...............o .........................................o....................2000 ...........o ..............................Morristown TN Cluck, William Paul .......................1916 ........1959 ........Holston..............................1982 .............2000 ...........o ..............................Maryville TN Collinsworth, George B. ................1928 ........1969 ........Holston..............................1991 .............2014 ...........o ..............................o Culbertson, Charles C. ...................1945 ........1997 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................2008 ...........o ..............................o Cullop, Raymond ...........................1927 ........1971 ........Holston UMC ..................1994 .............2003 ...........o ..............................Damascus, VA Darnell, Jim Dean...........................1961 ........2005 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................2016 ...........o ..............................Maple Grove Cemetery, Hays, NC Day, Charles G................................1934 ........o ...............Holston..............................o....................2007 ...........o ..............................o Dean, Ernest S.................................1911 ........1961 ........Holston UMC ..................1977 .............2003 ...........o ..............................o Dobbs, J. Dewey.............................1926 ........1985 ........Holston UMC ..................1992 .............1993 ...........o ..............................Decatur TN Dye, Lewis C. .................................1930 ........1988 ........Holston UMC ..................1994 .............2000 ...........o ..............................Krollkreg, Abingdon VA Eakes, Rosser Lee...........................1931 ........1990 ........Holston UMC ..................1996 .............2017 ...........o ..............................o Edwards, Norman F. ......................o...............1951 ........Holston Meth ...................1974 .............1979 ...........o ..............................Greenwood, Knoxville TN Edwards, Warren J..........................1924 ........1964 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1970 ...........o ..............................Gladeville, Galax VA Emmert, Claude Haskel.................1924 ........1973 ........Holston UMC ..................1986 .............2002 ...........o ..............................o Emmitt, Sherman T. .......................1901 ........1941 ........Holston Meth ...................1967 .............1993 ...........o ..............................Knoxville TN
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ROLL OF DEAD - DECEASED CLERGY MEMBERS
e = Effective (not retired) at the time of death
Name
Year Born
Year Conference Joined First Joined
o = The Conference Secretary does not have this information
Year Retired
Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
Fisher, Clyde Vinston .....................1926 ........1987 ........Holston UMC ..................1997 .............2005 ...........o ..............................Smoky Mtn., Pigeon Forge TN Fleenor, Robert Rye........................1918 ........1977 ........Holston..............................1984 .............2009 ...........o ..............................Kingsport, TN Foster, George S..............................1921 ........1982 ........Holston UMC ..................1988 .............1998 ...........o ..............................Trezevant TN Funk, Bradford E............................1911 ........1969 ........Holston UMC ..................1977 .............1978 ...........o ..............................Pleasant Hill, Wytheville VA Fuqua, Edward Moses ...................1940 ........1974 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................1996 ...........o ..............................Kingsport TN Gammon, Sam P. ............................1907 ........1954 ........Holston Meth ...................1973 .............1991 ...........o ..............................Tri-Cities, Blountville TN Gentry, F. R. “Pete” ........................1906 ........1949 ........Holston Meth ...................1966 .............1982 ...........o ..............................Jones Chapel, Etowah TN Gentry, Thomas R. .........................1922 ........1984 ........Holston..............................1990 .............2009 ...........o ..............................o Gill, Golda W. .................................o...............1945 ........Holston Meth ...................1966 .............1978 ...........o ..............................Highland, Knoxville TN Gott, John W....................................1913 ........1952 ........Holston..............................o....................2001 ...........o ..............................Kingsport TN Griffey, Dan D. ...............................1923 ........1959 ........Holston..............................1992 .............2006 ...........o ..............................Woodhaven Mem Gdns, Powell TN Griswold, Gerald D. .......................1943 ........1995 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................1998 ...........o ..............................Forest Hills, Abingdon VA Hall, H. L. ........................................o...............o ...............o .........................................o....................1975 ...........o ..............................o Hamilton, Rollin .............................1921 ........1967 ........East Tenn. Meth...............1986 .............1997 ...........o ..............................Green Lawn, Greeneville TN Hawk, Howard................................1931 ........o ...............o .........................................o....................2006 ...........o ..............................o Helton, Henry D. ............................1895 ........1953 ........Holston Meth ...................1960 .............1985 ...........o ..............................Peck’s, Maryville TN Hickman, Clinton T. .......................1917 ........1959 ........East Tenn. Meth...............e ....................1971 ...........o ..............................Pine Creek, Dayton TN Hillian, James C..............................1929 ........1977 ........Holston UMC ..................1998 .............2000 ...........o ..............................Spivey Cemetery, Dayton, TN Holbrook, John ...............................1930 ........1986 ........Holston..............................1993 .............2012 ...........o ..............................Holbrook Fam. Cemetery, Mayking, KY Hoover, Herbert W. ........................1910 ........1979 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................1980 ...........o ..............................o Hudson, John Willie .......................1923 ........1980 ........Holston UMC ..................1990 .............1995 ...........o ..............................Little, Elizabethton TN Huff, Otis R. ....................................1891 ........1935 ........E. Tennessee ME.............1952 .............1979 ...........o ..............................Southview, Atlanta GA Huff, Ruth B. (Mrs. Otis) ..............1895 ........1940 ........E. Tennessee Meth ..........o....................1994 ...........o ..............................Southview, Atlanta GA Huffine, Constance F......................1949 ........2000 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................2004 ...........o ..............................o Hulin, Hurd J...................................1920 ........1960 ........Holston Meth ...................1985 .............1991 ...........o ..............................Concord TN Irwin, William H.............................1892 ........1952 ........Holston Meth ...................1956 .............1980 ...........o ..............................o Jarrett, Dale......................................1951 ........o ...............Holston..............................o....................2000 ...........o ..............................o Jarvis, John W. ................................1916 ........1949 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1973 ...........o ..............................Knoxville TN Jervis, Daniel V. ..............................1925 ........1972 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................1992 ...........o ..............................Powell Valley, Big Stone Gap VA Johnson, J. Alton.............................1932 ........1974 ........Holston UMC ..................1999 .............2003 ...........o ..............................o Johnson, James R., Sr.....................1941 ........1995 ........Holston..............................2007 .............2014 ...........o ..............................Derby UMC, Appalachia, VA Jolley, John ......................................1901 ........1956 ........Holston Meth ...................1966 .............1976 ...........o ..............................Memorial, Chattanooga TN Jones, Carl Vincent.........................1917 ........1950 ........Holston..............................1983 .............2016 ...........o ..............................Oak Hill Memorial, Kingsport, TN Kegley, Lewis N. ............................1905 ........1944 ........Holston Meth ...................1967 .............1974 ...........o ..............................Evergreen, Wythe Co. VA Keller, Jr. John F..............................1947 ........2008 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................2016 ...........o ..............................Granite Falls, NC Killen, Charles M. ..........................1929 ........1987 ........Holston UMC ..................2000 .............2011 ...........o ..............................Temple Hill Mem. Pk, Castlewood,VA Krauss, Linda G..............................1952 ........2007 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................2017 ...........o ..............................Cremation LaDuke, Roy F................................1928 ........1984 ........Holston UMC ..................1999 .............2011 ...........o ..............................o Lane, Henry L., Jr. ..........................1922 ........1974 ........Holston UMC ..................1991 .............1997 ...........o ..............................Riverview, East Stone Gap VA Lane, James Paul ............................1931 ........1972 ........Holston UMC ..................1994 .............2016 ...........o ..............................o Lane, William Claude ....................1923 ........1974 ........Holston UMC ..................1989 .............2002 ...........o ..............................Gate City VA Latham, Michael.............................1889 ........1938 ........Holston ME......................1965 .............1970 ...........o ..............................Pleasant Hill, Sevier Co. TN Leming, William H. .......................1889 ........1918 ........Holston MES ...................o....................1977 ...........o ..............................Woodlawn, Knoxville TN Light, J. Roland...............................1897 ........1941 ........Holston Meth ...................1970 .............1975 ...........o ..............................Oak Hill, Kingsport TN Liles, Charles Dorsey .....................1937 ........o ...............o .........................................o....................2018 ...........o ..............................o Lindholm, Charles A......................1937 ........1969 ........Holston UMC ..................1996 .............1996 ...........o ..............................Liberty Hill, Mt. Carmel TN Lynch, Benjamin F. ........................1924 ........1994 ........Holston UMC ..................2000 .............2007 ...........o ..............................o Lynch, E. Gene (M.D.) ..................1925 ........1982 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................1994 ...........o ..............................o Lynch, Frank J.................................1914 ........1973 ........Holston..............................1979 .............2009 ...........o ..............................New Canton, TN Maness, Gilbert A...........................1890 ........1954 ........Holston Meth ...................1968 .............1972 ...........o ..............................Hamblen, Morristown TN Martin, Charles P. ...........................1934 ........1977 ........Holston UMC ..................1996 .............1997 ...........o ..............................Cremation Mason, A. Harvey, Jr......................1915 ........o ...............Holston..............................o....................2001 ...........o ..............................o Mays, John Robert .........................1932 ........o ...............o .........................................1997 .............2019 ...........o ..............................o McAlister, Franklin D. ...................1935 ........o ...............Southern Baptist ..............e ....................1991 ...........o ..............................Byrd’s Chpl. Concord TN Mason, Perry H., Jr.........................1933 ........1996 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................2006 ...........o ..............................o McAmis, Ivan L. ............................1927 ........1965 ........Holston Meth ...................1984 .............1999 ...........o ..............................Fairview, Greene Co. TN McConnell, Robert E. ....................1913 ........1962 ........Holston Methodist...........e ....................1985 ...........o ..............................Holston View, Weber City VA McCoy, Perry ..................................1905 ........1951 ........Freewill Baptist................1973 .............1987 ...........o ..............................Gethsemane, Greene Co. TN McCullough, Donald L..................1948 ........o ...............o .........................................o....................2000 ...........o ..............................o McDonald, Donald F......................1936 ........1976 ........Holston UMC ..................1990 .............1996 ...........o ..............................Cremation McHenry, Charles E.......................1916 ........1963 ........Holston Meth ...................1982 .............1984 ...........o ..............................Lynnhurst, Knoxville TN Mercer, William J. ..........................o...............1941 ........Holston Meth ...................1955? ...........1975 ...........o ..............................o Minnick, Fred Robert.....................1942 ........1993 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................2009 ...........o ..............................o Miracle, Paul A. ..............................1936 ........1982 ........Holston..............................2006 .............2010 ...........o ..............................o Misamore, Ivan L. ..........................1920 ........1960 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................1979 ...........o ..............................Liberty, Kingsport TN Mitchell, John H. ............................1899 ........1943 ........Kentucky Neth.................o....................1968 ...........o ..............................Lynnhurst, Knoxville TN Morgan, Fred T. ..............................1914 ........1956 ........Holston..............................1982 .............2006 ...........o ..............................o Monroe, Wayne T...........................o...............o ...............o .........................................o....................2018 ...........o ..............................o Morton, Walter J. ............................1885 ........1928 ........Holston MES ...................1959 .............1972 ...........o ..............................Forest Hills, Chattanooga TN
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Year Born
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Year Retired
Year Died
Denomination time of Death Place of Burial
Moseley, John A. ............................1888 ........1951 ........Holston..............................1960 .............1971 ...........o ..............................East Lawn, Kingsport TN Neeley, Gerald G. ...........................1952 ........o ...............Holston..............................o....................2006 ...........o ..............................Big Stone Gap, VA Neeley, Sam H., Jr. .........................1921 ........1974 ........Holston..............................1988 .............2007 ...........o ..............................Woodhaven, Powell TN Newman, Kenneth Millard, Sr...........1931 ........1986 ........Holston..............................1996 .............2015 ...........o ..............................Washington Co., Mem. Grdn., JC, TN Newman, Wilson Heath.................1929 ........1971 ........Holston..............................1994 .............2005 ...........o ..............................Emory & Henry Cemetery, Emory VA Nine, Robert E. ...............................1933 ........2000 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................2007 ...........o ..............................Greenwood, Knoxville, TN Ortwein, M. H.................................1894 ........1940 ........North GA MES ...............1955 .............1970 ...........o ..............................Lakewood, Chattanooga TN Parham, James W. ..........................1929 ........1983 ........Holston UMC ..................1995 .............2000 ...........o ..............................Hartman’s, Mosheim TN Parham-Newman, Maria “Mia” .........1965 ........2008 ........Holston..............................e ....................2010 ...........o ..............................Maryville, TN Pickett, Lloyd Lee ..........................1913 ........1977 ........Holston UMC ..................1980 .............1990 ...........o ..............................Grandview, Bluefield VA Pierson, Bobby D. ..........................1938 ........1980 ........Holston UMC ..................1983 .............1988 ...........o ..............................o Pope, Rudolph W............................1930 ........1985 ........Holston..............................1996 .............2016 ...........o ..............................o Provence, Monte K. .......................1896 ........1924 ........Holston MES; .............................................................................1938 ........Holston ME......................1961 .............1971 ...........o ..............................Lynnhurst, Knoxville TN Quesenberry, C. Glynn ..................1913 ........1980 ........Holston UMC ..................1983 .............1995 ...........o ..............................Maple Hill, Bluefield VA Ratledge, Hugh Dean.....................1937 ........1977 ........Holston..............................1999 .............2014 ...........o ..............................Bethel Cemetery Rich, Fred S.....................................1916 ........1973 ........Holston UMC ..................1981 .............1990 ...........o ..............................o Ricker, Clyde E...............................1925 ........1968 ........Holston..............................1988 .............2009 ...........o ..............................o Riley, C. Martin ..............................1949 ........2002 ........Holston..............................e ....................2009 ...........o ..............................o Robertson, James A. “Jack”.............1938 ........1982 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................1990 ...........o ..............................National, Chattanooga TN Ross, Vance McDonald .................1890 ........1922 ........Holston MES ...................1948 .............1986 ...........o ..............................o Running, Russell D. .......................1942 ........1992 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................1997 ...........o ..............................Mountain Home, Johnson City TN Sauceman, Wilbur C. .....................1897 ........1927 ........Holston ME......................1953 .............1982 ...........o ..............................Union, Newport TN Scyphers, Carl F..............................1929 ........1971 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................1988 ...........o ..............................Glenwood, Bristol TN Shadden, Hoyt.................................1895 ........1925 ........Holston ME......................1968 .............1988 ...........o ..............................Greenhill, Etowah TN Shamblin, Austin Leonard.............1922 ........1987 ........Holston..............................1992 .............2014 ...........o ..............................Grandview Cemetery, Maryville, TN Sharpe, Vertrue................................1904 ........1926 ........Holston MES ...................1972 .............1999 ...........o ..............................Sherwood, Alcoa TN Shepherd, Robert E. .......................o...............1989 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................1990 ...........o ..............................Lake Hills, Trenton GA Shepard, Robert S...........................1873 ........1940 ........East Tennessee ME .........o....................1973 ...........o ..............................Rockwood TN Sisk, V. Delaney..............................1939 ........1963 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1971 ...........o ..............................Greenwood, Chattanooga TN Smith, Benny L...............................1952 ........1980 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................1982 ...........o ..............................o Smith, Edward G. ...........................1884 ........1909 ........Holston MES ...................1943 .............1969 ...........o ..............................Claypool Hill VA Smith, Floyd D. ..............................1927 ........1965 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1979 ...........o ..............................Church Hill TN Smith, Leland T...............................1909 ........1946 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1986 ...........o ..............................Oak Hill, Kingsport TN Sparks, L. K.....................................o...............1946 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1969 ...........o ..............................Woodlawn, Knoxville TN Spriggs, Oliver W. ..........................1934 ........1989 ........Holston..............................2002 .............2012 ...........o ..............................Mars Hill UMC, Englewood TN Sproles, John T................................1888 ........1909 ........Holston ME......................1953 .............1971 ...........o ..............................o Statzer, Ernest J. ..............................o...............o ...............Holston..............................o....................2009 ...........o ..............................o Steele, Carl E...................................1934 ........1981 ........Holston..............................2000 .............2012 ...........o ..............................Bostic Cemetery, Swords Creek VA Stock. Shirl F. ..................................1897 ........o ...............Church of God .................1973 .............1985 ...........o ..............................Jarnagin, Morristown TN Stoner, Rosamond O. .....................o...............o ...............o .........................................o....................o..................o ..............................o Summers, M. O. .............................o...............1921 ........Holston MES ...................1944 .............1975 ...........o ..............................o Thayer, John Garland .....................1929 ........1987 ........Holston..............................1997 .............2015 ...........o ..............................Knollkreg Memorial, Abingdon, VA Thompson, James B.......................1922 ........1962 ........Holston Meth ...................o....................1994 ...........o ..............................Lynnhurst, Knoxville TN Thompson, Julia Shropshire ............1902 ........1957 ........E. Tennessee Meth ..........o....................1985 ...........o ..............................Chattanooga TN Thompson, R. Lynn .......................1929 ........1988 ........Holston..............................1995 .............2012 ...........o ..............................o Tiller, John A ...................................1925 ........o ...............o .........................................e ....................2019 ...........o ..............................o Timmons, Hazel V..........................1924 ........1982 ........Holston UMC ..................1987 .............2011 ...........o ..............................o Trobaugh, Robert A........................1890 ........1953 ........Holston Meth ...................1963 .............1973 ...........o ..............................o Tuck, Steve Moses .........................1950 ........1985 ........Holston..............................2014 .............2015 ...........o ..............................o Tucker, Buford A. ...........................1918 ........1966 ........Holston Meth ...................e ....................1981 ...........o ..............................Lakewood, Chattanooga TN Walter, Randell S. ...........................1923 ........1956 ........Holston Meth ...................1989 .............2009 ...........o ..............................Roselawn, Johnson City TN Watson, Charles Michael...............1959 ........2010 ........Holston..............................e ....................2013 ...........o ..............................o Webb, Howard M., Sr. ...................1945 ........1990 ........Holston UMC ..................e ....................1999 ...........o ..............................Charleston TN Webb, James M. .............................1942 ........1995 ........Holston..............................e ....................2010 ...........o ..............................o Wilkey, Virgil H. .............................1894 ........1946 ........Holston Meth ...................1973 .............1988 ...........o ..............................Buttram, Dayton TN Williams, Daniel Lomax ...............o...............o ...............o .........................................o....................1978 ...........o ..............................National, Nashville TN Williams, Kenneth R......................1909 ........1943 ........Holston Meth ...................1973 .............1984 ...........o ..............................Weber City VA Williams, Stanley R........................1946 ........1993 ........Holston..............................e ....................2013 ...........o ..............................o Windom, Vernon A. .......................1929 ........1961 ........Holston Meth ...................1997 .............2017 ...........o ..............................Anderson Memorial, Ringgold GA Woodward, Dale .............................1943 ........1967 ........N. New Jersey UMC ......e ....................1980 ...........o ..............................Temple Hill, Castlewood VA Wright, Albert C. ............................1929 ........1945 ........Southern Baptist ..............1988 .............1991 ...........o ..............................Sunset, Clinton TN Wright, James M., Sr......................1924 ........1971 ........Holston UMC ..................1992 .............2007 ...........o ..............................Mount Rose, Glade Spring VA Wright, T. J., Jr. ...............................1904 ........1969 ........Holston UMC ..................1973 .............1977 ...........o ..............................Restlawn, Bluefield WV
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Since the unification of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and The Methodist Church in 1968, and the merger of the Knoxville District of the Tennessee-Kentucky Conference and the Holston Conference. No. 01. (145) 02. (146) 03. (147) 04. (148) 05. (149) (Called) 06. (150) 07. (151) 08. (152) 09. (153) 10. (154) 11. (155) 12. (156) 13. (157) 14. (158) 15. (159) 16. (160) 17. (161) 18. (162) 19. (163) 20. (164) 21. (165) 22. (166) 23. (167) 24. (168) 25. (169) 26. (170) 27. (171) 28. (172) 29. (173) 30. (174) 31. (175) 32. (176) 33. (177) 34. (178) 35. (179) 36. (180) 37. (181) 38. (182) 39. (183) 40. (184) 41. (185) 42. (186)
Year 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Time May 30-June 2 June 11-15 June 10-14 June 6-10 June 11-14 Nov. 3-4 June 13-17 June12-15 June 11-15 June 8-12 June 13-16 June 12-16 June 12-16 June 9-12 June 15-18 June 14-17 June 13-16 June 11-14 June 10-12 June 9-12 June 15-18 June 13-16 June 12-15 June 11-14 June 10-13 June 15-18 June 14-17 June 13-16 June 12-15 June 10-13 June 8-11 June 14-17 June 13-16 June 11-14 June 10-13 June 9-12 June 8-11 June 13-16 June 12-15 June 11-14 June 10-13 June 8-11 June 14-17
Place Lake Junaluska, NC Knoxville, Tenn. Chattanooga, Tenn. Knoxville, Tenn. Knoxville, Tenn. Madisonville, Tenn. Chattanooga, Tenn. Knoxville, Tenn. Radford, Va. Johnson City, Tenn. Knoxville, Tenn. Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC
President H. Ellis Finger, Jr. L. Scott Allen L. Scott Allen L. Scott Allen L. Scott Allen L. Scott Allen L. Scott Allen L. Scott Allen L. Scott Allen L. Scott Allen H. Ellis Finger, Jr. H. Ellis Finger, Jr. H. Ellis Finger, Jr. H. Ellis Finger, Jr. H. Ellis Finger, Jr. H. Ellis Finger, Jr. H. Ellis Finger, Jr. H. Ellis Finger, Jr. R. Kern Eutsler R. Kern Eutsler R. Kern Eutsler R. Kern Eutsler Clay F. Lee Clay F. Lee Clay F. Lee Clay F. Lee Clay F. Lee Clay F. Lee Clay F. Lee Clay F. Lee Ray W. Chamberlain, Jr. Ray W. Chamberlain, Jr. Ray W. Chamberlain, Jr. Ray W. Chamberlain, Jr. Ray W. Chamberlain, Jr. Ray W. Chamberlain, Jr. Ray W. Chamberlain, Jr. Ray W. Chamberlain, Jr. James E. Swanson, Sr. James E. Swanson, Sr. James E. Swanson, Sr. James E. Swanson, Sr. James E. Swanson, Sr.
Secretary R. Kyle Tomlinson R. Kyle Tomlinson R. Kyle Tomlinson R. Kyle Tomlinson G. Wayne Cummings G. Wayne Cummings G. Wayne Cummings Robert Boy Robert Boy Robert Boy Robert Boy Robert Boy / Gary Grogg Robert Boy Act. Sec. Robert Boy Robert Boy Robert Boy Robert Boy Robert Boy Robert Boy Robert Boy Robert Boy Robert Boy G. Wayne Cummings Richard J. Patterson Leonard R. Arnold Leonard R. Arnold Leonard R. Arnold Leonard R. Arnold Leonard R. Arnold Leonard R. Arnold Leonard R. Arnold Leonard R. Arnold Raymon E. White Raymon E. White Raymon E. White Raymon E. White Dennie D. Humphreys Act.Sec. Dennie D. Humphreys Grady C. Winegar Grady C. Winegar Grady C. Winegar Grady C. Winegar Daniel H. Taylor, Jr.
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Year
Time
Place
President
Secretary
43. (187) 44. (188) 45. (189) 46. (190) 47. (191) 48. (192) 49. (193) 50. (194) 51. (195) 52. (196)
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
June 13-16 June 12-15 June 10-13 June 9-12 June 8-11 June 7-11 June 5-8 June 11-14 June 10-13 June 9-12
Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC Lake Junaluska, NC
James E. Swanson, Sr. James E. Swanson, Sr. James E. Swanson, Sr. Mary Virginia Taylor Mary Virginia Taylor Mary Virginia Taylor Mary Virginia Taylor Mary Virginia Taylor Mary Virginia Taylor Mary Virginia Taylor
Daniel H. Taylor, Jr. Daniel H. Taylor, Jr. Daniel H. Taylor, Jr. Daniel H. Taylor, Jr. Daniel H. Taylor, Jr. Daniel H. Taylor, Jr. Daniel H. Taylor, Jr. Daniel H. Taylor, Jr. Daniel H. Taylor, Jr. Terry D. Goodman
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XI. MISCELLANEOUS
XI. * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
C Abbott Jr.
RE
Mary * Adams
Ronald B.
Todd R.
Doris J
Address/E-Mail
RETIRED
2212 Farris Rd Maryville TN 37803-6620 kenandmaryabbott@gmail.com
Middle Creek UMC SM
FE
Unicoi UMC
RD
RETIRED
Chantele Ahern
TR
AP * Aker
Steven A.
* Akers III
Willard T.
FE
Kay
Angela * Albee
Stuart K.
Frank Steven
Ronald O
PL
Carol B.
RE
Donald E
PL
Clifford W.
RE
Raymond
RD
Raymond W.
FE
Ted P.
David G.
South Bristol UMC
RL
Grace Circuit
CM
John C.
FE
Michael R.
RE
Timothy John
OF
Judith Freddrick Long
Broadford Circuit CM
PL
Jenn Anna
RETIRED TV
Debbie Andrus
Daisy-Sale Creek SS
Susan * Andrews
Adams Group, 18388 Highway 11 E Lenoir City TN 37772-5495 bruce@theadamsgroup.tv
(865) 659-3323
133 Dadburn Rd Jonesborough TN 37659-3503 toddradams13@gmail.com
(423) 926-0978 (423) 913-4353 (423) 926-1820
732 Liberty Church Rd Kingsport TN 37663-4609 deejaa333@yahoo.com
(423) 477-8866
126 Ebenezer Ave Bluefield VA 24605-9519 ksake86@gmail.com
(276) 322-3253 (276) 322-4017 (276) 322-3253
PO Box 12 Dayton TN 37321-0012 pastorbill98@comcast.net
(423) 775-0262 (423) 596-1508
PO Box 157 Pigeon Forge TN 37868-0157 pastorstuart78@gmail.com
(865) 453-8333 (865) 453-8333 (865) 453-8333
80 Lady Slipper Ln Ivanhoe VA 24350-3038 alderman60@yahoo.com
(276) 744-3505
208 Million St Athens TN 37303-2226
(423) 745-6678
650 Caney Valley Loop Surgoinsville TN 37873-6314 carolalley@hotmail.com 2501 Saint Lucie Ct Chattanooga TN 37421-1880 donaldallison@bellsouth.net
(423) 357-3619 (423) 892-9363 (423) 892-8601
4114 Fulton Dr Knoxville TN 37918-4313
(865) 292-8200
421 W F St Elizabethton TN 37643-3003 umcpastorray@gmail.com
(423) 543-3505 (423) 542-5144 (423) 543-2168
1801 Southside Ave Bristol TN 37620-4254 umcpastorray@gmail.com
(423) 764-4824 (423) 764-4207
PO Box 664 Bland VA 24315-0664
(276) 688-9869
NR
Carey Anderson
First UMC Elizabethton TR
Shirley * Anderson
RETIRED
FE
Kim Anders
(865) 679-2464 (865) 679-2464
TV
Pat * Amos Jr.
RETIRED SS
Victoria * Amos Sr.
Valley Center UMC AP
Eleanor Amos
RETIRED
Office/Home/Fax
HI
Ronald Allison
Wytheville Circuit NR
Letha * Alley
First UMC Pigeon Forge SM
Debbie Allen
First UMC Dayton HI
FE
Elizabeth * Alderman
Ebenezer-Bailey NR
FE
2019-2020
Charge/District SM
PL
Melanie * Adams
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
D
Status Kenneth K.
355
Wesley Chapel UMC HI
RE
RETIRED SM
9510 Dayton Pike Soddy Daisy TN 37379-4752 dga3510@hotmail.com
(423) 486-4993
105 Essex Dr Knoxville TN 37922-3502 johncooperanderson@gmail.com
(423) 443-7309
1243 Sanders Ln Saltville VA 24370-3231 pastor_mike_andrews@hotmail.com
(276) 780-3471
328 Sweetsprings Rd Madisonville TN 37354-5600 tandrus11@gmail.com
(386) 473-4001
605 Zachary Dr Weatherford TX 76087-3312 judithnmnanna@gmail.com
(817) 458-6997
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Name (Spouse)
MISCELLANEOUS
356
2019 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Name (Spouse)
Status
* Archer
Edward Mahan
* Armstrong
Douglas Andrew
* Arnold
Susan
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
Office/Home/Fax
RE
RETIRED
5429 Dogwood Rd Knoxville TN 37918-3456 mparcher53@gmail.com
(865) 986-2325 (865) 688-2280
FE
First UMC Narrows
PO Box 398 Narrows VA 24124-0398 revdougarmstrong@gmail.com
(540) 726-2223 (540) 358-4055
FE
Blountville UMC
PO Box 686 Blountville TN 37617-0686 joyfullyinchrist@yahoo.com
(423) 323-5941 (423) 429-5026 (423) 323-5951
22285 Rich Valley Rd Abingdon VA 24210-1957 markhasbury@gmail.com
(276) 628-7009
1101 Hunting Camp Rd Bastian VA 24314-5321 alanashworth2@hotmail.com
(276) 688-6151
Laura
TV
Dianne
NR
Mike ** Asbury
Mark
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
TR PL
Rich Valley-Bethany CM
* Ashworth
David Alan
PL
Mary * Atchley
Aaron Dana
NR FE
Honaker-Elk Garden
FD
C M Dist Cooperative Min
Brooke * Atchley
L. Brooke
CM
Aaron Atchley * Atkins McClure
Teresa
CM FE
John McClure * Atwater
Gary
David E.
PL
Fred L.
FE
Dorothy
Knoxville Leadership Foundation SM
RE
Vivian Avers
New Century UMC TV
Patti Anne * Austin
New Life-Hopewell TV
Janice * Ault
Round Mountain Circuit
RETIRED NR
DR
RETIRED
255 Swords Creek Rd Honaker VA 24260-7069 aarondatchley@hotmail.com
(276) 873-5478 (276) 991-6010
255 Swords Creek Rd Honaker VA 24260-7069 batchley@umcmission.org 7921 Millertown Pike Knoxville TN 37924-1858 revteresa.mcclure@gmail.com
(865) 554-6515 (865) 216-0156
5808 Glenlyn Dr Powell TN 37849-4960 glatwater2@gmail.com
(865) 693-9315 (865) 938-8866
9957 Tierra Verde Dr Knoxville TN 37922-7121 dault@klf.org
(865) 675-9604
527 Hale St Pearisburg VA 24134 fredaustin1933@gmail.com
(540) 921-0210
5405 Colonial Cir Apt 115 Knoxville TN 37918-3273
(865) 521-6456
TV * Bailes
James R.
RE
Diane * Bailey
Donald
TV FL
Karen * Bailey
Sean Erik
Gary E.
OF
Tammy M.
James M.
Richard Scott
RE
Thomas T.
OF
Karolyn Eric
Greene County Parish TR
FE
Jonna * Banes
RETIRED TV
Tina Ballard * Ballard
Givens Estates TR
Betty Joyce * Ballard
RETIRED TV
FE
Paul * Ball Jr.
Three Bells-Horton’s Chapel AP
RE
Charlotte * Bales
Glade Spring Charge CM
Kala Baker
RETIRED
Fountain City UMC TV
FE
Trinity UMC Lenoir City SM
1840 Bombay Ln Knoxville TN 37932-4403 jdbailes@comcast.net
(865) 919-8328
PO Box 667 Glade Spring VA 24340-0667 revdonniele.db@gmail.com
(276) 496-3451
308 Fugate St Duffield VA 24244-9793 sbailey1611@gmail.com
(276) 431-2091 (276) 431-2088
3757 Big Springs Rd Maryville TN 37801-8912 gbakerc@charter.net
(865) 524-1689 (865) 712-5280 (865) 673-6128
213 Trappers Trl Hendersonville NC 28739-9385 tbales@givenscommunities.org
(828) 490-2707
501 E Whitaker Mill Rd Apt 405A Raleigh NC 27608-2649 jamesbettyball@gmail.com
(919) 832-1358
445 Stone Dam Rd Chuckey TN 37641-4922 ballardinfo@gmail.com
(423) 639-0507
212 Hotel Rd Knoxville TN 37918-3226 tom.ballard@fountaincityumc.org
(865) 689-5175 (423) 585-7054
PO Box 606 Lenoir City TN 37771-0606 pastorkristie@gmail.com
(865) 986-2325 (865) 408-7726
XI. * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse) * Barber
Status Joe H.
FE
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
Mississippi Conference
PO Box 169 Carthage MS 39051-0169 jhbarbers@embarqmail.com
AM
(423) 360-0754
1733 Bewleys Chapel Rd Mosheim TN 37818-5453 revmarkbarber@gmail.com
Elsilynn
(423) 284-6904
Riverview Circuit MV
Bartee
Amy Beth
FE
Bartley
Gregory K.
PL
U.S. Air Force NR
Candace Barton
Bobby D.
Mount Crest UMC
(423) 949-3395
25709 Yellow Bluff Rd Lucedale MS 39452-8331 bdb56@peoplepc.com
(865) 388-8380
535 Old Emory Rd Clinton TN 37716-6062 webfish7@gmail.com
(423) 609-5403
(865) 988-5399
TV
870 Pearl Dr Lenoir City TN 37772-6239 bevnbert@att.net
Appalachian Prayer Fellowship/ Trinity UMC Wise AP
7013 Candlewicke Dr Wise VA 24293-5853 phillipbates@comcast.net
(276) 328-1019
Pleasant Grove UMC
225 Fiddlers Dr Whitwell TN 37397-8918 firstbaxter@aol.com
(423) 658-8306
MEDICAL LEAVE SM
* Bass
Linda
PE
Allen Bastian
Engelbert Beverly
** Bates
Phillip F.
PL
Mona * Baxter
Cecil J.
Valley View-Heiskell TV
RL
RA
RETIRED
SS Beamer
Martha M.
RL
Bob Bean
Christine W. John
Bean
Robert H.
A. Carol
RETIRED MV
RE
Frances Beaty
RETIRED MV
RL
RETIRED TV
RL
PSC 2 Box 2754 APO AP 96264-0028 amy.bartee.1@us.af.mil 242 Henson Ln Dunlap TN 37327-5806 gcbart222@bledsoe.net
SS FE
Office/Home/Fax
RETIRED
2255 Kingsport Hwy Greeneville TN 37745-3558 marthabmw@hotmail.com
(423) 638-1124 (423) 638-1124
511 Lee Dr Morristown TN 37814-3131 ecwbean22@yahoo.com
(423) 581-8787
3104 N Broadway St Apt B16 Knoxville TN 37917-3253 bobbean1972@yahoo.com
(865) 659-2502
322 Foothills Village Cir Maryville TN 37801-2505
(865) 599-7816
SM Beavers
David K.
FE
Rocklan * Beck Sr.
Dallas J.
SS RE
RETIRED
SY
Spring Valley Circuit
Peggy * Bedwell
Ricky R.
SS
Anne * Begley
Ricky
NR PL
Leigh Ann Bell-McAdams
Brenda
U.S. Army
Smith’s Chapel UMC AP
PL
Cherokee Circuit MV
* Belote
Missy Ruth
PL
Brad Bender
Heidi
AP RE
Dexter * Bennington
James L. Tami
First Broad Street-Community
RETIRED TV
FE
First UMC Marion CM
621 Nettle Ct Charlottesville VA 22903-7874 david.k.beavers@US.Army.mil
(706) 573-5851
4311 Thunderbird Dr Chattanooga TN 37406-1234 dbdbeck@aol.com
(423) 892-2257 (423) 892-8562 (423) 855-7880
3045 Old Baywood Rd Galax VA 24333-3633 ricann@embarqmail.com
(276) 233-4506
3397 Manville Rd Gate City VA 24251-4738 begleycoalandconstruction@gmail.com
(276) 386-9641
130 St Wilhoit Dr Greeneville TN 37743-7809 faye51bellbrenda@gmail.com
(423) 305-8343
3835 Lake Valley Rd Kingsport TN 37664-5133 missysheltonbelote@gmail.com
(417) 343-8698
2238 County Road 114 Scottsboro AL 35769 pastorhbender@aol.com
(423) 329-1165
230 Larch St Marion VA 24354-4523 jamesbennington09@gmail.com
(276) 783-5194 (423) 557-5311 (423) 623-6067
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Mark A
357
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
TR * Barber
MISCELLANEOUS
358
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Name (Spouse)
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Benson
Status Parker
RE
Carol * Berg
Brandon R
Bert E.
FE
James Michael
PL
Shannon Marie
PL
Larry K.
FE
Timothy J.
RE
Benny J.
Fred L.
North Carolina Conference
RETIRED
FE
St Paul UMC Fountain City
RL
RETIRED
TV
Helen Bittle Jr.
Carter County Parish
TV
Christina Bishop
South Cleveland UMC
TR
Loretta * Best
First UMC Bristol
TR
Jason * Best
309 E Millers Cove Rd Walland TN 37886-2421 prbenson2@gmail.com
HI
Tammy * Berry
Address/E-Mail
Walland UMC
CM
Leslye Berry
Charge/District SM
Karoline * Beria
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
AP RE
RETIRED
1719 Holston Dr Bristol TN 37620-4510 Rev.b.r.berg@gmail.com
Office/Home/Fax (865) 255-3781 (423) 652-2811
517 County Road 778 Athens TN 37303-6317 bberia@yahoo.com
(423) 336-1285
201 Piney Ave Piney Flats TN 37686-4216 jamesmichaelberry@gmail.com
(423) 538-4065
106 N Sycamore St Fremont NC 27830 pastorshannonmarie@gmail.com
(423) 943-1556
6911 Dorchester Dr Knoxville TN 37909-2608 bestlnl@bellsouth.net
(865) 212-4279
4014 Garden Dr Knoxville TN 37918-3501 rev.t.best@gmail.com 5116 Stanley Valley Rd Church Hill TN 37642-8111 bennybishop70@yahoo.com 6840 Collinswood Dr Nashville TN 37221-3961
(865) 687-2952 (276) 496-4934
UNLISTED
(615) 662-4229
TV Black
Bobby
RA
Lisa * Black
Christopher E.
TV PE
Julie * Black
Clyde Joseph
RETIRED
First UMC Oak Ridge TV
RE
RETIRED SM
* Black
Karen E.
OE
Randolph Avenue UMC NR
* Blackburn III
H. Carlton
FE
Kristen * Blackwood
Lisa
SS FD
Leland Blair
B. Ann
St John UMC
RETIRED SM
RE
RETIRED NR
* Blair
Edwin G.
AM
Kathleen * Blazer
Phyllis C
TR PL
Larry Blevins
Kenneth J.
Bethesda-Eden
Cosby Circuit MV
RA
RETIRED
119 Westin Parc Johnson City TN 37615-4972 ic4men2007@comcast.net
(423) 892-8050 (423) 619-7808
520 Wedgwood Dr Alcoa TN 37701-1752 ceblack728@gmail.com
(865) 405-7138
1448 Chessingham Dr Maryville TN 37801-2949 preacherjoeb@aol.com
(865) 254-0155
1621 Randolph Ave Pulaski VA 24301-2001 karenblack463@gmail.com
(540) 980-8778 (540) 980-0145
3921 Murray Hills Dr Chattanooga TN 37416-2923 cblackburn@stjohnumc.org
42-3855 (423) 400-0061
1309 S Court St Maryville TN 37803-6039 lelandnlisa@gmail.com
(865) 681-5420 (865) 983-7147 (865) 681-5447
427 E Main St Apt 321 Batavia NY 14020-2527 bannblair@outlook.com
(276) 637-6431
4755 Cherokee Rd Jonesborough TN 37659-6926 pastoredblair@yahoo.com 213 Shoreline Dr Dandridge TN 37725-5377 pacblazer@gmail.com PO Box 845 Hillsville VA 24343-0845
(423) 434-0175 (423) 753-4507
(423) 465-5757
(276) 677-0038
NR * Blevins
Mack
PL
Mary * Boatwright
Megan Brandon
Chatham Hill Circuit CM
OE
Christ UMC Knoxville TV
6364 Blue Grass Trl Saltville VA 24370-4624 mackblevins@embarqmail.com 7535 Maynardville Pike Knoxville TN 37938-3348 megan@christumcknox.com
(276) 624-3506 (865) 922-1412 (724) 747-3762
XI. * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse) * Bolen
Status Ray
RL
Boles
George W.
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
RETIRED
2242 Coon Ridge Rd Hillsville VA 24343-1945 revraybolen@centurylink.net
(276) 728-9380
1507 Ashby Field Ln Knoxville TN 37918-8506 k4snn@frontiernet.net
(865) 660-3741
NR RE
Brenda
RETIRED TV
* Boles
Sherrell E.
FE
Bearden UMC
* Bond
Kerry Layne
OF
Sneedville Circuit
TV
Zel * Booher
Brenda
MV SY
Ken Boragine
Robert Charlsie
Bostick
Gregory D.
Richard D.
RETIRED MV
PL
Missy Bowers
Austin Springs UMC TR
RL
Mt Hermon UMC Knox TV
RL
Dessie
RETIRED TR
* Bowers
Sharon
FE
* Bowles Jr.
Albert J.
RE
HC-Wesley Foundation UTK TV
Chris * Boyce
Loren Jessica
* Boyd
William
Timothy B.
RL
Carolyn
Evensville UMC HI
FE
Kellie Braddy
First UMC Rogersville MV
Josephine * Bracken
RETIRED SS
OE
Brainerd UMC SS
RL
RETIRED HI
** Bradley
Daniel L.
PL
Mable * Brady
J. Scott Beth
Breeding
George William
Robert Crawford
John D.
RP
William
RETIRED MV
FE
Gincy * Brickey
Carvosso UMC CM
Janice * Brewster
Sulphur Springs UMC TR
PL
Donna Brewer Jr.
Bishop Circuit CM
FE
Bradbury-Good Shepherd TV
PL
Madisonville Circuit HI
* Briggs
Mary K. Rob
FE
359
Emory & Henry College CM
PO Box 11065 Knoxville TN 37939-1065 sherry@beardenumc.org
Office/Home/Fax
(865) 588-6562 (423) 488-2556
1641 Wolverine Ln Knoxville TN 37931-4562 klayneb@gmail.com
(865) 712-8896
692 Austin Springs Rd Piney Flats TN 37686-4711 brendabooher1957@gmail.com
(423) 538-0537
302 Ridgewood Dr Rogersville TN 37857-3059 bckboragine@charter.net
(423) 272-3578
132 Lane Rd Lenoir City TN 37772-5524 gdbostick@charter.net
(865) 938-7910 (865) 988-3411 (865) 769-0115
15590 Kingsport Hwy Chuckey TN 37641-3648 richard_bowers2009@comcast.net
(423) 470-2979
800 Wesley Ave Greeneville TN 37743-3625 cbasedlead@yahoo.com
(865) 522-2728 (423) 329-7012 (865) 524-6256
5805 N Park Rd Hixson TN 37343-4667 al-chris@att.net
(423) 870-2339
417 E McKinney Ave Rogersville TN 37857-3339 Lorenboyce@gmail.com
(970) 203-4581
329 Sierra Dr Dayton TN 37321-4235 evensongboyd@att.net
(423) 775-5508
4315 Brainerd Rd Chattanooga TN 37411-5434 tbracken@brainerdumc.org
(423) 698-6951 (423) 698-6951 (423) 629-5193
1757 Highland Ave NW Cleveland TN 37311-4362 carolyn5331@att.net
(423) 479-5331
177 Apostolic Dr Bandy VA 24602-9471 danielbradley72@mail.com 1432 Gray Sulphur Springs Rd Jonesborough TN 37659-4406 scottbrady09@hotmail.com
(423) 753-5631 (865) 560-6503 (423) 753-8891
PO Box 1963 Cedar Bluff VA 24609-1963 georgegwb@live.com
(276) 701-1673
3652 Blue Byrd Ln Kodak TN 37764-1377 RobertBrewer44@gmail.com
(865) 315-0243
3934 Buttermilk Rd W Kingston TN 37763-6930 brewster1229@gmail.com
(865) 376-2990 (865) 209-5158
803 Wears Valley Rd Townsend TN 37882-3412 williambrickey1@gmail.com
(865) 705-6676
321 College St Marion VA 24354-2401 mkbriggs@ehc.edu
(276) 944-6836 (276) 783-9208 (276) 944-6248
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Irene
MISCELLANEOUS
360
2019 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse)
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Brock
Status J. Michelle
FL
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
Belfast-Midway
291 Belfast Mills Rd Cedar Bluff VA 24609-8235 jembrock1@gmail.com
(276) 210-8834
403 Phyllis Cir Talbott TN 37877-8544 pstrwayne@outlook.com
(423) 586-9566
2409 Staplehurst Ln Knoxville TN 37932-1321 ebronkala@gmail.com
(865) 539-4324
55 Elm St Mosheim TN 37818-6019 pastorjamesbrooks@gmail.com
(423) 220-0017
381 County Road 775 Riceville TN 37370-5219 gatecityb_rad@yahoo.com
(423) 306-0702
211 Sanders St Blountville TN 37617-6323 dukevol@gmail.com
(423) 239-6031 (423) 440-0894 (423) 239-7699
PO Box 39 Pigeon Forge TN 37868-0039 hbrown@impactministries.org
(865) 898-4445 (865) 898-4445
CM * Bromberg
Wayne Allen
PL
Nora * Bronkala
Eric
MV PE
Laura Brooks
James Helmut
Bradley Steven
Shannondale TV
AM
Letitia * Brown
First UMC Bulls Gap
Mosheim Central-Ottway MV
PE
Jones Chapel-Wesleyanna HI
* Brown
Christopher J.
* Brown Jr.
Harvey R.
* Brown
James Douglas
FE
Colonial Heights UMC
RE
RETIRED
RE
Ten Mile-Oak Grove
Suzanne
AP
Marilyn
SM
Nila * Brown
Ralph Steven
HI FE
First UMC Dandridge
OF
Stanley UMC
Jackie Brown Jr
Richard L.
MV
Lorraine * Brown Taylor
Diana L.
SS FD
Daniel Taylor * Bryan
Hugh Paul
TV RE
Ilene * Bryan
Priscilla R.
Healthy Mind Counseling Service
RETIRED HI
FE
LEAVE OF ABSENCE SM
* Bryant
Lisa
PE
Greg * Buck
Rowland S.
CM FE
Sinda * Burch
Brian C.
Thomas John
Ronald W.
Kristen
Stephen P
* Burlingham Jr.
Robert E.
Fountain City UMC TV
FE
Debbie
Andrea
RETIRED TV
FE
Phillip Archer * Burkhart
First UMC White Pine MV
RE
Mary J. * Burkhart
First UMC Pearisburg NR
FE
Tosha Burgess
St Mark’s UMC, Louisville SM
FE
DeAnne * Burdine
Madam Russell-Tate’s Chapel
Beulah-French Broad SM
FE
Trinity UMC Big Stone Gap AP
Office/Home/Fax
222 Paint Rock Rd Kingston TN 37763-5823 jdougb8@gmail.com
(865) 376-5859
PO Box 8 Dandridge TN 37725-0008 gatecitybrown@yahoo.com
(865) 397-2730 (865) 397-4049 (865) 397-7351
8105 Leon Brenda Lane Ooltewah TN 37363 ldpbrown@bellsouth.net
(423) 240-3478
7440 Openview Ln Corryton TN 37721-3599 dbrowntaylor@gmail.com
(865) 219-0458
PO Box 1297 Decatur TN 37322-1297 hpbryan@aol.com
(423) 506-7087
PO Box 943 Dublin VA 24084 prbryan@netzero.net PO Box JJ Saltville VA 24370-1164 lhbryant1@gmail.com
(423) 956-2048
PO Box 37 Louisville TN 37777-0037 rowlandbuck@gmail.com
(865) 977-6128 (865) 977-6128 (865) 977-6154
PO Box 400 Pearisburg VA 24134-0400 briancburch@gmail.com
(540) 921-1021 (540) 599-3526 (540) 921-1022
1822 Walnut St White Pine TN 37890-3254 burdinesfarrier@gmail.com
(865) 674-2869 (423) 775-0101
1269 NW 123rd Ave Pembroke Pines FL 33026-3897 rwburgess@mindspring.com 212 Hotel Rd Knoxville TN 37918-1546 kristen.burkhart@fountaincityumc.org
(865) 689-5175 (423) 525-2746
907 Kimberlin Heights Rd Knoxville TN 37920-9022 preachee54@ymail.com
(865) 577-4244 (865) 209-7061
729 W Valley Dr Kingsport TN 37664-5731 robert.burlingham@outlook.com
(276) 523-0789 (276) 245-3023
XI. * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse) Burnett
Status Greg
FL
* Burnette
Kyle David
* Burns
* Butler III
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
Fries Circuit
6921 Ivanhoe Rd Ivanhoe VA 24350-3085 friescircuitumc@yahoo.com
(276) 744-7945
41880 E Morgan Ave Pennington Gap VA 24277-3218 kdburnette@gmail.com
(276) 546-1080 (276) 318-0651 (276) 546-4436
119 Royal Heights Dr Knoxville TN 37920-5053 lkburns@bellsouth.net
(865) 524-3048 (865) 387-1627 (865) 521-0261
PO Box 397 Rich Creek VA 24147-0397 buddy.butler777@yahoo.com
(423) 349-7531 (423) 349-1036
NR OR
First UMC Pennington Gap
Leah
PL
Second UMC
Gilbert C.
FE
First UMC Rich Creek
Sheila
AP
TV
April Buxton-Wade
Jan
NR RE
Dwight Wade Byrd
Billy L. Belle
Byrum
C. Stephen
William E.
RE
Ashley M.
RE
Jeffery C.
RE
Joel H.
RE
John Thomas
RETIRED
RE
RETIRED CM
OF
Midtown Valley UMC TV
* Cantler
Palmer C.
PE
Robert T.
RE
Church Street UMC TV
Cantrell Jr.
Marie * Cantrell
Robert Wilson
C. Kenneth
FE
James E.
Richard K.
RE
Rachel Witt
RETIRED TR
PL
Elithe * Carosiello
RETIRED TR
Karensue Carnes
Concord UMC Knox TV
RE
Jo Caraway
RETIRED TV
Rebecca Caraway
Axley’s Chapel UMC SM
FE
South Carolina Conference TR
Carrico
Harvey Joe
RA
Freda * Carroll
Brenda F. Larry
(865) 806-1520
701 Rock Springs Rd Kingsport TN 37664-5265 dinghybelle@charter.net
(423) 349-8336
17 Grayswood Hill Rd Signal Mountain TN 37377-2320
(423) 886-5587 (423) 886-7140 (423) 886-5587
265 Locust Point Rd Saltville VA 24370-4457 wesecahills@gmail.com
(423) 360-6595
197 White Oak Rd Waynesville NC 28785-6435 amcalhoun2000@yahoo.com
(828) 926-4741
750 N 8th St Wytheville VA 24382-1834
(276) 239-1833
NR
Glenda Fay Campbell
RETIRED SM
Mickey Campbell
RETIRED CM
Paula Callahan
RETIRED
Office/Home/Fax
416 Kingston Park Dr Knoxville TN 37919-6680 jwjbwade@gmail.com
SS
Sharon * Calhoun
RETIRED TR
Phyllis Cahill
RETIRED TV
RA
361
Mt Zion UMC NR
RE
Powell UMC TV
78 Hart Rd Rockbridge Baths VA 24473-2224 intothecenter@yahoo.com
(540) 348-1054
126 Crescent Ln Jacksboro TN 37757-3920 pastortomcampbell@gmail.com
(865) 335-9467
PO Box 1303 Knoxville TN 37901-1303 pcantler@churchstreetumc.org 106 Ulena Ln Oak Ridge TN 37830-5237 revbcantrell@comcast.net 11020 Roane Dr Knoxville TN 37934-2916 wcantrell@concordumc.com
(865) 524-3048 (423) 202-5161
(865) 272-3338 (865) 966-6728 (865) 966-6728
277 Dotson Ln Mountain City TN 37683-2090 jkcaraway@embarqmail.com
(423) 460-1214
4783 NW 7th Pl Deerfield Beach FL 33442-9351 Carawayjames@aol.com
(954) 536-0363
746 Disco Loop Rd Friendsville TN 37737-2236 carnesr746@gmx.com
(865) 995-9838
5 Ramblewood Ln Greenville SC 29615-1221 rachelwitt1316@gmail.com
(423) 963-4239
9897 Spring Valley Rd Fries VA 24330-4125 jody49@ls.net
(276) 236-7924 (276) 744-0045 (276) 236-7924
1300 Astoria Dr Knoxville TN 37918-8021 bfcarroll49@gmail.com
(865) 414-8493
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Juanita
MISCELLANEOUS
362
2019 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse)
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
* Carroll
Status Larry E.
RE
Brenda Carter
Jack Wayne
Kelly Michael
Randy D.
FE
Roger
OF
Vickie J.
SY
William J.
RETIRED
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Pound UMC
Lakeview-Grassy Creek CM
PL
Mt Vernon UMC
Cheryl M.
Gerald E.
Daniel
Lee-Lee
Herman Forrest
Janice A.
Lee A.
(276) 794-7003 (276) 794-7931
TR
(423) 282-6722 (423) 762-9148 (423) 282-6200
PL
Bookwalter UMC/ St John UMC TV / SM
2201 E Broadway Ave Maryville TN 37804-3036 pastordanicastillo@yahoo.com
(865) 983-2290 (865) 599-8967
RE
RETIRED
816 S 216th St # 524 Des Moines WA 98198-6331 leeleetc@yahoo.com
(206) 870-8524
402 Mountain Rd Clinton TN 37716-6835 hcate@excite.com
(865) 585-5267
402 Mountain Rd Clinton TN 37716-6835 hcate@excite.com
(865) 585-5267
RE
RETIRED
Wesley Memorial UMC
RETIRED MV
FE
Herman Cate
1399 Molls Creek Rd Castlewood VA 24224-6510 rogerc276@gmail.com
225 Princeton Rd Johnson City TN 37601-2052 gerald@wesleymemorialumc.org
FE
Janice Cate
(276) 796-5790
(859) 986-8100
RETIRED
SS Cate
PO Box 1207 Pound VA 24279-1201 randycarter2014@yahoo.com
2 Fairway Dr Berea KY 40403-1708 cmctnvol@gmail.com
RE
Kacye Castor
(423) 863-3053
(423) 926-3055
Corrina * Castillo
405 N Valley View Cir Kingsport TN 37664-4450 mikecarterbeach@yahoo.com
2211 Wyndale Rd Johnson City TN 37604-7036 billjcarter@aol.com
RE
TV * Casson
(608) 229-6688
(423) 418-3534
AP
TR Caruso-Payne
6209 Mineral Point Rd Apt 610 Madison WI 53705-4552
150 Hicks Ave Kingsport TN 37660-7035 vjcarter1966@gmail.com
Mark Carter
(865) 693-0353 (865) 414-8494
AP
Jane ** Carter
Office/Home/Fax
1300 Astoria Dr Knoxville TN 37918-8021 lecarroll65@gmail.com
NR
Brittany Carter
Address/E-Mail
RETIRED
SS
Virginia Carter
Charge/District TV
RE
Joannie Carter
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
MEDICAL LEAVE MV
RE
RETIRED
408 Mountain Rd Clinton TN 37716-6835
(865) 457-3201
TV Caylor
Larry L.
RE
RETIRED
141 Sturbridge Ln Church Hill TN 37642-4703 Lcaylor4141@gmail.com
(423) 256-9407
759 Hart Rd Dandridge TN 37725-3305 rchambersd1055@aol.com
(865) 382-4759
1010 Kensington Blvd Maryville TN 37803-1949
(423) 746-5230 (423) 507-8640 (865) 982-5551 (423) 290-3999
SM
617 Gilbert St Alcoa TN 37701-2373 revtchancey@juno.com
Elk Garden School Community Ministry CM
PO Box 188 Rosedale VA 24280-0188 faith@cableplus.tv
(276) 880-1328
Rutledge Circuit
133 Shiloh Church Rd Rutledge TN 37861-4520 sweetpreach@aol.com
(865) 828-3837
5540 J Riley West Rd Greenback TN 37742-3336 tricia.chaput@yahoo.com
(704) 813-3288
AP * Chambers
R. Darrell
PL
Beth Car-Watkins Chapel MV
Chance
Von Darnell
RE
* Chancey
James Todd
FE
RETIRED TV
Elizabeth * Chapiewski
* Chapman
Mary C
Cherie B.
PL
RL
First UMC Alcoa
MV * Chaput
Patricia Emmett
OR
Meadow UMC SM
XI. * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse) Charles
Status Michael D.
FE
* Chase II
Michael J. Sonja
* Cheetham
William Joseph
PL
Susan Chesney
Kathy
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
Office/Home/Fax
U.S. Army
231 Pawleys Dr Lexington SC 29072-2338 airborne1zero@gmail.com
(865) 323-2360
(276) 389-8029
NR
323 Old Schoolhouse Rd Eggleston VA 24086-3052 michaelchase1991@yahoo.com
Burchfield-Bogart’s Chpl -Lawson Chp MV
2126 Lindsey Rd Dandridge TN 37725-6043 cheetw@earthlink.net
(865) 397-6699
Miller’s Chapel UMC Union
183 Edwards Rd Maynardville TN 37807-4935 kathyjelley@aol.com
(865) 566-3289
PO Box 1303 Knoxville TN 37901-1303 dchesser@churchstreetumc.org
(865) 208-0852
TV SY
PL
Wabash Circuit
TV * Chesser
Pamela Dawn
FE
Scot Danforth Chinault
Earnest H.
Church Street UMC TV
RA
363
RETIRED
4121 Holbert Ave Draper VA 24324-2813
(540) 980-6491
NR Clark
Alberta
RE
RETIRED SS
* Clark
Barbara A.
FE
Jerry W.
RL
Gatlinburg, First-Huskey’s Grove SM
Clark
Shirley Clark
John Thomas
AP RE
Norma Clark
Lawrence C.
Norman
RE
William Scott
RL
G. William
OF
Mary
RE
Robert K.
PL
Dina L.
Ricky H.
Alley’s Chapel UMC AP
FL
William Clowers
Brooks Memorial UMC SS
RL
Jessie * Clower
RETIRED HI
Gary * Cloud
Tellico Plains Ct HI
Mary Elizabeth * Cline
RETIRED AP
Deborah Climer Jr.
RETIRED SS
Shelia Clark
RETIRED
Woodlawn-Shiloh NR
RE
RETIRED
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Sandra
TR
Coffey
Linda
FD
Cogburn
Marta M.
RL
AP
Paul * Coldiron
Matthew Melissa
742 Parkway Gatlinburg TN 37738-3206 revbarbaraclark@gmail.com 8656 Laurel Grove Ln Charleston SC 29420-6813 jwarrenclark@yahoo.com
(423) 894-2198 (865) 436-4691 (865) 436-4691
(843) 225-2748
3416 Rex Thornton Rd Dandridge TN 37725-7334
(865) 509-7069
4008 Belvoir Pines Dr Chattanooga TN 37412-2020 lmclarkbar@aol.com
(423) 892-9363 (423) 843-2523 (423) 892-8443
195 Bus Shop Rd Jonesville VA 24263-7851 clarknorman44@gmail.com
(276) 346-3580
MV
Melvina Clark
RETIRED
4206 Kayla Cir Chattanooga TN 37406-1263 aclark2857@att.net
RETIRED MV
PL
Union Grove UMC Blount SM
PO Box 116 Coker Creek TN 37314-0116 clarksatcamp@AOL.com 7613 Sharpthorne Pl Charlotte NC 28270-0340 billclimer@aol.com 4766 Happy Valley Rd Flintstone GA 30725-2587 marycline63@gmail.com 1025 S Page Pl Kingsport TN 37660-7295 2bobcloud@charter.net PO Box 75 Woodlawn VA 24381-0075 dina.clower@yahoo.com
(423) 261-2501 (423) 261-2329
(704) 541-6542 (706) 820-2782 (706) 820-7646
(423) 392-4212 (423) 392-4212 (276) 733-5101
1603 Southwest Ave Johnson City TN 37604-7208 rclowerstn@charter.net 1020 Laurelwood Dr Kingsport TN 37660-8516 Ldcoffey24@gmail.com
(423) 354-1324 (423) 246-9775
211 Point Oak Dr Parrottsville TN 37843-2389 martacogburn@gmail.com
(423) 623-0651
1922 Rommel Dr Maryville TN 37804-6233 pastmatt3556@gmail.com
(865) 984-4578
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Melody
MISCELLANEOUS
364
2019 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse)
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
* Collins
* Collins
Status
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
Burks UMC SS
1018 Olde Mill Ln Hixson TN 37343-2942 rachel@burks.org
FE
Mt Vale-Savannah/ Out Of The Box UMC NR
4123 Flower Gap Rd Cana VA 24317-4067 ronnie24317@yahoo.com
Thomas Isaac
PE
Virginia Conference
1901 Thomson Rd Charlottesville VA 22903-2418 isaaccollins@vaumc.org
W. Anthony
FE
Rachel Lee
Ronnie Gray
PL
Misty Collins
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
HI * Collins
Susan Conley
Thomas A.
SS FE
Dona Conner
Kenneth C
William Joseph
RE
Amy Jo
* Cook
H. Wayne
* Cook
Joel Austin
FE
Loudon UMC
FL
McFarland UMC
OF
Marvins Chapel UMC
SM
Charlene
SS
Suzanne Robert E.
TR RL
Faye Cooper
Danielle A.
Rhonda S.
FE
Archer I
Roy H.
Diana
FAMILY LEAVE
Stephen
Sherry
Andrew Braxton
David
J. Robert Carla
(423) 605-3454 (865) 458-3164 (865) 458-3164
211 Marlboro Ave Chattanooga TN 37411-5220 hwcook@epbfi.com
(706) 866-2981 (423) 304-1071
178 May Apple Ln Johnson City TN 37615-4386 revrun65@gmail.com
(423) 543-2446 (423) 913-0330
5950 Mount Carmel Rd Bulls Gap TN 37711-3213
3579 Spence Cir Maryville TN 37804-4705 archer.coppedge@gmail.com
SM RA
RETIRED AP
FL
SY
MEDICAL LEAVE
New Bethel UMC NR
OE
St Marks UMC
FE
Grace-Fairview
SS
SS RL
Louise * Countiss
(276) 796-5928 (423) 736-6095
PO Box 342 Loudon TN 37774-0342 revcookie1703@gmail.com
Pleasant Hill UMC Blount
Lyndie * Coulter
PO Box 1255 Decatur TN 37322-1255 pastor@decaturumc.org
RE
Patrick * Cotton Jr.
255 Georgia St Bristol VA 24201-2205 trig-ger62@verizon.net
515 S Washington St Baltimore MD 21231-3031 rcoope23@jhmi.edu
Gay * Cothran
(276) 979-8152
Johns Hopkins/ H.J. Duffey Family Prog CM
MV * Cornett
717 Fincastle Tpke Tazewell VA 24651-6138 taconley@Verizon.net
FE
Ruth Cornett
(423) 842-4219 (423) 536-8840 (423) 464-1349
HI
Mary Corbin
(276) 728-0020 (276) 733-9024
6433 Hixson Pike Hixson TN 37343-5726 padrewac77@gmail.com
216 Middleton St Galax VA 24333-4123 Dahc521@gmail.com
John Wolford * Coppedge
RETIRED
(865) 271-7829
(423) 552-3713
MV
DeWitt Cooper Cooper
Decatur-Concord HI
Robert
Cook Sr.
RETIRED AP
FE
Hope * Cook
MEDICAL LEAVE NR
Beatrice * Conner
Burks UMC
Office/Home/Fax
Kodak UMC SM
FE
Abingdon UMC CM
(423) 920-2600 (410) 502-1500 (410) 675-0376
(423) 667-1898
2106 Colby Dr Forest VA 24551-1876 roycorbin@gmail.com 311 Combs Road Rutledge TN 37861 ldcorn56@msn.com
(865) 302-1263
218 Hillandale Ln Elk Creek VA 24326-2292 sgcornett1953@gmail.com
(276) 655-4943
701 Mississippi Ave Chattanooga TN 37405-2857 sdcothran@gmail.com
(423) 267-5530 (615) 347-1545
9833 Hixson Pike Soddy Daisy TN 37379-3529 abracot.bc@gmail.com
(423) 842-5872 (423) 580-3387
2540 Big River Overlook Dr Sevierville TN 37876-0432 david@kodakchurch.com
(865) 446-4539
101 E Main St Abingdon VA 24210-2807 robertcountiss@abingdonumc.org
(276) 628-2321 (276) 628-2321 (276) 676-0383
XI. * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse) * Countiss
Status Jacob W.
PL
Cox
J. Greg
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
McDonald UMC
4836 S Lee Hwy Mc Donald TN 37353-5702 Jwcountiss@live.com
(423) 497-7504
113 E Hillcrest Dr Cedar Bluff VA 24609-9229 sfcjgcret@roadrunner.com
(276) 964-2779
413 N Church St Mountain City TN 37683-1417 revcrab@gmail.com
(423) 727-7554 (423) 494-4045 (423) 727-7572
5500 Old Selma Rd Montgomery AL 36108-4741 jasoncrandall08@hotmail.com
(423) 716-2570
HI LM
Dennison UMC CM
* Crabtree
John W.
FE
Gayle Crandall
Jason A.
First UMC Mountain City-Trade TR
FE
Alabama/W Florida Conf. TR
* Crandall
Leann Kaye Frazier
FE
* Cranford
Lauri Jo
FE
Crim
Roger L.
RE
Carter County Parish TR HC-Three Rivers District TR
Susan Crockett
Douglas E.
RETIRED MV
FE
Rita
Virginia Conference NR
Crockett
Joseph T.
RL
RETIRED
Crone
Mary Kathryn
RD
RETIRED
TV
SM * Cross Jr.
Walter H.
AM
Angela M. * Crum
Gary Millie
* Cunningham Jr.
Edwin E.
Scott J.
RL
Michael W.
* Dalton
H. Roy
LM
FE
Donald J.
Leslie
RE
Ryan Andrew
PE
H. Denver Bridget
RETIRED
Dunlap UMC SS
FE
Courtney * Davidson
416 Sabine St Elizabethton TN 37643-5074 hotluma@yahoo.com 110 Mary St Johnson City TN 37615-2628 laurijocranford@holston.org 4131 Van Hill Rd Greeneville TN 37745-6108 rlcsr@hughes.net
(423) 926-7533 (423) 794-8914
(423) 921-0928
22 N Holly Ave Highland Springs VA 23075-1451 dcrockett@cox.net
(804) 737-1503 (757) 564-8167
1036 W Park Dr Knoxville TN 37909-3111 crockjoe@comcast.net
(423) 263-2170 (423) 263-2170
613 Broad Ave Sevierville TN 37862-4103 mkc54@juno.com
(865) 428-0795
5605 Reinhardt Ln Knoxville TN 37924-1572 orcrosx@aol.com
(423) 774-7993
2748 G B Short St Saint Paul VA 24283-3664 garycrum@aol.com
(276) 393-3522
728 W 2nd North St Morristown TN 37814-3937
(423) 312-6793
307 Holston Dr Blountville TN 37617-5909 pastorscott0715@gmail.com
(423) 723-3315
145 Oak Grove Rd Greeneville TN 37745-0421 mikecutshaw@yahoo.com
(423) 586-5360 (423) 605-7074 (423) 317-0128
410 Apple Blossom Ln Morristown TN 37814-5612 hpdalton2@musfiber.com
(423) 625-9200 (423) 581-4743 (423) 581-4743
4304 Shelborne Dr Chattanooga TN 37416-3312 bdaniel29@comcast.net
(423) 894-7565
725 Belle Vista Ave Chattanooga TN 37411-2102
(423) 622-9872
SS
Bob * Davenport
Sardis UMC SS
Madelyn * Daniels
Harned’s-Parrottsville MV
PL
Belinda Daniels Sr.
Trinity UMC Morristown MV
RL
Peggy Bryan E.
Logans Chapel UMC AP
Brenda
Daniel
Bethel UMC
Office/Home/Fax
MV
Stephanie * Cutshaw
Lebanon Memorial UMC CM
Rebecah * Cunningham
Lonsdale - Martin Chapel TV
RL
365
U.S. Army AP
PL
Mooresburg-Beeler’s Chapel MV
1958 Mainstreet Dunlap TN 37327 leslied730@yahoo.com
(423) 949-2724 (706) 669-8059
3017 S George Dr Wichita KS 67210-1744 rdavenport43@gmail.com
(423) 292-0650
309 Davidson Ridge Rd Thorn Hill TN 37881-3608 denverdavidson@aol.com
(865) 767-2833
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Sarah Holley
MISCELLANEOUS
366
2019 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse)
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
* Davis
Status Gregory Paul
PL
Rhonda * Davis
Mark C.
Amanda
RE
Fred E.
FE
Stephen B.
Charles W.
James G.
David
2026 Belleau Village Chattanooga 37421 dearing.fred103@gmail.com
(423) 629-0333 (423) 341-0237 (423) 622-8360
FE
Cokesbury UMC Knoxville
9919 Kingston Pike Knoxville TN 37922-6923 sdefur@cokesbury.tv
(865) 693-0353 (865) 470-2774 (865) 693-9704
1150 Peppers Fry Rd NW Christiansburg VA 24073-5794 cwd4330@gmail.com
(540) 381-1752
PO Box 761 Damascus VA 24236-0358 jimjeandent@hotmail.com
(276) 475-5433
102 Nash Dr Athens TN 37303-4022 davidderrick96@gmail.com
(423) 920-1458
2212 Douglas Dam Rd Sevierville TN 37876-1703 lvdevault@gmail.com
(865) 307-5182
7753 Oak Ridge Hwy Knoxville TN 37931-3343 larry@beaverridgeumc.com
(865) 690-1060 (865) 690-1060 (865) 693-4157
7224 Cane Hollow Rd Hixson TN 37343-2488 pastordebradickerson@gmail.com
(423) 490-7039 (423) 842-4336
SM RL
Larry V.
RA
Larry J.
RETIRED CM
SY
Pleasant Hill UMC HI
RE
Velina * Dial
RETIRED NR
Vicki * DeVault
Oakland UMC MV
FE
Beaver Ridge UMC TV
* Dickerson
Debra
FE
Riley Dilks
Charles Raymond
Fred E.
RE
Gerald
PL
PL
Lola * Dishman Jr.
Clarence G.
Gleasanna J.
* Dixon
Harold
RE
(423) 272-3836
Bethel UMC East Knox
PO Box 875 Kodak TN 37764-0875 brokentoblessed@outlook.com
(865) 209-2574
2351 Gate City Hwy Bristol VA 24202-1143 dishcowman@bvu.net
(276) 466-0330
RETIRED
FL
Elk Creek Circuit
LM
Graysville-New Bethel
NR
HI J. Michael
PL
Jeanne * Dockery
Danny Ray
John Edward
North Keywood Circuit CM
RL
Linda Donley
Rye Cove UMC AP
OF
Pleasant Hill UMC Roane SM
* Doolittle
Eric Lawrence Ann
(276) 889-2457
141 Thorps Chapel Rd Rogersville TN 37857-5822 fdimond61@charter.net
CM
Bobby
Dixon
PO Box 2968 Lebanon VA 24266-2968
Ebbing & Flowing Springs -Kincaid MV
SM
Betty * Dixon
RETIRED
(423) 224-1517 (423) 718-4103
CM
Nelle * Dingman
St Elmo UMC Chattanooga SS
Patty * Dimond
724 Swansons Ridge Rd Chattanooga TN 37421-4548 revmark7@gmail.com
East Africa Annual Conference, Sudan SS
Jeanne Derrick
Ooltewah UMC
(423) 612-5378
HI
Vivian Denton
RETIRED
Office/Home/Fax
RE
Beth DeHart
103 McCall Rd Limestone TN 37681-2102 pastorgreg6681@gmail.com
5750 Lake Resort Dr Apt G107 Chattanooga TN 37415-7058 adean@oumclive.org
Elizabeth * DeFur
Address/E-Mail
Baileyton Circuit
SS
Justin Steinmann Dearing III
Charge/District TR
Jean * Dean
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
FE
North Central College MV
9240 Spring Valley Rd Fries VA 24330-4140 rocknrev@outlook.com
(276) 655-4072 (276) 744-7536
14319 Bluffview Dr Birchwood TN 37308-5244 dixonh48@att.net
(423) 619-0719
1109 Panorama Dr Abingdon VA 24210-4103 mjkcdixon@yahoo.com
(276) 628-1683
1801 Farming Acres Rd Duffield VA 24244-2521 drd645@mounet.com
(276) 940-2542
2690 Oakland Rd Philadelphia TN 37846-2039 jdonley@bellsouth.net
(865) 213-4509
N C College, 30 N Brainard St Naperville IL 60540 ericldoolittle@gmail.com
(630) 637-5104 (410) 999-7176
XI. * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse) * Dougherty
Status James A.
RE
* Douthat
James Louis Willela
Douty
Bethany
Christopher C.
FE
FE
Rhonda * DowlingSoka
Christina
FE
Joseph * DowlingSoka
Joseph E.
* Downs
Cathy E
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
Office/Home/Fax
RETIRED
PO Box 5103 Knoxville TN 37928-0103 dougherty_j@comcast.net
(865) 687-6073
RETIRED SS
Michael * Dover
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
TV RE
Florida Annual Conference
Darris K.
423-389-9127
Sand Mountain-Wildwood/ Tennessee Wesleyan Univ. SS
6853 Old Stage Rd Chattanooga TN 37421-2778 cnrdover@gmail.com
(423) 855-2550
Alaska Conference
PO Box 182 Willow AK 99688-0182 dwlngsk@yahoo.com
(423) 825-5766 (423) 202-5143
PO Box 182 Willow AK 99688-0182 Joedowlingsoka@gmail.com
(423) 490-7039 (423) 202-4436
SS RETIRED
RL
New Victory UMC
SS
RE
Erma * Doyal
Stephen Becky
* Doyle
Barbara A
RETIRED MV
FE
Bookwalter UMC TV
FE
Shady Grove-Meadowview CM
Driver
Tom Faw
RE
Anne Duff III
Columbus V. Bettie
* Duncan
Perry W.
Ronnie G.
FE
Bobbie J.
FL
Rodney Lorentz
RL
Samuel
OF
Mountain View UMC
OE
Rutledge-Mary’s Chapel
HI
Pauline Eastridge
Joseph Vance
MV RE
Carlene Edwards
Howard L.
Janet
RETIRED TR
RL
RETIRED
FE
Trident Health System
Jeannie * Edwards
Cedar Springs Circuit NR
Cecilia * Dzobo
MEDICAL LEAVE CM
Dianne ** Dunn
Jacksboro-Caryville TV
Dawn Dunford
RETIRED TV
Teresa Duncan
RETIRED CM
RE
CM
TV * Edwards
Pierce Jackson Judy
RE
(423) 886-6369 (423) 886-5312
MV
TR Doyal
PO Box 400 Signal Mountain TN 37377-0400 jimd@mountainpress.com 9087 Parkhill Rd Tallahassee FL 32317-8700 bethanyrh@gmail.com
RE
Christina
367
RETIRED AP
494 Taylor Bridge Rd Jonesborough TN 37659-7110 cathydowns@yahoo.com
(423) 335-6913
1715 Zimmerman Dr Morristown TN 37814-6825 doyal13@gmail.com
(423) 616-0193
4218 Central Ave Pike Knoxville TN 37912-4307 sdoyal7@gmail.com
(865) 689-3349 (865) 924-2047
335 Gillespie Dr Abingdon VA 24210-2105 pastordoyle1209@gmail.com
(423) 217-3092 (276) 525-1637 (423) 764-9751
16 Meadow Lks Apt L21 Hightstown NJ 08520-3396 tf3@utsnyc.edu
(609) 632-1932
9261 Hines Valley Rd Lenoir City TN 37771-8327 cvduffiii@direcway.com
(865) 986-6827
PO Box 83 Jacksboro TN 37757-0083 umcrevman@gmail.com
(423) 562-3896 (865) 748-4050
509 East Cedar Street Bristol TN 37620 parsonnwife@yahoo.com
(276) 782-5657
310 Chestnut Ave Rural Retreat VA 24368-2535 dunfordbj51@gmail.com
(276) 686-1654
3435 Ocoee St N Cleveland TN 37312-4431 roddunn@charter.net
(423) 476-4325 (423) 339-1348
1125 Ebenezer Church Rd Talbott TN 37877-3825 sadzobo@yahoo.com
(423) 999-6548
2 Townview Dr Johnson City TN 37604-1407 vance@eastridges.com
(423) 854-8926
9463 SW 72nd Ct Ocala FL 34476-9379 kissonepig@yahoo.com 531 Stone Creek Dr Charleston SC 29414-5052 Janet.Edwards3@hcahealthcare.com
(865) 300-4867
4169 Cooks Pt Kingsport TN 37664-3977 edwardsfbs@mounet.com
(423) 288-2163
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Betty
MISCELLANEOUS
368
2019 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse)
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
* Edwards
Status Rance C.
AM
Donna * Edwards
Richard S.
Lonnie R.
RE
Betzy
RE
David W.
FE
Paul B.
(276) 479-2018 (276) 479-5560
627 Rockwell Farm Lane Knoxville TN 37934 richardedwards@holston.org
(865) 690-8124 (865) 966-2947 (865) 690-3162
301 Pond Hill Rd Niota TN 37826-3342
(423) 437-1560
RETIRED
RETIRED
Illinois Great Rivers Conf. TV
RE
Joan Elmore
PO Box 137 Nickelsville VA 24271-0137 pastor@ecnar.com
Office/Home/Fax
HI
Brock Warren Elliott
Address/E-Mail
Nickelsville Circuit
TV
Connie * Elifrits Warren
Charge/District AP
Sue Eldridge
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
RETIRED TR
RE
RETIRED
2243 Cortland Dr Charleston IL 61920-3816 betzy@eiuwesley.org 1910 Waters Edge Dr Johnson City TN 37604-8317 david.elliott700@gmail.com
(423) 268-2219
1411 Bexley Cove Ln Knoxville TN 37922-5824
(865) 332-1575
CM
172 Garland Ln Tazewell VA 24651-8350 manny.elswick@gmail.com
(276) 988-2519 (276) 988-9886
Cheyenne Veterans Affairs CBOC TR
1300 E 21st St Apt 2 Cheyenne WY 82001-4000 emmerichsj@gmail.com
(202) 731-6333
Fairview UMC
120 Blackley Creek Rd Limestone TN 37681-2000 seeminister@gmail.com
(423) 753-9738
MV * Elswick
Emmerich
* Emmert
Emmanuel L.
Sara Jo
Paul Randall
FL
FE
PL
Mitzi * Ensminger
Charles D.
TR FE
Cindy * Evans
Stephen M.
Donald Lee
Allen Memorial UMC HI
FL
Carla Everhart
Main Street UMC
Fincastle UMC TV
RA
RETIRED SS
Everley
Jerry L.
RE
Carolyn * Ewing
William B.
James R.
RL
Douglas R.
RE
Spivey-New Providence
Bales Chapel UMC MV
RE
Carolyn
RETIRED CM
* Farmer
Barbara
RL
* Farmer
Clayton R.
FE
Pleasant View UMC Abingdon CM
Kristen Farmer
John W.
Kenneth L.
RE
William P. Sarah
RETIRED CM
RE
Chrissy Faulkner
Rural Retreat UMC NR
Mary Lou Faught
629 Old Middlesboro Hwy La Follette TN 37766-5101 smevans1960@comcast.net
(423) 562-6262 (865) 216-4531
179 Lee Dr Marion NC 28752-9609 at_the_cross_2000@yahoo.com
(423) 505-3742
26 Acorn Ln NE Cleveland TN 37312-4446
(423) 458-1550
PO Box 476 Dayton TN 37321-0476
(423) 775-0321
HI
Toni * Fairbanks Jr.
(423) 745-1560 (423) 368-3348
HI
Norita * Fain
RETIRED
800 Decatur Pike Athens TN 37303-3036 pointofdeparture2000@yahoo.com
RETIRED TV
RL
RETIRED SM
110 Meadow Ln Greeneville TN 37745-6732 jtfain@gmail.com
(423) 552-3398
PO Box 1823 Abingdon VA 24212-1823 drfairbanks@icloud.com
(276) 608-2192
18416 Lee Hwy Abingdon VA 24210-8002 farmer.barbara2016@gmail.com
(276) 628-6323 (276) 676-2118 (276) 676-4323
228 Sherwood Ave Rural Retreat VA 24368-2516 clayton.ray.farmer@gmail.com
(423) 367-6140
637 Oak St Saint Simons Island GA 31522-4412 johnandmarylou@gmail.com
(912) 634-5413
1001 Harrogate Dr Knoxville TN 37923-1956 pastorklf@gmail.com
(865) 684-5819
PO Box 833 Sweetwater TN 37874-0833
(865) 776-1533
XI. * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse) Fauscett
Status Reece F.
RA
* Felton
Joshua Kathy
* Ferguson Jr
Don E.
* Ferguson
Frederick Anderson
Rebekah
Kenneth G.
RETIRED
TV
TV FE
First UMC Bluefield
FD
Cokesbury UMC Knoxville
RA
RETIRED
NR
SM
Nellie Fiorini
Kevin
CM RE
Linda * Fisher
Ellen F.
Ronald D.
RD
Gale K
FE
Dennis W.
RE
Harry W.
FE
Terry
RA
Gregory Scott
RETIRED
PL
Chalybeate Springs-Okolona AP
PL
Amis Chapel-Fudges Chapel AP
* Flynn
Annette N.
FE
Mark * Flynn
Mark R.
* Ford
C. Dennis
FE
First UMC Oak Ridge
RA
Sand Branch UMC
TV
Sharon William Ryan
A Flynn Partnerships TV
Annette
* Ford
SM PE
Louisiana Conference AP
* Forrester
Troy
FE
First UMC Knoxville
RE
RETIRED
Christina Fowler
Charles J. Patricia
(423) 488-7060
7420 Clapps Chapel Rd Corryton TN 37721-3734 holstonhoosier@aol.com
(865) 687-4721 (423) 568-2856
7535 Maynardville Pike Knoxville TN 37938-3348 don.ferguson46@gmail.com
(865) 475-2827 (865) 274-2815
4608 Hilltop Rd Knoxville TN 37920-2917 faferguson@gmail.com
(865) 806-0086
200 S College Ave Bluefield VA 24605-1707 micahjin@hotmail.com
(276) 326-1466 (865) 207-1163 (276) 326-1311
9919 Kingston Pike Knoxville TN 37922-6923 rfetzer@cokesbury.tv
(865) 693-0353 (865) 675-3331 (865) 693-9704
PO Box 39 Bishop VA 24604-0039 revkennyfields@yahoo.com
(276) 988-6468 (276) 988-6468
450 W Fulton St Wytheville VA 24382-1027 k_fiorini@yahoo.com
(276) 228-2673
315 Kensington Dr Morristown TN 37814-2190 ellenfisher@musfiber.com
(423) 586-0440
501 Church St Sweetwater TN 37874-2904 revronfisher@gmail.com
(423) 337-7903 (423) 337-7903 (423) 337-7945
814 Sir Echo Dr Kingsport TN 37663-2523
(423) 406-1434
1228 Olde Oaks Dr Johnson City TN 37615-4462 pastordennis@grayumc.org
(423) 477-3792 (423) 304-4096 (423) 477-8360
115 Morningside Cir Rogersville TN 37857-5324
(423) 272-5138
MV
Suzi * Fletcher
Gray UMC TR
Peggy * Fleenor
RETIRED
Office/Home/Fax
AP
Jill Fleenor
First UMC Sweetwater HI
Della * Flaugher
RETIRED MV
Becca Flanary
RETIRED NR
Dan * Fisher
Clapps Chapel UMC
RE
James Fields
2026 Highway 136 Trenton GA 30752-4816 rfauscett@gmail.com
Christ UMC Knoxville
Kelly * Fetzer
Address/E-Mail
RETIRED
RE
Celia James R.
Charge/District
TV
Debra
* Ferguson Jr.
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
SS FE
369
TV
SS
16112 Wyndale Rd Abingdon VA 24210-8234 tfleenor3202@comcast.net
(276) 608-2603
700 Mount Zion Rd Church Hill TN 37642-6220 preachergreg44@gmail.com
(423) 293-2791
160 Outer Dr Oak Ridge TN 37830-5363 amnflynn@gmail.com
(865) 806-1985
1350 Oak Ridge Tpke Oak Ridge TN 37830-6416 mflynn@fumcor.org
(865) 483-4357 (865) 483-4357
2301 Thorngrove Pike Knoxville TN 37914-6348 preachd1947@yahoo.com
(865) 705-2017
1210 Normay Ray Dr. Rouston LA 71270 ryanfordis@gmail.com
(318) 254-3121
11 Raintree Xing Oak Ridge TN 37830-9008 troy@knoxvillefumc.org
(865) 525-0435 (865) 934-7284
PO Box 564 Kingston TN 37763-0564 cjfowler@gmail.com
(678) 717-3803 (770) 967-8426
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Wylene
MISCELLANEOUS
370
2019 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse)
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
* Fowler Jr.
Status Roy E.
RL
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
Chuckey Circuit
45 Circling Ln Chuckey TN 37641-4828 doyouknowhimharry@gmail.com
TR Fowler
William J.
RE
Virginia Fox
Dennis
TV RE
Joy * Fox
Harold Eddie
M. Elizabeth
RETIRED AP
RE
Mary Nell Fox
RETIRED
RETIRED TV
RL
RETIRED
PO Box 565 Kingston TN 37763-0565 wfowler42@comcast.net
Office/Home/Fax (423) 765-3738
UNLISTED
PO Box 491 Ewing VA 24248-0491 def0225@gmail.com
(276) 546-8154
2204 Waldens Creek Rd Sevierville TN 37862-7614 hefox8989@gmail.com
(865) 366-6020
1212 Cosby Cut Off Rd Newport TN 37821-7219
(423) 623-0235
MV Fraley
Chester Leon
RL
Rhonda * Franklin
Sherri F.
SS AM
Johnny Franklin
Vivian S.
Caleb
RL
Robert H.
RETIRED
645 Kings Lane Highway West Deptford NJ 8096 rarehares@comcast.net
(423) 653-8230
1544 Harold Patterson Rd Dandridge TN 37725-6022 foxhill1957@hotmail.com
(865) 397-9378
5470 Old Stage Rd Chuckey TN 37641-5052 vivian.franklinmumc@gmail.com
(423) 257-2047
1100 Seminole Dr Johnson City TN 37604-7134 calebfrazier@yahoo.com
(423) 929-2121 (423) 330-8143 (423) 232-4920
242 Deer Run Dr Maryville TN 37803-2775
(865) 982-6109 (865) 981-6842
37 Greentree Circle Rd Bristol VA 24201-1559 pastorcurtisf@yahoo.com
(276) 644-4428
37 Greentree Circle Rd Bristol VA 24201-1559 thiafrye@gmail.com
(276) 644-4428
(276) 620-9580
NR
962 Old School Rd Wytheville VA 24382-5412 eddiebfrye@gmail.com
PL
Hunt’s-Whittenburg-Rehobeth/ Preaching Station Ministries MV
1716 Harold Patterson Rd Dandridge TN 37725-6024 merfrye@juno.com
(865) 397-3223 (865) 397-3223
FE
First Broad Street-Community
100 E Church Cir Kingsport TN 37660-3677 rfrye@fbsumc.org
(423) 224-1503 (423) 224-1503 (423) 398-5495
PE
Bethel-Vonore
695 Church St Vonore TN 37885-2324 drfugatt@gmail.com
(865) 696-6380
TR FE
Margaret Freestate
Hills Union-McCampbell’s MV
Bob * Frazier
RETIRED
Wesley Foundation ETSU TR
RE
RETIRED SM
* Frye
Curtis
PL
Cynthia * Frye
Cynthia
CM PL
Curtis * Frye
* Frye II
Eddie
Prentis Max
Wm. Randall
* Fugatt
David
SY
Vicki
David L.
SM RE
Mary * Furches
Betty M
Furr
Alfred S.
Cripple Creek Circuit
AP
Heather Funk
Weaver UMC CM
Mary * Frye
Benham’s Circuit
RETIRED
400 Marietta Hwy #316 Roswell GA 30075-4706
(706) 882-1360
SM FL
Friendsville UMC
RA
RETIRED
Jim
SM
PO Box 176 Friendsville TN 37737-0176 pastorbetty@fumctn.org
(865) 995-9150 (865) 292-3953
1765 Westchester Dr Apt 115 High Point NC 27262-7241
(336) 643-7109
7234 Middlebrook Pike Knoxville TN 37909-1159 bgalyon@middlebrookpike.com
(865) 690-8641 (865) 705-9026 (865) 539-4636
411 Canyon Park Dr Trenton GA 30752-2639 stevegalyon@yahoo.com
(423) 578-4750
NR * Galyon
Bruce M.
FE
Galyon
Steven N.
RE
Middlebrook Pike UMC TV RETIRED SS
XI. * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse) * Gargis
Status John
FL
Garland
Gregory A. Chris Evans
** Garrett
Daniel Lee
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
Office/Home/Fax
Concord UMC Knox
12104 Woodhollow Ln Knoxville TN 37932-2859 jgargis@me.com
(865) 310-4783
TV RE
RETIRED AP
PL
Lebanon Circuit CM
* Garrett
Will
SY
Amy Garrison
Lynn M.
Rising Fawn UMC SS
PL
Lead Mines Circuit NR
Gass
Carolyn
FD
David * Gass II
James D. Carolyn
* Gattis Sr.
Jason N.
Brenda
PL
William * Gibbs Jr.
David O.
PL
Priscilla * Gibson
David A.
PL
Alice * Gilbert
Dale M.
FE
Angela * Gilbert
David L.
RE
John W. Mary Lou
Gillespie
Kenneth G.
Christopher Sean
RL
Caroline W.
James E.
Kimberly M.
Goins
R. Chandler
Judy
(540) 626-7340
410 Church Ave Oneida TN 37841-2720 carolyn@revdavegass.org
(423) 377-9678
SM Forkner’s Chapel -Buckner Memorial HI
17911 Steekee Rd Loudon TN 37774-3842 mamawgentry@gmail.com
(865) 458-6237
Mt Hope - Antioch MV
PO Box 944 Mosheim TN 37818-0944 www.olsie@comcast.net
Bethel UMC/ St Charles-Robbins Chapel AP
217 E 23rd St N Big Stone Gap VA 24219-3521 davidandalicegibson@comcast.net
Pleasant View UMC Abingdon
110 Village Ct Abingdon VA 24210-2773 dalemgilbert@yahoo.com
Tacoma UMC
RETIRED
RETIRED
Bluff City UMC
212 Henry St NW Norton VA 24273-1908 pastordavidgilbert@yahoo.com 1225 Briar Hills Dr NE Atlanta GA 30306-2205
(423) 422-6456 (423) 422-7569 (276) 523-3013 (276) 628-6323 (276) 492-6907
(276) 679-1352
(404) 892-2716
167 Culver St Tazewell VA 24651-8372 dye.melissa@yahoo.com
(276) 979-1082 (276) 988-4945
(865) 397-3694
MV
848 E Highway 25 70 Dandridge TN 37725-5006 cwgoddard@aol.com
Next Step Ministries/ Wabash Circuit NR
171 Bertons Crossing Ln Eggleston VA 24086-3060 jimgoddard1954@gmail.com
(276) 492-6112
FE
HC-New River District
PO Box 925 Wytheville VA 24382-0881 kimgoddard@holston.org
(276) 228-4922 (276) 492-6392 (276) 228-6717
SY
Flatwoods UMC
116 Pinecrest Rd Kingsport TN 37660-1630 volsfan1839920@gmail.com
(423) 677-9210
1701 Colonial Ridge Rd Johnson City TN 37604-7624 mgooden@fcumc.org
(423) 756-2021 (423) 903-9116 (423) 756-8589
RE
RE
RETIRED
NR
AP C. Mark
PO Box 232 Newport VA 24128-0232 godlygraced@yahoo.com
(865) 368-4700
James E
* Gooden
(256) 441-0423
(865) 982-1427 (865) 982-1427 (865) 981-7470
TR
Kimberly * Goddard
393 Antler Dr Rising Fawn GA 30738-4612 willrising82@gmail.com
126 Arbor Hills Dr Piney Flats TN 37686-4654 glenncs75@yahoo.com
Doug * Goddard Jr.
(276) 646-0475
PO Box 905 Alcoa TN 37701-0905 jasongattis@holston.org
HC-Smoky Mountain District
NR PL
Bethany Goddard
19379 Woodland Hills Rd Abingdon VA 24210-9651 deacondaz@ymail.com
HI
Lois * Glenn
(276) 796-5928 (276) 796-4340
(423) 569-8828 (423) 377-9682
AP RE
PO Box 457 Pound VA 24279-0457 garland.greg@gmail.com
234 N Main St Oneida TN 37841-2512 david@revdavegass.org
CM
Linda Gilbert Jr.
Oneida-Rugby Road TV
FE
Amy * Gentry
LEAVE OF ABSENCE TV
FE
371
FE
First-Centenary UMC SS
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Becky
MISCELLANEOUS
372
2019 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse)
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
* Goodgame
Status Gordon C.
RE
Dianne * Goodin
Terri Craft
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
RETIRED
2775 S Lakeshore Dr Lake Junaluska NC 28745-8709 ggoodgame@Charter.net
SS DC
Union Co. Public Schools
8524 Old Tazewell Pike Corryton TN 37721-2003
Office/Home/Fax (828) 452-2213
(865) 219-8867
TV * Goodman Jr.
Ronald W.
RE
RETIRED
165 Natural Bridge Rd Sewanee TN 37375-2646 ronniegoodman@live.com
(931) 598-5108
4115 Gravelly Hills Rd Louisville TN 37777-3006 terrygoodman@holston.org
(865) 690-4080 (865) 690-4080 (865) 690-3162
3808 Falling Water Ln Kingsport TN 37664-3893 stevegott@charter.net
(423) 765-0178
(276) 783-7819
CM
611 E Main St Marion VA 24354-3321 all3grahams@juno.com
RE
Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Inst CM
1827 Big Bear Dr Owosso MI 48867-9158 timothy.graham@dbhds.virginia.gov
(276) 783-1200
FE
St Mark-Dutch Valley
252 N Main St Clinton TN 37716-3706 dave@oneaglewings.net
(865) 457-1520 (859) 536-5439
PL
Sinking Springs-Paperville
SS * Goodman
Terry D.
FE
Debbie Gott
Steven G.
SM FE
Lavinia Graham
John H.
Timothy W.
FE
Jackie * Grant
David M.
* Graves
John M.
Bobbie
Dan L
CM FE
Samantha * Graybeal
David W
James R.
FE
Joseph S.
RE
Brian Huger
RETIRED SM
RE
Beth Greene Jr.
Keith Memorial UMC HI
Carol * Green
Addilynn Memorial UMC CM
Tracy Gartmann Green
Laurel Springs Circuit
TV
Lucy * Gray Jr.
MEDICAL LEAVE TR
Beth Graham
HC-Clergy Svcs, Dir/Conf Sec’y
Camp Ground UMC SM
RE
RETIRED
23405 Woodway Rd Bristol VA 24202-4743 jgraves@mac.com
(276) 614-7160
416 Harrington Hollow Rd Bluff City TN 37618-2018 pastordangray@gmail.com
(423) 538-7822 (423) 956-0023
PO Box 1 Athens TN 37371-0001 dgraybeal@keithumc.org
(423) 745-2612 (865) 441-0835 (423) 745-2613
804 Shannondale Way Apt 201 Maryville TN 37803-5970 jimvert@charter.net
(865) 977-0674
1511 Maxwell Ln Maryville TN 37803-8445 pastorjoegreen1949@gmail.com
(865) 233-0585
33 Loganberry Cir Valdosta GA 31602-2303
(336) 685-9231
CM * Gregory
Richard S.
RE
West Galax UMC
412 W Center St Apt C Galax VA 24333-2808 RGregory021@yahoo.com
(276) 236-9927 (276) 236-2311
Teresa Johnson
AM
Gladeville-Mt Olivet
6878 Carrollton Pike Galax VA 24333-6011 mtolivet@embarqmail.com
(276) 236-4607 (276) 233-1800
* Griffin III
Charles W.
FE
Luminary UMC
(865) 376-7040 (865) 376-5971
HI
105 Hood Dr Kingston TN 37763-6812 chuck@sermonshorts.org
* Griffin Russell
Caryl
Elizabeth R. Griffin Research Foundation TV
198 Pledge Pt Ten Mile TN 37880-5215 carylgriffin@gmail.com
Aldersgate-Anderson Street
128 Sparger Rd Bristol TN 37620-4143 pgriffith111@btes.tv
(423) 764-4535 (423) 217-0309
118 Main St Tazewell VA 24651-6109 acgrills@gmail.com
(276) 988-2519 (276) 988-4221 (276) 988-9889
1031 Mount Zion Rd Afton TN 37616-5125 grimm24333@gmail.com
(423) 470-4045
NR Gregory
NR
Connie
* Griffith
Paul
RE
AM
Kathy * Grills
Anthony C.
CM FE
Marcie * Grimm
John L. Maria
Main Street UMC CM
FE
Pine Grove-Hartman’s Chapel MV
(423) 914-3110
XI. * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse) * Grimm
Status Maria W.
FE
Grissett
Curtis A Barbara
* Grogg
Gary W.
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
Office/Home/Fax
Mt Zion UMC
1031 Mount Zion Rd Afton TN 37616-5125 preacherchic7@gmail.com
(423) 639-7454 (423) 639-7454
MV RE
RETIRED MV
RE
Ann
RETIRED SS
* Groseclose
Susan L.
FD
* Grove-DeJarnett
Douglas
FD
HC-Connectional Ministries
Munsey Memorial UMC
SY
Franklin Street UMC
SM
Susan Grubb
Harry
TR
Janet * Guthrie
James L.
NR RL
Cowan Chapel UMC
RA
RETIRED
Ida Hackney
John A.
TV
Peggy Hale
Katherine
AP RE
RETIRED MV
* Hale
Linda
PL
Michael * Hale
Timothy
Little Walker Circuit NR
PE
Floyd UMC NR
Hall
Brent R.
RE
Vicki Hall
Matthew C.
RETIRED TV
FL
First UMC Maryville SM
* Hall
W David
AM
Becky * Hamilton
Elizabeth Scott Matthew
Hamilton
Robert E.
C. Frederick
J. Ronald
RE
Delisa Jo
RE
R. Neal
SY
Keith T. Kelly
Max Meadows Circuit NR
FL
Delisa * Hampson
RETIRED SM
Neal * Hammons
RETIRED MV
Barbara * Hammons
RETIRED SS
Nancy Hammond
Mountain View UMC AP
RE
Thelma Hammer
Christ UMC SS
FE
Ceres Circuit NR
AM
373
Well Spring-Cawood TV
603 Briarwood Ct Greeneville TN 37743-6660 revgrissett@yahoo.com
(423) 639-4223
1047 River Hills Cir Chattanooga TN 37415-5611 gwgrogg@epbfi.com
(423) 240-6096 (706) 858-3676
107 Wilson Ave Maryville TN 37803-6050 susangroseclose@holston.org
(865) 690-4080 (865) 690-4080 (865) 690-3162
PO Box 1336 Johnson City TN 37605-1336 doug@munsey.org
(423) 461-8070 (423) 282-6870 (423) 975-7800
164 Carterville Heights Rd Wytheville VA 24382-3727 wolmhg@hotmail.com
(540) 230-0922 (276) 620-9158
PO Box 630 Spring City TN 37381-0630 ylg371@gmail.com
(865) 376-0630 (423) 365-6870
600 Whispering Way Kingsport TN 37663-2453 allenjr@charter.net
(423) 239-8795
4176 Scarlett Oak Dr Morristown TN 37813-1380 khale3357@comcast.net
(276) 546-1080
PO Box 294 North Tazewell VA 24630-0294 mhale57@gmail.com
(276) 988-7857
PO Box 55 Floyd VA 24091-0055 timothydhale@outlook.com
(540) 745-4121 (540) 745-2722
12807 Auklet Ln Knoxville TN 37922-5391 brentrhall@gmail.com
(865) 675-6430
804 Montvale Station Rd Maryville TN 37803-5804 mhall@1stchurch.org
(865) 982-1273 (276) 730-0072 (865) 983-5408
9217 Magic Mountain Dr Chattanooga TN 37421-3413 wdavidhall@gmail.com
(423) 892-9363 (423) 892-3360
4507 Timberlake Ln Kingsport TN 37664-2163 eshamilton1983@gmail.com
(423) 245-8371 (276) 696-2141
7477 Commons Blvd Apt 119 Chattanooga TN 37421-2343 thelnbob@gmail.com
(423) 506-7457
PO Box 1206 White Pine TN 37890-1206 fhammer15@gmail.com
(865) 604-0403
612 Devictor Dr Maryville TN 37801-8665 rohammond@charter.net
(865) 681-7433
871 Danner Rd Max Meadows VA 24360-3305 grannyhammer.1121@gmail.com 5023 W Blue Grass Trl Ceres VA 24318-3402 pastornealhammons@gmail.com 168 Well Rd La Follette TN 37766-5217 pastorkeithhampson@gmail.com
(276) 682-4263 (423) 566-9784 (865) 686-1516
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
John
MISCELLANEOUS
374
2019 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse)
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Hampton
Status Matthew P.
FE
Jaime Hancock
Steve
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
Office/Home/Fax
Amedisys Hospice
1616 Duncan Rd Knoxville TN 37919-8517 mp_hampton@yahoo.com
(865) 524-3048 (423) 774-4523
TV OF
Macedonia UMC Knoxville TV
* Hancock
Thomas E.
FE
* Hankins
Buford W.
RE
Cassidy UMC AP
Phyllis * Hankins
Phyllis L.
TR RE
Buford * Hankins
Timothy S.
Donald R.
Harding
Benjamin
FE
FE
James
FE
HC-Mountain View District
RE
RETIRED
MV
Mary Ann Harmon
Jimmy
AP RL
Jim * Harr
David M.
Evelyn Boutz
Bishop’s Chapel UMC NR
RE
Annabell * Harris
Coeburn UMC AP
Walter Harless
Dublin UMC NR
SY
Kiera Angela M.
Oakland UMC SM
Carol
* Hardy Cross
RETIRED TR
Kristin * Hanshew Jr.
RETIRED
RETIRED SS
FE
St Luke UMC Chattanooga SS
* Harris Jr.
Thomas Gilbert
FE
Molli * Harrison Sr.
Charles C.
* Harrison
Timothy S.
SM FE
Kingston UMC
FE
Tyner UMC
Annette
TV
Kim * Hart
James W.
Fairview UMC
SM RE
RETIRED TV
Hartley
James
RA
Linda * Hartman
Brooke
* Hash
Zachary
RETIRED SM
FL
Powell UMC
PL
Pisgah-Pleasant Hill
Clay
TV
CM * Haskins
Robert L. Lorna
RE
Pleasant Hill UMC Knoxville SM
6308 Flint Gap Rd Knoxville TN 37914-9612 revsth@live.com 5801 Memorial Blvd Kingsport TN 37664-4364 drill_sgt007@hotmail.com
(865) 540-8360 (423) 323-8142 (423) 322-7159
330 Choctaw Dr Chuckey TN 37641-5084 booandphyllis@gmail.com
(276) 768-9864
330 Choctaw Dr Chuckey TN 37641-5084 booandphyllis@gmail.com
(276) 768-9816
234 Trigonia Rd Greenback TN 37742-2046 timothyhankins@icloud.com
(865) 235-2775
PO Box 577 Dublin VA 24084-0577 donhanshew@gmail.com
(540) 674-5128 (540) 674-6205 (276) 386-3213
PO Box 2161 Coeburn VA 24230-2161 bchard0203@gmail.com
(276) 275-0203
5605 Reinhardt Ln Knoxville TN 37924-1572 AngelaHardyCross@holston.org
(865) 588-3605 (423) 280-7550 (865) 588-3605
1100 Timberidge Trl Kingsport TN 37660-8481 jhnmah@gmail.com
(423) 578-8336
154 Paradise Ln Galax VA 24333-6439 mary.harmon@lpnt.net
(276) 236-1722 (276) 236-9550
PO Box 208 Chattanooga TN 37401-0208 dmharr47@gmail.com
(423) 756-2021 (706) 866-3073 (423) 266-9742
3210 Social Cir Chattanooga TN 37415-5306 harrieb0@sewanee.edu
(423) 877-6447 (423) 877-2615 (423) 870-5201
2508 Old Niles Ferry Rd Maryville TN 37803-8802 rev.gilbert.harris@gmail.com
(865) 983-2080 (865) 974-4222
PO Box 248 Kingston TN 37763-0248 charliekingstonumc@gmail.com
(865) 276-6337 (423) 883-2774
617 Gilbert St Alcoa TN 37701-2373 ty@tynerumc.com
(423) 362-4246 (423) 362-4246
PO Box 65 Lake Junaluska NC 28745-0065 ljahart@aol.com
(828) 456-9226
5814 Wooded Creek Cv Temple TX 76502-3674 hartljt1@gmail.com
(865) 368-7118
323 W Emory Rd Powell TN 37849-4318 bhhartman@powellchurch.com
865-938-2741 (865) 254-8021
782 Main St Tazewell VA 24651-5399 zacharyhash123@gmail.com
(276) 385-7194
1612 Cove Creek Ln Knoxville TN 37919-8601 rhaskins@wingnet.net
(865) 247-7458
XI. * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse) Havey IV
Status Ambrose Stewart
RE
* Hawkins Jr.
Merrill M.
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
RETIRED
1450 County Road 3051 Athens TN 37303-1412 ambrose.havey@gmail.com
(817) 602-0188
1206 Country Club Rd Dandridge TN 37725-4344 mhawkins@cn.edu
(865) 471-3246 (865) 397-5579 (865) 471-4577
133 Kimberly St Bristol TN 37620-7332 caroline_hawthorne@msn.com
(276) 669-2241 (423) 968-3568
105 Jessie Ln NW Charleston TN 37310-5119 haydenseang@hotmail.com
(423) 479-4457 (615) 979-2278
2241 Washington Pike Knoxville TN 37917-3926 richardhayes6789@gmail.com
(865) 523-0603 (865) 742-6789
HI OF
Kimberly
Mt Pleasant UMC Talbott MV
* Hawthorne
Caroline
FL
Hayden
Sean G.
PE
St Luke-Hunt Memorial
Tennessee Wesleyan University
FE
Washington Pike UMC
RE
RETIRED
CM
Caroline * Hayes
Richard L.
* Hayes
Robert A.
HI
Connie
TV
Judy Hazlewood
David Lee
SM RE
Nancy Heard
Fred Juanita
* Heck
Charles H.
William W.
RL
L. Ashley Sullivan
FE
Kenneth H.
FE
David
RE
RuthAnne G.
FE
Gerald Scott
AM
Leroy D.
FE
MEDICAL LEAVE
RE
RETIRED
AP
Jacinth Hensley
Danny C.
CM RE
Karen ** Hensley
Darrell D.
Elizabeth
RL
Javier
* Herron
Jacob William
PL
Door of Heaven UMC NR
PL
Door of Heaven UMC
FE
Apison UMC
Elizabeth
Laura Ann
Smyth Chapel UMC AP
Javier * Hernandez-Torres
RETIRED MV
Cathy * Hernandez-Lopez
Draper Circuit NR
Kim Henry
Rocky Top UMC TV
Walter Craig * Henry Jr.
RETIRED TV
Cecilia Henley
Asbury UMC Knoxville SM
Anita * Henderson
Holston View UMC AP
Nathan Henderlight
Persia-Pleasant Hill MV
Sandra * Helton
Sevierville Circuit SM
Gail * Hedrick
RETIRED TR
OR
375
NR
HI
Office/Home/Fax
819 Amerine Rd Maryville TN 37804-3521 rajah819@charter.net
(865) 984-5149
300 Wheatfield Cir Apt B126 Brentwood TN 37027-4491 davidandnancy@comcast.net
(615) 491-7726
1702 N Ridge Ct Sevierville TN 37862-9347 fredheard84@yahoo.com
(865) 429-1933
102 Easy St Bulls Gap TN 37711-4621 Charles_Heck@att.net
(423) 972-7412
174 Church Street Weber City VA 24290-6201 jojohed@hotmail.com
(276) 386-3142 (276) 386-3395
2822 Asbury Rd Knoxville TN 37914-6601 sullyhelton@gmail.com
(865) 637-0620 (423) 667-1919
2504 Silverstone Ln Knoxville TN 37932-1468 khhlight@gmail.com
(865) 690-4080 (865) 539-2558 (865) 690-3162
1125 Brushy Valley Rd Heiskell TN 37754-2813 majordkh@hotmail.com
(865) 426-6189
4163 Holbert Ave Draper VA 24324-2813 henleyrg@gmail.com
(540) 392-8016
1513 Ruddell Ln Antioch TN 37013-3171 gs.henry@gmail.com
(615) 340-7411
PO Box 569 Waxhaw NC 28173-1000 lhenryuskb5@aol.com 4985 Newport Hwy Greeneville TN 37743-8535 pantherpreach47@gmail.com 6958 Sugar Run Rd Jonesville VA 24263-8298 sdye228@gmail.com
(423) 581-5044 (423) 581-3154 (276) 870-1397
809 W Stuart Dr Galax VA 24333-2604 javiely35@yahoo.com
(276) 236-3292 (276) 237-9215
809 W Stuart Dr Galax VA 24333-2604 hjavier610@yahoo.com
(276) 236-3292 (276) 233-4224
4414 Bill Jones Rd Apison TN 37302-9585 ccsporter@hotmail.com
(423) 920-8485
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Sandra Kilpatrick
MISCELLANEOUS
376
2019 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse)
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Hess
Status Carlos
PL
Juanita * Hesser
Laurence V.
Clyde W.
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
Riverside-Wilbur Memorial
175 Bland St North Tazewell VA 24630-9407 vetsrfun@twc.com
(276) 988-4170
PO Box 36 New Tazewell TN 37824-0036 revhesser@gmail.com
(423) 419-5028 (865) 293-2004 (423) 419-5029
1486 Baileyton Main St Greeneville TN 37745-7684 pastorclyde2@comcast.net
(423) 528-4285
451 E Tennessee Ave Oak Ridge TN 37830-5579 RevGoofy96@gmail.com
(865) 483-5273 (423) 967-5365 (865) 483-0192
451 E Tennessee Ave Oak Ridge TN 37830-5579 RevGoofy96@gmail.com
(865) 483-5273 (423) 967-5365 (865) 483-0192
9613 Captain Smith Ln Corryton TN 37721-2818 wfheustess@umcsc.org
(865) 687-8438 (843) 289-1171
TV
9613 Captain Smith Ln Corryton TN 37721-2818 kathyheustess@holston.org
(865) 692-2390 (843) 421-3536 (865) 692-2393
Wesley Memorial, Etowah -Pleasant Grove HI
PO Box 306 Etowah TN 37331-0306 wayne.hickman@comcast.net
(865) 235-4447
ESUMC Prague
110 Mary St Johnson City TN 37615-2628 hicks865@yahoo.com
CM FE
Sandra * Hester
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
New Tazewell UMC MV
RA
Freda
Mt Carmel UMC Mosheim MV
* Hester
Donna M.
FE
Kern Memorial UMC
* Hester
Donna M.
FE
Memorial UMC Clinton
* Heustess
Bill
OE
Rutherford Memorial UMC
* Heustess
Kathy
FD
Holston Center for Wellbeing
* Hickman
Wayne D.
TV
TV
Kathy
TV
Bill FE
Rachel * Hicks
Mark Alan
FE
Heather Hicks-Caskey
Wanda Sue
TR RD
William Higgins
Jeannie
RETIRED TR
RD
RETIRED MV
Hill Sr.
Donald G.
RE
Peggy Hill
Gary F.
William L.
RE
Kimberly Ann
RE
Bill E.
RETIRED
RETIRED TV
PL
Gregg Hinton
Cokesbury UMC Johnson City TR
RE
RETIRED CM
Hite Jr.
H. Paul
RE
Patty * Hobbs
Nancy
RETIRED CM
RD
Larry
RETIRED AP
* Hobbs
Rhonda K.
FE
* Hodges
Tim
PL
Colonial Heights UMC Knoxville SM
Dawn Hogan
Patricia Joe
(615) 217-6320
2120 Jones Bridge Rd Greeneville TN 37743-4133 mjhiggins2014@gmail.com
(423) 639-8059
630 Carolina Bay Dr Apt 111 Wilmington NC 28403-2031
(252) 633-3403
1700 3rd Ave W Apt 102 Bradenton FL 34205-5942
(865) 719-6147
SM
Erma * Hingers
233 Faldo Dr Murfreesboro TN 37128-6897 wsueCHC@bellsouth.net
AP
Connie Hill
RETIRED
Office/Home/Fax
St Luke UMC AP
RD
RETIRED HI
117 Jewel Ln Jacksboro TN 37757-4525 parsonhill@aol.com
(423) 907-9873
335 Katie Ct Jonesborough TN 37659-5368 khingers@cokesbury.tv
(423) 612-2777
501 Oak Ave Apt 320 Waynesboro VA 22980-4469 bill@habitatbookstore.com
(276) 677-3933
PO Box 407 Rosedale VA 24280-0407 haskelp1@verizon.net
(276) 880-2194
2169 Kane Gap Rd Duffield VA 24244-8358 nthobbs66@gmail.com
(276) 708-6110
6321 Chapman Hwy Knoxville TN 37920-5941 rhondakay0904@gmail.com
(865) 577-2727 (423) 579-2111
2019 Freeman Dr Kingsport TN 37665-1023 te_hodges@yahoo.com
(423) 245-4947 (423) 612-5011
103 Springview Dr Gainesville GA 30501-1114 hjogan@aol.com
(678) 696-5054
XI. * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse) Hokaj
Status Lee A.
RL
Holcomb Jr.
Norman D.
Amy Suzanne Yeary
RE
Kevin L.
FE
Clay
FE
Jerry R.
Office/Home/Fax
11301 Spring Hollow Dr Knoxville TN 37932-3130
(865) 671-6364
RETIRED
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
J.H. Quillen VA Medical Center TR
SY
Tiffany * Holt
Address/E-Mail
RETIRED
TR
Amy Holt
Charge/District
SM
Kevin Holmes
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
TV
Beth * Holmes
Morrison Chapel UMC AP
SY
Midway UMC MV
* Hoosier
Danny
SY
DeeDee * Hopkins
Stephen H.
Amy L.
Horak
Ralph J
PE
FD
Anderson County Schools
AM
MEDICAL LEAVE
TV
Amy Jimmy Lee
TV RL
Brenda * Houston
Lee Hammond
Mack A.
PL
John Norman
RA
Marvin V.
RE
Robert Neal
RE
Roy L.
PL
Harry W.
RE
R. Michael
FE
Chapman W.
Terry Ronald
Project Crossroads
RETIRED HI
RA
Cordelia * Huffer
RETIRED
CM RE
Margaret ** Huff Jr.
McClure’s Chapel UMC
SS
Denise * Hubble
Cleveland, Trinity-Pleasant Grove
AP
Barbara * Howe
Looney’s Chapel-Grundy
HI
Denna * Howard
RETIRED
CM
Joye * Howard
Holmes Narrative Cons. 204 Pawnee St Johnson City TN 37604-1134 asuzeary@yahoo.com 204 Pawnee St Johnson City TN 37604-1134 kholmesrumc@hotmail.com
(757) 689-2770 (757) 444-7361
(423) 341-9576 (423) 926-1171 (423) 926-1171
249 Stone Edge Cir Kingsport TN 37660-3490 cdholt13@yahoo.com
(423) 367-0283
156 Troy Morelock Ln Greeneville TN 37743-3563 jerry.holt44jh@gmail.com
(423) 639-9881
182 Pinch Creek Rd Bland VA 24315-4615
(276) 928-1366
4004 Homestead Dr Kingsport TN 37663-2412 shhopkins7@yahoo.com
(423) 502-0141
101 Pomona Rd Oak Ridge TN 37830-5132 rnahorak@comcast.net
(865) 494-7171 (865) 567-4654
101 Pomona Rd Oak Ridge TN 37830-5132 rnahorak@comcast.net
(865) 494-9887 (865) 567-4023
228 Odessa Ln Bluefield VA 24605-8524 countrypreacher1943@yahoo.com
(276) 988-2712
2582 Fries Rd Galax VA 24333-5041 leehouston_jr@yahoo.com
(276) 236-9689
398 Piney Flats Rd Piney Flats TN 37686-4812
(423) 538-8019
TR
Ella * Howard
Galax Circuit NR
Helen * Howard
Wrights Valley-Tip Top NR
Judy Houston
Kendricks Creek UMC AP
Ralph
Horn
Grahams Forge UMC
2216 Lynx Dr Virginia Beach VA 23456-7228 lynx2216@cox.net
NR
Irene Horak
377
Rural Retreat Circuit NR
PL
Big Spring UMC HI
1015 First Branch Rd Vansant VA 24656-8591 birders3@gmail.com
(276) 935-2228 (276) 597-0080
9028 Warbler Ln Chattanooga TN 37421-1358 howardmarv@yahoo.com
(423) 892-6926
1664 Cedar Hill Rd Jonesville VA 24263-7171 rnhoward71@gmail.com
(276) 298-7357
1317 Blocker Ln Chattanooga TN 37412-1457 hols1824@epbfi.com
(423) 867-3775
PO Box 945 Marion VA 24354-0945 hhowe54@yahoo.com
(276) 782-3339 (276) 783-7963 (276) 782-3833
133 County Road 722 Athens TN 37303-5213 mhubble52@yahoo.com
(423) 368-6576
177 McGrady Cir Hillsville VA 24343-4512 chaphuff@gmail.com
(903) 686-2275
7126 Elmbrook Ln Harrison TN 37341-9314 tkhuffer@bellsouth.net
(423) 838-3954
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Laurel Anne
MISCELLANEOUS
378
2019 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse)
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
* Huffine
Status Mark C.
PL
Tammy Huffstetler
L. Riley
Ben F.
RE
Leroy M.
RE
Travis Dean
PL
Jason Scott
PL
Paul Gene
Richard A.
Dennie D.
Bradley K.
RE
Gary R.
FE
Jodie Elizabeth
FE
Henry Daniel
FE
Brian D
PL
Nathan D.
Bybee UMC
Powell UMC
First UMC Johnson City
First UMC Johnson City
Midway-Macedonia NR
SY
Jan * Irwin
RETIRED
TR
Lois Inman
Piney Flats UMC
TR
Gary * Ingram Jr.
St Paul’s Etowah-Carlock
TV
Jodie * Ihfe
Black Fox UMC
MV
Nicole * Ihfe
State Street UMC
HI
Sondra * Hyde
RETIRED
TR RE
Nona * Humphreys
(423) 337-6297
HI FE
Cathy Humphrey
184 Shyane Ln Sweetwater TN 37874-5711 huffnpuf5@gmail.com
New Hope UMC
HI FL
Christy * Humphrey
(276) 274-5438
CM
Linda * Humberd
PO Box 237 Clintwood VA 24228-0237 revhuffine1@gmail.com
Peck’s Memorial UMC SM
PD
First UMC Maryville SM
* Isbell
Richard
RD
Sue
RETIRED TV
* Isley
Kimberly S
FE
* Isom
Ginger
FE
Olin M.
RE
Centenary UMC Erwin TR Sycamore Tree UMC SM
Ivey
RETIRED
Cedric D.
PL
Audrey * Jackson
David R. Cindy
(706) 882-3941
FE
1549 Highway 126 Bristol TN 37620-7027 royhull@outlook.com
(423) 764-0049
1443 Harle Ave NW Cleveland TN 37311-4314 thumb47@hotmail.com
(423) 339-1908 (423) 339-9706
P. O. Box 581 Etowah TN 37331-0581 jasonhumberd@gmail.com
(423) 263-2321 (423) 790-6424
225 Methodist Church St Piney Flats TN 37686-4842 apologist4@hotmail.com
(423) 538-6937 (423) 391-0218 (423) 538-6939
2700 Parkwood Ave # 6 Chattanooga TN 37404-1730 rang3@verizon.net
(423) 447-7378
4301 Whitecliff St Morristown TN 37813-1038 revddh@gmail.com
(423) 333-6428
323 W Emory Rd Powell TN 37849-4318 bhyde@powellchurch.com
(865) 938-2741 (865) 223-2576
900 Spring St Johnson City TN 37604-6846 garyihfe@me.com
(423) 928-9222 (423) 303-6851
900 Spring St Johnson City TN 37604-6846 jodie.ihfe@1stchurchjc.org
(423) 928-9222 (423) 202-6164
148 Hankla St Tazewell VA 24651-1458 hdiyaking12@gmail.com 2438 Wilkinson Pike Maryville TN 37803-4135 inmanfunhouse@att.net
(276) 988-5299 (865) 558-1972 (865) 981-7461
804 Montvale Station Rd Maryville TN 37803-5804 nirwin@1stchurch.org
(865) 982-1273
813 Gulfwood Rd Knoxville TN 37923-2218 retiredrick7119@gmail.com
(865) 567-5805
203 N Elm Ave Erwin TN 37650-1225 revkimisley@gmail.com
(423) 743-4342 (865) 679-7601 (423) 743-4342
1830 Clydesdale St Maryville TN 37801-3708 thevicarlady@outlook.com
(865) 983-4161 (865) 983-4161
PO Box 5155 Chattanooga TN 37406-0155 omivey@mac.com
(423) 624-4509
(865) 209-4965
TV
4817 Falling Star Ln Powell TN 37849-5630 cedricdjackson@live.com
Emory & Henry College/ Emory UMC CM
525 Cheyenne Rd Bristol VA 24201-2905 djackson@ehc.edu
(276) 944-6841 (865) 228-4357 (276) 944-6248
SS Jackson
131 Newton Rd Lagrange GA 30240-4702
Office/Home/Fax
SS
Janie * Humbard
Address/E-Mail
Clintwood UMC
SM
Clara * Hull III
Charge/District AP
Judi Huguley Jr.
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
Asbury UMC Clinton
XI. * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse) * Jackson
Status James Logan
FL
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
Office/Home/Fax
Holly Avenue-Randolph
418 Holly Ave South Pittsburg TN 37380 jacksojl4660@gmail.com
(423) 926-2989
RE
2812 Fairview St Knoxville TN 37917-3203
(865) 522-1774 (865) 525-5679
Patricia Jacobs
Bonnie Setliffe
8350 Delcrest Dr Apt 605 Saint Louis MO 63124-2163 emerging.paradigm@yahoo.com
(423) 313-8998
148 Country Club Dr Unicoi TN 37692-6410 gej1938@gmail.com
(423) 747-6136
6412 Rosemary Dr Chattanooga TN 37416-2430 terryl6412@gmail.com
(423) 209-7385 (423) 899-7911 (423) 553-6397 (423) 277-0224
MV
PO Box 462 Russellville TN 37860-0462 pastorhappyjack@yahoo.com
Mascot UMC/ Strawberry Plains UMC MV
901 N East End Rd Strawberry Plains TN 37871-1274 preacherjennings@gmail.com
(423) 620-5312
Mt Pleasant-Steelesburg
PO Box 479 Cedar Bluff VA 24609-0479
Fairview-Oakwood TV
RE
RETIRED SS
James
Garland E.
RE
Doris * James
Terryl
TR PL
Washington Hills UMC
AM
MEDICAL LEAVE
Gary * Jenkins
Jack C.
SS
Gail * Jennings
Johnson
Douglas C.
Jack C.
FE
RL
Julie Johnson
Michael T.
Millard J.
RE
Samuel L.
RE
Sandra J.
RA
Steven R.
RE
Sue Lynn
RE
William Russell
FD
Jonathan B.
* Jones
C. Don
* Jones
Gerald
PL
FE
State Street UMC
FE
MEDICAL LEAVE
FE
Asbury UMC Greeneville
AM
First UMC Jefferson City
RL
RETIRED
CM
Christy
SM
Joy Lloyd J.
MV
T.J. Neal Jones
Paul Preston
Hales Chapel-Kathleen Memorial NR
Suzanne
* Jones
Kingston UMC TV
Joy * Jonas
RETIRED NR
Jerry * Johnston Jr.
Pruitt Hill-Tate Chapel MV
Tammy * Johnson
Mountain City Circuit TR
Leon * Johnson
RETIRED
4310 Lee Pike Soddy Daisy TN 37379-8234 mjohnson37830@yahoo.com 1294 W Campground Rd Fall Branch TN 37656-2550
(423) 260-1772
(423) 349-4025
AP
Linda * Johnson
RETIRED SS
Dortha Jo Johnson
(276) 701-8664
CM
Jan Johnson
RETIRED
MV
1795 Highway 421 South Mountain City TN 37683 trumpet47@comcast.net
(865) 705-8836
156 N Sunset St Greeneville TN 37743-3100 sjohn41462@aol.com
(423) 639-7029 (423) 505-3051
4321 Sparrow Dr Knoxville TN 37914-2942 onebrownfourblew@juno.com
(540) 745-4121 (540) 745-2722
PO Box 248 Kingston TN 37763-0248 sljkumc@comcast.net
(865) 376-6337 (865) 376-9861 (865) 376-4619
408 Fort Branch Rd Pearisburg VA 24134-2022 wrjohnston@suddenlink.net
(540) 921-2335
2 Wesley Way Bristol VA 24201-2760 jonathanbjonas@gmail.com
(276) 669-2101
132 Manor Way Apt D Louisville TN 37777-5446 carlonsjones@att.net 201 S Main St Greeneville TN 37743-4940 jones@asburyumconline.com
(423) 798-1050 (423) 636-0937
2011 Branner Avenue Jefferson City TN 37760 LloydJones@firstumcjc.com
(865) 475-2827 (423) 735-8789 (865) 415-6502
128 Plantation Place Ln Mount Airy NC 27030-7268
(276) 733-0468
504 Golden Rose Dr Maryville TN 37803-8104 timjones@holston.org
(865) 690-4080 (865) 690-4080 (865) 690-3162
NR * Jones Jr.
Timothy W. Brandy
FE
HC-Communications SM
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
John F.
379
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
SS * Jackson Jr.
MISCELLANEOUS
380
2019 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse)
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Justice
Status John
RL
Linda * Justice
Natalie M.
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
Office/Home/Fax
RETIRED
6725 Saddle Creek Pass Knoxville TN 37921-1070 jjjustice1@juno.com
(865) 363-7515
6131 Relocation Way Ooltewah TN 37363-6288 njustice1982@yahoo.com
(423) 362-9318
199 Arrowhead Cir Cedar Bluff VA 24609-8283 rjj@cableplus.tv
(276) 880-1223
311 Manchester Ct Princeton WV 24740-4263 melanieskarnes@gmail.com
(276) 690-4751
TV PE
Grace-Greenwood-Mt Zion CM
Justus
Ray
PL
Janie Karnes
Melanie Sue
Mt Hermon UMC Tazewell CM
RD
First UMC Narrows NR
* Keating
Justin R.
PE
Meridith Keebler
Janice M.
SS RE
Bob Keir
Serounian
Fort Oglethorpe-Flintstone
RETIRED SM
OF
Fairview-Sidney NR
* Keller
Judy
PL
Stevie Kellogg
Frederic R.
MV RE
Jeannette Kelly
* Kelly
Dan B.
Patrick L.
Charles
RETIRED CM
RE
OF
Diana Kempfer
Harrogate-Arthur-Mtn View
SY
RETIRED
Peter
OF
Belinda * Kidd
Carolyn L Ralph
* Kidd Jr.
Ralph M. Carolyn
* Kidwell
C. Barry Diana
* Kilbourne
Charles F. Eva
* Kilbourne
Dwight S. Patty
* Kilbourne
Joshua D.
Mark R.
G. William Genie
First-Centenary UMC
RETIRED
Ooltewah UMC
Signal Crest UMC SS
FE
Anne * Kilday
Mt Pleasant UMC
HI FE
Callie * Kilbourne
Max Meadows Circuit
AP FE
Grove UMC NR
RE
PO Box 24 Emory VA 24327-0024 frkellogg@gmail.com
PO Box 375 Riner VA 24149-0375 kempfercc@gmail.com
SS RL
221 Springfield Dr La Follette TN 37766-5326 jk2200@comcast.net
Fairview-Sidney
NR FE
909-938-8069
1449 Rainbow Rd Mountain City TN 37683-2110 plkpreach@aol.com
NR FE
1805 Tuckahoe Dr Riner VA 24149-2564 askpastor1@outlook.com
Sulphur Springs UMC -Castlewood CM
TV LM
(423) 883-2270
TV
Haven Chapel UMC
RETIRED TV
(706) 866-3410 (615) 406-2428
226 Webb Rd Townsend TN 37882-3112 revjkeebler@aol.com
7700 Dannaher Dr Apt 301 Powell TN 37849-4042 dbkelly27@gmail.com
NR * Kenny
1733 Battlefield Pkwy Fort Oglethorpe GA 30742-4019 justin.keating18@gmail.com
(423) 566-9639 (423) 562-3101
(276) 944-5422
(423) 727-4067
113 Palomino Dr Friendsville TN 37737-3149 petekenny54@gmail.com
(865) 235-9104
15437 Briarwood Ln Abingdon VA 24210-1617 carolynlkidd@gmail.com
(276) 206-0595
455 E Pine St Wytheville VA 24382-3625 ralphkidd6@gmail.com
(276) 676-4323
PO Box 208 Chattanooga TN 37401-0208 cbarrykidwell@gmail.com
(423) 756-2021 (423) 531-9021 (423) 756-8589
107 Riverchase Dr Church Hill TN 37642-7300 charleskilbourne@charter.net
(423) 246-6961 (423) 247-0291
6131 Relocation Way Ooltewah TN 37363-6288 dkilbourne@oumclive.org
(423) 238-9216 (423) 304-8276 (423) 238-9238
1005 Ridgeway Ave Signal Mountain TN 37377-3114 jkilbourne@signalcrestumc.org
(423) 357-5564 (423) 886-2330
1020 Tyler Ave Radford VA 24141-3820 pastor1212@yahoo.com
(540) 639-2807
7425 Somerset Rd Knoxville TN 37909-2356 billkil@att.net
(276) 628-6323
(865) 591-3826
XI. * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse) * Kilgore Jr.
Status Elihugh J.
FE
Killough
Deborah W.
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
Office/Home/Fax
HC-Hiwassee District
3509 Windsor Cir NE Cleveland TN 37312-5153 HughKilgore@holston.org
(423) 476-8221 (423) 790-0984 (423) 559-0436
HI RL
Joe
RETIRED AP
King
Donnell
SY
King
Elizabeth S.
PL
Lincoln Park UMC TV
Michael T.
Jeffrey Todd
Willie
Darren
684 Piney Rd Trenton GA 30752-2746 MikeKing75@aol.com
FE
Soddy UMC
260 Durham St Soddy Daisy TN 37379-6439 revjtodd@yahoo.com
(423) 332-1148 (423) 332-9937
7513 Austin Dr Chattanooga TN 37416-3502 williekitchens@epbfi.com
(423) 266-1384 (423) 756-5463
PO Box 407 Harriman TN 37748-0407 dkitts@united.edu
(865) 882-1353 (865) 719-2644
5230 Bloomingdale Rd Blountville TN 37617-6635 lewkizer@gmail.com
(423) 323-7848 (423) 525-2489
SS PL
Lewis B.
Raymond
David B.
Keith G.
RETIRED
2022 Virginia Ave Bluefield VA 24605-1025
FE
U.S. Air Force
40 Lakeland Dr Cabot AR 72023-7827 chaplainknight@hotmail.com
(702) 505-2229
HI
PO Box 157 Madisonville TN 37354-0157 keith_knight1985@aol.com
(423) 442-2471 (423) 442-2471 (423) 442-2434 (734) 668-6881 (276) 614-8141
AP FE
Nancy
First UMC Madisonville
Kobler
Timothy L.
FE
Wesley Foundation-Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor TV
602 E Huron St Ann Arbor MI 48104-1525 timkobler@umichwesley.org
Kramer
Jeremy L.
OF
Ross Campground-Cameron
2004 Oakland St Kingsport TN 37660-1124 pastorjeremykramer@gmail.com
Jacqueline “Jackie” * Krauss
Vincent K.
AP PL
Barbara Ann
Claiborne Cluster MV
Kress
Linda B.
RD
Krewson
Nicole Marie
FE
RETIRED HI
John * Kurtz
William S.
* Kyek
Robin
Amedisys Hospice TV
FE
Norris-Sinking Springs
FL
Andersonville-Mt Pleasant
Karla
TV
TV LaDuke
Kenneth W.
RE
Roslyn LaFollette
Kathy
(276) 415-2858
NR
Stacey * Knight
Salem UMC AP
RL
Melanie * Knight Jr.
Harriman UMC TV
FE
Ashlee Klaiber Jr.
Bethlehem-Wiley UMC SS
FE
Amanda * Kizer Jr.
540-639-4516
Havron’s-Whitwell -Morganville-Slygo SS
Barbara * Kitts
(865) 981-5322 (865) 235-1597
NR
Felicia * Kitchens
257 N Calderwood St # 327 Alcoa TN 37701-2111 donnell.king@gmail.com
FL
Wynonna * Kingrea
Radford Circuit
PO Box 24 Pungoteague VA 23422-0024 easternshoreva58@yahoo.com
373 Somerset Dr Austinville VA 24312-3251 elishevak55@gmail.com
Robert * King
381
RETIRED AP
SY
St Mark-Dutch Valley TV
1704 Main St Tazewell TN 37879-3445 Pastorvince@excite.com % District Office, PO Box 3382 Cleveland TN 37320-3382 lindaphree@bellsouth.net 1810 Fairmont Blvd Knoxville TN 37917-2709 nmkrewson@gmail.com PO Box 327 Norris TN 37828-0327 billykurtz@holston.org
(423) 234-6730 (706) 259-3141 (423) 296-8338
(423) 381-1471 (865) 494-9407 (423) 618-8224
175 Old Ridge Rd Kingston TN 37763-5130 kyekrobin@gmail.com
(865) 717-3023
2606 Highland Dr NE Cleveland TN 37312-5421 kwladuke@comcast.net
(423) 863-4266
4209 Guinn Rd Knoxville TN 37931-2012 ladyofthelake9083@yahoo.com
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Susette
MISCELLANEOUS
382
2019 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse)
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Lamb
Status Sullins M.
RE
Susan Lambert
Bradley
Jeffery L.
* Lambert
* Lane
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
RETIRED
3902 Highway 157 Rising Fawn GA 30738-2029 slamb2956@aol.com
SS SY
Patricia * Lambert
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
McClure UMC AP
FE
First UMC Sevierville
Kenneth
PL
Fairgarden Circuit
Karen Marie
FE
Tammi
SM
SM
Joe Lankford
Darrell M.
Jonesborough UMC TR
PL
Joan
Carpenters UMC SM
* Lankford
Susan Williams
FE
* Lantz
Randy
PL
Elizabeth Chapel UMC TR
Patty * Lauderback
William L.
AP FE
Kari * Laughlin
Mark T.
L. Rodney
Randall
AM
Andrew Curtis
Rocky Gap Charge NR
PL
Regina * Lay
Hermon-Pleasant Hill TR
Nedra Lawson
First-Centenary UMC SS
SY
Brooke Lawson
Crossroads UMC
Philadelphia-Fenders SM
PE
Keith Memorial UMC HI
Lay
C. Maurice
RE
Patsy * Layell
Harry P
J. Robert
RE
W. Scott
RETIRED TR
FE
Kate Lea
Legion Memorial UMC AP
RE
Jean * Layer
Central UMC Lenoir City TV
Anthony D.
FL
Charles D.
FE
HC-Camp Wesley Woods SM
* Ledger Jr.
Susie * Lee
Anna Maynard
Jenifer M. James
Logan’s Chapel UMC SM
FL
Chris * Lee
(706) 398-0680
1752 Buffalo Crk Nora VA 24272-7007 1blambert@comcast.net
(276) 415-9702 (276) 835-8723
214 Cedar St Sevierville TN 37862-3848 pastor@1stmethodist.com
(865) 453-5754 (865) 453-5754 (865) 453-4572
159 Chapman View Dr Seymour TN 37865-5560 lambertken@bellsouth.net
(865) 254-4774 (865) 609-0314
PO Box 115 Jonesborough TN 37659-0115 kmlane2006@gmail.com
(423) 753-3942 (423) 753-8097 (423) 753-9193
216 Montgomery Farms Dr Friendsville TN 37737-1405 lankford2d@aol.com
(865) 983-8419 (865) 567-0208
1041 Elizabeth Chapel Rd Bluff City TN 37618-1190 pastorecumc@gmail.com
(423) 538-6311 (423) 538-7821 (423) 538-1047
200 Bays Cove Trl Kingsport TN 37660-8489 randycumc@charter.net
(423) 246-2982 (423) 534-4121
1612 E 13th St Chattanooga TN 37404-4306 wlauderback@gmail.com
(423) 756-2021 (423) 741-0918 (423) 756-8589
1511 Valiant Dr Greeneville TN 37745-6445 laughlinmark@outlook.com
(423) 525-6198
PO Box 68 Rocky Gap VA 24366-0068 pastorrodney@verizon.net
(276) 928-1550 (276) 928-1238
401 May St Sweetwater TN 37874-2713 thelawsonman@gmail.com
(423) 310-6311
PO Box 1 Athens TN 37371-0001 alay@keithumc.org
(423) 715-6722
455 Buffalo Rd Bluff City TN 37618-1306
(423) 212-0685
TR
Sharon * Layell
RETIRED
Office/Home/Fax
Cokesbury UMC Knoxville SM
PL
Savannah UMC SS
17325 Bristol Hwy Bristol VA 24202-6556 hlayell@outlook.com 426 Carolina Ave Erwin TN 37650-1604 layellr@gmail.com
(423) 330-7840
301 Hickory Creek Rd Lenoir City TN 37771-6901 scott@centralmethodist.com
(423) 748-8788
329 Wesley Woods Rd Townsend TN 37882-3006 TonyDLea@gmail.com
(865) 448-2246 (865) 738-3898 (865) 344-8390
4626 Logans Chapel Loop Maryville TN 37804-3151 drledger@att.net
(865) 983-3011 (865) 233-0033
10434 Meadow Ridges Ln Knoxville TN 37922-7230 alee@cokesbury.tv
(865) 306-3264
8101 Pierpoint Dr Harrison TN 37341-7617 jenifermlee@gmail.com
(423) 658-1759
XI. * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse) * Lenoir
Status Henry L.
RE
* Leonard
Charles L. Michele
* Lester
Michael Stephen
Richard G.
OF
Charles Max
Terril D.
Office/Home/Fax
6409 W Emory Rd Knoxville TN 37931-1138 hlenoir09@comcast.net
(865) 927-5881 (865) 938-1683 (865) 947-5588
Chilhowie-Seven Mile Ford
Munsey Memorial UMC
West End UMC NR
RL
Tena * Littrell
Address/E-Mail
Solway UMC
TR FE
Carol Sue * Lindy
Charge/District
CM
Nancy * Lindamood
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
TV FE
Harmon’s Valley UMC MV
RE
Red Hill UMC HI
* Lockerby
Charles W.
RE
Shirley Long
Freddrick L. Judith Anna
* Longmire
Paul B.
* Lopez
Richard C.
Susana
FE
David A.
Robert
Adam T.
David H.
Eugene H.
(540) 344-1528
605 Zachary Dr Weatherford TX 76087-3312 freddricklong@hotmail.com
(817) 458-6997
842 Hackney Rd Johnson City TN 37615-3986 revpaullongmire@gmail.com
(423) 926-5083 (276) 284-1306
(865) 617-4938
SM AM
Western NC Annual Conf. NR
FE
Mafair UMC AP
RE
RETIRED TR
RE
RETIRED SM
FD
Emerald Avenue UMC TV
1409 E Center St Kingsport TN 37664-2501 adamtlove@mac.com
(423) 378-9621 (423) 794-6549
100 Netherland Ln Apt 302 Kingsport TN 37660-7248 clairejlovelace@hotmail.com
(423) 753-9388
439 Sweet Briar Dr Maryville TN 37804-3699 ehlovell@bellsouth.net
(865) 919-5408
1620 N Central St Knoxville TN 37917-5541 loy1701@gmail.com
(865) 525-3715 (865) 805-5344
TV AM
Washington Chapel -Washington Springs CM
Abingdon VA 24210-4218 1155 Rockwall Dr ldlusk@hotmail.com
SY
Clinch Circuit
1660 Copper Ridge Rd Castlewood VA 24224-5557 churchhillumc@gmail.com
(276) 202-1376
703 Douglas Dr Johnson City TN 37604-1920 ken703@hotmail.com
(423) 283-4996
Rhonda
Sherry
Concord UMC Knox
5015 New Hope Rd Denton NC 27239-9306 blorton1@verizon.net
11020 Roane Dr Knoxville TN 37934-2916 cluper@concordumc.com
Libby
Jerrie
P O Box 794 Vinton VA 24179-0794 sclocker@verizon.net
1612 Flora Dr Louisville TN 37777-5006 davidalord43@gmail.com
Patrick Christopher
Kenneth E.
(423) 728-5413
New Salem UMC
* Luper
* Lytton
340 Hunt Rd SE Cleveland TN 37323-8856 lukespapaw.littrell@gmail.com
RE
FE
James D.
(423) 587-9265
(865) 453-5754 (865) 300-6174 (865) 453-4572
Dennis H.
Lyttle
136 McFadden Dr Whitesburg TN 37891-9341 lindy466@bellsouth.net
214 Cedar St Sevierville TN 37862-3848 lopezsusana18@yahoo.com
* Loy
Larry
(276) 228-2845 (276) 223-0326
First UMC Sevierville/ HC-Rios de Agua Viva SM / MV
Frances
* Lusk
1030 W North St Wytheville VA 24382-2151 circuitrider2@gmail.com
FL
Claire * Lovell Jr.
(423) 461-8070 (423) 926-5510
(423) 303-6966
Bobbi Lovelace
PO Box 1336 Johnson City TN 37605-1336 michael@munsey.org
SS
Lisa * Love
RETIRED
408 Poplar Ridge Rd Piney Flats TN 37686-4334 zcll1@hotmail.com
7683 Shallowford Rd Apt 320 Chattanooga TN 37421-2668 richardclooney@aol.com
Kathryn Lorton Jr.
Johnson City Parish TR
RE
Wilmer Lord
RETIRED SM
Rebekka * Looney
RETIRED NR
RE
383
CM RL
RETIRED TR
(865) 966-6728 (276) 356-8004
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Betty
MISCELLANEOUS
384
2019 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse)
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
* Madigan
Status L. Audrey
PD
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
Central UMC Lenoir City
301 Hickory Creek Rd Lenoir City TN 37771-6901 audreycentral@gmail.com
TV * Madson
Amanda Bell
FE
Andy * Majors
Asa L.
* Malcolm
Melissa R.
TV FE
Brian
Nathan A.
* Manis Sr.
Joseph W.
FE
Christ UMC
FE
McKendree-Wells
SS
Cheryl John R.
SS RE
Janet Manning
Glenna B.
Paul Y.
RETIRED MV
FD
John “”Robin” Marchbanks
Cedar Grove-Ebenezer TR
Vicki
Manney
First UMC Morristown MV
PL
Darren * Malone
Tennova Hospice
Concord UMC Knox TV
RE
RETIRED
Office/Home/Fax (865) 986-7329 (865) 805-1716
1010 Turnberry Lane Maryville TN 37803 abmadson@hotmail.com
(865) 405-2382
101 E 1st North St Morristown TN 37814-4707 asa@fumcmorristown.org
(423) 581-2180 (540) 921-7766 (423) 586-9491
315 Greentree Dr Blountville TN 37617-3855 melissarmalcolm@gmail.com
(423) 765-8643
8645 E Brainerd Rd Chattanooga TN 37421-4356 Pastor@Christchurchchatt.org
(423) 892-9363 (423) 892-9363 (423) 892-8443
PO Box 176 Jasper TN 37347-0176 prayinmanis@icloud.com
(423) 942-3888 (423) 942-2558
2665 Bright Hope Rd Greeneville TN 37743-8560 johnmanney@aol.com
(423) 638-2253
11020 Roane Dr Knoxville TN 37934-2916 gmanning@concordumc.com
(865) 966-6728 (865) 966-3424
PO Box 6085 Knoxville TN 37914-0085
(865) 540-8817
PO Box 1323 Gate City VA 24251-1323
(276) 386-6999
TV Marine
Joe L.
RE
RETIRED AP
** Marshall
Betty S.
PL
Jim * Marshall
Darlene J.
AP FL
Greg Marston
Bruce S.
Carole R.
RE
Nancy G.
FE
Randall B.
* Martin
Steven D.
FE
HC-Scenic South District SS
FE
National Council of Churches
RA
RETIRED
Jana Thomas L.
Grange Hall UMC AP
FE
Patsy
Martin
Rock Springs UMC AP
Ben * Martin
RETIRED SM
Dan * Martin
Bland Circuit NR
Mary Ann * Martin
Sugar Run Circuit
TV
4513 Sugar Run Rd Jonesville VA 24263-8264 b.marsh@earthlink.net 94 N Scenic Hwy Bland VA 24315-4656 darlenemarshall@centurylink.net 3713 S View Cir Knoxville TN 37920-6168 docmarston@gmail.com
(276) 346-1796
276-688-0142
(865) 982-5551
4228 Skyland Ln Kingsport TN 37664-2832 revcmartin23@gmail.com
(423) 928-1543 (423) 534-1027
5365 Carters Valley Rd Church Hill TN 37642-7138 revnancygmartin@gmail.com
(423) 357-8730 (423) 256-2465
PO Box 80353 Chattanooga TN 37414-7353 randymartin@holston.org
(423) 629-0333 (423) 432-6353 (423) 559-0190
110 Maryland Ave NE Ste 108 Washington DC 20002-5603 steven.martin@nationalcouncilofchurches.us
(202) 481-6929 (865) 483-6848
2253 Curve Rd Pearisburg VA 24134-2158
(540) 921-0405
NR Matherly
James B.
RE
Elaine Mathess
Roger G.
RETIRED SS
AM
MEDICAL LEAVE TR
Matthews
Ronald H. Pat
RE
RETIRED SM
8631 Surry Cir Chattanooga TN 37421-3359 bematherly@gmail.com
(423) 667-6184
1957 E 120th St Cleveland OH 44106-1907 PastorRMsDesk@gmail.com
(423) 743-2241
141 Ostenbarker St Maryville TN 37804-2431 ronald.matthews46@gmail.com
(865) 982-9015
XI. * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse) Mattson
Status Charles L.
RE
Mauldin
Gary Cynthia Pennington
* Maxwell
Rochelle O.
Charles William
AM
Raymond G.
Thomas Drew
H. Robert
Hagan
Timothy Frank
Beth P.
A. Stephen
DR
Misti Dawn
PL
Linda Isadore
FE
Clyde H.
FE
Mark B.
* McGowan
Jacqueline S.
RETIRED
Brumley Gap-Greendale
First Broad Street-Community
First-Centenary UMC SS
RL
Catherine * McFadden
RETIRED
AP
Paul McDonald
Western NC Annual Conf.
CM
Chris * McDaniel
U.S. Navy
CM
Sandra * McCreary
Hixson UMC
NR
Joseph McCready
Gate City Parish
TR RE
Rebecca McCoy
Cokesbury UMC Knoxville
TR RA
Norma * McCobin
Taylor Memorial UMC
SS FE
Joette McClellan Sr.
RETIRED
AP FE
Addie McClellan Jr.
707 W Vanderbilt Dr Oak Ridge TN 37830-6142 mattsoncl@outlook.com
SM FE
Peggy * McCallie
Address/E-Mail
RETIRED
TR FE
Janice * McBride
Charge/District
SS
Richard * Maynard
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
TV RE
RETIRED SM
FE
First UMC Galax
AM
Dungannon Circuit
Glenna
NR
Dewayne
AP
* McIntosh
Jason M.
FE
* McKee III
Adam E.
FE
Shady Grove - Woodlawn Parish MV
Charlotte * McKee
Curtis David Donna
McKee
J. Richard
Charles R. Priscilla
First UMC Cleveland HI
RL
Alice McKinney
Harrison UMC SS
FE
RETIRED AP
RE
RETIRED SS
385
Office/Home/Fax (865) 410-6683
536 S Crest Rd Chattanooga TN 37404-5917 mauldin2@comcast.net
(865) 805-9781 (865) 692-2207
PO Box 143 Gate City VA 24251-0143 r7max497@hotmail.com
(276) 228-7095 (276) 386-9625
9919 Kingston Pike Knoxville TN 37922-6923 cmaynard@cokesbury.tv
(865) 693-0353 (865) 399-2105
269 Walnut St Gate City VA 24251-3362 preachhunt002@gmail.com
(276) 386-7083
5301 Hixson Pike Hixson TN 37343-3236 Mccallie.drew@gmail.com
(423) 892-9363 (423) 488-5712 (423) 892-8443
4109 Grey Fox Dr Kingsport TN 37664-4469 rojohaem@gmail.com
(216) 902-6006 (252) 665-1334
206 Juniper Cir Advance NC 27006-8540 HaganNorma@aol.com
(336) 835-6114 (336) 941-3512
7183 W Lee Hwy Rural Retreat VA 24368-2931 tfmccobin@centurylink.net 21039 Green Spring Rd Abingdon VA 24211-5953 bpmccoy135@gmail.com 36896 Plum Creek Rd Glade Spring VA 24340-5820 asm0955@yahoo.com
(276) 686-4345 (276) 628-9967 (276) 628-9967
(276) 429-1413
100 E Church Cir Kingsport TN 37660-3677 mmccreary@fbsumc.org
(423) 224-1517 (865) 300-6104
PO Box 21029 Chattanooga TN 37424-0029 limcdaniel@fcumc.org
(423) 756-2021 (423) 894-8849
548 Laurel Canyon Pkwy Canton GA 30114-4364 oldcpa@gmail.com
(67) 821-5282
PO Box 445 Galax VA 24333-0445 mcfdn7777@gmail.com
(276) 236-9937 (276) 236-2311
PO Box 374 Dungannon VA 24245-0374 dcumc3@gmail.com
(276) 963-7065 (276) 963-4455
1675 Harold Patterson Rd Dandridge TN 37725-6032 pastor@shadygrovedandridge.org
(865) 397-7453 (205) 534-4182 (865) 940-2059
5621 Highway 58 Chattanooga TN 37411-5434 revdramckee@aol.com
(423) 698-6951 (423) 698-6951 (423) 629-5193
3425 Ocoee St N Cleveland TN 37312-4456 curtmckee610@gmail.com
(423) 476-4504 (865) 977-6128
208 Oakmont Dr Kingsport TN 37663-2728 jrichardmckee@gmail.com
(423) 534-4593
1824 Clayton Dr Chattanooga TN 37421-3005 pc7170@comcast.net
(423) 894-1121
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Jeannie
MISCELLANEOUS
386
2019 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse)
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
McKinnon-Young
Status Michelle
FE
Gary Young McKnight
Robert Mark
Elston D.
RE
Lisa Kay
Jeremy M.
Paul H
PL
Jonesville Parish
TV
AP FE
Tracy
AP RETIRED
SY
Station Creek-Speaks Chapel
AP
Kimberly * Meade
Mehaffy
Peggy Lorene
Carl
FE
RL
Thelma Melton
Rodney
Vermont UMC
RA
Kathy McPherson
RETIRED
Lennon-Seney UMC
Sarah McNalley
17125 Campus Way Lake Oswego OR 97034-6839 mmckinnonyoung@gmail.com
FE
Robert * McMillan
Address/E-Mail
Oregon-Idaho Conference
SM
Emily * McLaughlin
Charge/District CM
Judy * McLain
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
Barkley
PL
F. Thomas
FL
Leslie * Milhorn
Dennis W. Karen
* Miller
Corey Douglas
Dixie J.
RL
Steve Miller
Eblen G. Jeanne
* Miller
Mark Alan Mary Jean
Milligan
Princess April
(423) 626-4444
242 Woods Chapel Rd Harriman TN 37748-4213 barkley.mencer@gmail.com
(865) 705-7757
3401 Cummings Hwy Chattanooga TN 37419-2308 revftmesser@comcast.net
(423) 825-5766
Oliver Springs Parish
Wauhatchie UMC
Rockhold-Enterprise
Calhoun-Spring Creek
Romeo-St Clair-Talley
RETIRED
Fairlawn-Bethel
RETIRED AP
Mincey
Cora Roseann T.
RL
Joe Lawrence * Moncier
Montgomery
Jeffrey W.
Scott Mary
332 Braddock St Apt 403 Frostburg MD 21532-2328 paulandkathy0575@gmail.com
1919 Ball St Tazewell TN 37879-3341 meltonr09@gmail.com
Thompson Chapel UMC
NR RE
(423) 288-2801 (423) 390-1465
(276) 346-2532
TR FL
1817 Bloomingdale Rd Kingsport TN 37660-2633 jeremymcm1@gmail.com
2037 Campground Rd Jonesville VA 24263-8344 C-Tmehaffy@sunsetcom.com
MV RE
(276) 346-7763 (276) 346-1460
RETIRED
HI * Miller
2300 Red Fletcher Rd Jonesville VA 24263-7089 revlisamc@hotmail.com
(615) 987-7585
TR OF
(865) 524-0289 (423) 486-4187 (865) 637-9482
1025 Riverside Ave Kingsport TN 37660-1307 revpeg06121999@gmail.com
SS PL
6412 Mountain Laurel Rd Knoxville TN 37924-3743 lsumc_office@bellsouth.net
Holston Counseling Svcs /Frontier Hlth AP
TV * Messer
(865) 774-7440
AP
MV * Mencer
3154 Hatcher Mountain Rd Sevierville TN 37862-8323 markabod@hotmail.com
197 Goldfinch Dr Jonesville VA 24263-8390 rookiepreacher@aol.com
AP OF
Office/Home/Fax
RETIRED
(276) 346-1682 (276) 346-3057
3032 Highway 11 E Bluff City TN 37618-1143 beavercreek-1@hotmail.com
(423) 389-2099 (423) 538-9547
836 Highway 163 Calhoun TN 37309-5279 cdouglasmiller@gmail.com
(423) 336-2484 (252) 548-4608
626 Mount Bethel Rd Greeneville TN 37745-6376 dixie64@comcast.net
(423) 278-0763
135 Century Ln Dillsburg PA 17019-9461 preacherbuddy66@aol.com
(717) 512-8387
400 5th St Radford VA 24141-2304 markmiller.psalm1@gmail.com 226 New Canton Rd Church Hill TN 37642-4255 paprilmilligan@gmail.com 12 Bramblewood Pl SW Cartersville GA 30120-5766
(540) 731-4765 (540) 731-1508
(423) 579-3463
(770) 386-9931
MV FE
SY
St Matthew-Emory UMC, Kingsport AP
1508 Monterey Ave Kingsport TN 37664-3317 revjeff7@gmail.com
(865) 804-7052
Magnolia Avenue UMC/ Piney Grove UMC Knoxville TV / SM
1814 Kimberlin Heights Rd Kimberlin Heights TN 37920-9737 scottraymontgomery@gmail.com
(865) 803-4178
XI. * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse) Mooney Jr.
Status William C.
RE
Moore
Daniel F. Margaret
* Moore
David
Douglas D.
PL
G. Keith
* Moore
Joseph D
Donald D.
H. Randolph
(865) 579-1725
FE
Wesley Center at Chattanooga SS
607 Douglas St Chattanooga TN 37403-2002 Keith_Moore@wesleyutc.com
(423) 266-3691 (423) 877-7078 (423) 266-3696
PL
Wesley-Lou’s Chapel
302 Magnolia Ave South Pittsburg TN 37380-1266 rev_joe@bellsouth.net
(423) 837-6464 (423) 837-6200
LM
Chestnut Hill UMC
J. Glenn
Thomas E.
RE
Richard D.
RA
RETIRED
AM
Mt Zion-St Elmo
NR
HI RL
John W.
FE
James R.
RD
H. Rae
RL
Larry D.
RE
Patricia D.
Randolph R.
Myers
Mariel
St Mark UMC Kingsport
RE
RETIRED
FL
Munsey Memorial UMC
NR
Terry Mutter
Mt Zion UMC Claiborne
AP
Kathy * Muse
TR RA
RETIRED
RL
RETIRED
Patsy
Laura Jean
RE
Steven * Nance
Catherine Clark Brad
(865) 368-4186
(865) 466-9542
90 Hampton Hts Galax VA 24333-2337 pastorrandymorris@comcast.net 4620 Jersey Pike Chattanooga TN 37416-3148 jgmoseley@epbfi.com
(540) 731-1093 (276) 233-4326
(423) 531-7342 (423) 486-1242
1187 Case View Rd Dandridge TN 37725-4550 pastortom58@yahoo.com
(865) 940-1082
116 Oo Moore Rd Chuckey TN 37641-2163 richmullan@yahoo.com
(423) 257-5553
4416 Northwood Dr Kingsport TN 37664-4580 jwmjkm@mullenfamily.com
(423) 288-5041
1629 Doaks Creek Rd Speedwell TN 37870-8014 1301 Olympian Way Kingsport TN 37660-1365 raemullins50@gmail.com
(423) 562-5503 (423) 562-0121 (276) 613-3595
557 Lebanon Rd Kingsport TN 37663-2907 larrymurfino@gmail.com
(865) 637-0620 (865) 525-5497
PO Box 1336 Johnson City TN 37605-1336 pattymuse@munsey.org
(423) 461-8070 (423) 956-2336 (423) 975-4780
17 W 1st St S Big Stone Gap VA 24219-2623
(423) 562-9583 (423) 562-9583
601 Fairhope St Apt 1110 Augusta GA 30901-2046 mariel.h.myers@gmail.com
(706) 496-3909
8407 Oak View Dr Chattanooga TN 37421-4396 LJUM531@AOL.COM
(423) 499-8948
804 Montvale Station Rd Maryville TN 37803-5804 cnance@1stchurch.org
(865) 982-1273 (865) 982-1273 (865) 983-5408
TV
NR Myers-Ross
10620 Gander Grove Way Apt 206 Knoxville TN 37932-1764
TV
Ruth Murphy
RETIRED AP
Joyce Mullins
Mt Carmel-Seviers TR
Joy Mullens
Cosby Circuit MV
Roxanne Mullen
RETIRED
8525 N Ruggles Ferry Pike Strawberry Plains TN 37871-1065 wstaceymorgan@gmail.com
TV
Barbara * Mullan
Sevierville Circuit
MV
Phillis Mott
Goodfield Circuit
SS
Carol Sue * Moseley
(865) 216-6401
SM
Terri Morris
130 Elm St Greenback TN 37742-4220
(615) 336-1527
910 Harris Hollow Rd Seymour TN 37865-5976 ddmoore01@yahoo.com
PL
Rhonda Morris
RETIRED
Office/Home/Fax
(423) 284-1346
Betty W. Stacey
910 Murfreesboro Rd Apt 248 Franklin TN 37064-3050 wcmooney82@gmail.com
HI
Teresa
Morgan
Address/E-Mail
RETIRED
1857 Lamontville Rd Decatur TN 37322-6004 dmoore111z@yahoo.com
Donna * Moore
Charge/District
SM
Rachel Moore
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
TV RE
387
RETIRED SS
FE
First UMC Maryville SM
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Sylvia
MISCELLANEOUS
388
2019 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse)
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Nation
Status Donald L.
RE
Marion Neal
Charles T.
Jackie Craig
RE
James David
PL
Victoria
8814 Merseyside Ln Chesterfield VA 23832-2462 dnation825@gmail.com
(276) 722-0068
53 Carriage Hl Signal Mountain TN 37377-2346 charlesneal66@gmail.com
(423) 902-2761
RETIRED
Mt Carmel UMC AP
FE
Ashley Loren Neese
Address/E-Mail
RETIRED
SS
Kathy * Neel
Charge/District SM
Brenda * Needham
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
Bradburn Hill-Mt Pleasant MV
RL
RETIRED
604 Independence Ave Mount Carmel TN 37645-3723 4needhams@gmail.com 1355 Kingsport Hwy Greeneville TN 37745-9004 jdneel88@hotmail.com
Office/Home/Fax
(423) 229-8460 (423) 292-6490
(276) 243-7180
195 W Pine St Apt 303 Wytheville VA 24382-1900
(276) 620-8034
9534 Oldhouse Dr Richmond VA 23238-3739
(804) 975-5500 (804) 747-5477
15 Bridle Creek Rd Independence VA 24348-4113 englewooddanny@gmail.com
(276) 773-2096
% Wellington Manor, 375 Hedrick Dr Newport TN 37821-2920 dranewman@aol.com
(423) 504-5634
NR Netting
Karl A.
RE
Ellen * Nettleton
Daniel Bruce
TV FL
Crystal Newman
Alfred L.
RETIRED
Bridle Creek Circuit NR
RE
RETIRED SM
Nickle
William E.
RE
Nancy * Nicolaus
Micah Joel
Brent L.
FE
William B.
OF
Jacob
Valley Forge-Roan Mountain TR
PL
Sharon * Nunn
Broad Street UMC HI
Juanita * Norris, III
Pilot UMC NR
SY
Wabash Circuit NR
* Nutt
Amy Suzanne
FL
John * Nyaga
Robert Kariuki
Leon B.
Oaks
Carl I.
FE
FL
North Tazewell-Mt Zion
RE
RETIRED
CM
Sandy George E.
TV RE
Janice * Ogle
Daniel M.
W. Michael
FE
Valerie Butch
North Georgia Conference SM
RE
Judy Ohle
RETIRED TR
Erin Ogle Sr.
John Wesley-Charles Wesley CM
Debra
Odle
White Oak UMC SS
Agnes * O’Quinn
280 New Harvest Rd Washburn TN 37888-4746
(865) 497-3444
MV
Kim * Nidiffer
RETIRED
RETIRED HI
PL
Bethel UMC Seymour SM
PO Box 3 Cleveland TN 37364-0003 micah@bsumc.org
(423) 476-5586 (865) 771-5076
307 Johnson St Roan Mountain TN 37687-3031 blnidiffer@gmail.com
(423) 772-9454
PO Box 2212 Pulaski VA 24301-1932 PastorPilotUMC@gmail.com
(540) 980-8598
406 Gale Rd Pearisburg VA 24134-1810 jakedrums14@gmail.com
(276) 733-7167
6433 Hixson Pike Hixson TN 37343-5726 whiteoakpastor@epbfi.com 311 Lee St Bristol VA 24201-4326 kariukirob@yahoo.com PO Box 713 Tazewell VA 24651-0713 leonunitedcountry@gmail.com
(423) 877-6042 (423) 605-7746
(276)-644-3154 (276) 988-9772 (276) 970-5268
140 El Grande Ln Lenoir City TN 37771-6813 coaks4710@aol.com
(865) 661-1126
PO Box 6045 Johnson City TN 37602-6045 geossumc@comcast.net
(423) 282-3735
1333 Dorothy Dr Decatur GA 30030-4626 danielogle@gmail.com
(865) 474-0544
PO Box 3685 Cleveland TN 37320-3685 Mogle9241@gmail.com
(423) 285-0201
942 Knight Rd Knoxville TN 37920-8015 revsheseesfar@comcast.net
(865) 851-9314 (865) 579-7653
XI. * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse) Oldham
Bryan C.
FE
FL
Karin Osborne
Jim R.
RE
Ann Ousley
John W Lisa
* Ousley Sr.
Larry J.
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
Agape Youth Center Counseling/ Simpson UMC SS
221 Crestwood Dr Englewood TN 37329-5009 jwoldham201@gmail.com
(423) 802-6759
Gray UMC/ St Paul UMC TR
102 Jack Martin Ln Johnson City TN 37615-4105 bryanorchard1970@gmail.com
(423) 913-3281
RETIRED
PO Box 1 Henderson TN 38340-0001 jimanno@charter.net
(731) 989-4753
166 Garland Way Johnson City TN 37604-3532 j3ousley@gmail.com
(423) 930-6265
111 Douglas Ln Bristol TN 37620-7213 larry@larryousley.com
(828) 734-3867
RETIRED TR
RE
Darlene Owens-Yates
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
TV RE
Coach Training for Leaders TV
Margaret
RE
James T.
RA
RETIRED CM
* Oxendine
Prue * Pace
William F. Ruth
Page
Jerry
Dan L.
RL
Robert Steven
OF
Robert E.
RE
Stephanie
RE
* Parunak
Pasqua
Mary L.
PD
RE
(423) 967-2545
3652 Tarbett Rd Maryville TN 37804-5413 jpage37804@gmail.com
(865) 368-0545
1069 Creekside Village Way Seymour TN 37865-5258 dpal6947@aol.com 424 Dogwood Dr Harriman TN 37748-8112 steveandsherryparker0721@gmail.com 433 Scenic Dr Knoxville TN 37919-6650
(423) 636-0911 (865) 773-0340
(865) 209-5806
(865) 525-6359
6264 Patel Way Knoxville TN 37909-4700 sarparrott@gmail.com
(865) 531-2244
RETIRED
(865) 771-3034
HI
188 Quail Run Trce NE Cleveland TN 37312-6689 maryparson9@gmail.com 407 E Morelia Ave Knoxville TN 37917-5020 rev.parunak.heidi@gmail.com
(865) 522-2728 (865) 230-1957 (865) 524-6256
Randall C.
RE
RETIRED
307 W Hunt Rd Alcoa TN 37701-1726 randypasqua@holston.org
(423) 612-4364 (423) 612-4364
Glenn C
SM FL
J. Steve
PL
Richard J.
Abingdon UMC
Larry Duane
Craig E. Karen
Three Springs-Virginia Avenue CM
RE
RETIRED
RA
RETIRED
NR
Barbara Paul
4411 Lakeridge Cir SW Atlanta GA 30331-6704 pacejasper@aol.com
Wesley Foundation UTK/ Moore’s Gap UMC TV
Martha Patton
(423) 968-1353 (423) 878-5741 (423)-968-1353
PL
Cheri Patterson
236 Country Meadows Cir Bristol TN 37620-8378 joxendine@embarqmail.com
Central UMC Knoxville/ Children’s Hospital TV
CM Patterson
1027 Ww Vaught Ln Mountain City TN 37683-5555 MargaretYates24@gmail.com
Heidi
Jo Anne * Patterson Jr.
RETIRED
Office/Home/Fax
TV
Crit * Parson
Asbury Chapel UMC TV
Donna * Parrott
Love’s Memorial UMC MV
Sherry Parrott
RETIRED SM
Janet * Parker
RETIRED SS
Ruth Ann Palmer
Damascus Circuit CM
RE
389
101 E Main St Abingdon VA 24210-2807 glennpatterson@abingdonumc.org
(276) 628-2321
226 Grace St Bristol TN 37620-5531 stevepatt@btes.tv
(276) 466-6224 (276) 623-3831
200 3rd St Dublin VA 24084-3218 richardjpatterson@comcast.net
(540) 639-2807 (540) 641-3960
1554 Rocky Hollow Rd Atkins VA 24311-3048
(276) 686-4991
NR RA
RETIRED SS
1020 Olde Mill Ln Hixson TN 37343-2942 craig12147@yahoo.com
(423) 847-0826
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
* Orchard
Status John W.
MISCELLANEOUS
390
2019 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse)
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
* Paul
Status Timothy B.
FE
Cathy * Paxton
Cynthia A.
David W.
FL
PE
Tammy * Pedersen
Steven
PL
Susie Penn
C. Ray
* Pennington
Perdue
Cynthia C.
RE
FE
424 Andover Ct Kingsport TN 37663-3090 stevepedersen45@gmail.com
(423) 765-2933
138 Lilac Dr La Follette TN 37766-4660 2rpenn@gmail.com
(423) 562-4559
(865) 977-1737
SM
536 S Crest Rd Chattanooga TN 37404-5917 cpennington@twcnet.edu
RETIRED
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
RETIRED
PO Box 239 Dryden VA 24243-0239 garyperdue@comcast.net
(276) 383-4459 (276) 546-3523
William R.
AP RL
Leonard M.
Kenneth
Timothy D.
Willa Jane
David G.
Ray E.
Joe R.
James L
RETIRED
RE
RETIRED
Kenneth D.
PL
Clouds Bend UMC AP
PL
Weems Chapel-Mt Sinai MV
PL
Vine Grove/Mt Olive-St Clair HI
FE
Central Texas Conference MV
FE
Virginia Avenue-Falls Mills NR
FE
Norwood-Bell’s Campground TV
RE
RE
Phyllis Pierce
RETIRED
RETIRED HI
Rev. Walter
FL
Caleb
FE
Independence, First-Flat Rock NR
* Pitkin
Samantha * Pitts
Lynn W.
(540) 921-2012
1100 Timothy Dr Crossville TN 38572-3098
(931) 788-1353
HI
SS Pierce
PO Box 98 Pearisburg VA 24134-0098
NR
Alana Philpott
Pactolus UMC
RL
Alice * Phillips
(276) 233-6536
Gary Elmer
Rachel Patman * Petty Jr.
100 Messers St Galax VA 24333-3223 dwpayne1977@gmail.com
(276) 346-2062 (276) 346-1127 (276) 346-3200
Randy * Petty
Mt Vale-Savannah/ Out Of The Box UMC NR
PO Box 280 Jonesville VA 24263-0280 layne15@verizon.net
Fredna * Petitt
(423) 329-2288
MV
120 Ricker Rd Greeneville TN 37743-6260 cpax0603@gmail.com
Jonesville, First -Gilbert’s Memorial AP
Pam * Peterson
Panther Springs UMC
FE
Ingrid * Peterson
(865) 691-8330 (423) 505-9254
D. Layne
Bettie Perry
Office/Home/Fax
1001 Ebenezer Rd Knoxville TN 37923-6505 tbpaul@yahoo.com
TV
Nancy Perkins
Address/E-Mail
Ebenezer UMC Knoxville
AP
Gretchen Hakola Pennington
Charge/District SM
Tom * Payne
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
Signal Mountain UMC SS
RD
RETIRED TV
940 Bradbury St Kingsport TN 37660-5025 rev.kenpeterson@icloud.com 276 Walton Cir Mosheim TN 37818-4089 preachertimp@embarqmail.com 820 Johnson Blvd SE Cleveland TN 37311-6459 Janepetitt0@gmail.com 2316 Morning Dew Dr Little Elm TX 75068-7631 pastordon@gmail.com
(423) 246-1597 (423) 246-0770
(423) 422-9885 (423) 510-1142 (423) 240-0514
(276) 496-4934
1900 Virginia Ave Bluefield VA 24605-1135 raypetty@hotmail.com
(276) 326-3700 (276) 326-3700
2110 Merchant Dr Knoxville TN 37912-5111 pastorjoephillips@gmail.com
(865) 687-1620 (423) 464-1619 (865) 687-9264
412 Hogan Kyle TX 78640-5402 j.philpottwodturner@gmail.com
(423) 432-0117
346 Edgewater Ave Dayton TN 37321-7233 kppierce1@gmail.com
(423) 285-5354
338 S Independence Ave Independence VA 24348-3856 pastorbudpierce@gmail.com 3911 Yorktown Rd Chattanooga TN 37416-2229 pastor.pitkin@gmail.com
(423) 877-0503
1547 Newfound Rd Canton NC 28716-3988 lpitts48@yahoo.com
(865) 742-2688
XI. * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse) * Plaster
Status Laura Blair
FE
Poister
William C.
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
Reynolds Memorial UMC
PO Box 17502 Bristol VA 24209-7502 lbpumc@gmail.com
(276) 669-1134 (276) 696-1397 (276) 466-8471
231 Ollis Bowers Hill Rd Kingsport TN 37664-4116
(423) 367-4646
CM RL
391
RETIRED
Office/Home/Fax
AP * Polis
Patrick C.
RE
Gayle * Pollock
James S.
TV RE
Betty Lou * Poole
Brenda A.
* Poore
David
RL
Swan Pond UMC
PL
McFerrin UMC
TV
Janelle Bill R.
AP RL
Irene * Powell
Charles
Rebecca Jane
Bruce G.
Amy Rollins
RE
Steve
FE
Kenneth
RL
James H.
OF
Wayne E.
RL
Crystal
RL
Mickey W.
PL
First UMC Sweetwater HI
FE
Joy * Ramer
RETIRED AP
Steve * Rainwater
RETIRED
Fairview UMC SM
Faith
FE
Larry Earl
RE
Marion East Circuit CM
Ramey
Regina Ramsey
Ronald W.
Alta C.
Bethel UMC Bluefield NR
FE
Bonnie Raper
2106 Belcaro Dr Knoxville TN 37918-3712 revpat5@comcast.net
(865) 659-4450
211 Wiltshire Dr Johnson City TN 37615-4826 jsptags@aol.com
(423) 477-8044
PO Box 378 Andersonville TN 37705-0378 avillbp@bellsouth.net
(865) 426-6189 (865) 494-0516
901 Buttermilk Rd Blountville TN 37617-5631 davidpoore63@gmail.com
(423) 224-0349
588 Hilton Rd Gate City VA 24251-2457 porternumc@sctv.coop
(276) 386-3771 (276) 386-7063
7229 Autumn View Ln Powell TN 37849-4842 cpowell@ffumc.org
(865) 966-8430 (865) 312-0650
7229 Autumn View Ln Powell TN 37849-4842 rjanepowell@gmail.com
(865) 206-8930
416 Rako St SW Bemidji MN 56601-3498 bruce.p@outlook.com
(218) 444-4125
329 Parker Ln Kingsport TN 37660-6924 preacheramy@gmail.com
(865) 202-3019
PO Box 495 Seymour TN 37865-0495 spross101@gmail.com
(865) 573-9711 (865) 609-1072
PO Box 66 Appalachia VA 24216-0066 kpurscell@yahoo.com
(276) 565-1316
265 Poppy Ave Dayton TN 37321-6763
(423) 775-4335 (423) 775-0547
478 Alpine Ridge Ln Gate City VA 24251-2613 vaway@embarqmail.com
(276) 386-6393
SS
Virginia * Ragan
Crab Orchard UMC AP
Rhonda Kay Rader
RETIRED SM
Koni Purser
LEAVE OF ABSENCE AP
Tracee * Purscell
RETIRED TV
Chris Pross
East TN Children’s Hospital TV
Emilie * Probst
First Farragut UMC TV
FL
Chuck Privratsky
Nottingham UMC AP
FL
Janie * Powell
RETIRED AP
Larry
* Porter
RETIRED
MEDICAL LEAVE MV
RL
Binfield UMC SM
501 Church St Sweetwater TN 37874-2904 crystalraganfumc@yahoo.com
(423) 337-7903 (865) 567-2453
2508 Old Niles Ferry Rd Maryville TN 37803-8802 mrainwater@fairview-umc.org
(865) 983-2080 (865) 983-2080 (865) 233-0649
4329 Lee Hwy Marion VA 24354-6310 faith.e.ramer@gmail.com
(276) 479-2018 (276) 479-5560
108 Bluestone Dr Bluefield VA 24605-9226 larryeramey@hotmail.com
(276) 322-2132
5634 Kalispell Way Knoxville TN 37924 revronbonramsey@gmail.com
(865) 262-0893
452 E Lincoln Rd Alcoa TN 37701-2755 altaraper@yahoo.com
(865) 233-2092
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Justin
MISCELLANEOUS
392
2019 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse)
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
* Rasor
Status Laura R.
FE
David Schoeni * Ratledge
Joseph L.
Jason Lewis
PL
Araminta A
Address/E-Mail
Office/Home/Fax
Broadway UMC
309 E Broadway Ave Maryville TN 37804-5742 pastor@broadwayumc.net
(865) 982-6192 (865) 982-8558 (865) 982-6142
2910 Kensington St Athens TN 37303-5022 joseph79lee@gmail.com
(336) 682-5896
Tasso-Charleston HI
PE
Hiltons Memorial UMC
SY
Appalachian Trail
Kellee Ray
Charge/District SM
Candice * Ratliff
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
AP
NR * Ray
James Christopher
FE
Jenny Ray
James Darrell
SS RA
Evelyn Reed
Rebecca A.
New Salem UMC
RETIRED
Thomas M.
RE
RETIRED
FE
Copperhill, First-Ducktown HI
* Reed
Vivian M.
PL
Roy * Reedy
Jacob Paul
Wesley’s Chapel UMC Greeneville MV
FE
Middlebrook Pike UMC TV
* Reese
Samuel Adam
PE
Lynette Rehagen
Harold W.
Betty C.
RE
John R.
RE
Adam
PL
Michael
FL
Stephen Glen
OF
SY
Hope Rhudy
Gloria Lancaster
RA
Gary Richard
Fredrick H.
Jay B.
RE
PL
Kevin S. Samantha
(423) 506-2783
PO Box 538 Copperhill TN 37317-0538 tomreed51@gmail.com
(423) 383-3611
487 Theo Hixon Rd Rutledge TN 37861-5445 mimsy09@hotmail.com
(865) 828-4919
7234 Middlebrook Pike Knoxville TN 37909-1159 jreedy@middlebrookpike.com
(865) 690-8641 (423) 967-5338 (865) 539-4636
203 Manchester Rd Kingston TN 37763-2335 samreese1981@gmail.com
(865) 399-0140
4240 Plummer Dr Knoxville TN 37918-1319 jrehagen@comcast.net
(865) 689-4033 (865) 544-2008
PO Box 3 Cleveland TN 37364-0003 adam@bsumc.org
(423) 599-9119
(423) 842-9521
SS
6212 N. Innisbrook Dr. Hixson TN 37343-3077 michael3735@yahoo.com
Pleasant Grove-Valley View -Milburnton TR
302 W Sevier Hts Greeneville TN 37745-5012 sgreynolds54@gmail.com
(423) 329-6653
Glenwood UMC
3864 Wilson Hwy Independence VA 24348-4065 revgloria@embarqmail.com
(276) 773-3232
308 Dancy Ln Kingsport TN 37663-3730 fbrichard@earthlink.net
(423) 239-9159
119 Clemson Dr Oak Ridge TN 37830-7665 JayRichardson1@aol.com
(865) 776-7826
3225 Dogwood Dr Saint Paul VA 24283-2543 umcchap@gmail.com
(276) 979-7661
Broad Street UMC
First-Centenary UMC
RETIRED
Hansard Chapel UMC TV
FE
12 Walcon Ln Apt 11 Athens TN 37303-3765 Musicwoman48@yahoo.com
(276) 322-5819
AP
Helda Richardson
(276) 889-5228
309 Crabapple St Bluefield VA 24605-9654 jrrepass@gmail.com
Dailey’s Chapel UMC
NR
Bonnie Richardson
PO Box 2496 Lebanon VA 24266-2496
(865) 674-2869 (423) 231-6625
(276) 628-3740
HI
Annette Reynolds
12550 Highway 136 Rising Fawn GA 30738-4240 cray52@hotmail.com
(865) 385-4763
196 Crestview Dr Abingdon VA 24210-2030 bettyreiff@hotmail.com
CM
Shawn * Reynolds
RETIRED CM
DeeDee Reuss
RETIRED TV
Joe * Repass
Rockwood-Chevront TV
Joyce Reiff
4411 Guinn Rd Knoxville TN 37931-2016 araminta.a.ray@vanderbilt.edu
(276) 386-9441 (276) 386-3478
CM
HI * Reed
PO Box 10 Hiltons VA 24258-0001 jasonratliff75@gmail.com
St Paul-Castlewood AP
XI. * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse) * Richter Jr.
Status Richard L.
FE
* Ridenour
Gordon L.
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
Office/Home/Fax
Cedar Lane UMC
714 Cedar Ln Knoxville TN 37912-3102 revrichter@gmail.com
(865) 688-3531 (423) 580-0701
TV RE
Nancy
RETIRED TV
* Rieger
B. Eric
FE
* Rimmer
William C.
FL
Jones Memorial UMC SS
Kathy * Rines
Billy W. Susan
Ripley
John E.
George Street-Grant MV
RA
Dryden-Seminary AP
RE
RETIRED TV
Roberson
Benjamin L.
RE
RETIRED HI
Roberson Jr.
John W.
RE
Mary * Roberts
Chad Kim
Roberts
Charles Michael
RETIRED HI
PL
Trentville UMC SM
RL
RETIRED SS
* Roberts
Luther W.
RL
Diana L. * Roberts III
Samuel R. Stella
* Roberts
Stella M.
Ernest Leroy
RETIRED HI
RE
Sam Robertson
Wallace-Wyndale CM
AF
RETIRED HI
RE
RETIRED AP
* Robertson-Gouge
Scott A.
RE
Ruth Robinette
Beverly C.
RETIRED CM
FE
LEAVE OF ABSENCE CM
* Robins
Ann P.
* Robins
Thomas A.
FE
HC-Tennessee Valley District
FE
SunOak Parish
Tom
TV
Ann * Robinson
Timothy J.
TV PL
Ewing Circuit AP
* Roe
Jason Coleman
FE
General Evangelist
RA
Wharf Hill-Elizabeth
Holly * Roe
John P. Jane
393
SM
CM
324 Chowning Dr Knoxville TN 37934-2747 gnride60@charter.net
(865) 675-6355
4131 Ringgold Rd Chattanooga TN 37412-2465 bericrieger@gmail.com
(423) 629-6073 (423) 867-3130 (423) 629-9388
604 E Elmwood St Jefferson City TN 37760-2744 wcrimmer@aol.com
(865) 803-7862
297 Orr Rd Dryden VA 24243-8384 srinessas@yahoo.com
(423) 426-4291
NHC, 122 Cavette Hill Ln Apt 137 Knoxville TN 37934-6676 jripley05@comcast.net
(865) 924-1341
162 County Road 791 Etowah TN 37331-5142 brober4250@aol.com
(423) 506-7688
182 County Road 791 Etowah TN 37331-5142 jrobersonj@aol.com
(423) 263-2896
2424 Russell Rd Kodak TN 37764-1022 robertschad6@yahoo.com
(865) 414-3767
2132 Dallas Lake Rd Soddy Daisy TN 37379-8806 cmikeroberts@epbfi.com
(423) 535-2703 (423) 843-2896
20271 Millbrook Dr Abingdon VA 24211-6869 revroberts@comcast.net
(276) 628-2552 (276) 628-2552 (276) 628-4427
1512 Ridgeway Cir Athens TN 37303-4452 srrobertsiii@yahoo.com
(423) 252-7008
1512 Ridgeway Cir Athens TN 37303-4452 stellamr@bellsouth.net
(865) 621-6160
605 Timber Ln Cookeville TN 38501-2816 elrobertsons2@gmail.com
(931) 528-5293
4972 Catawba Creek Rd Catawba VA 24070-2102 sarg38@hotmail.com
(540) 616-4046
922 Arlington Ave Bristol VA 24201-3406 beverly.robinette@yahoo.com
(276) 429-5072
PO Box 26384 Knoxville TN 37912-9484 annrobins@holston.org
(865) 470-7005 (865) 803-6564
12713 Broken Saddle Rd Knoxville TN 37934-1329 tarobins@charter.net
(865) 632-7034 (865) 805-8350
156 Morgan Memorial Rd Rose Hill VA 24281-8514 trobinson123@outlook.com 416 Royal Oaks Drive Maryville TN 37801 jceministries@yahoo.com 220 Kingston Rd Blountville TN 37617-5523 johnpcroe@yahoo.com
(276) 393-6499 (865) 659-8879 (865) 659-8879
(423) 323-1525
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Donna
MISCELLANEOUS
394
2019 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse)
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
* Rogers
Status Rex G.
PL
Paula Rogers
Shirley M.
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
Office/Home/Fax
Williamson Chapel UMC
2920 Ty Dr Louisville TN 37777-3808 rgrogers@charter.net
(865) 773-4681
% Michael T. Smith-Conservator PO Box 1246 Lawrenceville GA 30046-1246
(706) 746-7481
322 Vance Dr Bristol TN 37620-4148 katye.fox@live.com
(423) 578-4130
2801 Spencer Ln Big Stone Gap VA 24219-3813 roses0004@comcast.net
(276) 708-1983
SM RE
RETIRED HI
Rollins
Catherine Anara Fox
FE
Richard * Rose
David L.
CM PL
Wendi Rose
J. Donald
Steven M.
RE
Chris
RE
Billy Frank
OF
Peyton L.
Linda W.
RE
Elizabeth
PL
Richard
PD
Harold D.
FE
Jerald W.
RA
Elaine
RE
Robert
FE
James
Tyler S.
Steven M.
First UMC Church Hill
RETIRED SM
SY
Briana * Ryman
First UMC Surgoinsville
AP RE
Carolyn * Rutherford
RETIRED
AP FE
Elaine Rutherford
RETIRED
SM
Robert * Ruth
Greystone Circuit TR
SY
Pocahontas-Christ First NR
Salazar
Pedro Orlando
RE
Leticia Ofelia Sandefur
Catherine
1116 Old Stage Rd Rogersville TN 37857-6041
(865) 771-4331
8407 Oak View Dr Chattanooga TN 37421-4396 smr2999@aol.com 3405 Peerless Rd NW Cleveland TN 37312-3431 programming@wesleymemorialchurch.com
(423) 499-8948 (423) 472-9578 (843) 496-4387
412 Grace Hills Dr Blountville TN 37617-3752 Bill46@btes.tv
(423) 574-1571
10937 Farragut Hills Blvd Knoxville TN 37934-4084 bee.rowlett@gmail.com
(865) 966-9776
46 Brown Ave Greeneville TN 37743-3086 rozarshouse@gmail.com 7332 Old Tuckaleechee Rd Townsend TN 37882-3812 eaopenshaw@yahoo.com 7322 Old Tuckaleechee Rd Townsend TN 37882-3812 rmrudesi@yahoo.com 915 Oakvale Rd Princeton WV 24740-3917
(423) 823-1470 (423) 639-9052 (865) 448-2464 (865) 448-2463 (865) 448-2463
(304) 425-8620
NR
Judy * Ruth
Tuckaleechee UMC SM
Sarah * Russell
Tuckaleechee UMC SM
Elizabeth Russell
Mt Wesley-Embreeville TR
Richard * Rudesill
RETIRED TV
Lynn ** Rudesill
RETIRED TR
Virginia * Rozar
Wesley Memorial-Valley Head HI
RE
Janice * Rowlett Jr.
RETIRED SS
Jodi Rowland
RETIRED MV
Laura Jean * Rouse
Appalachia-Derby-Exeter AP
Betty Ross
Caris Healthcare, LLC
RETIRED TR
RL
Ebenezer UMC CM
1228 Raulston Rd Maryville TN 37803-2858 jrussellpastor@gmail.com
(865) 983-2080 (865) 388-9003
203 Dogwood Dr Surgoinsville TN 37873-5003 pastorelaineruth@gmail.com
(423) 345-2279 (865) 254-0438
203 Dogwood Dr Surgoinsville TN 37873-5003 ruthrs0@sewanee.edu
(423) 357-5564 (865) 643-1703
2729 Cansler Dr Maryville TN 37801-8314 muffyrut@att.net
(865) 681-8658
2100 Greystone Rd Greeneville TN 37743-8601 pastor.tyler93@gmail.com
(423) 470-6025
6972 Abbs Valley Road Bluefield VA 24605-8787 sryman4076@gmail.com
(865) 801-1183
205 McCall Cir Johnson City TN 37604-5209 pedroandleticia@aol.com 22524 Blake Dr Abingdon VA 24210-8099 CALLBY@PHONE.ORG
(423) 928-9553 (423) 202-7161
(276) 628-1385
XI. * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse) Sanks
Status Van
RL
* Sarver
Barry K. Glynda
* Sauer
Clair Travis
Kenneth E.
FE
Ila
* Schoeneman Jr.
William A.
Kenneth L.
Bradley H.
* Scott Jr.
James W.
William Donald
RE
Floyd Circuit
5669 Floyd Hwy S Willis VA 24380-4800 kscelia00@gmail.com
(540) 315-6013
26462 Al Highway 71 Flat Rock AL 35966-5740 curtis@farmerstel.com
(256) 632-4110
994 Armstrong Rd SE Cleveland TN 37323-8332 kennethscoggins96@yahoo.com
(423) 413-0469
12500 N Main St Trenton GA 30757 drbrop@gmail.com
(706) 657-6170 (276) 722-0346 (706) 657-4043
501 Beverly Hills Dr North Tazewell VA 24630-9309 jimpat38@gmail.com
(276) 329-0066
NR RE
RETIRED SS
RE
Chilcutt-Chestuee HI
FE
Trenton UMC
PL
East Tazewell Circuit
SS
CM FE
RE
Peggy * Seay
Paul Daniel
First Farragut UMC
Thomas Lee
FE
V. Kaye
RE
Bonnie
PE
Sherry Seay
* Sells
Dwight
Blue Ridge Circuit NR
RL
Troy ** Sellars
RETIRED TV
Don Seiber
Seymour UMC SM
Sandra * Seay
RETIRED NR
Kathleen * Seay
Woods Chapel UMC TV
PL
Wesley’s Chapel UMC Dandridge
SY
Grant-Flat Ridge Circuit
Dale Sellars
MV
NR * Settle
Mary Eugenia
DR
RETIRED NR
Shanks
James M.
RE
Nellie Sharp
Donna
(423) 877-2881
109 Pershing Ave Radford VA 24141-3511 schepisi@vt.edu
TV * Scott
(423) 892-6446 (423) 664-3300
SS
Patricia Martha
6314 E Brainerd Rd Chattanooga TN 37421-3938 revclairsauer@gmail.com
Grove UMC/ VA Tech Adult Day Services NR
Tammie
* Scott
Wesley Memorial UMC
400 Valleydale St Apt B3 Bluefield VA 24605-9451 barrysarver55@gmail.com
FD
Mary Ann * Scott
RETIRED
1601 Prater Rd Chattanooga TN 37412-3825 PASTORRBUMC@EPBFI.COM
Clara * Scoggins
(865) 742-1875
Red Bank UMC
Celia Kay Curtis
Office/Home/Fax
932 Marlboro Rd Knoxville TN 37909-2357 vsanks@comcast.net
SS
Cory
Schofield
Address/E-Mail
RETIRED
FE
Clair * Schepisi
Charge/District
AP
Kenneth * Sauer
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
TV RL
395
RETIRED
12733 Kingston Pike Knoxville TN 37934-0918 marthascott@comcast.net 304 Valleydale St Bluefield VA 24605-9437 wmds@wvva.net PO Box 1488 Seymour TN 37865-1488 paul@seymourumc.org
(423) 877-7155 (540) 231-3161 (540) 633-5032
(865) 966-8430 (865) 405-4947
(276) 322-4501 (865) 573-9711 (865) 573-9711
PO Box 24005 Knoxville TN 37933-2005 tseay@emeraldaveumc.org
(423) 765-3577
793 Old Appalachian Trl Fancy Gap VA 24328-2800 kayeseay@gmail.com
(804) 732-2543
136 Hubbard Cir Clinton TN 37716-6864 bonnieseiber880@msn.com
(865) 266-3720
720 Video Dr Dandridge TN 37725-6436 BHDHSSCS@aol.com
(865) 475-7901 (865) 742-9249 (865) 475-6215
304 Teasterwood Rd Mouth of Wilson VA 24363-3783 cutups304@yahoo.com
(276) 579-2315
1642 Mocksville Hwy Cleveland NC 27013-8909 jbsettle88@bellsouth.net
(704) 873-0973
2939 Wilshire Blvd Morristown TN 37814-3278
(423) 586-4489
MV OE
Fairview-Sidney NR
35 Alder Ln Christiansburg VA 24073-1229 sharpd@bndsharp.net
540-392-4340
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Anice
MISCELLANEOUS
396
2019 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse)
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Shaver
Status Alvin O.
RL
Britt Shaw
Helen
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
RETIRED
2619 Brookland Dr NE Cedar Rapids IA 52402-3303 shaveral@charter.net
(865) 250-1828
203 Asbury Dr Maryville TN 37804-3605 pastorheleneshaw@minister.com
(865) 982-0249
4603 Cloverdale Loop Hixson TN 37343-4414 lashearer2@comcast.net
(865) 805-8929
5301 Old Hixson Pike Hixson TN 37343-3244 reedshell@hixsonumc.org
(423) 877-1246 (423) 790-0112 (423) 877-2965
PO Box 577 Dublin VA 24084-0577 shelordon@gmail.com
(540) 639-3529 (540) 674-2975 (540) 639-0182
109 Chickasaw Cir Church Hill TN 37642-3918 reginahshelton@gmail.com
(423) 384-3513
6957 Riverwood Dr Knoxville TN 37920-6025 bill.bethelumc@comcast.net
(865) 579-5402
135 4th St NW Pulaski VA 24301-4523 will.shelton@fumcpulaski.org
(423) 745-2612 (865) 919-2997 (423) 745-2613
1524 Western Ave Knoxville TN 37921-6317 charlasherbakoff@gmail.com
(865) 524-1689 (865) 806-3337
201 3rd Ave Knoxville TN 37917-7248 jimmy@knoxcentralumc.org
(865) 524-1659 (865) 805-5373
313 E Sullivan St Kingsport TN 37660-4403 wshewey@aol.com
(423) 765-2440 (423) 534-7238
SM RE
RETIRED HI
* Shearer
Laura Anderson
RE
John * Shell Jr.
Reed L.
* Shelor
Donald Paul
* Shelton
Regina
RETIRED SS
FE
Hixson UMC
AM
Dublin UMC
Cathy
SS
Terri
NR RL
Arcadia-Hermon AP
* Shelton
William
PL
Sherry * Shelton II
William R
* Sherbakoff
Charla
* Sherrod
James Allen
TV FE
First UMC Pulaski
FE
Second UMC
FE
Central UMC Knoxville
Alexandra
NR
Lee
TV
Lesli * Shewey
Will H.
Bethel UMC Amherst
TV FE
Shades of Grace UMC AP
* Shipley
Charles D.
PL
Amy Shirey
Carol Ferguson
MV RE
Dennis Shirley
Betty A.
Edward’s Chapel UMC
RETIRED
Danny
RL
OF
Sadie * Shupe
Allen D.
RETIRED
Olin E.
FE
Randall
* Shupe
William
RE
PL
Walter C. Juanita
Holly Springs-Bethel
RETIRED NR
FL
Brenda Simmerman
RETIRED
AP RL
Janet Douglas
971 Old Baileyton Rd Afton TN 37616-3807
(423) 234-0304
8537 Rutledge Pike Rutledge TN 37861-3107 bkshirley@aol.com
(865) 828-3150
3146 Grapefield Rd Bastian VA 24314-5063 sadieanddannyshortridge@yahoo.com
(276) 688-4238
PO Box 1 Morristown TN 37815-0001 akshupe@gmail.com
(423) 523-4571
1083 Leafwood Rd Fries VA 24330-4215
(276) 744-2972
NR
Connie
* Silvers
Mt Airy-Economy MV
Elizabeth * Shupe
Mechanicsburg Circuit NR
Kathy Shupe
321 Hebron Church Rd Jefferson City TN 37760-3314 mariejam8@aol.com
MV
MV * Shortridge
Office/Home/Fax
Welch’s Chapel-Stephen’s Chapel SS
RE
RETIRED HI
1809 E Sevier Ave Kingsport TN 37664-3212 rasshupe@charter.net 83 Sportsman Ln Fries VA 24330-3825 williamshupe@centurylink.net 12404 E Valley Rd Dunlap TN 37327-4551 dougsilvers@gmail.com 264 Lower Woods Trl NE Cleveland TN 37323-3714 umcpastorwalt@aol.com
(423) 229-1301 (423) 963-0612
(276)637-3226 (423) 949-3802 (423) 949-8358
(423) 458-4608
XI. * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse) Simmons
Status J. Nickie
PL
* Sisk-Casson
Corrina Gerald Casson
* Slack
Sarah A.
John M.
FE
Rosa
Michael G.
* Smart
Gregory S.
FE
Charles H.
Alvin H.
Andrew Christopher
RE
Crystal Salyers
OF
David Lee
FE
Dewey L.
RE
Donald H.
East Ridge UMC
Hurst UMC
RETIRED
Boyd Chapel UMC
Wheeler UMC
Grigsby Chapel UMC TV
RL
Nancy * Smith
Pikeville UMC
TR
Peggy Smith
HC-Connectional Ministries
MV
Trevor * Smith
Trinity UMC Bristol
SS
Pam Smith
New Market Circuit
SS
Johnnie * Smith
First UMC Maryville
SS PL
Karen Smith
(423) 762-3838
SS FE
Greg Smelley, Jr.
102 W Maple St Johnson City TN 37604-6818 corrinacasson1@aol.com
Independent Ministry
SM FE
Natalie Natalie Gay
(865) 805-0134
CM FE
Lori
* Smart
209 Y Rd Sevierville TN 37862-4014 nsimmonsumw@gmail.com
MV
Tom * Sluder
Address/E-Mail
Sevierville Parish
SM RE
Tana * Slavik
Charge/District
TR
David * Slater
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
SM DC
Martel UMC SM
FE
Sue
Central UMC Radford NR
* Smith II
E. Creighton
PE
Smith
F. Douglas
RE
Damascus UMC CM
Emily * Smith
John Leonard Lenora
* Smith
Melissa R.
RETIRED SM
RL
Keywood Charge CM
FE
Kodak UMC SM
* Smith
Robert L.
FE
Pat * Smith
Timothy W. Angel
First UMC Hillsville NR
FE
397
Oakland UMC NR
Office/Home/Fax
804 Montvale Station Rd Maryville TN 37803-5804 sslack@1stchurch.org 1119 Andrew Johnson Hwy Strawberry Plains TN 37871-1159 revjmslater@gmail.com
(865) 982-1273 (865) 640-0807
(865) 308-2798
289 Meadowcrest Dr Bristol VA 24201-3017 trslavik@gmail.com
(276) 669-1772 (276) 644-3608
PO Box 850 Alcoa TN 37701-0850 mikesluder@holston.org
(865) 293-4133 (865) 414-4245 (865) 690-3162
PO Box 233 Pikeville TN 37367-0233 gregsmart4@gmail.com
(423) 447-2951
1601 Prater Rd Chattanooga TN 37412-3825 nbsmart31@gmail.com
(423) 892-8451 (423) 364-1726
984 Dodie Dr Chattanooga TN 37421-1279 c_smelley@msn.com
(423) 894-6454
202 Grata Rd Knoxville TN 37914-3752 valley65@comcast.net
(865) 240-3102
457 Coile Rd Jefferson City TN 37760-4103 asmith@cn.edu
(865) 325-2693 (865) 318-5890
1404 Lamar Ct Kingsport TN 37664-2056 cdsalyers@hotmail.com
(423) 323-7267 (423) 552-4796 (423) 323-3892
7033 Tazewell Pike Corryton TN 37721-3926 SnufsKnox@aol.com
(865) 216-7520
2812 Oakland Rd Philadelphia TN 37846-2046 deweysmith268@gmail.com
(615) 419-7151
803 Wadsworth St Radford VA 24141-2919 pastorcumc@shentel.net
(540) 639-3529 (540)-285-0475
PO Box 44 Damascus VA 24236-0044 ecsmith2nd@gmail.com
(931) 242-7266 (931) 242-7266
920 Stonecrest Dr Maryville TN 37804-3734 revdsmith@bellsouth.net 22219 Fisher Hollow Rd Damascus VA 24236-2309 thecountrycupboard@embarqmail.com 2923 Bryan Rd Kodak TN 37764-1515 melissa@kodakchurch.com
(865) 980-2023 (276) 475-6568 (276) 475-3881
(865) 660-0271
29 Cumberland Dr Hillsville VA 24343-4637 rsmith24343@gmail.com
(276) 728-2434 (276) 728-2654
4987 Pipers Gap Rd Galax VA 24333-5736 othy3k@yahoo.com
276-236-8511 (276) 239-9697
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Tom
MISCELLANEOUS
398
2019 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse)
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Smith
Status Wendell M.
RE
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
Office/Home/Fax
RETIRED
2915 Pembroke Pl Maryville TN 37803-2993
(865) 312-2349
SM Snodgrass III
W. Edward
RE
Linda * Somers
H. Michael
SS RL
Brenda * Sorrell
D. Lynn
Michael
RETIRED TR
LM
Anne Southerland
RETIRED
Cross UMC TR
OF
Clinch Valley Circuit MV
* Spell Jr.
Charles Raymond
RE
Gail * Spence
C. Scott
* Spiers
Spieth
Glendale UMC MV
FE
Beech Grove UMC
Melissa
PL
Paynes Chapel UMC
Jennifer
PL
Diane
CM
SS SunOak Parish TV * Sprinkle
Kenneth L.
RE
Teresa St Clair
David T.
AP RE
Marcia * Stallings
J. Michael
Chris J.
FD
Talmage
FE
Donald E.
FE
Thomas Arden
RE
Bradley K.
OF
Charles W.
FE
East Stone Gap UMC
FE
Church Street UMC
AP
Angela * Starnes
Grover
TV PL
Melinda ** Stephens
Rebecca S.
Liberty Hill-Russellville MV
Rebecca * Starks
RETIRED NR
Pat * Stapleton
Emory & Henry College CM
Velma * Stanton
LaFollette UMC TV
Susan Stansell
Concord UMC Knox TV
Kelley Stanley
RETIRED CM
Claudia * Stanfield
RETIRED
Adams Chapel-Hulls Chapel TR
FE
East Ohio Conference SM
* Stevens
Jack L
RE
RETIRED CM
16231 Crestview Dr Sale Creek TN 37373-7764 edsnodgrass@gmail.com
(423) 493-5876 (423) 605-1832
PO Box 752 Abingdon VA 24212-0752 counslr001@gmail.com
(276) 469-1607
1081 Rotherwood Dr Kingsport TN 37660-7262 dlsorrell@chartertn.net
(423) 384-8470
274 Southerland Ln Washburn TN 37888-4010 msoutherland@frontiernet.net
(865) 405-5846
320 Ladysmith Ln Morristown TN 37814-2193 crspell@gmail.com
(423) 289-1287
475 Island Rd Bristol VA 24201-7011 sspenceville@gmail.com
(276) 669-6441 (276) 669-9390
601 S Lovell Ave Chattanooga TN 37412-2939 melissaspiers@holston.org
(423) 629-0333 (423) 521-8433 (423) 622-8360
332 Dominion Cir Knoxville TN 37934-2750 spieth.jennifer@gmail.com
(865) 556-9918
694 Truxton Dr Kingsport TN 37660-5680 sprinkle7@aol.com
(276) 245-8765
PO Box 15 Emory VA 24327-0015 dstclair@ehc.edu
(276) 944-4614
11020 Roane Dr Knoxville TN 37934-2916 mike@concordumc.com
(865) 966-6728 (865) 719-3469 (865) 966-3624
808 E Central Ave La Follette TN 37766-2719 rev.chrisstanfield@gmail.com
(423) 562-7348 (423) 465-7775
P.O. Box 160 Emory VA 24327 tastanle@ehc.edu
(276) 944-6817 (276) 944-3859 (276) 944-6170
225 Dogwood Dr Wytheville VA 24382-9301 duck3@embarqmail.com
(276) 228-4737
220 Montrose Ave Morristown TN 37813-5259 stanton1111@att.net
(423) 586-9717
3902 Logan Ave Big Stone Gap VA 24219-3928 rev.bradstapleton@gmail.com
(276) 523-3760 (276) 594-1492 (276) 523-7500
PO Box 1303 Knoxville TN 37901-1303 cstarks@churchstreetumc.org
(865) 624-3048 (423) 839-4788 (865) 521-0261
124 Aurawood Dr Kingsport TN 37660-6772 volfan1gs@hotmail.com
(423) 534-3742
1265 Southland Dr Bucyrus OH 44820-3031 prchrbeck@gmail.com
(865) 696-5067
705 Park St Bristol VA 24201-3431 jlstevens@bvu.net
(276) 466-8532
XI. * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse) Stewart
Status R. Warren
RE
* Stokes
Debra Jean McCard Michael
Stone
Lisa A.
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
RETIRED
110 Circle View Dr Mountain City TN 37683-1558 padrestew@embarqmail.com
(423) 727-0733
8645 E Brainerd Rd Chattanooga TN 37421-4356 associate@christchurchchatt.org
(423) 236-4442 (423) 780-9324 (423) 236-5175
3536 Buckeye Loop Fayetteville TN 37334-5546 lisaastone@aim.com
(828) 736-9176
885 General George Patton Rd Nashville TN 37221-2574 williamstooksbury@yahoo.com
(615) 673-2821
TR FE
Christ UMC SS
FE
Spiritual Director TV
Stooksbury
William C.
RE
Jayne * Stuart
William Alicia
* Stubblefield
Jason T.
Magan
Joshua P
Immanuel UMC SM
FE
Jason Stuckey
Whiteside UMC SS
FE
Magan * Stubblefield
RETIRED TV
PL
Middlesettlements UMC SM
SY
Mars Hill UMC HI
Suits
Jarrod D.
FL
Sarah * Sullivan
Elizabeth
Broad Street UMC HI
FE
Burks UMC SS
* Sumrall
Amy Aycock
FE
Mark Sumrall * Sutherland
Pamela Lyndon
* Sutton
Robert
Joshua E.
FL
Janet Kay
Pittman Center SM
PE
Antenia * Sweet
Wabash Circuit NR
April * Swanson
Kingsley UMC AP
FL
Ketron Memorial UMC AP
FE
Midway Memorial-Prospect AP
Swift
Donald
RE
Mt Hebron UMC MV
* Switzer
Betsy Roach
FE
* Tabor
Jonothan David
FE
Broad Street UMC HI
Mary Lynn Taj
Amos Esther
* Tallent
Jeffrey L.
V. Richard Rebecca
RETIRED SS
FE
Cindy * Tallent Jr.
Trinity UMC Knoxville TV
RE
Lebanon Memorial UMC CM
RA
399
Englewood UMC HI
230 Townsite Cir South Pittsburg TN 37380-1754 wbs37380@yahoo.com PO Box 748 Louisville TN 37777-0748 jasontrentstubblefield@gmail.com 2729 Middlesettlements Rd Maryville TN 37801-7424 magan.stubblefield@gmail.com
Office/Home/Fax
(423) 294-1155 (423) 837-8317
(865) 235-7062 (865) 982-4799 (865) 982-4799
1240 Willowood Rd Knoxville TN 37922-7610 jpstuck420@gmail.com
(865) 207-8108
PO Box 3 Cleveland TN 37364-0003 jarrod@bsumc.org
(423) 429-3600
1412 Cloverdale Cir # 609 Hixson TN 37343-4445 rev.beth.sullivan@burks.org
(423) 834-7120
112 Atlee St Kingsport TN 37660-2002 rev.amy.sumrall@gmail.com
(423) 288-5837 (423) 276-1065
176 Sugar Run Rd Pearisburg VA 24134-2647 pamsuth57@gmail.com
(276) 768-8421
340 Tunis Rd Sevierville TN 37876-9156 pastorbobbysutton@gmail.com
(865) 436-1662
1917 Northwood Pl Kingsport TN 37665-1317 jeswanson90@gmail.com
(423) 246-6792 (865) 776-1805
175 Alpine Ridge Ln Gate City VA 24251-2614 janetsweet2015@gmail.com
(276) 452-2412
685 Mount Hebron Rd Greeneville TN 37743-4146 pastordswift@gmail.com
(540) 921-2717
PO Box 3 Cleveland TN 37364-0003 betsy@bsumc.org
(423) 476-5586 (865) 607-0134
5613 Western Ave Knoxville TN 37921-3224 davidtabor@holston.org
(865) 588-5763 (423) 802-3123
6615 Ooltewah Georgetown Rd Ooltewah TN 37363-9213 etaj@comcast.net
(423) 238-5106
83 Tate St Lebanon VA 24266-6094 jevol1976@gmail.com
(423) 418-0449
221 Crestwood Dr Englewood TN 37329-5009 vrtallent@hotmail.com
(423) 333-4664
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Rebecca
MISCELLANEOUS
400
2019 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse)
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Tapp
Status Timothy Mark
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
Limestone Cove UMC
PO Box 1076 Elizabethton TN 37644-1076 tapptke@icloud.com
(423) 213-2250
PO Box 113 Oak Ridge NC 27310-0001 ctaylor@wnccumc.net
(336) 643-4690
(865) 679-7500
TV
7440 Openview Ln Corryton TN 37721-3599 revdhtjr@gmail.com
FE
HC-Congregational Dev. & Revitalization SM
Alcoa TN 37701-0850 PO Box 850 rustytaylor@holston.org
(865) 335-9981 (865) 690-4080 (865) 690-3162
HC-Clinch Mountain District
150 Bogey Dr Abingdon VA 24211-3606 janetaylor@holston.org
(276) 628-4421 (423) 929-3137 (423) 928-9223
360 Asbury Ln Wytheville VA 24382-4456 joedortjoe@aol.com
(276) 620-3623
1217 Virginia Ave NW Norton VA 24273-1730 kennethtaylor1217@comcast.net
(276) 679-3528 (276) 679-4350 (276) 523-6964
200 Manufacturers Rd Apt 406 Chattanooga TN 37405-5005 lctaylor000@gmail.com
(423) 892-4289 (423) 266-2400
SY
Amy Taylor
Christina Boaz
TR FE
Sean * Taylor Jr
Daniel H.
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
Western NC Annual Conference AP
RE
Diana Brown Taylor * Taylor
James Russell
* Taylor
Jane Elizabeth
FE
* Taylor
Joe Mack
RE
Mary Virginia
RETIRED
CM
Dorothy ** Taylor
Kenneth
NR PL
Norton UMC
FD
First-Centenary UMC
Sharon * Taylor Jr.
L. Clark
AP
Judy * Taylor
Meg Grote
RETIRED
SS RE
RETIRED MV
Taylor
Millard C.
RA
Patsy Taylor
Patsy Keith
TV RL
Millard * Teague
James Michael
John
RE
G. Stephen
PL
Darrell B.
PL
Donald C.
PL
Daniel C.
John K.
Donald E.
RE
Donald Lee
RE
PL
Delphna Thompson
Alexander Mary Carol Thompson
5336 Tazewell Pointe Way Knoxville TN 37918-7524 mct300@att.net
(865) 686-9558 (865) 686-9558
5336 Tazewell Pointe Way Knoxville TN 37918-7524
(865) 686-9558
PE
205 Redstone Dr Bristol TN 37620-2937 jmttcteague@btes.tv
(423) 573-1550
122 Hill Acre Rd Maynardville TN 37807-2800 johnteff@yahoo.com
(865) 660-1200
4481 Manville Rd Gate City VA 24251-4732 gstempleton@gmail.com
(276) 452-4873
PO Box 369 Haysi VA 24256-0369 darrell.boy@hotmail.com
(276) 865-4687 (276) 971-2749 (276) 865-0212
22561 Watauga Rd Abingdon VA 24211-7067 thayeracres@embarqmail.com
(276) 676-0039 (276) 628-6179
5507 Dickenson Hwy Clintwood VA 24228-7008 danielctheiben@yahoo.com
(276) 639-8980
2350 Sir Edward Ln Maryville TN 37803-8302 jthierbach@bellsouth.net
(865) 233-0365
(865) 256-0120
TV
643 Gulfwood Rd Knoxville TN 37923-2213 do3nthomas@gmail.com
Atkins Memorial-Fries Station Tennessee Wesleyan University NR
135 Dean Plantation Rd Austinville VA 24312-3648 dlthomas72@hotmail.com
Niota-Cedar Springs/ Tennessee Wesleyan University HI
PO Box 190 Niota TN 37826-0190 alexander.thompson41@gmail.com
RETIRED SM
Anna * Thomas Jr.
RETIRED AP
Sally * Thomas
Mountain View UMC Abingdon CM
RE
Amanda Thierbach
Coleman’s Chapel UMC CM
RL
Eleanor Theiben
Hales Chapel UMC AP
Lilly Thayer
Pleasant Grove UMC Union TV
Brenda Thacker
RETIRED CM
Dianne ** Templeton
RETIRED
(423) 231-3460
TV
Tawana Teffeteller
RETIRED
4200 Old Omen Rd Apt 1207 Tyler TX 75707-2142 revmgt15@gmail.com
Office/Home/Fax
RETIRED
(276) 699-1724 (276) 699-1724 (217) 502-0767
XI. * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse) * Thompson
Status Cynthia
RE
Thompson
James W. Verdine
* Thompson
John D.
Mary C.
RA
Address/E-Mail
Christ UMC
768 Silver City Rd Whitesburg TN 37891-9237 revdrcynthia@gmail.com
RETIRED
Mt Zion-Seahorn’s Chapel MV
FD
Alex Thornton
Charge/District
HI
Donna Thompson
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
MV RD
HC-Camp & Retreat Ministries SS
William L.
PL
Mary Elizabeth
FD
Signal Crest UMC SS
* Tipton
Jason * Tipton
Patricia B. Lynn (Fred)
Titcombe
James
Rodney J.
RL
Lon F.
Teresa G.
First UMC Richlands CM
FE
Terry * Tolbert
RETIRED TV
OE
Marilyn * Tobin
Old Union UMC AP
Suzanne * Tkach
Wesley Foundation UVA at Wise AP
PL
St Paul UMC NR
FE
Mountain Circuit NR
* Tompkins
Ginny
FE
Robert * Torres III
Ramon D. Lisa
* Tracy
Laura Ann
Bedford T.
PL
Michael H.
RE
Michael
RE
G. Curtis
RETIRED HI
OF
Susan Trent
RETIRED
Mountain View UMC SM
FE
Rosemary
LEAVE OF ABSENCE SM
Trent
Laura E.
RE
* Trexler
Frank J.
PL
RETIRED SS
Donna Tripp
Robert A. Kerry
1110 Sioux St Athens TN 37303-3335 jimt2@live.com
Office/Home/Fax (423) 638-6224 (865) 851-5936
(423) 745-4796
1272 Gaby Hills Dr Dandridge TN 37725-4844 jt8650@charter.net
(865) 397-0733 (865) 397-9840
3811 Kingwood Cir Chattanooga TN 37412-1625 marythompson@holston.org
(423) 667-8269 (423) 667-8269 (865) 690-3162
1005 Ridgeway Ave Signal Mountain TN 37377 bill_thornton@cable.comcast.com
(423) 855-8668 (423) 886-7654
PO Box 704 Duffield VA 24244-0704 btipton@uvawise.edu
(276) 328-6826 (276) 431-3361 (276) 328-9488
430 W Main Blvd Church Hill TN 37642-3905 purplepastorpat@gmail.com
(423) 754-4946
11208 Kilpatrick Way Knoxville TN 37932-3074 jwttn@charter.net
(865) 216-8062 (865) 966-0539 (865) 694-6138
832 Cresswood Dr Richlands VA 24641-2668 rev-rn@live.com
(701) 220-1151
330 Church St Wytheville VA 24382-2622 StPaulPreacher@gmail.com
(276) 228-5539 (423) 538-4728
5670 Thornspring Church Rd Dublin VA 24084-3865 ttolbert@comcast.net
(540) 980-2927 (540) 980-1783
5805 Alum Spring Rd Pulaski VA 24301-7055 tompkins.ginny@yahoo.com
(540) 639-5369 (540) 391-2911
3405 Peerless Rd NW Cleveland TN 37312-3431 rdtorres3@icloud.com
(423) 472-9578 (423) 790-0425 (423) 472-9570
701 Coffee Ridge Rd Erwin TN 37650-6431 troychild@centurylink.net
(423) 743-7626
807 Cloudland Dr Johnson City TN 37601-3313
(423) 928-2333
TR
Teresa * Treadway
Grace UMC TR
Carol * Travis
Wesley Memorial-Valley Head HI
Ron Transou Jr.
New River Circuit NR
FE
401
Green Meadow UMC SM
RE
RETIRED SM
115 Hunters Run Trl NW Cleveland TN 37312-6205 mikeht@att.net 3200 Maryville Pike Knoxville TN 37920-6132 mtreadway@heci.com 2931 Barkshed Rd Maryville TN 37803-2073 RevCurt@aol.com
(423) 479-6784 (865) 573-4731 (865) 995-0272
(865) 977-8832
402 Suffolk Ave Richlands VA 24641-2463 sisterooter@aol.com
(276) 964-4311 (423) 404-1568
1633 Louisville Rd Alcoa TN 37701-1660 buzz.trexler@charter.net
(865) 982-5800 (865) 980-8022
2492 River Rd Loudon TN 37774-5548 bob.tripp109@gmail.com
(865) 657-9209
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Ralph
MISCELLANEOUS
402
2019 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse)
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
** Trobaugh
Status Vic
PL
Connie * Trotter
Larry S.
Kenneth R.
FE
Thomas N.
FE
David Glenn
C. Mack
Charles B.
Botrous
RE
Nancy
PL
Gary Otis
PE
Clarence
PO Box 153 Rising Fawn GA 30738-0153 tntpastor@gmail.com
(706) 785-6671
2413 Edinburgh Channel Rd Kingsport TN 37664-4673 david.tully@me.com
(423) 392-3767 (770) 356-2543
Lookout Mountain UMC
Fall Branch UMC
RETIRED
RETIRED
Green Meadow UMC
Ebenezer UMC Knoxville SM
RL
Terri Ulman
(865) 908-7331 (865) 366-7490
SM
Michael Tye
3110 Wears Valley Rd Sevierville TN 37862-8310 revtucker32358@yahoo.com
Wears Valley UMC
SM
Muna * Twigg
(865) 966-6728 (865) 531-4081 (865) 966-3624
CM
Gayle Tutu
11020 Roane Dr Knoxville TN 37934-2916 larry@concordumc.com
Concord UMC Knox
AP RE
Jane Turpin
(423) 748-0697
SS OF
Chanya Turner Jr.
5012 Woodbury Ct Morristown TN 37813-1088 vtrobaugh@gmail.com
SM RE
Joan * Tully
Address/E-Mail
Otes UMC
TV
Robyn * Tucker
Charge/District MV
Lynn * Tucker Jr.
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
Irwin’s Chapel UMC TV
SY
Lynnwood UMC TV
* Varnell
Sarah
FE
Daniel * Vaughn
David R.
MV RE
Brenda * Vaughn
Michael A.
Douglas S
AM
Bruce E
SY
Walter O.
Donna R.
Athens Parish HI
RL
Cathy * Waddle
Spring Valley Circuit NR
PL
Karen Waddey
Telford-Asbury TR
Mary Ellen Vincent Sr.
RETIRED MV
Heather Vaught
Trinity UMC Greeneville
RETIRED
Jeffrey L.
PL
FE
Joy Waites
C. Byron
Limestone UMC
Cathy
HC-Camp Bays Mountain AP
RE
Beverly Walker
3776 Cherokee Rd Jonesborough TN 37659-6617 papamack2@comcast.net
(423) 928-6477
964 Ponder Rd Knoxville TN 37923-2134 cbturpin@outlook.com
(865) 690-1902
3212 Shady Oak Lane Knoxville TN 37931 botroustutu@gmail.com
(865) 335-3694
1001 Ebenezer Rd Knoxville TN 37923-6505 ntwigg@eumcknox.org
(865) 691-8330 (865) 531-3947
PO Box 331 Speedwell TN 37870-0331 revgtye@yahoo.com
(423) 869-4993
122 Hill Acre Rd Maynardville TN 37807-2800 Clarence.Ulman@yahoo.com
(602) 396-3853
400 Meadowlark Dr Greeneville TN 37743-6151 sarah.varnell@gmail.com
(865) 243-7067
603 Mohawk St Morristown TN 37813-4720 vaughn1949@yahoo.com
(423) 586-3467
1617 Old State Route 34 Telford TN 37690-2731 m-vaughn@comcast.net
(423) 833-2909 (423) 753-8034
499 Greentree Ln Galax VA 24333-3613 dvaught@ls.net
(276) 773-2421 (276) 236-9546
135 County Road 177 Athens TN 37303-6926 jkbv49@gmail.com 2042 Countryhill Ln Knoxville TN 37923-1334
(423) 744-4105
(865) 307-2835
MV
TR ** Wadley
Office/Home/Fax
RETIRED TR
LM
Hardin’s Chapel UMC MV
4410 Mount Carmel Rd Mosheim TN 37818-2760 waddle.donna@yahoo.com PO Box 3706 Kingsport TN 37664-0706 JeffWadley@holston.org
(423) 422-7425 (423) 349-8401 (865) 705-3237
216 Miles Rd Columbia SC 29223-2913 bwaites@att.net
(803) 708-1636
345 Robertson Creek Rd Bulls Gap TN 37711-4322 smokymtncathy@yahoo.com
(423) 235-4684
XI. * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse) Walker
Status Johnny
SY
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
Jellico UMC
PO Box 1139 Norris TN 37828-1139 johnny.walker601@gmail.com
PE
Elizabeth ** Ward
Floyd E.
SM PL
Barbara ** Ward
Michael D.
Ryan
RL
RETIRED
SY
Lebanon UMC
CM
Amanda * Ward
Samuel T
* Warden
David C.
FE
RE
Patricia Carl W.
RE
1615 Price Ave Knoxville TN 37920-3332 pastormontywalton@gmail.com 606 Vista Dr Rogersville TN 37857-3126 pastor_85@yahoo.com
(865) 494-0202 (865) 577-0737 (865) 306-2726
(423) 272-4757
1500 Seminole Dr Apt 12 Johnson City TN 37604-7074 vm-cg@earthlink.net 109 Ball Hill Rd Rogersville TN 37857-6233 ryanward1986@gmail.com
(423) 241-1155
SM
7001 S Northshore Dr Knoxville TN 37919-8530 sam3ward@gmail.com
(865) 588-0808 (865) 588-0808 (865) 588-8533
Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference TR
720 Burger Rd Hartshorne OK 74547-5195 dpwarden@gmail.com
(918) 297-2223
RETIRED
1005 Whitesburg Dr Knoxville TN 37918-896
AP
Samantha
Ware Jr.
Dodson Creek-Edgewood MV
Violetta Ward
Hillcrest UMC
Office/Home/Fax
St Mark UMC Knoxville
(865) 687-8937
TV Ware
Nathan M
OR
Depews Chapel UMC
AM
Cedar Bluff-Clearview
Julie * Warren
* Warrick Lopez
Annette
Edna
Donald G.
PL
AM
Gloria Wattenbarger
Wheeler Ogle
Charles H.
RE
Lewis E.
Gatlinburg, First -Huskey’s Grove SM
742 Parkway Gatlinburg TN 37738-3206 ednalopez1234@gmail.com
(865) 436-4691
Sevierville Parish
6124 Rivers Run Dr Knoxville TN 37914 dgwatkins3@gmail.com
(865) 368-6408
515 Charlotte St Athens TN 37303-4619 ogleandlouise@comcast.net
(423) 745-0896
142 Owen Ln Greeneville TN 37745-4641 charlesweatherly@comcast.net
(423) 609-7959
3911 Sky Vista Ct Kingsport TN 37664-3892 marciakweaver@gmail.com
(423) 732-1864
RETIRED HI
RL
Barbara Weaver
(276) 963-7065 (276) 963-4455
CM
PO Box 209 Cedar Bluff VA 24609-0209 pastoramw@yahoo.com
SM
Louise ** Weatherly
(423) 349-6080 (423) 343-4157
AP
Marvin * Watkins
669 Blakley Dr Kingsport TN 37664-5446 nate.ware@earthlink.net
RETIRED TR
RE
Marcia
RETIRED TV
Webb
Deanna Y.
RE
* Webb
Michael E.
PL
RETIRED NR
Liz * Weikel
Jack P.
RE
Walter P.
FE
Charles M.
1st Broad St UMC, 100 E Church Cir Kingsport TN 37660-3677 jweikel@fbsumc.org
(423) 224-1508 (423) 245-1613 (423) 246-1361
101 E 1st North St Morristown TN 37814-4707 walter@fumcmorristown.org
(423) 581-2180 (423) 930-6125 (423) 586-9491 (865) 573-4865
SM
6205 Apache Trl Knoxville TN 37920-6105 cwendermd@yahoo.com
Wesley House Methodist TC, Cambridge TV
Wesley House, Jesus Lane Cambridge CB5 8BJ drckwesley@yahoo.com
(731) 425-3253 (731) 935-0072 (731) 425-3499
RETIRED
Cindy K. T.J.
First UMC Morristown MV
PL
Hollins Wesley
(423) 256-2063
AP
Lisa Wender
128 Sante Fe St Church Hill TN 37642-6331 papawwebb@chartertn.net
AP
Nancy * Weikel
Elm Springs UMC
FE
15458 Sylvan Loop Rd Fosters AL 35463-9620 DYWebb@aol.com
Zion UMC Knoxville
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Monty
403
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
TV * Walton
MISCELLANEOUS
404
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Name (Spouse)
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
Westfield
Status Jackie
SY
Anderson * Whaley
Loy David
James E.
PL
Rebecca
RE
Carolyn
Office/Home/Fax
905 11th St NE Cleveland TN 37311-4603 jswestfield@hotmail.com
(423) 227-4639
630 Upper River Rd NE Charleston TN 37310-6224 ldwhaley7@gmail.com
(423) 336-9966
4635 Oak Meadow Way Knoxville TN 37918-9476 jameswhedbee@att.net
(865) 688-1632
Benton UMC
RETIRED TV
FL
Donnie Whitaker
Address/E-Mail
Burkett Chapel UMC
HI
Judy * Wheeler
Charge/District HI
Dakota “Ralf” * Whedbee
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
Aldersgate-Jordan NR
RD
RETIRED CM
White
Lawrence Lyle
AM
Lisa White
Raymon E.
SS RE
Carolyn * White III
William
Aubrey L.
FE
Trinity UMC Athens
RA
RETIRED
HI
Julana * Wilder
Hugh Doug
NR RE
Becky Wilhite
Nancy J.
RETIRED TV
Victoria Whitlow Sr.
MEDICAL LEAVE
Chestnut Grove-Ebenezer MV
RE
RETIRED SM
Wilhoit
Norman C.
RE
RETIRED MV
* Wilks
D. Scott
FE
Donna * Williams
Charlotte S.
Memorial UMC Clinton TV
PE
Eastdale Village Comm. UMC SS
Williams
Daryl K.
RA
Betty * Williams II
Estel F.
W. Charles
AM
Mark E.
Edgefield UMC TR
PL
Tahra ** Wills
Del Rio Circuit MV
PL
Jana
Carter’s Valley Circuit MV
* Wilson
Carol E.
FE
* Wilson
Emmit B.
RE
Munsey Memorial UMC TR
Kelen Wilson
Jack Howard
20680 Haskell Station Rd Bristol VA 24202-2462 CALLBY@PHONE.ORG P.O. Box 121 Hixson TN 37343 revlylewhite@gmail.com 8619 Bristol Bay Way Knoxville TN 37923-5835 raymonwhite@comcast.net 100 E College St Athens TN 37303-3602 skip3white@gmail.com 325 E Reservoir St Wytheville VA 24382-3629 aubreyleslie@gmail.com
(540) 980-1349 (540) 980-1418
(276) 669-1971 (423) 837-6821 (423) 244-5362
(865) 769-9383 (423) 745-0452 (865) 588-0808
540-922-2334
1400 Kimberlin Heights Rd Kimberlin Heights TN 37920 pastordougwilder@gmail.com
(865) 776-9451
8361 Block House Way Apt 211 Knoxville TN 37923-0904 DiggingDeep@comcast.net
(865) 999-5943
5466 Asheville Hwy Greeneville TN 37743-2286 govols@wiredog.com
(423) 480-9832
323 N Main St Clinton TN 37716-3716 parsonwilks@gmail.com
(865) 457-2287 (540) 818-9155
8808 Heathfield Dr Chattanooga TN 37416-1522 princessnzingah@yahoo.com
(423) 698-3121 (404) 944-6680
PO Box 4 Sweetwater TN 37874-0004
(423) 337-4705
HI
Patty * Williams
RETIRED
1946 Medallion Dr Pulaski VA 24301-4402 dbwheel@yahoo.com
RETIRED CM
RE
RETIRED TV
1813 Weaver Branch Rd Piney Flats TN 37686-3727 pastorestelccp@yahoo.com
(423) 538-6216
757 Hart Rd Dandridge TN 37725-3305 wcwilliams1959@gmail.com
(423) 586-2672 (865) 223-0609
2036 Old Knoxville Hwy Greeneville TN 37743-7530 mark@greeneville.com
(423) 254-0141 (423) 329-9499
PO Box 1336 Johnson City TN 37605-1336 carol@munsey.org
(423) 461-8070 (865) 748-9469 (423) 975-7800
2240 Catherine St Bristol VA 24201-3266 emmit.wilson@yahoo.com
(276) 783-6727
13402 Virtue Rd Lenoir City TN 37772-5302 tennwes@charter.net
(865) 988-0195
XI. * Denotes attendance at Annual Conference
Name (Spouse) Wilson
Status John N.
RE
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
RETIRED
6851 Village Lake Cir Chattanooga TN 37412-4095 Iamhe9@yahoo.com
FE
(423) 723-9998
999 Highway 11w Bean Station TN 37708-5808 ytwilson@aol.com
(423) 237-2620
116 Chadwick Cir Johnson City TN 37601-1090 revkrwp@ls.net
(423) 477-3285
Noe’s-Central MV
* Wilson-Parker
Kathie R.
RE
William Parker * Wimberly
L. Knox
TR FL
Paige * Wimberly
Paige Pearson
Grady C.
Ottalee S.
Thomas J.
RETIRED TV
DR
Grady * Witten Jr.
Newbern-Mountain View NR
RE
Ottalee Winegar
Auburn UMC NR
FE
Knox Winegar
RETIRED
RETIRED TV
RL
Barbara
Garden UMC CM
Wohlwend
Peter M.
RE
Womack
Mark S.
RL
RETIRED
Office/Home/Fax
PO Box 74 Riner VA 24149-0074 knox@auburnumcva.org
(540) 382-4478 (540) 998-4848
5155 Wilderness Rd Dublin VA 24084-3931 pastorpaige.umc@gmail.com
(540) 674-2536 (540) 831-8590
5503 Pinecrest Rd Knoxville TN 37912-2936 winegars@bellsouth.net
(865) 688-6448
5503 Pinecrest Rd Knoxville TN 37912-2936 winegars@bellsouth.net
(865) 688-6448
744 Terry Dr Richlands VA 24641-2616 wit10@roadrunner.com
(276) 498-3033 (276) 963-2804
5200 Millstone Rd Oak Ridge NC 27310-9779
NR
Betty * Wood
Jared G
Brenda Holloway
FE
FL
Tom * Woody
David S.
FE
Angee Woody
Nelson C.
Richard E.
RE
Jeffrey W.
RE
Randall E.
Richard D.
Richard Steven
274 Osceola Dr Whitwell TN 37397-5635 brendawoods624@gmail.com
(865) 771-8679
First UMC Newport
212 Washington Ave Newport TN 37821-4000 davidwoody@holston.org
(423) 791-2857
23 Brandon Ln Bristol VA 24201-3140 ncrsw@bvunet.net
(276) 466-1768
440 Canterbury Ct SW Christiansburg VA 24073-4720 rworring@radford.edu
(540) 831-5531 (540) 381-0746 (540) 831-6005
1314 W Jackson St Ste 101 Gate City VA 24251-3010 jeffwright@holston.org
(276) 523-3025 (276) 524-4138 (276) 690-2698
4003 Leaning Pine Rd Kingsport TN 37660-7868 the.circuit.rider@gmail.com
(423) 349-7831 (865) 591-9316
212 Apache Trail White House TN 37188 ricwrightministriest@gmail.com
(615) 915-4651 (615) 775-5017
RETIRED
RETIRED
HC-Appalachian District
Glen Alpine UMC AP
FE
Karen * Wright
Looney’s Creek -Sulphur Springs SS
AP FE
Angela * Wright
(423) 213-2118
SS
NR FE
Sandra Roberts * Wright
General Evangelist MV
SY
Lebanon UMC Chilhowie CM
* Wright
Sharon Wiley
FE
Greg * Wyke
Bryan Kenneth Mandy
(423) 624-6948
1043 Kell Loop Dunlap TN 37327-5841 jaredgwood@yahoo.com
CM
Shannon * Wright
Chapel Hill UMC
MV
Ruth Worringham
3229 Westonia Dr Chattanooga TN 37412-1361
SS
Tanya * Woods
RETIRED
Emory & Henry College CM
FE
Centenary UMC MV
17721 Mahogany Dr Abingdon VA 24210-7913 swright@fca.org
(276) 791-1472
26190 Old Saltworks Rd Abingdon VA 24210-9308 emoryrose@yahoo.com
(276) 791-0428
5156 Crystal Brook Dr Morristown TN 37814-1597 bryanwyke@hotmail.com
(423) 586-3683 (423) 736-4899
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
John W.
405
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
SS * Wilson
MISCELLANEOUS
406
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Name (Spouse)
DIRECTORY - CLERGY
* Wyrick
Status Dale S.
FE
** Denotes excused absence from Annual Conference
Charge/District
Address/E-Mail
Spring City-Reed Chapel
PO Box 158 Spring City TN 37381-0158 PastorDale@volstate.net
(423) 280-6072
2201 E Broadway Ave Maryville TN 37804-3036 skyeaney@gmail.com
(865) 983-2290
3002 Carr St Kingsport TN 37663-3687 RevMBY@aol.com
(423) 477-8858
3035 Cove Rd Wytheville VA 24382-4844 loghouse1776@gmail.com
(276) 228-6200 (276) 228-3376 (276) 223-1365
7704 Alki Ln Knoxville TN 37919-8013 taehunyoon@gmail.com
(423) 794-8584
HI * Yeaney
Stephen K.
FE
Donna Yeomans
Martha B.
St John UMC SM
RE
RETIRED TR
Yonce
Judy
Yoon
TaeHun
PL
Mt Olivet-Trinity
RE
RETIRED
Jerry
NR
WanHee * Young
Russell
SM AM
Cathy * Zavona
David
SM FL
Missie * Zirkle
Craig Nancy
St Paul East UMC
First UMC Sevierville SM
PL
Jearoldstown-Union Temple TR
Office/Home/Fax
1404 Woodcrest Dr Knoxville TN 37918-1561 knoxvilleruss@yahoo.com
(865) 522-7451 (865) 687-0480
214 Cedar St Sevierville TN 37862-3848 care@1stmethodist.com
(865) 453-5754 (865) 566-1200
124 Valley Rd Telford TN 37690-2712 jcz124@comcast.net
(423) 948-3035 (423) 240-3478
XI.
S
MISCELLANEOUS
407
S
Name ....................................................... District ...Address ............................................................City, State Zip
DIRECTORY - SURVIVING SPOUSES
Adams, Dorothy .......................................................19260 Mercedes Dr..........................................Abingdon, VA 24210-8406 Adams, Mary Ann ................................... SM ..........339 Ayers Rd ...................................................Kodak, TN 37764-2156 Adamson, George Hankins ..................... SS ...........1225 Trailhead Ct ............................................Greenville, SC 29617-6223 Amburn, Mary W. ................................... CM .........15292 Bordwine Rd .........................................Bristol, VA 24202-3654 Anderson, Debi........................................ NR ..........1139 Bellevue Ln .............................................Shacklefords, VA 23156-2178 Anderson, Lori..........................................................6125 Perry Rd ..................................................Knoxville, TN 37914-9556 Baker, Mary Nell ..................................... TV ..........% Mary E Swain, 487 County Rd 480 ...........Englewood, TN 37329-5301 Baker, Nancy ........................................... HI............218 Broad St.....................................................Sweetwater, TN 37874-1813 Balch, Carol A. ........................................ TV ..........5600 Century Ct ...............................................Knoxville, TN 37919-4105 Baumann, Frances ................................... TV ..........602 Lindy Dr ....................................................Knoxville, TN 37920-5256 Beamer, Martha M. ................................. MV .........2255 Kingsport Hwy........................................Greeneville, TN 37745-3558 Billingsley, Betty ..................................... NR ..........365 Wythe View Dr.........................................Wytheville, VA 24382-4120 Billingsley, Cleopatra .............................. SS ...........14010 Mount Tabor Rd ...................................Soddy Daisy, TN 37379-7937 Bishop, Barbara Gail ................................................204 W Church St .............................................Smithville, TN 37166-1337 Blackshear, Bobbie.................................. SS ...........327 Reads Lake Rd ..........................................Chattanooga, TN 37415-2035 Bostick, Phyllis ........................................ SM ..........925 Stonecrest Dr.............................................Maryville, TN 37804-3740 Bowers, Sharon ....................................... TV ..........800 Wesley Ave ...............................................Greeneville, TN 37743-3625 Boy, Wilma ............................................. TR...........PO Box 385 ......................................................Bluff City, TN 37618-0385 Brantley, Kathleen ................................... MV .........108 Charles St ..................................................Greeneville, TN 37743-4802 Briggs Bauman, Dixie ............................. CM .........% Mary Graham, 223 North Street .................Marion, VA 24354 Britton, Anne Hubble .............................. NR ..........502 Ravens Cliff Dr .........................................Ceres, VA 24318-3416 Brown, Nancy.......................................... TV ..........2412 Lamp Dr ..................................................Knoxville, TN 37912-4611 Brummett, Viola M ................................. AP...........6536 E Shepherds Crossing St ........................Bel Aire, KS 67226-8902 Buck, Peggy............................................. SS ...........1806 Larry Hinson Drive.................................El Paso, TX 79936 Burcham, Barbara.................................... NR ..........213 Sleepy Hollow Rd.....................................Woodlawn, VA 24381-2605 Burnett, Judy............................................ SM ..........911 Two Notch Dr ...........................................Knoxville, TN 37920-6726 Campbell, Peggy ..................................... MV .........4931 Hundred Oaks Dr ....................................Morristown, TN 37813-1060 Carico, Marilyn E .................................... TV ..........8628 Flagstone Way ........................................Knoxville, TN 37923-3407 Cary, Laveren .......................................... TV ..........129 Meridian Way ...........................................Clinton, TN 37716 Castor, Lee-Lee ....................................... SS ...........816 S 216th St # 524 .......................................Des Moines, WA 98198-6331 Chadwick, Jane Wilson ........................... SM ..........538 W Hunt Rd ................................................Alcoa, TN 37701-1731 Christian, Trudy....................................... HI............8518 Nesting Trl ..............................................Ooltewah, TN 37363-9704 Clarke, Florence E. .................................. CM .........1810 Highway 107 ...........................................Chilhowie, VA 24319-5422 Clifton, Ann ............................................. MV .........859 Sinclair Dr .................................................Monroe, NC 28112-7738 Cochran, Dorothy G. ............................... TV ..........3835 Ivy Ave....................................................Knoxville, TN 37914-4806 Cole, Geneva ........................................... MV .........PO Box 188 ......................................................Jefferson City, TN 37760-0188 Copeland, Mary Lynne ........................... AP...........491 Church St ..................................................Weber City, VA 24290-7003 Copeland, Reita ....................................... SM ..........% Ed Myers, 223 Range Rd ............................Kings Mountain, NC 28086-8572 Cowan, Margie M. .................................. TV ..........2149 Pine Meade Rd........................................Knoxville, TN 37923-1364 Crowder, Elaine ....................................... TV ..........1541 Russell Ln ...............................................Lenoir City, TN 37772-6063 Culbertson, Cathy .................................... SS ...........1726 Albert Ln .................................................Hixson, TN 37343-4916 Cullop, Hazel Marie ................................ CM .........31198 Nova Dr.................................................Damascus, VA 24236-2522 Cushman, Julia ........................................ SS ...........7511 Shallowford Rd Apt 402 ........................Chattanooga, TN 37421-2696 Cutshaw, Jermaine Reese........................ MV .........157 Sunrise Ave ...............................................Greeneville, TN 37745-3641 Davis, Betty L.......................................... MV .........Dewitt Pl. #145, 2131 Walters Dr ...................Morristown, TN 37814-6903 Davisson, Carolyn C. .............................. HI............PO Box 408 ......................................................Georgetown, TN 37336-0408 Diggs, Mary C. ........................................ TV ..........1536 Mandrell Dr.............................................Knoxville, TN 37918-0946 Dingus, Charlotte Calloway .................... TR...........300 Roy Martin Rd ..........................................Johnson City, TN 37615-3126 Dixon, Edna ..............................................................105 Nancy Dr ...................................................Flintstone, GA 30725-2427 Dreyer, Betty ........................................... TV ..........107 Danbury Dr ...............................................Oak Ridge, TN 37830-7641 Dunbar, Lee ............................................. HI............2095 Culmination Ln .......................................Las Vegas, NV 89119-4669 Dye, Betty ................................................ CM .........333 Shady St ....................................................Abingdon, VA 24210-2231 Eberhart, Joyce ........................................ AP...........732 Woodgreen Ln ..........................................Kingsport, TN 37660-5040 Edmonds, Janice ...................................... NR ..........127 Dove Ln ....................................................Max Meadows, VA 24360-3873 Ely, Barbara ............................................. SM ..........1766 Thurman Cir............................................Sevierville, TN 37876-5217 Ernst, Jeree............................................... CM .........254 White St NE ..............................................Abingdon, VA 24210-2914 Farmer, Barbara ....................................... CM .........18416 Lee Hwy................................................Abingdon, VA 24210-8002 Fields, Dana ............................................. MV .........430 Morie Rd ...................................................Dandridge, TN 37725-6158 Fisher, Catherine Lee .............................. SM ..........7101 Bay Front Dr Apt 318.............................Annapolis, MD 21403-3701 Fleenor, Eleanor Neal.............................. TR...........1701 Sunnyview Cir ........................................Johnson City, TN 37601-2668
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DIRECTORY - SURVIVING SPOUSES
Name ....................................................... District ...Address ............................................................City, State Zip Fuqua, Mary Ann .................................... TR...........829 Wolf Creek Trl..........................................Abingdon, VA 24210-2537 Gass, Ann Pitsinger ................................. SM ..........4833 W. Lawther Drive, Apt 606....................Dallas, TX 75214 Gaunt, Velma........................................... CM .........401 Gordon Ave...............................................Bristol, VA 24201-4106 Glasow, Erma L. ..................................... SM ..........231 Royal Oaks Dr ..........................................Maryville, TN 37801-9616 Gonia, Victoria N. ................................... SM ..........2279 Hodges Ferry Rd.....................................Sevierville, TN 37876-0404 Gordon Lundy, Shirley ........................... NR ..........501 Monte Vista Dr .........................................Blacksburg, VA 24060-5409 Gough, Freda ........................................... TR...........3020 Edwards Dr .............................................Johnson City, TN 37601-9235 Green, Alice Ann Hines .......................... SM ..........2922 Shady Ln .................................................Maryville, TN 37803-0517 Green, Jill................................................. SM ..........2000 Locarno Dr ..............................................Knoxville, TN 37914-2821 Greever, Peggy ........................................ SS ...........5310 Clemons Rd # 242 ..................................Chattanooga, TN 37412-3108 Griswold, Barbara ................................... CM .........16291 Greenevers Ct .......................................Abingdon, VA 24210-9695 Hagaman, June ........................................ HI............1009 Towanda Trl............................................Athens, TN 37303-2349 Hale, Mary Elizabeth .............................. CM .........4209 Arbutus Ave ............................................Grove City, OH 43123-3141 Hammer, Arlita........................................ SM ..........2004 Oakland St...............................................Kingsport, TN 37660-1124 Harlow, Nettie Fay .................................. MV .........Life Care Ctr., 336 W Old A J Hwy ...............Jefferson City, TN 37760-5212 Harrison, Helen C.................................... TR...........% Stan Harrison, P.O. Box 1711.....................Johnson City , TN 37605 Harville, Janet .......................................... SM ..........2648 Sevierville Rd .........................................Maryville, TN 37804-3643 Hauk, Grace Gerry .................................. HI............1710 Monroe St................................................Sweetwater, TN 37874-1403 Hawk, Mattie Bell ................................... AP...........41829 Wilderness Rd.......................................Pennington Gap, VA 24277-7700 Hayes, Jeannie ......................................... TV ..........7819 McMillan Rd ...........................................Knoxville, TN 37914-9059 Henry, Dorothy E. .................................. TR...........2715 Prestwick Ct ............................................Kingsport, TN 37660-0813 Henry, Sara .............................................. SM ..........1932 Raulston View Dr ...................................Maryville, TN 37803-2868 Hinds, Anna F. ........................................ TV ..........7305 Sir Walter Way Apt 2-103 .....................Knoxville, TN 37919-2045 Hitechew, Patricia ................................... TR...........106 N Patrick Dr ..............................................Johnson City, TN 37615-2210 Hodge, Patricia Walters .......................... HI............1103 W Riverside Dr .......................................Carlsbad, NM 88220-4028 Holland, Linda ......................................... SS ...........3311 Black Oak Cir .........................................Chattanooga, TN 37415-5425 Holt, Doris Jean ....................................... CM .........1054 McIntire Road .........................................Rock Spring, GA 30739 Howard, Claudia D.................................. SS ...........3460 Buford Hwy NE Apt M2........................Atlanta, GA 30329-1468 Hurd, Bina C. Hale.................................. CM .........208 Hunter Hills Cir Apt 1 ..............................Bristol, TN 37620-5772 Hyndrich, Sharon .................................... NR ..........1419 Prosperity School Rd ..............................Rock, WV 24747-5500 Isley, Carolyn .......................................... TR...........PO Box 296 ......................................................Greeneville, TN 37744-0296 Isley, Kimberly S..................................... TR...........203 N Elm Ave ................................................Erwin, TN 37650-1225 Jarrett, Sharon .......................................... TR...........171 Glass Rd ....................................................Johnson City, TN 37615-4012 Jenkins, Barbara ...................................... NR ..........396 Piney Mountain Rd ...................................Narrows, VA 24124-2822 Jenkins, Carolyn ...................................... MV .........2808 Berkeley Forest Dr..................................Columbia, SC 29209-4158 Jervis, Maude........................................... AP...........4195 Randall Rd ..............................................Appalachia, VA 24216-3304 Johnson, Karon ........................................ AP...........104 Clinton Avenue W. ...................................Big Stone Gap, VA 24219 Johnson, Margaret Lane .......................... TV ..........10001 Gate Post Way ......................................Knoxville, TN 37931-4644 Johnston, Anne M. .................................. MV .........209 Lochmere Dr .............................................Morristown, TN 37814-2183 Johnston, Margaret Wood ........................................217 Twin Lake Dr............................................Fredericksburg, VA 22401-7036 Jones, Mable ............................................ MV .........1321 W Main St Apt 7 ....................................Rogersville, TN 37857-2308 Karnes, Melanie Sue ............................... NR ..........311 Manchester Ct ...........................................Princeton, WV 24740-4263 Keller, Janet ............................................. MV .........% Joy Blalock, 126 Golden Oak Dr................Statesville, NC 28625-8015 Ketron, Yvonne, M ................................. SM ..........616 Kimberlin Heights Rd...............................Kimberlin Heights, TN 37920-8923 Kirk, Mary Cathryn ................................. TV ..........100 W 5th Ave Apt 35 ....................................Lenoir City, TN 37771-1800 Knight, Judy ............................................ AP...........PO Box 696 ......................................................Big Stone Gap, VA 24219-0696 LaDuke, Fredna ....................................... HI............153 Virgil Rymer Rd NE.................................Cleveland, TN 37323-5070 Lane, Christine ........................................ AP...........1404 Chancery Ln............................................Kingsport, TN 37663-3780 Lankford, Susan Williams ...................... TR...........1041 Elizabeth Chapel Rd ...............................Bluff City, TN 37618-1190 Large, Margaret ....................................... AP...........3101 Midway Rd .............................................Gate City, VA 24251-5275 Lassiter, Sally .......................................... SS ...........PO Box 192 ......................................................Guild, TN 37340-0192 Lawrence, Louise .................................... TV ..........3730 Tabernacle Rd .........................................Ethelsville, AL 35461-2708 Lichlyter, Linda Ruth .............................. MV .........604 Gammon Spgs...........................................Bean Station, TN 37708-3039 Linkous, Sandy ........................................ NR ..........113 Old Bank Rd .............................................Speedwell, VA 24374-3061 Luton, Farrar ............................................ TV ..........3324 Garden Dr................................................Knoxville, TN 37918-3320 Lynch, Doris ............................................ MV .........PO Box 683 ......................................................Morristown, TN 37815-0683 Lynch, Wilma .......................................... MV .........408 Oriole Dr ...................................................Greeneville, TN 37743-6140 Maas, Sandra ........................................... TR...........502 Caledonia Drive ........................................Richmond, KY 40475 Markwood, Margaret C. .......................... TV ..........109 Tate Pt .......................................................Knoxville, TN 37923-5406 Martin, Kathryn ....................................... CM .........87 Winding Way Rd ........................................Bristol, VA 24201-3071 Martin, Wanda ......................................... TV ..........4936 Ada Ln ....................................................Knoxville, TN 37918-2601 Mason, Laura Lee.................................... CM .........7407 Tiny Sparrow Ln.....................................Flowery Branch, GA 30542-7740
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Mason, Viola M. ..................................... TV ..........2521 Sherwin Rd .............................................Knoxville, TN 37931-3466 Mays, Jolinda........................................... TV ..........7841 Cedarcrest Rd..........................................Knoxville, TN 37938-4406 McCall, Ella............................................. SM ..........104 Huntington Shoals Crive ..........................Athens, GA 30606 McCoig, Priscilla M .................................................23 Hertzler Rd ..................................................Newport News, VA 23602-6125 McCready, Judith T................................. SS ...........8425 Lady Slipper Rd ......................................Chattanooga, TN 37421-4394 McDaniel, Evelyn.................................... TV ..........469 Crooked Oak Dr........................................Lenoir City, TN 37771-7843 McDougle, Margaret S............................ TR...........2900 Lake Brook Blvd Apt 115 ......................Knoxville, TN 37909-1167 McFarland, Martha C. ............................. SM ..........2648 Sevierville Rd Apt E7.............................Maryville, TN 37804-3643 McFarland, Mary..................................... CM .........1705 Skylyn Dr Apt 183..................................Spartanburg, SC 29307-1015 Miller, Brenda ......................................... TR...........1748 Highway 107 ...........................................Jonesborough, TN 37659-7301 Mincey, Cora Roseann T. ....................... MV .........12 Bramblewood Pl SW ..................................Cartersville, GA 30120-5766 Miracle, Carolyn...................................... HI............1572 Black Oak Ridge Rd ...............................Dayton, TN 37321-5709 Mitchell, Jeannine ................................... SM ..........293 Mount Dr Apt 303 ....................................Sevierville, TN 37876-3125 Monroe, Dollie .........................................................2653 Wesendonck Rd ......................................Bland, VA 24315-5039 Moore, Dora ............................................ AP...........223 Kimberly Heights Dr ................................Nicholasville, KY 40356-2009 Morgan, Agnes ........................................ SS ...........7127 Lee Hwy # 78 .........................................Chattanooga, TN 37421-6790 Morgan, Maria R. .................................... SS ...........4303-1 Tennessee Ave.....................................Chattanooga, TN 37409-1643 Morgan, Mary.......................................... CM .........1908 Southside Ave Lot 20 .............................Bristol, TN 37620-4272 Mowrey, Jean E. ...................................... AP...........614 Rose Ln .....................................................Mount Carmel, TN 37645-3637 Neal, Marie E. ..........................................................2604 Freestone Valley Rd ...............................Tannersville, VA 24377-3512 Neeley, Betty ........................................... TR...........3207 Bristol Hwy Apt 122 ..............................Johnson City, TN 37601-1539 Neese, Louise .......................................... HI............2384 Railroad St ..............................................Dayton, TN 37321-2006 Nelson, Judy ............................................ TV ..........715 Cedar Ln Unit 131 ....................................Knoxville, TN 37912-3109 Newman, Geneva F. ................................ TR...........1589 Old Stage Coach Road ...........................Jonesborough, TN 37659 Newman, Jane ......................................... NR ..........215 Hilltown Rd Apt 303 ................................Fries, VA 24330-4553 Noe, Brenda ............................................. MV .........131 Mount Pleasant Rd....................................Greeneville, TN 37743-3130 Nuckolls, Betty ........................................ NR ..........5240 Empire St ................................................Pulaski, VA 24301-7154 Orvin, Dora ...............................................................2462 Arlington St.............................................Sarasota, FL 34239-3029 Osborne, Georgia Wilson.........................................7600 Wilderness Path Rd ................................Corryton, TN 37721-3553 Overton, Carolyn ..................................... TV ..........272 Springfield Dr ...........................................Bristol, TN 37620-0742 Parlour, Ellen Rose...................................................30 Classic St Trlr 31 ........................................Sherburne, NY 13460-9750 Parsons, Winona ...................................... SM ..........166 River Garden Ct ........................................Sevierville, TN 37862-4448 Phillips, Hubert J. .................................... NR ..........112 Miller Ave .................................................Johnson City, TN 37601-5542 Phillips, Louise M. .................................. SM ..........2941 Sevierville Rd .........................................Maryville, TN 37804-2305 Phillips, Margaret .................................... NR ..........1025 N 3rd St ...................................................Wytheville, VA 24382-1127 Phipps, Betty............................................ CM .........334 Barnett Dr..................................................Tazewell, VA 24651-1161 Pickering, Ann Lynn ............................... SS ...........1417 N Mack Smith Rd Apt 125 ....................Chattanooga, TN 37412-3980 Pierre, Ann............................................... SS ...........518 Terrell St ...................................................Chattanooga, TN 37411-2819 Ray, Fay H............................................... TV ..........4513 Brittany Hills Way ..................................Knoxville, TN 37938-3299 Reardon, Cheryl....................................... TR...........807 Xanadu Ct .................................................Johnson City, TN 37604-3095 Redding, Gail........................................... TV ..........8501 Raindrop Rd Apt A.................................Knoxville, TN 37923-5649 Ricker, Carmen........................................ TR...........PO Box 66 ........................................................Afton, TN 37616-0066 Rivers, Sarah............................................ SS ...........5012A Harley Ln .............................................Chattanooga, TN 37416-1823 Roller, Doshia .......................................... AP...........608 Beaver Ln ..................................................Kingsport, TN 37660-6140 Rose, Susan Ann ..................................... SS ...........1322 N Dean Rd Apt 1116 ..............................Auburn, AL 36830-7643 Ross, Hellen Jean .................................... SM ..........5238 Magic Lantern Dr ...................................Knoxville, TN 37918-8161 Sallee, Alice............................................. SS ...........4708 Hunter Trl................................................Chattanooga, TN 37415-2231 Sarver, Susan E. ...................................... CM .........727 Lawrence Ave. ..........................................Bristol, VA 24201 Sasser, Ann .............................................. SS ...........1203 Applebrook Dr ........................................Rossville, GA 30741-3768 Schnell, Paulette ...................................... MV .........7480 Circle Point Dr ........................................Talbott, TN 37877-9033 Schooley, Sherry ..................................... MV .........368 Back Nine Dr ............................................Baneberry, TN 37890-4939 Scyphers, Ella Ruth ................................. CM .........119 Mulberry Ln ..............................................Bristol, TN 37620-7209 Settle, Mary Eugenia ............................... NR ..........1642 Mocksville Hwy......................................Cleveland, NC 27013-8909 Shupe, Nata M. ........................................ NR ..........5477 Troutdale Hwy ........................................Troutdale, VA 24378-2033 Silcox, Vicki .............................................................3537 Oak Hill Rd .............................................Dayton, TN 37321-2584 Slagle, Jean .............................................. CM .........201 Fairacres Dr...............................................Bristol, TN 37620-6211 Smalley, Betty W. ................................... TV ..........5701 Spalding Dr .............................................Peachtree Corners, GA 30092-2402 Smeltzer, Rosalie R. ................................ SM ..........2312 Middlesettlements Rd .............................Maryville, TN 37801-7410 Smith, Agnes Miller ................................ TR...........2101 Christian Ln Apt 301 ..............................Johnson City, TN 37601-3252 Smith, Frances J. ......................................................3948 3rd St S....................................................Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250-5847 Smith, Jean .............................................. SS ...........3527 Kettering Ct.............................................Chattanooga, TN 37405-1768 Smith, Sherry ........................................... SM ..........2526 Stock Creek Rd .......................................Knoxville, TN 37920-7583
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Name ....................................................... District ...Address ............................................................City, State Zip Snapp, Joyce ............................................ AP...........3756 Stanley Valley Rd ...................................Surgoinsville, TN 37873-6326 Snyder, Marjorie...................................... SS ...........92 Yvonne Cir ..................................................Flintstone, GA 30725-2216 Solomon, Gloria .......................................................4475 Village Springs Run ...............................Atlanta, GA 30338-5678 Southerland, Patricia M........................... HI............4612 Midlands Grn ..........................................Flowery Branch, GA 30542-3685 Spriggs, Sharon Jane ............................... HI............PO Box 17 ........................................................Riceville, TN 37370-0017 Statzer, Ruby ........................................... CM .........810 Wolf Creek Trl..........................................Abingdon, VA 24210-2536 Steele, Marie ............................................ CM .........1324 Kentucky Ave .........................................Richlands, VA 24641-2541 Tabor, Roberta ......................................... AP...........583 Way Cross Rd ...........................................Church Hill, TN 37642-6303 Terrill, Patricia B. .................................... AP...........23 Preservation Cir ..........................................Pawleys Island, SC 29585-8218 Thayer, Jean Curtis.................................. TR...........154 Greyland Dr ..............................................Johnson City, TN 37615-3652 Thompson, Gladys .................................. TV ..........202 Old Farm Rd .............................................Lenoir City, TN 37771-8461 Tibbs, Freida Hess ................................... AP...........PO Box 1099 ....................................................Castlewood, VA 24224-1099 Tindell, Judy H. ....................................... CM .........1476 Highway 126 Apt A4 .............................Bristol, TN 37620-7093 Trobaugh, Beverly................................... SS ...........7 Sunset Cove Dr .............................................Rossville, GA 30741-4608 Tucker, Aileen ......................................... SS ...........339 Craven Rd .................................................Ringgold, GA 30736-7510 Tyson, Bernice..........................................................6518 Desmond St .............................................Cincinnati, OH 45227-2039 Varner, Marleen....................................... TV ..........29 Highbridge Xing Apt 3414.........................Asheville, NC 28803-4401 Walker, Merry Ann ................................. TV ..........8458 Gleason Dr Apt 317................................Knoxville, TN 37919-5490 Walton, Dolores....................................... HI............331 Linwood Dr ...............................................Sweetwater, TN 37874-6305 Wampler, Virginia G............................... SS ...........206 College St ..................................................Jasper, TN 37347-3239 Wansley, Barbara Jean ............................ CM .........3020 Forest Hammock Dr ...............................Plant City, FL 33566-0384 Ward, Narmel Reneau ............................. TV ..........113 Arlington Ct ..............................................King, NC 27021-8660 Weaver, Lois C........................................ AP...........1246 Sedgewood Ln ........................................Lincolnton, NC 28092-7624 Webb, Linda D. ....................................... HI............712 Brookhill Dr ..............................................Etowah, TN 37331-1028 Webb, Marjorie ....................................... SS ...........8077 Angie Ln .................................................Chattanooga, TN 37421-1902 Webb, Wanda .......................................... SS ...........161 Easterly Rd ................................................Sequatchie, TN 37374-3073 Wells, Barbara Jane................................. TR...........1820 Brook Hollow Rd ...................................Johnson City, TN 37604-7602 Whetsel, Frances ..................................... MV .........4961 Betsy Ln ..................................................Morristown, TN 37814-6726 Williams, Brenda ..................................... NR ..........5897 Mebane Ave # 2......................................Dublin, VA 24084-2832 Williams, Martha ..................................... SS ...........8808 Heathfield Dr ..........................................Chattanooga, TN 37416-1522 Williams, Martha Ann............................. AP...........210 Spring St Apt C5.......................................Blountville, TN 37617-5446 Willis, Marie S. ....................................... AP...........104 Sylvan Dr ..................................................Kingsport, TN 37663-2635 Windom, Freida A................................... SS ...........938 Crestridge Dr.............................................Rossville, GA 30741-5124
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Amis Chapel-Fudges Chapel ................... Annie Derrick ..................... 198 Dickerson Ln..................................Surgoinsville, TN 37873-5243 Amis Chapel-Fudges Chapel ................... Jerry Spaulding................... 2991 Highway 11w...............................Surgoinsville, TN 37873-5208 Appalachia-Derby-Exeter......................... Sam Green, Sr. ................... 130 Harding St ......................................Appalachia, VA 24216-2130 Arcadia-Hermon ....................................... Mary Brackett..................... 184 Arcadia Dr ......................................Kingsport, TN 37660-7038 Cassidy UMC............................................ Linda Gordon ..................... 326 Wine Cir .........................................Blountville, TN 37617-4313 Chalybeate Springs-Okolona ................... Donna Rowlett ................... 404 Bays Cove Trl ................................Kingsport, TN 37660-1044 Clintwood UMC ....................................... Jennifer Kendrick ............... 134 Holly Dr .........................................Clintwood, VA 24228-5082 Clouds Bend UMC ................................... Pam Peterson ...................... 713 Clandon Dr .....................................Kingsport, TN 37660-5036 Coeburn UMC .......................................... John H. Wright ................... PO Box 984 ...........................................Coeburn, VA 24230-0984 Colonial Heights UMC ............................ Patty Seeger ........................ 421 Hamilton Dr ...................................Blountville, TN 37617-6435 Crab Orchard UMC .................................. Nancy Roberts .................... PO Box 1437 .........................................Coeburn, VA 24230-1437 Crossroads UMC ...................................... Jean E. Mowrey.................. 614 Rose Ln ..........................................Mount Carmel, TN 37645-3637 Depews Chapel UMC .............................. Sandra Young ..................... PO Box 7432 .........................................Kingsport, TN 37664-7432 Dungannon Circuit ................................... Dewayne McGowan .......... PO Box 374 ...........................................Dungannon, VA 24245-0374 District Youth Member ............................ Hannah Yarosh East Stone Gap UMC ............................... Charles Dwayne Carroll .... 306 Clinton Ave W ...............................Big Stone Gap, VA 24219-2642 Elm Springs UMC .................................... Gerald Cardwell ................. 326 Tipton St .........................................Church Hill, TN 37642-4448 Ewing Circuit ............................................ Holly German ..................... 207 Bailey Ln ........................................Maynardville, TN 37807-4835 Fall Branch UMC ..................................... Michael Newsom ............... 160 Odell Ln .........................................Fall Branch, TN 37656-2222 First Broad Street-Community................. Duke Dukart ....................... 1572 Warpath Dr...................................Kingsport, TN 37664-3361 First Broad Street-Community................. Tim Martin ......................... 1407 Fairidge Dr ...................................Kingsport, TN 37664-2010 First Broad Street-Community................. Mary Teague McMillan..... 913 Nantucket Ave ...............................Mount Carmel, TN 37645-3340 First Broad Street-Community................. James Taylor....................... 1349 Watauga St ...................................Kingsport, TN 37660-4529 First UMC Church Hill ............................ Vicki Britton ....................... 1511 Christian Bend Rd .......................Church Hill, TN 37642-5150 First UMC Pennington Gap ..................... Larry G. Hobbs .................. 2169 Kane Gap Rd ...............................Duffield, VA 24244-8358 First UMC Surgoinsville .......................... Danny Thurman ................. 1212 Main St .........................................Surgoinsville, TN 37873-3000 Flatwoods UMC ....................................... Charlotte Brooks ................ 27385 Wilderness Rd............................Jonesville, VA 24263-7114 Gate City Parish ........................................ LaMerle Francisco ............. 4060 Big Moccasin Rd .........................Nickelsville, VA 24271-3265 Glen Alpine UMC .................................... Yvette Martin ..................... 2444 Wildwood Dr ...............................Kingsport, TN 37660-4747 Grange Hall UMC .................................... Wanda Smith ...................... 5188 Carters Valley Rd ........................Church Hill, TN 37642-7133 Hiltons Memorial UMC ........................... Patricia McMurray ............. PO Box 41 .............................................Hiltons, VA 24258-0041 Holston View UMC ................................. Sandra Hedrick ................... 487 Holston Ter ....................................Weber City, VA 24290-6908 Jonesville Parish ....................................... Victoria Burton................... 194 Clawson Rd ....................................Jonesville, VA 24263-7591 Jonesville, First-Gilbert’s Mem. .............. Linda Woodward ............... PO Box 455 ...........................................Jonesville, VA 24263-0455 Kendricks Creek UMC............................. Donna Fraysier ................... 301 Belle Forest Ct ...............................Kingsport, TN 37663-2964 Ketron Memorial UMC............................ Jane Burdine ....................... 2005 Earl St ...........................................Kingsport, TN 37665-1750 Kingsley UMC.......................................... Paul Pendleton .................... 320 Orchard Ln .....................................Bluff City, TN 37618-1160 Lebanon UMC .......................................... Terry Fletcher ..................... 136 Hickory Hills Rd............................Church Hill, TN 37642-7115 Logans Chapel UMC................................ Carroll Bledsoe................... 337 Fordtown Rd ..................................Fall Branch, TN 37656-2017 Mafair UMC ............................................. Greg Wellman .................... 452 Oakmont Dr ...................................Kingsport, TN 37663-2956 McFerrin UMC ......................................... Lynn Rowlett ...................... 542 Carters Valley Rd ..........................Rogersville, TN 37857-6178 Midway Memorial-Prospect .................... Diane Hartgrove ................. 6404 Yuma Rd ......................................Gate City, VA 24251-5637 Morrison Chapel UMC ............................ Les Wright .......................... 1001 Colfax Ave ...................................Kingsport, TN 37660-5625 Mountain View UMC .............................. Robert M. Teter .................. 1012 Kensington Ln .............................Kingsport, TN 37664-5164 Mt Carmel UMC ...................................... Corey Dean ......................... 1434 Harmony Ridge Dr ......................Kingsport, TN 37665-1466 Mt Vernon UMC ...................................... Clifford Jack Parker ........... PO Box 175 ...........................................Hiltons, VA 24258-0175 Nickelsville Circuit ................................... Carolyn McConnell Odle ... 240 Genesis Dr ......................................Nickelsville, VA 24271-2581 Norton UMC ............................................. Grace Scott ......................... 1306 Valley View Dr............................Big Stone Gap, VA 24219-3304 Nottingham UMC ..................................... Irene Porter ......................... 588 Hilton Rd ........................................Gate City, VA 24251-2457 Old Union UMC ....................................... Joan Parker ......................... 444 Grey Fox Dr ...................................Church Hill, TN 37642-3315 Pactolus UMC........................................... Cindy King ......................... 2013 Oakland St....................................Kingsport, TN 37660-1123
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Charge ....................................................... Name ................................Address ............................................. City, State Zip * Rock Springs UMC .................................. Tracy Dishner ..................... 345 Church View Dr.............................Kingsport, TN 37664-5428 Ross Campground-Cameron.................... Sandra Boyd ....................... 688 Willowcrest Pl................................Kingsport, TN 37660-8522 * Rye Cove UMC ........................................ Sharon Rhoton.................... 243 Cypress St.......................................Gate City, VA 24251-2757 Salem UMC .............................................. Fred Allison ........................ 247 Tri State Lime Rd ..........................Blountville, TN 37617-6712 Smyth Chapel UMC ................................. Doug Pridemore ................. 867 Horseshoe Bend Rd .......................Pennington Gap, VA 24277-7532 * St Luke UMC............................................ Brenda Johnson .................. 479 New Summerville Rd ....................Kingsport, TN 37663-3128 St Mark UMC Kingsport ......................... Mary Lee Watterson .......... 1029 Catawba St ...................................Kingsport, TN 37660-4501 St Matthew-Emory UMC Kpt. ................ Chris Blue ........................... 4828 Sunbright Dr.................................Kingsport, TN 37664-4847 St Matthew-Emory UMC Kpt ................. Christa Blue ........................ 4828 Sunbright Dr.................................Kingsport, TN 37664-4847 * St Paul-Castlewood .................................. Sharon Layell ..................... 3225 Dogwood Dr ................................Saint Paul, VA 24283-2543 * Tacoma UMC ........................................... Linda S. Gilbert .................. 212 Henry St NW .................................Norton, VA 24273-1908 * Three Bells-Horton’s Chapel ................... Kala Bailey ......................... 308 Fugate St.........................................Duffield, VA 24244-9793 * Trinity UMC Big Stone Gap ................... Alberta Mitchell ................. 315 Holly Ave E ...................................Big Stone Gap, VA 24219-2972 Trinity UMC Wise.................................... Robby Bates ....................... PO Box 2381 .........................................Wise, VA 24293-2381 * Valley Center UMC ................................. Doris Lawson ..................... 5044 Stanley Valley Rd ........................Church Hill, TN 37642-8110 * Vermont UMC .......................................... Lola Dean ........................... 200 Tanner Ct........................................Kingsport, TN 37660-1763 * At Large Member ..................................... Carol Anderson .................. 1137 Westbrook Dr...............................Kingsport, TN 37663-2426 * At Large Member ..................................... Cindy Ashley ...................... 316 E 9th St N .......................................Big Stone Gap, VA 24219-3176 * At Large Member ..................................... Dennis Ashley .................... 316 E 9th St N .......................................Big Stone Gap, VA 24219-3176 * At Large Member ..................................... Mary B. Baker .................... 12890 River Ln .....................................Coeburn, VA 24230-5738 * At Large Member ..................................... Joyce Eberhart .................... 732 Woodgreen Ln ...............................Kingsport, TN 37660-5040 * At Large Member ..................................... Ramona Fletcher ................ 136 Hickory Hills Rd............................Church Hill, TN 37642-7115 * At Large Member ..................................... Margaret Frazier ................. 1917 Northwood Pl ...............................Kingsport, TN 37665-1317 * At Large Member ..................................... David C. Goodman ............ 206 E 1st St S ........................................Big Stone Gap, VA 24219-2904 At Large Member ..................................... Connie Hayes ..................... 4003 Leaning Pine Rd ..........................Kingsport, TN 37660-7868 * At Large Member ..................................... P. Roger Herron ................. 5529 Kiowa St.......................................Kingsport, TN 37664-4230 * At Large Member ..................................... Phyllis Herron..................... 5529 Kiowa St.......................................Kingsport, TN 37664-4230 * At Large Member ..................................... Daniel S. Howe .................. %1st Broad St, 100 E Church Cir .........Kingsport, TN 37660-3677 At Large Member ..................................... Daryl Jayne ......................... PO Box 175 ...........................................Hiltons, VA 24258-0175 * At Large Member ..................................... Lawrence G. Ketron........... 232 New Beason Well Rd ....................Kingsport, TN 37660-2726 * At Large Member ..................................... Martha Ketron .................... 232 New Beason Well Rd ....................Kingsport, TN 37660-2726 * At Large Member ..................................... Powell Kidd ........................ 1795 Island Rd ......................................Blountville, TN 37617-3918 * At Large Member ..................................... Ashlee A. Kizer .................. 5230 Bloomingdale Rd .........................Blountville, TN 37617-6635 * At Large Member ..................................... Bobbi Love ......................... 112 Atlee St ...........................................Kingsport, TN 37660-2002 * At Large Member ..................................... Penny McClellan ................ 5626 Upper Possum Creek Rd .............Gate City, VA 24251-5775 * At Large Member ..................................... Ellen McKeigney ............... 708 Christian Bend Rd .........................Church Hill, TN 37642-5175 * At Large Member ..................................... Laurie Neville ..................... 2433 Bloomingdale Rd .........................Kingsport, TN 37660-1852 * At Large Member ..................................... Gerri Pierce......................... 191 Hickory Ln .....................................Surgoinsville, TN 37873-6120 * At Large Member ..................................... Joyce Snapp ........................ 3756 Stanley Valley Rd ........................Surgoinsville, TN 37873-6326 * At Large Member ..................................... Charlie Sorrells................... 237 Castaway Dr...................................Kingsport, TN 37663-3566 * At Large Member ..................................... Sharlene Spaulding ............ 2991 Highway 11w...............................Surgoinsville, TN 37873-5208 * At Large Member ..................................... Teresa Sprinkle................... 694 Truxton Dr......................................Kingsport, TN 37660-5680 * At Large Member ..................................... Rebecca Stapleton .............. 3902 Logan Ave....................................Big Stone Gap, VA 24219-3928 * At Large Member ..................................... Brenda Strickler.................. 105 Meadow Ct.....................................Gray, TN 37615-4276 * At Large Member ..................................... Ross Strickler ..................... 105 Meadow Ct.....................................Gray, TN 37615-4276 * At Large Member ..................................... Jason Tipton ....................... PO Box 704 ...........................................Duffield, VA 24244-0704 * At Large Member ..................................... Margie Winegar ................. 2269 Yuma Rd ......................................Gate City, VA 24251-2574 * At Large Member ..................................... Annie Wright ...................... PO Box 984 ...........................................Coeburn, VA 24230-0984 * At Large Member ..................................... Sandy Wright...................... 214 E 1st St S ........................................Big Stone Gap, VA 24219-2904 * At Large Member ..................................... Hannah Yarosh................... 215 Valley Crest Dr ..............................Mount Carmel, TN 37645-3721 * District Lay Leader ................................... Mary B. Baker .................... 12890 River Ln .....................................Coeburn, VA 24230-5738 * District UMM President ........................... Powell Kidd ........................ 1795 Island Rd ......................................Blountville, TN 37617-3918 * District UMW President........................... Penny McClellan ................ 5626 Upper Possum Creek Rd .............Gate City, VA 24251-5775
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Abingdon UMC ........................................ Gail Blair ............................ 18976 Middle Dr...................................Abingdon, VA 24211-6781 Abingdon UMC ........................................ Heda Quillin ....................... 19284 Trotters Ln .................................Abingdon, VA 24211-6775 Addilynn Memorial UMC ....................... Matthew J. Hamilton ......... 134 Richmond Heights Rd ...................Bristol, TN 37620-6610 Aldersgate-Anderson Street ..................... John Lussier........................ 208 Wimberly Way...............................Bristol, TN 37620-7166 Beech Grove UMC................................... Vickie Mitoraj .................... 19484 Haskell Station Rd .....................Bristol, VA 24202-2412 Belfast-Midway ........................................ Teresa Smith....................... 258 Whites Subdivision Rd..................Cedar Bluff, VA 24609-8227 Bishop Circuit ........................................... Marilyn Creasy ................... PO Box 39 .............................................Bishop, VA 24604-0039 Broadford Circuit ...................................... Ralph T. Hilt....................... 1928 Swinging Bridge Ln ....................Tannersville, VA 24377-3600 Brumley Gap-Greendale .......................... Ronald Dye......................... 13185 Cathedral Hill St ........................Bristol, VA 24202-3621 Carvosso UMC ......................................... Larry Widner ...................... 19148 Mercedes Dr...............................Abingdon, VA 24210-8404 Cedar Bluff-Clearview ............................. Randy Cox .......................... 94 Oak Lawn Cir...................................Lebanon, VA 24266-4343 Cedar Bluff-Clearview ............................. April Hess ........................... PO Box 2163 .........................................Cedar Bluff, VA 24609-2163 Chatham Hill Circuit ................................ Mac Buchanan.................... 5732 Valley Rd .....................................Saltville, VA 24370-4179 Chilhowie-Seven Mile Ford..................... Pat Britton ........................... 2471 Red Stone Rd ...............................Marion, VA 24354-6811 Clinch Circuit ............................................ Barbara Sykes..................... 16004 Merman St..................................Abingdon, VA 24210-8434 Coleman’s Chapel UMC.......................... Allene Yates ....................... 1190 Sunset Hollow Rd........................Grundy, VA 24614-6741 Dailey’s Chapel UMC.............................. Calvin Patton ...................... 230 Barn Ave ........................................North Tazewell, VA 24630-8682 Damascus Circuit...................................... Claudine Roberts ................ 29206 Blue Spring Rd ..........................Meadowview, VA 24361-2308 East Tazewell Circuit ............................... Ray McDaniel .................... 230 Albany St........................................Tazewell, VA 24651-8351 First UMC Bristol ..................................... Alan L. Gorrell ................... 19 Tipperary Cir ....................................Bristol, TN 37620-3049 First UMC Marion.................................... Tom Graham ...................... 223 North St ..........................................Marion, VA 24354-2627 First UMC Richlands ............................... James S. White ................... PO Box 1127 .........................................Cedar Bluff, VA 24609-1127 Garden UMC ............................................ Karen Vandyke................... PO Box 158 ...........................................Mavisdale, VA 24627-0158 Glade Spring Charge ................................ Rachel Nutter...................... 116 S Monte Vista Dr...........................Glade Spring, VA 24340-2802 Grace-Greenwood-Mt Zion ..................... Kelen Wilson ...................... 710 Grace St ..........................................Marion, VA 24354-1912 Honaker-Elk Garden................................. Jane Thornhill..................... PO Box 162 ...........................................Rosedale, VA 24280-0162 John Wesley-Charles Wesley .................. Clara Bristol........................ 324 E Main St .......................................Abingdon, VA 24210-2906 John Wesley-Charles Wesley .................. Patricia Sauve ..................... 210 Madison St SE ...............................Abingdon, VA 24210-3730 Keywood Charge ...................................... Preston Brickey .................. 3842 Blue Grass Trl ..............................Saltville, VA 24370-4086 Laurel Springs Circuit .............................. Teresa McCall .................... 1304 S Fork Rd .....................................Marion, VA 24354-6921 Lebanon Circuit ........................................ Judy Ramsey ...................... 1680 Pioneer Dr ....................................Lebanon, VA 24266-3822 Lebanon Memorial UMC......................... Pam Breeding ..................... 2851 Long Hollow Rd ..........................Cleveland, VA 24225-6091 Lebanon UMC Chilhowie........................ Gregory Blevins ................. 416 Lovelace Dr....................................Marion, VA 24354-6463 Looney’s Chapel-Grundy......................... Linda Lockhart ................... 1118 First Branch Rd............................Vansant, VA 24656-8395 Madam Russell-Tate’s Chapel................. Jeff Comer .......................... 127 - 1st Avenue ...................................Saltville, VA 24370 Main Street UMC ..................................... Danny Coulthard ................ PO Box 576 ...........................................North Tazewell, VA 24630-0576 Marion East Circuit .................................. Kathy Bowlin ..................... 242 Kelly Hill Rd..................................Atkins, VA 24311-3113 Meadowview UMC .................................. Mary McFarlane................. 19236 Woodland Hills Rd....................Abingdon, VA 24210-9648 Mt Hermon UMC Tazewell..................... Linda S Griffith .................. 151 Firehouse Ln ..................................North Tazewell, VA 24630-8520 Mt Pleasant-Steelesburg ........................... Barry Michael Abel .......... 6692 Pounding Mill Branch Rd ...........Pounding Mill, VA 24637-3726 North Keywood Circuit............................ Amber Tuggle .................... 110 Dream Cir.......................................Saltville, VA 24370-2717 North Tazewell-Mt Zion .......................... Kevin Tabor........................ P.O. Box 732 .........................................Tazewell, VA 24651 Pisgah-Pleasant Hill.................................. Brenda Stump ..................... 197 Striper Dr........................................Pounding Mill, VA 24637-3867 Pleasant View UMC Abingdon ............... David Scyphers .................. 870 Glenview Dr...................................Abingdon, VA 24211-3650 Pleasant View UMC Abingdon ............... Michael Worrell ................ 16367 Middlewood Dr .........................Abingdon, VA 24210-9635 Reynolds Memorial UMC ....................... Susan A. Melkowski .......... 271 Grove Park Dr ................................Bristol, TN 37620-1621 Riverside-Wilbur Memorial ..................... Juanita Hess ........................ 175 Bland Street ....................................North Tazewell, VA 24630 Shady Grove-Meadowview ..................... Tonya Graham.................... 19089 Lexi Dr .......................................Abingdon, VA 24210-8295 Sinking Springs-Paperville....................... Scott Wilson ....................... 1030 Shelby St ......................................Bristol, TN 37620-2125 South Bristol UMC................................... Sandra Adams .................... 326 V I Ranch Rd .................................Bristol, TN 37620-0940 St Luke-Hunt Memorial ........................... Rhonda Fields..................... 608 Circle Dr .........................................Bluff City, TN 37618-4006 St Luke-Hunt Memorial ........................... Nathaniel Roark ................. 133 Kimberly St ....................................Bristol, TN 37620-7332 State Street UMC...................................... Anne Wallace ..................... 101 Rachels Ln......................................Bristol, TN 37620-5320 State Street UMC...................................... Steve Wallace ..................... 101 Rachels Ln......................................Bristol, TN 37620-5320
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Sulphur Spr UMC Castlewood ................ Nancy Warner .................... 22585 US Highway 58 .........................Castlewood, VA 24224-6113 * Three Springs-Virginia Avenue............... Mary Santangelo ................ 108 Broad View Cir..............................Bristol, TN 37620-6169 * Trinity UMC Bristol ................................. Jennifer Austin ................... 800 Prospect Avenue ............................Bristol, VA 24201 * Washington Chp-Washington Spr .............Betty James......................... 19374 Repass St ....................................Abingdon, VA 24210-8074 Weaver UMC............................................ Sherry Oliver ...................... 533 Harrington Hollow Rd...................Bluff City, TN 37618-2021 Wharf Hill-Elizabeth ................................ Shawn Boucher .................. 5522 Sugar Grove Hwy ........................Sugar Grove, VA 24375-3353 * At Large Member ..................................... Tracey Hawkins ................. 117 Shady Ln ........................................Bristol, TN 37620-4439 At Large Member ..................................... Hunter Hawthorne.............. 133 Kimberly St ....................................Bristol, TN 37620-7332 * At Large Member ..................................... Beverly Hayden.................. 10008 Reedy Creek Rd.........................Bristol, VA 24202-2920 * At Large Member ..................................... Greg Herrell........................ 19328 Stirrup Dr ...................................Abingdon, VA 24211-6766 At Large Member ..................................... April Hess ........................... PO Box 2163 .........................................Cedar Bluff, VA 24609-2163 * At Large Member ..................................... Fred Lawless....................... 4230 Gose Mill Rd................................Tazewell, VA 24651-8433 At Large Member ..................................... Shiloh Lyttle ....................... 1660 Copper Ridge Rd .........................Castlewood, VA 24224-5557 * At Large Member ..................................... Earl Maine .......................... 18691 Musick Dr ..................................Bristol, VA 24202-3125 At Large Member ..................................... Yolanda Miranda................ 834 Gilliam St SW ................................Abingdon, VA 24210-2448 * At Large Member ..................................... Joyce E. Moore .................. 272 Beaumont Ln..................................Bluff City, TN 37618-1933 * At Large Member ..................................... Ada Prue Oxendine ............ 236 Country Meadows Cir ...................Bristol, TN 37620-8378 At Large Member ..................................... Cheri Patterson ................... 226 Grace St ..........................................Bristol, TN 37620-5531 * At Large Member ..................................... Charles Quillin ................... 19284 Trotters Ln .................................Abingdon, VA 24211-6775 * At Large Member ..................................... Vickie Scyphers ................. 870 Glenview Dr...................................Abingdon, VA 24211-3650 * At Large Member ..................................... Eva Sue Tilson ................... 425 Stoney Battery Rd..........................Marion, VA 24354-6856 * At Large Member ..................................... Marva Wheeler................... 266 Leonard St NW ..............................Abingdon, VA 24210-2712 * At Large Member ..................................... Terry Williams ................... 6635 Reedy Creek Rd...........................Bristol, VA 24202-1903 * At Large Member ..................................... Richard Steven Wright ...... 17721 Mahogany Dr .............................Abingdon, VA 24210-7913 * District Lay Leader ................................... Eva Sue Tilson ................... 425 Stoney Battery Rd..........................Marion, VA 24354-6856 * District UMW President........................... Donna Camper ................... 319 Em Cross Rd ..................................Piney Flats, TN 37686-3300 District Youth Member ............................ Hunter Hawthorne
HIWASSEE DISTRICT Charge ....................................................... Name ................................Address ............................................. City, State Zip * Allen Memorial UMC .............................. Clara Jane Coomer ............. 607 Pope St............................................Athens, TN 37303-3023 * Apison UMC............................................. Mike McCarter ................... 2227 Haven Crest Dr ............................Chattanooga, TN 37421-2835 Athens Parish ............................................ Karen Vincent .................... 135 County Road 177 ...........................Athens, TN 37303-6926 * Benton UMC............................................. Arthur Bigham ................... 154 Franklin Dr .....................................Benton, TN 37307-3608 * Big Spring UMC ...................................... Gussie Ridgeway................ 2710 Bryant Dr SW ..............................Cleveland, TN 37311-0824 * Broad Street UMC.................................... Carolyn Franitza................ 400 Emmett Ave NW ...........................Cleveland, TN 37311-1731 * Broad Street UMC.................................... Ed McCartney .................... 3669 Sourwood Trl NW .......................Cleveland, TN 37312-2032 Calhoun-Spring Creek .............................. Sondra Guthrie ................... 522 County Road 67 .............................Riceville, TN 37370-5632 * Chilcutt-Chestuee...................................... Mary Ann Scoggins ........... 994 Armstrong Rd SE ..........................Cleveland , TN 37323 * Cleveland, Trinity-Pleasant Grv................ Debra Faye Goldston ......... 216 Clearview Cir NE ..........................Cleveland, TN 37323-3700 * Copperhill, First-Ducktown ..................... Denny Mixon ..................... 352 Messer Dr .......................................Copperhill, TN 37317-4220 Decatur-Concord....................................... Betty Carolyn Ward ........... PO Box 22 .............................................Decatur, TN 37322-0022 * Englewood UMC...................................... Bill Cochran ....................... 109 Saint Francis St ..............................Englewood, TN 37329-3031 * First UMC Cleveland ............................... Robert Donaghy ................. 3815 Woodcrest Cir NW ......................Cleveland, TN 37312-3814 * First UMC Dayton.................................... Rebecca Tucker .................. 123 Summerfield Ln .............................Dayton, TN 37321-4380 * First UMC Madisonville .......................... Laurie McNeece ................. 617 College St N ...................................Madisonville, TN 37354-1105 * First UMC Sweetwater............................. Brett Ward .......................... 217 McCaslin Ave ................................Sweetwater, TN 37874-1832 * Goodfield Circuit ...................................... Betsy Bassette ................... 703 Lakehaven Cir ................................Decatur, TN 37322-6008 Graysville-New Bethel ............................. Jimmy Smith ...................... 259 Main St ...........................................Dayton, TN 37321-1387 * Jones Chapel-Wesleyanna........................ Jerry Edwards ..................... 341 County Road 782 ...........................Etowah, TN 37331-5151 * Keith Memorial UMC .............................. Amy Sullins ........................ 1208 Woodacre Dr................................Athens, TN 37303-2743 * Keith Memorial UMC .............................. Tim Womac........................ 120 Crestview Ave................................Calhoun, TN 37309-5230 * Luminary UMC ........................................ Linda Monk ........................ 845 Halfmoon Shores Dr......................Ten Mile, TN 37880-2910 Madisonville Circuit ................................. Patti Russell ........................ 113 Sink Hole Rd..................................Tellico Plains, TN 37385-5213
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* Mars Hill UMC......................................... Maggie Hoffman ................ 971 County Road 550 ...........................Englewood, TN 37329-5395 * McDonald UMC ....................................... Rachael Pickett ................... 2179 Collins Dr NW.............................Cleveland, TN 37312-2263 Mountain View UMC .............................. Leonard Thomas ................ 684 Riverbend Dr..................................Dayton, TN 37321-5337 * Mt Zion-St Elmo....................................... Phillis Moseley ................... 4620 Jersey Pike....................................Chattanooga, TN 37416-3148 * Niota-Cedar Springs ................................. Ashley Neel ........................ PO Box 784 ...........................................Niota, TN 37826-0784 * Ooltewah UMC ........................................ Mary Charles Blair............. % Ooltewah UMC, ................................................................................................................. 6131 Relocation Way ...........................Ooltewah, TN 37363-6288 * Ooltewah UMC ........................................ Ron Pagano-Fuller ............. 1407 Fore Winds Hl .............................Ooltewah, TN 37363-9425 Philadelphia-Fenders ................................ Leland Sparks ..................... 34602 Highway 72 N............................Loudon, TN 37774-5223 Piney Grove UMC.................................... Missy Wilson...................... 132 County Road 884 ...........................Etowah, TN 37331-5460 Pleasant Hill UMC ................................... J. Dale Kennedy ................. 508 Hillandale Dr..................................Athens, TN 37303-3906 Red Hill UMC .......................................... Connie Owenby.................. 1205 Red Hill Valley Rd SE ................Cleveland, TN 37323-9185 Spivey-New Providence ........................... Louis Allen Morgan........... 143 Brooklyn Ln ...................................Dayton, TN 37321-4455 Spring City-Reed Chapel ......................... Virginia Bond ..................... PO Box 396 ...........................................Spring City, TN 37381-0396 * St Paul’s Etowah-Carlock ........................ JoAnn Parker ...................... PO Box 804 ...........................................Etowah, TN 37331-0804 * Tasso-Charleston ...................................... Margaret Hubble ................ 6591 Hickory Meadow Dr ...................Chattanooga, TN 37421-6767 Tellico Plains Ct ....................................... Janet Standridge ................. 2041 Fairview Rd..................................Tellico Plains, TN 37385-4809 * Ten Mile-Oak Grove ................................ Lori Templeton................... 161 Moss Boat Dock Ln ......................Decatur, TN 37322-3062 * Trinity UMC Athens ................................ John Hagaman .................... PO Box 515 ...........................................Athens, TN 37371-0515 * Wesley Memorial, Etowah ...................... Elaine Colson ..................... 290 County Road 782 ...........................Etowah, TN 37331-5101 -Pleasant Grove * Wesley Memorial-Valley Head ............... Gary Hubbard ..................... 2166 Timber Trace Cir NW .................Cleveland, TN 37311-3421 * Wesley Memorial-Valley Head ............... Susan Hubbard ................... 2166 Timber Trace Cir NW .................Cleveland, TN 37311-3421 * At Large Member ..................................... Deb Aldridge ...................... 65 9th St SE...........................................Cleveland, TN 37311-6042 * At Large Member ..................................... Leslye Beria........................ 517 County Road 778 ...........................Athens, TN 37303-6317 At Large Member ..................................... Marcia Bolin....................... 132 Davis Trl NW ................................Cleveland, TN 37312-1111 At Large Member ..................................... Eric Brehen ......................... 3405 Peerless Rd NW...........................Cleveland, TN 37312-3431 At Large Member ..................................... Jacob Ducote ...................... 6131 Relocation Way ...........................Ooltewah, TN 37363-6288 * At Large Member ..................................... Barbara Graham ................. 2098 Igou Crossing Dr .........................Chattanooga, TN 37421-7143 At Large Member ..................................... Doug Greene ...................... 952 Wedgewood Dr NW......................Cleveland, TN 37312-3356 At Large Member ..................................... Truman Hale....................... 3805 Crestwood Dr NW.......................Cleveland, TN 37312-3421 At Large Member ..................................... Grant Hamilton................... 709 Green St..........................................Sweetwater, TN 37874-2420 * At Large Member ..................................... Sue Hamilton ...................... 709 Green St..........................................Sweetwater, TN 37874-2420 * At Large Member ..................................... Becky Jaquish..................... 130 Joe Jaquish Dr ................................Athens, TN 37303-7072 * At Large Member ..................................... Rick Lay ............................. PO Box 461 ...........................................Athens, TN 37371-0461 * At Large Member ..................................... Eric Light ............................ 8524 Fenwick Dr...................................Ooltewah, TN 37363-1411 * At Large Member ..................................... Deb Miller .......................... 1552 Shelby Cir ....................................Hixson, TN 37343-3025 * At Large Member ..................................... Tina L. Morgan .................. 174 County Road 1150 .........................Riceville, TN 37370-5810 * At Large Member ..................................... Randy Petitt ........................ 820 Johnson Blvd SE............................Cleveland, TN 37311-6459 * At Large Member ..................................... Yvonne Raper..................... 1223 Miami St.......................................Athens, TN 37303-4554 * At Large Member ..................................... Shirley Starling................... 160 College St .......................................Copperhill, TN 37317-4100 * At Large Member ..................................... Charles Stemmann ............. 115 Sequoya Dr.....................................Copperhill, TN 37317-5452 * At Large Member ..................................... Evelyn Stemmann .............. 115 Sequoya Dr.....................................Copperhill, TN 37317-5452 * At Large Member ..................................... Sydney Varajon .................. 128 County Road 755 ...........................Riceville, TN 37370-5252 At Large Member ..................................... Clara Whaley ...................... 521 Cobblestone Creek Rd NW ..........Cleveland, TN 37312-7615 * District Lay Leader ................................... Rick Lay ............................. PO Box 461 ...........................................Athens, TN 37371-0461 District UMM President ........................... Doug Greene ...................... 952 Wedgewood Dr NW......................Cleveland, TN 37312-3356 * District UMW President........................... Barbara Graham ................. 2098 Igou Crossing Dr .........................Chattanooga, TN 37421-7143 District Young Adult Member................. Grant Hamilton................... 709 Green St..........................................Sweetwater, TN 37874-2420 District Youth Member ............................ Eric Brehen
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Charge ....................................................... Name ................................Address ............................................. City, State Zip * Asbury UMC Greeneville ........................ Shelby Sullivan .................. 3890 Chuckey Pike ...............................Chuckey, TN 37641-6201 * Bales Chapel UMC................................... Carla Bryant ....................... 73 Georgetown Row .............................Johnson City, TN 37601-3183 Beth Car-Watkins Chapel ........................ Kelly Ailey ......................... 3035 Jane St ..........................................White Pine, TN 37890-3628 * Bethel UMC .............................................. Brenda Reese ...................... 723 Pritchard Dr ....................................Morristown, TN 37813-1962 * Boyd Chapel UMC................................... Carl H Mills........................ 1905 Black Oak St ................................Jefferson City, TN 37760-1536 * Bradburn Hill-Mt Pleasant ....................... Deborah Jo - Jo Boles ........ 2245 Dulaney Rd ..................................Mosheim, TN 37818-4541 Burchfield-Bogart’s Chapel ..................... Charlene Kravec................. 814 Layman Dr .....................................Dandridge, TN 37725-7406 -Lawson Chapel * Bybee UMC .............................................. Ned Ramsey ....................... 125 Hillcrest Dr .....................................Parrottsville, TN 37843-3333 Carter’s Valley Circuit ............................. Penny Reynolds.................. 2450 Brown Springs Rd .......................Greeneville, TN 37743-1526 * Centenary UMC........................................ Phyllis Helm ....................... 3117 Federal Blvd.................................Morristown, TN 37814-2580 * Cherokee Circuit ....................................... Susie Phillips ...................... 145 Rolling Hills Rd .............................Greeneville, TN 37743-0908 * Chestnut Grove-Ebenezer ........................ Robert Butch Carmichael ..... 1212 Ch Rankin Rd ..............................White Pine, TN 37890-4028 * Chestnut Hill UMC .................................. Hope Sibert ......................... 1704 Hidden Hills Rd Apt 408 ............Gatlinburg, TN 37738-5826 * Christ UMC............................................... Barbara Hodges .................. 559 Phillips Town Rd ...........................Bulls Gap, TN 37711-4427 Claiborne Cluster ...................................... Jim Murphy ........................ 425 Linden St ........................................Tazewell, TN 37879-3717 Cosby Circuit ............................................ Sue Clark ............................ 3271 Cosby Creek Rd...........................Cosby, TN 37722-2855 Cosby Circuit ............................................ Melissa Williams................ 3781 Pleasant Valley Rd ......................Cosby, TN 37722-2730 Del Rio Circuit.......................................... Anthony Stokely ................ 393 Kelly Rd .........................................Del Rio, TN 37727-2576 Ebbing & Flowing Spr-Kincaid............... Theresa Eidson ................... 523 Bear Hollow Rd .............................Rogersville, TN 37857-6075 * Ebbing & Flowing Spr-Kincaid............... Billy Simmons.................... 2124 Highway 66 S ..............................Rogersville, TN 37857-5155 * Edward’s Chapel UMC ............................ Amy Shipley....................... 321 Hebron Church Rd.........................Jefferson City, TN 37760-3314 * First UMC Dandridge .............................. Marlene McClellan ............ 826 Hillside Dr ......................................Dandridge, TN 37725-4606 * First UMC Jefferson City......................... Celeste Coward .................. 772 Hidden Mountain Way ..................New Market, TN 37820-3245 * First UMC Morristown ............................ Jim Snowden ...................... 538 Oak St .............................................Morristown, TN 37813-1856 * First UMC Morristown ............................ John Stroud ......................... 1306 Bales Dr........................................Morristown, TN 37814-6102 * First UMC Newport ................................. Tom Inman ......................... 1556 Sherwood Dr ................................Newport, TN 37821-7124 * First UMC Rogersville ............................. Jane Pearce ......................... 306 Wood Ln ........................................Surgoinsville, TN 37873-6008 * First UMC White Pine ............................. Carolyn Allen ..................... PO Box 299 ...........................................White Pine, TN 37890-0299 * George Street-Grant.................................. David Frazier ...................... 336 Night Rd .........................................Jefferson City, TN 37760-3946 * Glendale UMC.......................................... Hugh Holt .......................... 3737 Dan Dr ..........................................Morristown, TN 37814-7748 * Hardin’s Chapel UMC ............................. Melissa Brown ................... 1706 Robert Harmon Rd ......................Greeneville, TN 37745-1152 * Harned’s-Parrottsville............................... Donn H Berney, Jr. ............ 920 N Highway 340..............................Parrottsville, TN 37843-2000 * Hills Union-McCampbell’s...................... Pat Patrick ........................... 1951 Harbor Hills Dr ............................Dandridge, TN 37725-6651 * Hunt’s-Whittenburg-Rehobeth ................ Jeff Johnson ........................ 659 Pigeon Creek ..................................Greeneville, TN 37743 * Liberty Hill-Russellville ........................... Don Warner ........................ 2450 Holston Dr....................................Morristown, TN 37814-5971 * Love’s Memorial UMC............................ Rocky Ottinger ................... 1755 Hillcut Rd .....................................Greeneville, TN 37743-3562 * Midway UMC........................................... Joe Cansler, Jr..................... 550 Little Chuckey Rd..........................Midway, TN 37809-4019 * Mooresburg-Beeler’s Chapel ................... Connie Fraley ..................... 5067 Copper Ridge Rd .........................Morristown, TN 37814-6751 * Mosheim Central-Ottway......................... Nancy Causey..................... 435 Brian Cir .........................................Afton, TN 37616-4627 * Mt Airy-Economy .................................... Judy Joy .............................. 306 Freedom Ln ....................................Jefferson City, TN 37760-4131 * Mt Carmel UMC Mosheim ..................... Freda Hester ....................... 1486 Baileyton Main St ........................Greeneville, TN 37745-7684 * Mt Hebron UMC ...................................... Richard Greene................... P O Box 1933 ........................................Greeneville, TN 37744-1933 * Mt Hope - Antioch ................................... George Phillips ................... 1155 Mount Hope Rd ...........................Mohawk, TN 37810-3942 * Mt Pleasant UMC Talbott ........................ Annie Watkins.................... 740 Rocktown Rd .................................Jefferson City, TN 37760-4828 * Mt Zion-Seahorn’s Chapel .................... Gary Park ............................ 1289 Webb Cir ......................................Dandridge, TN 37725-4842 * New Market Circuit .................................. Marilyn Dyer ...................... 519 Lydia Dr .........................................New Market, TN 37820-4556 New Tazewell UMC ................................ John Butterbrodt ................. 1021 Poore Rd.......................................New Tazewell, TN 37825-5140 * Oakland UMC........................................... Susie Rouse ........................ 307 Clay Ct............................................Jefferson City, TN 37760-4040 Otes UMC ................................................. Mary Smith......................... 300 N Fork Branch Rd .........................Rogersville, TN 37857-8317 * Panther Springs UMC .............................. Ginger Cain ........................ 103 Sunridge Dr ....................................Jefferson City, TN 37760-2918 Persia-Pleasant Hill................................... Judy Goan ........................... 156 Guthries Gap Rd ............................Bulls Gap, TN 37711-3522 * Pine Grove-Hartman’s Chapel................. Patricia Clowers ................. 2020 Little Warrensburg Rd.................Midway, TN 37809-4451 * Riverview Circuit...................................... Erica Bramhall.................... PO Box 214 ...........................................Bybee, TN 37713-0214
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NEW RIVER DISTRICT Charge ....................................................... Name ................................Address ............................................. City, State Zip Aldersgate-Jordan ..................................... Leona Andrews .................. 1786 Newbern Rd .................................Pulaski, VA 24301-4202 * Atkins Memorial-Fries Station ................ Debra Rutherford ............... 651 Bainbridge Rd ................................Fries, VA 24330-3893 * Auburn UMC ............................................ Billy Caldwell..................... 3632 Fairview Church Rd ....................Christiansburg, VA 24073-5975 Bethel UMC Bluefield ............................. Carol Oakes ........................ 103 Vencil Street...................................Bluefield, VA 24605 * Bishop’s Chapel UMC ............................. Ann Bunn ........................... 456 Mallory Rd .....................................Woodlawn, VA 24381-2710 * Bland Circuit ............................................. Paul Perkins ........................ PO Box 676 ...........................................Bland, VA 24315-0676 * Blue Ridge Circuit .................................... Carolyn Snow ..................... 366 Big Red Dr .....................................Hillsville, VA 24343-1263 * Bridle Creek Circuit ................................. Shelby M. Luper ................ 176 Hardin Rd .......................................Independence, VA 24348-4024 * Cedar Springs Circuit ............................... Adam Linkous .................... 109 Parsonage Ave ...............................Rural Retreat, VA 24368-2895
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Romeo-St Clair-Talley ............................. DeAnna Snyder .................. 592 Mount Zion Rd ..............................Whitesburg, TN 37891-2242 Rutledge Circuit ........................................ Joyce Daugherty................. 14650 Lakeshore Dr .............................Rutledge, TN 37861-4503 Rutledge-Mary’s Chapel .......................... Lois Carmon ....................... 538 Dogwood Ln ..................................Talbott, TN 37877-8307 Rutledge-Mary’s Chapel .......................... Anna M. Gaultney.............. 6625 Old Walland Hwy........................Townsend, TN 37882-3012 Shady Grove - Woodlawn Parish ............ Eddie Thomas..................... PO Box 234 ...........................................Dandridge, TN 37725-0234 Sneedville Circuit ..................................... Sally Morris ........................ 1179 Duck Creek Rd ............................Sneedville, TN 37869-4031 Trinity UMC Greeneville ......................... Carolynn Kinser ................. 140 Rolling Hills Rd .............................Greeneville, TN 37743-0900 Trinity UMC Morristown ........................ Patti Allen ........................... PO Box 12 .............................................Morristown, TN 37815-0012 Wesley’s Chapel UMC Dandrdg............. Lillie Smith ......................... 966 Spring Creek Rd ............................Dandridge, TN 37725-4404 Wesley’s Chapel UMC Greenevl ............ Angie Broyles Bishop ........ 895 N Wesley Chapel Rd .....................Greeneville, TN 37745-8015 At Large Member ..................................... John Allen........................... PO Box 12 .............................................Morristown, TN 37815-0001 At Large Member ..................................... Leigh Ann Allen................. 200 Jaybird Rd ......................................Morristown, TN 37814-6221 At Large Member ..................................... Phillip Joseph Archer ......... 4571 W Andrew Johnson Hwy............Morristown, TN 37814-1038 At Large Member ..................................... Jackie Brown ...................... 1267 Lakeview Dr ................................Dandridge, TN 37725-4915 At Large Member ..................................... Mitchell D. Cain................. 103 Sunridge Dr ....................................Jefferson City, TN 37760-2918 At Large Member ..................................... Darlene Chatten.................. 525 Farm Loop......................................New Market, TN 37820-4428 At Large Member ..................................... Kim Davis........................... 120 Easy St ............................................Bulls Gap, TN 37711-4621 At Large Member ..................................... Conard Frye ........................ 375 Economy Cir ..................................Dandridge, TN 37725-6152 At Large Member ..................................... Mark Grigsby ..................... 419 Angela Cir ......................................Newport, TN 37821-8839 At Large Member ..................................... Carolyn Grubb.................... 655 Pates Hill Rd ..................................Mosheim, TN 37818-5821 At Large Member ..................................... J. David Grubb ................... 655 Pates Hill Rd ..................................Mosheim, TN 37818-5821 At Large Member ..................................... Tonia Hodsden ................... PO Box 162 ...........................................Dandridge, TN 37725-0162 At Large Member ..................................... Brayden Lykens ................. 5132 Crystal Brook Dr .........................Morristown, TN 37814-1597 At Large Member ..................................... Steve E Miller..................... 626 Mount Bethel Rd ...........................Greeneville, TN 37745-6376 At Large Member ..................................... Vickie Moore...................... 1024 Haggis Way..................................Parrottsville, TN 37843-2373 At Large Member ..................................... Vana Morelock................... 445 Cicero Ave .....................................Greeneville, TN 37743-7745 At Large Member ..................................... Sara Orellana ...................... 900 New Harvest Road.........................Washburn, TN 37888 At Large Member ..................................... Marcella Pursley................. 4250 Pates Hill Rd ................................Mosheim, TN 37818-5638 At Large Member ..................................... Jennifer S. Jenny Rickman 1115 Sunset Dr ......................................Talbott, TN 37877-3435 At Large Member ..................................... Rob Saunders, Jr. ............... 627 Baltimore Rd ..................................Washburn, TN 37888-4704 At Large Member ..................................... Linda J. Schumann............. 642 Heather Brook Cir .........................Jefferson City, TN 37760-5019 At Large Member ..................................... Debra Scott ......................... 134 Magnolia Dr ...................................Greeneville, TN 37743-5429 At Large Member ..................................... Haden Scott ........................ 134 Magnolia Dr ...................................Greeneville, TN 37743-5429 At Large Member ..................................... Kathy Smith........................ 2904 E 5th Ave .....................................Knoxville, TN 37914-4421 At Large Member ..................................... Ron Stroud.......................... 1946 Highway 113................................Whitesburg, TN 37891-2203 At Large Member ..................................... John Daniel Taylor............. 1701 Talbott Kansas Rd .......................Talbott, TN 37877-3807 At Large Member ..................................... Laura Trent ......................... 3010 Blue Springs Rd...........................Strawberry Plains, TN 37871-3626 At Large Member ..................................... Kathleen VanOrsdel........... 153 Scenic View Dr..............................Talbott, TN 37877-3850 At Large Member ..................................... Michael Wieting................. 309 Norris Dr ........................................Tazewell, TN 37879-4571 At Large Member ..................................... Edmund Woods.................. 456 Rock City Rd .................................Newport, TN 37821-2735 District Lay Leader ................................... Rob Saunders, Jr. ............... 627 Baltimore Rd ..................................Washburn, TN 37888-4704 District UMW President........................... Vickie Moore...................... 1024 Haggis Way..................................Parrottsville, TN 37843-2373 District Young Adult Member................. Brayden Lykens ................. 5132 Crystal Brook Dr .........................Morristown, TN 37814-1597
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Charge ....................................................... Name ................................Address ............................................. City, State Zip * Central UMC Radford.............................. B. Gayle Miller................... 2290 Gate Rd.........................................Christiansburg, VA 24073-6270 * Ceres Circuit ............................................. Archie Atwell ..................... 3265 Old Wilderness Rd ......................Ceres, VA 24318-3509 Door of Heaven UMC.............................. Alejandro Gonzalez C........ 110 Hanes Rd Lot 6 ..............................Galax, VA 24333-2526 * Draper Circuit ........................................... Ricky Dishon ...................... 3494 Lead Mines Rd.............................Hiwassee, VA 24347 * Dublin UMC ............................................. Emma Katherine Jennings . 4619 Mountain View Dr ......................Dublin, VA 24084-3875 * Dublin UMC ............................................. Doug Poe ............................ 324 Giles Ave........................................Dublin, VA 24084-3119 * Ebenezer-Bailey ........................................ Juanita R. Marrs ................. 2049 Lee Ave ........................................Bluefield, VA 24605-1039 * Elk Creek Circuit ...................................... John McCarthy ................... PO Box 43 .............................................Elk Creek, VA 24326-0043 Fairlawn-Bethel ........................................ Judith Sale........................... 4445 Bains Chapel Rd ..........................Radford, VA 24141-6029 * Fairview-Sidney........................................ Harold Eanes ...................... 760 Mountain View Dr.........................Christiansburg, VA 24073-4322 * First UMC Bluefield................................. Tom Giffen ......................... 713 Tazewell Ave .................................Bluefield, VA 24605-1445 * First UMC Galax ...................................... Judy Farmer ........................ 209 Hampton St ....................................Fries, VA 24330-4469 * First UMC Hillsville................................. Brenda Harmon .................. 2477 Hebron Rd ....................................Galax, VA 24333-5281 * First UMC Narrows.................................. Hali Thorne......................... 615 Woodland Rd .................................Rich Creek, VA 24147-9611 * First UMC Pearisburg .............................. Mark Haynie....................... 202 Rowland St .....................................Narrows, VA 24124-1724 * First UMC Pulaski .................................... Gary Hancock..................... PO Box 878 ...........................................Pulaski, VA 24301-0878 * First UMC Rich Creek ............................. Robert Trent ....................... 136 Piney Grove Dr ..............................Narrows, VA 24124-2205 * Floyd Circuit ............................................. Sue Smith............................ 5138 Old Pike Rd..................................Pilot, VA 24138-1602 * Floyd UMC ............................................... Roy Scoggins...................... 1712 Moles Rd SW...............................Willis, VA 24380-5061 * Fries Circuit............................................... Paul A. Porter ..................... 464 Turkey Knob Rd ............................Fries, VA 24330-4273 Galax Circuit ............................................. Sandy Bowers..................... 3376 Beech Grove Ln...........................Galax, VA 24333-2178 * Galax Circuit ............................................. Karen Poole ........................ 103 Falcon Dr........................................Woodlawn, VA 24381-3302 * Gladeville-Mt Olivet ................................ Gwen Higgins..................... 92 Diamondview Loop .........................Galax, VA 24333-2196 * Grahams Forge UMC ............................... Darlene Whisman............... 180 Gilland Rd ......................................Max Meadows, VA 24360-3558 * Grant-Flat Ridge Circuit........................... Olin Edwards ...................... 551 Ripshin Rd......................................Troutdale, VA 24378-2254 * Grove UMC .............................................. Terica Fisher ....................... 202 9th St...............................................Radford, VA 24141-3022 * Grove UMC .............................................. Katie McDaniel .................. 4450 Bluegrass Rd ................................Christiansburg, VA 24073-5954 Hales Chapel-Kathleen Mem................... Randall Westbrook............. 2355 Curve Rd ......................................Pearisburg, VA 24134-2163 * Independence, First-Flat Rock ................. Becky Gatchell ................... 1253 Greenville Rd ...............................Galax, VA 24333-2290 * Max Meadows Circuit.............................. Terri Clewlow .................... 130 Shadow Ln .....................................Max Meadows, VA 24360-4071 * Mechanicsburg Circuit ............................. Danny Hoosier ................... 182 Pinch Creek Rd ..............................Bland, VA 24315-4615 * Mountain Circuit....................................... Melissa Zienius .................. 5480 Erin Dr..........................................Dublin, VA 24084-3806 * Mt Pleasant UMC ..................................... Dorothy A. Taylor.............. 360 Asbury Ln ......................................Wytheville, VA 24382-4456 * Mt Zion UMC ........................................... Carl Ayers........................... PO Box 498 ...........................................Wytheville, VA 24382-0498 * New River Circuit..................................... Wayne Bruce ...................... 4867 State Park Rd ...............................Dublin, VA 24084-5622 * Newbern-Mountain View ........................ James (Jim) Tabor .............. PO Box 361 ...........................................Newbern, VA 24126-0361 * Oakland UMC........................................... Jack Chafin ......................... 226 Aldred Ln .......................................Galax, VA 24333-6154 Pilot UMC ................................................. Edwina Martin.................... 1788 Union Valley Rd ..........................Riner, VA 24149-2524 Radford Circuit ......................................... Gwenn Akers..................... 7472 Ridge Rd ......................................Fairlawn, VA 24141-8836 * Randolph Avenue UMC .......................... Janet Johnson...................... 32 1st St SW..........................................Pulaski, VA 24301-5623 * Rocky Gap Charge ................................... Peggy Scott ......................... 304 Valleydale St ..................................Bluefield, VA 24605-9437 * Rocky Gap Charge ................................... Jane Waddell ...................... 7210 Clearfork Rd.................................Bastian, VA 24314-4584 * Round Mountain Circuit .......................... Lisa Vaught ........................ 745 N 3rd St ..........................................Wytheville, VA 24382-3607 * Rural Retreat Circuit................................. Kelly Snavely ..................... 261 Citizens Rd .....................................Rural Retreat, VA 24368-2787 * Rural Retreat UMC .................................. Becky Harrison................... PO Box 807 ...........................................Rural Retreat, VA 24368-0807 Spring Valley Circuit................................ Patsy Wiggins..................... 50 Churchview Ln ................................Fries, VA 24330-4172 * St Paul UMC............................................. Mike Pugh .......................... 85 Cove Hills Ln ...................................Wytheville, VA 24382-4460 * Virginia Avenue-Falls Mills .................... Willie Lowe ........................ 135 Schenley Ave .................................Bluefield, VA 24605-1418 * Wabash Circuit ......................................... Hannah Johnson ................. 312 Horsley Dr ......................................Pearisburg, VA 24134-1818 Wabash Circuit ......................................... Maria Jane Mullins ............ 323 Old Schoolhouse Rd ......................Eggleston, VA 24086-3052 * Wabash Circuit ......................................... Brenda Orey ....................... 5636 Pine Grove Dr ..............................Dublin, VA 24084-3488 * Wabash Circuit ......................................... Lyndon Sutherland ............. 406 Gale Rd...........................................Pearisburg, VA 24134-1810 * West End UMC ........................................ Ralph Brewer...................... 795 Barrett Mill Rd...............................Wytheville, VA 24382-5968 * West Galax UMC ..................................... Shelby Hale ........................ 196 Nottingham Way............................Galax, VA 24333-3402 * Woodlawn-Shiloh ..................................... Carolyn Brooks .................. 1790 Airport Rd ....................................Hillsville, VA 24343-5259 Woodlawn-Shiloh ..................................... Bonnie Russell.................... 1242 Honeycutt Dam Rd......................Woodlawn, VA 24381-3308
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Wrights Valley-Tip Top ........................... John Wimmer ..................... 475 Angles Hollow Rd .........................North Tazewell, VA 24630-9372 Wytheville Circuit .................................... Debbie Alderman ............... 80 Lady Slipper Ln ...............................Ivanhoe, VA 24350-3038 At Large Member ..................................... Erin E. Bowman ................. 861 Woodlawn Rd ................................Woodlawn, VA 24381-3421 At Large Member ..................................... Martha Buchanan ............... 1022 Downey St....................................Radford, VA 24141-2620 At Large Member ..................................... Linda Burnette .................... 1831 Hebron Rd ....................................Galax, VA 24333-5303 At Large Member ..................................... Deborah Lynn Carte........... 1503 N Main St .....................................Hillsville, VA 24343-1140 At Large Member ..................................... Peggy Chappell .................. 307 W Center St....................................Galax, VA 24333-2805 At Large Member ..................................... Michael J. Chase, II ........... 323 Old Schoolhouse Rd ......................Eggleston, VA 24086-3052 At Large Member ..................................... Lynne Clark ........................ 155 4th St NW ......................................Pulaski, VA 24301-4523 At Large Member ..................................... Joanna Corvin..................... 138 Railside Ln .....................................Wytheville, VA 24382-3373 At Large Member ..................................... Debbie A. Emero ............... 4973 Cove View Rd .............................Pulaski, VA 24301-7408 At Large Member ..................................... Mike Emero ........................ 4973 Cove View Rd .............................Pulaski, VA 24301-7408 At Large Member ..................................... Pat Farrell............................ 5525 Lead Mine Rd ..............................Hiwassee, VA 24347-2829 At Large Member ..................................... Elissa Grantham ................. 3875 Eagle Country Dr.........................Riner, VA 24149-2278 At Large Member ..................................... Duane Hale ......................... 196 Nottingham Way............................Galax, VA 24333-3402 At Large Member ..................................... Delisa Jo Hammons ........... 871 Danner Rd ......................................Max Meadows, VA 24360-3305 At Large Member ..................................... Marcy Harless .................... 17 Pineview Dr......................................Radford, VA 24141-3605 At Large Member ..................................... Norma Haynes.................... 827 Fries Rd ..........................................Galax, VA 24333-1601 At Large Member ..................................... Nancy Haynie ..................... 202 Rowland St .....................................Narrows, VA 24124-1724 At Large Member ..................................... Gwen Higgins..................... 92 Diamondview Loop .........................Galax, VA 24333-2196 At Large Member ..................................... Ashley Hill.......................... 645 Pipers Woods Dr............................Galax, VA 24333-6332 At Large Member ..................................... Mike Holcomb ................... 3696 Sunrise Dr ....................................Pulaski, VA 24301-7077 At Large Member ..................................... Forrest (Bo) King ............... 787 Austinville Rd ................................Wytheville, VA 24382-5537 At Large Member ..................................... Mike London ...................... 207 Fairway Dr .....................................Radford, VA 24141-3928 At Large Member ..................................... Shelby M. Luper ................ 176 Hardin Rd .......................................Independence, VA 24348-4024 At Large Member ..................................... Becky J. Masters ................ 7456 Deerwood Dr ...............................Fairlawn, VA 24141-8988 At Large Member ..................................... Deborah Neal...................... 130 Nutwood St ....................................Bluefield, WV 24701-4890 At Large Member ..................................... Jacob Nunn ........................ 406 Gale Rd...........................................Pearisburg, VA 24134-1810 At Large Member ..................................... Betty Overdorf.................... 7482 Bluff View Dr ..............................Fairlawn, VA 24141-8956 At Large Member ..................................... Dennis Overdorf................. 802 6th St...............................................Radford, VA 24141-2242 At Large Member ..................................... Paul Perkins ........................ PO Box 676 ...........................................Bland, VA 24315-0676 At Large Member ..................................... Judy Porter .......................... 464 Turkey Knob Rd ............................Fries, VA 24330-4273 At Large Member ..................................... Samantha Richardson ........ 94 N Scenic Hwy ..................................Bland, VA 24315-4656 At Large Member ..................................... Terena Scott........................ 956 Sanders Mines Rd ..........................Max Meadows, VA 24360-3039 At Large Member ..................................... Anna Smythers Stitt ........... 782 Little Reed Island Rd.....................Barren Springs, VA 24313-3611 At Large Member ..................................... Joshua (Josh) Stitt .............. 782 Little Reed Island Rd.....................Barren Springs, VA 24313-3611 At Large Member ..................................... Juanita Stroupe ................... 143 Lick Mountain Trl .........................Max Meadows, VA 24360-4057 At Large Member ..................................... Sue Thacker ........................ 1827 Weston Rd....................................Riner, VA 24149-2021 At Large Member ..................................... Mitzi Sadler Thorne ........... PO Box 45 .............................................Narrows, VA 24124-0045 At Large Member ..................................... Margaret J. Wilson ............. 440 Sugar Run Rd.................................Pearisburg, VA 24134-2764 District Lay Leader ................................... Mike Holcomb ................... 3696 Sunrise Dr ....................................Pulaski, VA 24301-7077 District UMW President........................... Linda Burnette .................... 1831 Hebron Rd ....................................Galax, VA 24333-5303 District Youth Member ............................ Erin E. Bowman
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Carpenters UMC....................................... John Bakelaar ..................... 4730 Old Niles Ferry Rd ......................Maryville, TN 37801-0927 Cokesbury UMC Knoxville ..................... James Fetzer ....................... 12521 Fort West Dr ..............................Knoxville, TN 37934-1346 Cokesbury UMC Knoxville ..................... David S. Smith ................... 9216 Colchester Ridge Rd....................Knoxville, TN 37922-1452 Cokesbury UMC Knoxville ..................... Lala Smith .......................... 9216 Colchester Ridge Rd....................Knoxville, TN 37922-1452 Colonial Heights UMC Knoxville........... Boyce A. Young................. 228 Mount David Dr.............................Knoxville, TN 37920-6463 Ebenezer UMC Knoxville ....................... Rebecca A. Barr ................. 1904 Grenada Blvd ...............................Knoxville, TN 37922-6316 Ebenezer UMC Knoxville ....................... Victor W Barr..................... 1904 Grenada Blvd ...............................Knoxville, TN 37922-6316 Fairgarden Circuit ..................................... Tom Maides........................ 1808 Gator Point Rd .............................Sevierville, TN 37876-5835 Fairview UMC .......................................... David Norton ...................... 1001 Pleasant Hill Rd ...........................Maryville, TN 37803-7366 Fairview UMC .......................................... Nancy Norton ..................... 1001 Pleasant Hill Rd ...........................Maryville, TN 37803-7366 First UMC Alcoa ...................................... Donnie Moore .................... 1976 Middlesettlements Rd..................Maryville, TN 37801-7405 First UMC Alcoa ...................................... Pat Scott .............................. 1044 White Oak Ave ............................Maryville, TN 37803-2884 First UMC Maryville................................ Julie George....................... 624 Grassland Dr ..................................Maryville, TN 37804-6133 First UMC Maryville................................ Teresa Morton ................... 1801 Wilkinson Pike.............................Maryville, TN 37803-6209 First UMC Maryville................................ Pat Scruggs ......................... 1144 Linford Cir ...................................Alcoa, TN 37701-1544 First UMC Maryville................................ Gordo Watson .................... 1044 Saint Johns Dr ..............................Maryville, TN 37801-9609 First UMC Pigeon Forge.......................... Brian Scott Burnette........... 1469 Dupont Road ................................Seymour, TN 37865 First UMC Sevierville .............................. Brent Atchley ..................... 919 Estates Dr .......................................Seymour, TN 37865-4142 First UMC Sevierville .............................. Brooke Blair ....................... 326 Cherry St ........................................Sevierville, TN 37862-3809 First UMC Sevierville .............................. Norma S. Blair ................... 505 Grace Ave ......................................Sevierville, TN 37862-3814 Friendsville UMC ..................................... Bobbie Chapman................ 333 Cedar Crest Ln ...............................Friendsville, TN 37737-2323 Gatlinburg, First-Huskey’s Grove ........... Penny Embry ...................... PO Box 291 ...........................................Gatlinburg, TN 37738-0291 Green Meadow UMC............................... Bill West ............................. 508 Sherwood Dr ..................................Maryville, TN 37801-4542 Immanuel UMC........................................ Edgar Wilder ...................... 1009 Hardwick Dr ................................Maryville, TN 37803-6761 Kodak UMC.............................................. Mary Hawkins .................... 249 Huntington Ln ................................Kodak, TN 37764-2124 Kodak UMC.............................................. Drew Wilson ...................... 2709 John Spears Way .........................Sevierville, TN 37876-0174 Logan’s Chapel UMC .............................. John Skinner ....................... 1158 Martin Mill Pike ..........................Rockford, TN 37853-3602 Loudon UMC............................................ Tim Kittle ........................... 139 River Road W ................................Loudon, TN 37774 Martel UMC.............................................. Sandy Bandy ...................... 806 Wilson Rd ......................................Lenoir City, TN 37772-5253 Meadow UMC .......................................... Patti Fagg ............................ 242 Muscoday Rd .................................Maryville, TN 37803-6119 Middle Creek UMC.................................. Paul Williams ..................... 1210 Amber Ln .....................................Sevierville, TN 37862-6101 Middlesettlements UMC .......................... Karen Lewis ....................... 2819 Sagegrass Dr ................................Louisville, TN 37777-3565 Mountain View UMC .............................. Nancy Hydzik..................... 6819 Ottinger Dr ...................................Knoxville, TN 37920-6146 New Hope UMC....................................... Doug Lynn.......................... 6304 New Hope Rd ..............................Sweetwater, TN 37874-5220 New Salem UMC ..................................... Sherry Smith....................... 2526 Stock Creek Rd ............................Knoxville, TN 37920-7583 Oakland UMC........................................... Jack Vincent ....................... 2218 Highway 72 ..................................Maryville, TN 37801-3604 Peck’s Memorial UMC ............................ Deborah Nichols................. 1807 Northfield Dr................................Maryville, TN 37804-3695 Piney Grove UMC Knoxville .................. Bill Cooper ......................... 320 Seneca Rd.......................................Knoxville, TN 37914-3738 Pittman Center .......................................... April Sutton ........................ 2297 Jones Cove Rd .............................Sevierville, TN 37876-6234 Pleasant Hill UMC Blount ....................... John Parham ....................... 2107 Lennox view Way .......................Maryville, TN 37804 Pleasant Hill UMC Knoxville.................. Reggie Jellicorse ................ 191 Big Bend Rd...................................Strawberry Plains, TN 37871-3019 Pleasant Hill UMC Roane........................ Penny Morrison .................. 337 Paint Rock Valley Rd ....................Philadelphia, TN 37846-3857 Sand Branch UMC ................................... Janice Pritchett ................... 1918 Serene Cove Way ........................Knoxville, TN 37920-1410 Sevierville Circuit ..................................... Kay Phillips ........................ 1401 Blue Ridge Way ..........................Sevierville, TN 37862-6168 Sevierville Parish ...................................... Kenneth Parker ................... 3145 Hatcher Top Rd ...........................Sevierville, TN 37862-7915 Sevierville Parish ...................................... Dale Phelps ......................... 1549 Tarwater Rd .................................Sevierville, TN 37876-2339 Seymour UMC.......................................... Nancy Bass ......................... 1227 Dearmond Rd...............................Seymour, TN 37865-4517 St Mark’s UMC, Louisville ..................... Lori L Sluder ...................... 3909 Rankin Ferry Loop ......................Louisville, TN 37777-3755 St Paul East UMC .................................... Ruth Sherrod....................... 317 Tracer Ln ........................................Knoxville, TN 37924-3760 Sycamore Tree UMC ............................... Julianne Hitch..................... 1630 Leconte Dr ...................................Maryville, TN 37803-5653 Trinity UMC Lenoir City ......................... Gwen Yerger ...................... 182 Lake Crest Dr .................................Lenoir City, TN 37772-3892 Tuckaleechee UMC .................................. Susan Burns ........................ 7257 Old Tuckaleechee Rd ..................Townsend, TN 37882-3815 Union Grove UMC Blount ...................... Melissa Coldiron ................ 1922 Rommel Dr ..................................Maryville, TN 37804-6233 Walland UMC........................................... Leigh Ann Frye .................. 410 Cold Springs Rd.............................Walland, TN 37886-2302 Wears Valley UMC .................................. Cindy Miller ....................... PO Box 5377 .........................................Sevierville, TN 37864-5377 Williamson Chapel UMC ........................ Jonnie Odom ...................... 3234 Calderwood Hwy.........................Maryville, TN 37801-1200
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Brainerd UMC .......................................... Frances Habecker .............. 5528 Old Mission Rd............................Chattanooga, TN 37411-3430 Brooks Memorial UMC ........................... Seth G. Cline ...................... 4766 Happy Valley Rd .........................Flintstone, GA 30725-2587 Burks UMC............................................... Joe Huber ............................ 2168 S Shore Acres Rd ........................Soddy Daisy, TN 37379-8142 Burks UMC............................................... Pat Roza .............................. 6414 Harbor Master Dr ........................Hixson, TN 37343-3108 Chapel Hill UMC ..................................... June Haman ........................ 11063 US 127........................................Dunlap, TN 37327-5600
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Zion UMC Knoxville ............................... Lana Snyder........................ 1808 Francis Rd ....................................Knoxville, TN 37909-1061 At Large Member ..................................... Malinda Boring ................. 443 Savannah Village Dr .....................Maryville, TN 37803-8882 At Large Member ..................................... Virginia West Case ............ 1417 Cedar Park Dr ..............................Maryville, TN 37803-6787 At Large Member ..................................... John Clayton....................... 856 Chalet Village Blvd .......................Gatlinburg, TN 37738-4408 At Large Member ..................................... Mary Coppedge .................. 3579 Spence Cir ....................................Maryville, TN 37804-4705 At Large Member ..................................... Susan Daffron..................... 2618 Brantley Park Blvd ......................Maryville, TN 37804-3092 At Large Member ..................................... Margaret P. Denney ........... 6933 Riverwood Dr ..............................Knoxville, TN 37920-6025 At Large Member ..................................... Nell Douglas....................... PO Box 198 ...........................................Gatlinburg, TN 37738-0198 At Large Member ..................................... Glenda Eastridge ................ 1722 Ramsay St ....................................Alcoa, TN 37701-2050 At Large Member ..................................... Heather Fugatt .................... 695 Church St........................................Vonore, TN 37885-2324 At Large Member ..................................... Jim Gass.............................. 617 Gilbert St ........................................Alcoa, TN 37701-2373 At Large Member ..................................... Julie Hamlin ....................... 1069 Beverly Dr....................................Alcoa, TN 37701-1603 At Large Member ..................................... Molly Haymore .................. 10148 Autumn Valley Ln.....................Knoxville, TN 37922-4255 At Large Member ..................................... Pat Hollenbeck ................... 2709 6 Mile Rd .....................................Maryville, TN 37803-2743 At Large Member ..................................... Adam Hood ........................ 404 Loudon Ave ...................................Maryville, TN 37804-2728 At Large Member ..................................... Cynthia Hulse ..................... 1011 Parks Ferry Rd .............................Friendsville, TN 37737-2003 At Large Member ..................................... Hannah Jenkins .................. 806 Wilson Rd ......................................Lenoir City, TN 37772-5253 At Large Member ..................................... Lindsey Kizer ..................... 211 Rosecrest Dr ...................................Maryville, TN 37803-0594 At Large Member ..................................... Phil Large ........................... 1508 Claremont Dr ...............................Maryville, TN 37803-6788 At Large Member ..................................... Janice Legg ......................... PO Box 236 ...........................................Townsend, TN 37882-0236 At Large Member ..................................... Brad Lunde ......................... 2220 Chesterfield Dr.............................Maryville, TN 37803-6537 At Large Member ..................................... Sam Major .......................... 1413 Mount Vista Drive .......................Knoxville, TN 37920 At Large Member ..................................... Bob Martin ......................... 1022 Stagecoach Ln..............................Friendsville, TN 37737-2008 At Large Member ..................................... Jennifer McIntyre ............... 131 Windsor Dr.....................................Maryville, TN 37803-6567 At Large Member ..................................... Millie P. Meese .................. 11012 Crosswind Dr .............................Knoxville, TN 37934-4011 At Large Member ..................................... Carole Myers ...................... 8161 Cedar Creek Rd ...........................Townsend, TN 37882-3303 At Large Member ..................................... Joyce Overton..................... 2856 Rhett Butler Dr ............................Louisville, TN 37777-3550 At Large Member ..................................... Jim Petrie ............................ 8613 Dalemere Dr.................................Knoxville, TN 37923-6834 At Large Member ..................................... Sue Petrie ............................ 8613 Dalemere Dr.................................Knoxville, TN 37923-6834 At Large Member ..................................... Clay Pilkinton..................... 12228 W Ashton Ct ..............................Knoxville, TN 37934-1528 At Large Member ..................................... Emmit Rawls ...................... 108 Caney Branch Rd...........................Rockford, TN 37853-3118 At Large Member ..................................... Dennis Reid ........................ 107 Wilson Ave ....................................Maryville, TN 37803-6050 At Large Member ..................................... Jim Scruggs ........................ 1144 Linford Cir ...................................Alcoa, TN 37701-1544 At Large Member ..................................... Ronnie Shell ....................... 2166 Aaron Ct .......................................Sevierville, TN 37876-8008 At Large Member ..................................... Tom Simpson ..................... 8101 Antioch Church Rd W ................Lenoir City, TN 37772-5031 At Large Member ..................................... Emily Skidmore ................. 138 Myers Road ....................................Townsend, TN 37882 At Large Member ..................................... Allen Tallent ....................... 3639 Hood Cir.......................................Louisville, TN 37777-3319 At Large Member ..................................... Jeff Tuck ............................. 1934 Camden Dr ...................................Maryville, TN 37803-6467 At Large Member ..................................... Liliana Vargas .................... 1521 Boyle St ........................................Alcoa, TN 37701-2303 At Large Member ..................................... Connie Vincent................... 2218 Highway 72 ..................................Maryville, TN 37801-3604 At Large Member ..................................... Jane Whitaker ..................... 1633 Woodlawn Rd ..............................Lenoir City, TN 37771-7219 At Large Member ..................................... Travis Wills ........................ 2923 Bryan Rd ......................................Kodak, TN 37764-1515 At Large Member ..................................... Donna Yeaney .................... 123 Mayfair E .......................................Maryville, TN 37803-6513 At Large Member ..................................... Cathy Wimberly Young .... 1404 Woodcrest Dr ...............................Knoxville, TN 37918-1561 District Lay Leader ................................... Glenda Eastridge ................ 1722 Ramsay St ....................................Alcoa, TN 37701-2050 District UMW President........................... Susan Daffron..................... 2618 Brantley Park Blvd ......................Maryville, TN 37804-3092
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Christ UMC............................................... Alex Ford........................... 5322 Village Garden Dr .......................Ooltewah, TN 37363-9006 Christ UMC............................................... Jeff Gallaher ....................... 392 Stanford Dr.....................................Flintstone, GA 30725-2706 Christ UMC............................................... Carolyn Thompson ............ 815 Brookhollow Ln.............................Chattanooga, TN 37421-4585 Dunlap UMC ............................................ Frank Silver ........................ PO Box 1622 .........................................Dunlap, TN 37327-1622 East Ridge UMC ...................................... Jackie Watson..................... 215 Catoosa St.......................................Rossville, GA 30741-2003 First-Centenary UMC............................... Clint Cooper ....................... 2303 Jennifer Dr....................................Chattanooga, TN 37421-1510 First-Centenary UMC............................... Jerry Donohue .................... 48 Mountain Cove Rd ..........................Signal Mountain, TN 37377-2057 First-Centenary UMC............................... David Houseman................ 2903 Braly Pl.........................................Chattanooga, TN 37415-5953 First-Centenary UMC............................... Annette Reynolds ............... 6212 N Innisbrook Dr...........................Hixson, TN 37343-3077 Fort Oglethorpe-Flintstone ....................... Mary Igou ........................... 189 John Thompson Rd........................Flintstone, GA 30725-2404 Grace-Fairview ......................................... Thomas Laing..................... 6635 Hickory Trace Cir ........................Chattanooga, TN 37421-3676 Harrison UMC .......................................... Steve Barham ..................... 7950 Trout Lily Dr................................Ooltewah, TN 37363-5701 Harrison UMC .......................................... Crystal Fallensen ................ 6400 Faultless Way...............................Hixson, TN 37343-4596 Havron’s-Whitwell-Morganville ............. Rebecca King ..................... 684 Piney Rd .........................................Trenton, GA 30752-2746 -Slygo Hixson UMC............................................. Teresa Grainger .................. 817 N Valleywood Cir..........................Hixson, TN 37343-2448 Hixson UMC............................................. Will Rowe........................... 6623 Levi Rd .........................................Hixson, TN 37343-2642 Holly Avenue-Randolph .......................... Beverly Sutton .................... PO Box 261 ...........................................South Pittsburg, TN 37380-0261 Jones Memorial UMC .............................. Malissa Burdick ................. 115 Arnold Dr .......................................Chattanooga, TN 37412-2103 Lookout Mountain UMC ......................... Greg Golian ........................ 5432 Alabama Ave ...............................Chattanooga, TN 37409-2207 Looney’s Creek-Sulphur Spr ................... Charles L. McEntyre.......... 500 Burnett Rd ......................................Whitwell, TN 37397-5656 McFarland UMC ...................................... Craig Leonard..................... 7 S Prigmore Dr ....................................Rossville, GA 30741-7204 McKendree-Wells..................................... Dave Daffron ...................... 1102 Asher St ........................................Jasper, TN 37347-2543 Mount Crest UMC.................................... Don Saunders ..................... 4660 Long Branch Rd ..........................Spencer, TN 38585-4083 New Salem UMC ..................................... Ruth Stanley ....................... 524 White Pine Ln ................................Rising Fawn, GA 30738-2284 Pikeville UMC .......................................... Ginger Housley .................. 5260 Lower East Valley Rd .................Dunlap, TN 37327-8918 Pleasant Grove UMC ............................... Rhonda Higgins.................. 1228 Griffith Hwy.................................Jasper, TN 37347 Red Bank UMC ........................................ Jane Smith .......................... 3121 Greenwich Ave ............................Chattanooga, TN 37415-5824 Rising Fawn UMC ................................... Diane Rumley..................... PO Box 68 .............................................Rising Fawn, GA 30738-0068 Sardis UMC .............................................. Belinda Daniel .................... 4304 Shelborne Dr ................................Chattanooga, TN 37416-3312 Savannah UMC ........................................ James Tricoglou ................. 7789 Snowhill View Ln .......................Ooltewah, TN 37363-6637 Signal Crest UMC .................................... Allison Maynard................. 814 Fairmount Ave ...............................Signal Mountain, TN 37377-2404 Signal Crest UMC .................................... Kathy Robertson................. 2920 Reynard Trl ..................................Signal Mountain, TN 37377-1379 Signal Mountain UMC ............................. Charles M. Dunlap ............. 6622 Rapidan River Rd ........................Hixson, TN 37343-3398 Simpson UMC .......................................... Marsha Krause ................... 186 Payne Ln.........................................Rising Fawn, GA 30738-4569 Soddy UMC .............................................. Kathy Jones ........................ 1084 Harbor Landing Dr. .....................Soddy Daisy, TN 37379 Soddy UMC .............................................. Jane Phillips ........................ 810 Brynwood Dr .................................Chattanooga, TN 37415-3304 St Elmo UMC Chattanooga ..................... Danny Tullier ..................... 5414 Beulah Ave...................................Chattanooga, TN 37409-2117 St John UMC ............................................ Rick Williams..................... 4631 Kabryn Lane ................................Apison, TN 37302 St Luke UMC Chattanooga ..................... Andrew Burroughs............. 4 Rivervista Dr ......................................Chattanooga, TN 37405 St Marks UMC ......................................... Carl Greene......................... 25 Belvoir Ave ......................................Chattanooga, TN 37411-4502 Stanley UMC ............................................ Linda Thomas..................... 907 Rockway Dr ...................................Chattanooga, TN 37411-1351 Trenton UMC............................................ Jean Wheeler ...................... 2285 Slygo Rd.......................................Trenton, GA 30752-4502 Tyner UMC............................................... Mike Dirsh.......................... 4025 Timber Trace Dr ..........................Ooltewah, TN 37363-1001 Washington Hills UMC ........................... Tina Carter .......................... 4566 Tricia Dr .......................................Chattanooga, TN 37416-2321 Wauhatchie UMC ..................................... Vernon Knight.................... 3321 Bonneville Cir ..............................Chattanooga, TN 37419-1301 Welch’s Chapel-Stephen’s Chp ............... Charlie Housley.................. 5444 Lower East Valley Rd .................Dunlap, TN 37327-8918 Wesley Memorial UMC........................... David Smith........................ 2414 Cedar Creek Dr ............................Chattanooga, TN 37421-2005 Wesley-Lou’s Chapel ............................... Ruthie Cardin ..................... 2534 Battlecreek Rd..............................South Pittsburg, TN 37380-6312 White Oak UMC ...................................... Paige Walker ...................... 704 Mansion Cr. Apt 10 .......................37405, Whiteside UMC ........................................ Nancy Davis ....................... 2505 Esther Ln ......................................Chattanooga, TN 37421-1504 At Large Member ..................................... Karen S. Adair.................... 204 Marlboro Ave.................................Chattanooga, TN 37411-5219 At Large Member ..................................... Dorine Bagley .................... 1967 Belleau Village Ct .......................Chattanooga, TN 37421-0611 At Large Member ..................................... Jacqueline Brown ............... 6726 Flagstone Dr.................................Ooltewah, TN 37363-8357 At Large Member ..................................... Chris Chance ...................... 59 Evergreen Dr ....................................Rising Fawn, GA 30738-4517 At Large Member ..................................... Heather Chance .................. 59 Evergreen Drive ...............................Rising Fawn, GA 30738 At Large Member ..................................... Rachel Lee Collins ............. 1018 Olde Mill Ln ................................Hixson, TN 37343-2942
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TENNESSEE VALLEY DISTRICT Charge ....................................................... Name ................................Address ............................................. City, State Zip Andersonville-Mt Pleasant ....................... Tony Stooksbury ................ 242 Loyston Point Rd ...........................Andersonville, TN 37705-3201 * Asbury Chapel UMC................................ O. T. Smith ......................... 126 Highland Way ................................Harriman, TN 37748-8507 Asbury UMC Clinton ............................... James L Cain ...................... 1649 W Forest Blvd..............................Knoxville, TN 37909-1624 * Bearden UMC ........................................... Jim Justice........................... 5316 Whitehorse Rd .............................Knoxville, TN 37919-9343 * Beaver Ridge UMC .................................. Andrew T Morris ............... 4747 W Beaver Creek Dr .....................Powell, TN 37849-5124 Bethel UMC Amherst .............................. Catherine Rowell................ 237 Wells Fargo Dr ..............................Knoxville, TN 37934-4433 * Bradbury-Good Shepherd ........................ Marcia Malin ...................... 401 W 4th Ave ......................................Lenoir City, TN 37771-2327 * Cedar Lane UMC ..................................... Richard Abbott ................... 7649 Oak Ridge Hwy ...........................Knoxville, TN 37931-3336 * Central UMC Knoxville ........................... Penney Helms..................... 3428 Luwana Ln ...................................Knoxville, TN 37917-1707 * Central UMC Lenoir City ........................ Barbara Williams ............... 165 Old Farm Rd ..................................Lenoir City, TN 37771-8390 * Central UMC Lenoir City ........................ Brian Williams .................. 165 Old Farm Rd ..................................Lenoir City, TN 37771-8390 * Christ UMC Knoxville ............................. Jane Hunley ........................ 109 Sharp Ln .........................................Andersonville, TN 37705-2817 * Christ UMC Knoxville ............................. Becca Treece ...................... 6971 Little Flat Creek Ln .....................Corryton, TN 37721-3410 * Church Street UMC.................................. Pat Bellingrath .................... 801 Bluff Dr ..........................................Knoxville, TN 37919-6672 * Church Street UMC.................................. Thomas C. Hood ................ 4125 Woodlawn Pike Apt C6 ..............Knoxville, TN 37920-4270
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At Large Member ..................................... Lena Cooke......................... 6216 Hadley Dr .....................................Chattanooga, TN 37416-3217 At Large Member ..................................... Cindy Cunningham ............ 1543 Leighton DR. ...............................Soddy Daisy, TN 37379 At Large Member ..................................... Bryan Dantzler ................... 972 Poplar Springs Rd ..........................Ringgold, GA 30736-2815 At Large Member ..................................... Susan Dirsh......................... 4025 Timber Trace Dr ..........................Ooltewah, TN 37363-1001 At Large Member ..................................... Willela Douthat .................. PO Box 400 ...........................................Signal Mountain, TN 37377-0400 At Large Member ..................................... Reginald Elder .................... 4024 Harbor Hills Rd ...........................Chattanooga, TN 37416-1809 At Large Member ..................................... Lynn Ferguson ................... 511 E Spring St Apt 1...........................Whitwell, TN 37397-5268 At Large Member ..................................... Pam Foster .......................... 3664 Thrushwood Dr ............................Chattanooga, TN 37415-4813 At Large Member ..................................... Fred Gault ........................... 4932 Willow Lawn Dr..........................Chattanooga, TN 37416-1441 At Large Member ..................................... Tony Grey........................... 1042 Highway 157................................Lookout Mountain, GA 30750-2945 At Large Member ..................................... John Habecker .................... 5528 Old Mission Rd............................Chattanooga, TN 37411-3430 At Large Member ..................................... Rebecca Hall....................... 9217 Magic Mountain Dr .....................Chattanooga, TN 37421-3413 At Large Member ..................................... Debby Hearn ...................... 187 Miller Cove Cir ..............................Signal Mountain, TN 37377-7706 At Large Member ..................................... George Hixson ................... 1107 Linden St ......................................Chattanooga, TN 37405-3021 At Large Member ..................................... Gary James ......................... 6412 Rosemary Dr ................................Chattanooga, TN 37416-2430 At Large Member ..................................... Marice Jones ....................... 3300 Hillwood Dr .................................Chattanooga, TN 37411-1033 At Large Member ..................................... Nancy Key .......................... 2589 County Road 290 .........................Bryant, AL 35958-4363 At Large Member ..................................... Winona King ...................... 684 Piney Rd .........................................Trenton, GA 30752-2746 At Large Member ..................................... Angela Love ....................... 9143 Somerset .......................................Ooltewah, TN 37363 At Large Member ..................................... Charlotte B. McKee ........... 8195 Lynette Ct.....................................Chattanooga, TN 37421-1927 At Large Member ..................................... Leslie Messer...................... 3908 Melinda Drive ..............................Chattanooga, TN 37416 At Large Member ..................................... James Morrison .................. 5402 Mill Stone Dr ...............................Ooltewah, TN 37363-6535 At Large Member ..................................... Julie Morrison..................... 5402 Mill Stone Dr ...............................Ooltewah, TN 37363-6535 At Large Member ..................................... DeAnna Prather .................. 2215 Bailey Ave ...................................Chattanooga, TN 37404-3211 At Large Member ..................................... Louise Pruitt ....................... 1602 Milne St ........................................Chattanooga, TN 37406-3153 At Large Member ..................................... Gayle Rathbun.................... No Address At Large Member ..................................... John Shearer ....................... 4603 Cloverdale Loop ..........................Hixson, TN 37343-4414 At Large Member ..................................... Nancy Smith ....................... 2414 Cedar Creek Dr ............................Chattanooga, TN 37421-2005 At Large Member ..................................... Marshal Stinnett ................. 49 Windy Ln .........................................Menlo, GA 30731-5130 At Large Member ..................................... Alicia Stuart ........................ 230 Townsite Cir...................................South Pittsburg, TN 37380-1754 At Large Member ..................................... Dale Tate............................. 200 Dogwood Ln ..................................Whitwell, TN 37397-6214 At Large Member ..................................... Ronnie Thompson .............. No Address At Large Member ..................................... Claire Warren ..................... 2589 County Road 290 .........................Bryant, AL 35958-4363 At Large Member ..................................... Dan Young ......................... 47 Shufelt Dr .........................................Pikeville, TN 37367-3500 District Lay Leader ................................... Rebecca Hall....................... 9217 Magic Mountain Dr .....................Chattanooga, TN 37421-3413 District UMW President........................... Karen S. Adair.................... 204 Marlboro Ave.................................Chattanooga, TN 37411-5219
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Charge ....................................................... Name ................................Address ............................................. City, State Zip * Church Street UMC.................................. Olivia Starks ....................... 7019 Rotherwood Dr ............................Knoxville, TN 37919-7411 * Church Street UMC.................................. Stephanie Strutner .............. 1937 Piperton Ln...................................Knoxville, TN 37931-3168 Clapps Chapel UMC ................................ Bryon Easterday ................. 7301 Ashford Glen Dr ..........................Knoxville, TN 37918-9304 * Concord UMC Knox ................................ Joan De Tar ........................ 1237 Timbergrove Dr ...........................Knoxville, TN 37919-8494 * Concord UMC Knox ................................ Bob Gac .............................. 10409 Eagles View Dr..........................Knoxville, TN 37922-5139 * Concord UMC Knox ................................ Kay Harper ......................... 838 Klondike Way ................................Knoxville, TN 37923-1852 * Concord UMC Knox ................................ Katie Segraves .................... 10932 Thornton Dr ...............................Knoxville, TN 37934-2922 * Concord UMC Knox ................................ Dalton Smith....................... 330 McFee Rd .......................................Knoxville, TN 37934-4515 * Cowan Chapel UMC ................................ Sherrie Martin..................... 107 Lincoln Dr ......................................Harriman, TN 37748-6212 * Emerald Avenue UMC ............................ Susie Worley ...................... 2534 Upland Ave ..................................Knoxville, TN 37917-2375 * Fairview-Oakwood ................................... Carol Money....................... 4450 Aylesbury Dr................................Knoxville, TN 37918-7043 Fincastle UMC.......................................... Abbie Person ...................... 704 Norris Cove Road ..........................Caryville, TN 37714 * First Farragut UMC .................................. Lynn Kirchner .................... 408 Treyburn Dr ...................................Knoxville, TN 37934-7406 * First Farragut UMC .................................. Paige Morgan ..................... 13017 Sanderling Ln.............................Knoxville, TN 37922-5397 * First UMC Knoxville ............................... Doug Veum ........................ 1023 Keowee Ave.................................Knoxville, TN 37919-7769 * First UMC Oak Ridge .............................. Chuck Fritts ........................ 120 West Ln ..........................................Powell, TN 37849-7014 * First UMC Oak Ridge .............................. Debbie Fritts ....................... 120 West Ln ..........................................Powell, TN 37849-7014 * Fountain City UMC.................................. Brian Hardin ....................... 6800 Ruh Rd .........................................Knoxville, TN 37918-5417 * Fountain City UMC.................................. Doug Shipman.................... 4219 Wahli Dr.......................................Knoxville, TN 37918-1516 * Harriman UMC......................................... Jim Emile ............................ 715 Clinton St .......................................Harriman, TN 37748-2602 * Haven Chapel UMC ................................. Cleo Ellis ............................ 207 Foust Carney Rd ............................Powell, TN 37849-7039 * Jacksboro-Caryville .................................. Carol Heath......................... 348 Sharp Acres ....................................Jacksboro, TN 37757-2211 * Kingston UMC ......................................... Beth Howe-Christensen ..... PO Box 277 ...........................................Ten Mile, TN 37880-0277 * Kingston UMC ......................................... Tom Morris......................... 106 Lily Pad ..........................................Rockwood, TN 37854-4768 * LaFollette UMC........................................ Bill Grieve .......................... PO Box 308 ...........................................Norris, TN 37828-0308 * Lennon-Seney UMC ................................ Bernice Conner................... 7645 Cranley Rd ...................................Powell, TN 37849-3748 Lincoln Park UMC ................................... Ashlee Cockram ................. 2301 Mitchell St ....................................Knoxville, TN 37917-6135 * Lonsdale - Martin Chapel ........................ Katherine C. Mays ............. 4700 Macmont Cir ................................Powell, TN 37849-4519 * Lonsdale - Martin Chapel ........................ Tammy Thomas ................. 2300 Merchant Dr Apt 17 ....................Knoxville, TN 37912-5116 Lynnwood UMC....................................... Debbie Taylor..................... 255 Overlook Ln ...................................Caryville, TN 37714-4317 Magnolia Avenue UMC........................... Shirley Napier..................... 2616 Delrose Dr ....................................Knoxville, TN 37914-7209 * Mascot UMC ............................................ Robin Miller ....................... 2111 Pheasant Creek Way....................Mascot, TN 37806-1964 * Memorial UMC Clinton........................... Nancy Harper ..................... 103 Waterston Way ..............................Clinton, TN 37716-6356 * Middlebrook Pike UMC .......................... Roger McCoig .................... 1224 Kirby Glen Dr ..............................Knoxville, TN 37923-6626 * Middlebrook Pike UMC .......................... Lena Shoemaker................. 1926 Northwood Dr ..............................Knoxville, TN 37923-1307 * Midtown Valley UMC ............................. Charles E. Millican ............ 324 Woodland Dr..................................Harriman, TN 37748-8132 Miller’s Chapel UMC Union ................... Lisa Morrow ....................... 268 Ellis Ln ...........................................Washburn, TN 37888-4810 Moore’s Gap UMC .................................. Joe Abbott........................... 121 Sparrow ..........................................Rocky Top, TN 37769-5645 * Mt Hermon UMC Knox........................... Ken Everett ......................... 9303 Hill Rd ..........................................Knoxville, TN 37938-1330 * New Century UMC .................................. Gwen Scudder .................... 126 Morning Dr ....................................Harriman, TN 37748-5810 * New Life-Hopewell .................................. Alicia Mills ......................... 2105 Belle Terra Rd Apt D ..................Knoxville, TN 37923-1359 * Norris-Sinking Springs ............................. Betty McCarty .................... 605 Riverbend Rd .................................Clinton, TN 37716-3412 * Norwood-Bell’s Campground ................. Danielle Meyers ................. 384 Strader Rd.......................................Powell, TN 37849-7638 Norwood-Bell’s Campground ................. Sherry Smith....................... 6916 Ball Camp Pike ............................Knoxville, TN 37931-3643 * Oliver Springs Parish................................ Willa Humphreys ............... 331 Bennett Rd......................................Oliver Springs, TN 37840-5010 * Oneida-Rugby Road ................................. Donna Tipton...................... 1235 Rob Watson Rd............................Oneida, TN 37841-3777 Powell UMC ............................................. Joe B. Conger ..................... 1530 Cider Ln .......................................Powell, TN 37849-2923 Powell UMC ............................................. Lucille Shreve..................... 322 Granville Conner Rd .....................Powell, TN 37849-3331 * Rocky Top UMC ...................................... Cecilia Henderson .............. 1125 Brushy Valley Rd ........................Heiskell, TN 37754-2813 * Rutherford Memorial UMC ..................... Joe Kay ............................... 425 Lorne Ln .........................................Blaine, TN 37709-2248 * Second UMC ............................................ Rick Dye ............................. 1522 Autumn Path Ln ..........................Knoxville, TN 37918-8452 Second UMC ............................................ Mike Slimbarski ................. 135 Skyview Dr ....................................Lenoir City, TN 37772-6881 * Solway UMC ............................................ Charlene Miller .................. 4046 Mountain Vista Rd ......................Knoxville, TN 37931-1534 * St Mark-Dutch Valley .............................. Shirley Keck ....................... 419 Alpine Dr........................................Clinton, TN 37716-6775 * St Paul UMC Fountain City..................... Alan Culvahouse ................ 4300 Gaines Rd .....................................Knoxville, TN 37918-3529 SunOak Parish .......................................... Mike McGrath .................... 144 Gunter Place Rd .............................Sunbright, TN 37872-2433 * Swan Pond UMC...................................... Brenda Cleaves................... 518 Dogwood Dr ..................................Harriman, TN 37748-8114
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* Trinity UMC Knoxville............................ Deborah Glenn ................... 1916 Hocotake Ln.................................Knoxville, TN 37912-5725 * Valley View-Heiskell ............................... Everett Stewart ................... 1028 Foust Carney Rd ..........................Powell, TN 37849-7033 * Washington Pike UMC ............................ Sandra Barry ....................... 4304 Ohara Dr.......................................Knoxville, TN 37918-5005 Well Spring-Cawood ................................ Janie McMillan................... 677 Fincastle Rd....................................La Follette, TN 37766-4911 * At Large Member ..................................... Lisa Atkins.......................... 7824 Sweet Ln ......................................Knoxville, TN 37938-3243 * At Large Member ..................................... Alisha Balcom .................... 301 Coulter Shoals Cir .........................Lenoir City, TN 37772-3820 * At Large Member ..................................... Jonna Ballard ...................... 5228 Tazewell Pointe Way ..................Knoxville, TN 37918-7521 * At Large Member ..................................... Jack Barry ........................... 4304 Ohara Dr.......................................Knoxville, TN 37918-5005 * At Large Member ..................................... Marcia Barton..................... 202 Westbury Dr...................................Clinton, TN 37716-2418 * At Large Member ..................................... Johnnie Bridges .................. 1125 Adcock Ave .................................Knoxville, TN 37921-1802 * At Large Member ..................................... Myra Buffaloe .................... PO Box 70184 .......................................Knoxville, TN 37938-0184 * At Large Member ..................................... Elizabeth Chancey.............. 342 Euclid Ave......................................Kingston, TN 37763-2753 * At Large Member ..................................... Sue Clapp............................ 6704 Circle Rd ......................................Corryton, TN 37721-4411 * At Large Member ..................................... Dan Cocke .......................... 2525 Fair Dr ..........................................Knoxville, TN 37918-2324 * At Large Member ..................................... LeRae Collins ..................... 3703 Forest Ln ......................................Knoxville, TN 37918-4228 * At Large Member ..................................... Catelee Crow ...................... 416 Mountain Rd ..................................Clinton, TN 37716-6835 * At Large Member ..................................... Amber Edrington................ 5509 Briercliff Rd .................................Knoxville, TN 37918-4246 * At Large Member ..................................... Joyce Emile ........................ 715 Clinton St .......................................Harriman, TN 37748-2602 * At Large Member ..................................... Regina Everett .................... 9303 Hue Rd .........................................Knoxville, TN 37938 * At Large Member ..................................... Ashley Garren .................... 4308 Garden Dr.....................................Knoxville, TN 37918-3507 * At Large Member ..................................... Meri Grant .......................... 252 N Main St .......................................Clinton, TN 37716-3706 * At Large Member ..................................... Brenda Gratz....................... 5209 Tazewell Pointe Way ..................Knoxville, TN 37918-7520 * At Large Member ..................................... Debra Hall Ferguson .......... 5700 Briercliff Rd .................................Knoxville, TN 37918-4249 * At Large Member ..................................... Lori A. Hopper ................... 321 Creekview Ln.................................Knoxville, TN 37923-3010 * At Large Member ..................................... H. Diane James .................. 158 Allison Dr .......................................Harriman, TN 37748-8535 * At Large Member ..................................... Alvin Jenkins ...................... 143 Eden Way .......................................Lenoir City, TN 37772-6291 * At Large Member ..................................... Patti Keck ........................... 7918 Leclay Dr......................................Knoxville, TN 37938-3029 * At Large Member ..................................... Terry Keck.......................... 7918 Leclay Dr......................................Knoxville, TN 37938-3029 * At Large Member ..................................... Belinda Kenny.................... 113 Palomino Dr ...................................Friendsville, TN 37737-3149 * At Large Member ..................................... Amanda L. Kitts ................. 3934 Buttermilk Rd W .........................Kingston, TN 37763-6930 * At Large Member ..................................... Dawson Kitts ...................... 3934 Buttermilk Rd W .........................Kingston, TN 37763-6930 * At Large Member ..................................... Karla Spence Kurtz ............ PO Box 1040 .........................................Norris, TN 37828-1040 * At Large Member ..................................... Deborah Kyek .................... 175 Old Ridge Rd .................................Kingston, TN 37763-5130 * At Large Member ..................................... Mary Catherine Landry ..... 2525 Fair Dr ..........................................Knoxville, TN 37918-2324 * At Large Member ..................................... Anne Loy ............................ 5909 Weems Rd ....................................Knoxville, TN 37918-3835 * At Large Member ..................................... Ken Mahoney ..................... 2328 W Beaver Creek Dr .....................Powell, TN 37849-4817 At Large Member ..................................... Andrea McCarter................ 6533 Red Ashe Ln ................................Knoxville, TN 37918-9126 * At Large Member ..................................... Cindy McGhee ................... 415 Greenwood Dr ...............................Clinton, TN 37716-3507 * At Large Member ..................................... Donna McKinney............... 1001 Andover View Ln ........................Knoxville, TN 37922-7707 * At Large Member ..................................... Danielle Meyers ................. 384 Strader Rd.......................................Powell, TN 37849-7638 * At Large Member ..................................... Mildred Millican ................ 324 Woodland Dr..................................Harriman, TN 37748-8132 * At Large Member ..................................... Dorothy Moore................... 213 Roane St .........................................Kingston, TN 37763-2534 * At Large Member ..................................... David Morris ...................... 4601 Cobblestone Cir ...........................Knoxville, TN 37938-3208 * At Large Member ..................................... Renni Morris....................... 4253 Kingston Pike...............................Knoxville, TN 37919-5222 * At Large Member ..................................... Sheila Morris ...................... 4601 Cobblestone Cir ...........................Knoxville, TN 37938-3208 * At Large Member ..................................... Donna M. Mosby ............... 106 Haven Hill Ln ................................Oak Ridge, TN 37830-7940 * At Large Member ..................................... Sharon Price ....................... 1136 Poplar Springs Rd ........................Kingston, TN 37763-4114 * At Large Member ..................................... Susan Shipman ................... 4219 Wahli Dr.......................................Knoxville, TN 37918-1516 * At Large Member ..................................... Ralph Skinner ..................... 12921 Butterfield Ln.............................Knoxville, TN 37934-4401 * At Large Member ..................................... Ben Smith ........................... 401 S Gallaher View Rd Apt 143 ........Knoxville, TN 37919-6518 * At Large Member ..................................... Ella Smith ........................... PO Box 88 .............................................Elgin, TN 37732-0088 * At Large Member ..................................... Michael L. Smith................ 1807 Nantasket Rd ................................Knoxville, TN 37922-5723 * At Large Member ..................................... Norma Smith ...................... 330 McFee Rd .......................................Knoxville, TN 37934-4515 * At Large Member ..................................... Kate Bledsoe Spencer ........ 2561 Moss Creek Rd ............................Knoxville, TN 37912-4484 * At Large Member ..................................... Bobby Stair ......................... 2511 Ancient Oak Ln ...........................Knoxville, TN 37931-4188 * At Large Member ..................................... Sherry Stair ......................... 2511 Ancient Oak Ln ...........................Knoxville, TN 37931-4188 * At Large Member ..................................... Thomas Stubbs ................... 1313 Kensington Dr..............................Knoxville, TN 37922-8062
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At Large Member ..................................... Mary Lynn Tabor ............... 616 Whitesburg Dr................................Knoxville, TN 37918-8966 At Large Member ..................................... Brenda Tate ........................ PO Box 4 ...............................................Robbins, TN 37852-0004 At Large Member ..................................... Mary Frances Tucker ......... 801 Vanosdale Rd Apt 601 ..................Knoxville, TN 37909-2497 At Large Member ..................................... Ron Uglow ......................... 2300 San Lucki Way ............................Knoxville, TN 37909-4705 At Large Member ..................................... Debbie Webster .................. 2916 Ellistown Rd.................................Knoxville, TN 37924-1209 District Lay Leader ................................... H. Diane James .................. 158 Allison Dr .......................................Harriman, TN 37748-8535 District UMM President ........................... Ralph Skinner ..................... 12921 Butterfield Ln.............................Knoxville, TN 37934-4401 District UMW President........................... Danielle Meyers ................. 384 Strader Rd.......................................Powell, TN 37849-7638 District Young Adult Member................. Thomas Stubbs ................... 1313 Kensington Dr..............................Knoxville, TN 37922-8062 District Youth Member ............................ Meri Grant
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Charge ....................................................... Name ................................Address ............................................. City, State Zip * Adams Chapel-Hulls Chapel ................... Jacquie Dishner .................. 422 Highway 75 ....................................Blountville, TN 37617-6043 * Austin Springs UMC ................................ Anthony Mills .................... 186 Old Embreeville Rd .......................Jonesborough, TN 37659-6167 Baileyton Circuit....................................... Nikki Pierce ........................ 3188 Gap Mountain Rd ........................Greeneville, TN 37745-8518 Bethesda-Eden .......................................... Larry Keplinger .................. 202 Tommy Campbell Rd ....................Jonesborough, TN 37659-6543 Bethesda-Eden .......................................... Betty Range ........................ 1438 Mill Springs Rd ...........................Jonesborough, TN 37659-6215 * Blountville UMC ...................................... Sally Blackburn .................. PO Box 487 ...........................................Blountville, TN 37617-0487 * Bluff City UMC........................................ Lelia Perry .......................... 466 Egypt Rd.........................................Bluff City, TN 37618-2415 Carter County Parish ................................ Eddie Bales ......................... 275 Blue Springs Rd .............................Elizabethton, TN 37643-5503 * Carter County Parish ................................ Lori Langlois ...................... 1024 Lakeview Dr ................................Butler, TN 37640-7366 * Cedar Grove-Ebenezer ............................. John McInturff.................... 1902 Wilhoit Rd....................................Chuckey, TN 37641-5937 * Centenary UMC Erwin ............................ Angie Georgeff................... 420 Gay St .............................................Erwin, TN 37650-1722 Chuckey Circuit ........................................ Denny Ball.......................... 90 Nursing Home Rd ............................Chuckey, TN 37641-5578 Chuckey Circuit ........................................ Morgan Million .................. 3648 Clear Springs Rd..........................Limestone, TN 37681-5030 * Cokesbury UMC Johnson City................ Cole Morris......................... 400 Sunset Dr Apt L55.........................Johnson City, TN 37604-2473 Cross UMC ............................................... Margaret Elsea.................... 188 Cross Community Rd ....................Bristol, TN 37620-1518 * Edgefield UMC......................................... Sam Reed............................ 641 N Austin Springs Rd .....................Piney Flats, TN 37686-4712 * Elizabeth Chapel UMC ............................ Elizabeth Ramsey............... 1664 Hatterdale Farm Rd .....................Blountville, TN 37617-5360 * Fairview UMC .......................................... Kim Woods ........................ 611 Horseshoe Bend Rd .......................Jonesborough, TN 37659-4557 * First UMC Elizabethton ........................... David W. Deal.................... 245 Meadow Glen Dr ...........................Bristol, TN 37620-9519 * First UMC Johnson City .......................... Anna Kapoor ...................... 114 Blue Bird Ct ...................................Johnson City, TN 37601-5315 * First UMC Mountain City-Trade............. Phil Littlejohn ..................... 759 Johnson Hollow Rd .......................Mountain City, TN 37683-8032 * Grace UMC............................................... Susan James........................ 216 University Pkwy 3 W ....................Johnson City, TN 37604-7363 * Gray UMC ................................................ Michael Bumgarner ........... 301 Sunset Ridge Ct .............................Johnson City, TN 37615-4379 * Greene County Parish............................... Lucas Wiggin ..................... 610 Jud Neal Loop ................................Afton, TN 37616-4034 * Greystone Circuit ...................................... Amy Rose ........................... 505 Ricker Rd .......................................Greeneville, TN 37743-6225 * Hermon-Pleasant Hill ............................... Haley Laughlin ................... 1511 Valiant Dr.....................................Greeneville, TN 37745-6445 Holly Springs-Bethel ................................ Myrtle Barnette .................. 145 E Sevier Ave ..................................Kingsport, TN 37660-3727 * Jearoldstown-Union Temple .................... Paula Cornell ...................... 115 W Pines Rd ....................................Afton, TN 37616-3447 * Johnson City Parish .................................. Terry Bailey........................ 120 Ben Wood Rd ................................Johnson City, TN 37601-7036 Johnson City Parish .................................. Joanne Peters ...................... 803 Lacy St............................................Johnson City, TN 37604-3727 * Jonesborough UMC.................................. Angie Huffine..................... 129 Hales Rd .........................................Jonesborough, TN 37659-4648 * Marvins Chapel UMC .............................. Sandy Knight ...................... 804 N Hills Dr .......................................Johnson City, TN 37604-3090 Mountain City Circuit .............................. Brenda Snyder .................... 1414 Harbin Hill Rd .............................Mountain City, TN 37683-6088 * Mt Carmel-Seviers.................................... Harrison Miller ................... 1725 Highway 107................................Jonesborough, TN 37659-7307 * Mt Wesley-Embreeville ........................... Lisa Frazier ......................... 3841 Highway 81 S ..............................Jonesborough, TN 37659-7145 * Mt Wesley-Embreeville ........................... Sandra Rowe ...................... 174 Jarrett Rd ........................................Limestone, TN 37681-3338 * Munsey Memorial UMC.......................... Judith Anderson ................. 1109 Estate Dr .......................................Johnson City, TN 37604-2953 * Munsey Memorial UMC.......................... Scott Beck........................... 1 Woodland Ct ......................................Johnson City, TN 37601-2669 * Munsey Memorial UMC.......................... Dianna D Cantler ............... 1911 Sherwood Dr ................................Johnson City, TN 37601-3234 * Munsey Memorial UMC.......................... Edie Culberson ................... 5 Clarks Ct .............................................Johnson City, TN 37604-2196 * Munsey Memorial UMC.......................... Lauri Hale ........................... 210 Emerald Chase Cir.........................Johnson City, TN 37615-4952
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* New Victory UMC ................................... Barbara Ledford ................. 164 Woodland Cir.................................Jonesborough, TN 37659-6331 * Piney Flats UMC ...................................... John Starnes........................ PO Box 56 .............................................Piney Flats, TN 37686-0056 * Pleasant Grove-Valley View ................... Bruce Brocklebank............. 641 Pleasant Grove Rd .........................Limestone, TN 37681-2112 -Milburnton ............................................ Pleasant Grove-Valley View ................... Pat Moore ........................... 490 Cockateil Rd...................................Limestone, TN 37681-4783 -Milburnton * Rockhold-Enterprise ................................. Lois Ann Cox ..................... PO Box 385 ...........................................Bluff City, TN 37618-0385 * Sulphur Springs UMC.............................. Becky Cross........................ 1262 Glendale Rd .................................Jonesborough, TN 37659-4258 * Taylor Memorial UMC ............................ Drew Edwards .................... 1308 E 8th Ave .....................................Johnson City, TN 37601-2704 * Telford-Asbury ......................................... Margaret Wallace ............... 315 Culver Rd .......................................Limestone, TN 37681-2638 * Unicoi UMC ............................................. Kim Ogden ......................... 147 Springbrook Rd..............................Unicoi, TN 37692-6432 * Valley Forge-Roan Mountain .................. Nathan Dugger ................... 144 Jade Dr............................................Elizabethton, TN 37643-5383 * Wesley Memorial UMC........................... Lynn Mason........................ 379 Springfield Dr ................................Bristol, TN 37620-0745 Wheeler UMC........................................... Arved Harding.................... 282 Blackburn Rd .................................Blountville, TN 37617-5413 * At Large Member ..................................... John Anderson.................... 1109 Estate Dr .......................................Johnson City, TN 37604-2953 * At Large Member ..................................... Joanna Baker ...................... PO Box 5273 .........................................Kingsport, TN 37663-0273 * At Large Member ..................................... John D Baker ...................... PO Box 5273 .........................................Kingsport, TN 37663-0273 * At Large Member ..................................... Amy Blumberg................... 16 Chaucer Ct........................................Johnson City, TN 37615-3208 * At Large Member ..................................... Jennifer Boarman ............... 436 Peachtree St ....................................Johnson City, TN 37604-4457 * At Large Member ..................................... Lynice Broyles ................... 126 Mesa Dr ..........................................Gray, TN 37615-5409 At Large Member ..................................... Nan Carver ......................... 188 Sparks Rd .......................................Johnson City, TN 37601-8137 * At Large Member ..................................... Dan Cross ........................... 1262 Glendale Rd .................................Jonesborough, TN 37659-4258 * At Large Member ..................................... David Frost ......................... 106 Ben Jenkins Rd ..............................Johnson City, TN 37615-2400 * At Large Member ..................................... Andrea Gates ...................... 1260 N Austin Springs Rd ...................Piney Flats, TN 37686-4647 * At Large Member ..................................... Dell Gates ........................... 1260 N Austin Springs Rd ...................Piney Flats, TN 37686-4647 * At Large Member ..................................... Dan Gill .............................. 2049 Crossroads Dr ..............................Mountain City, TN 37683-2003 * At Large Member ..................................... Emily Harding .................... 282 Blackburn Rd .................................Blountville, TN 37617-5413 At Large Member ..................................... Kathryn J Huffine............... 360 Blount St.........................................Jonesborough, TN 37659-1372 * At Large Member ..................................... Reagan Kelly ..................... 151 Country Garden Rd .......................Johnson City, TN 37601-5269 * At Large Member ..................................... Sandy Knight ...................... 804 N Hills Dr .......................................Johnson City, TN 37604-3090 * At Large Member ..................................... Jennifer Mongold ............... 1049 Mill Way Ct .................................Jonesborough, TN 37659-3070 * At Large Member ..................................... Terry W. Muse ................... PO Box 2201 .........................................Johnson City, TN 37605-2201 * At Large Member ..................................... Andy Nelson....................... 3312 Martindale Dr...............................Johnson City, TN 37601-9228 * At Large Member ..................................... Amanda Onks..................... PO Box 1336 .........................................Johnson City, TN 37605-1336 At Large Member ..................................... Kristie D. Osterberg ........... 64 Bainey Broyles St Lot 68 ................Greeneville, TN 37745-1611 * At Large Member ..................................... Joanne Peterson .................. 214 E Gilmer Park ................................Johnson City, TN 37604-3891 * At Large Member ..................................... John Rambo ........................ 403 Bethany Dr .....................................Jonesborough, TN 37659-8608 * At Large Member ..................................... Steve Reis ........................... 2806 Sumpter Dr...................................Johnson City, TN 37604-6313 * At Large Member ..................................... Brian Salyer ........................ 244 Bart Green Dr.................................Johnson City, TN 37615-4609 * At Large Member ..................................... R. O. Smith ......................... 1105 Pine Root Branch Rd...................Bakersville, NC 28705-7418 * At Large Member ..................................... Hugh Wallace ..................... 315 Culver Rd .......................................Limestone, TN 37681-2638 At Large Member ..................................... Peggy Wansley................... 3919 Greenwood Dr .............................Jonesborough, TN 37659-6256 * At Large Member ..................................... Betty Yeomans-Barton ...... 110 Mary St ...........................................Johnson City, TN 37615-2628 District Lay Leader ................................... Nan Carver ......................... 188 Sparks Rd .......................................Johnson City, TN 37601-8137 * District UMW President........................... Joanne Peterson .................. 214 E Gilmer Park ................................Johnson City, TN 37604-3891 * District Young Adult Member................. Reagan Kelly ..................... 151 Country Garden Rd .......................Johnson City, TN 37601-5269 * District Youth Member ............................ Brian Salyer
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Name ...........................Years of Services Clifford W. Amos ......................................... 3 Lisa R. Blackwood..................................... 11 Harvey R. Brown, Jr. ................................. 44 Brenda Fogelman Carroll .......................... 47 David A. Coulter .......................................... 4 James G. Denton ........................................ 22 Cathy E. Downs ......................................... 12 William P. Faulkner ..................................... 8 Vivian S. Franklin ...................................... 13 Caryl Griffin Russell .................................. 19 Darrell D. Hensley ..................................... 26 William L. Hill ........................................... 29 William A. Hughes..................................... 38 Richard D. Isbell ........................................ 30 Gail Hampton Bruno Jenkins..................... 18 Sandra G. J. Johnson .................................. 23 Steven R. Johnson ...................................... 35 Harry P. Layell ........................................... 29 Victoria Lynn Neese .................................. 22 John W. Ousley .......................................... 30 William F. Pace .......................................... 11 Jerry L. Page .............................................. 16 Patrick C. Polis .......................................... 28 Charles Michael Roberts............................ 20 Thomas Lee Seay ....................................... 45 William D. Shupe....................................... 21 H. Michael Somers .................................... 10 Daniel H. Taylor, Jr. ................................... 21 Donald E. Thomas ..................................... 44 Michael D. Ward ........................................ 17 Charles H. Weatherly ................................. 18 Emmit B. Wilson ....................................... 42
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Spouse ........................Leland What a joyous journey it has been … 35 years ago this very week, I dipped my toe in the water serving the church as a staff member and Christian Educator. That first dip was more of a plunge really and it was definitely at the urging of Bill Warnock who was serving at Maryville First United Methodist Church at the time. I had been active in children’s ministry and district workshops for several years and I knew in my heart that God was preparing me for something special. A few years later, I was consecrated as a Diaconal Minister. In 2003, I was ordained a Deacon in Full Connection. I just never dreamed He would lead me on the path to ordained ministry. I cannot begin to remember these many years serving without realizing that my husband, Leland has always been my partner in ministry. No matter what, no matter the hour or the task, he has always been beside me. I loved serving in the church setting. Over time I realized that God was calling me to a new place, a new type of service – ministry beyond the walls of the local church and I followed. Eleven years later I continue to serve as Executive Director of Good Neighbors, serving those who are in need, hurting and struggling. What a tremendous blessing in my life. If I could pass along one thought that would sum up ministry for me it would be that what is most important is relationship. Without relationship, it is hard to invite others to see the beauty of ministry. Relationships are made by truly appreciating not just what connects you, as you share mutual beliefs, but even more important staying in relationship when you must learn to view another’s opinions and beliefs from a new perspective. We must learn to look each other in the eye and see each person clearly … as a child of God, as a worthy and beloved child of God – no matter our differences. Relationships are made of respect and love, the love we have been given by God and that we are called to share. We are to model Christ’s love wherever we are. The journey is not over for me, I will continue serving beyond the local church at Good Neighbors, serving those who are hurting, sometimes invisible and need to be seen, affirmed, encouraged and accepted. I believe that our call and our ministry never ends. This journey, our journey does not end until we sip that last earthly breath and I am thankful for each day to love and serve.
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Spouse ........................Louise Favorite Hymn ...........Here I Am, Lord Favorite Scripture.......Mark 10:44-45 (NIV) “and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” My second scripture, which pulled me toward Ministry, was the Call of Abram who was “OLD” too. Genesis 12:1-5 (NIV) The Call of Abram The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. [a] I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse, and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” [b] So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran. He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there. While my time in ministry has been short, I have been part of the Methodist Church since 1978. Serving as Laity in Northwest Ohio, at Christ United Methodist Church in Wauseon, OH, serving on the Administrative Council and it was there I found a tug to enter the
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keynote address in Jordan for 50 Arab Spring North African and Middle East countries. In response, many of the ministers of health shared their stories with me—Muslims, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus—of working together to meet public health needs across enemy lines. “We serve the same God, and we are called to work together for the people!” This year, at the invitation of Georgetown University Medical Center, ERG has become a vital program of GU’s Center for Global Health Science and Security. God has wasted no part of my life, dear family and friends. The experience of darkest times has born new life and ministries. In October, after 1½ years of intense pre-marital counseling, I humbly officiated our gay son’s wedding in Atlanta with deep joy and love. I am learning that dark, chaotic times call for reaching deeper into God for wisdom and strength, to draw courage to step out of a restrictive box, to become healing love through Jesus Christ, to create new life. NOW even more than ever, as our denomination is in a fight for its very soul, God is calling us to Reach Deeper to create a new future in Christ...
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Spouse ........................Cathy Favorite Hymn ...........How Great Thou Art, but my son has written eight songs so now they are my favorites especially My Friend The Carpenter. Favorite Scripture.......John 14:1-3 I was raised in The United Methodist Church, but not in my wildest dreams did I ever think the Lord would call me to be a pastor and to serve and minister to God’s people. When I began to realize that God, our creator, was calling and tugging at my heart to preach His word, I was both fearful and excited. But now, after twenty-four years on this wonderful journey, I am still overwhelmed by the fact that our Lord and Master would use me in such a way. I am thankful to The United Methodist Church for allowing me to serve and build a bond with many people that I have come in contact with throughout the years. It has certainly been the greatest of honors for my family and me to serve and I look forward to the years to come. The Lord will always be at the forefront of my life, and I wish to remain behind the pulpit as long as I possibly can. It will always be a calling that I place above all else. Thank you for your time and may God bless.
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Spouse ........................Pat Favorite Hymn ...........Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty, Little Brown Church in the Vale because my home church was brown with trees and vines growing next to the church Favorite Scripture.......Romans 8:28 My years in ministry: I began my ministry as a youth minister in Newport, TN, while attending Johnson Bible College in Knoxville. Following graduation, I was ordained at First Christian Church in Newport, TN. Soon thereafter, I went to Geff, IL, where I pastored for one year. Not caring for the cold weather in Illinois, I moved south to Greeneville, TN, to pastor Central Christian Church. I gave up this church after a couple of years to return to school to get my teaching license from East Tennessee State University. However, I stayed on with the church to serve as their youth pastor. After getting my teaching degree, I pastored Mountain Valley Church of the Brethren for six years. Upon leaving that church in 1980, I began my work with the United Methodist Church. I have served as a part-time local pastor for thirty-nine years in the present Mountain View District. At one time, I had a three-point charge, and have also had a couple of two-point charges. However, I have been fortunate to serve only one church at a time since the early 1990s. My first appointment was Harmon’s Valley and Midway churches on the Mosheim Circuit. From there I went to Romeo, Carter’s Chapel, and Carter’s Station United Methodist Churches. I was at Romeo UMC for a total of 15 years. My longest ministry was at First United Methodist Church in Bulls Gap, TN, where I served for 16 years. I am retiring from my present appointment at Hardin’s Chapel UMC where I have served for six years. I feel very blessed in that for over 45 years I have been privileged to do two things that I love doing – preaching and teaching. Although retired from full-time teaching, I continue to work part- time at an elementary school. I am not sure what the future holds for me as a pastor, but I do not plan to stop preaching. In the immediate future, I hope to do some supply preaching while pursuing a different kind of ministry.
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Spouse ........................Sue Favorite Hymns..........Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty, Be Thou My Vision Go, Make of All Disciples Hymn of Promise Favorite Scripture.......I Kings 19:11-13, Matthew 28:16-20, John 15:1-9 It has been my privilege and honor to serve my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, through The United Methodist Church these past 43 and a half years. I have served three different churches: First UMC, Maryville, Belmont UMC, Nashville, TN, and Church Street UMC, Knoxville. I have been consecrated and/or ordained in three different Orders by three different Bishops going back to Bishop L. Scott Allen. I have served as a Consecrated Lay Worker, Diaconal Minister, and Ordained Deacon as the Church has studied and evolved in the different orders of ministry. Through it all, God has graciously given me the gifts for ministry that I have needed at various times. I have been blessed by serving three wonderful congregations in the areas of Christian education and Christian discipleship. As a life-long United Methodist, baptized and confirmed in the church, I have sought to be faithful to my calling as a Christian educator and set-apart minister of the Gospel. I give thanks to my home church in Columbia, SC, for planting the seeds for that ministry. I give thanks to Scarritt College for nurturing and preparing me for a life-long ministry within the Church. The teachers, experiences, and friends at this special place shaped and transformed me for ministry. I give thanks to the Holy Spirit who has guided and sustained me through all the challenges of ministry in the local church. Most of all, I thank my wonderful family of which I get to be a part. I give thanks for my incredible wife, Sue, with whom I have shared life for over 45 beautiful years and have shared ministry on the same church staff for 23 years. I give thanks for my wonderful daughters, sons-in- law, and grandchildren who have blessed me beyond compare and give joy to my life. Together my family exemplifies Christ’s love, the creative power of the Holy Spirit and all that is good about the Church for me. Thanks be to God for all of God’s goodness, love and care down through the years. Thanks to The United Methodist Church for recognizing my call and giving me a place for ministry.
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What is apparent, as we look at the past 35 years, is that everything is evangelism! Drama team led to baptisms (and two current pastors in our conference). After school and men’s group weightlifting? Baptisms. Deaf ministry? Baptisms. Monthly coffeehouse? Baptisms! True for us and all who truly seek to share the Gospel is this: God will take whatever we offer, like loaves of bread and fish, and multiply it beyond our wildest expectations.
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One of the greatest joys has been to be part of the Bethsaida Excavation Project in the Galilee for 21 years: seeing just a name in Scriptures become a living city from David to Jesus; meeting and working with some of the greatest archaeological minds today; and bringing alive the Bible with new information that will change future teaching and preaching. As our future moves on we do not know what will be. We plan to continue at the Excavations, along with teaching and speaking. I plan to continue as Chaplain at the B.A.R.C., and with assisting new Amateurs in receiving their license and, just being able to go and do some things that I want to do. I am looking forward to seeing what new things God will reveal to me from his vast universe.
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of names can be found following this section in the Book of Reports and also found printed in the Book of Worship. What if I mess up when filling out my ballot? If you “mess up” by voting for too many or by accidentally voting for the wrong person, then you may surrender your intact ballot to a teller/usher who will fold the ballot in quarters and then issue you a new ballot. The teller/usher will hand such ballots to one of the associate secretaries so that it cannot be accidentally run through the machine. Associate secretaries will mark with a bold marker VOID on the front and back of the ballot. Other Comments on the Process… You are encouraged to read Standing Rules 33-37 in the Book of Reports. These rules outline the voting process in more detail.
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001 Ballard, Emily Student Ministries Assistant Director & Young Adult Coordinator at Concord United, Knoxville, TN. She attended General and Jurisdictional Conference in 2016. She aspires to represent Holston again in 2020. As a young adult, her goal is to ensure that young people have an active voice in the UMC global.
002 Eldridge, John Knoxville attorney, Holston Conference Chancellor, Chair of Holston Petitions and Resolutions Committee, Reserve Delegate to General Conference in 2016 and 2019, Delegate to Jurisdictional Conference in 2016, Wesley House Board President, active at Church Street UMC. 003 England, Sam Sam has been blessed to serve as Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference 2016 voting delegate, Junior High Assembly Assistant Director, Conference Council on Youth Ministries member, and his local church's UMYF President. As my biblical namesake recognized, God calls Samuels to work with Elis. In May 2020, Sam graduated from law school. 004 Frazier, Margaret Margaret, 35, is a lifelong United Methodist, former US-2 Young Adult Missionary, and Wesley Theological Seminary graduate. She currently develops and coordinates children and youth ministries for the Valley Parish in the Appalachian District. She is wife to Rev. Caleb Frazier and mother to Ruby (4) and Everett (1).
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005 Gass, Jim A life-long United Methodist, Jim shares Christ’s love with students as the Youth Director at Alcoa First UMC. He is the Youth Coordinator for the Smoky Mountain District and formerly the Maryville District. Previously, he was at Camp Wesley Woods, where he continues to volunteer regularly.
006 Gunnell-Beck, Lauren Married (11 years) with two children. My current job is a high school teacher, and prior to that I worked four years at the Guilford County Health Department. I have currently been in the laypersons field for the UMC- Holston Conference since 2004, and member of Woodlawn UMC since 1998.
007 Hale, Lauri Longtime member of Munsey in Johnson City - attend and teach Sunday School, UMW, Bible study, Handbells, Church Council, SPRC, work with Youth. Currently serving my third term as lay member to Annual Conference and serve on the Board of Ordained Ministry. Married with two sons and a daughter-in-law.
008 Hall, Becky Conference: Chair of Congregational Development, NCD Coach, Annual Conference Planning Team. District: Currently District Lay Leader, Chair of Church Extension, Superintendency Committee. Local: Church Council, Finance, Trustees, and Missions Committee, Dir of two handbell choirs. Have been a delegate to General & Jurisdictional Conference four times.
009 Holley, Del General Conference: Delegate (2008, 2012, 2016), Inter-Jurisdictional Committee on Episcopacy, Jurisdictions Study Committee; Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference: Delegate (2000, 2004 (alternate), 2008, 2012, 2016), Committee on Episcopacy; Holston Conference: Conference Lay Leader, Board of Lay Ministry, Extended Cabinet, Nominations Committee, Committee on Episcopacy; Colonial Heights UMC (Knoxville); Certified Lay Servant.
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2019 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE 010 Kelly, Reagan Reagan is the Vice President of Conference Council on Youth Ministries. She attends Elizabethton High school and is very active in helping the helpless in her community. If she were elected for General Conference, she would consider God and the Youth of the Holston Conference before making any decision.
011 Kidd, Carolyn Current Vice-President, Council on Finance and Administration; Secretary, Personnel Resources Committee. Jurisdictional Conference Delegate, 2016, serving on SEJ Nomination Committee. Previously served on Resurrection Design Team, Conference Nominations Committee. Certified Lay Minister, member of Mt. Pleasant UMC, leader of Children/Youth Ministry Team, assigned to Cedar Hill UMC as lay pastor. 012 Kile, Jeff I am a lifelong east Tennessean and United Methodist who is married 38 years to Nancy Dreyer with two adult children and 2 adorable grandchildren. I was a school band director for 30 years before retiring in 2012. Now I serve as part time staff at First UMC Oak Ridge.
013 Kitts, Dawson The son of a Methodist pastor, the UMC has always been my home. I served on CCYM for 4 years, am currently a Tennessee Valley District At-Large member, and currently serve on staff at the TTU Wesley Foundation. As a delegate, I can represent young adults as an educated Methodist.
014 Kurtz, Karla Spence For over 25 years has been actively involved in a variety of ministries across Holston at local church, district, and conference levels including children, youth, Commission of the Status of Role and Women, Domestic Violence Task Force, United Methodist Women, UTK Wesley Foundation, and Annual Conference District At Large Member.
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015 Lawson, Leamon Burl Accepted Jesus Christ in early teens. Worked in industry in technical and managerial capacity, then retired. Moved to Cassidy UMC in late 60s and served in many church capacities. Beliefs are Biblical based and I desire to identify actions to strengthen the church in the community and in society.
016 McEntyre, Charles I have been a faithful member of The United Methodist Church all my life. I love God’s Holy Bible and believe that it should be authoritative for followers of Jesus Christ. I currently serve Sulphur Springs as treasurer and lay leader. I am a member of the Wesleyan Covenant Association.
017 McKee, Charlotte B. Charlotte has previously served the Holston Conference as chairperson of the Committee on Episcopacy, alternate lay delegate to the 2016 UMC General Conference and as a lay delegate to the 2016 Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference.
018 Miller, Deb Apison UMC ~ Ladies Circle Chair; Charge Conference Secretary; Membership Secretary; Church Council Secretary; Resurrection Youth Mentor; Finance Committee; Missions Chair; Holston Home Ambassador; VBS Volunteer; District A.C. At-Large Rep; District - Cleveland District Older Adult Committee; Holston Home Friends of Children Event Member; Holston Conference - Executive Committee/Finance Chair ... *
019 Mosby, Donna M. I currently serve my local church as chair of the Finance and Worship Committees. I am active in the Tennessee Valley District serving on the District Laity Board and Executive Mission Team of the United Methodist Women. I also serve as a member of the Holston Conference Small Congregations Committee.
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2019 HOLSTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE 020 Onks, Amanda Amanda lives in Johnson City, TN with her husband, Jason, and two children. She’s a member of Munsey Memorial UMC and is the Youth Ministry Executive Assistant there. She is the Three Rivers District Youth Coordinator, a Lay Member to Annual Conference, and has been a Resurrection emcee since 2009.
021 Price, Kelly Dr. Kelly Price is a lifelong member of Centenary UMC, Morristown, TN. She is a Certified Lay Minister with a focus on women’s issues in the church. She currently serves as UMW Vice-President for the Mountain View District. Locally, she serves as UMW Vice-President, Treasurer, and website administrator for Centenary.
022 Roark, Nathaniel Nate is currently enrolled as a junior at Tennessee High School located in Bristol, TN, where he excels as an Honors student and participates in several clubs including Mighty Viking Players, Vikings For Change, and the Outdoors Club. He is a hard working individual who has a special passion for... *
023 Stouffer, Suzanne I am Suzanne Stouffer and grew up in Johnson City, TN in the Methodist Church. I graduated from ETSU in 1980 and went on to spend my career here in Johnson City. I have been in the accounting field my whole life as an office manager, comptroller, and am now... *
024 Tilson, Eva I have been a member of Zion Hill for forty years in which I have served as pianist, Sunday School Teacher, Sunday School Superintendent, and Lay Speaker. Currently I am serving as District Lay Leader and am a Certified Lay Speaker. I have spoken in many churches across the district.... *
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025 Travis, Anne I am a life-long United Methodist and served on Holston delegations in 2008, 2012, and 2016. I served Holston as Director of Connectional Ministries from 2000 to 2013. Currently I am serving as Conference Secretary for the Southeastern Jurisdiction and will continue in this position through the 2020 Jurisdictional Conference.
026 Young, Dan I am a Certified Lay Minister, Sunday School Teacher, Member of NOW, Former Music Director, Director of Summer Music Camp. I have been a Lay Delegate to Annual Conference for the last 5 years. Married to my wonderful wife for 16 years. Have worked at WUAT Pikeville, for 6 years.
027 Carte, Deborah (Jurisdictional Only) I have been a member of Mt. Olivet-Galax for 40+years. During this time I have served in many capacities of the church ministry. I have been a past president of the District UMW and have also served on the nomination committees of the SEJ and Conference UMW.
028 Skinner, Ralph (Jurisdictional Only) Member Middlebrook Pike UMC 41 years; Lay member Holston Conference Board of Ordained Ministry; TN Valley District UMM President; TN Valley District Board of Laity; Sunday School teacher; Member Middlebrook Chancel and Early Riser Choirs; Middlebrook Pike UMC UMM member; Middlebrook Pike UMC Building Committee; Past Church Leadership Council Chair. Please Note: Additional Lay Delegates will most likely be elected from the floor of the Laity Session on Sunday afternoon. Any persons elected will be assigned a number and will have their names displayed onscreen at the beginning of the voting process. We have no way of knowing who will be nominated, and, thus, we cannot include their names in this report.
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The data in these records has been collected from a variety of sources. Official pension records are kept by Wespath. In the event that there is a discrepancy between these records and Wespath, then the records at Wespath shall be considered the official record. All records in this section are for historical reference. If you find a mistake in a record, please report it to the Secretary of the Annual Conference at terrygoodman@holston.org.
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(Those listed with four years indicate the year of probationary membership and ordination as a deacon and the year elected to full membership and ordination as an elder. Those under the 1996 or later Disciplines will show a year and status.) ABBOTT, KENNETH KYLE, JR. (1977¬1980–1977¬1980) Student, Asbury Seminary, 6/16/77-6/14/79; Max Meadows Circuit, 6/15/79¬6/30/82; Chaplain, United States Navy, 7/1/82¬6/30/85; Cedar Springs Circuit, 7/1/85¬6/30/88; Copperhill, First 7/1/88¬10/31/91 (Active Duty 2/91¬10/91); Sand Branch, 11/1/91¬6/30/95;Andersonville¬Mt. Pleasant, 7/1/95¬6/30/02; Tuckaleechee, 7/1/02-6/30/11; Retired 7/1/11; Bethel, Seymour 7/1/11. ADAMS, TODD R. (2004¬2007–2004¬2007) Afton-Stone Dam, 7/1/99¬6/30/02; St. Paul, East, 7/1/02¬6/30/05; Glade Spring Charge, 7/1/05¬6/30/07; Bluff City, 7/1/07-12/31/10; Hiltons Memorial 1/1/11-6/30/13; Leave of Absence, 7/1/13-6/30/14; Ebenezer Circuit, 7/1/146/30/15; Cherokee (JC), 7/1/15-3/31/16; Unicoi, 4/1/16. AHERN, DORIS J. (FD, 2000) Bristol, First, Director of Lay Ministries, 1996¬6/30/01; Resource Person in Christian Education and Program, 7/1/01¬10/1/01; Kingsport, Mountain View, Director of Christian Education, 10/1/01¬8/31/03; Retired, 9/1/03. AKER, STEVE ALLEN (1989¬1995–1989¬1995) Chatham Hill, 7/1/83¬12/31/85;Asbury Theological Seminary, 1989¬1990; Sneedville Circuit, 7/1/91¬6/30/98; Auburn Circuit, 7/1/98¬06/30/04; Ebenezer-Bailey, 7/1/04. AKERS, WILLARD T., III (1996¬1999 –1996¬1999) Asbury Theological Seminary, 1996; Cleveland, Wesley Memorial, Associate, 7/1/97¬6/30/99; Knoxville, Faith, 7/1/99¬6/30/06; Beaver Ridge, 7/1/06¬6/30/09; Wauhatchie, 7/1/09-6/30/14; Clapp’s Chapel, 7/1/146/30/18; Dayton, First, 7/1/18. ALBEE, STUART K., JR. (1983¬1987–1983¬1987) Bethel-Talladega, 6/1/84¬5/31/87; Oakland, 6/1/87¬6/30/90; Transferred from North Alabama Conference, 7/1/90; Tuckaleechee, 7/1/90¬6/30/96; Maryville, First, Associate, 7/1/96¬6/30/00; Jefferson City, First, 7/1/00¬6/30/03; Wheeler, 7/1/03-6/30/12; Trinity, Greenville, 7/1/12-6/30/18; Pigeon Forge, First, 7/1/18. ALLEN, RONALD OGLE (1972¬1975–1972¬1975) Athens Union, 6/14/70¬6/9/71; Riceville Circuit, 6/10/71¬6/14/74; Decatur-Concord, 6/15/74¬6/15/78; Etowah, Wesley Memorial, 6/16/78¬6/30/82; Elk Creek Circuit, 7/1/82¬6/30/84; Trenton, 7/1/84¬6/30/89; Rockwood, First, 7/1/89¬6/30/93; Norwood, 7/1/93¬6/30/98; Retired, 7/1/98; Etowah, Wesley Memorial, 11/1/00¬6/30/05; Retired, 7/1/05. ALLISON, DONALD EUGENE (1962¬1965–1962¬1965) Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/3/62¬6/1/63; Dade County Wildwood, 6/2/63¬6/6/64; Red Bank, Associate, 6/7/64¬5/27/66; Knoxville, St. Andrews, 5/28/66¬6/1/68; Chaplain, U.S. Army, 6/2/68¬6/30/88; Brainerd, Minister of Evangelism, 7/1/88¬6/30/92; Spring City-Reeds Chapel, 7/1/92¬9/14/00; Jones Memorial, 9/15/00-6/30/03; Retired, 7/1/03. AMOS, CLIFFORD WILLIAM (PD, 2008; FD, 2010–2010) French Broad Circuit, 1/1/03¬1/31/05; Holston UM Home for Children, 2/1/05¬4/1/06; Holston Conference Foundation Dir. of Gift Planning, 7/1/08-9/6/2011; Transitional Leave, 6/7/11-12/31/11; Asbury, Inc., Director of Philanthropy, 1/1/12-10/30/13; Transitional Leave, 11/1/13; Samaritan’s Hands, 11/1/14; Fairview (MA), 11/1/14-6/30/19; Retired, 7/1/19. AMOS, RAYMOND WALTER JR. (PL, 2007); PE, 2010; FE, 2012) Morrison Chapel, 7/1/07-6/30/10; Elm Tree Parish, 7/1/10-6/30/16; South Bristol, 7/1/16. AMOS, RAYMOND WALTER SR. (2005¬2007–1978¬2007) Garden-Keen Mountain, 6/12/76-6/14/79; Graham Circuit, 6/15/79¬6/30/86; Kingsley-Hermon, 7/1/86¬6/30/05; Bluefield, First, 7/1/05-6/30/11; Elizabethton, First 7/1/11. ANDERSON, DAVID GENE (1987¬1990–1987¬1990) Wesley-Lou’s Chapel, 7/1/86¬6/30/89; Knoxville, Trinity, Associate, 7/1/89¬6/30/90; Bethel-Looney’s Creek-Sulphur Springs, 7/1/90-6/30/94; Ebenezer-Bailey, 7/1/94¬6/30/00; Central-Rutledge, 7/1/00¬6/30/01; Rising Fawn, 7/1/01-6/30/04; Kodak, 7/1/04¬6/30/05;Addilynn Memorial, 7/1/05¬6/30/07; St. Marks (CH), 7/1/07-6/30/11; Copperhill, First 7/1/11-6/30/16; Daisy-Sale Creek, 7/1/16-6/30/17; Retired, 7/1/17 ANDERSON, JOHN COOPER (1987¬1989–1987¬1989) Concord, Associate, 7/1/86¬6/30/88; Miller’s Chapel-Irwin, 7/1/88¬6/30/89; Lincoln Park, 7/1/89¬6/30/93; Fairlawn-Bethel, 7/1/93¬6/30/94; Chattanooga, St. Andrews, 7/1/94¬6/30/97; Ketron Memorial,
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7/1/97¬6/30/00; Blountville, 7/1/00-6/30/05; Dayton, First, 7/1/05; Kingston, 7/1/10-6/30/12; Union Grove (Blount)-Hospice Care of East Tennessee, Chaplain,7/1/12-1/31/12; Union Grove (Blount), 1/1/13-6/30/13; St. Mark (OR), 7/1/13-12/31/15; Medical Leave, 1/1/16.
ARCHER, EDWARD MAHAN (1964¬1968–1964¬1968) Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/7/64¬5/27/66; Knoxville, Church Street, Minister of Youth, 5/28/66¬6/13/70; Student, North Carolina School of Pastoral Care, 6/14/70¬8/14/72; Fountain City, Associate, 8/15/72¬6/15/77; Ft. Oglethorpe, 6/16/77¬6/11/80; Oak Ridge, First, Associate, 6/12/80¬6/30/89; Halls Central-Bright Hope, 7/1/89¬6/30/90;Athens, Trinity, 7/1/90¬6/30/95; Glen Alpine, 7/1/95¬6/30/96; Mafair, 7/1/96-6/30/00; Johnson City District, 7/1/00¬6/30/05; Retired, 7/1/05; Jellico, 7/1/05¬6/30/07. ARMSTRONG, DOUGLAS ANDREW (PE, 2004; FE, 2007– 2007) McDonald-Pleasant Grove, 7/1/97-6/30/01; Chestuee-Sugar Creek, 7/1/01¬6/30/04; Rising Fawn, 7/1/04¬6/30/09; Logan’s Chapel, 7/1/09-6/30/16; First (Narrows), 7/1/16 ARNOLD, JAMES TIMOTHY(1965¬1967–1957¬1959) Parrottsville, 1965¬1966; Parrottsville-Harneds, 1967; Cleveland Circuit, 1968¬1969; Sevierville Parish, 1970¬1977; Carpenters, 1978; New Market Circuit, 1979¬1980; High Point Circuit, 1981¬1983; Retired, 1983 ARNOLD, SUSAN N (PL-2009; FL-2014; PE-2015; FE 2019) Rogersville Circuit, 7/1/09-6/30/10; Elm Tree Parish Associate, 7/1/109/30/14; Blountville, 10/1/14-6/30/15; Blountville, 7/1/15 ATCHLEY, AARON D. (FL-2012; PE-2013; FE-2015-2015) Hale’s Chapel-Kathleen Memorial, 7/1/12-6/30/14; Honaker-Elk Garden, 7/1/14 ATCHLEY, L. BROOKE (PD-2014; FD-2016-2016) Tazewell District Cooperative Ministry (Church and Community Worker), 7/1/14 ATKINS-McCLURE, TERESA (FL-2007, PE-2015; FE 2018) Christ, 7/1/07-6/30/12; New Life, 7/1/12-6/30/13; New Life-Hopewell, 7/1/13. AULT, DAVID (PE 2011; FE-2013-2013) Knoxville Leadership Foundation, Operation Backyard Coordinator 7/1/11. AUSTIN, FRED LEWIS (1964¬1966–1964¬1966) New River Circuit, 1/1/58¬6/1/63; Student, Asbury Seminary, 1/1/64¬5/27/66; Kingsport, Mountain View, 5/28/66¬6/13/72; Chattanooga, White Oak, 6/14/72¬6/16/73; Pearisburg, First, 6/17/73¬6/30/82; Marion, First, 7/1/82¬6/30/90; Wytheville District, 7/1/90¬6/30/96; Retired, 7/1/96. BAILES, JAMES ROBERT (1972¬1975–1972¬1975) Duke Divinity School, 6/14/72¬6/14/74; Lake City-Briceville, 6/15/74¬6/15/78; Knoxville, Ebenezer, 6/16/78¬6/30/86; Knoxville, Church Street, Associate, 7/1/86¬12/31/93; Sevierville, First, 1/1/94¬6/30/98; Washington Pike, 7/1/98-6/30/06; Kern Memorial, 7/1/06-6/30/10; Emerald Avenue., 7/1/10-6/30/15; Retired, 7/1/15 BAKER, GARY E. (Recognition of Elders Orders, 1999; Full Connection, 2001) Etowah, St. Paul, 7/1/98¬6/30/01; Etowah, St. PaulWesleyanna, 7/1/01¬6/30/04; Lenoir City, Trinity, 7/1/04¬6/30/09; Second, 7/1/09-6/30/13; Retired, 7/1/13. BALES WRIGHT, TAMMY C. (2004¬2007– 2007) Pleasant Grove, 7/1/02¬6/30/04; Pleasant Grove-Holly Avenue, Associate, 7/1/04¬6/30/06; Max Meadows Circuit, 7/1/06¬6/30/07; Leave of Absence, 7/1/07¬8/31/07; Radford, Central, Associate, 9/1/07¬6/30/09; Carter Street-Belspring, 7/1/09; Jonesborough, 7/1/10-6/30/14; Givens Estates (Chaplain) BALL, JAMES MONROE, JR. (1952¬1956–1953¬1956) Student, Emory University, 9/28/52-3/20/54; Rising Fawn Circuit, 3/21/54¬4/6/57; Woodmore, 4/7/57¬6/6/64; Concord, 6/7/64-6/9/71;Athens, Keith Memorial, 6/10/71¬6/14/74; Big Stone Gap District, 6/15/74¬6/14/79; Morristown, First, 6/15/79¬6/30/85; Chattanooga District, 7/1/85¬6/30/91; Middlebrook Pike, 7/1/91¬6/30/92; Retired, 7/1/92. BALLARD, THOMAS TATE, JR. (1988¬1991–1988¬1991) Sweetwater Circuit, 7/1/86¬6/30/89; Bridger’s, 7/1/89¬6/30/92; Strawberry Plains, 7/1/92¬6/30/97; Bookwalter, 7/1/97¬11/15/02; Galax, First, 11/15/02¬6/30/06; St. Paul, 7/1/06-6/30/11; Morristown District Superintendent 7/1/11-6/30/18: Fountain City,7/1/18. BANES, KAROLYN (KRISTIE) (PE-2009; FE-2011-2011) Sunbright Circuit, 7/1/00¬6/30/03; Carter Street, 7/1/03¬6/30/09; Mountain City Circuit, 7/1/09-6/30/11; Tuckaleechee, 7/1/11-6/30/15; Burks (CH) Associate, 7/1/15-6/30/16; Trinity (Lenoir City), 7/1/16 BARBER, JOE H. (OF, 2005; FE-2008) Nickelsville Circuit, 7/1/01¬6/30/09; Kingsley-Hermon, 7/1/09-6/30/13; Gate City, 7/1/13-6/30/15; Sulphur Springs, 7/1/15
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ANNA, JUDITH (1992¬1995–1992¬1995) School, Candler School of Theology, 7/1/92¬6/30/93; Clifton Hills-Eastdale, 7/1/93¬6/30/94; Hales Chapel-Kathleen Memorial, 7/1/94¬6/30/95; Pearisburg, First, Associate, 7/1/95¬6/30/98; Johnson City, Colonial Heights, Co-Pastor, 7/1/98¬2/11/01; Family Leave, 2/12/01¬1/31/03; Pathway Companions (Ext. Min.), 2/1/03¬6/30/04; Retired, 7/1/04.
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BARTEE, AMY BETH (PE, 2008; FE, 2010–2010) Wallace-Wyndale, 7/1/08-6/30/11; Staffordsville Circuit 7/1/11-3/27/2016; Chaplain, United States Air Force, 3/28/2016. BARTON, BOBBY D. (1990¬1993–1990¬1993) Oliver Springs Parish, 7/1/00¬6/30/06; Transferred from Mississippi Conference, 7/1/01; Pigeon Forge, First, 7/1/06; Incapacity Leave, 7/1/10. BEAN, ROBERT HAYES (1969¬1972–1969¬1972) Tellico Plains Circuit, 6/3/62¬5/27/66; Oakland, 5/28/66¬6/14/69; Friendsville-Binfield, 6/15/69¬6/13/72; Surgoinsville, First, 6/14/72-6/15/78; Rural Retreat, First, 6/16/78¬6/30/83; New Tazewell, 7/1/83¬6/30/86; Emerald Avenue, 7/1/86¬6/30/03; Retired, 7/1/03; Emerald Avenue, 7/1/03. BEATY, A. CAROL (PE-2010, FE-2012-2012) Sweetwater Circuit, 7/1/09-6/30/13; Retired, 7/1/13. BEAVERS, DAVID K. (1997¬2000 –1997¬2000) Mt. Hermon, 7/2/92¬6/30/93; Greendale-Brumley Gap, 7/1/93¬6/30/95; Candler/ Goodfield Circuit, 7/1/95¬6/30/98; Broad Street, Associate, 7/1/98¬6/30/99; New Salem Dade, 7/1/99¬6/30/01; Chaplain, U.S. Army, 7/1/01. BECK, DALLAS JAMES, SR. (1981¬1984–1978¬1984) Falconer Elmwood Avenue, 6/11/61¬6/30/65; Tylersburg Charge, 7/1/65¬6/20/68; Edinsburg Hillsville, 6/21/68¬6/19/69; Chuckey Circuit, 6/16/77-6/15/78; Mountain City Circuit, 6/16/78¬6/17/81; Wesley-Lou’s Chapel, 6/18/81¬6/30/84; Lupton City, Brooks, 7/1/84¬6/30/86; Executive Director, United Chaplain’s Association, 7/1/86¬6/30/91; Evensville-New Bethel, 7/1/91¬6/30/95;Apison, 7/1/95¬6/30/98; Retired, 7/1/98. BELL, HARRISON J. (PL,-2012, FL-2014, PE-2015; FE 2018) Mt. Carmel, 7/1/09-6/30/12; Approved/not Appointed, 7/1/12-6/30/14; First Broad Street (Associate), 7/1/14-6/30/18: Wheeler, 7/1/18-6/30/18; Voluntary Leave of Absence, 7/1/19. BENDER, HEIDI (PE, 2008; FE-2011-2011) OP from Florida Conference, Lookout Mountain, 6/11/08¬12/31/09; Bright Hope Circuit, 1/1/10-6/30/1; 7/1/10; Norwood 7/1/11-6/30/12; Retired, 7/1/12. BENNETT, WILLIAM CLARENCE (PM 1968–1968) Minister Religious Education, Knoxville Central, 6/4/61¬6/1/63; Hopewell, 6/7/64¬6/13/70; Strawberry Plains, 6/10/70¬6/14/74; Cosby Circuit, 6/15/74¬6/15/77; Sevierville Circuit, 6/16/77¬6/30/85; Binfield, Walnut Grove, 7/1/85¬6/30/95; Bungalow, 7/1/95¬6/30/98; Retired, 7/1/98; Bungalow, 7/1/98-6/30/13. Deceased, 9/25/18. BENSON, PARKER R. (FE) Transferred from North Georgia Conference, 6/5/16, First (Maryville)-Associate, 6/5/16-6/30/17; Walland, 7/1/17-6/30/18; Retired, 7/1/18. BENNINGTON, JAMES LEE (1994¬1997–1994¬1997) Asbury Seminary, 7/1/94¬6/30/95; Jonesville Parish, 7/1/95¬6/30/96; Chattanooga, Christ, Associate, 7/1/96¬6/30/98; Emory-Smyth Chapel, 7/1/98¬6/30/02; Grove, 7/1/02¬6/30/08; Wesley Memorial, 7/1/08-6/30/13; Newport, First, 7/1/13-6/30/19; Marion, First, 7/1/19. BERG, BRANDON RICHARD (PE-2008; FE-2011-2011) Limestone-Greenwood, 7/1/08; Washington County Parish, 7/1/10-6/30/11; Nickelsville Circuit 7/1/11-6/30/14; Mt. Vale-Savannah, 7/1/14-6/30/17; First (Bristol), 7/1/17 BERRY, SHANNON MARIE LANGSTON, (PE-2012, FE-2014-2014) Bland Circuit, 5/1/12-6/30/14; Asbury (Greenville), Associate, 7/1/14-6/30/18: Freemont UMC, North Carolina AC, 7/1/18. BEST, LARRY KEITH (1963¬1965–1963¬1965) Sweetwater Parish, 6/9/57¬6/7/58; Bristol Circuit, 6/8/58¬6/12/60; Sweetwater Circuit, 6/13/60¬6/1/63; East Stone Gap-Legion Memorial, 6/2/63-5/26/67; Caryville-Fincastle-Mt. Zion, 5/27/67¬6/1/68; Fincastle-Well Springs Circuit, 6/2/68-5/31/70; Clinton, St. Marks, 6/1/70¬6/14/74; Knoxville, St. James, 6/15/74¬6/14/79; Pecks Memorial, 6/15/79¬12/31/83; Sand Branch, 1/1/84¬6/30/88; Norwood, 7/1/88¬6/30/93; Macedonia, 7/1/93¬6/30/97; Morristown, Centenary, 7/1/97¬6/30/01; Retired. 7/1/01. BEST, TIMOTHY J. (PE-2014, FE-2016-2016) Madame Russell-Tate’s Chapel, 7/1/14-6/30/18: St. Paul, Fountain City,7/1/18. BITTLE, FRED LAWRENCE, JR. (1965¬1967–1965¬1967) Mt. Hermon, 6/3/62¬6/6/64; Student, Candler School of Theology, 5/27/65¬5/27/66; Swan Pond, 5/28/66¬5/26/67; Mosheim Parish, 5/27/67¬6/13/70; Knoxville, Church Street, Minister of Pastoral Care and Adult Work, 6/14/70-6/14/75; Knoxville, Children’s Hospital, Chaplain, 6/15/75¬6/15/77; Holston Chapel, 6/16/77-6/30/86; Leave of Absence, 7/1/86¬6/30/91; Retired, 7/1/91. BLACK, CLYDE JOSEPH (1998¬2000–1998¬2000) Chestnut Grove, 6/15/89¬6/30/92; Rutherford Memorial, 7/1/92¬6/30/01; Middlesettlements, 7/1/01-6/30/11; Allen Memorial 7/1/11-12/31/13; Retired, 1/1/14; Bethel (Seymour), 7/1/14. BLACKBURN, H. CARLTON III (PE, 2001; FE, 2003-2003) Aldersgate, 7/1/01¬12/30/03; Maryville, First, Youth &Young Adult Ministries, 1/1/04¬7/31/07; Wesley Foundation, GA Southern University, 8/1/07-6/30/15; St. John (CH), 7/1/15
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BLACKWOOD, LISA (FD, 2003¬2003) Maryville, First, 7/1/98¬7/7/07; Transitional Leave, 7/8/07-6/30/08; Good Neighbors of Blount County, 7/1/08-6/30/19; Retired, 7/1/19.
BOLES, GEORGE WILBURN (1976¬1979–1976¬1979) Maynardville Circuit, 6/17/73¬6/14/75; Westside Parish, 6/15/75¬6/15/78; Gladeville-Mt. Olivet, 6/16/78¬6/14/79; Fountain City, Associate, 6/15/79¬6/17/81; Mount Carmel, 6/18/81¬12/31/81; Knoxville, St. Andrews, 1/1/82¬6/30/86; Madisonville, First, 7/1/86¬6/30/87; Mountain View, 7/1/87¬6/30/93; Powell, 7/1/93-1/30/15; Medical Leave, 2/1/15; Retired, 7/1/16. BOLES, SHERRELL ELIZABETH (1993¬1996–1993¬1996) Elk Garden-Dennison, 7/1/94¬6/30/97; Munsey Memorial, Associate, 7/1/97¬6/30/00; St. Luke, 7/1/00¬6/30/07; St. John, 7/1/07-6/30/12; Abingdon, 7/1/12-6/30/14; Bearden, 7/1/14. BOSTICK, FRANK MERRITT (1959¬1963–1959¬1963) In School, 6/7/59¬6/3/61; Sevierville Circuit, 6/4/61¬6/6/64; Johnson City, Fairhaven, 6/7/64¬5/26/67; Conference Director of Youth Work, 5/27/67¬6/13/72; Conference Leader Development Consultant, 6/14/72¬6/14/74; Knoxville, Trinity, 6/15/74¬6/14/75; Knoxville, Church Street, Associate, 6/15/75¬6/14/79;Athens, Trinity, 6/15/79¬6/30/85; Wytheville District, 7/1/85¬1/31/90; Holston Home for Children, Executive Director, 2/1/90¬6/30/96; Maryville District, 7/1/96¬6/30/02; Retired, 7/1/02; Older Adult Ministries 7/1/04. BOWERS, SHARON (PL, PE-2011; FE-2013-2013) Woodlawn-Holston Home for Children, 7/1/06-6/30/08; Randolph-Wells Chapel, 7/1/08-6/30/11; Randolph Avenue-Slaughter’s Chapel 7/1/11-6/30/16; Mt. Moriah Parish (CH), 7/1/16-6/30/17; Stanley (CH), 7/1/17-6/30/18: Wesley Foundation, UTK, Director,7/1/18. BOWLES,ALBERT J., JR. (1963¬1966–1963¬1966) Emory Circuit, 6/7/59¬6/2/62; Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/2/63¬6/6/64; North Keywood Circuit, 6/7/64¬6/4/68; Bristol, Aldersgate-St. Luke, 6/5/68¬6/14/75; Knoxville, Middlebrook Pike, 6/15/75¬6/30/84; Maryville District, 7/1/84¬6/30/88; Hixson, 7/1/88¬12/31/93; Munsey Memorial, 1/1/94¬6/30/97; First Centenary, 7/1/97¬6/30/01; Chattanooga District, 7/1/01¬6/30/09; Retired, 7/1/09. BRACKEN, TIMOTHY BAILOR (1989¬1992–1989¬1992) New Salem, 7/1/90-6/30/99; Greeneville, Christ, 7/1/99¬6/30/07; Johnson City, First, 7/1/07-6/30/13; Cleveland, First, 7/1/13-6/30/19; Brainerd, 7/1/19. BRADY, JOHN SCOTT (PE, 2003; FE, 2004 –2004) Sevierville, First, Associate, 11/15/01¬6/30/06; Shady Grove, 7/1/06-6/30/12; Piney Flats, 7/1/12-6/30/19; Sulphur Springs, 7/1/19 BREWER, ROBERT C., JR. (Recognition of Elders Order: AM, 1998; PM, 2000) Coleman’s Chapel, 7/1/89¬6/30/90; Marble Hill, 7/1/90¬6/30/93; Fox, 7/1/93¬6/30/96; Brewley’s Chapel,7/1/96¬6/30/01; Chestnut Grove-Ebenezer, 7/1/01¬6/30/03; Hills Union Circuit, 7/1/03¬6/30/06; Retired as Probationary Deacon,7/1/06; McCampbell,7/1/06-6/30/10; Strawberry Plains, 2/1/13. BREWSTER, JOHN DALE (1994¬1996–1994¬1996) Cleveland, Wesley Memorial, Associate, 7/1/94¬6/30/96; Dante (Faith), 7/1/96¬12/31/97; Strawberry Plains, 1/1/98¬6/30/02; Macedonia, 7/1/02¬6/30/03; First Broad Street, Associate, 7/1/03¬6/30/08; First Farragut, 7/1/08-6/30/12, Colonial Heights, 7/1/12-3/14/15; Medical Leave, 3/15/15-6/30/18: Lincoln Park,7/1/18-6/30/19; Bradbury-Good Shepherd,7/1/19 BRIGGS, MARY KATHERINE (1995¬1997–1995¬1997) Garden-Keen Mountain, 7/1/95¬6/30/97; Marion, First, Associate, 7/1/97¬5/31/02; Chilhowie, 6/1/02¬6/30/03; Smyth County Parish (Laurel Springs), 7/1/03¬6/30/06; Madam Russell-Tate’s Chapel, 7/1/06¬6/30/08; Chaplain, Emory& Henry College, 7/1/08. BROWN, CHRISTOPHER JAMES (PE-2008; FE, 2010–2010) Narrows, First, 7/1/08-6/30/12; Wheeler, 7/1/12-06/30/18;Colonial Heights (AP), 07/01/18. BROWN, HARVEY RHODES, JR. (1975¬1978–1975¬1978) North Keywood Charge, 1972; Tazewell Circuit, 2/1/74¬6/15/75; Maynardville Circuit, 6/15/75¬6/15/77; Shady Grove-Washington Chapel, 6/16/77¬6/15/79; Chaplain, U.S. Army, 6/16/79¬6/30/95; Director, Special Gifts, Asbury College, 1995¬1996; President, Impact Ministries, Inc., 1997-6/30/19; Retired, 7/1/19. BROWN, JAMES DOUGLAS (1963¬1965–1963¬1965) Riceville Circuit, 6/12/60¬6/2/62; Ducktown-Croft’s, 6/3/62¬5/26/67; Mt. Vale-Savannah, 5/27/67¬6/14/69; Burk’s Chapel, 6/15/69¬6/13/72; Sweetwater, First, 6/14/72¬6/15/77; Chattanooga, Wesley Memorial, 6/16/77¬6/15/78;Alcoa, 6/16/78-6/30/84; Erwin, Centenary, 7/1/84¬6/30/88; Beaver Ridge, 7/1/88¬6/30/94; Dayton, First, 7/1/94-6/30/03; Retired, 6/30/03; Ten Mile-Oak Grove, 7/1/03. BROWN, RALPH STEVEN (1980¬1984–1980¬1984) Central-Mt. Pleasant, 6/15/75¬6/11/76; Boissevain Circuit, 6/12/76¬6/15/77;
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BLAIR, B. ANN (1983¬1986–1983¬1986) Duke Divinity School, 7/1/82¬6/30/84; Newbern Circuit, 7/1/84¬6/30/87; West End, 7/1/87¬6/30/94; Johnson City District, 7/1/94¬6/30/97; Wytheville District, 7/1/97¬6/30/99; Retired, 7/1/99; Wytheville Circuit, Associate, 7/1/12.
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Dungannon Circuit, 6/16/77¬6/14/79; Pleasant Grove-Havron’s Chapel, 6/15/79¬6/11/80; In School, 6/12/80¬12/31/81; Pleasant Grove, 1/1/82¬6/30/83; Whitwell-Red Hill, 7/1/83¬6/30/86; Tasso, 7/1/86¬6/30/92; Church Hill, First, 7/1/92¬6/30/96; Addilynn Memorial, 7/1/96¬6/30/05; Gate City, 7/1/05¬6/30/09;Athens, Trinity, 7/1/09-6/30/14; First (Dandridge), 7/1/14 BROWN, WILLIAM ANTHONY (PE, 2008; FE, 2010–2010) Pecks Memorial,7/1/08-6/30/2012; Appointed to serve in Pacific Northwest Annual Conference, 7/1/12-6/30/14; Transfer to Pacific Northwest Annual Conference, 7/1/14. BROWN TAYLOR, DIANA LYNN (PD, 2006; FD, 2009–2009) Big Stone Gap District Older Adult Ministries, 7/1/06¬3/31/08; Director, Kay Senior Center, Church Street, 4/1/08; Healthy Mind Counseling Service, Inc., 7/1/10. BRYAN, HUGH PAUL (PE, 2003; FE, 2006–2006) Ten Mile-Oak Grove, 7/1/00-6/30/03; Decatur Parish (Goodfield Circuit), 7/1/036/30/11; Decatur-Concord 7/1/11-6/30/16; Retired, 7/1/16. BRYAN, PRISCILLA RUTH (1989¬1993–1989¬1993) Candler School of Theology, 6/15/89-6/30/90; Pulaski, First, Associate, 7/1/90¬6/30/92;Asbury¬Mt. Wesley, 7/1/92¬6/30/94; Leave of Absence, 7/1/94¬6/30/97; Pleasant Hill, Blount, 7/1/97¬6/30/99; Leave of Absence, 7/1/99-10/9/07; Fairview, Associate, 10/10/07-12/31/13; Leave of Absence, 1/1/14. BUCK, ROWLAND SETH (1989¬1992–1989¬1992) Powell Valley Circuit, 7/1/86¬9/30/87; Bethel, 10/1/87¬6/30/89;Asbury Theological Seminary, 7/1/89¬6/30/90; Chattanooga, Christ, Associate, 7/1/90¬6/30/95; Knoxville, Ebenezer, 7/1/95¬6/30/05; Kodak, 7/1/05-6/30/12; Burks,7/1/12-6/30/16; Signal Crest (CH), 7/1/16-12/16/18; Volunatary Leave of Absence, 12/16/18-6/30/19; St. Mark’s, Louisville, 7/1/19. BURCH, BRIAN CAMPBELL(1987¬1990–1987¬1990) Miller’s Chapel-Irwin, 7/1/87¬6/30/88; Telford, 7/1/88¬6/30/91; Camp DickensonLaurel, 7/1/91¬2/15/92; Bethesda/Eden, 2/16/92-6/30/95; Copperhill, First, 7/1/95¬6/30/98; Rossville, Simpson Memorial, 7/1/98¬7/30/00; Tyner, Associate, 8/1/00¬6/30/04; Rural Retreat-Mt. Olive, 7/1/04-6/30/12; Pearisburg, First 7/1/12. BURDINE, THOMAS J. (PL; PE 2015; FE 2018) Dayton, First-Associate, 7/1/13-6/30/19; White Pine, First, 7/1/19. BURGESS, RONALD WISTAR (1979¬1981–1979¬1981) Gladeville-Mt. Olive, 6/15/79¬6/17/81; Mt. Pleasant, 6/18/81¬6/30/84; Elk Creek Circuit, 7/1/84¬6/30/86; Dryden-Seminary, 7/1/86-6/30/90; St. Paul Circuit, 7/1/90¬6/30/91; Maryville, St. John’s, 7/1/91¬6/30/92; Watauga Point-Taylor Memorial, 7/1/92¬6/30/94; Oliver Springs-Petros-Jonesville, 7/1/94¬6/30/97; Leave of Absence, 7/1/97¬6/30/03; Retired, 7/1/03. BURKHART, KRISTEN A. (PE, 2008; FE, 2010-2010) Asbury (Greeneville), Associate, 7/1/07¬6/30/09; Mt. Zion, 7/1/09-6/30/16; Panther Springs, 7/1/16-6/30/19; Fountain City, Associate,7/1/19 BURKHART, STEPHEN P. (2006¬2008 –2004¬2008) Mooresburg, 7/1/97¬6/30/99; George Street-Grant’s Chapel, 7/1/99¬11/15/02; Vermont, 11/15/02¬6/30/07; St. Luke-St. Matthew, 7/1/07-9/30/07; Elm Tree Parish, 10/1/07; Carter County Parish, 7/1/10-6/30/12; Bradbury-Good Shepherd, 7/1/12-6/30/17; Beulah-French Broad, 7/1/17 BURLINGHAM, ROBERT EUGENE, JR. (1997¬2001–1997¬2001) Oak Grove-Ten Mile, 7/1/95¬6/30/98; Calhoun-Spring Creek 7/1/98¬6/30/06; Cassidy, 7/1/06-6/30/11; Colonial Heights 7/1/11-6/30/18; Big Stone Gap, Trinity, 07/01/18. BUTLER, GILBERT C. III (PE-2012, FE-2014-2014) Rock Springs (KI), 7/1/12-6/30/18; Rich Creek-First, 7/1/18. BUXTON¬WADE, JAN (1999¬2001–1999 ¬2001) Knoxville, Church Street, Associate, 7/1/99-6/30/07; Sabbatical Leave, 7/1/07¬6/30/08; Church Street, Associate, 7/1/08; Retired, 7/1/10. BYRUM, CHARLES STEPHEN (1985¬1993–1985¬1993) Professor of Philosophy, Chattanooga State Community College, 1985¬6/30/99; Institute for Spiritual Leadership, 7/1/99-6/30/12; Retired, 7/1/12. CAHILL, WILLIAM E. (2001¬2008–2001¬2008) Greendale-Brumley Gap, 6/15/95¬6/30/96; Broadford Circuit, 7/1/96¬6/30/99; Mountain City Circuit, 7/1/99¬6/30/03; Clintwood-McClure, 7/1/03¬6/30/07; Vermont, 7/1/07¬6/30/09; Keywood Charge, 7/1/09; Retired 6/30/11; Bethany 7/1/11-6/30/12; Willis Chapel,7/1/12-6/30/13; Bascom-Willis Chapel, 7/1/13. CALHOUN, ASHLEY MORGAN (1965¬1969–1965¬1969) Florida Conference, School, 6/13/65-6/21/68; new York Conference, Assistant, Stamford, CT, First, 6/22/68¬6/20/69; Westport, CT, Associate, 6/21/69¬6/12/74; Greenwich, CT, Roundhill, Associate, 6/13/74¬6/15/77; Middleburgh & Huntersland, NY, Troy Conference, 6/16/77¬6/15/78; Middleburgh, NY, 6/16/78-8/31/79; St. Paul’s, NY, Castleton, 9/1/79¬6/30/83; St. Paul’s, VT, St. Albans, 7/1/83¬6/30/86; Transferred from Troy Conference, 7/1/86; Emory-Smyth Chapel, 7/1/86¬6/30/89;Addilynn Memorial, 7/1/89¬6/30/91;Appalachia¬Andover, 7/1/91¬6/30/95;Athens, Trinity, 7/1/95¬6/30/98; Beulah-Hendrons Chapel, 7/1/98¬6/30/05; Retired, 7/1/05; Sevierville Circuit, 7/1/05¬6/30/08.
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CALLAHAN, JEFFREY CHRISTOPHER (1975¬1978–1975¬1978) Tellico Plains Circuit, 9/73-6/74; Methodist Theological School in Ohio, 1975¬1976; Jonesville Parish, 6/16/78¬6/17/81; Claypool Hill Circuit, 6/18/81¬6/30/84;Aldersgate¬Jordan, 7/1/84¬6/30/87; Coeburn-South Coeburn, 7/1/87¬6/30/91; Rich Creek-Powell Mountain, 7/1/91¬6/30/95; Mountain View-Seven Mile Ford, 7/1/95¬6/30/99; Cripple Creek Circuit, 7/1/99¬6/30/01; Rocky Gap, 7/1/01; Mt. Vale-Savannah, 7/1/10-12/31/13; Retired, 1/1/14.
CANTRELL, ROBERT TALMAGE, JR. (1969¬1973–1969¬1973) Student, University of Tennessee and Candler School of Theology, 6/15/69¬6/71; CPE, Chaplain Intern, Grady Hospital, Atlanta, 9/71¬8/72; Cleveland Circuit, 9/72¬6/14/74; Cardwell-Bradbury, 6/15/74¬6/14/79; White Pine, First, 6/15/79¬6/30/84; Fountain City, Associate, 7/1/84¬6/30/92; Chattanooga, St. Luke, 7/1/92¬6/30/97; Chattanooga District, 7/1/97¬6/30/00; Oak Ridge, First, 7/1/00¬6/30/06; Washington Pike, 7/1/06; Retired, 7/1/10. CANTRELL, ROBERT WILSON (PE-2004, FE-2007¬2007) Middlebrook Pike, 7/1/04; Lebanon Memorial (TA) 7/1/10-6/30/15; Concord (OA), Associate, 7/1/15 CARAWAY, CHARLES KENNETH (1957¬1961–1957¬1961) Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/9/57¬6/6/59; Fall Branch, 6/7/59¬6/1/63; Charleston, 6/2/63¬5/27/66; Mountain City, 5/28/66-6/13/72; Knoxville, Church Street, Minister to Young Adults, 6/14/72¬6/14/74; Etowah, St. Paul-Pleasant Grove, 6/15/74¬6/15/78; Maryville, Broadway, 6/16/78¬6/30/86; Galax, First, 7/1/86¬6/30/93; Knoxville, First, 7/1/93¬6/30/96; Retired, 7/1/96. CARAWAY, JAMES EDWARD (1963¬1968–1963¬1968) Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/2/63¬6/14/69; Prof. Lincoln Memorial University, 6/15/69¬6/13/72; Tazewell, 6/14/72¬6/16/73; Dean Morristown College, 6/17/73¬6/14/75;Assistant Dean, Lincoln Memorial University, 6/15/75¬6/15/78;Academic Dean, Lincoln Memorial University, 6/16/78¬6/17/81; Director of Educational Advancement Program, University of Tennessee, 6/18/81¬6/30/87; Vice-President, Academic Affairs, Dowling College, 7/1/87¬6/30/02; Professor, Graduate School, Dowling College, 7/1/02¬6/30/03; Retired, 7/1/03. CARBARY, ROBERT LEE (2000¬2002–1996¬2002) Wesley Circuit, 6/16/85¬6/30/89; Chilhowie Lebanon, 7/1/89¬6/30/92; Broadford Circuit, 7/1/92¬6/30/96; Nickelsville, 7/1/96-6/30/00; Wytheville Circuit, 7/1/00¬6/30/05; Retired, 7/1/05. Deceased, 1-22-2019. CAROSIELLO, RACHEL E. (WITT), (PE-2016; FE 2019) Associate-First (Oak Ridge), 7/1/16-6/30/18; Northside UMC (South Carolina Annual Conference), 7/1/18 CARROLL, BRENDA FOGLEMAN (1972¬1976–1972¬1976) Candler School of Theology, 6/14/72-6/14/75; Leader Development Consultant, Conference Council on Ministries, 6/15/75¬6/15/77; French Broad Circuit, 6/16/77¬6/11/80; Beulah-Ridgeway, 6/12/80¬6/30/82; Oakwood-Lynnwood, 7/1/82¬6/30/84; Emory-Smyth Chapel, 7/1/84¬6/30/86; Knoxville, St. Andrews, 7/1/86¬6/30/91; Knoxville, Trinity, Co-Pastor, 7/1/91¬6/30/98;Abingdon District, 7/1/98¬6/30/03; Maryville, First, 7/1/03-6/30/14;Superintendent-Chattanooga District, 7/1/146/30/17; Knoxville –Oak Ridge District Superintendent, 7/1/17-6/30/19; Retired 6-30-19; Powell, Associate, 7/1/19-6/30/19; Retired, 7/1/19. CARROLL, LARRY E. (1973¬1976–1973¬1976) Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/17/73-6/14/75; East Park, 6/15/75¬6/15/77; Kodak Circuit, 6/16/77¬6/11/80; Trundles, 1980; Seymour, 6/12/80¬6/30/84; Emory-Smyth Chapel, 7/1/84¬6/30/86; Knoxville, St. Marks, 7/1/86¬6/30/91; Knoxville, Trinity, Co-Pastor, 7/1/91¬6/30/98; Pleasant View, 7/1/98¬6/30/03; Maryville, First, 7/1/03-6/30/14; Retired, 7/1/14 CARTER, JACK WAYNE (1958¬1961–1958¬1961) Weaver Beaver View, 6/10/56¬6/8/57; Fallstown Circuit, 6/9/57¬6/7/58; Student, Wesley Theological Seminary, 6/8/58¬6/3/61; Powell, 6/4/61¬5/26/67; Knoxville, St. Luke, 5/27/67¬6/14/75; Bristol, St. Luke-Aldersgate, 6/15/75¬6/30/85; First-Centenary,Associte,7/1/85¬6/30/96;Retired,7/1/96. CARTER, KELLY MICHAEL(1988¬1992–1988¬1992) Roan Mountain, 6/12/80¬6/30/83; Sweetwater Circuit, 7/1/83¬6/30/86; Old UnionMcFerrin, 7/1/86¬6/30/90; New Market Circuit, 7/1/90¬6/30/93; First-Centenary, Associate, 7/1/93¬6/30/96; Boones Creek, 7/1/96¬6/30/00; Lebanon Memorial, 7/1/00-6/31/10; Radford, Central, 7/1/10-8/12/12; Suspension, 8/13/12-11/09/12; Leave of Absence, 11/10/12. CARTER, WILLIAM J. (1950¬1952–1952¬1953) Norton-West Norton, 10/5/47¬10/1/49; Student, Vanderbilt School of Religion, 9/24/50¬9/27/52; Rose Hill, 9/28/52¬6/9/56; Wise, 6/10/56¬6/12/60; Tazewell, Main Street, 6/13/60¬5/29/65; Elizabethton, First, 5/30/65¬6/1/68; Knoxville, Bearden, 6/2/68¬6/13/70; Chattanooga, Brainerd, 6/14/70¬6/11/76;Abingdon District, 6/12/76¬6/17/81; Specialist in Leadership Development, Lay & Clergy, 6/18/81¬6/30/85; Director, Conference Council on Ministries, 7/1/85¬6/30/90; Retired, 7/1/90. CARUSO, CHERYL MITCHELL (PE, 2004; FE, 2006– 2006) Tasso, 7/1/04¬6/30/07; Limestone-Greenwood, 7/1/07¬6/30/08; George Street-Grant, 7/1/08¬6/30/09; Transitional Leave, 7/1/09-6/31/11: Leave of Absence, 7/1/12-6/30/15; Bridle Creek Circuit (WY), 7/1/156/30/16; Retired, 7/1/16.
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CAMPBELL, JOEL HASKELL(1993¬1997–1993¬1997) Yanceyville, 7/1/91¬6/30/95; Shady Grove, 7/1/95¬12/97; Shady Grove-Charles Wesley, 12/97¬6/30/98; First Broad Street, Minister of Congregational Care, 7/1/98¬6/30/00; Surgoinsville, 7/1/00¬6/30/02; St. Matthew, 7/1/02¬6/30/05; Kingsley-Hermon, 7/1/05¬6/30/09; Pennington Gap, First, 7/1/09-5/31/11; Incapacity Leave 5/31/11; Retired, 1/1/12.
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CASSON, GERALD E. (Transfer from Alabama-West Florida-2010) Dunlap, 7/1/08; Wesley Memorial (JC) CASTOR, LEE¬LEE TAN (1981¬1988–1981¬1988) Hixson, Associate, 1980; Chattanooga, St. Luke, Associate, 6/18/81¬6/30/83; Brainerd, Associate, 7/1/83¬6/30/88; Missionary, Malaysia, 7/1/88¬6/30/92; Brainerd, Minister of Evangelism, 7/1/92¬6/30/93; Inskip, 7/1/93¬6/30/98; Retired, 7/1/98. CATE, HERMAN FORREST (1988¬1996–1988¬1996) Midtown Valley, 7/1/86¬6/30/90; Student, Asbury Theological Seminary, 1988¬1989; Trentville, 7/1/90¬6/30/93; Sevierville Parish, 7/1/93¬6/30/99; Bluff City, 7/1/99¬8/30/00; Union Grove, 9/1/00¬6/30/05; Bright Hope Circuit, 7/1/05¬6/30/06; Harrogate-Arthur-Mountain View, 7/1/06¬6/30/09; Claiborne Cluster, 7/1/09; Retired, 7/1/10. CATE, JANICE ATCHLEY(1988¬1992–1988¬1992) Student, Asbury Theological Seminary, 7/1/88-6/30/90; French Broad Circuit, 7/1/90¬6/30/94; Logan’s Chapel, 7/1/94¬6/30/99; Incapacity Leave, 7/1/99. CATE, LEE ALBERT (1947¬1951–1951) Otterbein Circuit, 9/1/47¬9/20/50; St. Paul, 9/21/50-8/5/53; Mt. Zion-Union Temple, 8/6/53¬7/26/56; United Theological Seminary, 7/27/56¬7/16/59; Rosebank, 7/17/59¬7/12/61; Clarksville, First, 7/13/61¬12/31/65; Bookwalter, 1/1/66¬6/11/69; Knoxville, St. James, 6/12/69¬6/14/74; Clinton, St. Mark, 6/15/74¬6/30/84; Emerald Avenue, 7/1/84¬6/11/86; Retired, 6/12/86. CAYLOR, LARRY LEON (1969¬1972–1969¬1972) Trinity Circuit, 6/2/63¬6/6/64; Bungalow, 6/7/64-5/26/67; Sevierville Circuit, 5/27/67¬6/4/68;Apison, 6/5/68¬6/9/71; In School, 6/10/71¬6/13/72; Jacksboro-Caryville, 6/14/72¬6/14/75; Church Hill, First, 6/15/75¬6/15/78; Greeneville, Christ, 6/16/78¬6/30/82; Rogersville, First, 7/1/82¬6/30/84; East Chattanooga, 7/1/84¬6/30/87; Leave of Absence, 7/1/87¬10/31/88; Peck’s Memorial, 11/1/88¬6/30/91; Sand Branch, 7/1/91¬10/31/91; Draper Circuit, 11/1/91¬6/30/93; DrydenSeminary, 7/1/93¬6/30/96; Mount Carmel, 7/1/96¬6/30/00; Mount Carmel-Fudge’s Chapel, 7/1/00¬6/30/01; Mount Carmel, 7/1/01¬6/30/03; Retired, 7/1/03. CHANCE, VON DARNELL(1968¬1973–1968¬1973) Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/5/68-6/13/72; Instructor, Reinhardt College, 6/14/72¬6/16/73; Student, University of Tennessee and University of Cincinnati, 6/17/73¬6/15/77;Assistant Professor, Tennessee Wesleyan College, 6/16/77¬6/15/78; Minister of Music, Maryville, First, 6/16/78¬6/17/81; Leave of Absence, 6/18/81-12/31/81; Maryville, First, 1/1/82¬12/31/83; Director, Choral Activities, Tennessee Wesleyan College, 1/1/84. CHARLES, MICHAEL DERRICK (1984¬1988–1984¬1988) Candler School of Theology, Heiskell, 1/1/82¬10/31/88; Director of Church Relations, Hiwassee College, 11/1/88¬6/30/89; Chaplain, U.S. Army, 7/1/89-6/30/18: US Army, CPE Chaplain Internship, Palmetto Health,7/1/18. CHESSER, PAMELA DAWN ( FE 2012), Transfer from Northern Illinois Conference, Buckner Memorial, Hiwassee College Chaplain, 7/1/12-12/31/12; Director of Preaching Services(GBOD) 1/1/13-3/14/18; Transitional Leave, 3/15/18-6/30/18: Church Street, Associate,7/1/18. CLARK, ALBERTA C. (1991¬1993–1991¬1993) Greenwood, 6/9/89¬5/31/91; Bethel Kearney, 6/1/91¬5/31/94; Nebraska Annual Conference, 6/1/94¬6/30/95; Alvo, 7/1/95¬6/30/96; Transferred from Nebraska Conference, 7/1/96; Holston Conference Council on Ministries, Associate Director, 7/1/96¬6/30/97; Stanley, 7/1/97¬6/30/00; Wiley/HARP, 7/1/00¬6/30/03; Knoxville Cooperative Parish (West View-Emerald Avenue, Associate), 7/1/03¬6/30/04; Randolph-Wells Chapel-Bethlehem Center, 7/1/04¬6/30/06; Randolph-Wells Chapel, 7/1/06¬6/30/08; Incapacity Leave, 7/1/08-6/30/11; Retired 7/1/11. CLARK, BARBARA A. (1996¬1998–1996¬1998) Ooltewah, Associate, 7/1/96¬6/30/98; Signal Crest, Associate, 7/1/98¬6/30/02; Copperhill, First, 7/1/02¬6/30/05; St. Elmo, 7/1/05¬6/30/06;Anderson Street, 7/1/06-6/30/12; Appointed to Attend School, Emory Health Care, Pastoral Fellow 7/1/12-7/11/13, Transitional Leave 7/12/13-02/05/14; Interim Director, In town Collaborative Ministries Food Bank, 2/6/14-6/30/14; Faith (Knoxville), 7/1/14-6/30/15; Church Street (KN) Associate, 7/1/15-6/30/18; Gatlinburg First-Huskey’s Grove, 7/1/18. CLARK, JOHN THOMAS (1973¬1976–1973¬1976) Oakland Mt. Pleasant, 5/27/67¬6/9/71; West Side Parish, 6/10/71¬6/14/75; Morristown, Trinity, 6/15/75¬6/14/79; Chestnut Hill, 6/15/79¬6/30/90; New Tazewell, 7/1/90¬6/30/97; Clinton, St. Mark-Moore’s Gap, 7/1/97; Retired, 6/11/03; Sevierville Circuit, 9/1/08. CLARK, LAWRENCE C. (1955¬1958–1956¬1958) Meigs County Parish, 9/28/52¬6/6/53; Goodfield Circuit, 6/7/53¬6/4/55; Benton Circuit, 6/5/55¬6/8/57; West Side Parish, 6/9/57¬6/7/58; Maryville, Carpenters, 6/8/58¬6/2/62; Pound, 6/3/62¬6/1/63; Gray Station, 6/2/63¬5/26/67; North Tazewell, 5/27/67¬6/14/69; Union Grove-Middlesettlements, 6/15/69¬6/16/73; South Cleveland, 6/17/73-6/11/76; Ridgedale, 6/12/76¬6/17/81; Burke’s, 6/18/81¬6/30/84; Spring City-Reeds Chapel, 7/1/84-6/30/89; Reynolds Memorial, 7/1/89¬6/30/90; Rogersville, First, 7/1/90¬6/30/98; Retired, 7/1/98. CLIMER, GEORGE WILLIAM, JR. (1968¬1970–1968¬1970) Student, Duke Divinity School, 6/5/68¬6/14/69; Secretary, Charlotte, YMCA, 6/15/69¬6/30/85; Vice-President of Greater Charlotte YMCA, 7/1/85¬6/30/02; Retired, 7/1/02.
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CLOWERS, RICKY HAL(1991¬1994–1991¬1994) Whitesburg Circuit, 1979; Hills Union Circuit, 1/1/82¬6/30/85; Bradburn HillGreenwood, 7/1/85¬6/30/89; Wesley-Lou’s Chapel, 7/1/89¬6/30/92; Mount Carmel, 7/1/92¬7/31/94; Greeneville Circuit, 8/1/94¬6/30/97; Tuckaleechee, 7/1/97-6/30/02; Fairhaven, 7/1/02¬6/30/06; Marvin’s Chapel, 7/1/06-6/30/17; Retired, 7/1/17
COFFEY, LINDA D. (FD, 2000) First Broad Street, Children’s Ministry, 9/90¬6/30/00; First Broad Street, Minister of Membership Development, 7/1/00¬8/11/04; Leave of Absence, 8/12/04¬11/14/07; Sullivan Co. High School Special Education Teacher, 11/15/07-6/30/13; Leave of Absence, 3/6/13. COLLINS, RONNIE GRAY (PE-2009; FE-2011-2011) Hillsville, First, Ministries Coordinator, 7/1/06-6/30/14; Out of the Box, 7/1/14, and Mt. Vale-Savannah 9/1/17 COLLINS, WILLIAM ANTHONY(1982¬1985–1982¬1985) Student, 1/1/82¬6/30/83; Clyattville, 7/1/83¬6/30/85; Transferred from South Georgia Conference, 7/1/85; Rural Retreat Center, 7/1/85-6/30/87; Carter Street, 7/1/87¬6/30/90; Rutherford Memorial, 7/1/90¬6/30/92; Gatlinburg, First, 7/1/92¬6/30/96; Lebanon Memorial, 7/1/96¬6/30/00; Reynolds Memorial, 7/1/00¬6/30/03; Pearisburg, First, 7/1/03¬6/30/05; Loudon, 7/1/05-6/30/11; Sweetwater, First 7/1/11-6/30/14; Spring City-Reed’s Chapel, 7/1/14-6/30/16; Burks, 7/1/16. CONLEY, THOMAS ALDEN (1985¬1988–1975¬1988) White Shoals Circuit, 6/15/74¬6/14/75; Ross Camp Ground-Mount Zion, 6/15/75¬6/15/78; Clinch Valley Circuit, 6/16/78¬6/14/79; Welch’s Chapel, 6/15/79¬6/11/80.; Rocky Gap Circuit, 6/12/80¬6/30/83; Mt. Carmel, 7/1/83¬6/30/86; Holston Home, Chaplain, 7/1/86¬6/30/92; Tazewell, Main Street, 7/1/92¬6/30/00; Galax, First, 7/1/00¬6/30/02; Incapacity Leave, 7/1/02. CONNER, KENNETH C. (2000¬2002–2000¬2002) East Tazewell Circuit, 7/1/90-6/30/98; Wharf Hill-Elizabeth, 7/1/98¬6/30/06; Centenary, 7/1/06-6/30/13; Pound, 7/1/13; Retired, 7/1/17 CONNER, WILLIAM J. (PE-2012, FE-2014-2014) Ooltewah, Associate, 7/1/12-6/30/16; Meigs County United Methodist Churches (Parish Director), 7/1/16 COOPER (JENKINS), DANIELLE A. (PE, 2011, FE-2014-2014) Carter Street-Mt Airy 7/1/10-6/30/11; Pisgah-Pleasant Hill 7/1/11-6/30/13; St. Paul’s-Carlock (Etowah) 7/1/13-9/30/14; Family Leave, 10/1/14 COOPER, RHONDA SUE (1977¬1981–1977¬1981) Student, Fuller Theological Seminary, 6/16/77-6/11/80; Oliver Springs-Dutch ValleyPeak, 6/12/80¬6/30/85; Kendrick’s Creek, 7/1/85¬6/30/87; State Street, Associate, 7/1/87¬1/31/96; Leave of Absence, 2/1/96¬8/31/98; Appointed to Attend School, 9/1/98¬7/9/00; Forsyth Medical Center, Chaplaincy Services, 7/10/00¬2/28/05; John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD Chaplain, 3/1/05. COPPEDGE, ARCHER I (1970¬1973–1970¬1973) McCloud, 5/26/67¬5/30/68; Paoli Byars, 5/31/68-5/21/69; In School, 6/4/70¬5/30/72; Transferred from Oklahoma Conference, 5/31/72; Knoxville, Central, Associate, 5/31/72¬6/16/73; Pigeon Forge-Huskey’s Grove, 6/17/73¬6/14/74; First-Centenary, Associate, 6/15/74¬6/14/79;Asbury, 6/15/79¬6/17/81; Lincoln Park, 6/18/81¬6/30/86; Kodak Circuit, 7/1/86¬6/30/89; Inskip, 7/1/89¬6/30/93; Rockwood, First, 7/1/93¬6/30/97; Chattanooga, St. Andrews, 7/1/97¬6/30/02; Decatur-Concord, 7/1/02¬6/30/08; Big Stone Gap District Superintendent, 7/1/08-6/30/14; Retired, 7/1/14; Pleasant Hill, Blount, 7/1/19. COTTON, ANDREW BRAXTON, JR. (PE, 2003; FE, 2006–2006) Simpson, 7/1/03¬6/30/07; First (Madisonville), 7/1/07-6/30/12; St. Luke (CH), 7/1/12-6/30/15; Grace-Fairview, 7/1/15 COUNTISS, JAMES ROBERT (1983¬1987–1983¬1987) Duke Divinity School, 7/1/83¬6/30/85; Newport, St. John, 7/1/85¬6/30/86; Bristol, Aldersgate, 7/1/86¬6/30/90; Dryden-Seminary, 7/1/90-6/30/93; Marvin-Fairview, 7/1/93¬6/30/95; Rural Retreat-Mount Olive, 7/1/95¬6/30/00; Knoxville, Colonial Heights, 7/1/00¬6/30/09; Mountain View, 7/1/09-6/30/14; Abingdon, 7/1/14. CRABTREE, JOHN WILLIAM (PE, 2004, FE, 2007–2007) Hills Union Circuit, 7/1/96¬6/30/00; Student, Duke Divinity School; Strawberry Plains, 7/1/04¬6/30/08; Jacksboro-Caryville, 7/1/08-6/30/11; Jones Chapel-Wesleyanna 7/1/11-6/30/19; Mountain City, First-Trade, 7/1/19. CRANDALL, JASON ALEXANDER (PE, 2008; FE, 2011-2011) Martel, 7/1/08; Etowah, St. Paul’s-Carlock, 7/1/10-6/30/13; BelfastMidway, 7/1/13-6/30/16; Chaplain, Keen Mountain Prison, 7/1/16-6/30/17; Greystone Circuit (JC), 7/1/17 CRANDALL, LEANN K. (PE, 2006; FE, 2009–2009) Cleveland, First, Associate, 7/1/06-6/30/13; Pisgah-Pleasant Hill, 7/1/13-6/30/17; Carter County Parish (JC), 7/1/17
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COBBLE, ALVIN C. (1967¬1969–1959¬1961) Lebanon Circuit, 6/5/55¬6/9/56; Panther Springs, 6/10/56¬6/8/57; New Market Circuit, 6/9/57¬6/6/59; Baileyton Circuit, 6/7/59¬6/6/64; Surgoinsville, First, 6/7/64¬5/27/66; Baileyton Circuit, 5/28/66¬6/14/74; Chestnut GroveEbenezer, 6/15/74¬6/17/81; Cross-Holly Springs, 6/18/81¬6/30/87; Elizabeth Chapel, 7/1/87¬6/30/91; Ebenezer Circuit, 7/1/91-6/30/95; Retired, 7/1/95; Edwards Chapel, 7/1/04¬6/30/09. Deceased 4/12/19.
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CRANFORD, LAURI JO (1996¬2001–1996¬2001) Candler School of Theology, 1996¬1997; Oak Ridge, First, Associate, 9/1/98¬6/30/02; Wesley Foundation UTK Director, 7/1/02¬6/30/04; Munsey Memorial, Associate, 7/1/04¬6/30/07; Elizabethton, First, 7/1/07-6/30/11; Sulphur Springs 7/1/11-6/30/15; District Superintendent (Kingsport), 7/1/15-6/30/17; District Superintendent (Kingsport-Johnson City), 7/1/17 CRIM, ROGER L. (1977¬1981–1974¬1981) Transferred from West Virginia Conference, 7/1/01; Hardin’s-Bradburn Hill, 7/1/00¬6/30/03; Bradburn Hill-Mt. Pleasant, 7/1/03.-6/30/14; Retired, 7/1/14 CROCKETT, DOUGLAS E. (1985¬1988–1985¬1988) Student, 6/1/84¬7/15/84; College Avenue, 7/16/84¬5/31/85; Ogden Friendship, 6/1/85¬5/31/88; Centralia, 6/1/88¬10/15/90; Transferred from Kansas East, 10/16/90;Associate Director, Conference Council on Ministries, 10/16/90-6/30/96;Appointed to Attend School, 7/1/96¬6/30/98; New Mt. Olive, 7/1/98¬6/30/04; Virginia Conference, 7/1/04¬6/30/07; Leave of Absence, 7/1/07-6/30/11; Appointed to serve in Virginia Conference 7/1/11. CRONE, MARY KATHRYN (FD-1998) Transferred from Alabama ¬West Florida Conference, 1984; Sevierville, First, Director of Christian Education, 1984¬1998; St. John Episcopal Cathedral, Director of Christian Education, 10/12/98¬12/31/08; Retired, 1/1/09. CULBERTSON, BARRY LYNN (1975¬1983–1975¬1983) Student, Vanderbilt University Divinity School, 6/15/75¬9/30/78; Mount Hebron, 10/1/78¬6/17/81; Staff Chaplain, Vanderbilt Hospital, 6/18/81¬12/31/81; Vanderbilt School of Religion, 1/1/83¬6/15/83; Chaplain, Vanderbilt Medical Center, 6/16/83-10/30/13; Transitional Leave, 10/30/13-6/30/14; Appointed to the Tennessee Conference, 7/1/14; Transferred to Tennessee Conference, 7/1/15. CUMMINGS, GEORGE WAYNE (1953¬1955–1953¬1956) Benhams Circuit Jr. Preacher, 9/24/50-9/27/52; Transferred from Wyoming Conference, 9/28/52; Old Forge, 9/28/52¬5/21/55; Iron Mountain Larger Parish/Sugar Grove-Teas, 5/22/55¬6/12/60; Wheelers Chapel, 6/13/60¬6/1/63; Lebanon Memorial, 6/2/63¬5/14/69; Clinton Memorial, 5/15/69¬6/16/73; Knoxville District, 6/17/73¬6/15/77; Holston Conference Council on Ministries, Director, 6/16/77¬6/30/83; Higher Education, Director, 3/1/84¬6/30/93; Retired, 7/1/93. Deceased, 12/20/18. CUTSHAW, MICHAEL (PE, 2007; FE, 2009–2009) Elm Springs-Amis Chapel, 7/1/03¬6/30/07; Tasso-Charleston, 7/1/07-6/30/12; Trinity, Morristown, 7/1/12. DANIELS, DONALD JOE, SR. (1977¬1981–1977¬1981) Hurst, 1977; Student, Gammon Theological Seminary, 6/16/77¬6/14/79; BethelRussellville, 6/15/79¬6/11/80; John Wesley, 6/12/80¬6/30/82; Wiley Memorial, 7/1/82¬6/30/87; Cleveland, Trinity Parish, 7/1/87¬6/30/96; Wiley-Hurst, 7/1/96¬6/30/00; John Wesley, 7/1/00¬6/30/04; Retired, 7/1/04. DAVENPORT, RYAN (FL-2012; PE-2013; FE-2015-2015) Central Rutledge, 7/1/12-12/31/15; Chaplain, United States Army, 1/10/16. DAVIS, BRIAN SCOTT (PE, 2003; FE, 2006-2006) First Centenary, Minister of Outreach, 7/1/03-6/30/15; Powell, 7/1/15-8/31/17; Preaching and Teaching Coach, 9/1/17-6/30/18; St. Marks (SS), 7/1/18-4/30/19; Withdrawal Betweeen Conferences ¶360.4, 4/30/19. DAVIS, MARK CLAYTON (1974¬1977–1974¬1977) Tazewell Circuit, 6/14/72¬6/16/73; Candler School of Theology, 6/15/74¬6/11/76; Trundles, 6/12/76¬6/15/78; Washington Pike, Associate, 6/16/78¬12/31/79; Damascus, 1/1/80¬6/17/81; Ridgedale, 6/18/81¬6/30/82; Signal Mountain, Associate, 7/1/82¬4/30/83; Leave of Absence, 5/1/83¬6/10/84; Honorable Location, 6/11/84¬12/31/84; Returned to the Effective Relationship, 1/1/85¬7/31/93; Brainerd, Minister of Evangelism, 8/1/93¬6/30/97; Pellissippi, 7/1/97¬1/30/00; Leave of Absence, 2/1/00¬6/30/00; Hixson, Associate, 7/1/00¬6/30/05; Fort Oglethorpe, 7/1/05¬6/30/08; Director, New Decree, 7/1/08-6/30/12; Retired, 7/1/12. DEAN, AMANDA J (PE-2010, FE-2013-2013) Transferred to North Annual Conference, 7/1/2010; Transferred to Holston Conference 11/1/2015; First Broad Street-Associate Pastor, 7/1/14-6/30/16; Apex UMC (North Carolina Annual Conference, 7/1/16, Medical Leave, 4/1/17-6/30/19; Ooltewah, Associate, 7/1/19. DEARING, FRED EARLIII (1980¬1982–1980¬1982) Kodak Circuit, 6/12/80¬6/30/86; Ebenezer-Bailey, 7/1/86¬6/30/92; TrinityWoodmore, 7/1/92¬6/30/96; Cleveland, First, 7/1/96-6/30/99; State Street, 7/1/99¬6/30/04; Kingsport District Superintendent, 7/1/04¬6/30/09; Chattanooga District Superintendent, 7/1/09-6/30/11; Retired 7/1/11; East Africa Conference, South Sudan District Superintendent 7/1/11. DeFUR, STEPHEN BRENT (1995-1998-1995-1998) Cokesbury, Associate, 7/1/96-6/30/13; Cokesbury (KN) 7/1/13. DeVAULT, LARRY VERLIN (1970¬1972–1970¬1972) Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/14/70¬6/9/71; Kingsport, Morrison Chapel, 6/10/71¬6/11/76;Austin Springs-Boone’s Creek, 6/12/76¬6/14/79; Otterbein, 6/15/79¬6/30/84; Mount Carmel, 7/1/84¬6/30/91; Panther Springs, 7/1/91¬6/30/96; Cherokee, 7/1/96¬6/30/01; Cassidy, 7/1/01¬6/30/04; Dandridge, First, 7/1/04¬6/30/08; St. Marks, 7/1/08-6/30/11; Retired 7/1/11; Chestnut Grove-Ebenezer,7/1/12-6/30/18; Oakland (MV), 7/1/18. DIAL, LARRY J. (1991¬1994–1991¬1994) Candler School of Theology, 7/1/91¬6/30/92; Nottingham-Prospect, 7/1/92¬6/30/93; Campus
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Ministry, Director Wesley Foundation, Clinch Valley College, 7/1/93¬6/30/96; Tazewell Circuit, 7/1/96¬12/31/98; Gatlinburg, First, 1/1/99¬6/30/01; New England Conference, 7/1/01¬6/30/04; Knoxville, Asbury, 7/1/04; Jones Memorial, 7/1/10-6/30/15; Beaver Ridge (OA), 7/1/15
DILKS, CHARLES RAYMOND (1980¬1985–1972¬1985) Belfast Circuit, 8/7/69¬6/15/77; Sugar Grove-Teas, 6/16/77¬6/14/79;Asbury Theological Seminary, 6/15/79¬12/31/81; Blue Ridge Circuit, 1/1/82¬6/30/85; Marion, Grace, 7/1/85¬6/30/90; Bristol, Virginia Avenue, 7/1/90¬6/30/98; Retired, 7/1/98. DISHMAN, CLARENCE GILMER, JR. (1965¬1968–1967¬1968) Bristol Hunt Memorial, 6/10/56-6/2/62; Radford Fairlawn, 6/3/62¬5/29/65; Student, Asbury Theological Seminary, 5/30/65¬6/1/68; Knoxville, Central, Associate, 6/2/68¬6/13/70; Kingsport, Wheeler, 6/14/70¬6/14/75; Floyd Station, 6/15/75¬6/14/79; Richlands, 6/15/79¬6/30/83;Abingdon, 7/1/83¬6/30/92; Grove, 7/1/92¬6/30/98; Retired, 7/1/98; Three Springs UMC, 7/1/00-6/30/14; Hunt Memorial, 11/1/11-6/30/12. DIXON, CHARLES EDWARD (1968¬1970–1968¬1970) Cleveland Unity, 6/13/60¬6/6/64; Etowah Circuit, 6/7/64¬6/14/69; DucktownCrofts Chapel, 6/15/69¬6/15/78; South Cleveland, 6/16/78-6/30/82; Shallowford Road, 7/1/82¬6/30/84; St. Paul Circuit, 7/1/84¬7/31/89; Fort Gibson, 8/1/89-12/31/89; St. Paul, 1/1/90¬6/30/90; Clintwood, 7/1/90¬6/30/94; Daisy, 7/1/94¬6/30/97; Retired, 7/1/97; Flintstone, 7/1/04. Deceased, 3/30/19. DOOLITTLE, ERIC LAWRENCE (PE, 2006; FE, 2009–2009) Mountain View, 5/1/04¬6/30/06; Buckner Memorial-Hiwassee College Chaplain, 7/1/06¬6/30/09; Harrogate-Arthur-Mountain View, 7/1/09-6/30/11; Leave of Absence 7/1/11-6/30/14; Chaplain-North Central College (Illinois), 7/1/14 DOUGHERTY, JAMES ALLEN (1964¬1967–1964¬1967) Sulphur Springs Circuit, 6/7/59¬6/3/61; Rich Valley, 6/4/61¬6/1/63; Student, Union Theological Seminary, 6/6/64¬5/24/66; NewYork Conference/Staten Island/Wesley, 5/25/66¬6/19/71; Bayville, 6/20/71¬6/10/78; Transferred from NewYork Conference, 6/11/78; Fairhaven, 6/11/78¬6/30/83; Vermont, 7/1/83¬6/30/87; Greeneville, Trinity, 7/1/87¬6/30/96; Washington Pike, 7/1/96¬6/30/98; Signal Crest, 7/1/98¬6/30/01; Broadway, 7/1/01¬6/30/04; Retired, 7/1/04. DOUTHAT, JAMES LOUIS (1963¬1965–1963¬1965) Lou’s Chapel, 6/3/62¬6/6/64; Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/7/64¬5/29/65; Brainerd, Minister of Education, 5/30/65¬5/27/66; Decatur, 5/28/66¬6/1/68; Sulphur Springs Circuit, 6/2/68¬6/13/70; Pikeville, Wesley Chapel, 6/14/70¬6/11/76; Wise, Trinity, 6/12/76¬6/15/78; Harriman, 6/16/78¬6/17/81; Rock Springs, 6/18/81¬6/30/82; Pleasant View, 7/1/82¬6/30/84; St. Elmo, 7/1/84¬6/30/87; Sabbatical Leave, 7/1/87¬6/30/88; Leave of Absence, 7/1/88¬6/30/91; Retired, 7/1/91; Whitwell, First, 12/1/07-6/30/09. DOUTY, BETHANY HORN (PE, 2008; FE, 2011-2011) Greeneville, Wesley’s Chapel, 7/1/08¬6/30/09; Wesley Memorial, 7/1/09-6/30/13; Romeo, 7/1/13-6/30/16; Charies (Florida Conference) 7/1/16-6/30/18; John Wesley UMC (Northwest District, Florida Conference), 7/1/18. Transferred Florida Conference 7/1/19. DOVER, CHRISTOPHER CHARLES (1987¬1990–1987¬1990) Student, Asbury, 7/1/87¬6/30/88; Rising Fawn Circuit, 7/1/88¬6/30/91; Lake Vista, 7/1/91¬6/30/94; Harrogate, 7/1/94¬6/30/95; Brooks Memorial, 7/1/95¬6/30/00; Virginia Conference, 7/1/00¬6/30/06; Pleasant Grove, 7/1/06¬6/30/08; Church Vocations Program, Tennessee Wesleyan College, 7/1/08-6/30/12; Tennessee Wesleyan College, Chaplain/ Director of Church Relations and Vocations, 7/1/12. DOWLINGSOKA, CHRISTINA(1987¬1989–1987¬1989) Harrogate Circuit, 9/10/83¬8/1/84 (British Methodist Church); Sedalia Circuit, 9/1/84¬5/31/86 (West Ohio); Anthon Circuit, 6/1/87-2/29/92 (Iowa); Buffalo Mountain Camp &Retreat Center 3/1/92¬6/11/97 (Iowa to Holston); Transferred from Iowa Conference, 6/11/97; Buffalo Mountain Camp & Retreat Center, Director 6/11/97¬3/31/06; Munsey Memorial, Associate, 4/1/06-6/30/14, Wauhatchie, 7/1/14-6/30/17; First (Willow)-Alaska Conference, 7/1/17-6/30/19; Sand MountainWildwood and Part Time Professor Tennessee Wesleyan University 7/1/19. DOWLINGSOKA, JOSEPH EVERETT (1989¬1992–1989¬1992) Harrogate Circuit, 9/10/83¬8/1/84 (British Methodist Church); Sedalia Circuit, 9/1/84¬5/31/86; (West Ohio); Student, 6/1/86¬5/31/87;Anthon, 6/1/87-2/29/92 (Iowa); Buffalo Mountain Camp & Retreat Center 3/1/92¬6/11/97 (Iowa to Holston); Transferred from Iowa Conference, 6/11/97; Buffalo Mountain Camp and Retreat Center, 6/11/97-6/30/98; First Broad Street, Minister of Discipleship, 7/1/98¬6/30/00; Otterbein, 7/1/00¬6/30/06; Bristol, First, 7/1/06-6/30/14; St. Elmo, 7/1/146/30/17; Retired, 7/1/17 DOYAL, DARRIS KENTON (1967¬1970–1967¬1970) Watauga, 6/2/63¬10/31/63; Johnson City, Asbury, 11/1/63¬5/27/66; Student, Duke Divinity School, 5/28/66¬6/13/70; Knoxville, First, Associate, 6/14/70¬6/14/75; Johnson City, Gray, 6/15/75¬6/15/78; Greeneville, Trinity, 6/16/78-8/31/88; Knoxville, Trinity, 1982¬1987; Knoxville District, 9/1/88¬8/31/92; Knoxville, Church Street, 9/1/92¬6/30/94; Kingsport District, 7/1/94¬6/30/97; Director, New Church Development and Church Extension, 7/1/97¬6/30/00; Maryville, First, 7/1/00¬6/30/03; Morristown, First, 7/1/03-6/30/09; Retired, 7/1/09.
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DICKERSON, DEBRA P (PE-2015; FE 2018) Holston Gap Parish (Co-Pastor), 7/1/15-6/30/19; St.Elmo, Chattanooga 7/1/19.
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DOYAL, STEPHEN KENTON (1995¬1998–1995¬1998) Middle Creek, 7/1/93¬6/30/95; Rising Fawn-Byrd’s Chapel, 7/1/95¬6/30/98; Norwood, 7/1/98¬2/28/02; New Church Start, Wellspring, 3/1/02¬6/30/05; Rutherford Memorial, 7/1/05. DOYLE, BARBARA A. (PE-2011, FE-2014-2014) New Mt. Olive, 7/1/04-8/31/06; New Mt. Olive-New Hope, 9/1/06-6/30/11; Mount Moriah Parish, Associate 7/1/11-6/30/12, Anderson Street,7/1/12-6/30/15; Bookwalter (KN), 7/1/15-6/30/16; Anderson Street-Virginia Avenue, 7/1/16-6/30/18; Shady Grove, 7/1/18-6/30/19; Shady Grove-Meadowview, 7/1/19. DREYER, ROBERT C. (FD, 1997) Consultant for the Disabled, 1995¬6/30/00; Retired, 7/1/00. DRIVER, TOM FAW (1951¬1959–1953¬1959) Student, Union Seminary, 9/20/51¬6/9/56; Professor, Union Seminary, 6/10/56¬6/30/93; Retired, 7/1/93. DUFF, COLUMBUS V., II (1960¬1962–1960¬1962) Red Hill Circuit, 6/9/57¬6/7/58; Lebanon-Grace, 6/8/58¬6/3/61; West Side Parish, 6/4/61¬6/2/62; Bland Circuit, 6/3/62¬5/27/66; Knoxville, Asbury, 5/28/66¬9/6/69; Chattanooga, St. James, 9/7/69¬6/16/73; Saltville, Madam Russell-Henrytown, 6/17/73¬6/15/78; Harrison, 6/16/78¬12/31/81; Sabbatical Leave, 1/1/82¬12/31/83; Leave of Absence, 1/1/85¬6/30/87; Beaver Ridge, Associate, 7/1/87¬6/30/91; Retired, 7/1/91. DUNCAN, PERRY WAYNE (1984¬1987–1984¬1987) Pleasant Hill, 1/1/82¬6/30/83; Westside Parish, 7/1/83¬6/30/85; Candler School of Theology, 1984; Oliver Springs-Dutch Valley, 7/1/85-6/30/90; Jacksboro-Caryville, 7/1/90¬6/30/95; Peck Memorial, 7/1/95¬6/30/98; Valley View-Heiskell 7/1/98¬6/30/02; Bethel, Amherst, 7/1/02-6/30/13; St. Luke’s (KN), 7/1/13. EASTRIDGE, JOSEPH VANCE (1955¬1960–1955¬1960) Brookside, 9/28/52¬6/24/54; Rome Circuit, 6/25/54¬6/4/55; Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/5/55¬6/9/56; Friendsville-Benfield, 6/10/56-6/8/57; Dayton, Mt. View, 6/9/57¬6/7/58; Ooltewah, 6/8/58¬6/3/61; Big Stone, St. Paul, 6/4/61¬6/6/64; Madisonville, 6/7/64¬5/27/66; Gatlinburg, 5/28/66¬6/9/71; Beaver Ridge-Bethel, 6/10/71¬6/14/74; Rockwood, Asbury, 6/15/74¬6/15/77; Chattanooga, Red Bank, 6/16/77¬6/17/81; Johnson City, First, 6/18/81¬6/30/84; Kern, 7/1/84¬6/30/85; Newport, First, 7/1/85¬6/30/93; Richlands, First, 7/1/93-6/30/94; Retired, 7/1/94. EDWARDS, JANET (PE, 2009; FE, 2011) Sevierville Circuit, 7/1/09-6/30/11; Liberty Hill-Edwards Chapel 7/1/11-6/30/12; Liberty Hill, 7/1/12-12/31/12; Pleasant Hill, 1/1/13-6/30/13; Asbury Chapel-Rockwood, 7/1/13-2/28/14; Personal Leave, 3/1/14-8/24/14; Chaplain, Avalon Hospice (Morristown), 8/25/14-10/18/15; Chaplain-Memorial Hospital (CH), 10/19/15-05/01/17; Chaplain-Trident Health System (South Carolina), 5/2/17. EDWARDS, PIERCE JACKSON (1965¬1967–1965¬1967) Goodfield Circuit, 6/3/62¬6/6/64;Apison, 5/30/65¬6/1/68; Knoxville, St. Andrews, 6/2/68¬6/13/72; Chattanooga, Asbury, 6/14/72¬6/14/74; Lebanon Memorial, 6/15/74¬6/14/79; Dayton, First-Spivey, 6/15/79¬6/30/82; Cleveland, Wesley Memorial, 7/1/82¬6/30/90; Brainerd, 7/1/90¬6/30/95; Morristown District, 7/1/95¬6/30/01; First Broad Street, 7/1/01¬6/30/07; Retired, 7/1/07. EDWARDS, RICHARD STEWART (1985¬1987–1985¬1987) Oak Ridge, Trinity, Associate, 7/1/85¬6/30/87/; First Farragut, 7; Anderson Street-Virginia Ave., /1/87¬6/30/06; Conference Director of Congregational Development and Revitalization,7/1/06-6/30/13; Oak Ridge, First, 7/1/13-6/30/17; Retired, 7/1/17 ELDRIDGE, LONNIE ROY(1973¬1981–1973¬1981) St. Andrews Red Hill, 6/10/71¬6/13/72;Apison, 6/17/73¬6/14/74; Discontinued, 6/15/74¬6/15/78; Readmitted, Jones Chapel, 6/16/78¬6/30/82; Honaker-Blackford Circuit, 7/1/82¬6/30/87; Oneida, 7/1/87¬6/30/89; Welch’sStephens Chapel, 7/1/89¬6/30/97; Evensville-New Bethel, 7/1/97¬6/30/02; Leave of Absence, 7/1/02¬6/11/03; Teacher/Counselor for GED/ Youth Enrichment Service Program, Rhea County, 6/11/03¬6/30/06; Daisy, 7/1/06; Fincastle, 7/1/10-6/30/13; Retired, 7/1/13. ELIFRITS WARREN, BETZY (PE, 2009; FE, 2011-2011) French Broad Circuit, 7/1/09-6/30/11; Gate City 7/1/11-6/30/13; Richlands, First, 7/1/13-831/17; Wesley Foundation Director-Eastern Illinois Univ. (Illinois Great Rivers Conference), 9/1/17. ELLIOTT, DAVID WILLIAM (1974¬1980–1973¬1980) Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/15/74¬6/14/75; Rising Fawn Circuit, 6/15/75¬6/14/79; Director, Camp Lookout, 6/15/79¬12/31/86; Executive Director, HCCCM, 1/1/87¬6/30/94; Sabbatical, 7/1/94¬12/31/94; Hunter, 1/1/95¬6/30/95; Conference Council on Ministries, Associate, 7/1/95¬6/30/98; Leave of Absence, 7/1/98¬6/30/01; Embreville, 7/1/00¬12/30/00; Retired, 12/31/00; Buffalo Mountain Camp (Interim Director), 7/1/14. ELMORE, PAUL BIVENS (1964¬1968–1962¬1968) Emory, 6/10/56¬6/8/58; Belfast Circuit, 6/9/58¬6/12/60; Chatham Hill Circuit, 6/4/61¬5/29/65; Castlewood, 5/30/65¬5/26/67; Cleveland, Chestuee-St. Andrews, 5/27/67¬6/1/68; Greeneville Circuit, 6/2/68¬6/13/70; Pocahontas, First, 6/14/70¬6/14/75; Burlington, 6/15/75¬6/15/77; Liberty Hill, 6/16/77¬6/14/79; Sneedville Circuit, 6/15/79¬6/30/83; Shady Grove, 7/1/83¬6/30/85; Decatur-Concord, 7/1/85¬6/30/90; Mt. Zion, 7/1/90¬6/30/93; Retired, 7/1/93. EMMERICH, SARA JO (PE, 2012, FE-2014-2014), Greene County Parish, 7/1/12-6/30/14; J. H. Quillen VA Medical Center (CPE), 7/1/148/23/15; Louis Stokes VA Medical Center (Cleveland, OH), 8/24/15-6/30/18: Cheyenne VA-Loveland, Chaplain, 7/1/18.
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ENSMINGER, CHARLES D. (1997¬2002–1997-2002) Tasso, 7/1/00¬6/30/04; Niota-Cedar Springs, 7/1/04-6/30/11; Blountville 7/1/116/30/14; Harrison, 7/1/14-6/30/19; Allen Memorial, 7/1/19.
FAIN, JAMES RAY(1993¬1995–1993¬1995) Haralson, 7/1/90¬6/30/93; Transferred from North Georgia Conference, 1993; Bridle Creek Circuit, 7/1/93¬6/30/99; Woodlawn-Shiloh 7/1/99-6/30/03; Sequatchie Cluster (Pikeville), 7/1/03¬6/30/05; Pine Grove-Hartman’s Chapel, 7/1/05-6/30/14; Retired, 7/1/14; Bales Chapel, 7/1/14 FAIRBANKS, DOUGLAS R., Jr. (1974¬1977–1974¬1977) Friendsville-Binfield, 7/1/74¬6/30/75; Church Street, Associate, 7/1/75¬6/30/76; Beulah-Ridgeway, 7/1/76¬1/31/79; Transferred to Western North Carolina Conference, 2/1/79; Transferred from Western North Carolina Conference, 7/1/01; Signal Crest, 7/1/01¬6/30/06; Knoxville District Superintendent, 7/1/06-6/30/12; First Centenary, 7/1/12-6/30/18; Retired, 7/1/18; Signal Crest, 12-16-18-6/30/19. FARMER, CLAYTON R. (PE-2016; FE 2019) Clearview-Dennison, 7/1/2016-6/30/19; Rural Retreat, 7/1/19. FARMER, JOHN WILEY(1971¬1974–1970¬1974) Elk Creek Circuit, 6/13/60¬6/6/64; Riceville Circuit, 6/7/64¬6/14/69; Charleston, 6/15/69¬6/16/73; Fries Station, 6/17/73¬6/15/77; Chaplain Hiwassee College, 6/16/77¬7/31/83; Oak Ridge, Trinity, 8/1/83¬8/31/88; FirstCentenary, Associate, 9/1/88¬9/15/92.; Bluefield, First, 9/16/92¬6/30/96; Bristol, First, 7/1/96¬6/30/00; Retired, 7/1/00. FAUGHT, KENNETH LYLE (PE, 2007; FE, 2009–2009) Pleasant Hill, 7/1/05¬6/30/08; LaFollette, 7/1/08-6/30/12; Cokesbury Associate, 7/1/12-6/30/15; St. Mark (KN), 7/1/15-6/30/18: Retired,7/1/18. FELTON, JOSHUA (PE, 2009; FE, 2011-2011) Bybee, 7/1/05¬6/30/06; Emory, 1/7/07¬9/30/07; Maryville, First, 10/1/07¬6/30/09; New Salem, 7/1/09-6/30/11; Niota-Cedar Springs 7/1/11-6/30/16; Noe’s Chapel-Central (Bean Station), 7/1/16-6/30/18: Clapps Chapel,7/1/18. FERGUSON, DONALD E. (1970¬1973–1970¬1973) Student, Duke Divinity School, 1970¬1971; Kodak Circuit, 1972¬1974; Knoxville First, Associate, 1975; GraduateSchool,UTK,1977-1978;ChurchStreet,Associate, 1979¬1983; UniversityofTennessee,Knoxville, 1984¬1985; Knoxville Family Counseling Center, 1986¬1992; Leave of Absence, 1993; Terminated, 1997; Middlebrook Pike, Associate (FL), 1/1/02¬6/30/04; St. Paul Fountain City (FL), 7/1/04¬6/30/05; Readmitted to Full Connection, 7/1/05; St. Paul, Fountain City, 7/1/05-6/30/13; Retired, 7/1/13:Asbury-Rockwood Charge 3/1/14-6/30/14; Emerald Avenue, 4/18/16-6/30/16; First UMC, Jefferson City, 4/1/17-6-30-17; Christ-Knoxville,7/1/18. FERGUSON, FREDERICK ANDERSON (1972¬1976–1972¬1976) Student, Duke Divinity School, 6/14/72¬6/14/75; Woodlawn-Shiloh, 6/15/75¬6/14/79; Knoxville, Second, Associate, 6/15/79-12/31/81; St. Paul 1/1/82¬6/30/87; Lenoir City, Trinity, 7/1/87¬6/30/91; Maryville, First, Associate, 7/1/91¬6/30/96; Jefferson City, First, 7/1/96¬6/30/00; Broad Street, 7/1/00¬6/30/08; Church Street, 7/1/08-6/30/15; Retired, 7/1/15 FERGUSON, JAMES R., JR. (1997–1997) Maybeury, 6/11/89¬5/31/91; Port Royal, 6/1/91-6/30/94; Transferred from West Virginia Conference, 6/15/95; Grundy, 7/1/94¬3/31/97; Liberty Hill, 4/1/97¬7/1/04; Luminary, 7/1/04¬6/30/08; Dandridge, First, 7/1/08-6/30/14; Trinity (Athens), 7/1/14-6/30/17; First (Bluefield), 7/1/17 FETZER, REBEKAH COX (FD, 2005) Cokesbury, Director of Ministries, 7/1/02. FIORINI, KEVIN MARSHALL(PE, 2003; FE, 2006–2006) New Hope-Mt. Airy, 7/1/99¬6/30/02; Grace Circuit, 7/1/02¬6/30/08; GladevilleMt. Olivet, 7/1/08-6/30/11; Leave of Absence 7/1/11-6/30/11; Retired, 7/1/12; Grace Circuit, 7/1/14 FISHER, ELLEN F. (FD, 1997) Transferred from the Western North Carolina Conference, 7/1/01; Morristown, First, Minister of Discipleship, 7/1/01¬12/31/07; Retired, 1/1/08. FISHER, RONALD DALE (1980¬1984–1980¬1984) Oral Roberts School of Theology, 6/12/80-12/31/81; Mountain View-Seven Mile Ford, 1/1/82¬6/30/84; Pleasant Hill Blount, 7/1/84¬6/30/88; Magnolia Avenue, 7/1/88¬6/30/94; Cokesbury, Associate, 7/1/94¬6/30/96; Knoxville, First, 7/1/96-6/30/04; Spring City-Reeds Chapel, 7/1/04¬6/30/06; Lenoir City, Central, 7/1/06-6/30/11; Middlesettlements, 7/1/11-6/30/16; First (Sweetwater), 7/1/16 FLANARY, GALE KAY (PE, 2003; FE, 2006– 2006) Old Union-McFerrin, 3/11/03¬6/30/05; St. Luke, 7/1/05-6/30/12, Retired, 7/1/12. FLAUGHER, DENNIS W. (2005–2005) Transferred from South Indiana Conference, 7/1/05; First Centenary, Minister of Discipleship,
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EVERLEY, JERRY LENN (1972¬1974–1972¬1974) Chattanooga, White Oak, Associate, 11/3/72-6/14/75; Cleveland, Broad Street, Associate, 6/15/75¬6/30/83; NewYork City, Marble Collegiate Church, Staff, 7/1/83¬6/30/98; Maryville, Fairview, 7/1/90¬12/31/90; Munsey Memorial, Associate, 1/1/90¬6/30/97; East Tennessee State University, Wesley Foundation, Director/Munsey Memorial, Associate, 7/1/97¬9/30/04; ETSU Wesley Foundation Director, 10/1/04; Retired, 7/1/10.
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7/1/03¬6/30/09; Brainerd, 7/1/09-6/30/17; Gray, 7/1/17 FLYNN, ANNETTE MARIE NOTAR (1990¬1994–1990¬1994) Lead Mines Circuit, 1990; Forest, 7/1/90¬6/30/91; Leave of Absence, 7/1/91¬6/30/92; Fountain City ,Associate, 7/1/92¬6/30/95; Leave of Absence, 7/1/95¬6/30/96;Adams Chapel-Hulls Chapel, 5/26/96; Colonial Heights, Associate, 7/1/96¬6/30/98; Director of Wesley Institute, 7/1/98¬10/30/00; Kern, Associate, 1/1/01¬12/31/01; Leave of Absence, 1/1/02-6/30/10; Signal Crest ,Associate, 7/1/10-6/30/12; Honorable Location, 7/1/12-6/30/14; Returned to Effective Relationship, 7/1/14; Wildwood, 7/1/14-6/30/16; A Flynn Partnerships, 7/1/16-6/30/18: Rockwood-A Flynn Partneships,7/1/18. FLYNN, MARK ROGER (1987¬1991–1987¬1991) Student, Duke, 7/1/87¬6/30/89; Hillsville Circuit, 7/1/89¬6/30/92; Fountain City, Associate, 7/1/92¬6/30/95; Wheeler, 7/1/95¬6/30/98; Kern Memorial, 7/1/98¬6/30/06; Christ, 7/1/06-6/30/17; First (Oak Ridge), 7/1/17 FORRESTER TROY DANIEL (PE, 2006; FE, 2009–2009) Oak Ridge, First, Associate, 7/1/06-6/30/16; First (Knoxville), 7/1/16. FOWLER, CHARLES JOEL(1969¬1972–1969¬1972) Student, Duke Divinity School, 5/15/69¬6/9/71; Walland-Campground, 6/10/71¬6/13/72; Oak Ridge, First, Associate, 6/14/72¬6/11/76; Logan’s Chapel, 6/12/76¬11/10/79; University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Campus Minister, 6/12/80-6/30/97; Leave of Absence, 7/1/97¬6/30/02; Retired, 7/1/02. FOWLER, WILLIAM JOSEPH (1966¬1969–1966¬1969) Transferred from Western North Carolina Conference, 1966; Student, Duke Divinity School, 6/12/66¬6/1/68; Assistant Minister, St. Michaels Parish, Dumfries, Scotland, 6/2/68¬6/14/69; Oak Ridge, Trinity-Valley View, Associate, 6/15/69¬6/16/73; Bluff City-Rockholds, 6/17/73¬6/15/78; Pleasant View, 6/16/78¬6/30/82; Bristol, First, 7/1/82¬6/30/94; Knoxville, Church Street, 7/1/94¬6/30/08; Retired, 7/1/08; Interim Appointment to Midtown Valley (OA), 4/1/13-6/30/13-6/30/14; Rockwood, 7/1/14-6/30/18: Midtown Valley,7/1/18. FOX, DENNIS (PL-2006, FE-2011) Powell Valley Cooperative Parish (Flatwoods), 7/1/06-12/30/09; Flatwoods 12/30/09-2/14/10; Jonesville Parish 7/1/10-6/30/11; Claiborne Cluster 7/1/11; Reinstated by North Carolina Conference; Transferred to Holston Conference as FE 7/1/11. FOX, HAROLD EDWARD (1960¬1963–1960¬1963) Sweetwater Parish, 10/1/56¬6/8/57; Spring City Circuit, 6/9/57¬6/12/60; Etowah Circuit, 6/13/60¬6/3/61; Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/4/61¬6/2/62; Holston View-Prospect, 6/3/62¬6/9/71; Oak Ridge, Concord, 6/10/71-6/16/73; Board of Discipleship, 6/17/73¬12/31/88; Executive Director of World Evangelism, World Methodist Council, 1/1/89.6/30/11; Retired 7/1/11; World Methodist Council, Executive Director of World Evangelism 7/1/11. FRAZIER, CALEB R. (PL-2011, PE-2013, FE-2015-2015) McCarty 7/1/11-6/30/13; Ketron Memorial, 7/1/13-6/30/17; First (Surgoinsville) 7/1/17-6/30/19; Director, ETSU Wesley Foundation, 7/1/19. FREESTATE, ROBERT H. (1973¬1975–1973¬1975) Administrative Assistant, 5/31/73¬6/4/75; Director Rel. and Soc. Serv., 6/5/75¬6/1/77;Adm. Chandler Memorial, 6/2/77¬5/31/79; President, Morningside Manor, 6/1/79¬12/31/81; Morningside Manor, Inc., 1/1/82¬6/30/90; Transferred, Southwest Texas Conference, 7/1/90; President, Asbury Center, 7/1/90¬6/30/98; Leave of Absence, 7/1/98¬6/30/94; Retired, 7/1/04. FRYE, WILLIAM RANDALL(1979¬1983–1979¬1983) Student, Asbury Theological Seminary, 6/15/79¬6/17/81; Cedar Springs, 6/18/81¬6/30/85; Morristown, First, Associate, 7/1/85¬6/30/88; Harrison, 7/1/88¬6/30/93; First Broad Street, Minister of Membership, 7/1/93¬6/30/98; Pulaski, First, 7/1/98¬6/30/05; Johnson City District Superintendent, 7/1/05-6/30/12; Fountain City, 7/1/12-06/30/18;First Broad Street (AP), 07/01/18-6/30/19; First Broad Street-Community (AP), 7/1/19. FUNK, DAVID LEE (1953¬1955–1953¬1955) In School, 6/14/53¬6/11/55; Fair Haven Sugar Gr, 6/12/55¬6/9/56; Division of Chaplains, 6/10/56¬6/2/61; Kirksville, 6/3/61¬11/1/61; Division of Chaplains, 11/2/61¬6/9/62; Chaplain Riverside Hospital, 6/10/62¬5/31/64; In School, 6/1/64-6/12/66;Youth Counsel Svc., 6/13/66¬6/2/71; Leave of Absence, 6/3/71¬6/1/72; Counseling, 6/2/72-12/31/73; Shelby City Mental Health Clinic, 1/1/74¬6/11/78; Transferred, Ohio, 6/12/78; Overlook Mental Health Center, Coordinator of Pastoral Services., 6/12/78¬12/31/83; Director of Contact Ministries, Maryville, 1982; Leave of Absence, 1/1/84¬6/30/87; The Pastoral Institute, 7/1/87¬6/30/97; Leave of Absence, 7/1/97¬6/30/98; Retired, 7/1/98. GALYON, BRUCE MURRAY(1987¬1990–1987¬1990) Greendale-Brumley Gap, 6/15/81¬6/10/84; Student, Asbury Theological Seminary, 6/11/84¬12/31/85; Graefenburg, 1/1/86¬6/30/88; Cedar Springs Circuit, 7/1/88¬6/30/90; Calhoun-Spring Creek, 7/1/90¬6/30/96; Panther Springs, 7/1/96-6/30/97; Elizabeth Chapel, 7/1/97¬6/30/00; Loudon, 7/1/00¬6/30/05; Knoxville, Central, 7/1/05-6/30/14; Red Bank, 7/1/146/30/16; Middlebrook Pike, 7/1/16. GALYON, STEVEN NATHANIEL(1981¬1984–1981¬1984) Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/18/81¬6/30/82; Sunbright-Mt. VernonRugby Road, 7/1/82¬6/30/84; Concord, Associate, 7/1/84-6/30/88; New North Hixson, 7/1/88¬12/31/90; Soddy Daisy-Grace, 1/1/91¬6/30/96; Gatlinburg, 7/1/96¬6/30/98;Athens, Trinity, 7/1/98¬6/30/99; Wise, Trinity, 7/1/99¬10/5/99; Leave of Absence, 10/6/99¬6/11/03; McFarland, 6/11/03¬6/30/06; Wauhatchie, 7/1/06¬6/30/09; Vermont, 7/1/09; Retired, 7/1/10. GARLAND, GREGORY ALLEN (1993¬1995–1982¬1995) Mt. Pleasant Oakland, 10/1/73¬6/11/76; Greeneville Circuit, 6/12/76¬6/30/86;
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Mt. Hebron, 7/1/86¬6/30/89; Rock Springs, 7/1/89¬6/30/90; Pound-Derby, 7/1/90¬6/30/95; Glade Spring Byars Cobb, 7/1/95¬6/30/96; Peace Corps, 7/1/96-12/31/96; Simpson, 1/1/97¬6/30/98; Benton-Mt. Hermon, 7/1/98¬6/30/01; Leave of Absence, 7/1/01-6/30/03; Retired, 7/1/03; Pound, 7/1/06-6/30/10.
GASS, J. DAVID, II (PL, 2000; PE, 2009; FE, 2012-2012) Lynnwood, 6/14/00-6/30/06; Wesley Theological Seminary, 8/1/06-510/10; Deer Park, Baltimore-Washington 7/1/06-6/30/10; Greene County Parish, 7/1/10-6/30/12; Looney’s Chapel, 7/1/12-6/30/13; Fincastle, 7/1/136/30/16; First (Oneida), 7/1/16-6/30/17; First (Oneida)-Rugby Road, 7/1/17 GATTIS, JASON N., SR. (PE, 2004; FE, 2007–2007) Apison, 7/1/01¬6/30/04; Keith Memorial, Associate, 7/1/04; Cokesbury, Associate, 7/1/10-6/30/12, Seymour, 7/1/12-6/30/17; District Superintendent (Maryville), 7/1/17 GILBERT, DALE MILTON (1992¬1994–1992¬1994) Harrogate, 1/1/91¬6/30/94; Ooltewah, 7/1/94-6/30/98; Wesley Memorial, 7/1/98¬6/30/05; Morristown, Trinity, 7/1/05; Glen Alpine, 7/1/10-6/30/13; Radford, Central, 7/1/13-6/30/18; Pleasant View, 7/1/18. GILBERT, DAVID LAWRENCE (1982¬1985–1982¬1985) Sweetwater Parrish, 6/17/73¬6/14/75; Tellico Plains Circuit, 6/15/75¬6/15/77; Bethel Blount, 6/15/79¬6/30/82; Candler School of Theology, 1982; Browder-Forknor, 7/1/82¬6/30/83; Sneedville Circuit, 7/1/83¬6/30/85; Fries, 7/1/85¬6/30/89; Claypool Hill Circuit, 7/1/89¬6/30/95; Harrogate, 7/1/95¬6/30/97; Vestal, 7/1/97¬6/30/98; Appalachia-Andover, 7/1/98¬6/30/01;Appalachia, 7/1/01¬6/30/03; Tacoma,7/1/03; Retired, 7/1/07. GILBERT, JOHN W., JR. (1969¬1971–1969¬1971) In School, 6/12/69¬6/9/70; Urban Minister Union Village., 6/10/70¬6/8/71; New Providence-Union Village, 6/9/71¬6/6/72; New Providence-Henderson, 6/7/72-6/5/73; Director PR Scarritt, 6/6/73¬8/14/77; Haverford College Development Office, 8/15/77¬6/6/78; Haverford College Ext Min, 6/7/78¬6/5/79; Candler School of Theology, 6/6/79¬6/30/01; Vice-President for Advancement for Fund for Theological Education, 7/1/01¬2/28/06; Leave of Absence, 3/1/06¬6/30/06; Retired, 7/1/06. GODDARD, CAROLINE WALLIS (1990¬1993–1990¬1993) Shady Grove, 7/1/91¬12/31/96; Student, 1/1/97¬6/30/98; Mary’s Chapel, 7/1/98¬6/30/01; Jefferson County School System, 7/1/01; Rutledge Circuit, 7/1/10-6/30/13; Retired, 7/1/13 GODDARD, JAMES EARL, JR. (1992¬1997–1992¬1997) Fairgarden Circuit, 6/12/76¬6/15/77; Madisonville Circuit, 6/16/77¬6/17/81; Mt. View-New Providence, 6/18/81¬6/30/82; Grange Hall-Lebanon, 7/1/82¬6/30/87; Riverview Circuit, 7/1/87¬6/30/90; Chatham, 7/1/90¬6/30/91; Cedar Grove, 7/1/91¬6/30/94; Student, Duke Divinity School, 1990¬1993; Draper Circuit, 7/1/94¬6/30/97; Norton, 7/1/97¬6/30/99; Unicoi, 7/1/99¬6/30/03; Pleasant View, 7/1/03¬6/30/09; Gray, 7/1/09-6/30/11; Retired 7/1/11; Next Step Ministries, 7/1/18; Wabash Circuit, Co-Pastor, 7/1/19. GODDARD, KIMBERLY MUSTARD (1986¬1989–1986¬1989) Duke Divinity School, 6/13/83¬6/30/85; Pearisburg Circuit, 7/1/85¬6/30/89; Asbury (Greeneville)-Associate, 7/1/89¬6/30/94; Aldersgate-Jordan’s Chapel, 7/1/94¬6/30/97; Trinity (Wise), 7/1/97¬6/30/99; Otterbein, 7/1/99¬6/30/00; Sabbatical Leave, 7/1/00¬10/1/00; Director, Wesley Institute, 10/1/00¬6/30/03; Abingdon District Superintendent, 7/1/03¬6/30/09; Mafair, 7/1/09-6/30/16; Wytheville District Superintendent, 7/1/16. GOODEN, CLAUDE MARK (1984¬1987–1984¬1987) Welch’s Chapel, 7/1/83¬6/30/85; Candler School of Theology, 1984; Chattanooga, St. James, 7/1/85¬6/30/87; Hixson, Associate, 7/1/87-6/30/89; Surgoinsville, First, 7/1/89¬6/30/93; Lenoir City, Central, 7/1/93¬6/30/06; Signal Crest, 7/1/06-6/30/14; Munsey Memorial, 7/1/14-6/30/18; First Centenary, Senior Minister, 7/1/18. GOODGAME, GORDON CLIFTON (1957¬1960–1958¬1960) Benton, Mt. Hermon, 6/9/57¬6/7/58; Candler School of Theology Student, 6/8/58¬6/6/59; Clapps Chapel, 6/7/59¬6/2/62; Knoxville, Epworth, 6/3/62¬6/14/69; Kingston, 6/15/69¬6/16/73; Pulaski, First, 6/17/73¬6/14/74; Leader Development Consultant Conference Council on Ministries, 6/15/74¬6/15/77; Oak Ridge, First, 6/16/77¬6/17/81; First-Centenary, 6/18/81¬6/30/90; Conference Council on Ministries, Director, 7/1/90¬12/31/93; Southeastern Jurisdictional Administrative Council, Executive Director, 1/1/94-6/30/00; Retired, 7/1/00. GOODMAN, RONALD E. JR. (1974-1979) Transferred from Missouri West Conference, 7/1/01; Spring City-Reeds Chapel, 9/15/00¬6/30/04; St. John, 7/1/04¬6/30/07; St. Mark, 7/1/07-6/30/08; Retired, 7/1/08. GOODMAN, TERRY DALE (1986-1989-1986-1989) Candler, 1986; Walland, 7/1/84¬6/30/87; Knoxville, Trinity, Associate, 7/1/87¬6/30/88; Newbern-Mt. View, 7/1/88¬6/30/92; Chilhowie-Tate’s Chapel, 7/1/92¬6/30/96; Chilhowie, 7/1/96-6/30/97; Rockwood, First, 7/1/97-6/30/00; McKendree, 7/1/00-6/30/05; Virginia Avenue-Macedonia, 7/1/05¬6/30/08; Virginia Avenue-Falls Mills, 7/1/08-6/30/12, Trinity (Big Stone Gap), 7/1/12-6/30/18; Conference Secretary and Director of Clergy Services, 7/1/18. GOTT, STEVEN GLENN (PE, 2005; FE, 2008–2008)) Adams Chapel-Hulls Chapel, 7/1/99-6/30/03; Mt. Carmel, 7/1/03¬6/30/06; Aldersgate, 7/1/07-6/30/13; Medical Leave, 7/1/13-6/30/14; Fairhaven, 7/1/14-6/30/18: Bluff City,7/1/18.
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GASS, CAROLYN PORTER (PD, 2009; FD, 2012-2012) Wesley Seminary, Artist in Residence, 7/1/09; Transitional Leave, 7/1/10-9/1/10; Greene County Parish, Center for Religious Arts -Director 9/1/10-6/30/12; Looney’s Chapel, Minister of Arts and Mission, 7/1/12-6/30/13; Transitional Leave, 7/1/13-6/30/14; Leave of Absence, 7/1/14
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GRAHAM, JOHN H. (2001-,2009–2001¬2009) Sevierville Circuit, 7/1/95¬6/30/99; Mountain View-Zion Hill, 7/1/99¬6/20/06; Laurel Springs-Mountain View-Zion Hill, 6/21/06-6/30/12, Laurel Springs Circuit, 7/1/12. GRAHAM, TIMOTHY WAYNE (1978¬1981–1978¬1981) New Baltimore New Haven, 6/15/78-5/31/79; Carlisle, 6/1/79¬6/15/83; Mancelona, 6/16/83¬9/15/90; Marne, 9/16/90¬6/30/93; Transferred from West Michigan Conference, 1993; East Marion Circuit, 7/1/93¬6/30/95; Rich Creek-Powell Mountain, 7/1/95-6/30/96; Glade Spring, Byars Cobb, 7/1/96¬6/30/00¬12/31/00; Marion Correctional Treatment Center, Chaplain, 1/1/01-6/30/03; Chaplain, Central State Hospital, Petersburg, VA, 7/1/03-6/30/16; Retired, 7/1/16. GRANT, DAVID (PE, 2011; FE, 2013-2013) Jacksboro-Caryville 7/1/11-6/30/16; St. Mark (OA), 7/1/16 GRAY, DANNY LEE, JR. (FD, 2006-2006; FE-2013-2013) Director of Conference Youth Ministries, 7/1/03¬6/30/08; Munsey Memorial, 7/1/08; Transitional Leave, 7/1/10-1/1/11; Bluff City 1/1/11. (Process of Transition from FD to FE started in 7/1/11) -6/30/18; ChilhowieSeven Mile Ford, 7/1/18-6/30/19; Addilynn Memorial, 7/1/19. GRAYBEAL, DAVID W. (2000¬2003–2000¬2003) Keith Memorial, Associate, 9/1/01-6/30/04; Englewood-Mars Hill, 7/1/04¬6/30/08; St. Mark (KN), 7/1/08-6/30/15; Keith Memorial (CL), 7/1/15. GREEN, JAMES ROLLIN (1959¬1961–1959¬1961) Johnson City Circuit, 6/5/55¬6/8/56; Bristol, Christ, 6/7/59¬6/1/63; Student, Princeton Seminary, 6/2/63¬6/6/64; Bristol, State Street, Associate, 6/7/64¬5/27/66; Knoxville, Norwood, 5/28/66¬6/1/68; Knoxville, Magnolia Avenue, 6/2/68¬6/13/72; Johnson City District, 6/14/72¬6/15/78; Grove, 6/16/78¬6/30/83; State Street, 7/1/83¬6/30/91; Maryville, First, 7/1/91¬6/30/00; Retired, 7/1/00; Steward of Clergy Concerns, 7/1/01¬6/30/04; Retired, 7/1/04. GREEN, JOSEPH STURM (1972¬1975–1972¬1975) Asbury Theological Seminary, 6/14/72¬6/14/74; McClure Circuit, 6/15/74¬6/14/75; Dryden-Seminary, 6/15/75¬6/11/80; Fort Oglethorpe, 6/12/80-6/30/91; Radford, Central, 7/1/91¬6/30/95;Alcoa, First, 7/1/95-6/30/12; Cleveland District Superintendent, 7/1/12-6/30/15; First Broad Street (KI), 7/1/15-6/30/18; Retired, 7/1/18; Camp Ground, 10/24/18— 6/30/19. GREENE, BRIAN HUGER, JR. (1957¬1959–1958¬1959) Sequatchie Valley, Lou’s Chapel, 6/8/57-6/6/59; Chapel Hill-Welch, 1960¬1964; Knoxville, St. Mark’s, 6/7/64¬5/26/67; Bristol, Trinity, 5/27/67¬6/13/70; Student, University of North Carolina, 6/14/70¬6/13/72; North Carolina, Family Planning Program, Assistant Director of Guilford County, 6/14/72¬6/17/81; Retired, 6/18/81. GREGORY, RICHARD ST. CLAIR (1983¬1987–1983¬1987) Rural Retreat Circuit, 6/16/78¬6/30/85; Duke Divinity School, 1983¬1984; Blue Ridge Circuit, 7/1/85¬6/30/89; Oakland, 7/1/89¬6/30/95; Hunter-Slagle, 7/1/95¬6/30/96; Erwin, Centenary, 7/1/96¬6/30/99; Floyd, 7/1/99.-6/30/11; First, Galax 7/1/11-6/30/18; West Galax, 7/1/18 . GRIFFIN RUSSELL, CARYL PEDEN (1999¬2002–1999¬2002) First Broad Street, Associate, 7/1/00¬6/30/03; Director, Wesley Leadership Institute, 7/1/03¬12/31/06; Leave of Absence, 1/1/07-6/30/11; Elizabeth R. Griffin Foundation 7/1/11-6/30/19; Retired, 7/1/19. GRIFFIN, CHARLES W. (PE, 2005; FE, 2008–2008) Fairview, 7/1/05-6/30/11; Cassidy 7/1/11-6/30/14; Luminary, 7/1/14 GRILLS, ANTHONY C. (PE, 2002; FE, 2004¬2004) Bond Memorial-South Coeburn, 7/1/01¬11/3/01; Bond Memorial, 11/4/01¬6/30/03; Mt. Carmel-Seviers, 7/1/03¬6/30¬06; Holly Avenue, 7/1/06-6/30/11; Main Street (TA) 7/1/11. GRIMM, JOHN LOUIS (1998¬2001–1998¬2001) Martinsville, 8/1/96¬6/30/97; Student, Asbury Theological Seminary, 1998; Honaker, First, 7/1/99¬6/30/01; Morgan’s Chapel-Rockford, 7/1/01-6/30/05;Aldersgate¬Jordan’s Chapel, 7/1/05-6/30/11; Gladeville-Mt. Olivet 7/1/116/30/16; Pine Grove-Hartman’s Chapel, 7/1/16 GRIMM, MARIA W. (1996¬1999–1996¬1999) Garden-Keen Mtn., 7/1/97¬6/30/00; East Tazewell Circuit, 7/1/00¬6/30/01; Belspring-Parrot, 7/1/01¬6/30/04; Leave of Absence, 7/1/04¬6/30/05; Thornspring-Wesley Memorial, 7/1/05¬6/30/07; Leave of Absence, 7/1/07; Cripple Creek Circuit, 7/1/10-6/30/11; Blue Ridge Circuit 7/1/11-6/30/16; Mt. Zion, Afton,7/1/16 GRISSETT, CURTIS (2005– 2005) Pine Grove-Hartman’s Chapel, 7/1/02¬6/30/05; Transferred from Texas Conference, 7/1/05; Mt. Zion, 7/1/05¬6/30/09; Retired, 7/1/09. GROGG, GARY WAYNE (1967¬1969–1967¬1969) Student, Asbury Theological Seminary, 5/27/67-6/14/69; Wytheville Circuit, 6/15/69¬6/16/73; Radford, Carter Street, 6/17/73¬6/15/77; Bristol, Virginia Avenue, 6/16/77¬1/31/80; McFarland, 2/1/80¬6/30/87; Chattanooga, St. Luke, 7/1/87-6/30/90;Alcoa, 7/1/90¬6/30/93; Cleveland District, 7/1/93¬6/30/99; St. John, 7/1/99¬6/30/04; Retired, 7/1/04. GROVE¬DEJARNETT, DOUGLAS (FD, 1997) Transferred from West Pennsylvania, 11/85; Munsey Memorial, Minister of Music, 11/85. HALE, KATHERINE C. (PE-2001; FE-2004-2004) Kingsport, Colonial Heights, Associate, 7/1/01-6/30/04; Auburn, 7/1/04-6/30/10; Wears
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Valley, 7/1/10.-6/30/15; Retired, 7/1/15
HAMILTON, ELIZABETH SCOTT (PE-2010; FE, 2012-2012) Abingdon, Associate, 7/1/2010-6/30/14; Addilyn Memorial, 7/1/14-6/30/17; Maternity Leave 7/1/17-8/30/17; Addilyn Memorial, 9/1/17-6/30/19Mountain View (AP), 7/1/19. HAMILTON, ROBERT EDWARD (1970¬1976–1968¬1976) Hillsville Circuit, 5/29/65¬6/4/68; Englewood, 6/5/68¬6/12/70; EnglewoodMars Hill, 1969¬1972; Ridgeview Parish, 6/13/70-6/16/73; Charleston, 6/17/73-6/11/76; St. James, 6/12/76¬6/11/80;Asbury¬Director of Chattanooga Urban Ministry, 6/12/80¬6/30/82; East Chattanooga, 7/1/82¬6/30/84; Director, Chattanooga Area Institute of Industrial and Commercial Ministries, 7/1/84-8/31/85; President, United Chaplains Association, 9/1/85¬12/31/88; Stephens Chapel-Welchs Chapel, 1/1/89¬6/30/89; Highland Plaza, 7/1/89¬9/15/90; Nickelsville Circuit, 9/16/90¬6/30/93; Solway-Valley View, 7/1/93¬6/30/94; Valley View, 7/1/94-6/30/96; Retired, 7/1/96; Riceville-Piney Grove, 7/1/98-11/5/01; Jones Chapel, 11/1/05¬6/30/09; Ducktown-Croft Chapel 11/1/106/12/13; Graysville-New Bethel, 7/1/16-7/29/18. HAMMER, C. FREDERICK (FE/PL Honorable Location 1995) Edwards Chapel 7/1/09-6/30/10; Liberty Hill-Edwards Chapel 7/1/1012/31/10 Return FE 1/1/11; Liberty Hill-Edwards Chapel 1/1/11-6/30/11; Rockwood 7/1/11-6/30/13; George Street-Grant, 7/1/13-2/28/15; Leave of Absence, 3/1/15-5/14/2015; Retired, 5/15/2015. HAMMOND, JIMMY RONALD (1963¬1967–1963¬1967) Mt. Zion Okalona, 6/7/59¬6/2/62; Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/2/63¬5/29/65; Rural Retreat Circuit, 5/30/65¬5/26/67; Woodlawn-Shiloh, 5/27/67¬6/16/73; Forrest Avenue, 6/17/73¬6/11/76; Dandridge, First, 6/12/76¬6/11/80; Knoxville, Colonial Heights, 6/12/80¬6/30/84;Alcoa, 7/1/84¬6/30/90; Morristown District, 7/1/90-6/30/95; Concord, 7/1/95¬6/30/99; Retired, 7/1/99. HAMPTON, MATTHEW P., (OF, PM-2012, FE-2014-2014) McFarland, 2005-6/30/14, Church Street, Associate, 7/1/14-2/28/18; Chaplain, Amedisys Hospice (TV), 3/1/18 HANCOCK, THOMAS EDWARD (PE-2005; FE, 2008–2008) Whiteside, 7/1/03¬6/30/05; Harrison, 7/1/05-6/30/14; Cassidy, 7/1/14. HANKINS, BUFORD WANE (1969¬1972–1969¬1972) Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/15/69¬6/9/71; Marvin-Fairview, 6/10/71¬6/16/73; Johnson City, Munsey Memorial, Associate, 6/17/73¬6/14/75; Bethesda-Eden-Embreeville, 6/15/75¬3/14/76; Missionary, Honduras, 3/15/76-11/6/76; Harnedsville-Parrottsville, 11/7/76¬1/31/80; Dept. of Evangelism, Liberia Annual Conference, Zwedru, 2/1/80¬12/31/81; Special Appointment Outside U.S., 1/1/82¬6/30/87; Dunlap, 7/1/87¬6/30/89; Rural Retreat-Mt. Olive, 7/1/89¬6/30/95; Big Stone, Trinity, 7/1/95¬6/30/99; Jones Memorial, 7/1/99¬7/25/00; Elizabethton, First, 9/15/00¬6/30/07; Greeneville, Trinity, 7/1/07¬6/30/09; East Africa Annual Conference, South Sudan District Superintendent, 7/1/09-6/30/11; Mountain City, First-Trade 7/1/11-6/30/13; Retired, 7/1/13. HANKINS, PHYLLIS LUANNE (1989¬2001–1998¬2001) Student, Asbury Theological Seminary, 1998; Jones Memorial, 7/1/99¬7/26/00; Ebenezer Circuit, 10/1/00¬6/30/02; Austin Springs, 7/1/02-6/30/04; Midway Memorial-Prospect, 7/1/04¬6/30/05; Fall Branch-Logan’s Chapel, 7/1/05¬6/30/06; Clear Springs-Pleasant Grove, 7/1/06¬6/30/07; Leave of Absence, 7/1/07¬6/30/09; East Africa Annual Conference, South Sudan District, 7/1/09-6/30/11; Mountain City Circuit 7/1/11-6/30/13; St. Luke7/1/13-6/30/14; Elk Creek Circuit, 7/1/14-6/30/16; Retired, 7/1/16 HANKINS, TIMOTHY S. (PE-2015; FE 2018) Lebanon Memorial (AB), 7/1/15-6/30/18; Oakland, 7/1/18. HANSHEW, DONALD R., JR. (PE-2002; FE, 2005-2005) Fountain City, Associate, 7/1/02-6/30/10; Holston View, 7/1/10-6/30/15; Dublin (WY), 7/1/15 HARDY CROSS,ANGELA MARIE (1997¬2000–1997¬2000) New Mt. Olive-Mt. Airy, 7/1/95¬6/30/96; Wytheville Parish, 7/1/96¬6/30/98; Trinity, Associate, 7/1/98¬6/30/02; St. Marks/HARP, 7/1/02-6/30/06; St. Marks, 7/1/06¬6/30/07; Colonial Heights, 7/1/07¬6/30/09; LennonSeney, 7/1/09-6/30/13; Bethel, Amherst, 7/1/13-6/30/17; Bethel, Amherst-Lincoln Park, 7/1/17-6/30/18; District Superintendent – Mountain View District, 7/1/18. HARLESS, JIMMY JOE (1972¬1975–1972¬1975) Student, Candler School of Theology, 1972; Oakland, 6/15/69¬6/14/74; Pigeon ForgeHuskey’s Grove, 6/15/74¬6/17/81; Gate City, 6/18/81-6/30/90; Chattanooga, St. John, 7/1/90¬6/30/94; Leave of Absence, 7/1/94¬8/31/94; Terminated, 12/31/94; Vice President, Institutional Development, Hiwassee College, 1/1/95¬12/30/97; Retired, 1/1/98. HARR, DAVID MICHAEL(1971¬1974–1971¬1974) Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/10/71¬6/13/72; New Salem, 6/14/72¬6/16/73; Ridgeview Parish, 6/17/73¬6/14/75; Munsey Memorial, Associate, 6/15/75¬6/15/78; Independence, 6/16/78¬6/30/82; Rossville Simpson
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HALL, BRENT RICHARD (1972¬1974–1972¬1974) In School, 6/27/72¬5/22/73; Transferred from Louisville Conference, 5/23/73; Sequatchie Valley Dunlap, 5/23/73¬6/11/80; Oak Ridge, Trinity, 6/12/80¬6/30/83; First Broad Street, Minister of Discipleship, 7/1/83¬6/30/87; Radford, Central, 7/1/87¬6/30/91; Greeneville, Asbury, 7/1/91¬6/30/97; Brainerd, 7/1/97¬6/30/04; Concord, 7/1/04-6/30/15; Retired, 7/1/15
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Memorial, 7/1/82¬6/30/89; Trenton, 7/1/89¬6/30/92; McKendree, 7/1/92¬6/30/96; First Centenary, Associate, 7/1/96-6/30/13; Retired, 6/30/13; First-Centenary, Minister of Homebound, 7/1/13.
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HARRIS, EVELYN B. (PE-2013; FE-2015-2015) Middlebrook Pike, Associate, 7/1/13-6/30/15; St. Luke-St. Marks (CH), 7/1/15 HARRIS, THOMAS GILBERT, JR. (PE-2011; FE 2013-2013) Fairview, Associate 7/1/11. HARRISON, CHARLES CLIFFORD, SR. (1980¬1985–1980¬1985) Riceville Circuit, 6/12/76-6/15/77; Jones Chapel, 6/16/77¬6/15/78; Cleveland Circuit, 6/16/78¬6/11/80; In School, 6/12/80-2/14/81; Wesley Memorial, Associate, 2/15/81¬8/30/83; Tazewell North, 9/1/83¬6/30/86; Kingsport, St. Luke, 7/1/86¬6/30/87; Leave of Absence, 7/1/87¬2/29/88; Termination, 3/1/88¬6/30/90; Benton-Mt. Hermon, 7/1/90¬6/30/93.; Readmitted; White Pine, First, 7/1/93¬6/30/98; Rogersville, First, 7/1/98¬6/30/06; Sevierville, First, 7/1/06-6/30/11; Tyner 7/1/11-6/30/19; Kingston,7/1/19 HARRISON, TIMOTHY SETH (1991¬1994–1991¬1994) Duke Divinity School, 7/1/91¬6/30/92; Pulaski, First, Associate, 7/1/92¬9/30/94; West Galax, 10/1/94¬6/30/01; Kodak, 7/1/01¬6/30/04; Hillsville, First, 7/1/04-6/30/13; Keith Memorial, 7/1/13-6/30/15; First-Alcoa (MA), 7/1/15-6/30/19;Tyner 7/1/19. HART, JAMES WYNNE (1952¬1954–1952¬1954) Vonore Circuit, 9/28/52¬6/8/57; Kingsport, Litz Manor, 6/9/57¬6/2/62; Rossville, Simpson Memorial, 6/3/62¬6/6/64; East Chattanooga, 6/7/64-6/9/71; Bluefield, First, 6/10/71¬6/8/76; Sabbatical Leave, 6/9/76¬6/15/77; Washington Pike, 6/16/77¬6/30/82; Director of Operations, Lake Junaluska, 7/1/82¬6/30/89; Retired, 7/1/89. HASKINS, ROBERT L. (1972, 1976–1976) Transferred from Methodist Church of Ireland, 6/12/80; Trentville, 6/12/80¬6/30/82; CentralRutledge, 7/1/82¬6/30/85; Knoxville, Second, 7/1/85-6/30/96; Cleveland, Wesley Memorial, 7/1/96¬6/30/07; Tyner, 7/1/07-6/30/11; Retired 7/1/11; French Broad 7/1/11-1/27-16; French Broad and Bethel (FB), 3/1/16. HAVEY, AMBROSE STEWART, IV (1997¬2002–1997¬2002) Keith Memorial, Associate, 7/1/97-6/30/01; Ducktown-Crofts Chapel, 7/1/01¬6/11/03; Evensville-New Bethel, 6/11/03¬6/30/04; Leave of Absence, 7/1/04¬6/30/05; Methodist Hospital, Fort Worth, TX, 7/1/05¬3/26/06; Trinity Hospice Castle Peak, Fort Worth, TX, 3/27/06¬6/30/08; Bridgeway Home Health & Hospice, Fort Worth, TX, 7/1/08¬4/30/09; Transitional Leave, 5/1/09-9/22/09; Heart to Heart Hospice, Ft. Worth, TX, 10/1/09-7/1/10; Transitional Leave 7/1/106/3/12; Lookout Mountain, 6/3/12-6/30/13; Retired, 7/1/13. HAYES, RICHARD LYNN (1994¬1998–1994¬1998) Midtown Valley, Bethel, 7/1/92¬6/30/95; Maynardville Parish, 7/1/95¬6/30/96; Morristown, First, Associate, 7/1/96¬6/30/01; Rutherford Memorial, 7/1/01¬6/30/03; Central-Rutledge, 71/03¬6/30/04;Anderson Street, 7/1/04¬6/30/06; Reynolds Memorial, 7/1/06.-6/30/12; Tasso-Charleston, 7/1/30-6/30/13; Mountain City-First Trade, 7/1/13-6/30/16; Glen Alpine, 7/1/16-6/30/19; Washington Pike,7/1/19. HAYES, ROBERT ALTON (1957¬1961–1957¬1961) Adison John Chapel, 5/19/57¬5/20/58; In School, 5/21/58¬9/12/59; Wesley Chapel Sylvania, 9/13/59¬5/31/61; Gadsden, First, Associate, 6/1/61¬6/23/64; Holt, 6/24/64¬6/12/68; Huntsville Valley, 6/13/68¬6/9/70; Transferred from North Alabama Conference, 6/10/70; Knoxville, Halls Central, 6/10/70¬6/11/76; Clinton, Memorial, 6/12/76¬6/30/82; Pearisburg, First, 7/1/82¬6/30/87; Dayton, First, 7/1/87¬6/30/90; Broadway, 7/1/90-6/30/97; Retired, 7/1/97; Chaplain, Asbury Acres, 7/1/98¬6/30/05. HEDRICK, W. WAYNE (2001¬2003–2001¬2003) Asbury Theological Seminary, 1997¬2001; Tazewell Circuit (OA), 7/1/97¬6/30/98; Jellico, 7/1/98¬6/30/03; St. Mark-Moore’s Gap, 7/1/03; Norris-Sinking Springs, 7/1/10-6/30/15; Holston View (BI), 7/1/15 HELTON, ASHLEY SULLIVAN (PE-2013, FE-2015-2015) Church Street (KN), Associate, 7/1/13-6/30/15; Christ (KN) Associate, 7/1/156/30/17; Asbury, 7/1/17 HENDERLIGHT, KENNETH HOWARD (1965¬1967–1965¬1967) Nolichucky Circuit, 6/13/60-6/13/64; Mt. Pleasant Mt. Zion, 6/14/64¬5/29/65; Student, Wesley Theological Seminary, 5/30/65-5/26/67; Knoxville, Cokesbury, 5/27/67¬6/11/76; Radford, Central, 6/12/76¬6/15/78; Oak Ridge, Kern, 6/16/78¬6/30/84; Johnson City, First, 7/1/84¬6/30/88; Maryville District, 7/1/88¬6/30/91; Oak Ridge, First, 7/1/91¬6/30/00; Munsey Memorial, 7/1/00¬6/30/03; Oak Ridge District Superintendent, 7/1/03¬6/30/08; Retired, 7/1/08; Oak Ridge District Superintendent, 7/1/08-6/30/09; Director, Wesley Leadership Institute, 7/1/09. HENDERSON, DAVID K. (PE, 2001; FE, 2003–2003) Mascot, Hopewell, 7/1/00¬6/30/05; St. Paul East, 7/1/05¬6/30/07; LaFollette, 7/1/07¬6/30/08; Trinity (Wise)-Appalachian Prayer Fellowship, 7/1/08-6/30/12; Lake City-Dutch Valley, 7/1/12. HENRY, GERALD SCOTT, JR. (1982¬1985–1982¬1985) Chance’s Chapel, 6/18/81-12/31/81;Asbury Theological Seminary, White Shoals Circuit, 1/1/82¬6/30/83; Clinchport Circuit, 7/1/83¬8/31/86; Chaplain, U.S. Air Force, 9/1/86-3/31/15; Director of Extension Ministry and Pastoral Care-GBHEM, 4/1/15-12/30/17; Medical Leave, 1/1/18. HENRY, LEROY DENNIS (2000¬2004–1998¬2004) Bristol, John Wesley, 7/1/95¬6/30/00; Pulaski Parish, 7/1/00¬6/30/04; Randolph Avenue-Slaughter’s Chapel, 7/1/04¬10/31/07; Randolph Avenue-Slaughter’s Chapel-Virginia Prison Ministries Chaplain, 11/1/07¬12/31/08;
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Randolph Avenue-Slaughter’s Chapel, 1/1/09-6/30/11; Trinity 7/1/11-6/30/14; Retired, 7/1/14. (Clergy Member of the Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas prior to transfer to Holston as a local pastor)
HERRON, JACOB WM. (PE, 2011; FE, 2013- 2013) Asbury Theological Seminary, CC: Claiborne Cluster, 7/1/10-6/30/11; Bethesda-Eden 7/1/11-6/30/17; Apison (CL), 7/1/17 HESSER, LAURENCE VERNON (PE, 2006; FE, 2009–2009) Hixson, 7/1/05¬6/30/06; Clinton, Memorial, 7/1/06-6/30/13; Wesley Memorial (CH), 7/1/13-6/30/15; New Tazewell (OA), 7/1/15 HESTER, DONNA MARIE (1996¬1998–1996¬1998) Campground Parish, 7/1/96¬6/30/97; Newbern-Mountain View, 7/1/97¬6/30/01; Marion East Circuit, 7/1/01¬6/30/09; Ketron Memorial, 7/1/09-6/30/13; Clinton, Memorial, 7/1/13-6/30/19; Kern Memorial,7/1/19 HICKMAN, WAYNE D. (OF, PL-2014, PE-2015; FE 2018) Madisonville Circuit, 7/1/14-6/30/15; Wesley Memorial-Etowah (CL), 7/1/156/30/16; Wesley Memorial (Etowah), 7/1/16-6/30/17; Wesley Memorial (Etowah)-Pleasant Grove, 7/1/17 HICKS, MARK ALAN (OF, PM, 2001¬Recognition of Orders 2003) Lincoln Park, 7/1/99¬6/30/03; Macedonia, 7/1/03¬12/31/05; Chestnut Grove-Ebenezer, 1/1/06; State Street, Associate, 7/1/10-12/31/18; Czech and Slovak Republics Annual Conference, ESUMC Prague, 1/1/19. HICKS¬CASKEY, WANDA SUE (FD, 1997) State Street, Director of Christian Education, 1981-1982; Council on Ministries, Specialist in Youth and Adult Ministries, 1983¬1991; Munsey Memorial, Director of Lay Ministries, 1992¬12/31/97; Christian Education Consultant for the Johnson City District, 1/1/98¬6/30/01; Retired, 7/1/01. HIGGINS, M. JEANNIE (FD, 2000) Asbury, Director of Christian Education, 7/1/97-6/30/00; Asbury, Minister of Discipleship, 7/1/008/29/14; Retired, 8/30/14. HIGHT, HARRYW., JR. (1963¬1967–1963¬1967) Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/2/63-5/29/65; Elk Garden Circuit, 5/30/65¬6/14/69; Garden-Keen Mountain, 6/15/69¬6/16/73; Union Grove-Middlesettlements, 6/17/73-6/15/77; Soddy-Sale Creek, 6/16/77¬6/15/78; Watauga-Taylor Memorial, 6/16/78-6/17/81; St. Paul Circuit, 6/18/81¬6/30/84; Dryden-Seminary, 7/1/84¬6/30/86; Holston View-Prospect, 7/1/86¬6/30/88; Grundy-Looney’s Chapel, 7/1/88¬6/30/91; Meadowview-Yellow Springs, 7/1/91¬6/30/96; Church Hill, First, 7/1/96¬6/30/00; Ketron Memorial, 7/1/00-11/30/03; Retired, 6/11/03; Lebanon (Chilhowie), 12/1/03¬6/30/05. HILL, DONALD GENE, SR. (1961¬1963–1961¬1963) Lebanon Circuit, 6/9/57-6/12/60; Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/4/61¬6/1/63; Chaplain, U.S. Army, 6/2/63¬6/17/81; Leave of Absence, 6/18/81¬12/31/81; Brainerd, Associate, 1/1/82¬6/30/85; Clintwood, 7/1/85¬6/30/90; Jefferson City, First, 7/1/90¬6/30/96; Retired, 7/1/96. HILL, GARY FRANKLIN (1978¬1980–1978¬1980) Wytheville Circuit, 6/16/78¬6/11/80; St. Paul, Fountain City, 6/12/80¬12/31/81; Chaplain, United States Naval Reserves, 1/1/82¬3/10/85; Burk’s, Associate, 3/11/85¬6/30/86; Division of Chaplains, 7/1/86¬6/30/87; Mountain City Circuit, 10/1/87¬6/30/90; Knoxville, Ebenezer, 7/1/90¬12/31/94; Incapacity Leave, 1/1/95-6/30/14; Retried, 7/1/14. HILL, WILLIAM LARRY(1990¬1998–1990¬1998) South Indiana Conference: Coal City, 7/1/79-5/15/83; Laurel & Metamora Charge, 5/15/83¬6/1/85; Holston Conference: Pleasant Hill, 7/1/85-6/30/90; Jellico, 7/1/90¬6/30/94; Well Spring-Cawood, 7/1/94¬6/30/01; New Market Circuit, 7/1/01-6/30/06; Incapacity Leave, 7/1/06-6/30/19; Retired, 7/1/19. HINTON, BILL ELVIS (1981¬–1981¬1981) Damascus, 6/18/81-6/30/87; Aldersgate-Jordan, 7/1/87¬6/30/92; Retired, 7/1/92. HITE, HASKEL PAUL, JR. (1985¬1989–1985¬1989) Mt. Pleasant-Oakland, 1976; Oakland, Grant, 1977¬1978;Austin Springs, 1979¬1980;Adams Chapel-Hulls Chapel, 1/1/82¬6/30/83; Bethel, 6/1/83-6/30/87; Duke Divinity School, 1985¬1986; Marion, First, Minister of Evangelism, 7/1/87¬6/30/89; Valley Forge, 7/1/89¬6/30/94; Oneida, 7/1/94¬1o/24/96; Suspension, 10/25/96-12/19/96; Leave of Absence, 12/20/96¬6/30/97; Elk Garden-Dennison, 7/1/97¬6/30/09; Dennison, 7/1/09-6/30/14; Clearview-Dennison, 7/1/14-6/30/15; Retired, 7/1/15 HOBBS, NANCY T. (FD, 2003) Church and Community Worker, Big Stone Gap District Renewal Project, 7/1/00-12/31/10; Transitional Leave 1/1/11; Retired 6/30/11; Pennington Gap, First-Associate, Minister Congregation Care. HOBBS, RHONDA KAY (PE, 2007; FE, 2009–2009) Burks, Associate, 5/1/05; Burks-Fairview, Associate, Exec Pastor, 7/1/10-6/30/11; Floyd 7/1/11-6/30/13; Glen Alpine, 7/1/13-6/30/16; Trinity, 7/1/16-5/30/18; Medical Leave, 5/31/18-4/30/19; Colonial Heights, 5/1/19. HOGAN, PATRICIA H. (FD, 1997) Cleveland, First, Minister of Christian Education, 7/1/93; Retired, 7/1/05; Cleveland, First, Minister of
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HENSLEY, DANNY CHARLES (1976¬1979–1976¬1979) Student, Candler School of Theology, 1975¬1978; Patten Center Circuit, 7/1/76¬6/30/78; Morganville-Slygo Valley, 7/1/78¬6/30/80; Mosheim Central-Mt. Pleasant, 7/1/80¬6/30/85; Rock Springs, 7/1/85¬6/30/87; Vermont, 7/1/87-11/14/00; Boones Creek, 11/15/00¬6/30/03; LaFollette, 7/1/03¬6/30/07; Panther Springs, 7/1/07; Retired, 7/1/16
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Christian Education, 7/1/05-12/31/15; Retired, 1/1/2016. HOLCOMB, NORMAN D., JR. (1973¬1976–1973¬1976) Boissevain Circuit, 9/1/68¬6/7/72; Broadway, 6/8/72¬6/16/73; Student, Duke Divinity School, 6/17/73¬6/14/75; Red Bank, Associate, 6/15/75¬6/15/77; Emory, 6/16/77¬6/15/78; Etowah, St. Paul, 6/16/78¬6/11/80; Vestal, 6/12/80-6/17/81; Chaplain, U.S. Navy, 6/18/81¬7/31/07; Retired, 8/1/07. HOLMES, AMY YEARY (PE, 2000; FE, 2003–2003) Asbury, Minister to Youth, 7/1/00¬6/30/01; Bristol, Trinity, 7/1/01¬6/30/07; AsburyMt. Wesley, 7/1/07; Chaplain Intern, J.H. Quillen, Veterans Administration Medical Center, 7/1/10-9/30/11; Leave of Absence, 10/1/11. HOLMES, KEVIN L. (PE, 2003; FE, 2007–2007) Cross-Holly Springs, 6/11/03¬4/8/07; Chaplain Intern, J.H. Quillen VA Medical Center, 4/9/07¬9/14/08; Chaplain, J.H. Quillen V. A. Medical Center, 9/15/08. HORAK, AMY BETH (FD, 2003-2003) Galax Circuit, Associate, 7/1/04¬6/30/05; Transitional Leave, 7/1/05¬6/30/06; Greene Co. Schools, 7/1/06¬6/23/09; Transitional Leave, 6/24/09-8/24/09; Anderson County Schools, 8/25/09. HOWARD, JOHN NORMAN (1959¬1962–1959¬1962) Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/7/59¬6/3/61; Chattanooga, St. James, 6/4/61¬5/29/65; Prater Circuit, 5/30/65¬6/9/71; Johnson City, Fairhaven, 6/10/71¬2/29/72; Cleveland, Wesley Memorial, 3/1/72¬6/15/78; Pulaski, First, 6/16/78¬6/30/85; Brainerd, 7/1/85¬6/30/90; Marion, First, 7/1/90¬6/30/97; Gateway District, 7/1/97¬6/30/99; Wytheville District, 7/1/99¬6/30/02; Retired, 7/1/02; Signal Mountain, 7/1/02. HOWARD, MARVIN VANCE (1963¬1966–1963¬1966) Lebanon Mtn. View, 6/13/60¬6/3/61; Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/2/63¬6/6/64; French Broad Circuit, 6/7/64¬5/26/67; Blue Ridge Circuit, 5/27/67¬9/9/70; Wytheville, West End, 9/10/70¬6/14/75; Mt. AiryPanther Springs, 6/15/75¬6/15/77; General Evangelist, 6/16/77¬; Cleveland, Trinity, 7/1/04; Trinity 9 Cleveland)-Pleasant Grove, 7/1/106/30/12; Retired, 6/30/12. HOWARD, ROY LESLIE (1952¬1956–1953¬1956) Student, Candler School of Theology, 9/28/52-6/5/54; Niota, 6/6/54¬6/8/56; Dante, 6/9/56¬6/3/61; Whitwell-Red Hill, 6/4/61¬5/29/65; Knoxville, Second, Associate, 5/30/65¬5/26/67; Clapp’s Chapel, 5/27/67¬6/13/70; Knoxville, Central, Associate, 6/14/70¬6/13/72; Mountain City, First, 6/14/72¬6/14/75; Bethel-Ebenezer, 6/15/75¬6/15/77; West ViewEbenezer, 6/16/77¬6/15/78; Chestnut Hill, 6/16/78¬6/14/79; Oneida, 6/15/79¬6/30/83; Mascot-Hopewell, 7/1/83¬6/30/88; Bristol, Trinity, 7/1/88¬6/30/91; St. Elmo, 7/1/91¬6/30/95; Retired, 7/1/95. HOWE, HARRY WILLIAM (1981¬1984–1981¬1984) Boyd’s Chapel Decatur, 6/10/76¬5/31/82; Transferred from North Alabama Conference, Marion, East Circuit, 6/17/82¬6/30/93; Project Crossroads, Inc., Director, 7/1/93. HUBBLE, ROBERT MICHAEL(1973¬1976–1973¬1976) Oak Grove-Ten Mile Circuit, 6/14/70-6/13/72; Unity-Chilcutt, 6/14/72¬6/14/75; Pulaski, First, Associate, 6/15/75¬6/14/78; Hillsville, First, 6/15/78¬6/30/84; Reynolds Memorial, 7/1/84¬6/30/89; Gray, 7/1/89¬6/30/98; Red Bank, 7/1/98-6/30/02; Keith Memorial, 7/1/02¬6/30/09;Abingdon District Superintendent, 7/1/09-6/30/11; Chattanooga District Superintendent 7/1/11-6/30/14; First (Sweetwater), 7/1/14-6/30/16; Retired, 7/1/16; Tasso-Charleston, 7-1-18. HUFFSTETLER, LEONARD RILEY(1967¬1969–1967¬1969) Carlock-Jones Chapel, 5/28/66-6/14/69; Pigeon Forge-Huskey’s Grove, 6/15/69¬6/16/73; Hillsville, First, 6/17/73¬6/15/78; Johnson City, Wesley Memorial, 6/16/78¬6/30/82; LaFollette-Mt. Zion, 7/1/82¬6/30/88; Sweetwater, First, 7/1/88¬6/30/92; Keith Memorial, 7/1/92¬6/30/97; Newport, First, 7/1/97¬6/30/02; Retired, 7/1/02-6/30/18; New Hope, 7/1/18. HUGULEY, BENNIE FRANK, JR. (1965¬1969–1965¬1969) Student, Candler School of Theology, 5/30/65¬5/26/67; Belfast, 5/27/67¬6/1/68; Galax, First, Associate, 6/2/68¬6/14/69; Signal Mountain, 6/15/69¬6/13/72; Dante, 6/14/72¬6/14/75; Mascot, 6/15/75¬6/15/78; Otterbein Circuit, 6/16/78-6/11/80; McKendree, 6/12/80¬6/30/83; Boone’s Creek, 7/1/83¬6/30/87; Pine Grove ParkWatauga, 7/1/87¬6/30/88; Jones Chapel-Wesleyanna, 7/1/88¬6/30/91; Sevierville Parish, 7/1/91¬6/30/93; Damascus, 7/1/93¬12/31/97; Hunter-Slagles, 1/1/98¬6/30/00; Harriman-Midtown Valley, 7/1/00-6/30/02; Retired, 7/1/02. HUMPHREY, PAUL GENE (1999¬2002–1999¬2002) Sinking Springs, 7/1/96¬6/30/00; Damascus Circuit, 7/1/00¬6/30/02; Valley Forge, 7/1/02¬8/27/08; Leave of Absence, 8/28/08¬12.31.08; Faith, 1/1/09-6/30/14; Rogersville Parish (Director/First), 7/1/14-6/30/17; First (Rogersville), 7/1/17-6/30/19; Piney Flats,7/1/19 HUMPHREY, RICHARD ALAN (1961¬1964–1961¬1964) In School, 6/25/59¬6/17/64; Chapel Baldwin Wallace College, 6/18/64¬6/21/67; Philander Smith College., 6/22/67¬6/18/70; Professor, Appalachian State University., 6/19/70¬6/17/74; Honorable Location, 6/18/74¬6/2/77; Transferred from Iowa Conference, 1977; Professor, Appalachian State University, 6/3/77¬12/31/81; Wesley Circuit, 1/1/82¬6/30/82; Johnson City, Cherokee, 7/1/82¬6/30/87; Lebanon Memorial, 7/1/87¬6/30/90; Dayton, First, 7/1/90¬6/30/94; White Oak, 7/1/94¬6/30/98; Retired, 7/1/98. HUMPHREYS, DENNIE DAVID (1974¬1977–1974¬1977) Pleasant Grove, 6/14/72¬6/11/76; Hixson, Associate, 6/12/76¬6/15/78; Holly Avenue, 6/16/78¬6/17/81; Knoxville, Church Street, Associate, 6/18/81¬6/30/84; Harriman, 7/1/84¬8/14/89; Wheeler, 8/15/89¬6/30/95;
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Morristown, Trinity, 7/1/95¬6/30/99; Big Stone Gap District Superintendent, 7/1/99¬6/30/03; Conference Secretary/Director of Clergy Services, 7/1/03¬6/30/04; Brainerd, 7/1/04¬6/30/09; Keith Memorial, 7/1/09-6/30/13; Christ (KN), 7/1/13-6/30/17; Retired, 7/1/17
IHFE, GARY R. (PL-2013, PE-2016; FE 2019) Lookout Mountain-St. Mark 7/1/136/30/17; St. Elmo-St. Mark, 7/1/17-6/30/18; St. Elmo, Chattanooga, 7/1/18-6/30/19; Johnson City, First, Associate, 7/1/19 IHFE, JODIE ELIZABETH (PE, 2008; FE, 2010–2010) Gray, Associate, 7/1/08-6/30/13; Dade County Cluster (New Salem) 7/1/13-6/30/19; Johnson City, First,7/1/19. ISBELL, RICHARD D. (FD, 1998) Maryville, First, Director of Christian Education, 1975¬1979; Belmont (Tennessee Conference), Diaconal Minister of Education, 1979¬1992; Transferred from Tennessee Conference, 1992; Church Street, Director of Program Ministries, 8/926/30/19; Retired, 7/1/19. ISLEY, KIMBERLY S. (Recognition of Elders Order, 1998; Full Connection, 2000) Fountain City, Associate, 9/1/96¬6/30/98; BethelVonore, 7/1/98¬6/30/01; Sand Branch, 7/1/01¬6/30/05; Logan’s Chapel, 7/1/05¬6/30/09; Lenoir City, Trinity, 7/1/09-6/30/14; Centenary (Irwin), 7/1/14. ISOM, ALICE VIRGINIA HOWE “GINGER” (1999-2002-1999-2002) Mascot, 7/1/97-6/30/00; Appalachia Prayer Fellowship/Wesley Foundation, 7/1/00¬6/30/01; Wesley Foundation, University of Virginia, Wise, 7/1/01; George Street-Grant’s Chapel, 11/15/02¬6/30/08; Christ, 7/1/08-6/30/15; McFarland (CH), 7/1/15-6/30/18; Sycamore Tree, 7/1/18. IVEY, OLIN MARION (1961¬1963–1961¬1963) Student, Candler School of Theology, Drew Theological School, and Claremont School of Religion, 6/4/61¬12/31/69; Professor of Homiletics, Evangelical Seminary, Naperville, Ill, 1/1/70¬6/30/74; Professor, Seminaro, Costa Rica, 7/1/74-6/15/77; Supernumerary, 6/16/77¬6/13/84; Retired, 6/14/84¬6/30/01; Returned to effective relationship, 7/1/01; Buckner Memorial, Hiwassee College, 7/1/01¬1/25/02; Retired, 1/25/02. JACKSON, DAVID R. (2000-2002-2000-2002) Philadelphia, 7/1/97¬6/30/00; St. Paul, East, 7/1/00¬6/30/02; Wesley Memorial, Associate, 7/1/02¬6/30/04; Wesley Foundation, UTK, 7/1/04-6/30/08; Emory-Meadowview-Smyth Chapel, 7/1/08-1/30/13; Emory-Meadowview, 1/31/13-6/30/19; Emory (CM) and Visiting Professor-Emory & Henry College, 7/1/19. JACKSON, JOHN FREEMAN, JR. (1971¬1974–1971¬1974) In School, 6/10/71¬6/16/73; Oak Ridge Trinity, Associate (Valley View), 6/17/73¬6/14/75; Solway Valley View, 6/15/75¬6/15/77; Martel Booth Chap, 6/16/77¬6/14/79; Decatur Concord, 6/15/79¬6/30/85; Charleston, Valley Head, 7/1/85-6/30/86; Lake City, 7/1/86¬6/30/90; Fairview, 7/1/90¬6/30/92; Knoxville Circuit, 7/1/93-6/30/14; Retired, 7/1/14. JACOBS, BONNIE SETLIFFE (1986¬1989–1986¬1989) Student, Candler, 7/1/86¬6/30/87; Forrest Avenue, 7/1/87¬6/30/91; Economy-Mt. Pleasant, 7/1/91¬6/30/92; Signal Mountain, 7/1/92-6/30/02; Retired, 7/1/02. JAMES, GARLAND E. (1991¬1995–1991¬1995) Surgoinsville, First, 7/1/84¬6/30/85; McCarty-New Victory, 7/1/85¬6/30/91; Boones Creek, 7/1/91¬6/30/96; Bookwalter, 7/1/96¬6/30/97; Panther Springs, 7/1/97¬6/30/07; Retired, 7/1/07; Grace, 7/1/07. JENNINGS, DOUGLAS C. (PE, 2010; FE, 2012) Milburnton, 7/1/95¬6/30/98; Mt. Carmel-Romeo, 7/1/98¬6/30/06; Romeo, 7/1/06-6/30/13; Mascot (KN)-Strawberry Plains (MO), 7/1/13-6/30/19; Strawberry Plains-Mascot, 7/1/19. JOHNSON, MICHAEL THOMAS (1983¬1986–1983¬1986) St. Elmo, Associate, Candler School of Theology, 7/1/83¬12/31/83; Hixson, Associate, 10/1/1983¬1986, 1/1/84¬6/30/87; Madisonville, First, 7/1/87¬6/30/91; Knoxville, St. Mark, 7/1/91¬6/30/95; Oak Ridge, Trinity, 7/1/95¬11/30/99; Chaplain, Hospice, 12/1/99¬11/30/00; Pigeon Forge, First, 12/1/00¬6/30/02; Knoxville, Trinity, 7/1/02¬6/30/06; St. Mark’s, 7/1/06¬6/30/08; Decatur-Concord, 7/1/08-6/30/11; Holly Avenue 7/1/116/30/15; Retired, 7/1/15 JOHNSON, MILLARD JENNERS (1994¬1996–1992¬1996) Limestone Cove Fishery, 6/9/57¬6/6/59; Economy Noes Chapel, 6/7/59¬6/6/64; Elizabethton-Hunter, 6/7/64¬6/4/68; Boones Creek-Proffitt, 6/5/68¬6/14/69;Austin Springs-Boones Creek, 6/15/69¬6/13/70; Discontinued, 6/14/70¬10/31/90; Fries Circuit, 11/1/90¬6/30/93; Nickelsville Circuit, 7/1/93¬6/30/96; New Market Circuit, 7/1/96-6/30/01; Central Rutledge, 7/1/01¬6/30/03; Retired, 7/1/03;Adams Chapel-Hulls Chapel, 7/1/03-6/30/07; Fall Branch, 7/1/07¬3/31/09. JOHNSON, SANDRA J. (PL-1996, SP-2007,PE-2008,FE¬2010) Eastdale Village Community, Associate, 7/1/96¬6/30/00; Hurst/HARP, 7/1/00¬6/30/05; Hurst, 7/1/05¬6/30/08; Strawberry Plains, 7/1/08-6/30/11; Abingdon District Superintendent 7/1/11-6/30/19; Retired, 7/1/19; Pruitt Hill-Tate Chapel, 7/1/19.
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HYDE, BRADLEY KEITH (1997¬2000–1997¬2000) Aldersgate, 7/1/98-6/30/01; Asbury (Minister of Youth), 7/1/01¬6/30/07; Seymour, 7/1/07-6/30/12; Kodak, 7/1/12-6/30/18: Powell,7/1/18-6/30/19; Powell, Associate,7/1/19
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JOHNSON, STEVEN RAY(1984-1986-1984-1986) New Salem, 7/1/84¬6/30/90; Rock Spring, 7/1/90¬6/30/95; Mt. Vale-Savannah, 7/1/95¬6/30/99; Middle Valley, 7/1/99¬6/30/00; West End, 7/1/00¬6/30/06; Norris-Sinking Springs, 7/1/06; St. Luke’s, 7/1/10-6/30/13; Floyd, 7/1/13-6/30/19; Retired, 7/1/19. JOHNSON, SUE LYNN (FD, 1998) Transferred from North Georgia Conference, 6/85; Spring City, Director of Christian Education, 6/85¬6/30/88; Kingston, Program Director, 7/1/88¬8/30/96; Concord, Director of Children and Adults, 9/1/96¬4/30/98; Cokesbury Christian Bookstore, Supervisor, 5/1/98¬11/1/98; Kingston, Director of Christian Education, 11/1/98. JONAS, JONATHAN BAINE (1995¬1998–1995¬1998) Candler School of Theology, 1995; State Street, Associate, 7/1/96¬12/31/99; Sulphur Springs, 1/1/00¬6/30/06; First Farragut, 7/1/06¬6/30/08; Marion, First, 7/1/08-6/30/14; State Street, 7/1/14. JONES, C. DON (PE, 2002; FE, 2005) Fairgarden Circuit, 7/1/99¬6/30/02; Andersonville-Mt. Pleasant, 7/1/02¬6/30/06; Faith, 7/1/06¬12/31/09; Valley Forge, 1/1/09; Daisy, 7/1/10-6/30/14; Harneds-Parrottsvillle, 7/1/14 JONES, GERALD (2006) Crossroads, 7/1/04¬6/30/08; Transferred from Kentucky Conference, 7/1/06; Rogersville, First, 7/1/08; Rogersville Parish-First Kincaid, 7/1/10-6/30/12, Rogersville Parish/Rogersville, First, 7/1/12-6/30/14; Asbury (Greenville), 7/1/14 JONES, TIMOTHY W., JR (OF; Transfer from Nazarene Church, FE, 2012) Powell, Associate, 7/1/09-6/3012; Peck’s Memorial, 7/1/129/14/14; Peck’s Memorial-Hiwassee College Chaplain, 9/15/14-6/30/15; Sycamore Tree, 7/1/15-6/30/18; Director of Communications, 7/1/18. KARNES, MELANIE SUE (FD, 2007) Pound, 7/1/04¬6/30/05; Ketron Memorial, Director of Christian Education, 1/1/05-6/30/12; Transitional Leave, 7/1/12-2/1/13; Sneedville Circuit, Associate-Youth & Music, 2/2/13-10/30/13; Family Leave, 11/1/13-6/30/14; Retired, 7/1/14; Narrows, First, Minister of Music, 11/1/16. KAY, TOOMBS HODGES, JR. (1951¬1953–1953¬1954) Student, Union City, Georgia Charge, 6/30/51¬6/24/54; In School, 6/25/54¬6/29/61; Shandaken Parish, New York, 1954¬1955; First Reformed Church, Jamaica, NewYork, 1956¬1960; Georgia, LaGrange College, Prof. of Religion & Philosophy, 6/30/61¬6/24/65; Waleska, Georgia, Reinhardt College, Dean, 6/25/65¬6/23/66; Tennessee Wesleyan College, Academic Dean, 6/24/66¬6/14/74; Transferred to Holston Conference, 1971; Knoxville, Church Street, 6/15/74¬6/30/87; Kingsport, First Broad Street, 7/1/87¬12/31/93; Retired, 1/1/94. Deceased, 12/4/18. KEEBLER, JANICE NORDYKE ROBERTSON (1979-1996-1979-1996) Candler School of Theology, 6/15/78-12/31/80; Rising Fawn Circuit, 7/1/78-6/30/79; Student, 1/1/82-6/11/86; Discontinued, 6/12/86-6/30/92; Readmitted, 7/1/92; Student, 7/1/92-6/30/94; Belfast-Midway, 7/1/94¬6/30/99; First Centenary, Associate, 7/1/99¬6/11/03; Jefferson City, First, 6/11/03¬6/30/06; Wesley Memorial, 7/1/06¬6/30/08; Fort Oglethorpe, 7/1/08; Flintstone-Fort Oglethorpe, 7/1/10-6/30/11; Holston GAP Parish 7/1/11-12/31/14; Retired, 1/1/15. KELLER, GLENN H. (1966-1968-1966-1968) Transferred from Costa Rica Annual Conference, 1987; Retired 1988. KELLOGG, FREDERIC RICHARD (1963¬1969–1963¬1969) Longstreet Shiloh, 5/27/60¬6/7/62; In School, 6/8/6¬6/5/69; Transferred from Louisiana Conference, 6/15/73; Assistant Professor Emory & Henry College, 6/6/69¬6/14/75;Associate Professor Emory & Henry College, 6/15/75-6/14/83; Professor, 6/15/83¬4/14/84; Floyd Bunyan Shelton Professor of Religion, Emory & Henry College, 6/15/84-6/30/12; Retired, 7/1/12. KELLY, DAN BUFORD (1950-1954-1951-1954) Student, Asbury Theological Seminary and Candler School of Theology, 9/24/50¬9/27/52; Mt. Lebanon, 9/28/52¬6/8/57; Glen Alpine, 6/9/57-6/2/62; Dublin, 6/3/62¬5/26/67; Chattanooga, Asbury, 5/27/67¬6/9/71; HarrisonShallowford Road, 6/10/71¬6/16/73; Kingsport, Vermont, 6/17/73¬6/15/78; Trinity-Woodmore, 6/16/78-6/17/81; Keith Memorial, 6/18/81¬6/30/89; Tazewell, Main Street, 7/1/89¬6/30/92; Retired, 7/1/92. KENNEY, LOWELL DWIGHT (19571961-1957-1961) Union Temple, 7/26/57-7/16/59; United Theological Seminary, 7/17/59-7/11/62; Perry County Mission, 7/12/62-7/15/64; Knoxville, Bethel, 7/16/64-6/13/72; Knoxville, St. Andrews, 6/14/72-6/14/74; Morristown, Centenary, 6/15/74¬6/30/97; Retired, 7/1/97. KIDD, RALPH MELVIN, JR. (1986-1988-1976-1988) Elk Garden, 1971-1972; Garden-Keen Mountain, 6/15/74-6/14/75; Tazewell Circuit, 6/15/75-6/14/79; Woodlawn-Shiloh, 6/15/79-6/30/82; Falls Mill-Midway, 7/1/82-6/30/88; Narrows, First, 7/1/88-6/30/94; Reynolds Memorial, 7/1/94-6/30/00; Gray, 7/1/00-6/30/04; Mafair, 7/1/04-6/30/09; Pleasant View, 7/1/09-6/30/18; Mt. Pleasant (NR), 7/1/18. KIDWELL, CHARLES BARRY(1986¬1991–1986¬1991) Candler, 1986; Goodfield Circuit, 1/1/82¬6/30/89; Charleston-Valley Head, 7/1/89¬6/30/92; Soddy, 7/1/92¬6/30/98; St. John, Associate, 7/1/98¬6/30/04; Forrest Avenue, 7/1/04; Forrest Avenue Urban Ministry/HARP (Hands Across the River Parish), 7/1/10-10/6/10; Mustard Seed Ministry 10/6/10-6/30/12, Signal Crest Associate (Mustard Tree Ministry), 7/1/12-6/30/15; First-Centenary (CH) Associate-Mustard Tree Ministry, 7/1/15 KILBOURNE, DWIGHT STEVEN (1981¬1985–1981¬1985) Chatham Hill Circuit, 6/16/77-6/11/80;Apison, 6/12/80¬8/31/86; Bookwalter, 9/1/86¬6/30/93; Johnson City, Wesley Memorial, 7/1/93¬6/30/02; Burks, 7/1/02¬6/30/07; First-Centenary, 7/1/07-6/30/12, Alcoa, First,
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7/1/12-6/30/3; Ooltewah, 7/1/13. KILBOURNE, JOSHUA D. (PE-2008; FE- 2010–2010) Looney’s Chapel, 7/1/03¬6/30/06; Floyd Circuit, 7/1/06; Middlebrook Pike, Associate, 7/1/10-6/30/13; Church Hill, First, 7/1/13.
KILDAY, GLEN WILLIAM, JR. (1963-1967-1963-1967) Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/2/63-5/29/65; Gladeville-Mt. Olivet, 5/30/65-6/14/69; Lake City-Briceville, 6/15/69-6/13/70; Y.M.C.A., Orlando, Florida, 6/14/70-6/13/72;Y.M.C.A., Miami, Florida, 6/14/728/14/76; Oak Ridge, First, Associate, 8/15/76-6/11/80; Dandridge, First, 6/12/80-6/30/84; Bearden, 7/1/84-6/30/90; Fountain City, 7/1/906/30/97; Johnson City District Superintendent, 7/1/97-6/30/99; Concord (OA), 7/1/99-6/30/04; Retired, 7/1/04; Conference Director of Stewardship & New Church Development, 8/16/04-6/30/06; Conference Foundation Director of Stewardship and Church Relations, 7/1/06. KILGORE, ELIHUGH JOHNSON, JR. (1983-1986-1983-1986) Candler School of Theology, 1983; Benton, 7/1/82-11/14/83; Wesley Memorial, Cleveland, Associate, 11/15/83-6/30/86; Mt. Vale-Savannah, 7/1/86-6/30/95; First (Dandridge), 7/1/95-6/30/01; First (Bluefield), 7/1/01-6/30/05; First (Pulaski), 7/1/05-6/30/15; District Superintendent (Cleveland), 7/1/15 KINGREA, J. TODD (2000-2002-2002-2007) Wesley Memorial (Cleveland), Associate, 7/1/00-6/30/05; Etowah, Wesley Memorial, 7/1/05¬6/30/09; Unicoi, 7/1/09-6/30/14; Soddy, 7/1/14. KITTS, DARREN L. (FL, PE-2013; FE-2015-2015) Seymour, Associate, 7/1/08-6/30/13; Trentville-Pleasant Hill, 7/1/13-6/30/17; Harriman, 7/1/17 KIZER, LEWIS BOND (PE- 2007; FE-2011-2011) Sunbright Circuit, 7/1/03-6/30/07; Signal Crest, Associate, 7/1/07-6/30/09; Hardin’s Chapel-Mosheim, Central, 7/1/09-9/30/12; Appointed to Attend School: CPE at Quillen V. A. Medical Center, 10/1/12-1/1/14; Personal Leave, 2/7/14-6/30/14; Salem (KI), 7/1/14. KNIGHT, DAVID BINGHAM, JR. (1987-1990-1987-1990) Student, Asbury, 7/1/87-6/30/88; Carpenters, 7/1/88-6/30/94; Hixson, Associate, 7/1/94-6/30/98; Wellspring, 7/1/98-2/28/02; U.S .Air Force Chaplaincy, 3/1/02 KNIGHT, KEITH GREGORY (1981-1984-1981-1984) Bethel-Mount Hermon, 6/18/81-6/30/86;Athens, Keith Memorial, Associate, 7/1/866/30/88; St. Marks/Blount, 7/1/88-6/30/93; Cleveland, Asbury, 7/1/93-6/30/94; Jonesville, First, 7/1/94¬6/30/99; Knoxville, St. Mark, 7/1/996/3/02; Pigeon Forge, First, 7/1/02¬6/30/06; Rockwood, 7/1/06-6/30/11; First, Oneida 7/1/11-6/30/16; First (Madisonville), 7/1/16. KOBLER, TIMOTHY LEE (1990¬1996–1990¬1996) Temple Center Point, 7/1/90¬6/30/92; Transferred from, Southern Illinois Conference, 6/14/94;Apison, 7/1/94¬6/30/95; Broad Street, Associate, 7/1/95¬6/30/98; Fountain City, Associate, 7/1/98¬6/30/02; Emory & Henry College Chaplain and Emory/Smyth Chapel, Assistant Pastor, 7/1/02¬6/30/08; Director, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Wesley Foundation, 7/1/08. KRESS, LINDA B. HANSEN (FD, 1998) Cleveland, Wesley Memorial, Director of Music, 1995-12/31/97; Cleveland, First, Minister of Music, 1/1/98¬1999; Leave of Absence; North Georgia Conference, 1999¬4/25/07; Involuntary Leave of Absence, 4/26/07; Retired, 7/1/10. KREWSON, NICOLE MARIE HILL (PE-2005; FE-2008–2008) Abingdon, Associate, 7/1/04; Keith Memorial, Associate, 7/1/10-6/30/12; Leave of Absence, 7/1/12-6/30/13; Church Street (KN) Associate, 7/1/13-6/30/18: Family Leave,7/1/18-8/5/18. ; Amedisys Hospice, Chaplain, 8/6/18. KURTZ, WILLIAM S. (1991-1994-1991-1994) Candler School of Theology, 7/1/91-6/30/92; Grace-Embreeville, 7/1/92-6/30/95; Clinchport Circuit, 7/1/95-6/30/96; Pikeville, 7/1/96-9/15/00; Simpson, 9/15/00-6/30/03; Big Spring, 7/1/03-6/30/07; Big Spring-Valley Head, 7/1/076/30/08; Luminary, 7/1/08-6/30/14; Wesley Memorial (Etowah), 7/1/14-6/30/15; Norris-Sinking Springs (OA),7/1/15 LADD, MICHAEL E. (FL-08; PE-2012; FE-2014-2014) Hills Union Circuit, 7/1/08; Ross Campground-Cameron, Valley Parish-Director, 7/1/12-6/30/14; Blountville, 7/1/14-8/31/14; Medical Leave, 9/1/14-6/30/16; Involuntary Leave of Absence, 7/1/16-6/30/17; Involuntary Retirement, 6/11/17 LaDUKE, KENNETH WAYNE (1986-1989-1986-1989) Riceville-Piney Grove, 7/1/82-6/30/87; First (Church Hill), 7/1/87-6/30/91; Blountville, 7/1/91-6/30/96; First (Elizabethton), 7/1/96-6/30/00; Jonesborough, 7/1/00-6/11/03; First (Dayton), 6/11/03-6/30/05; Glen Alpine, 7/1/05; Trinity (Big Stone Gap), 7/1/10-6/30/12, St. John (CH), 7/1/12-6/30/15; Retired, 7/1/15 LAMB, SULLINS MARLIN (1954¬1957–1954¬1957) Student, Perkins School of Theology, 6/6/54¬8/31/55; Knoxville, Magnolia
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KILBOURNE, MARK ROY (1994-1997-1994-1997) McClure, 7/1/90-6/30/93; Baileyton Circuit, 7/1/93-6/30/96; Johnson City, First, Associate, 7/1/96-12/31/97; Gladeville-Mt. Olivet, 1/1/98-6/30/04;Asbury¬Mt. Wesley, 7/1/04¬6/30/07; New Salem, 7/1/07-6/30/13; Hiltons Memorial 7/1/13-6/30/17; Grove, 7/1/17-6/30/19; Signal Crest 7/1/19.
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Avenue, Associate, 9/1/55¬6/4/57; South Bristol, 6/5/57-6/12/60; Damascus, 6/13/60¬9/30/65; Wise, Trinity, 10/1/65¬5/26/67; Daily, 5/27/67¬6/13/70; Chattanooga, St. Marks, 6/14/70¬6/11/76; Burks, 6/12/76¬6/17/81; Cassidy, 6/18/81¬6/30/86; Kingston, 7/1/86¬6/30/91; Lookout Mountain, 7/1/91¬12/31/91; St. Andrews, 1/1/92¬6/30/94; Retired, 7/1/94. LAMBERT, JEFFERY LLOYD (1994-1997-1994-1997) Browder-Forkners, 1984-1994; Forkners, 7/1/89-6/30/91; Jones Chapel, 7/1/916/30/95; Oakland-Blue Ridge, 7/1/95-6/30/00; St. Marks, 7/1/00-6/30/04; First (Marion), 7/1/04-6/30/08; Red Bank, 7/1/08-6/30/14; First (Sevierville), 7/1/14 LANE, KAREN MARIE (1995-1998-1995-1998) Duke Divinity School, 1995; Baileyton Circuit, 7/1/96-6/30/97; St. Andrews, 7/1/976/30/01, Bluff City, 7/01/01-11/15/05; Brainerd, Associate, 11/16/05-6/30/08; Grove, 7/1/08-6/30/14; Jonesborough, 7/1/14. LANKFORD, SUSAN WILLIAMS ANDERSON (1997-2003-1997-2003) Asbury Theological Seminary, 1997; Fall Branch-Logan’s Chapel, 7/1/98-6/30/01; Clear Springs-Pleasant Grove, 7/1/01-6/30/06; Kendricks Creek, 7/1/06-6/30/16; Elizabeth Chapel, 7/1/16. LAUDERBACK, WILL (PE-2009; FE-2012-2012) Bethesda-Eden, 71/1/10-6/30/11; First Broad Street, Associate 7/1/11-6/30/14; McFarland, 7/1/14-6/30/15; First-Centenary (CH) Associate, 7/1/10. LAY, CECIL MAURICE (1971-1973-1964-1966) Church Hill Circuit, 1959; Old Union, 6/13/60-12/13/63; Bloomingdale Circuit, 12/14/635/27/66; First (Surgoinsville ), 5/28/66-6/9/71; Kingsley (Kingsport), 6/10/71-6/11/76; Andover-Appalachia, 6/12/76-6/17/81; Jonesboro, 6/18/81-6/30/86; Richlands, 7/1/86-6/30/89; Wesley Memorial (Johnson City), 7/1/89-6/30/93; Pleasant View, 7/1/93-6/30/98.; Gray, 7/1/986/30/00; Retired, 7/1/00. LAYELL, HARRY PRESTON (AM; FE, 2005-2007-1999-2007) Benham’s Circuit, 7/1/90-6/30/94; Damascus Circuit, 7/1/94-6/30/00; Ewing Circuit, 7/1/00-6/30/03; St. Paul-Castlewood, 7/1/03-6/30/19; Retired 7/1/19; Legion Memorial, 7/1/19. LAYELL, JAMES ROBERT (2000-2002-1996-2002) Hunt Memorial, 7/1/85-6/30/88; Greendale, 7/1/88-6/30/90; Shady Grove, 7/1/906/17/92; Keywood North Circuit, 7/1/93-6/30/96; Wytheville Circuit, 7/1/96-6/30/00; Galax Circuit, 7/1/00-6/30/02; Belfast-Midway, 7/1/02¬6/30/05; Wise, Trinity, 7/1/05¬6/30/08; Centenary, 7/1/08-6/30/14; Trinity (Lenoir City), 7/1/14-12/31/15; Retired, 1/1/2016. LAYER, W. SCOTT (2004, 2007-2007) First (Surgoinsville), 7/1/03-6/30/06; Asbury Theological Seminary, Beeson Program, 7/1/06¬6/30/07; First (Morristown), Associate, 7/1/07-6/30/17; Central (Lenoir City), 7/1/17 LEDGER, CHARLES DELANO, JR. (PE, 2003; FE,-2006–2006) Gilbert Memorial-Station Creek, 7/1/97-6/30/00; Dryden-Seminary, 7/1/00¬6/30/03; South Bristol, 7/1/03-6/30/16; Logan’s Chapel, 7/1/16 LENOIR, HENRY LEE (1959-1961-1959-1961), Unity (Cleveland), 6/8/58-6/12/60; Evensville Circuit, 6/13/60-6/2/62; Martel, 6/3/625/27/66; Cumberland Gap Circuit, 5/28/66-5/26/67; Harrogate Charge, 5/27/67-6/14/69; Glen Alpine, 6/15/69-6/14/74; Colonial Heights (Kingsport), 6/15/74-6/11/80; Hixson, 6/12/80-6/17/81; Beaver Ridge, 6/18/81-6/30/88; First (Cleveland), 7/1/88-6/30/93; First (Alcoa), 7/1/93-6/30/95; Retired, 7/1/95; Solway, 7/1/95. LEONARD, CHARLES (PL, PE-2009, FE-2012-2012) Bethany, 7/1/09-6/30/10; Wharf Hill-Elizabeth, 7/1/10-6/30/15; Aldersgate (AB), 7/1/15-6/30/18; Virginia Avenue-Falls Mills, 7/1/18-6/30/19; Chilhowie-Seven Mile Ford, 7/1/19. LEWIS, WAYNE DAVID (1962-1964-1964-1967) Hillsville Circuit, 6/7/59-6/6/64; Sequatchie Circuit, 6/7/64-5/26/67; New Market Circuit, 5/27/67-6/14/69; Hiwassee College, Professor, 6/15/69-6/9/71; Buckner Memorial, 6/10/71-6/15/77; Tennessee Wesleyan College, Dean of Students, 6/16/77-6/15/78; Richlands, 6/16/78-6/14/79; Kingsport, St. Matthew, 6/15/79-6/30/83; Wheeler, 7/1/83-6/30/87; Pigeon Forge, 7/1/87-6/30/94; Bristol, First, 7/1/94-6/30/96; Glen Alpine, 7/1/96-6/30/00; Retired, 7/1/00; St. Luke, Bristol, 7/1/00-6/30/03; Inskip, 7/1/036/30/14; Bethel, 7/1/14 LINDAMOOD, RICHARD G. (Recognition of Elders Orders, 1998) Max Meadows Circuit, 7/1/96-6/30/04; Transferred from Free Methodist Church, 6/17/98; Mt. Vale-Savannah, 7/1/04; West End, 7/1/10. LITTRELL, TERRIL DONALD (1986-1989-1981-1982) Evensville-New Bethel, 6/18/81-3/14/85; Ridgedale, 3/15/85-6/30/87; St. Elmo, 7/1/87-6/30/91; Trinity (Bristol), 7/1/91-6/30/94; Bluff City, 7/1/94-6/30/99; Centenary (Erwin), 7/1/99-6/30/01; Centenary (Morristown), 7/1/01-6/30/06; Retired, 7/1/06; Red Hill/Sugar Creek, 10/7/12. LOCKERBY, CHARLES WALLACE (1963-1967-1963-1967) Candler School of Theology, 6/2/63-5/29/65; Community, 5/30/65-6/14/69; Lead Mines Circuit, 6/15/69-6/16/73; Heritage/Rockford-Arrowhead, 6/17/73-6/11/76; Norris-Sinking Springs, 6/12/76-6/14/79; Lebanon Memorial, 6/15/79-6/30/83; Dublin, 7/1/83-6/30/90; Bearden, 7/1/90-6/30/93; Abingdon District, 7/1/93-6/30/98; First (Pearisburg), 7/1/986/30/03; Central (Radford), 7/1/03-6/30/06; Retired, 7/1/06; Central (Radford), 11/10/12.
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LONG, FREDDRICK LEE (1977-1980-1977-1980) In School, 5/27/77-6/1/78; Richey (Newport) New Church, 6/2/78-5/31/83; Lockhart, 6/1/83-12/31/84; Transferred from Florida Conference, 1/1/85; Grundy, 1/1/85-6/30/88; First (Maryville), Associate, 7/1/88-6/30/91; White Oak, 7/1/91-6/30/94; First (Pearisburg), 7/1/94-6/30/98; Colonial Heights (Kingsport), Co-Pastor, 7/1/98-2/12/01; Colonial Heights, 2/13/016/30/02; Newport, First, 7/1/02¬6/30/08; Retired, 7/1/08.
LORD, DAVID ALBERT (1994-1996-1994-1996) Lake City-Briceville, 7/1/93-6/30/96; Lake City-Dutch Valley, 1995; Valley View, 7/1/966/30/98; Fincastle, 7/1/98-6/30/02; Second (Knoxville), 7/1/02-6/30/05; Bookwalter, 7/1/05-6/30/15; Retired, 7/1/15-6/30/18; New Salem, 7/1/18. LOVE, ADAM THOMAS (PL, FL, SP, PE- 2012, FE-2014-2014) Madisonville Circuit, 7/1/99-6/30/00; Goodfield Circuit, 7/1/00-6/30/01; Clear Spring-Albright, 7/1/09-6/30/12; Clear Springs-Albright-Liberty Hill, 7/1/12; Kingsley, 7/1/13-6/30/19; Mafair, 7/1/19. LOVELACE, DAVID HERMAN (1961-1963-1961-1963) Candler School of Theology, 6/4/61-6/2/62; Wildwood, 6/3/62-6/1/63; Mosheim Parish, 6/2/63-6/27/67; Chaplain, U. S. Army, 6/28/67-6/13/70; Fountain City, Associate, 6/14/70-6/13/72;Trundles, 6/14/72-6/11/73; Trundles-Bethel, 6/12/73-6/13/74; Trundles, 6/14/74-6/11/76; St. Mark-Zion (Knoxville), 6/12/76-6/30/78; St. Mark, 7/1/78-6/30/82; Norwood, 7/1/82-6/30/86; Hillcrest, 7/1/86-6/30/89; First (Oak Ridge), Associate, 7/1/89-9/6/95; Colonial Heights (Knoxville), 9/1/956/30/00; Munsey Memorial, Associate, 7/1/00-6/30/04; Retired, 7/1/04. LOVELL, EUGENE HENDRIX, JR. (1963-1967-1963-1967) Duke Divinity School, 6/2/63-5/29/65; Kern (Oak Ridge), Associate, 5/30/6512/14/66; Sevierville Parish, 12/15/66-6/13/70; First (Madisonville), 6/14/70-6/14/75; Trinity (Greeneville), 6/15/75-6/15/78; White Oak, 6/16/78-6/17/81; Glen Alpine (Kingsport), 6/18/81-6/30/86; Grove, 7/1/86-6/30/92; Colonial Heights (Kingsport), 7/1/92-6/30/98; Tazewell District, 7/1/98-6/30/04; Retired, 7/1/04; Director, Wesley Leadership Institute, 7/1/07-6/30/09. LOY, DENNIS HAROLD (1981¬1984–1981¬1984) Candler School of Theology, 6/18/81-12/31/81; Second (Knoxville), Associate, 1/1/826/30/85; New Market Circuit, 7/1/85-6/30/90; Marvin-Fairview, 7/1/90-6/30/93; Seymour, 7/1/93-6/30/96; First-Centenary, Associate, 7/1/96-6/30/97; Buckner Memorial/Hiwassee, 7/1/97-6/30/98; Wheeler, 7/1/98-6/11/03; Unicoi, 6/11/03-10/13/06; Boones Creek, Associate, 10/14/06-6/30/07; Noe’s Chapel, 7/1/07-6/30/16; East Knoxville Circuit (Macedonia, Magnolia Ave, St. Luke’s), 7/1/16-6/30/19; Emerald Avenue,7/1/19. LUPER, P. CHRISTOPHER (FD-Transferred from Wester North Carolina) Concord-Pastor of Student Ministries, 10/16/16 MADSON, AMANDA BELL (PE-2005; FE-2008-2008) First (Oak Ridge), Associate, 3/6/03-6/30/06; First (Sevierville), 7/1/06-6/30/08; Pleasant Hill, 7/1/08-6/30/11; Sand Branch 7/1/11-4/30/17; Chaplain-Tennova Hospice, 5/1/17. MAJORS, (HENDRICKSON) ASA LEE (PE-2009; FE-2011-2011) Maryville, First (Associate), 7/1/09-6/30/14; Bethel-Vonore, 7/1/146/30/16; Chaplain-Hiwassee College, 7/1/16-12/31/16; Bethel-Vonore, 1/1/17-6/30/17; First (Morristown)-Associate, 7/1/17 MALONE, NATHAN ALLEN (1986-1990-1986-1990) Candler, 1986; Ducktown-Crofts Chapel, 7/1/85-6/30/88; Greeneville Circuit, 7/1/887/31/89; Hardins Chapel, 8/1/89-6/30/92; First (Hillsville), 7/1/92-6/30/97; Concord, Associate, 7/1/97-6/30/01; Middlebrook Pike, 7/1/016/30/07; Burks, 7/1/07; Burks-Fairview, 7/1/10-6/30/11 Burks 7/1/11-6/30/12; Knoxville District Superintendent, 7/1/12-6/30/17; Christ (CH), 7/1/17 MANIS, JOSEPH WARREN (1997-2000-1997-2000) Goodfield Circuit, 7/1/93-6/30/95; Candler School of Theology, 7/1/95-6/30/97; Philadelphia-New Hope, 1995-1996; Welch’s Chapel-Stephens Chapel, 7/1/97-6/30/98; Fries Circuit, 7/1/98-6/30/00; Hunter-Slagles, 7/1/006/30/05; Rock Springs-Pactolus, 7/1/05¬6/30/09; Piney Flats, 7/1/09-6/30/12; Shady Grove, 7/1/12-6/30/15; Whitwell First, 7/1/15-6/30/17; McKendree-Wells Chapel, 7/1/17 MANNEY, JOHN ROBERT (1952¬1956–1956¬1958) Quitman, 6/19/49¬6/16/51; Judsonia, 6/17/51¬9/22/52; Transferred from North Arkansas Conference, 1952; Sunbright, 1952; Sunbright and in School, 9/23/52¬6/6/53; Maynardville Circuit, 6/7/53¬6/5/54; Oakdale, 6/6/54¬6/8/56; Norris Sinking Springs, 6/9/56¬6/12/60; Lenoir City, Central, 6/13/60¬5/29/65; Kingsport, Vermont, 5/30/65¬6/14/69; Trinity-Seminary (Big Stone Gap), 6/15/69-6/16/73; Trinity (Big Stone Gap), 1970-1972; Trinity (Greenville), 6/17/73-6/14/75; Spring City, 6/15/75-6/14/79; Jones Memorial, 6/15/79-6/30/85; Wesley Memorial, 7/1/85-6/30/89; Retired, 7/1/89; Returned to the Effective Relationship; Grove-Harmon’s Chapel, 7/1/93¬6/30/95; Retired, 7/1/95; Liberty Hill, 11/1/04-6/30/09. MANNING, GLENNA BUCKNER (PD, 2008; FD, 2010–2010) Beaver Ridge, 7/1/08-6/1/11; Concord, Associate 6/1/11 MARCHBANKS, PAUL Y. (1960-1965-1960-1965) Gordonville, 10/22/50-10/20/51; Gordonville-Stonewall, 10/21/51-10/25/52; Cherry Valley Circuit, 10/26/52-6/29/57; Hartsville Circuit, 6/30/57-6/28/58; Murfreesboro Parish, 6/29/58-5/19/68; Pulaski Parish, 5/20/68-6/13/72;
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LONGMIRE, PAUL B. (1994-1996-1994-1996) Asbury-Mt. Wesley, 7/1/99-6/30/01; Transferred from Eastern Pennsylvania Conference, 6/14/00; St. John, 7/1/01¬6/30/04; New Salem, 7/1/04-6/30/07; Hixson, Associate, 7/1/07-6/30/16; St. Paul (WY), 7/1/16-6/30/17; Johnson City Parish, 7/1/17
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Morristown District, 6/14/72-6/15/78; Stanley, 6/16/78-6/14/79; Lennon-Seney, 6/15/79-6/30/87; Tazewell District, 7/1/87-9/15/92; Mountain View, 9/16/92-6/30/97; Retired, 7/1/97. MARINE, JOE LAWRENCE (1972-1975-1972-1975) Athens Parish, 5/27/67-6/14/69; Candler School of Theology, 1972; Benton-Mt. Herman, 6/15/69¬6/14/74; Gladeville-Mt. Olivet, 6/15/74-6/15/78; Bluff City-Rockholds, 6/16/78-6/17/81; Fountain City, Associate, 6/18/816/30/84; Vestal, 7/1/84-6/30/86; Burlington-Contact, 7/1/86-6/30/88; Holston View, 7/1/88-6/30/92; Rossville, McFarland, 7/1/92-6/30/94; Pigeon Forge, 7/1/94-6/30/97; Retired, 7/1/97. MARSTON, BRUCE STEVEN (1989-1991-1989-1991) Holston French Broad Group Ministry Director, Kodak Circuit, 7/1/89-10/30/91; Christ, 11/1/91-6/30/13; Alcoa, First, 7/1/13-6/30/15; Retired, 7/1/15 MARTIN, CAROLE REIDMEYER (PE-2003; FE-2006-2006) Emory, 7/1/03-12/13/06; Leave of Absence, 12/14/06-6/30/07; First (Bristol), 7/1/07-6/30/09; Otterbein, 7/1/09-6/30/10; Trinity (Morristown), 7/1/10-6/30/12; First (Madisonville), 7/1/12-6/30/16, Fairhaven, 7/1/166/30/18; Rock Springs, 7/1/18. MARTIN, NANCY (PL-2012, PE-2013; FE 2018) Grange Hall-Lebanon (Part of valley Parish), 7/1/12-6/30/14; Valley Parish (Director), Grange Hall-Lebanon, 7/1/14-6/30/17; Grange Hall (KI), 7/1/17 MARTIN, RANDALL BRUCE (1971¬1974–1971¬1974) Candler School of Theology, 6/10/71-6/16/73; Wesley-Lou’s Chapel, 6/15/ 72-6/14/73; Flintstone, 6/15/73-6/14/75; Second Church (Knoxville), Associate, 6/15/75-6/14/79; Aldersgate-Jordan, 6/15/79-6/17/81; Conference Council on Ministries, Specialist in Nurture Ministries, 6/18/81-6/30/83; Dunlap, 7/1/83-6/30/87; Ooltewah, 7/1/87-6/30/94; St. John (Chattanooga), 7/1/94-6/30/99; Johnson City District, 7/1/99-6/30/00; Hixson, 7/1/00-6/30/12; Broad Street, 7/1/12-6/30/17; Chattanooga District Superintendent, 7/1/17 MARTIN, STEVEN DUANE (1989-1991-1989-1991) Enterprise-St. Paul, 7/1/89-6/30/91; Wesley Memorial (Cleveland), Associate, 7/1/91-12/31/93; Unicoi, 1/1/94-12/31/98; First (Oak Ridge), Associate, 1/1/99-1/31/06; Vital Visions, Inc, 2/1/06-2/28/09; Kern Memorial, Associate-Vital Visions, Inc., 3/1/09-11/2/14; National Council of Churches, Director of Communications and Development, 11/3/14. MATHERLY, JAMES BENNY(1980-1984-1975-1984) Kingsport Lebanon Circuit, 6/14/72-6/14/74; Chalybeate Lebanon, 6/15/74-6/14/75; Goodfield Circuit, 6/15/75-6/15/78; Niota, 6/16/78; (Candler School of Theology, 6/12/80¬12/31/81); Etowah, Wesley Memorial, 7/1/856/30/86; Whitwell-Red Hill, 7/1/86-6/30/89; Rutledge Circuit, 7/1/89¬6/30/91; Brooks Memorial, 7/1/91¬6/30/92; Dunlap, 7/1/92¬6/30/98; Fort Oglethorpe, 7/1/98¬6/30/05; Wesley Memorial (CH), 7/1/05¬6/30/09; Retired, 7/1/09. MATTHEWS, RONALD HOWARD (1976¬1981–1976¬1981) Student Supply, Mosheim Circuit, 6/14/72¬6/11/76; Student, Emmanuel School of Religion/Mt. Hebron, 6/12/76¬6/12/78; Student, Vanderbilt Divinity School, 6/13/78¬6/12/80; Heritage-Arrowhead, 6/13/80¬6/17/81; Mountain View, 6/18/81¬6/30/84; Dandridge, First, 7/1/84¬8/14/88; Holston Home for Children, V.P. for Development, 8/15/88¬6/15/97, Maryville, Broadway, 6/16/97¬4/30/01; Director of Finance Services/ Stewardship Resources/Treasurer, 5/1/01¬6/30/03; Maryville District, 7/1/03¬6/30/06; Executive Assistant to the Bishop, 7/1/06-6/30/11; Retired 7/1/11. MATTSON, CHARLES LESTER (1993¬1995; 1991¬1995) Sneedville Circuit, 7/1/85¬6/30/86; Dandridge Circuit, 7/1/86¬6/30/91; Oakland, 7/1/91¬6/30/95; Knoxville, St. Andrews, 7/1/95¬6/30/97; Strawberry Plains, 7/1/97¬12/31/97; Leave of Absence, 1/1/98¬11/30/99; Oak Ridge, Trinity, 12/1/99¬6/30/03; Rockwood, 7/1/03¬6/30/06; Fairhaven, 7/1/06¬6/30/09; New Tazewell, 7/1/09-12/31/12; Retired, 1/1/13. MAULDIN, GARY R. (FE, 2004) Transferred from Central Texas Conference, 7/1/04; Director, Conference Pastoral Counseling Center, 7/1/03; Retired, 7/1/10. MAYNARD, CHARLES WILLIAM (1978¬1981– 1978¬1981) Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/16/78-6/11/80; New Salem 19796/30/84; Seymour, 7/1/84-6/30/93; Kingsport, St. Matthew, 7/1/93-6/30/94; Leave of Absence,7/1/94¬6/30/01; Sevierville Circuit, Associate, 7/1/01-6/30/02; Honorable Location, 7/1/02-6/30/10; Development Officer, Conference Camp & Retreat Ministries, 7/1/10-6/30/11; Maryville District Superintendent 7/1/11-6/30/17; Cokesbury (Associate), 7/1/17 McBRIDE, RAYMOND GORDON (2000¬2002–1996¬2002) Coleman’s Chapel-Boyd-Ratliff, 7/1/90¬6/30/96; Clinchport Circuit, 7/1/96¬6/30/01; Whitwell, First, 7/1/01¬6/30/06; North Tazewell-Mt. Zion, 7/1/06-6/30/15; Gate City (BI), 7/1/15-6/30/17; Gate City Parish, 7/1/17 McCALLIE, THOMAS DREW, (PE-2015; FE 2018) Christ (CH) -Youth Minister, 7/1/15-6/30/16; Hixson, Associate, 7/1/16. McCARTT, JAMES SPURGEON (1948¬1949–1949¬1950) Piney Grove Circuit, 10/6/46¬10/4/47; Student, Duke Divinity School, 10/3/48¬8/31/49; Caryville-Fincastle, 9/1/49¬9/23/50; Chattanooga, Centenary, Associate, 9/24/50¬9/27/52; Gatlinburg, 9/28/52¬6/8/57; Chattanooga, White Oak, 6/9/57-6/2/62; Knoxville, Washington Pike, 6/3/62¬5/26/67; Maryville, First, 5/27/67¬6/16/73; Kingsport, First Broad Street, 6/17/73¬6/17/81; Oak Ridge, First, 6/18/81¬6/30/83; Morristown District, 7/1/83-6/30/86; Fountain City, 7/1/86¬6/30/90; Retired, 7/1/90; Vermont, 12/1/08¬6/30/09. Deceased, 4/10/19
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McCLELLAN, HAGAN ROBERT, JR. (1991¬1994–1991¬1994) Corinth, 7/1/87¬6/30/91; Knoxville, St. Andrews, 7/1/91¬6/30/95; Kodak, 7/1/95¬6/30/01; Chaplain, U.S. Navy, 7/1/01.
McCREARY, MISTY DAWN (PE-2014, FE-2015-2015) Englewood-Pleasant Grove (Etowah), 7/1/14-6/30/16; First Broad Street (Associate), 7/1/16-6/30/19; First Broad Street-Community (Associate) (AP), 7/1/19. McDANIEL, LINDA I. (PM, Recognition of Orders, 2013, FE-2015-2015), First-Centenary, Minister of Congregational Care, 7/1/13. McFADDEN, MARK BRIAN (1995¬1998–1995¬1998) Rich Valley-Washington Chapel, 7/1/94-6/30/97; Chilhowie, 7/1/97¬4/17/02; Norwood, 4/18/02¬6/30/05; White Pine, First, 7/1/05-6/30/12, Shady Grove, Camp Ahistadi, 7/1/12-6/30/18; Galax-First, 7-1-18. McINTOSH, JASON M. (FE, Transferred from North Alabama, 7/1/17) Shady Grove, 7/1/17-6/30/19; Shady Grove-Woodlawn Parish, 7/1/19. McKEE, ADAM EMANUEL III (OF, PM, Recognition of Orders, 2004; FE, 2006– 2006) Lennon-Seney, 7/1/03¬6/30/09; Oak Ridge District Superintendent, 7/1/09-6/30/17; Brainerd (CH), 7/1/17-6/30/19; Harrison 7/1/19. McKEE, CURTIS DAVID (1984¬1988–1984¬1988) Browder, 1/1/82¬3/19/83; Tazewell, 3/20/83-6/30/86;Asbury Theological Seminary (Tazewell Parish), 1984¬1985; Cleveland, Wesley Memorial, Associate, 7/1/86¬6/30/91; Elizabeth Chapel, 7/1/91¬6/30/97; Radford, Central, 7/1/97-6/30/03; Jones Memorial, 7/1/03¬6/30/06; General Evangelist, 7/1/06¬6/30/09; Wesley Memorial, 7/1/09-6/30/13; Sequatchie Cluster (Dunlap) 7/1/13-6/30/15; St. Mark’s (MA), 7/1/15-6/30/19; Cleveland, First, 7/1/19. McKINNEY, CHARLES ROBERT (1973¬1977–1973¬1977) Booth-Bethlehem, 5/28/66¬5/26/67; Sweetwater Parish, 5/27/67¬6/9/71; Greenback Circuit, 6/10/71¬6/13/72; Asbury Seminary, 6/17/72-6/11/76; Oakdale-Woods Chapel, 6/12/76¬6/15/78; First (Surgoinsville), 6/16/78¬6/11/80; Thornspring-Wesley Memorial, 6/12/80¬6/30/83; Fairview (Chattanooga), 7/1/83¬6/30/86; Asbury (Cleveland), 7/1/86¬6/30/88; East Chattanooga, 7/1/88¬4/30/91; St. John (Chattanooga), Associate, 5/1/91¬6/30/94; Mountain View (Maryville), 7/1/94¬6/30/95; Middlesettlements, 7/1/95¬6/30/01; St. Paul (Fountain City), 7/1/01¬6/30/04; St. Paul-Wesleyanna (Etowah), 7/1/04¬6/30/05; Daisy, 7/1/05¬10/31/05; Incapacity Leave, 11/1/05-6/30/11; Retired 7/1/11. McKINNON-YOUNG, MICHELLE BUCKLES. (Transferred from N. Georgia Conference, 2004) Kingston, 7/1/04¬6/30/06; Leave of Absence, 7/1/06¬6/30/07; Cherokee, 7/1/07-6/30/11; Czech and Slovak Republics, Annual Conference, ESUMC 7/1/11-6/30/14; First (Bristol), 7/1/14-6/30/17; Lake Oswego UMC (Columbia District, Oregon-Idaho Conference), 7/1/17. McKNIGHT, ROBERT MARK (1969¬1972–1969¬1972) Candler School of Theology, 6/15/69¬6/9/71; Oliver Springs-Bell CampgroundPeak Chapel, 6/10/71¬6/13/72; Walland-Campground, 6/14/72¬6/14/74; New Salem, 6/15/74¬6/15/77; Mt. Vale-Savannah, 6/16/77¬6/11/80; Otterbein Circuit, 6/12/80¬6/30/83; Soddy, 7/1/83¬6/30/87; First (White Pine), 7/1/87¬6/30/93; St. Marks (Louisville), 7/1/93¬6/30/00; Dunlap, 7/1/00¬6/30/04; First (Madisonville), 7/1/04¬6/30/07; Retired, 7/1/07. McLAIN, ELSTON D. (FE) Transfer from North Alabama Conference, 7/1/09; Stanley, 7/1/09-6/30/11; Mount Moriah Parish (Stanley) 7/1/11-6/30/16; Lennon-Seney, 7/1/16. McMILLAN, JEREMY M. (SP-2009; PE-2014; FE-2016-2016) First (Whitwell), 7/1/09-6/30/14; St. Luke (AB), 7/1/14-6/30/17; Vermont (KI), 7/1/17 McREYNOLDS, JAMES E. (1993¬1995–1993¬1995) Rich Valley-Washington Chapel, 7/1/92-6/30/94; Max Meadows Circuit, 7/1/94¬6/30/96; St. Luke (Bristol), 7/1/96¬3/3/98; Leave of Absence, 3/4/98¬6/30/01; Clinical Family Therapist, Cedar Youth Center, 7/1/01¬6/30/04; Retired, 7/1/04. MEADE, PEGGY L. (1992¬1999–1992¬1999) Student, Vanderbilt Divinity School, 1990; Virginia Avenue, 6/13/91¬6/30/93; Draper Circuit, 7/1/93¬6/30/94; Kingsport Chaplaincy Service-CPE, 7/1/94¬6/30/95; Pactolus, 7/1/95¬6/30/98; Wallace-Wyndale, 7/1/98¬6/30/00; Leave of Absence, 7/1/01¬2/12/04; Chaplain, Middle TN Correctional Complex, Nashville, 2/13/04¬3/30/06; Leave of Absence, 3/31/06¬7/5/07; Assoc. Chaplain, Middle TN Medical Center, 7/6/07-6/30/12; Walland, 7/1/12-6/30/15; Carpenters, 7/1/15-12/31/18; Holston Counseling Services, 1/1/19 MERKER, MATHILDA SUE (PE, 2004; FE, 2007–2007) Benton, 7/1/03¬1/31/09; Incapacity Leave, 2/1/09-6/30/14; Retired, 7/1/14. Deceased, 3/9/19.
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McCOBIN, TIMOTHY FRANK (1984¬1987–1984¬1987) Jones Chapel, 7/1/83¬6/30/84; Mt. Hebron, 7/1/84¬6/30/86; Unicoi, 7/1/86¬6/30/86; Pine Grove Park-Watauga, 7/1/88¬6/30/90; Cross-Holly Springs, 7/1/90¬6/30/92; Gladeville-Mt. Olive, 7/1/92¬6/30/96; Dryden-Seminary, 7/1/96¬6/30/98; Bethesda-Eden, 7/1/98¬6/30/02; Rutledge Circuit, 7/1/02¬06/30/08; Wytheville Circuit, 7/1/08-12/31/10; Retired 1/1/11.
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MILLER, EBLEN “BUDDY” GRANT (1964¬1968–1964¬1968) Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/7/64¬5/27/66; Dryden Circuit, 5/28/66¬6/13/70; Chilhowie-Tates, 6/14/70¬6/14/74; Wise, Trinity, 6/15/74¬6/11/76; Halls Central, 6/12/76¬6/15/78; New Tazewell, 6/16/78¬6/30/83; Gray, 7/1/83¬6/30/89; Glen Alpine, 7/1/89¬6/30/95; Burk’s, 7/1/95¬6/30/99; Marion, First, 7/1/99-6/30/04; Retired, 7/1/04. MILLER, JOSEPH TAYLOR (2002¬2004–2002¬2004) Port Royal, 2/25/86¬8/14/86; Discontinued, 8/15/86¬12/31/88; Roan Mountain, 1/1/89¬8/14/92; Discontinued, 8/15/92¬6/30/94; Roan Mountain, 7/1/94¬6/30/96; Ebenezer Circuit, 7/1/96¬9/30/00;Albright¬Greenwood Circuit, 10/1/00¬6/30/03; Limestone-Greenwood, 7/1/03¬6/30/06;Athens, Trinity, 7/1/06¬6/30/09; Big Stone Gap, Trinity, 7/1/09; Retired, 7.1.10; Greystone Circuit, 7/1/10-6/30/12, Embreeville, 7/1/12. MILLIGAN, P. APRIL JANE(PE, 2006; FE, 2009–2009) Mt. Carmel-Seviers, 7/1/06¬6/30/07; St. Luke-St. Matthew, 7/1/07¬9/30/07; Elm Tree Parish, Associate, 10/1/07¬6/30/09; Damascus Circuit, 7/1/09; Draper Circuit, 7/1/10-6/30/12; Incapacity Leave, 7/1/12-6/30/18; Retired, 7/1/18. MONCIER, JEFFREY WAYNE (1995¬2001–1995¬2001) Centenary-Bethel, 6/12/86¬6/30/86;Austin Springs, 7/1/86¬6/30/92; White Shoals Circuit, 7/1/92¬12/31/92; Ewing Circuit, 1/1/93¬6/30/95; Morley Memorial, 7/1/95¬6/30/96; Shady Grove, 7/1/96¬6/30/06; Sulphur Springs, 7/1/06-6/30/11; Bluefield, First 7/1/11-6/30/12, Addilynn Memorial, 7/1/12-6/30/14; Mt. Hebron, 7/1/14-6/30/17; Chestnut Hill (MO), 7/1/176/30/19; St Matthew- Emory, Kingsport (AP), 7-1-19. MOONEY, WILLIAM CARL, JR. (1961¬1964–1961¬1964) Lebanon Mtn. View, 6/10/56¬9/10/57; Damascus Circuit, 6/8/58¬6/12/60; Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/4/61¬6/2/62; Evensville Circuit, 6/3/62¬6/1/63; Trentville, 6/2/63¬5/27/66; Chaplain, Morristown College, 5/28/66¬1/26/67; Oak Ridge, Kern, Associate, 1/27/67¬6/13/70; Knoxville, Burlington, 6/14/70¬6/14/75; Inskip, 6/15/75¬6/11/80; Oak Ridge, First, Counseling Minister, 6/12/80¬6/30/91; Missionary Board of Global Ministries, English Speaking Church, Vienna, Austria, 7/1/91¬6/30/97; Chattanooga, St. Luke, 7/1/97¬6/30/00; Retired, 7/1/00.. MOORE, DANIEL FARRIS (1975¬1977–1975¬1977) Carpenters, 6/12/75¬6/15/78; Charleston, 6/16/78¬6/17/81; Morristown, First, Associate, 6/18/81¬6/30/85; Hillsville, First, 7/1/85¬6/30/88; Concord, Associate, 7/1/88¬6/30/92; Erwin, Centenary, 7/1/92¬6/30/96; Knoxville, Central, 7/1/96-6/30/01; Dandridge, First, 7/1/01¬6/30/04; Broadway, 7/1/04¬6/30/08; Knoxville, First, 7/1/08-6/30/13; Gatlinburg, First-Huskey’s Grove, 7/1/13-6/30/18; Retired, 7/1/18. MOORE, ELDON ANDERSON (1958¬1962–1959¬1962) Blair Village, 6/21/57¬6/7/58; Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/8/58¬6/12/60; Bristol, State Street, Associate, 6/13/60¬6/6/64; Johnson City, Wesley Memorial, 6/7/64¬6/14/69; Jefferson City, First, 6/15/69¬6/16/73; Maryville, Fairview, 6/17/73¬6/14/79; Church Street, Associate, 6/15/79¬6/17/81; Gatlinburg, 6/18/81¬6/30/86; Knoxville, Ebenezer, 7/1/86¬6/30/90; Dandridge, First, 7/1/90¬6/30/95; Retired, 7/1/95. Deceased, 11/29/18. MOORE, G. KEITH (2002-2004–2002¬2004) Embreeville, 7/1/96¬6/30/99;Austin Springs, 7/1/99¬6/30/02; UTC Wesley Center, Director, 7/1/02. MOORE, ROBERT ROOD (1970¬1976–1970¬1976) Aldersgate, 5/30/65¬6/14/69; Mt. Zion, 6/15/69¬6/13/70; Student, Asbury Theological Seminary and Emory University, 6/14/70-6/14/75;Asbury College, Chair Department Bible/Theology/Philosophy, 6/15/75¬6/30/02; Retired, 7/1/02. MORRIS, DONALD DEAN (1994¬1997–1994¬1997) Mountain City, First-Trade 7/1/93-6/30/99;Athens, Trinity, 7/1/99¬6/30/06¬6/30/06; Kingston, 7/1/06; Kern Memorial, 7/1/10-6/30/18: Retired,7/1/18. MULLAN, RICHARD DAVID (1992¬1996–1992¬1996) Rutledge Circuit, 7/1/91¬6/30/94; Valley Forge, 7/1/94¬6/30/97; Mt. View-St. Matthew, Associate, 7/1/97¬6/30/98; Shady Grove-Charles Wesley, 7/1/98¬6/30/01; McFarland, 7/1/01¬6/30/03; Bristol, St. Luke, 7/1/03; Maryville, St. John, 7/1/05; Floyd Circuit, 7/1/10-6/30/12; Woodlawn-Shiloh, 7/1/12-6/30/16; Mt. Carmel-Seviers, 7/1/16. MULLEN, JOHN W. (FD, 1997) First Broad Street, Director of Music, 1977¬6/30/97; Retired, 7/1/97. MULLINS, HERBERT RAE (1985¬1988–1985¬1988) Cripple Creek Circuit, 7/1/83¬6/30/87; Duke Divinity School, 1985¬1986; Mt. Pleasant, 7/1/87¬6/30/90; Stone Drive-St. Mark, 7/1/90¬12/31/96; Stone Drive, 7/1/97¬6/30/98; Holston United Methodist Home for Children, V.P., Special Ministries, 7/1/98¬6/30/03; Seymour, 7/1/03¬2/14/07; Holston United Methodist Home for Children, Development Officer, 2/15/07-6/30/11; St. Paul 7/1/11-6/30/16; Retired, 7/1/16; Holly Springs, 12/1/18-6/30/19; St Mark (AP), 7/1/19. MURPHY, LARRY DALLAS (1980¬1985–1980¬1985) Student, Radford University (New Hope-Mt. Airy), 1976¬1979; Student, Duke Divinity School (Silk Hope Charge, North Carolina Conference), 1979¬1983; Floyd Circuit, 6/17/82¬6/30/89; Christ First-Macedonia, 7/1/89¬6/30/90; Norton-West Norton, 7/1/90¬6/30/93; Holly Avenue, 7/1/93¬6/30/98; Dunlap, 7/1/98¬6/30/00; Virginia Avenue-Macedonia, 7/1/00¬6/30/05; Blountville, 7/1/05-6/30/11; Asbury 7/1/11-6/30/13; Retired, 7/1/13. MYERS¬ROSS, LAURA JEAN (1977¬1982–1977¬1982) Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/16/77¬6/15/78; Brainerd, Associate, 6/16/78¬6/17/81; New Salem, 6/18/81¬6/30/83; Jefferson City, First, Associate, 7/1/83¬6/30/87; Tuckaleechee, 7/1/87¬6/30/90; Bluefield,
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Virginia Avenue, 7/1/90-6/30/94; Bristol, Trinity, 7/1/94¬6/30/96; Oak Ridge, First, Associate, 7/1/96¬6/30/98; Rossville, McFarland, 7/1/98¬6/30/00; Leave of Absence, 7/1/00-6/30/13; Retired, 7/1/13.
NATION, DONALD L. (1970¬1973–1970¬1973) Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/14/70-6/13/72; Greenback Circuit, 6/14/72¬6/14/74; Walland-Campground, 6/15/74¬6/11/76; Church Street, Associate, 6/12/76¬6/15/77; Fairview, 6/16/77¬9/14/80; Grundy, 9/15/80¬6/30/84; Bluefield, Virginia Avenue, 7/1/84¬6/30/85; Bluefield, Virginia Avenue-Bethel, 7/1/85¬6/30/90; Lebanon Memorial, 7/1/90¬6/30/96; Galax, First, 7/1/96¬6/30/00; Mafair, 7/1/00¬6/30/04; Tazewell District Superintendent, 7/1/04; Retired, 71/10; Steward of Clergy Concerns/Director of Wesley Leadership Inst., 7/1/10; Morristown District Superintendent 2/1/11-6/30/11. NEAL, CHARLES TRUSLOW (1966¬1969–1966¬1969) Student, Candler School of Theology, 5/28/66¬6/1/68; Martel, 6/2/68¬6/9/71; Fort Oglethorpe, 6/10/71¬6/15/77; Chattanooga, First Centenary, Associate, 6/16/77¬6/15/78; Emory, 6/16/78¬6/14/84; Leave of Absence, 6/15/84¬10/31/86; North Georgia Conference, Atlanta, Peachtree Road, 11/1/86¬6/30/89; Cherokee, 7/1/89¬6/30/92; Burk’s, 7/1/92¬6/30/95; Brainerd, 7/1/95¬6/30/97; First Broad Street, 7/1/97¬6/30/01; First Centenary, 7/1/01¬6/30/07; Retired, 7/1/07. NEAL, WILEY LEFTRIDGE (1949¬1951–1949¬1951) Woodlawn Circuit, 10/2/49¬6/4/55; Buchanan Circuit, 6/5/55¬8/31/57; Pearisburg Circuit, 9/1/57¬6/6/64; Ebenezer-Chestnut Grove, 6/7/64¬5/26/67; Bland Circuit, 5/27/67¬6/16/73; Mount Pleasant Circuit, 6/17/73¬6/15/78; Saltville-Madam Russell, 6/16/78¬6/30/82; Retired, 7/1/82. Deceased, 12/17/18. NEEL, J. DAVID (PE-2009; FE-2012-2012) Ross Campground-Cameron, 7/1/08-6/30/12; Harneds-Parrotsville, 7/1/12-6/30/14; Marion East Circuit, 7/1/14-6/30/16; Niota-Cedar Springs, 7/1/16-6/30/19; Bradurn Hill-Mt.Pleasant, Greenville, 7/1/19. NEESE, JOHN WILLIAM (1980¬1983–1970¬1983) W. Side Parish, 6/7/64¬5/29/65; Fairgarden Circuit, 5/27/67¬6/14/69; Tellico Plains, 6/15/69-6/13/72; Philadelphia-New Hope, 6/14/72¬6/14/75; Ridgeview Parish, 6/15/75¬6/15/77; Carlock-Mars Hill-Pleasant Grove, 6/16/77¬6/17/81; Mountain View-New Providence, 6/18/81-6/30/09; Retired, 7/1/09. Deceased, 9/4/18. NELSON, EDWARD DEAN (1985¬1988–1985¬1988) Petros, 1/1/82¬6/30/86; Solway-Valley View-Branch Hill, 7/1/86¬6/30/90; Halls Central, 7/1/90¬12/31/91; Macedonia, 1/1/92¬6/30/93; Clinton-St. Marks-Moore’s Gap, 7/1/93¬6/30/97; Oliver Springs Parish, 7/1/97¬6/30/00; Rockwood, 7/1/00-6/30/03; Coeburn, 7/1/03¬11/14/05; Bluff City, 11/15/05¬6/30/07; Centenary, 7/1/07¬6/30/08; BethesdaEden, 7/1/08; Retired, 7/1/10. NETTING, KARL ARTHUR (1970¬1972–1970¬1972) Student, Duke Divinity School, 6/14/70¬6/9/71; Wallace-Wyndale, 6/10/71¬6/16/73; Bethel, 6/17/73¬6/14/75; Concord, Associate, 6/15/75¬6/14/79; Student, Grant Memorial & Children’s Hospital, Chicago, 6/15/79¬6/17/81; Concord, Associate, 6/18/81¬6/15/83; Leave of Absence, 6/16/83¬6/13/84; Chaplain, Scottsdale Memorial Hospital, North Scottsdale, Arizona, 6/14/84¬6/30/93; Leave of Absence, 7/1/93¬8/15/93; Richmond, Virginia, St. Mary’s Hospital, 8/16/93; Hospice of Piedmont, Chaplain, 8/17/98¬10/1/00; Bon Secour Hospice, Chaplain, 10/2/00-6/30/11; Retired 7/1/11; Bon Secour Hospice, Chaplain 7/1/11. NEWMAN, ALFRED LEWIS (1978¬1981–1978¬1981) Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/16/78¬6/11/80; Mafair, Associate, 6/12/80¬6/30/82; Lookout Mountain, 7/1/82¬6/30/91; Loudon, 7/1/91¬6/30/96; Incapacity Leave, 7/1/96; Retired, 7/1/10. NEWMAN, WALLACE EUGENE (1946¬1948–1948¬1949) W. View, 10/12/42¬10/15/44; Hendrons Beulah, 10/16/44¬6/2/45; Oconomowoc Lake Street-Wisconsin Conference, 6/3/45¬10/5/46; In School, 10/6/46¬10/4/47; Transferred to Tennessee Conference, 10/5/47; Homestead, 10/5/47¬9/25/48; Cumberland Homesteads, 9/26/48¬9/9/50; Tracy City, 9/10/50¬6/4/55; Transferred to Holston Conference, 6/5/55; Pikeville, 6/5/55¬5/27/66; Lonsdale, 5/28/66¬6/9/71; Knoxville, Asbury, 6/10/71¬6/14/79; Retired, 6/15/79. Deceased, 2/28/19. NICKLE, WILLIAM EDWIN (1963¬1966–1963¬1966) Student, Duke Divinity School, 6/2/63¬6/6/64; Knoxville, Halls Central, 6/7/64¬8/31/66; Transferred to Western North Carolina Conference; Winston Salem Ardmor, Minister of Education, 9/1/66¬6/10/70; Transferred from Western North Carolina Conference, 6/15/70; Kingsport, First Broad Street, Minister of Youth and Young Adults, 6/11/70¬6/13/72;Associate Director, Wesleyan Foundation/UTK, 6/14/72¬6/14/75; Clinch Valley Circuit, 6/15/75¬6/15/77; Honorable Location, 6/16/77¬1/19/80; Readmitted, 1/20/80; Tazewell Parish, 1/20/80¬6/11/80; Camp Wesley Woods, Director/Manager, 6/12/80¬1/31/89; Sabbatical Leave, 2/1/89¬6/30/90; Leave of Absence, 7/1/90; Gray Episcopal Diocese, Director, Earth Education; Narrow Ridge Center, Director, 1995; Retired, 6/11/03. NICOLAUS, MICAH J. (PE, 2008; FE, 2010-2010) Cokesbury (KN), Associate, 7/1/06-6/30/10; Lighthouse (New Church Start Chattanooga District), 7/1/10-6/30/11; Central, Lenoir City 7/1/11-6/30/17; Broad Street (CL), 7/1/17 NOE, EDDIE CLEARANCE, JR. (1984-1987-1984-1987) Long Island Community, 6/16/77-6/15/78; Cross, 6/16/78¬6/14/79; Damascus Circuit, 6/15/79-6/30/82; Ducktown, 7/1/82-6/30/85; Looney’s Chapel, 7/1/85¬6/30/87; Hunter-Slagle, 7/1/87-6/30/92; Ebenezer-Bailey,
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NANCE, CATHERINE CLARK (1984¬1989–1984¬1989) Duke Divinity School, 7/1/84¬6/30/86; Leave of Absence, 7/1/86¬6/30/87; Bethel-Vonore, 7/1/87¬6/30/91; Middlebrook Pike, Associate, 7/1/91¬6/30/96; Norris-Sinking Springs, 7/1/96¬6/30/01; Leave of Absence, 7/1/01¬6/30/02; Concord, Associate, 7/1/02¬6/30/09; Beaver Ridge, 7/1/09-6.30/14; First (Maryville), 7/1/14.
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7/1/92-6/30/94; St. Paul Parish, 7/1/94-6/30/96; Mount Pleasant, 7/1/96-6/30/99; Cedar Bluff-Pounding Mill, 7/1/99-6/30/02; Cedar Bluff, 7/1/02-6/30/03; White Pine, First, 7/1/03¬6/30/05; Noe’s Chapel, 7/1/05-6/30/07; Retired, 7/1/07; Bybee, 5/1/10-11/13/10. NYAGA, ROBERT KARIUKI (PE-2005; FE-2009-2009) Chaplain, Hiwassee College, 7/1/05¬6/30/06; Leave of Absence, 7/1/06-9/9/06; Peck’s Memorial, 9/10/06-6/30/07;Afton-Stone Dam, 7/1/07-6/30/10; John Wesley-Charles Wesley, 7/1/10. OAKS, CARL IRWIN (1976¬1979–1976¬1979) Knoxville Ebenezer, 6/17/73¬6/14/75; Etowah Carlock Jones, 6/15/75¬6/15/77;Apison, 6/16/77¬6/15/78; Knoxville, Central, Associate, 6/16/78-12/31/81; Leave of Absence, 1/1/82¬12/6/82; Farragut, First, 12/7/82¬6/17/87; Honorable Location, 6/18/87¬6/30/90; Readmitted; Knoxville, Trinity, Associate, 7/1/90¬6/30/91; Fountain City, St. Paul, 7/1/91¬6/30/98; Knoxville, Trinity, 7/1/98¬6/30/02; Sweetwater, First, 7/1/02-6/30/11; Retired 7/1/11; Interim-Powell, 2/1/15. ODLE, GEORGE EDWIN (1970¬1973–1970¬1973) Gate City Circuit #1Associate, 6/12/67¬6/11/69; Cleveland Circuit., 6/14/70¬6/13/72; Bristol, State Street, Associate, 6/14/72¬6/14/74; St. Andrews, 6/15/74¬6/15/78; Kingsport, St. Luke, 6/16/78¬6/30/84; Bluff City-Rockhold, 7/1/84¬6/30/86; Wise, Trinity, 7/1/86¬6/30/87; Sulphur Springs, 7/1/87¬12/31/99; Board of Global Ministries, Office of Finance and Field Service Field Representative, 1/1/00; Church Stewardship Consultant; Nicklesville Circuit, 7/1/09-6/30/11; Retired 7/1/11. OGLE, DANIEL MCGEE (PE-2009; FE-2011–2011) Greystone Circuit, 7/1/09-6/30/10; Fountain City, Associate, 7/1/10-6/30/15; Colonial Heights (KN), 7/1/15-12/31/18; North Georgia AC, 1/1/19 OGLE, W. MICHAEL, SR. (1999¬2001–1999¬2001) Englewood, 1990¬6/30/94; Decatur-Concord, 7/1/94¬6/30/02; St. Andrews, 7/1/02¬6/30/04; St. Mark’s, 7/1/04¬6/30/06; Elizabeth Chapel, 7/1/06-1/5/09; Incapacity Leave, 1/6/09-6/30/13; Retired, 7/1/13. OLDHAM, JOHN W. (1978¬1982–1978¬1982) Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/16/78-6/11/80; Sugar Grove-Teas, 6/12/80¬6/30/84; White Pine, First, 7/1/84¬6/30/85; Grigsby Chapel, 7/1/85¬6/30/87; Knoxville, Church Street, Associate, 7/1/87¬6/30/88; Leave of Absence, 7/1/88-6/30/89; Knoxville, Virginia Avenue, 7/1/89¬6/30/90; Signal Mountain, Mental Health Counselor, Cross Roads, 7/1/90¬6/30/92; School, Vanderbilt, 7/1/92¬10/31/94; Tyner, Minister Counseling, 11/1/94¬6/30/99; Pastoral Counseling, 7/1/99-6/30/15; Benton-Chestuee (CL), 7/1/15-6/30/16; Englewood-Pleasant Grove (Etowah), 7/1/16-6/30/17; Englewood (CL)-Buckner Memorial (MA), 7/1/17-6/30/17; Englewood-Buckner Memorial, 7/1/18-6/30/19; Simpson Memorial and Agape Youth Center Counseling, 7/1/19. OSBORNE, JIMMY R. (1996¬1998– 1996¬1998) Jacksboro-Caryville, 7/1/01-6/30/04; Transferred from Tennessee, 6/12/02; Retired, 7/1/04. OUSLEY, JOHN WADE (1989¬1992–1989¬1992) Candler School of Theology, 7/1/89-12/31/89;Arcadia¬Salem, 1/1/90¬2/14/92; Camp Dickenson, Director, 2/15/92¬12/31/03; Leave of Absence, 1/1/04¬6/30/04; Oakland, 7/1/04; Director, ETSU Wesley Foundation, 7/1/106/30/19; Retired, 7/1/19. OUSLEY, LARRY JAMES, SR. (1971¬1974–1971¬1974) Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/10/71¬6/16/73; Maryville-Immanuel, 6/17/73¬6/14/75; Kingsport, First Broad Street, Associate, 6/15/75¬6/15/77; Chattanooga, St. Marks, 6/16/77¬6/17/81; Pigeon ForgeHuskey’s Grove, 6/18/81-6/30/83; Trinity-Woodmore, 7/1/83¬6/30/87; Conference Council on Ministries, Adult Ministries & Ordained Ministry Functions, 7/1/87¬6/30/90; Dublin, 7/1/90¬6/30/92;Abingdon, 7/1/92¬6/30/97; Johnson City, First, 7/1/97¬6/30/99; Middlebrook Pike, 7/1/99¬8/30/00; Director, SEJ Intentional Growth Center, 9/1/00-6/30/14; Retired, 7/1/14; Training for Leaders, Coach, 1/1/19. OWENS¬YATES, MARGARET (2002¬2004–2004) Meigs Parish, 11/1/99¬6/14/00; Keywood, South Circuit, 7/1/00¬6/30/01; Mountain City, First-Trade, 7/1/01¬6/30/04; Watauga Point-St. Paul, 7/1/04¬6/30/05; Mt. Olivet-Zion, 7/1/05¬6/30/07; Keystone Marion Youth Center, 7/1/07¬3/11/08; Leave of Absence, 3/12/08-6/30/13; Retired, 7/1/30. PACE, WILLIAM FREDERICK (PE-2005; FE-2008–2008)) Stanley, 7/1/05¬6/30/07; Lincoln Park ¬Martin Chapel, 7/1/07-6/30/12, Martin Chapel-Haven Chapel, 7/1/12-6/30/13; Pruitt Hill-Tate Chapel, 7/1/13-6/30/19; Retired, 7/1/19. PARKER, ROBERT STEVEN (1994¬1997–1994¬1997) Riverview Circuit, 7/1/90¬6/30/92; Philadelphia-New Hope, 7/1/92¬6/30/95; Tyner, Associate, 7/1/95¬6/30/98; Soddy, 7/1/98¬6/30/99; New Tazewell, 7/1/99¬6/30/04; White Oak, 7/1/04¬6/30/08; Jonesborough, 7/1/08; Harriman, 7/1/10-6/30/15; Retired, 7/1/15 PARROTT, ROBERT EARL(1950¬1957–1950¬1957) In School, 6/1/51¬5/28/53; Director Wesley Foundation SLI, 5/29/53¬6/1/56; Metairie Munhold (Associate), 6/2/56¬5/29/58; Louisiana State University, Wesley Foundation, Director, 5/30/58¬5/31/60; In School, 6/1/60¬5/31/61; Brewers Walton, 6/1/61¬6/22/63; In School, 6/23/63¬5/31/64; Transferred from Tennessee Conference, 6/1/64; University of Tennessee/ Knoxville, Wesley Foundation, Director, 6/1/64¬6/30/93; Retired, 7/1/93. PARSON, MARY LONG (1997¬1999–1997¬1999) Lookout Mountain, 7/1/97¬6/30/99; Oakland, 7/1/99¬6/30/03; Fancy Gap, 7/1/03¬6/30/05; Chestnut Hill, 7/1/05; Calhoun-Spring Creek, 7/1/10-6/30/15; Retired, 7/1/15 PASQUA, RANDALL CLYDE (1974¬1977–1974¬1977) Student, Asbury Theological Seminary, 6/15/74¬6/11/76; Pleasant Hill,
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6/12/76¬6/17/81; Limestone Cove, and Director/Manager Buffalo Mountain Camp, 6/18/81¬12/31/81; Director, Camp Lookout, 1/1/82¬6/30/94; Director, Conference Camp & Retreat Ministries, 7/1/94-6/30/12; Executive Director, Conference Camp & Retreat Ministries, 7/1/12-6/30/17; Retired, 7/1/17
PAUL, TIMOTHY BRIAN (PE, 2006;FE-2009–2009) Cleveland, First, Associate, 7/1/02¬6/30/06; Asbury, 7/1/06-6/30/12, Riverstone Church, 7/1/12-6/30/13; Knoxville, Second, 7/1/13-6/30/19; Ebeneezer 7/1/19. PENN, C. RAY (1971¬1977–1971¬1977) Transferred Illinois Great Rivers Conference 6/17/98; Harrogate, 1997¬6/30/01; Lincoln Memorial University, Professor, Philosophy and Religion, 7/1/01; LMU and New Tazewell, 1/1/13-6/30/15; Retired, 7/1/15 PENNINGTON, CYNTHIA ELAINE [CLARK] (1995¬1997–1995¬1997) Oakdale-Woods Chapel, 7/1/95¬6/30/96; Signal Crest, Associate, 7/1/96¬6/30/98; Green Meadow, 7/1/98¬6/30/02; Buckner-Hiwassee College, 7/1/02¬6/30/03; Chaplain, Hiwassee College, 7/1/03¬6/30/05; Beulah-Hendron’s Chapel, 7/1/05¬6/30/08; Hendron’s Chapel-Marble City, 7/1/08-6/30/10; Leave of Absence, 7/1/10. PENNINGTON, DENNIS LAYNE (1990¬1998–1990¬1998) McClure Chapel, 7/1/82¬6/30/87; Woodbury Circuit, 7/1/87¬6/30/92; Hillsville Circuit, 7/1/92¬7/1/98; Fancy Gap, 7/1/98¬6/30/03; Jonesville First, 7/1/03. PERRY, LEONARD MILLER (1967¬1969–1967¬1969) Barren Plains Circuit, 6/25/61¬6/20/62; Bethel, 6/21/62¬6/20/64; Locks Memorial, 6/21/64¬6/24/65; Haynes Chapel, 6/25/65¬6/27/68; Salem Circuit, 6/28/68¬6/25/70; Rich Valley, 6/26/70¬6/21/74; Sango Bethlehem, 6/22/74¬6/16/77; McEwen, 6/17/77¬6/14/79; Calvary, Associate, 6/15/79¬6/17/81; Neelys Bend, 6/18/81¬6/30/84; Transferred from Tennessee Conference, 7/1/84; Bethel-Vonore, 7/1/84¬6/30/87; Green Meadow, 7/1/87¬6/30/92; Brooks Memorial, 7/1/92¬6/30/95; South Cleveland-Black Fox, 7/1/95¬6/30/96; Retired, 7/1/96. PETTY, DAVID GORDON “DON” (PE,-2006; FE, 2009–2009) Wytheville Circuit, 7/1/05¬6/30/08; Madam Russell-Tate’s Chapel, 7/1/086/30/14; Pine Grove-Hartman’s Chapel, 7/11/14-6/30/16; Cahill (Central Texas Conference), 7/1/16 PETTY, RAY E. (Reinstated, 2008) Macedonia, 1/1/06¬6/30/08; Andersonville-Mt. Pleasant, 7/1/08¬6/30/09; George Street-Grant’s Chapel, 7/1/09-6/30/13; Big Spring-Valley Head 7/1/13-6/30/16; Virginia Avenue-Falls Mills, 7/1/16-6/30/18; Retired, 7/1/18; Virginia Avenue-Falls Mills, 7/1/19. PHILLIPS, JOE ROBSON (PE-2010; FE-2014) Brooks Memorial, 7/1/07¬3/31/09; Benton, 4/1/09; Oakdale-Woods Chapel, 7/1/10-6/1/12; Riverview Circuit, 7/1/12-6/30/14; Daisy, 7/1/14-6/30/16; Norwood, 7/1/16-6/30/19; Norwood-Bell’s Campground, 7/1/19. PHILPOTT, JAMES LEE (1972¬1975–1972¬1975) Union Theological Seminary, 6/14/72¬6/14/74; State Street, Associate, 6/15/74¬6/15/77;Appointed to School, 6/16/77¬6/15/78; Forrest Avenue, 6/16/78¬12/31/83; First Centenary, Minister of Counseling, 1/1/84¬12/31/87; Pastoral Counseling & Therapy, 1/1/88-6/30/11; Retired 7/1/11. PIERCE, KENNETH DALE (1994–1994) Pearisburg Circuit, 6/17/73¬6/11/76; In School, 6/16/77-6/1/80; Sardis, 6/2/80¬5/31/83; Mountain City Circuit, 6/1/83¬11/4/86; Withdrawn, 11/5/86¬6/30/93; Transfer from Free Methodist Church; Hiltons Memorial, 7/1/93¬6/30/99; Clintwood-McClure, 7/1/99¬6/30/02; Holston View, 7/1/02; Dayton, First, 7/1/10-6/30/18; Retired, 7/1/18. PITKIN, CALEB (PE-2015; FE 2018), Signal Mountain, 7/1/15 PITTS, LYNN W. (FD-997) Bluefield, Virginia Avenue, Director of Music and Education, 1982; Leave of Absence, 5/11/84¬12/14/90; Knoxville, Aldersgate, Director of Music and Education, 12/14/90¬1991; Central, Director of Music and Education, 1992; Middlebrook Pike, Minister of Music, 7/1/03¬8/17/08; Transitional Leave, 8/18/08-8/1/09; Magnolia Avenue, Associate, 8/1/09; The Refuge, VMC Director 7/7/10-6/30/13; Retired, 7/1/13. PLASTER, LAURA RENEE BLAIR (PE-2004; FE-2007–2007) Max Meadows Circuit, 7/1/04¬6/30/06; St. Paul, Associate, 7/1/06-6/30/12, Reynolds Memorial POLIS, PATRICK CHARLES (1992¬1996–1992¬1996) Bethlehem-Holston Chapel, 6/30/93-4/27/97; Bethlehem-Holston merger to New Life, 5/4/97¬6/30/04; Hillcrest, 7/1/04; Washington Pike, 7/1/10-6/30/19; Retired, 7/1/19. POLLOCK, JAMES S. (1963¬1965–1963¬1965) Mt. Olivet Circuit, KY Conference, 8/1/60¬6/1/63; Spring City Circuit, 6/2/63¬5/29/65; Chestuee-St. Andrews, 5/30/65¬5/31/67; Transferred to S. Indiana Conference; Henryville, 6/1/67¬6/10/71; Centerville, 6/11/71¬6/8/72;
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PATTERSON, RICHARD JACKSON (1967¬1969–1967¬1969) Student, Drew Theological Seminary, 5/27/67¬6/14/69; Chattanooga, First-Centenary, Director of Youth Work, 6/15/69¬6/13/70; Newbern-Mt. View, 6/14/70¬6/14/75; Chestnut Hill, 6/15/75¬11/30/77; Kingsport, First Broad, Associate, 12/1/77¬6/14/79; Floyd Station, 6/15/79¬6/30/84; Tazewell, Main St., 7/1/84¬6/30/89; Keith Memorial, 7/1/89¬6/30/92; Dublin, 7/1/92¬6/30/01; Morristown District, 7/1/01¬6/30/07; Retired, 7/1/07.
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Transferred to Holston Conference; Saltville, 6/9/72¬6/16/73; Lake City-Briceville, 6/17/73¬6/14/74; Johnson City, Wesley Memorial, 6/15/74¬6/15/78; Gray, 6/16/78¬6/30/83; Lebanon Memorial, 7/1/83¬6/30/87; Kingsport, First Broad Street, Minister of Discipleship, 7/1/87¬12/31/91; Red Bank, 1/1/92¬6/30/93; Johnson City, First, 7/1/93¬6/30/97; Marion, First, 7/1/97¬6/30/99; Bearden, 7/1/99¬6/30/03; Retired, 7/1/03; Trinity (Bristol), 7/12/09-7/1/11. PRIVRATSKY, BRUCE GEORGE (1979¬1981–1979¬1981) Student, Asbury Theological Seminary, 6/15/79¬6/11/80; Clinchport Circuit, 6/12/80¬6/30/83; Bookwalter, 7/1/83¬8/31/86; Missionary, GBGM, Indonesia, 9/1/86¬4/30/91; Missionary, Frontiers, 5/1/91-6/30/14; Retired, 7/1/14. PROBST, AMY ROLLINS (1996¬1999–1996¬1999) Duke Divinity School, 1996; Sunbright Circuit, 7/1/97¬6/30/00; East Ridge, 7/1/00¬6/30/04; Dunlap, 7/1/04; Family Leave 11/22/04¬1/2/05; Dunlap, 1/3/05¬6/30/08; Broadway, 7/1/08-6/30/12; First Farragut, 7/1/126/30/16; Mafair, 7/1/16-6/30/19; Formational and Spiritual Growth Leave of Absence, 7/1/19. RAINWATER, MICKEY WAYNE (1985¬1989–1985¬1989) Mulberry Gap, 7/1/81¬6/30/83; Candler School of Theology, 1985¬1986; Red Bank, Associate, 7/1/87¬6/30/91; Etowah, St. Paul, 7/1/91-6/30/96; Seymour, 7/1/96¬6/30/03; Tyner, 7/1/03¬6/30/07; Morristown District Superintendent, 7/1/07¬6/30/10; First Broad Street, 7/1/10-6/30/15; Fairview, 7/1/15 RAMER, FAITH (PE, 2010; FE, 2012) Bridle Creek Circuit, 7/1/09-6/30/13; Bulls Gap, First-Mosheim Central, 7/1/13-6/30/14; Nickelsville Circuit, 7/1/14-6/30/18; Marion East Circuit, 7/1/18. RAMEY, LARRY EARL(1989¬1993–1989¬1993) Claypool Hill Circuit, 6/16/77¬6/15/78; East Tazewell Circuit, 6/16/78¬9/30/81; Discontinued, 10/1/81¬6/30/86; Rocky Gap, 7/1/86¬6/30/94; Bluefield, Virginia Avenue, 7/1/94¬6/30/00; Tazewell, Main Street, 7/1/00¬6/30/06; Mountain View, 7/1/06¬7/29/08; Leave of Absence, 7/30/08¬9/29/08; Weaver, 9/30/08¬6/30/09; Richlands, First, 7/1/096/30/13; Retired, 7/1/13; Bethel (TA), 7/1/14 RAMSEY, RONALD WAYNE (1987¬1991–1987¬1991) Well Springs Circuit, 6/13/85¬6/30/89; Morrison Chapel-Washington Chapel, 7/1/89¬9/15/92; Knoxville, Asbury, 9/16/92¬6/30/00; Church Hill, First, 7/1/00¬6/30/09; McKendree, 7/1/09.-6/30/15; First-Jefferson City (MO), 7/1/15 – 3/31/17; Medical Leave, 4/1/17 RASOR, LAURA RUTH (1993¬1996–1993¬1996) Candler School of Theology, Emory, 1993; Knoxville, Church Street, Associate, 9/1/94¬6/30/98; Bristol, Virginia Avenue, 7/1/98¬6/30/02; Piney Flats, 7/1/02¬6/30/09; Colonial Heights, Knoxville, 7/1/09-6/30/12; Broadway, 7/1/12. RAY, J. CHRISTOPHER (FL-2015, PE-2016; FE 2019) First-White Pine (MO), 7/1/15 RAY, RICKEY JOE (1991-1993–1991-1993) Chattanooga, St. James, 7/1/89-6/30/90; Elk Garden, 7/1/90-6/30/94; Weaver-Hunt Memorial, 7/1/94-6/30/98; Leave of Absence, 7/1/98-6/30/02; Assoc. Professor of Philosophy, Northeast State Technical College, 7/1/02-7/1/11; Professor of Philosophy, Northeast State Technical College 7/1/11; Wesley Circuit, 4/1/16-12/31/18; Wesley Chapel UMC (Mtn City) 1/1/196/15/19; Deceased, 6/15/19. REED, REBECCA (FE-2016)Vanderbilt, 1991; Leave of Absence, 1991-1992; Trentville, 1993-1994; Bulls Gap, 1995-1996; Leave of Absence, 1997; Honorable Location, 2000; Riceville-Piney Grove, 2007-2010; Reinstated to Full Connection, 6/5/16; Marion East Circuit, 7/1/16-6/30/18; Retired, 7/1/18. REED, THOMAS MATNEY (1974¬1978–1974¬1978) Athens Parish, 3/1/74¬6/30/77; Washington Pike, Associate, 7/1/77¬6/30/78; Flintstone, 7/1/78¬6/30/81; Calhoun/Spring Creek, 7/1/81¬6/30/84; Coeburn-South Coeburn, 7/1/84¬6/30/87; Cleveland, Broad Street, Associate, 7/1/87¬6/30/89; Hillcrest, 7/1/89¬6/30/93; Wise, Trinity 7/1/93¬6/30/97; Retired, 7/1/97¬6/30/00; Returned to Effective Relationship; Ebenezer-Bailey, 7/1/00¬6/30/04; Pennington Gap, First, 7/1/04¬6/30/09; Elizabeth Chapel, 7/1/09-6/30/16; First Copperhill, 7/1/16. REEDY, JACOB P. (PE-2012; FE-2015-2015) Tyner (CH) Associate, 7/1/12-6/30/15; Middlebrook Pike (KN) Associate, 7/1/15 REHAGEN, HAROLD WILLIAM (1993¬1996–1993¬1996) Grace, 7/1/91¬6/30/94; Tazewell-Arthur, 7/1/94¬6/30/95; Enterprise-St. Paul, 7/1/95¬6/30/01; St. .Andrews, 7/1/01¬6/30/04; St. Andrews-West View, 7/1/04; Retired, 1/1/07; St. Andrews, 1/1/07. REIFF, BETTY CLARK (1978¬1981–1978¬1981) In School, 5/25/78¬6/18/80; Porterville, 6/19/80-6/10/81; Porterville and ScoobaBinnsville, Co-Pastor, 6/11/81¬6/15/82; Leave of Absence, 6/16/82-6/15/83; West Park, 6/16/83¬5/31/85; Candler School of Theology, Assistant to Dean of Students, 6/1/85¬5/31/86; Candler School of Theology, Director of Financial Aid, 6/1/86-10/19/90;Abingdon,Associate (from Mississippi Conference, 426.1), 10/20/90¬6/10/96; Transferred in from Mississippi Conference, 6/10/96;Abingdon, Minister of Nurture & Outreach, 6/10/96-6/30/04; Leave of Absence, 7/1/04¬6/30/07; Retired, 7/1/07. RICHARD, FREDERICK H. (1962¬1964–1962¬1964) In School, 6/21/62¬6/24/64; Oakville Kingston, 6/25/64¬6/14/67; Council Bluff
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Trinity, 6/15/67¬10/31/69; Stevens Point and Frame Memorial Presbyterian, Minister of Education, 11/1/69¬6/14/73; Decatur Grace, Associate, 6/15/73¬6/8/77; Champaign First, Associate, 6/9/77¬3/16/80; Transferred from Central Illinois, 3/17/80; Kingsport, First Broad Street, Associate, 3/17/80¬6/17/81; First Broad Street, Minister of Program, 6/18/81¬1/14/85; Leave of Absence, 1/15/85¬6/30/89; Retired, 7/1/89.
RICHTER, RICHARD LEE, JR. (1987¬1990–1987¬1990) Unity-Red Hill, 7/1/87¬6/30/88; Beulah, 7/1/88¬8/31/95; Kingsport, St. Luke, 9/1/95¬6/30/00; Maryville, First, Associate, 7/1/00¬6/30/03; Lighthouse (New Church Start), 7/1/03-6/30/9; Hillcrest-Hendron’s Chapel, 7/1/10.-6/30/17; Cedar Lane, 7/1/17 RIDENOUR, GORDON LOUIS (1964¬1966–1964¬1966) Lou’s Chapel, 6/7/64¬5/27/66; Knoxville, Montlake, 5/28/66¬6/13/70; Chattanooga, Brainerd, Associate, 6/14/70¬6/14/75; Cassidy, 6/15/75-6/17/81; Signal Crest, 6/18/81¬6/30/86; Morristown District, 7/1/86¬6/30/90; Concord, 7/1/90-6/30/95; First-Centenary, 7/1/95¬6/30/97; Oak Ridge District Superintendent, 7/1/97¬6/30/03; Retired, 6/30/03; Executive Assistant to the Bishop, 9/1/03¬6/30/06. RIEGER, B. ERIC (1997¬2000–1997¬2000) Pleasant Hill, 7/1/96¬6/30/01; Gatlinburg, First, 7/1/01¬6/30/07; Middlebrook Pike, 7/1/07.6/30/15; Jones Memorial (CH), 7/1/15 RIPLEY, JOHN EDWIN (1960¬1963–1960¬1963) Sugar Grove Holview, 6/10/56¬6/6/59; Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/13/59¬8/3/61; Elizabeth Chapel, 6/4/61¬5/29/65; Kingsport, Broad Street, Associate, 5/30/65¬6/14/69; Knoxville, Trinity, 6/15/69¬6/14/74; Chattanooga, St. Luke, 6/15/74¬6/11/80; Brainerd, 6/12/80¬6/30/85; Knoxville District, 7/1/85¬8/31/88; Oak Ridge, First, 9/1/88¬6/30/91; Chattanooga District, 7/1/91¬6/30/97; Munsey Memorial, 7/1/97¬6/30/00; Retired, 7/1/00; Director, New Church Development, 7/1/00¬6/30/03; Retired, 7/1/03. ROBERSON, BENJAMIN L. (1997¬1999–1997¬1999) Pleasant Hill, 7/1/93¬6/30/97;Asbury Seminary, 1994; Tasso, 7/1/97¬6/30/99; Niota-Cedar Springs, 7/1/99¬6/30/04; Mt. Hebron, 7/1/04¬6/30/06; St. Paul’s-Carlock, 7/1/06; Retired, 7/1/10. ROBERSON, JOHN W., JR. (1973¬1974–1973¬1974) In School, 6/22/73¬6/19/75; Bowerston 1st Circuit, 6/20/75¬6/24/76; In School, 6/25/76¬6/23/77; Hannibal Clar Par, 6/24/77¬6/30/82; Jones Chapel, 7/1/82¬6/30/88; Union Grove, 7/1/88¬6/30/97; Macedonia, 7/1/97¬6/30/02; Retired, 7/1/02. ROBERTS, STELLA M. (1974¬1977–1974¬1977) St. John-South Charleston and Director of Heart & Hand House, 6/13/76¬5/31/80; Elizabeth-St. James, 6/1/80¬6/30/85; St. Paul’s Fairmont, 7/1/85-8/31/86; Tennessee Wesleyan College, 9/1/86¬6/30/88; Keith Memorial, Associate, 7/1/88¬6/30/97 (Transferred from West Virginia Conference, 4/20/94); Keith Memorial, 7/1/97¬6/30/02; Knoxville District Superintendent, 7/1/02¬6/30/06; Oak Ridge, First, 7/1/06-6/30/13; Conference Connectional Ministries, Director, 7/1/13-6/30/15; Retired, 7/1/15 ROBERTSON, ERNEST LEROY(1982¬1984–1982) Cardwell-Bradburg, 7/1/82¬6/30/88; Knoxville, Asbury, 7/1/88¬6/30/90; Etowah, St. Paul’s, 7/1/90¬6/30/91; Church Hill, First, 7/1/91-6/30/92; Retired, 7/1/92. ROBERTSON¬GOUGE, SCOTT ANDREW (1984¬1988–1984¬1988) Riceville, 9/1/80-6/30/82;Athens Parish, 7/1/82¬6/30/84; Wesley S. Pittsburgh, 7/1/84¬12/31/85; Jacksboro, 1/1/86-6/30/88; Logan’s Chapel, 7/1/88¬6/30/91; George Street-Grant, 7/1/91¬6/30/93; Saltville Madam Russell, 7/1/93¬6/30/00; Rock Springs, 7/1/00¬6/30/05; Fancy Gap, 7/1/05¬6/30/08; Fancy Gap-Island Creek-Mountain Plains, 7/1/08¬6/30/09; Blue Ridge Circuit (formerly Fancy Gap-Island Creek-Mountain Plains), 7/1/09-6/30/11; Aldersgate-Jordan 7/1/11-6/30/15; Clearview-Dennison, 7/1/15-6/30/16; Retired, 7/1/16 ROBINETTE, BEVERLY CAROL(1993¬1996–1993¬1996) Cleveland, First, Associate, 7/1/93-6/30/98; Fountain City, Associate, 7/1/98¬6/30/02; Emory/Smyth Chapel and Assistant Chaplain Emory & Henry College, 7/1/02¬6/30/07; Sabbatical Leave, 7/1/07¬6/30/08; Leave of Absence, 7/1/08. ROBINS, ANN P. (2001¬2004–2001¬2004) Logan’s Chapel, 7/1/01¬6/30/05; Ebenezer, 7/1/05-6/30/19; District Superintendent, Tennessee Valley,7/1/19. ROBINS, THOMAS A. (2001¬2010–2001- 2010) Bethel, Seymour, 7/1/95¬6/30/08; Leave of Absence, 7/1/08¬6/30/09; Binfield, 7/1/096/30/13; Morgan, Scott, Roane Parish, 7/1/13-6/30/17; Sun Oak Parish, 7/1/17 RODGERS, WILLIAM STEGER (1960¬1963–1960¬1963) Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/13/60¬6/2/62; Englewood, 6/3/62¬5/27/66; Wytheville, West End, 5/28/66¬6/9/71; Kingsport, St. Matthew, 6/10/71¬6/14/75; McFarland, 6/15/75¬12/31/79; Marion, First, 1/1/80¬6/30/82; Birdmont Manor, Administrator, 7/1/82¬6/30/99; Retired, 7/1/99.
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RICHARDSON, KEVIN S. (OF prior to PL 12/26/10; PE-2014; FE-2016-2016) East Tazewell Circuit 7/1/10-9/3/13; East Tazewell Circuit/ Pocahontas Correctional Prison, 9/4/13-6/30/14; Bland Circuit, 7/1/14-6/30/19; St. Paul-Castlewood, 7/1/19.
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ROE, JASON COLEMAN (PE-2004; FE-2006–2006) Seymour, Associate, 9/1/00¬6/30/06; General Evangelist, 7/1/06-5/14/17; Connexion, 5/15/17 ROGERS, SHIRLEY JEAN (1991¬1994–1991¬1994) Forest, 7/1/91¬6/30/92; Fox, 7/1/92-6/30/93; Shady Grove, 7/1/93¬6/30/94; Pocahontas, 9/1/94¬6/30/95; Retired, 7/1/95. ROLLER, HOMER CLAUDE (1968¬1970–1962¬1964) Clouds Bend, 6/7/59¬6/3/61; Kendrick Creek, 6/4/61¬6/1/63; Kendrick’s Creek Cloud Bend, 6/2/63¬6/6/64; Greeneville Circuit, 6/7/64-6/4/68; Chuckey Circuit, 6/5/68¬6/13/70;Austin Springs-Boones Creek, 6/14/70¬6/14/74; Graham Circuit, 6/15/74¬6/15/77; Mount Carmel, 6/16/77¬6/14/79; Pine Grove Circuit, 6/15/79¬6/30/84; Kingsport, St. Luke, 7/1/84¬6/11/86; Retired, 6/12/86; Morrison Chapel, 1/1/04¬6/30/07. ROLLINS, CATHERINE ANARA( FOX) (1999¬2002–1999¬2002) Morrison Chapel-Washington Chapel, 7/1/00¬12/31/01; MeadowviewYellow Springs, 1/1/02¬6/21/06; Meadowview, 6/22/06-6/30/08; Harriman-Midtown Valley, 7/1/08; Auburn, 7/1/10-10/31/11; Leave of Absence, 11/1/11-2/19/12; Caris Healthcare LLC, Hospice Chaplain, 2/20/12. ROSE, JAMES DONALD (1991¬1995–1991¬1995) Lepanto, 6/1/91¬5/31/93; Transferred from North Arkansas Conference, 6/1/93; Pleasant Hill, 7/1/93¬6/30/96; Mosheim Central-Mt. Pleasant, 7/1/96¬6/30/98; Retired, 7/1/98. ROSS, STEVEN M. (1976¬1982–1976¬1982) Unity-Chilcutt, 6/12/76¬6/15/77; Englewood, 6/16/77-6/11/80; Evensville-New Bethel, 6/12/80¬6/17/81; Branch Hill-Solway-Valley View, 6/18/81-12/31/81; Valley View, 1/1/82¬12/31/82; Solway, 1/1/83¬6/30/83; Economy-Mt. Pleasant, 7/1/83-6/30/85; Leave of Absence, 7/1/85¬6/30/87; Campground, 7/1/87¬6/30/90; Bluefield Parish/Bethel, 7/1/90¬6/30/94; Sinking Springs-Paperville, 7/1/94¬6/30/96; Midtown Valley, 7/1/96¬6/30/98; Wildwood-Whiteside, 7/1/98¬6/30/00; Retired, 7/1/00. ROWLAND, BILLY FRANK (1969¬1972–1969¬1972) Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/15/69¬6/9/71; Asbury (Greeneville) ,Associate, 6/10/71¬6/13/72; Kingsport, First Broad Street, Minister to Youth and Young Adults, 6/14/72¬6/14/75; Marion, Grace, 6/15/75¬6/15/77; State Street, Associate, 6/16/77¬6/14/79; Fincastle-Mt. View, 6/15/79¬6/30/82; Madisonville, First, 7/1/82-6/30/86; Jefferson City, First, 7/1/86¬6/30/90; Cassidy, 7/1/90¬6/30/91; Clinton, Memorial, 7/1/91-6/30/97;Abingdon, 7/1/97¬6/30/05; Dublin, 7/1/056/30/11; Retired 7/1/11, Cross, 7/1/12. ROWLETT, PEYTON LEE, JR. (1959¬1963–1959¬1963) Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/7/59¬6/3/61; Elk Garden Circuit, 6/4/61¬5/29/65; Lead Mines Circuit, 5/30/65¬6/14/69; Johnson City, Wesley Memorial, 6/15/69¬6/14/74; Beaver Ridge-Bethel, 6/15/74¬6/15/77; Galax, First, 6/16/77¬6/11/80; Knoxville, First, 6/12/80¬6/30/89; Johnson City District, 7/1/89¬6/30/94; Conference Council on Ministries, Director, 7/1/94¬6/30/97; Fountain City, 7/1/97¬6/30/02; Retired, 7/1/02. RUDESILL, RICHARD M. (PE, 2004; FE, 2007–2007) Oakdale-Woods Chapel, 7/1/02¬6/30/05; Bethel-Vonore, 7/1/05-6/30/12; Edgefield, 7/1/12-6/30/15; Tuckaleechee, 7/1/15 RUSSELL, JERALD WAYNE (1971¬1974–1971¬1974) Student, Asbury Theological Seminary, 6/10/71¬6/16/73; Second Church, Associate, 6/17/73¬11/30/74; Missionary, Bolivia, 12/1/74-6/30/78; Knoxville, Fairview, 7/1/78¬12/31/79; Missionary, General Board of Global Ministries, 1/1/80¬9/30/83; Buckner Memorial, 10/1/83¬12/31/90; Maryville, Fairview, 1/1/91-6/30/15; Retired, 7/1/15 RUTH, ELAINE (PE-2011; FE-2013-2013) Lake City-Dutch Valley 7/1/11-6/30/12; Lonsdale, 7/1/12-6/30/16; First (Independence)-Flat Rock, 7/1/16-6/30/19; Surgoinsville, First, 7/1/19. RUTH, ROBERT (PE-2012; FE-2014-2014) Norwood, 7/1/12-6/30/16; Rural Retreat, 7/1/16-6/30/19; Church Hill, First 7/1/19 RUTHERFORD, JAMES HALBERT (1966¬1969–1966¬1969) Loudon Circuit, 6/10/56¬6/8/57; Peakland Circuit, 6/3/62¬6/25/64; Dawsonville, 6/26/64¬5/27/66; Student, Candler School of Theology, 5/28/66¬6/14/69; Dante, 6/15/69¬6/13/72; Signal Mountain.-Welch’s Chapel, 6/14/72-6/16/73; Signal Mountain, 6/17/73¬6/11/76; Saint James, 1975; South Cleveland, 6/12/76¬6/15/78; Decatur-Concord, 6/16/78¬6/14/79; Leave of Absence, 6/15/79¬2/19/80; Bryant, 2/20/80¬6/11/80; Morganville-Slygo Valley, 6/12/80¬6/17/81;Auburn, 6/18/81¬6/30/87; Newbern-Mountain View, 7/1/87¬6/30/88;Afton¬Stone Dam, 7/1/88¬6/30/90; Wallace-Wyndale, 7/1/90¬6/30/93; Ewing Circuit, 7/1/93¬6/30/94; Rutledge Circuit, 7/1/94¬6/30/97; Ross Camp Ground, 7/1/97¬2/28/99; Leave of Absence, 3/1/99¬6/30/99; Retired, 7/1/99. SALAZAR, PEDRO ORLANDO (1963¬1965–1963¬1968) St. Ana, 6/1/60¬5/31/61; Cardenas, 6/1/61¬5/31/64; Mayaria, 6/1/64¬11/19/68; Transferred from Cuba Conference, 3/20/68; Elk Creek Circuit, 11/20/68¬6/15/77; St. Paul Circuit, 6/16/77¬6/17/81; Radford, Carter Street, 6/18/81¬6/30/87; Cherokee, 7/1/87¬6/30/89; Pound, Wesley Memorial, 7/1/89¬6/30/90; Cedar Bluff Pounding Mill, 7/1/90¬6/30/93; Otterbein-West Market Street, 7/1/93¬6/30/96; Bristol, Trinity, 7/1/96¬6/30/01; Retired, 7/1/01. SAUER, CLAIR MARIE TRAVIS (PE, 2007; FE, 2009–2009) First-Centenary, Associate, 7/1/07-6/30/09; Grace, 7/1/09; Grace-Middle Valley, 7/1/10-6/30/11; Grace-Fairview 7/1/11-6/30/15; Wesley Memorial (CH), 7/1/15
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SAUER, KENNETH E. (FE, Transfer from Virginia Annual Conference, 2008) Grace, 7/1/08¬6/30/09; East Ridge, 7/1/09-6/30/18; Redbank, 7/1/18.
SCHOENEMAN, WILLIAM ALBERT, JR. (1994¬1997–1994¬1997) Red Oak, 7/1/93¬7/31/96; Ceres Bethany, 8/1/96¬6/30/98; Copperhill, First, 7/1/98¬6/30/02; Middle Valley, 7/1/02¬6/30/03; Newbern-Mountain View, 7/1/03¬6/30/09; Marion East Circuit, 7/1/09-6/30/14; Retired, 7/1/14. SCHOFIELD, CURTIS R. (1961¬1963–1961¬1963) Loudon Circuit, 6/9/57¬6/6/59; Dade County Sand Mtn., 6/13/60¬6/6/64; Chattanooga, St. Paul, 6/7/64¬6/13/70; Director, Contact of Chattanooga, 6/14/70¬6/14/75; Knoxville, Trinity, 6/15/75¬6/30/82; Tyner, 7/1/82¬6/30/84; President, Hiwassee College, 7/1/84¬8/31/88; Chattanooga, St. John, 9/1/88¬6/30/90; Vice President, Development, Foundation for Evangelism,7/1/90¬12/31/93;Hixson,1/1/94¬6/30/97;Sabbatical,7/1/97¬12/31/97;Vice President, Development, Mission Society for United Methodist, 1/1/98¬6/30/01; Retired, 7/1/01; Wildwood, 7/1/04¬6/30/08. SCOGGINS, KENNETH LESTER (1987¬1991–1987¬1991) Unity-Red Hill, Student, TWC, 1982; Charleston, 1/1/82¬6/30/82; Unity, 7/1/82¬6/30/87; Tazewell Parish, 7/1/87¬6/30/94; Asbury, 7/1/94¬6/30/06; Soddy, 7/1/06-6/30/14; retired, 7/1/14. SCOTT, BRADLEY HOWARD (1988¬1991–1988¬1991) Student, Divinity School, Duke, 7/1/88-6/30/89; Belfast-Midway, 7/1/89¬6/30/94; North Tazewell-Mt. Zion, 7/1/94¬6/30/99; Jonesville, First, 7/1/99¬6/30/03; Jonesborough, 7/1/03¬6/30/08; Pearisburg, First, 7/1/08-6/30/12; Bluefield, First 7/1/12-6/30/17; Trenton (CH), 7/1/17 SCOTT, MARTHA (PE-2014, FE-2016-2016) Powell, Associate, 7/1/14-6/30/19; First Farragut, 7/1/19 SCOTT, WILLIAM DONALD (1963¬1967–1963¬1967) Chatham Hill Circuit, 6/13/60¬6/3/61; Rocky Gap, 6/2/63¬6/6/64; Student, Asbury Theological Seminary, 6/7/64¬5/29/65; Narrows Circuit, 5/30/65¬6/1/68; Max Meadows Circuit, 6/2/68¬2/29/72; Johnson City, Fairhaven, 3/1/72¬6/15/78; Trinity, Big Stone Gap, 6/16/78¬6/30/83; Bluefield, First, 7/1/83¬9/14/92; Tazewell District, 9/15/92-6/30/98; Retired, 7/1/98. SEAY, PAUL DANIEL (PE, 2004; FE, 2007–2007) Wesley Memorial, Associate, 7/1/04¬6/30/09; Princeton Theological Seminary, 7/1/09; Surgoinsville, First, 7/1/10-6/30/17; Seymour, 7/1/17 SEAY, THOMAS LEE (1974¬1978–1974¬1978) Wildwood-New England, 6/15/74¬6/15/77; Oliver Springs-Dutch Valley-Peake Chapel, 6/16/77¬6/11/80; Pulaski, First, Associate, 6/12/80¬6/30/84; Johnson City, Fairhaven, 7/1/84¬10/31/88; Conference Council on Ministries Staff, 11/1/88¬6/30/91; Clapps Chapel, 7/1/91¬6/30/92; Jones Memorial, 7/1/92¬6/30/99; Tyner, 7/1/99¬6/30/03; Bearden, 7/1/03¬6/30/07; Colonial Heights, 7/1/07-6/30/11; First, Cleveland 7/1/11-6/30/13; Knoxville, First, 7/1/13-6/30/16; Emerald Avenue, 7/1/16-6/30/19; Retired, 7/1/19. SHANKS, JAMES MARVIN (1975¬1977–1975¬1977) Patten Center Circuit, 6/15/75¬6/11/76; Wesley-Lou’s Chapel, 6/12/76¬6/14/79; Beulah-Ridgeway, 6/15/79¬6/11/80; Galax Circuit, 6/12/80-12/31/81; Long View, 1/1/82¬6/30/82; Philadelphia-New Hope, 7/1/82¬6/30/86; Middlesettlements, 7/1/86¬6/30/89; Holly Avenue, 7/1/89¬6/30/93; Surgoinsville, First, 7/1/93¬6/30/96; Wesley Memorial, 7/1/96¬6/30/98; Fountain City, St. Paul, 7/1/98¬6/30/01; Mary’s Chapel, 7/1/01¬6/30/03; Mary’s Chapel-Russellville, 7/1/03¬6/30/07; Retired, 7/1/07. SHAW, HELEN ESTHER (2003¬2006– 2006) Sweetwater Circuit, 7/1/96¬6/30/97; Spring Valley Circuit, 7/1/98¬6/30/00; Welch’s ChapelStephen’s Chapel, 7/1/00¬6/30/03; Philadelphia-New Hope, 7/1/03¬6/30/06; New Salem, 7/1/06¬3/31/09; Incapacity Leave, 4/1/09; Retired 6/28/11, under ¶ 358.1 of the 2008 Discipline. SHEARER, LAURA (2003¬2006– 2006) West Side Parish, 7/1/03¬6/30/05; Church Street, Associate-Conference Pastoral Counseling Center, 7/1/05¬6/30/08; Conference Pastoral Counseling Center, 7/1/08; Director, Conference Pastoral Counseling Ctr., 7/1/10-6/30/17; Retired, 7/1/17 SHELDON, JOHN LOWELL(1990¬1994–1990¬1994) Vanderbilt Divinity School, 1988¬1990; Wells Spring Circuit, 7/1/89¬6/30/90; Midtown-Valley Chapel, 7/1/90¬6/30/92; Chestnut Grove-Ebenezer, 7/1/92¬6/30/93; Dante, 7/1/93¬6/30/96; Lincoln Park, 7/1/96¬6/30/98; Church Street, Associate, 7/1/98¬6/30/02; Knoxville, Central, 7/1/02¬2/28/05; Incapacity Leave, 3/1/05. Deceased, 4/20/19. SHELL, REED L. (1976¬1979–1976¬1979) Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/12/76-6/15/78; Oakdale Woods Chapel, 6/16/78¬6/30/82; Logan’s Chapel, 7/1/82-6/30/88;Andersonville¬Mt. Pleasant, 7/1/88¬6/30/92; Concord, Associate 7/1/92¬6/30/97; Kingston, 7/1/97¬6/30/04; State Street, 7/1/04¬6/30/08; Broad Street, 7/1/08-6/30/12, Hixson, 7/1/12. SHELTON, WILLIAM R. II “WILL” (FL-2006; PE-2013; FE-2015-2015) Ceres Circuit, 7/1/06-6/30/12, Keith Memorial, Associate, 7/1/126/30/18; Pulaski First, 7/1/18.
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SCHEPISI, ILA WALTON (PD-2008; FD-2010–2010) Grove, Youth Director, 7/1/08-7/31/13; Virginia Tech Adult Services Institute, Activities Director/Faculty Instructor; Deacon in residence at Grove UMC (WY) 7/1/08-6/30/14; Grove, Deacon in residence, 7/1/14
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SHERBAKOFF, CHARLA L. (PE-2012; FE-2014-2014) Christ (Knoxville), Minister of Youth and Pastoral Care, 7/1/12-6/30/15; Allen Memorial (CL), 7/1/15-6/30/19; Knoxville, Second,7/1/19 SHERROD, JAMES ALLEN (FL, PE 2011, FE-2014-2014) French Broad Circuit, 2/1/05-6/30/08; Wesley Theological Seminary, 9/1/08; Transferred to Baltimore-Washington Conference; Transferred to Holston Conference 6/9/13; Powell, Associate, 7/1/13-6/30/14; Central (Knoxville), 7/1/14 SHEWEY, WILL HOWARD (AM [1992 Discipline] 2007¬FE-2012) Morgan’s Chapel, 7/1/94-6/30/99; Hiltons Memorial, 7/1/99¬6/30/09; Salem, 7/1/09-6/30/14; New Church Start (Shades of Grace), 7/1/14. SHIREY, CAROL JEAN MAHAN FERGUSON (1995¬1999–1995¬1999) Mt. Pleasant, 7/1/94-6/30/95; Mt. Pleasant-Tate’s Chapel, 7/1/95¬6/30/96; Marion, West Circuit, 7/1/96¬6/30/99; Belfast-Midway, 7/1/99¬6/30/02; Mosheim Central-Mt. Pleasant, 7/1/02¬6/11/03; Hardin’s Chapel-Mosheim Central, 6/11/03¬6/30/06; Leave of Absence, 7/1/06-6/30/11; Retired 7/1/11. SHUPE, ALLEN DUANE (1987¬1993–1987¬1993) New Hope-Mt. Airy, 7/1/82¬6/30/84;Athens Parish, 7/1/84¬6/30/87; Damascus Circuit, 7/1/87¬6/30/89;Marion, First, Minister Evangelism 7/1/89¬6/30/93; Mosheim Central-Mt. Pleasant, 7/1/93¬6/30/96; Coeburn-Tacoma, 7/1/96¬8/1/00; Marvin’s Chapel, 8/1/00¬6/30/04; Rutledge, Central, 7/1/04; Oneida, First, 7/1/10-6/30/11; Mt. Airy-Economy 7/1/11. SHUPE, OLIN E. (1973¬1976–1973¬1976) Mt. Olivet Wesley Memorial, 6/7/64¬5/29/65; Bright Hope, 5/30/65¬6/16/70; Milton Nassau Circuit, 6/17/70¬6/16/73; Wesley Theological Seminary, 6/17/73¬6/14/75; Newbern-Mountain View, 6/15/75¬6/15/78; Church Hill, First, 6/16/78¬6/30/82; Independence, 7/1/82¬6/30/85; Floyd, 7/1/85¬6/30/88; Wise, Trinity, 7/1/88¬6/30/93; Cedar Bluff-Pounding Mill, 7/1/93¬6/30/99; Retired, 7/1/99. SIMMERMAN, WALTER COX (1983¬1986–1983¬1986) Asbury Theological Seminary, 7/1/83-6/30/84; Pulaski, First, Associate, 7/1/84¬6/30/86; Knoxville, Lincoln Park, 7/1/86¬6/30/89; Limestone, 7/1/89¬6/30/91;Auburn, Circuit, 7/1/91¬6/30/98; Hixson, Associate, 7/1/98¬6/30/00; Elizabeth Chapel, 7/1/00¬6/30/06; Galax, First, 7/1/06-6/30/11; Loudon 7/1/11-6/30/18; Retired, 7/1/18. SLACK, SARAH MARTIN (2002, 2005– 2005) Cokesbury, Associate, 7/1/02-6/30/05; Hixson, Associate, 7/1/05¬6/30/07; New Life, 7/1/07-6/30/12, Chilhowie-Seven Mile Ford, 7/1/12-6/30/14; First (Maryville), Associate 7/1/14. SLATER, JOHN M. JR. (PE, 2010) Sunbright Circuit, 7/1/07-6/30/12; Morgan Scott Project-Roane Parish’ 7/1/12-6/30/13; Oliver Springs, 7/1/13-6/30/15; Retired, 7/1/15 SLAVIK, ROSA (PE 2011, FE 2013) Max Meadows Circuit 7/1/11-6/30/14; Trinity (AB), 7/1/14. SLUDER, MICHAEL GENE (1986¬1990–1986¬1990) Duke Divinity School, 6/9/86-6/30/88;Asbury¬Mt. Wesley, 7/1/88¬6/30/92; Signal Crest, Associate, 7/1/92¬6/30/96; Fairhaven, 7/1/96¬6/30/02; Knoxville, St. Mark, 7/1/02¬6/30/07; Bearden, 7/1/07-6/30/14; Connectional Ministries (Associate Director for Missions), 7/1/14-6/30/15; Director of Connectional Ministries, 7/1/15 SMART, GREGORY STUART (2000¬2000–2000¬2006) First Centenary, Youth Ministries, 1997-6/30/03; Dade Cluster (Sand Mountain), 7/1/03¬6/30/07; St. Luke, 7/1/07; Pikeville, 7/1/10. SMART, NATALIE (1998¬2001–1998¬2001) Red Bank, Associate, 7/1/97¬6/30/98; Wesley-Lou’s Chapel, 7/1/98¬6/30/02; Signal Crest, Associate, 7/1/02¬6/30/07; Simpson, 7/1/07-6/30/11; Tyner, Associate 7/1/11-6/30/12; Mt. Olive-Vine Grove, 7/1/12-6/30/15; Dunlap, 7/1/15-6/30/18; East Ridge, 7/1/18. SMITH, ALVIN HARLAN (1978¬1982–1978¬1982) Hurst Washington Hills, 6/15/79¬6/14/81; Edgehill, Associate, 6/15/81¬6/30/82; Sparta Charge, 7/1/82¬6/30/83; John Stewart, 7/1/83¬6/30/89; Transferred from West Virginia Conference; Stanley, 7/1/89¬6/30/93; Pulaski Parish, 7/1/93¬6/30/95; Haven Chapel-Asbury, 7/1/95¬6/30/98; Lennon-Seney, 7/1/98¬6/30/99; Retired, 7/1/99. SMITH, CRYSTAL SALYERS (2004¬2007– 2007) Kingsport, Colonial Heights, Associate, 7/1/04-6/30/07; Mississippi Conference, 7/1/07¬6/30/09; Oak Ridge, First (Associate), 7/1/09-6/30/15; Alcoa (MA) First (Associate), 7/1/15-6/30/17; Bradbury-Good Shepherd, 7/1/76/30/19; Wheeler, 7/1/19. SMITH, DAVID LEE (1972¬1975–1972¬1975) Asbury Theological Seminary, 6/14/72¬6/14/74; Evensville-New Bethel, 6/15/74¬6/11/80; Surgoinsville, First, 6/12/80¬6/30/83; Maryville, St. John, 7/1/83¬8/14/88; Dandridge, First, 8/15/88¬6/30/90; Knoxville, St. Luke’s, 7/1/90¬6/30/00; Clapp’s Chapel, 7/1/00-6/30/13; Asbury (KN), 7/1/13-6/30/17; Retired, 7/1/17; Grigsby Chapel, 7/1/19. SMITH, DONALD H. (2006–2006) Marion, First, Associate, 7/1/02¬6/30/04; Shady Grove-Charles Wesley, 7/1/04¬6/30/05; Shady GroveCedar Bluff, 7/1/05¬6/30/06; Transferred in from Western NewYork Conference, 7/1/06; Shady Grove-Camp Ahistadi, 7/1/06-6/30/12; Rural Retreat-Mt. Olive, 7/1/12-6/30/16; Red Bank (CH), 7/1/16-6/30/18; Radford-Central,7/1/18.
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SMITH, E. CREIGHTON, II (FL-2013; PE-2015) Looney’s Chapel, 7/14/13-6/30/19; Damascus, 7/1/19.
SMITH, MELISSA R. (2008¬2010–2010) Fountain City, Associate, Youth Ministries, 7/1/03¬12/31/05; Fountain City, Associate, 1/1/066/30/13; Riverstone Church, 7/1/13-1/31/14; Allen Memorial, 2/1/14-6/30/15; First-Pulaski, 7/1/15-6/30/18; Kodak, 7/1/18. SMITH, ROBERT LADELL(1988¬1992–1988¬1992) East Tazewell Circuit, 1981¬1984; Divinity School, Duke, 7/1/84¬6/30/85; Tazewell Circuit, 1985¬1990; Pisgah, 7/1/85¬6/30/91; Red Bank, Associate, 7/1/91¬6/30/94; Wytheville, West End, 7/1/94¬6/30/98; Greeneville, Trinity, 7/1/98¬6/30/02; Kingsport, Colonial Heights, 7/1/02¬6/30/07; Wesley Memorial, 7/1/07-6/30/13; Hillsville, First, 7/1/13. SMITH, TIMOTHY W. (FL, PE-2012, FE-2014-2014) Pikeville, 7/1/05-6/30/10; Fries Circuit, 7/1/10-6/30/13; Oakland, 7/1/13. SMITH, WENDELL MELVIN (1995¬1998–1995¬1998) Asbury Chapel, 7/1/94-6/30/98; Friendsville, 7/1/98¬6/30/04; Retired, 7/1/04; Vestal, 7/1/04. SMITHEY, REBECCA ANN STEPHENS (2005¬2007–2005¬2007) Fox, 7/1/96¬6/30/99; Broad Street, Associate, 7/1/99¬6/30/01; Methodist Theological Seminary in Ohio, ¬6/30/05; Sand Branch, 7/1/05-6/30/11; St. Mark’s 7/1/11-6/30/15; Appointed to Bucyrus UMC, East Ohio Conference, 7/1/15 SNODGRASS, WILLIAM EDWARD, II (1977¬1980–1977¬1980) Student, Duke Divinity School, 6/16/77¬6/14/79; First Centenary, Minister of Youth, 6/15/79¬6/17/81; Chattanooga, Eastlake, 6/18/81¬6/30/85; McCallie School, Campus Ministry, 7/1/85¬10/14/08; McCallie School, Campus Ministry-Highland Plaza, 10/15/08-6/30/14; retired, 7/1/14. SPANGLER, BRUCE WAYNE (1990¬1995–1990¬1995) Piney Grove, 6/15/79¬6/30/82; French Broad Circuit, 7/1/82¬12/31/83; Grigsby Circuit, 7/1/87¬12/31/88; Unity-Red Hill, 1/1/89¬6/30/95; St. Elmo, 7/1/95¬6/30/01; Central, 7/1/01¬6/30/02; Washington Pike, Associate for Knox Area Rescue Mission, 7/1/02¬6/30/04; Knox Area Rescue Mission, 7/1/04¬11/14/06; Volunteer Rescue Ministry, 11/15/06¬12/31/06; Volunteer Rescue Ministry-West View, 1/1/07¬6/30/09; Volunteer Ministry Center-West View, 7/1/09-1/29/13; Volunteer Ministry Center 1/30/13-12/31/16; Retired, 1/1/2017. Withdrawn 2-23-19 SPELL, CHARLES RAYMOND “RICK”, JR. (1977¬1981–1977¬1981) Fairgarden Circuit, 6/15/75-6/11/76; Student, Asbury Theological Seminary, 6/16/77¬6/15/78; Vonore Circuit, 6/16/78¬1/31/80; Harneds-Parrotsville, 2/1/80¬2/14/85; Panther Springs, 2/15/85¬6/30/91; Cassidy, 7/1/91¬6/30/96; Bluefield, First, 7/1/96¬6/30/01; East Stone Gap-Legion Memorial, 7/1/01¬6/30/04; Red Bank, 7/1/04-6/30/08; Newport, First, 7/1/08-6/30/13; Retired, 7/1/13; Glendale, 7/1/13. SPENCE, C. SCOTT (PL-2004, PE-2015; FE 2018) North Keywood Circuit, 7/1/04-6/30/15; Beech Grove, 7/1/16. SPRINKLE, KENNETH LLOYD (1973¬1976–1973¬1976) Asbury Theological Seminary, 6/17/73-6/14/75; Damascus, 6/15/75¬12/31/79; Glade Springs Charge, 1/1/80¬6/30/88; Piney Flats-Edgefield, 7/1/88¬6/30/94; Ft. Oglethorpe, 7/1/94¬6/30/98; Pennington Gap, First, 7/1/98¬6/30/04; East Stone Gap-Legion Memorial, 7/1/04.-6/30/12; Virginia Avenue-Falls Mills, 7/1/12-6/30/16; Retired, 7/1/16; Mafair, Associate, 1/1/19-6/30/19. ST. CLAIR, DAVID THOMAS (1977¬1987–1977¬1987) Wesley Theological Seminary, 6/16/77¬6/11/80; Concord, Assistant, 6/12/80¬6/17/81; Morristown Noes Holston, 6/18/81¬6/30/82; Valley Forge, 7/1/82¬8/2/84; Discontinued, 8/3/84¬6/30/86; Readmitted; First-Centenary, Youth Director, 7/1/86¬5/31/87; North Carolina Conference, Front Street, 6/1/87¬6/30/89; Chilhowie-Tate’s Chapel, 7/1/89¬6/30/91; Chaplain, Emory & Henry College, 7/1/91¬6/30/00; Bristol, First, 7/1/00-6/30/03; Chilhowie-Seven Mile Ford, 7/1/036/30/12, Retired, 7/1/12. STALLINGS, J. MICHAEL (PD-2013; FD-2015-2015), Concord (OR), Director of Music STANFIELD, CHRIS J. (2002¬2004–2002¬2004) Old Union-McFerrin, 7/1/97¬3/10/01; Wise, Trinity, 3/11/01¬6/30/05; Chaplain, US Navy, 7/1/05; Harneds-Parrottsville, 7/1/10-6/30/12; Narrows, First 7/1/12-6/30/13; LaFollette, 7/1/13. STANLEY, TALMAGE APPERSON (1985¬1988–1985¬1988) Candler School of Theology, 1985; Student, 6/10/85¬6/30/86; Wytheville Circuit, 7/1/86¬6/30/91; Student, 7/1/91; Sabbatical Leave, 1996; Emory & Henry College, Volunteer Services Coordinator, 1996. STANSELL, DONALD EDWIN (1986¬1988–1984¬1988) Boissevain Circuit, 6/15/79¬6/17/81; Rich Creek Powell Mtn., 6/18/81¬12/31/81; Rich Creek, 1/1/82¬12/31/88; Johnson City, Fairhaven, 1/1/89¬6/30/93; Mountain View, 7/1/93¬6/30/94; Floyd, 7/1/94¬6/30/99; Wytheville,
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SMITH, FRANK DOUGLAS (1963¬1966–1963¬1966) Trundles, 6/13/60¬6/2/62; Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/2/63¬5/29/65; Pigeon Forge, 5/30/65¬6/14/69; Oak Ridge, First, Associate, 6/15/69¬6/13/72; Bristol, Virginia Avenue, 6/14/72¬6/15/77; Rockwood, 6/16/77¬6/30/82; Kingsport, Mountain View, 7/1/82¬6/30/86; Middlebrook Pike, 7/1/86¬6/30/91; Maryville District, 7/1/91-6/30/96; Morristown, First, 7/1/96¬6/30/03; Retired, 7/1/03; Conference Steward of Clergy Concerns, 7/1/04.
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St. Paul, 7/1/99-6/30/06; Retired, 7/1/06.
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STAPLETON, BRADLEY (SP; PE-2010; FE-2012-2012) Lenoir City, Central, 12/1/06-6/30/10; Dungannon Circuit, 7/1/10-6/30/12; Midway Memorial-Prospect, 7/1/12-6/30/15; East Stone gap (BI), 7/1/15 STARKS, CHARLES WILEY(1977¬1981–1977¬1981) Broadford Circuit, 6/17/73¬6/11/76; Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/16/77¬6/11/79;ACMNP Internship, NYC, New York, 1979; Meadowview, 6/12/80¬6/30/84; Pleasant View, 7/1/84¬6/30/93; Newport, First, 7/1/93¬6/30/97; Asbury (Greeneville), 7/1/97¬6/30/02; Wytheville District Superintendent, 7/1/02¬6/30/09; Morristown, First, 7/1/096/30/17; Church Street (KN), 7/1/17 STEVENS, JACK LYNN (1985¬1987–1978¬1987) Lebanon-Kelly’s Chapel, 6/12/76¬6/15/78; Marion, West Circuit, 6/16/78¬6/30/82; South Bristol, 7/1/82¬6/30/88; Bristol, St. Luke, 7/1/88-6/30/92;Aldersgate¬Jordan Chapel, 7/1/92¬6/30/94; Piney Flats-Edgefield, 7/1/94¬6/30/97; Edgefield, 7/1/97¬6/30/02; Sinking Springs-Hunt Memorial, 7/1/02¬6/30/03; Retired, 7/1/03; Sinking Springs-Hunt Memorial, 7/1/03¬6/30/06; Sinking Springs, 7/1/06. STEWART, ROBERT WARREN (1962¬1980–1962¬1980) Mountain City, 6/8/58¬6/3/61; Patten Center, 6/3/62¬6/1/63; Wesley Chapel, 6/2/63¬5/26/67; Chattanooga, St. Andrews, Associate, 5/27/67¬6/13/70; Elizabeth Chapel, 6/14/70¬6/9/71; In School, 6/10/71¬6/13/72; Discontinued, 6/14/72¬6/16/73; Readmitted, Asbury (Greeneville), Associate, 6/17/73¬6/11/76; Central-Noes, 6/12/76¬6/17/81; Holston View-Prospect, 6/18/81¬6/30/86; Norton-West Norton, 7/1/86¬6/30/90; Pearisburg, First 7/1/90¬6/30/94; Richlands, First, 7/1/94¬6/30/98; Grove, 7/1/98¬6/30/02; Retired, 7/1/02. STOHLER, HUGH DALE (1963¬1968–1963¬1968) Student, Drew Theological School, 6/2/63-5/27/66; Campus Minister, University of Chattanooga, 5/28/66¬6/13/70; Student, University of North Caroline, 6/14/70¬6/14/74; Director of Student Activities, Guilford University, 6/15/74-6/15/78; Retired, 6/16/78. STOKES, DEBRA JEAN McCARD (PE-2004; FE-2007-2007) Broad Street, Associate, 7/1/01-6/30/12, Apison, 7/1/12-6/30/17; Sabbatical Leave, 7/1/17-2/28/18; Associate, Christ UMC (SS), 3/1/18 STONE, LISA ANN (1990¬1994–1990¬1994) Student, Hinton Rural Life Center, 1/1/92¬6/30/92; Southside, 7/1/92¬6/16/98; Transferred from Tennessee Conference; Chestnut Hill, 7/1/98¬6/30/01; Norris-Sinking Springs, 7/1/01¬6/30/06; Leave of Absence, 7/1/06¬6/30/07; Transylvania Christian Ministry, 7/1/07¬6/30/08; Spiritual Director, 7/1/08. STOOKSBURY, WILLIAM CLAUDE (1989¬1997–1989¬1997) Fairgarden Circuit, 7/1/88¬6/30/92; Lonsdale, 7/1/92¬6/30/00, St. Luke’s, 7/1/00¬6/30/05; Knoxville, Second, 7/1/05¬6/30/09; Retired, 7/1/09. STUBBLEFIELD, JASON T. (FL-2013, PE-2014; FE-2016-2016) Narrows, First, 7/1/13-6/30/16; Ebenezer, Associate 7/1/16-6/30/17; Immanuel, 7/1/17 STUBBLEFIELD, MAGAN –(PE 2015, FE 2018) Hales Chapel-Kathleen Memorial, 7/1/14-6/30/16; Middlesettlements UMC, 7/1/16SULLIVAN, ELIZABETH K. (FL-2012; PE-2013; FE-2015-2015) Signal Crest Associate, 7/1/12-6/30/18; Burks, Associate, 7/1/18.. SUMRALL, AMY R. AYCOCK (PE-2013, FE-2015-2015) Fountain City (KN), Associate, 7/1/13-6/30/18; Noe’s-Central, Bean Station, 7/1/18-6/30/19; Kingsley, 7/1/19. SWEET, JANET KAY (RICHARDSON) (2005– 2005) Transferred from Western Michigan Conference, 7/1/05; Madam Russell-Tate’s Chapel, 7/1/03¬6/30/06; West End, 7/1/06/; Central-Rutledge, Cherokee Circuit, 7/1/10-6/30/11; Retired, 7/1/11; Little Walker Circuit, 3/4/12-6/30/13; Returned to the Effective Relationship, 7/1/13; Bridal Creek Circuit, 7/1/13-6/30/15; Midway Memorial-Prospect, 7/1/15 SWIFT, DONALD (1994¬1997–1994¬1997) Candler School of Theology, 7/1/94¬6/30/95; Pulaski Parish, 7/1/95¬6/30/00; Stanley, 7/1/00¬6/30/05; John Wesley-Charles Wesley, 7/1/05-6/30-10; St. Mark, 7/1/10-6/30/13; Lennon-Seney, 7/1/13-6/30/16; Retired, 7/1/16; Mt. Hebron, 7/1/19. SWITZER, BETSY R. (SP-2006; PE-2009; FE,-2012-2012) Lenoir City, Central, 12/1/06-6/30/10; Benton-Chestuee, 7/1/10-6/30/15; FirstRich Creek (TA), 7/1/15-6/30/18; Broadstreet, Associate (HI), 7/1/18. TABOR, J. DAVID (1991¬1994–1991¬1994) Sneedville Circuit, 7/1/86¬6/30/88; Wildwood-Whiteside, 7/1/88¬6/30/91; Chattanooga, St. James, 7/1/91¬6/30/93; Kingsport, St. Luke, 7/1/93¬8/31/95; Oak Ridge, First, Associate, 9/1/95¬6/30/96; McKendree, 7/1/96¬6/30/00; Grace, 7/1/00¬6/30/06; Jones Memorial, 7/1/06; Tazewell District Superintendent 7/1/10-6/30/17; Christ (KN), 7/1/17-6/30/18: Trinity (TV),7/1/18.
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TAJ, AMOS (1967¬1972–1967¬1972) In School, 6/8/69¬6/12/71; Inner City Ministry, 6/13/71-8/31/73; Leave of Absence, 9/1/73¬6/8/74; National Health Co-Op Program Coordinator, 6/9/74-6/9/79; Leave of Absence, 6/10/79¬6/11/83; Honorable Location, 6/12/83¬6/11/89; Transferred from Western North Carolina Conference, 7/1/89; Ooltewah, Associate, 7/1/89¬6/30/93; Cleveland Circuit, 7/1/93¬6/30/95; St. Paul East, 7/1/95¬6/30/00; Brooks Memorial, 7/1/00¬6/30/07; Retired, 7/1/07.
TAYLOR, CHRISTINA BOAZ (PE-2007; FE-2010-2010) Damascus, 7/1/07-6/30/11; Fairview (JO) 7/1/11-9/6/14; Fairview-McCarty, 9/7/14-6/30/15; Vermont, 7/1/15-6/30/17; Oak Ridge (Western North Carolina), 7/1/16 TAYLOR, DANIEL H., JR. (1998¬2001–1998¬2001) Student, Candler School of Theology, 9/1/96¬5/11/99; Cleveland, Trinity-Parish, 7/1/98¬6/30/99; Lennon-Seney, 7/1/99¬6/30/03; Big Stone Gap District Superintendent, 7/1/03¬6/30/08; Conference Secretary/Director of Clergy Services, 7/1/08-6/30/18: Kern Memorial,7/1/18-6/30/19; Retired, 7/1/19. TAYLOR, JAMES RUSSELL (1974¬1976–1974¬1976) Candler School of Theology/Rising Fawn Circuit, 9/1/72¬6/14/75; Director Admissions, Tennessee Wesleyan College, 6/15/75¬6/15/77; Fountain City, Associate, 6/16/77¬6/14/79; Marvin-Fairview, 6/15/79¬6/30/84; Addilynn Memorial, 7/1/84¬6/30/89; Chattanooga, Wesley Memorial, Co-Pastor, 7/1/89¬6/30/96; Knoxville, Second, 7/1/96¬6/30/99; Cleveland, First, 7/1/99¬12/31/04; Leave of Absence, 1/1/05¬6/30/05; South Carolina Conference, 7/1/05-8/31/12; Transitional Leave, 9/1/12-5/31/13; Director, Conference Congregational Development and Revitalization, 6/1/13. TAYLOR, JANE ELIZABETH (1999¬2002–1999¬2002) Pleasant Grove, 7/1/98¬12/31/99; State Street, Associate, 1/1/00¬6/30/03; Boones Creek, 7/1/03¬6/30/07; Gatlinburg, First-Huskey’s Grove, 7/1/07-6/30/13; Johnson City, First, 7/1/13-6/30/19; District Superintendent, Clinch Mountain, 7/1/19. TAYLOR, JOE MACK (2000¬2002–1987¬2002) Wytheville Circuit, 7/1/82¬6/30/86; Woodlawn, 7/1/86¬6/30/91; Bland, 7/1/91¬6/30/97; Fairlawn-Bethel, 7/1/97¬6/30/04; Mt. Pleasant, 7/1/04-6/30/13; Retired, 7/1/13. TAYLOR, LOVELL CLARK, JR. (PD-2007; FD-2009–2009) CEO, Ephraim, McDowell, KY, 7/1/07; CEO Hospice of Chattanooga, 7/1/10 – 1/31/2017; Chattanooga Institute for Faith and Work, 2/1/17-6/30/17; First Centenary (CH), Minister of Faith and Work, 7/1/17 TAYLOR, MEG GROTE (1980¬1983–1980¬1983) Asbury Theological Seminary, 6/12/80¬6/17/81; Jonesville Parish, 6/18/81¬6/30/82; Noe’s-Holston, 7/1/82¬6/30/86; Greeneville Circuit, 7/1/86-6/30/88; Leave of Absence, 7/1/88¬6/30/89; Our Father’s Place, Inc., 7/1/89¬6/30/90; Carter’s Valley Circuit/Carter’s Chapel, 7/1/90¬6/30/91; Emory-Bethel, 7/1/91¬6/30/93; Emory-Colonial Heights, Associate, 7/1/93¬6/30/96; First Broad Street, Minister of Congregational Care, 7/1/96-6/30/98; White Oak, 7/1/98¬6/30/02; Daisy, 7/1/02¬6/30/05; McKendree, 7/1/05¬6/30/09; Wytheville District Superintendent, 7/1/09-6/30/16; Retired, 7/1/16. TEAGUE, JAMES MICHAEL(1985¬1988–1985¬1988) Kingston, Minister of Education, 7/1/85-6/30/88; Second Church and Virginia Avenue, Associate, 7/1/88¬6/30/89; Maryville, First, Associate, 7/1/89¬6/30/90; Chattanooga, St. Marks, 7/1/90¬6/30/95; Chapel Hill, 7/1/95¬6/30/98; Pisgah-Pleasant Hill, 7/1/98¬6/30/00; St. Luke’s, 7/1/00¬6/30/03; Smyth County Parish Director (Grace-Greenwood), 7/1/03; Retired 6/30/11; Benham’s Circuit 7/1/11. THEIBEN, DANIEL CHARLES (1990¬1993–1990¬1993) Oakland, 7/1/85¬6/30/87; Ross Campground-Mt. Zion, 7/1/87¬6/30/91; Limestone-McCarty, 7/1/91¬6/30/01; Enterprise-St. Paul, 7/1/01-6/30/11; Clintwood-Pound 7/1/11-6/30/13; Clintwood, 7/1/13-9/30/15; Retired, 10/1/15. THIERBACH, JOHN KURT (1994¬1996–1988¬1996) Bethel/Blount, 7/1/82¬6/30/83; Bethlehem (New Life), 7/1/83¬6/30/90; Knoxville, Aldersgate, 7/1/90¬10/31/91; Kodak Circuit, 11/1/91¬6/30/95; Harrison, 7/1/95¬6/30/98; Pecks Memorial, 7/1/98¬6/30/03; Retired, 7/1/03; Meadow-Williamson Chapel, 7/1/05¬6/30/06. THOMAS, DONALD EDISON (1975¬1978–1975¬1978) Athens Parish, 6/17/73¬6/14/74;Apison, 6/15/74¬6/15/77; Bristol, State Street, Associate, 6/16/77¬9/14/80; Cleveland, Fairview, 9/15/80-6/30/83; Broad Street, Associate, 7/1/83¬6/30/87; Harrogate-Arthur-Wesley Foundation, 7/1/87-12/31/90; Buckner/Hiwassee, 1/1/91¬6/30/93; LaFollette, 7/1/93¬6/30/00; Clinton, Memorial, 7/1/00¬6/30/06; Knoxville, Trinity, 7/1/06.-6/1/16; First (Farragut), 7/1/16-6/30/19; Retired, 7/1/19. THOMAS, WILLIAM BERNARD (1957¬1960–1959¬1960) Flintstone, 6/9/57¬6/6/59; Rutherford Memorial, 6/7/59¬6/1/63; Calhoun, 6/2/63¬6/14/69; Church Hill, First, 6/15/69-6/14/75; Lookout Mountain, 6/15/75¬6/30/82; Copperhill, 7/1/82¬6/30/88; Retired, 7/1/88. TOMPKINS, GINNY (FL; PE-2012; FE-2014-2014) Cripple Creek Circuit, 7/1/01-6/30/05; Cedar Springs Circuit, 7/1/05-6/30/11; New Mt Olive-New Hope 7/1/11-6/30/11; New River Circuit, 2012
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TALLENT, JEFFREY LYNN (2004¬2008–2004¬2008) Emory, 7/1/96¬6/30/02; Student, Duke Divinity School; North Carolina Conference, Hightower Charge, 7/1/04¬6/30/06; Salem, 7/1/06-6/30/09; Hiltons Memorial, 7/1/09-11/30/10; Incapacity Leave 11/30/10-6/30/12; LaFollette, 7/1/12-6/30/13; Mt. Wesley, 7/1/13-6/30/15; Ebenezer Circuit, 7/1/15-6/30/18; Lebanon Memorial, 7/1/18.
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THOMPSON, CYNTHIA (FD, 2000-2000; FE, 2004) Wesley Memorial, 7/1/97¬6/30/00; Oakdale-Woods Chapel, 7/1/00¬1/11/02; First Broad Street, Minister of Education/Programs, 1/12/02-6/30/06; Surgoinsville, First, 7/1/06; St. Luke, 7/1/10-6/30/12; White Pine, First, 7/1/12-6/30/15; Personal Leave, 7/1/15-7/31/15; Retired, 8/1/2015; Christ (MV), 7/1/19. THOMPSON, JAMES W. (FD-1998) Tennessee Wesleyan College, Associate Professor of Sociology, 1980¬6/30/06; Retired, 7/1/06. THOMPSON, MARY CAROL (AUSTIN) (PD-2013; FD-2015-2015) Christ, Minister of Missions, 7/1/13-6/30/17; Camp and Retreat Ministries-Executive Director, 7/1/17 TIMBERLAKE, RICHARD H. (1952¬1954–1952¬1954) Riceville Circuit, 9/28/52¬6/4/55; Johnson City, First, Associate, 6/5/55¬6/7/58; Hillsville, 6/8/58¬6/2/62; Chattanooga, St. John, 6/3/62-5/26/67;Alcoa, 5/27/67¬6/13/72; Chattanooga, Trinity-Woodmore, 6/14/72¬6/15/78; Morristown District, 6/16/78¬6/30/83; Concord, 7/1/83¬6/30/88; Kingsport District, 7/1/88¬6/30/94; Retired, 7/1/94. TIPTON, MARY ELIZABETH (PD-2008; FD-2010-2010) Director, Wesley Foundation, University of Virginia College at Wise 7/1/08. TOBIN, LON FRANCIS (PE-2004; FE-2007– 2007) Loves Memorial, 7/1/96¬6/30/97; Valley Forge, 7/1/97¬6/30/01; Student, Candler School of Theology, 7/1/01; East Pine Grove Park, 7/1/04; Johnson City Parish, 7/1/10.-6/30/15; Cherokee-Associate (JC), 7/1/15-6/30/17; St. Paul (WY), 7/1/17 TOLBERT, TERESA G. (PE-2010; FE-2012-2012) Mt. Airy, 7/1/05-11/30/08; Mt. Airy-Parrott, 12/1/08. TORRES, RAMON DEWEY, III (1995¬1999–1995¬1999) Mt. Olivet-Trinity, 1992¬1993; Lakewood, 7/1/93¬6/30/97; Duke Divinity School, 1995¬1996; Hillsville, First, 7/1/97¬6/30/04; Gray, 7/1/04-6/30/09; Ooltewah, 7/1/09-7/1/13; Wesley Memorial (CL), 7/1/13-6/30/16; Wesley Memorial-Valley Head, 7/1/16. TRANSOU, BEDFORD TURNER, JR. (1963¬1965–1963¬1965) Director, Methodist Student Center, University of Chattanooga, 6/2/63¬5/27/66; East Tennessee State University Wesley Foundation, Director, 5/28/66¬6/30/91; Sabbatical Leave, 7/1/91¬6/30/92; Leave of Absence, 7/1/92¬12/31/97; Retired, 7/1/97. TRAVIS, MICHAEL HOWARD (1976¬1979–1976¬1979) Sweetwater Parish, 1971; Madisonville Circuit, 6/14/72¬6/14/75; OaklandMeadow, 6/15/75¬6/15/78; Student, Candler School of Theology, 1976; Blue Ridge Circuit, 6/16/78¬6/30/82; Tasso, 7/1/82¬6/30/86; Pine Grove Circuit, 7/1/86-6/30/91; Mount Carmel, 7/1/91¬6/30/96; Cassidy, 7/1/96¬6/30/01; Dublin, 7/1/01¬6/30/05; Cleveland District Superintendent, 7/1/05-6/30/12; Retired, 7/1/12. TRENT, GEORGE CURTIS (1984¬1988–1984¬1988) Chattanooga, St. Andrews, 7/1/83¬4/14/85; Candler School of Theology, 1984; Evensville-New Bethel, 4/15/85¬6/30/89; Broad Street, Associate, 7/1/89¬6/30/95; Mountain View, 7/1/95¬6/30/99; Logan’s Chapel, 7/1/99¬6/30/01; Good Shepherd Counseling Center, Executive Director, 7/1/01¬6/30/03; Family Counseling Services, 7/1/03¬6/30/08; Tennessee Voices for Children, 7/1/08¬6/30/09; Leave of Absence, 7/1/09. TRENT, LAURA EVELYN (1991¬1994–1991¬1994) Candler School of Theology, 7/1/91¬6/30/92; Forrest Avenue, 7/1/92¬6/30/95; Chattanooga, St. Luke, Program Associate, 7/1/95¬6/30/00; McFarland, 7/1/00¬6/30/01; Hinton, Coordinator for Local Church Ministries, 7/1/01¬6/30/03; Mississippi Conference, 7/1/03¬7/1/04;Austria Provisional Conference, 7/1/04-6/30/11; Addilynn Memorial 7/1/11-6/30/12; Bethel-Vonore, 7/1/12-6/30/14; Retired, 7/1/14 TRIPP, ROBERT ANDREW, SR. (1983¬1987–1983¬1987) Concord, 6/1/83¬5/31/86; Raleigh, 6/1/86-5/31/88; Poplar Grove, 6/1/88¬5/31/90; Transferred from, Memphis Conference, 6/1/90; Unicoi, 7/1/90¬12/31/93; Bristol, Anderson Street, 1/1/94¬6/30/97; Pigeon Forge, 7/1/97¬12/1/00; Second, 12/1/01¬2/28/02; Leave of Absence, 3/1/02¬6/30/03; Rutherford Memorial, 7/1/03¬6/30/04; Sabbatical Leave, 7/1/04¬12¬31/04; Retired, 1/1/05. TROTTER, LARRY SANDERS (1998¬2001–1998¬2001) Dutch Valley, 7/1/93¬6/30/95; Martel, 7/1/95¬6/30/01; Concord, Associate, 7/1/01-6/30/15; Concord (OA), 7/1/15 TUCKER, KENNETH R., JR. (PE-2012; FE-2014-2014) Browder-Forkner, 7/1/91¬6/30/93; Madisonville Circuit, 7/1/93-6/30/97; Meadow, 7/1/97¬6/30/02; Carpenters, 7/1/02-6/30/15; Wears Valley, 7/1/15 TUCKER, THOMAS NELSON (1985¬1990–1985¬1990) Asbury Theological Seminary, 1985; Rising Fawn Circuit, 7/1/86¬6/30/88; South Cleveland, 7/1/88¬6/30/93; Ridgedale, 7/1/93¬6/30/00; Middle Valley, 7/1/00¬6/30/02; Chapel Hill, 7/1/02-6/30/18; Lookout Mountain, 7/1/18. TURNER, CASS MACK, JR. (1973¬1976–1973¬1976) Payne’s Chapel, 6/14/72¬6/16/73; Wesley-Lou’s Chapel, 6/17/73¬6/11/76; Bethesda-Eden-Embreeville, 6/12/76¬9/14/78; Enterprise-St. Paul, 9/15/78-6/30/82; Limestone, 7/1/82¬6/30/84; Stone Drive, 7/1/84¬6/30/90;
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Reynolds Memorial, 7/1/90-12/31/91; First Broad, Associate, 1/1/92¬6/30/93; Fairhaven, 7/1/93¬12/31/95; Sabbatical Leave, 1/1/96¬6/30/96; Watauga Point-Taylor Memorial, 7/1/96¬6/30/00; Leave of Absence, 7/1/00¬11/14/00; Vermont, 11/15/00¬11/15/02; Bookwalter, 11/15/02¬6/30/05; Peck’s Memorial, 7/1/05¬6/30/08; Retired, 7/1/08; Elizabeth Chapel, 2/1/09¬6/30/09; Rock Springs, 7/1/09-6/30/12; Singo (TN Conf.), 10/14/12-6/30/13; Retired, 6/30/13; Clear Springs-Albright-Liberty Hill, 7/1/13.
VARNELL, SARAH E. MOODY (PE-2008; FE-2010-2010) Church Street, Associate, 7/1/08-6/30/13; St. Paul, Fountain City, 7/1/136/30/18; Trinity, Greenville, 7/1/18. VAUGHN, DAVID RAY(1985¬1987–1978¬1987) Gate City Parish, 6/12/76¬1/31/80; Vonore Circuit, 2/1/80¬6/30/84; Claypool Hill Circuit, 7/1/84¬6/30/88; Fincastle-Mt. View, 7/1/88¬6/30/95; Greeneville, Christ, 7/1/95¬6/30/99; Morristown, Trinity, 7/1/99¬1/30/05; Incapacity Leave, 1/31/05-6/30/15; Retired, 7/1/15 WADLEY, JEFFERY LYNN (1989¬1992–1989¬1992) Asbury Theological Seminary, 7/1/89-6/30/90; Niota, 7/1/90¬6/30/93; Fairview, Associate, 7/1/93¬6/30/02; Fairview, Associate, New Church Start (Sycamore Tree, Blount County), 7/1/02¬6/30/06; Sycamore Tree, 7/1/066/30/115; Camp Director, 7/1/15 WAITES, CHANCELLOR BYRON (1953¬1955–1953¬1955) In School, 10/11/53¬6/8/57; Transferred from North Alabama Conference; Kingsport, Colonial Heights, 6/9/57¬6/1/63; Bristol, Reynolds Memorial, 6/2/63¬6/1/68; Radford, Grove Avenue, 6/2/68¬6/9/71; Morristown, First, 6/10/71¬6/14/75; Tazewell District, 6/15/75¬6/17/81; Cleveland, Broad Street, 6/18/81¬6/30/85; Pulaski, First, 7/1/856/30/88; Johnson City, First, 7/1/88¬6/30/93; Retired, 7/1/93. WARD, MICHAEL D. (PE, 2011) Honaker, First-Blackford, 7/1/01¬7/10/02; Student Pastor, 7/10/02-1/19/03; Honaker, First, 1/20/03¬6/30/06; Wharf Hill-Elizabeth, 7/1/06; Benham’s Circuit, 7/1/10-6/30/11; Well Spring-Cawood 7/1/11-6/30/12, St. Luke (AB), 7/1/12-5/14/13; Medical Leave, 5/15/13-6/30/19; Retired, 7/1/19. WARD, SAMUEL T. (PE-2010; FE-2012-2012) Trinity, Associate, 7/1/10-6/30/14; Mountain View, 7/1/14-6/30/19; St Mark’s, Knoxville,7/1/19. WARDEN, DAVID CARLISLE (1969¬1972–1969¬1972) East Tazewell Circuit, 5/28/66¬5/26/67; Rocky Gap Circuit, 5/27/67¬6/4/68; Boissevain, 6/5/68¬6/14/69; Narrows Circuit, 6/15/69¬6/13/70; Staffordville Circuit, 6/14/70¬6/14/74; Marvin Chapel-Fairview, 6/15/74¬6/15/78; Missionary, Taos, New Mexico, 6/16/78¬12/31/81; Northcentral New Mexico Group Ministry, 1/1/82¬8/14/85; Four Corners Native American Ministry, 8/15/85¬5/31/96; Manchester, First, 6/1/96¬6/30/97; Red Bird Missionary Conference, 7/1/97¬6/30/09; Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference, 7/1/09; Retired 7/1/11; Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference.. WARE, CARL WAYNE, JR. (1964¬1967–1964¬1967) Trundle Cross Roads, 6/5/55¬6/8/57; Friendsville-Binfield, 6/9/57¬6/2/62; Maryville, Carpenters, 6/3/62¬5/26/67;Athens,Allen Memorial, 5/27/67¬6/13/72; New Tazewell, 6/14/72¬6/15/78; Elizabethton, First, 6/16/78¬6/30/84; Chattanooga, St. Andrews, 7/1/84¬6/30/88; Lafollette-Mt. Zion, 7/1/88¬6/30/93; Bookwalter, 7/1/93¬6/30/96; Retired, 7/1/96. WARNOCK, WILLIAM FRANK, SR. (1972¬1974–1972¬1974) Montlake, 5/30/65¬5/27/66; Marion Grace, 5/27/67¬6/13/70;Asbury Theological Seminary, 6/14/72¬6/16/73; Missionary, Board of Global Ministries, 6/17/73¬6/14/74; Missionary Zaire, 6/15/74¬6/11/76; Missionary Zambia, 6/12/76¬6/14/79; Trenton, 6/15/79¬6/30/82; Maryville, First, Associate, 7/1/82¬6/30/86; General Board of Global Ministries/Liberia, 7/1/86¬10/31/90.; Chaplain/Director of Development, Asbury Centers, 11/1/90¬6/30/92; Missionary Liberia, 7/1/92¬4/30/93; Missionary to Russia, 5/1/93; Missionary to Lithuania, 1996; Retired, 7/1/00; Missionary to Cameroon, ¬2005; Missionary to Cambodia, 2005¬12/31/07. Deceased, 6/23/18. WATTENBARGER, WHEELER OGLE (1967¬1969–1967¬1969) Student, Candler School of Theology, 5/27/67¬6/1/68; Dayton, Mountain View-Providence, 6/2/68¬6/13/72; Elizabeth Chapel, 6/14/72¬6/14/75; Philadelphia-New Hope, 6/15/75¬6/17/81;Allen Memorial-Cedar Springs, 6/18/81-6/30/00; Retired, 7/1/00. WEAVER, LEWIS EDWARD (1980¬1984–1980¬1984) Candler School of Theology, 6/12/80-12/31/81; Rising Fawn, 1/1/82¬6/30/82; Nolichucky Circuit, 7/1/82¬6/30/87;Apison, 7/1/87¬8/14/88; Brooks Memorial, 8/15/88¬6/30/91; St. Paul Parish, 7/1/91¬6/30/94; FairlawnBethel, 7/1/94¬6/30/97; New Tazewell-Mt. Zion, 7/1/97¬6/30/03; St. Luke-Pactolus, 7/1/03¬6/30/05; St. Luke-St. Matthew, 7/1/05¬6/30/07; Christ (MO), 7/1/07¬6/30/08; Valley View-Heiskell, 7/1/08-6/30/11; Retired 7/1/11 . WEBB, DEANNA YVONNE (1984¬1987–1984¬1987) Telford, 7/1/84¬6/30/87; Valley Forge, 7/1/87¬6/30/89; Garden, Keen Mountain
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TURPIN, CHARLES BROWNING (1960¬1962–1961¬1962) Dante Carbo, 6/10/56¬6/7/58; Lou’s Chapel, 6/13/60¬6/3/61; Morristown, Arnold Hills, 6/4/61¬6/2/62; Morristown, Trinity, 6/3/62¬6/6/64; Maryville, First, Associate, 6/7/64¬5/29/65; Aldersgate-Jordan’s, 5/30/65¬6/1/68; Rutherford Memorial, 6/2/68¬6/14/69; Louisville, St. Marks, 6/15/69¬6/9/71; St. Mark’s-Greenmeadow, 6/10/71-6/16/73; East Chattanooga, 6/17/73¬6/14/75; Knoxville, Hillcrest, 6/15/75¬6/11/80; Halls Central, 6/12/80¬6/30/83; Stone Drive, 7/1/83¬6/30/84; Knoxville, St. Mark, 7/1/84¬6/30/86; Norwood, 7/1/86¬6/30/88; Cardwell-Bradbury, 7/1/88¬6/30/89; Lake Vista, 7/1/89¬6/30/91; Philadelphia-New Hope, 7/1/91¬6/30/92; Lake City-Briceville-Dutch Valley, 7/1/92¬6/30/93; Retired, 7/1/93.
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Circuit, 7/1/89¬6/30/90; Nickelsville, 7/1/90¬9/30/90; Keen Mountain Correctional Center, 10/1/90¬6/30/91; Pocahontas, 7/1/91¬8/31/94; Sabbatical, 9/1/94¬8/31/95; Leave of Absence, 9/1/95¬6/8/99; North Alabama Conference, 6/9/99¬6/30/03; Leave of Absence, 7/1/036/30/13; Retired, 7/1/13. WEIKEL, JACK PRESTON (1955¬1957–1955¬1957) Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/5/55¬6/9/56; Bethesda-Eden, 6/10/56¬6/12/60; Johnson City, Wesley Memorial, 6/13/60¬6/6/64; Wheeler, 6/7/64¬6/13/70; Greeneville, Christ, 6/14/70¬6/16/73; Radford, Grove, 6/17/73¬6/15/78; Johnson City District, 6/16/78¬6/30/84; Cleveland, First, 7/1/84¬6/30/88; Pulaski, First, 7/1/88-12/31/93; Cleveland, Broad Street, 1/1/94¬6/30/00; Retired, 7/1/00. WEIKEL, WALTER PRESTON (1989¬1992–1989¬1992) Candler School of Theology, 7/1/89-6/30/90; Tyner, Associate, 7/1/90¬6/30/94; Trenton, 7/1/94¬6/30/99; Beaver Ridge, 7/1/99-6/30/06;Abingdon, 7/1/06-6/30/12, Johnson City District Superintendent, 7/1/12-6/30/17; First (Morristown), 7/1/17 WESLEY, CINDY KAREN (FE) Transfer from Memphis Annual Conference 7/1/14; Wesley House Methodist Theological College, Cambridge England (Director of Studies), 7/1/14 WHATLEY (COOK), AMY JO (2003¬2006– 2006) Norton, 7/1/02¬6/30/03; Gray, Associate., 7/1/03¬6/30/06; Oak Ridge, Trinity, 7/1/06¬6/30/08; White Oak, 7/1/08-6/30/13; Mt. Pleasant (WY), 7/1/13-6/30/18; Loudon, 7/1/18. WHEDBEE, JAMES EARL, JR. (1967¬1969–1967¬1969) Student, Vanderbilt University Divinity School, 5/27/67¬8/31/69; Knoxville, Bearden, Associate, 9/1/69¬6/13/72; Trentville, 6/14/72-6/14/75; Elizabeth Chapel, 6/15/75¬6/17/81; Specialist in Nurture Ministries, Conference Council on Ministries, 6/18/81¬6/30/86; Chattanooga, White Oak, 7/1/86¬6/30/91; Signal Crest, 7/1/91-6/30/98; Knoxville District Superintendent, 7/1/98¬6/30/02; Fountain City, 7/1/02; Retired,7/1/12. Colonial Heights, 1/1/19 – 4/30/19. WHITAKER, CAROLYN (FD, 1998) Abingdon, Director of Christian Education, 1981; Student, Presbyterian School of Christian Education, 1982; Bristol, Reynolds Memorial, Director of Christian Education, 1984¬1989; Oak Ridge, First, Director Children’s Ministries, 1990; Glen Alpine, Director, Programs, 1991¬10/5/98; Sevierville, First, 10/5/98¬7/1/01; Leave of Absence, 7/1/01¬8/20/01;Athens, Trinity, Program Director, 8/20/01¬12/31/07; Retired, 1/1/08; Bristol, Oak Grove (SY), 7/1/08¬6/30/09. WHITE, JOHN BRADLEY(1970¬1976) In School, 6/14/70¬6/11/76; Emory & Henry College, Associate Director of Administration, 6/12/76¬6/15/78; DePauw University, Associate Professor, 6/16/78¬12/31/83; Leave of Absence, 1/1/84¬6/13/84; Retired, 6/14/84. WHITE, RAYMON E. (1957¬1959–1957¬1959) In School, Washington Conference, Lutherville-Greenspring, 5/25/58¬4/30/64; Transferred to Oregon Conference, Portland, Hughes Memorial, 5/1/64¬8/18/64; Transferred to Tennessee-Kentucky Conference; Morristown, Bethel, 8/19/64-5/18/67; Lexington, Wesley, 5/19/67¬3/19/68; Knoxville District, 3/20/68¬5/31/68; East Knoxville District, 6/1/68¬6/13/70; Johnson City District, 6/14/70¬6/13/72; President, Morristown College, 6/14/72¬6/17/81;Abingdon District, 6/18/81¬6/30/87; Lennon-Seney, 7/1/87¬6/30/97; Knoxville District, 7/1/97¬6/30/98; Director of Clergy Services/Conference Secretary, 7/1/98¬6/30/03; Retired, 7/1/03. WHITE, WILLIAM FRANCIS “SKIP” III (PE-2006; FE-2009–2009) Fairview, 7/1/05¬6/30/06; Martel, 7/1/06¬6/30/08; Friendsville, 7/1/08, Broad Street Associate, 7/1/12-6/30/18; St. Mark, Knoxville, 7/1/18-6/30/19; Trinity, Athens, 7/1/19. WHITEFIELD, WILLIAM Retired WILDER, HUGH DOUGLAS (1994¬1996–1994¬1996) Grange Hall-Lebanon, 7/1/93¬8/31/95; Knoxville, Beulah, 9/1/95¬6/30/97; Oneida, First, 7/1/97¬6/30/06; Jefferson City, First, 7/1/06-6/30/15; Rutherford Memorial (KN), 7/1/15-6/30/18; Chestnut Grove-Ebenezer, 7/1/18. WILHITE, NANCY JANE (1991¬1994–1991¬1994) Harriman, 7/1/91¬12/31/93; General Evangelist, 1/1/94¬12/31/03; Greystone Circuit, 1/1/04¬6/30/05; Belspring-Parrott, 7/1/05¬6/30/06; Honaker, First, 7/1/06¬6/30/08; Sevierville Circuit, 7/1/08¬8/31/08; Incapacity Leave, 9/1/08-6/30/14; Retired, 7/1/14. WILHOIT, NORMAN CARROLL(1970¬1974–1970¬1974) Rogersville Circuit, 5/27/67¬6/4/68; Chestuee Sugar Creek, 6/5/68¬6/9/71; Tasso-Valley Head, 6/10/71¬6/14/75; Watauga Point-Taylor Memorial, 6/15/75¬6/11/76; Erwin, Centenary, 6/12/76¬6/30/82; Mafair, 7/1/82¬6/30/88; Wytheville, St. Paul, 7/1/88¬6/30/92; Cleveland, Wesley Memorial, 7/1/92¬12/31/93; Pulaski, First, 1/1/94-6/30/98; Richlands, First, 7/1/98¬6/30/03; Retired, 7/1/03; Mt. Zion (WY), 7/1/08-6/30/12; Hardin’s Chapel/Mosheim Central (MO), 10/1/12. WILKS, D. SCOTT (PE-2009; FE-2011-2011) Piney Grove, 7/1/02¬6/30/03; Tellico Plains Circuit, Associate (SP), 7/1/03¬6/30/06; Sweetwater Circuit, 7/1/06¬6/30/09; Jones Chapel-Wesleyanna, 7/1/09-6/30/11; Keywood Charge 7/1/11-6/30/12; Auburn, 7/1/12-6/30/16; Mountain City, First-Trade, 7/1/16-6/30/19; Clinton, Memorial,7/1/19 WILSON, CAROL ELAINE (1991¬1993–1991¬1993) Blount, Pleasant Hill, 7/1/91¬6/30/97; Piney Flats, 7/1/97¬6/30/02; Wesley Memorial, 7/1/02¬6/30/06; Maryville District Superintendent, 7/1/06-6/30/11; Executive Assistant to the Bishop/Director of Communications 7/1/116/30/18: Munsey Memorial, 7/1/18.
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WILSON, EMMIT BRUCE (2000¬2002–1977¬2002) St. Charles Circuit, 6/15/75¬6/14/79; Bradford Circuit, 6/15/79¬12/31/81; Benham’s Circuit, 1/1/82¬6/30/85; Bright Hope Circuit, 7/1/85¬6/30/87; Boones Creek, 7/1/87¬6/30/91; Telford-New Victory, 7/1/91¬6/30/92; Beech Grove, 7/1/92¬6/30/09; Gate City, 7/1/09-6/30/11; Smyth County Parish (Parish Director) Grace-Greenwood 7/1/11-6/30/12, Director-Smith County Parish (AB), 7/1/12-6/30/19; Retired, 7/1/19.
WILSON, JOHN NATHAN (1979) Dallas-White Rock, Associate, 6/1/77¬2/28/79; Johnson City, First, 3/1/79¬9/30/83; Big Spring, First 10/1/83¬5/31/88; St. Lukes Midland, 6/1/88¬8/31/89; First Centenary, 9/1/89¬1/31/95; St. Johns Lubbock, 2/1/95¬7/31/97; First Broad Street, Minister of Music, 8/1/97¬8/31/02; Sabbatical Leave, 9/1/02¬9/3/03; Hospice Chaplain, West Palm Beach, 9/4/03¬6/30/06; Hospice Chaplain, Atlanta, GA, 7/1/06¬6/30/07; Retired, 7/1/07. WILSON, JOHN WALTER (1997¬2003–1997¬2003) Trentville, 7/1/96¬6/30/98; Vestal, 7/1/98¬6/30/04; Harned’s-Parrottsville, 7/1/04; Chestnut Hill, 7/1/10-6/30/17; Mt. Hebron, 7/1/17-6/30/19; Noe’s-Central, Bean Station, 7/1/19. WILSON¬PARKER, KATHIE REID (1978¬1982–1979¬1982) In School, 6/8/78¬6/10/81; Wages Pleasant Valley, 6/11/81¬6/30/82; Transfer from Rocky Mountain Conference, 7/1/85; Chaplain, Holston United Methodist Home for Children, 7/1/85¬6/30/86; FairlawnBethel, 7/1/86¬6/30/93; Emory-Smyth Chapel, 7/1/93¬6/30/98; Independence, First, 7/1/98¬6/30/03; Bristol, First, 7/1/03-6/30/06; Main Street, 7/1/06-6/30/11; Dublin 7/1/11-6/30/15; Edgefield (JC), 7/1/15-6/30/17; Retired, 7/1/17 WIMBERLY, PAIGE P. (OF; PM-2014- FE-2016) Valley View-Heiskell, 7/1/14-6/30/16; Newbern-Mountain View, 7/1/16 WINEGAR, GRADY CLARENCE (1964¬1968–1964¬1968) Student, Duke Divinity School, 6/7/64-5/27/66; Red Bank, Associate, 5/28/66¬6/14/69; Student, Duke Divinity School, 6/15/69¬6/13/70; Floyd Station, 6/14/70¬6/14/75; Kingsport, St. Matthew, 6/15/75¬6/15/77; Bristol, First, 6/16/77-6/17/81; Knoxville, Central, 6/18/81¬12/31/93; Cleveland, Wesley Memorial, 1/1/94¬6/30/96; Wytheville District, 7/1/96¬6/30/97; Bearden, 7/1/97¬6/30/99; Kingsport District, 7/1/99¬6/30/04; Conference Secretary/Director of Clergy Services, 7/1/04¬6/30/08; Retired, 7/1/08. WOHLWEND, PETER MICHAEL(1967¬1969–1967¬1969) Student, Duke Divinity School, 5/27/67¬6/14/69; Student, Scotland, 6/15/69¬6/13/70; Floyd Circuit, 6/14/70¬6/13/72; Student, 6/14/72¬6/16/73; Presbyterian Counseling Center, 6/17/73¬6/14/75; Leave of Absence, 6/15/75-6/16/82; Retired, 6/17/82. WOOD, JARED (PE-2001; FE-2004–2004) Pisgah-Pleasant Hill, 7/1/00¬6/30/05; Watauga Point-St. Paul, 7/1/05-6/30/10; Vermont, 7/1/106/30/15; George Street-Grant, 7/1/15-6/30/18; Chapel Hill, 7/1/18. WOODY, DAVID SMITH (1990¬1993–1990¬1993) Duke Divinity, 1990; Hixson, Minister of Youth/Recreation, 7/1/91¬6/30/93; Morristown, First, Associate, 7/1/93¬6/30/96; Mount Zion, 7/1/96¬6/30/01; Cherokee, 7/1/01¬6/30/07; Asbury (Greeneville), 7/1/07-6/30/14; First (Marion), 7/1/14-6/30/19; Newport, First, 7/1/19. WOODY, NELSON CHARLES (1952¬1956–1953¬1956) Bristol Bradley Street, 10/3/48¬10/1/49; Student, Drew Theological Seminary, 9/28/52¬1/31/54; Bristol, First, Associate, 2/1/54¬6/4/55; Elk Creek, 6/5/55¬6/8/56; Bakers Chapel-Wyndale, 6/9/56¬6/3/61; Knoxville, Norwood, 6/4/61¬5/28/66; Lookout Mountain, 5/29/66¬6/14/69; Galax, First, 6/15/69¬6/15/77; Kingsport District, 6/16/77-6/30/83; Maryville, First, 7/1/83¬6/30/91; State Street, 7/1/91¬6/30/96; Retired, 7/1/96. WORRINGHAM, RICHARD EDWARD (1963, 1966–1966) Fredericksburg, 1/1/77¬5/31/77; Weimar, 6/1/77¬5/31/79; San Antonio Chapel Hill, 6/1/79¬5/31/80;Asbury First, Associate, 6/1/80-5/31/81; Leave of Absence, 6/1/81¬5/31/83; Iowa State University, 6/1/83¬5/31/87; Radford University, 6/1/87¬6/16/94; Transfer, 6/16/94; Chairman Media Studies, Radford University, 1994¬6/30/06; Retired, 7/1/06. WRIGHT, JEFFREY WAYNE (1987¬1991–1987¬1991) Student, Duke, 1986¬1988; Oxford Salem, 6/5/86¬6/30/89; Mountain View-Seven Mile Ford, 7/1/89¬6/30/93; Central-Rutledge, 7/1/93-6/30/00; Allen Memorial, 7/1/00-6/30/11; State Street 7/1/11-6/30/14; SuperintendentBig Stone Gap District, 7/1/14. WRIGHT, RANDALL E. (SP-2006; PE-2011; FE-2013) Madisonville Circuit 7/1/05-6/30/11; Harrogate-Arthur-Mt. View 7/1/11-6/30/16; Elm Tree Parish, 7/1/16-6/30/18; St. Matthew-Emory, 7/1/18-6/30/19; Glen Alpine, 7-1-19. WRIGHT, RICHARD DOUGLAS (1995¬1998–1995¬1998) Ducktown-Croft, 7/1/90¬6/30/94;Asbury Seminary, 1993¬1995; Sweetwater Circuit, 7/1/94¬6/30/96; St. John, Associate, 7/1/96¬6/30/98; Buckner Memorial, 7/1/98¬6/30/01; Holly Avenue, 7/1/01¬6/30/06; Radford, Central, 7/1/06; Valley Forge, 7/1/10-6/30/12, East Stone Gap- Legion Memorial, 7/1/12-6/30/15; General Evangelist, 7/1/15 WRIGHT, SHARON E. WILEY (1999¬2002–1999¬2002) Appointed to attend school, 1999; Saltville-Madam Russell (EM), 7/1/00¬6/30/02;
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WILSON, JACK HOWARD (1958¬1962–1960¬1962) Wesley Memorial, Associate, 6/20/58-6/25/59; In School, 6/26/59¬6/29/61; Prof. Emory Univ., 6/30/61¬6/21/62; Transferred from North Georgia Conference, 6/22/62; Tennessee Wesleyan College, Professor of Religion, 6/22/62¬6/15/78; Student, University of Tennessee, 6/16/78¬6/14/79; Leave of Absence, 6/15/79-6/16/82; Retired, 6/17/82.
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Saltville: Madam Russell-Tate’s Chapel, 7/1/02-6/30/03; State Street, Associate, 7/1/03; Oakland, 7/1/10-6/30/13; Family Leaved, 7/1/1311/18/14; Associate Chaplain, Emory and Henry College, 11/19/14. WYKE, Bryan Kenneth (PE, 2005; FE, 2008–2008) Draper Circuit, 7/1/05; Looney’s Creek-Sulphur Springs, 7/1/10-6/30/13; Centenary (MO), 7/1/13 WYRICK, DALE SHERWOOD (1981¬1986–1981¬1986) Unity Valley Head, 6/16/77¬6/14/79; Chestuee-Sugar Creek, 6/15/79¬6/17/81; Student, Candler School of Theology, 6/18/81¬12/31/81; Chestuee, 1/1/82¬6/30/83; Martel-Booth, 7/1/83¬6/30/86; New River Circuit, 7/1/86¬6/30/90; Mount Pleasant, 7/1/90¬6/30/96; Otterbein-West Market St., 7/1/96¬6/30/99; Gate City, 7/1/99¬6/30/05; Pearisburg, First, 7/1/05¬6/30/06; Spring City-Reed’s Chapel, 7/1/06-6/30/14, Signal Crest, 7/1/14-6/30/16; Spring City-Reed’s Chapel, 7/1/16. YEANEY, STEPHEN K. (1985¬1993–1985¬1993) Watts Flats, 1/1/84¬12/31/84; Student, 1/1/85-6/30/87; SCIO, 7/1/87¬6/30/92; Transfer, Western New York, 1993; Jonesville Parish, 7/1/92-6/30/95; Rock Springs, 7/1/95¬4/30/98; Leave of Absence, 5/1/98¬6/30/99; Etowah, Wesley Memorial, 7/1/99¬10/30/00; West Side Parish, 11/1/00¬6/30/03; Oakland, 7/1/03-6/30/18; St. John (SM), 7/1/18. YEOMANS, MARTHA BELFLOWER (1986¬1989–1986¬1989) Student, 7/1/86¬6/30/87; Oakwood, 7/1/87¬6/30/90;Aldersgate, 7/1/90¬6/30/93; Green Meadows, 7/1/93¬6/30/98; Marvin, 7/1/98¬6/30/00;Aldersgate¬Jordan’s Chapel, 7/1/00¬6/30/05; Retired, 7/1/05. YOON, TAE HUN (OE; FE, Transfer, New York Conference, 7/1/10) Fairhaven 7/1/09-6/30/14; Retired, 7/1/14.
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(Dates after each name represent the year Elected Associate Member and Ordained Deacon, respectively. Those elected under the 2000 and following Disciplines indicate year Elected to Associate Membership and permanently licensed, unless otherwise noted.) BARBER, MARK A (FL, AM- 2012) Goodfield Circuit, 1989¬1993; Mt. Zion, Eastview, 11/1/95¬6/30/96; Chestuee-Sugar Creek, 7/1/96¬6/30/99; South Cleveland-Black Fox, 7/1/03¬6/30/05; Mt. Zion-Savannah, 7/1/05-6/30/12; Hills Union Circuit, 7/1/12-6/30/13; TassoCharleston, 7/1/13-6/30/15; McDonald (CL), 7/1/15-6/30/18; Riverview Circuit, 7/1/18. BAXTER, CECIL JAY(1993¬1993) Cosby Circuit, 1980; Madisonville Circuit, 1/1/82¬6/30/85; Mechanicsburg Circuit, 7/1/85¬6/30/88; French Broad Circuit, 7/1/88¬6/30/90; Thornspring-Wesley Memorial, 7/1/90¬6/30/94; Tellico Plains Circuit, 7/1/94¬6/30/99; Looneys Creek-Sulphur Springs, 7/1/99-6/30/10; Retired, 7/1/10; Sale Creek, 7/1/12. BLACK, BOBBY GENE (FL, AM-2014) St. Luke-St. Matthew, Associate, 7/1/05-6/30/07; Washington Hills, 7/1/07-6/30/16; Valley ViewHeiskell, 7/1/16-6/30/18: Retired,7/1/18. BLAIR, EDWIN G. (FL-2006; AM-2015) Dungannon Circuit, 7/1/06¬6/30/09; Three Bells-Horton’s Chapel, 7/1/09-6/0/15; North Tazewell-Mt. Zion (TA), 7/1/15-6/30/17; Bethesda-Eden, 7/1/17
BROOKS, JAMES H. (FL-2014; AM) First (Bulls Gap)-Central (Mosheim), 7/1/14-6/30/17; Central (Mosheim)-Ottway, 7/1/17 BYRD, BILLY LEE (1969¬1967) Wytheville Circuit, 6/2/63¬5/29/65; Damascus Circuit, 5/30/65-6/14/69; Wallace-Wyndale, 6/15/69¬6/9/71; Benhams Circuit, 6/10/71¬6/11/76; Central-Mount Pleasant, 6/12/76¬6/11/80; Pactolus, 6/12/80¬6/30/83; Leave of Absence, 7/1/83¬6/30/84; Dungannon Circuit, 7/1/84¬12/31/90; Clinchport Circuit, 1/1/91¬6/30/95; Grace, 7/1/95¬8/31/02; Grace-Limestone Cove, 9/1/02¬6/30/06; Retired, 7/1/06;Adams Chapel-Hulls Chapel, 7/1/07. CARRICO, HARVEY JOE (1992¬1992)(RA) Long View, 7/1/83¬12/31/83; Glenwood, 1/1/84¬6/30/84; Damascus Circuit, 7/1/84¬6/30/87; Cripple Creek, 7/1/87¬6/30/99; Rocky Gap, 7/1/99¬6/30/01; West Galax, 7/1/01¬6/30/05; West Galax-Glenwood, 7/1/05-1/31/11; Retired 1/31/11;West Galax-Glenwood 2/1/11-6/30/11; Glenwood 7/1/11-6/30/12; Mt. Zion, 7/1/12. CHANCEY, J. TODD (FL- 2004, AM-2012- 2012, FE 2018) Apison, 7/1/04-6/30/12; Kingston, 7/1/1-6/30/19; Alcoa, First 7/1/19. CHINAULT, EARNEST H. (1971¬1969) Little Walker Circuit, 5/30/65¬5/27/66; Mechanicsburg Circuit, 5/28/66¬6/9/71; Bridle Creek Circuit, 6/10/71¬6/16/73; New River Circuit, 6/17/73¬6/30/82; Max Meadows Circuit, 7/1/82¬6/30/86; Elk Creek Circuit, 7/1/86¬6/30/90; GardenKeen Mountain, 7/1/90¬6/30/92; Lead Mines Circuit, 7/1/92¬6/30/95; Retired, 7/1/95. CLARK, JACKSON DANIEL(1989¬1974) West Virginia Conference, 4/5/70¬6/30/85; Round Mountain Circuit, 7/1/85¬6/30/88; Mechanicsburg Circuit, 7/1/88¬6/30/92; Galax Circuit, 6/92-6/30/94; Retired, 7/1/94; Flat Ridge Circuit, 7/1/94¬6/30/95; Hales Chapel-Kathleen Memorial, 7/1/95¬6/30/04. Deceased, 2/5/19. CORBIN, ROY HASKO (1985-1985) St. Charles-Robbins Chapel, 12/1/79-6/30/10; Retired, 7/1/10. CROSS, WALTER H. (AM 2005) Washington Hills, 9/1/99¬6/30/07; Bristol, Trinity, 7/1/07¬6/30/09; Trentville, 7/1/09-6/30/13; Martin ChapelHaven Chapel, 7/1/13-6/30/16; Lonsdale-Martin Chapel, 7/1/16. DENTON, JAMES G. (2009¬) Russells Chapel, 7/1/97¬6/30/98; Jones Chapel-Wesleyanna, 7/1/98¬6/30/01; Glade Spring (EM), 7/1/01¬6/30/05; Pisgah-Pleasant Hill, 7/1/05-6/30/11; Damascus 7/1/11-6/30/19; Retired, 7/1/19. EDWARDS, RANCE C., SR. (2007¬2007) Rural Retreat Circuit, 9/1/94¬6/30/00; Fries Circuit, 7/1/00¬6/30/04; Cherokee Circuit, 7/1/04¬6/30/07; Mt. Carmel-Seviers, 7/1/07-6/30/16; Clintwood, 7/1/16-6/30/18; Nickelsville Circuit, 7/1/18. EVERHART, DONALD LEE (1997¬1997) Riceville-Piney Grove, 7/1/87¬6/30/89; Morgan-Slygo Valley, 7/1/89¬6/30/92; Bethel-Vonore, 7/1/92¬6/30/97; Chapel Hill, 7/1/97¬6/30/02; Surgoinsville, First, 7/1/02¬6/30/03; Mountain City Circuit, 7/1/03¬6/30/09; Retired, 7/1/09. FAUSCETT, REECE FRANKLIN (FL, AM, 2012) Middle Valley, 7/1/87¬6/30/99; Trenton, 7/1/99-6/30/12; Trenton-Morganville-Slygo Valley, 7/1/12-6/30/17; Retired, 7/1/17-6/30/18; Sand Mountain-Wildwood, 7/1/18; Retired, 12/2/18. FIELDS, KENNETH G. (1998¬1998) Pisgah, 7/1/84¬6/30/92; Discontinued, 7/1/93¬6/30/96; Bishop Circuit, 7/1/96-6/30/14; Retired, 7/1/14 FLEENOR, HARRY W. (1970¬1966) Boones Creek, 6/3/62¬6/6/64; Valley Forge, 6/7//64¬6/14/69; Bristol Damascus Circuit, 6/15/69¬6/16/73; Clear Springs Circuit, 6/17/73¬6/14/75; Falls Mills-Midway, 6/15/75¬6/11/78; Sabbatical, 6/12/78¬6/14/79; Jacksboro-Caryville, 6/15/79¬6/30/83; Looney’s Chapel, 7/1/83¬6/30/85; Mosheim-Central-Mt. Pleasant, 7/1/85¬6/30/88;Amis Chapel-Elm Springs, 7/1/88¬6/30/91;
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Logan’s Chapel, 7/1/91¬6/30/94; Knoxville, St. Paul East, 7/1/94¬6/30/95; Cross-Holly Springs, 7/1/95¬6/30/03; Retired 7/1/03; Otes,1/29/12. FORD, C. DENNIS (1999¬1999) Mascot-Hopewell, 7/1/92¬6/30/96; Hillcrest, 7/1/96¬6/30/04; Marvin’s Chapel, 7/1/04¬6/30/06; Oneida, First, 7/1/06; Pigeon Forge, First, 7/1/10-6/30/18; Retired, 7/1/18; Sand Branch, 7/1/19. FURR, ALFRED SHULER (1978¬1978) Mt. Vernon, 6/6/75¬6/1/77; Mars Bluff Mt. Vernon, 6/2/77-6/6/79; Bethel Duncan Chapel, 6/7/79¬12/31/81; Bethel Harleyville, 1/1/82¬6/15/82; Jefferson, 6/16/82¬6/17/86; Bethel Greenville, 6/18/86¬6/17/87; Rehoboth, 6/18/87¬6/20/89; Zion, 6/21/89-12/31/89; Salem, 1/1/90¬6/19/90; Transferred from South Carolina Conference; Floyd Circuit, 7/1/90¬6/30/92; Retired, 7/1/92. GILBERT, JAMES ROBERT (1985¬1985) Whiteside-Hale’s Chapel, 1964¬1965; Aetna (Dade County), 5/30/65¬5/27/66; Tellico Plains Circuit, 5/28/66¬6/14/69; Cleveland Riceland, 6/15/69¬6/9/71; Wesley-Lou’s Chapel, 6/15/79¬6/17/81; Flintstone, 6/18/81¬6/30/84; South Cleveland, 7/1/84¬6/30/88; Soddy, 7/1/88¬6/30/92; Ridgedale, 7/1/92¬6/30/93; Whitwell-Red Hill, 7/1/93¬6/30/95; Retired, 7/1/95; Whiteside-Wildwood, 7/1/00¬6/30/01; Wildwood, 7/1/01¬6/30/04; Jones Chapel, 7/1/05¬6/30/06. Deceased, 10/14/18. GILLESPIE, WILLIAM DEAN BOVARD, JR. (1990¬1990) Nickelsville Circuit, 6/12/80¬6/17/81; Powell Valley Circuit, 6/18/81¬6/30/82; Keywood, North Circuit, 7/1/82¬6/30/86; Sinking Springs-Paperville, 7/1/86¬6/30/91; Cherokee Circuit, 7/1/91¬6/30/93; Wallace-Wyndale, 7/1/93¬6/30/98;Afton-Stone Dam, 7/1/98¬6/30/99;Amis Chapel-Elm Springs, 7/1/99¬6/30/02; Emory, 7/1/02¬6/11/03; Broadford Circuit, 6/11/03¬6/30/04; Retired, 7/1/04. Deceased, 11/21/18. GREGORY, TERESA J. (2000¬2000) Glenwood-Bishop’s Chapel, 7/1/92¬6/30/94; Greystone Circuit, 7/1/94¬10/30/99; Carter Street, 11/1/99¬6/30/03; Woodlawn-Shiloh, 7/1/03¬6/30/08; Independence, First, 7/1/08¬1/31/09; Independence, First-Flat Rock, 2/1/09-6/30/16; Gladeville-Mt. Olivet, 7/1/16. GRIFFITH, PAUL T. (2007) Macedonia, 9/97¬1/98; Clearview, 1/18/98¬7/1/98; Clearview, 7/1/98-6/30/07; Glade Spring Charge, 7/1/07¬6/30/08; Glade Spring Charge-Chaplain, Marion Correctional Center, 7/1/08-12/30/17; Glade Springs Charge, 12/30/2017-6/30/18; Aldersgate-Anderson Street, 7/1/18. HACKNEY, JOHN A. (2001¬2001) Gate City, 7/1/86¬6/30/88; Midway Memorial, 7/1/88-6/30/93; Kingsport, Community, 7/1/93¬6/30/99; Kendrick’s Creek, 7/1/99¬6/30/06; Retired, 7/1/06. HALL, WILLIAM DAVID (PL, AM-2015) Christ, Associate, 7/1/08. HAMPSON, KEITH T. (FL; AM-2017-2017) Bell’s Campground, 7/1/07-6/30/12; Well Spring-Cawood, 7/1/12
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North Carolina), 7/1/17. LUSK, LARRY D. (2011) Washington Springs (PL), 10/1/02¬6/30/04; Washington Chapel-Washington Springs (FL), 7/1/04. MARTIN, THOMAS LEE (1992¬1992) Spring Valley Circuit, 7/1/84¬6/30/90; Kings Grove, 7/1/90¬6/30/94; Wharf Hill-Elizabeth, 7/1/94¬6/30/98; Retired, 7/1/98. MATHESS, ROGER G. (2008¬2008) Amis Chapel-Elm Springs, 7/1/94¬6/30/96; Carpenters, 7/1/96¬6/30/01; Mt. Zion, 7/1/01¬6/30/05; Hunter-Slagles, 7/1/05; Asbury, 7/1/10-6/30/11; Pennington Gap, First 7/1/11-6/30/14, Unicoi, 7/1/14-3/31/16; Medical Leave, 4/1/16. MAXWELL, ROCHELLE D. (PL-AM 6/10/19) Pruitt Hill-Tate Chapel, 7/1/00-6/30/15; Taylor Memorial (JC), 7/1/15 McCLELLAN, HAGAN ROBERT, SR. (2000¬2000) Clear Springs Circuit, 8/1/69¬6/16/73; Johnson City East Park, 6/17/73¬2/28/75; Sneedville Charge, 10/1/76¬6/15/77; Thornspring Wesley, 6/16/77¬6/11/80; Cleveland Tasso, 6/12/80¬6/30/82; Tazewell North, 7/1/82¬8/31/83; Termination, 9/1/83¬6/30/92;Austin Springs, 7/1/92¬6/30/95; East Pine Grove Park, 7/1/95¬6/30/04; Retired, 7/1/04. McNALLEY, PAUL HENRY (2010¬2010) Grundy, 7/1/99¬6/30/00; Buchanan Parish, 7/1/00¬6/30/05; Belfast-Midway, 7/1/05-6/30/13; Retired, 7/1/13; Crab Orchard-South Coeburn, 7/1/13-1/31/14; Crab Orchard, 2/1/14. MORRIS, HERBERT RANDOLPH (1984¬1984) Bridle Creek Circuit, 6/16/78¬6/30/86; Max Meadows Circuit, 7/1/86¬6/30/94; Galax Circuit, 7/1/94¬6/30/00; Oakland Blue Ridge, 7/1/00-6/30/04; Fairlawn-Bethel, 7/1/04; Retired, 7/1/10. MOSELEY, J. GLENN (PL-1998, AM-2015) Sweetwater Circuit, 7/1/98¬6/30/00; Graysville, 7/1/00¬6/30/04; Graysville-New Bethel, 7/1/04¬6/30/06; Trinity-Vine Grove, 7/1/06¬6/30/08; Tyner, 7/1/08-6/30/12; M t. Zion-Savannah, 7/1/12-10/30/16; Mt. Zion, 11/1/16, 6/30/17; Mt. Zion-St. Elmo (CL), 7/1/7 MUTTER, RANDOLPH ROBERT (1986¬1986) Tusculum, 1980;Afton¬Stone Dam, 6/12/80-6/30/85; White Pine, First, 7/1/85¬6/30/87; Clapp’s Chapel, 7/1/87¬6/30/91; Daisy, 7/1/91¬6/30/94; Clintwood-McClure, 7/1/94¬6/30/99; Big Stone Gap Trinity, 7/1/99¬6/30/06; Pearisburg, First, 7/1/06¬6/30/08; Retired, 7/1/08; Well Spring-Cawood, 10/26/08-6/30/11. OXENDINE, JAMES THOMAS (FL, 2003, AM, 2010) Paperville, 7/1/03-6/30/04; Virginia Avenue-Paperville, 7/1/04-6/30/16; Retired, 7/1/16. PATTON, LARRY DUANE (1993¬1993) Woodway Circuit, 6/12/80¬6/17/81; Little Walker Circuit, 6/18/81¬12/31/83; Grant-Flat Ridge, 1983¬1985; Little Wilson, 1/1/84¬6/30/86; Mt. Olivet Pulaski, 7/1/86¬6/30/87; Bright Hope Circuit, 7/1/87¬6/30/89; Bluefield Parish/ Community First Pocahontas, 1989¬1990; Pocahontas, 7/1/89¬6/30/91; Eggleston Circuit, 7/1/91¬6/30/96; Coleman’s Chapel, 7/1/96¬6/30/98; Ceres Circuit, 7/1/98¬6/30/02; Leave of Absence, 7/1/02¬6/30/09; Retired, 7/1/09. PAUL, CRAIG E. (FL, 2006) Middle Valley, 7/1/06-6/30/10; Serving in North Georgia Conference, 7/1/10; Retired 1/21/12.
RHUDY, GLORIA L. (2011) Cedar Bluff, 7/1/00¬6/30/01; Spring Valley Circuit, 7/1/01-6/30/08; Woodlawn-Shiloh, 7/1/08-6/30/12; Leave of Absence, 7/1/12-6/30/13; Retired,7/1/13; Glenwood, 7/1/13. RINES, BILLY WAYNE (1987¬1987) Nickelsville Circuit, 6/18/81¬6/30/88; Thornsprings-Wesley Memorial, 7/1/88¬6/30/90;Afton¬Stone Dam, 7/1/90¬6/30/93; Mt. Carmel-Seviers, 7/1/93¬6/30/01; Limestone-McCarty, 7/1/01¬6/30/03;Albright¬McCarty, 7/1/03¬6/30/07; CrossHolly Springs, 7/1/07-6/30/10; Damascus Circuit 7/1/10-6/30/13; Rutledge Circuit, 7/1/13-6/30/16; Elm Springs-McFerrin-7/1/16-6/30/17; Retired, 7/1/17-6/30/19; Dryden-Seminary, 7/1/19. ROE, JOHN P. (2011) Keywood Charge, 7/1/01-6/30/09; Weaver, 7/1/09-6/30/13; Retired 7/1/13; Weaver, 7/1/13. RUSSELL, HAROLD DEAN (1969¬1960¬1962) Rocky Gap, Associate, 6/9/57¬6/7/58; Raven Circuit, 6/8/58¬6/2/62; Boissevain Circuit, 6/3/62¬5/27/66; Staffordsville Circuit, 5/28/66¬6/13/70; Mascot, 6/14/70¬6/13/72; Valley Forge-Roan Mountain, 6/14/72¬6/14/74; Pine Grove Park, 6/15/74¬6/15/78; Erwin, Grace, 6/16/78¬6/11/80; South Bristol, 6/12/80¬6/30/82; Woodlawn-Shiloh, 7/1/82¬6/30/86; ThornspringsWesley Memorial, 7/1/86¬6/30/88; Nickelsville Circuit, 7/1/88¬6/30/90; Carter Street, 7/1/90¬6/30/95; Pocahontas-Community, 7/1/95¬6/30/97; Retired, 7/1/97. SHELOR, DONALD P. (FL, AM-2014) Pilot, 7/1/06-6/30/09 (PL); Radford, Central, 7/1/09-6/30/18; Dublin, Associate, 7/1/18. STRICKLER, JACQUELINE (AM-2011) Cedar Bluff, 7/1/05-6/30/12; Dungannon Circuit, 7/1/12. TALLENT, VIRGIL RICHARD, JR. (2011) Riceville, 7/1/94¬6/30/96; Mt. Zion, 7/1/96¬6/30/97; Niota, 7/1/97¬6/30/00; Sevierville Parish, 7/1/00¬6/30/02; Harriman-Midtown Valley, 7/1/02¬6/30/08; Englewood-Mars Hill, 7/1/08-6/30/13; Englewood-Pleasant Grove, Etowah, 7/1/13-6/30/14; First (Pennington Gao), 7/1/14-8/31/15; Retired, 9/1/15-6/30/19; Englewood, 7/1/19. TAYLOR, MILLARD CHARLES (1996¬1996) Oakwood, 1/1/92¬6/30/96;Asbury¬Mt. Wesley, 7/1/96¬6/30/99; Pine Grove-Hartman’s Chapel, 7/1/99¬6/30/02; Retired, 7/1/02; Maynardville Parish (Hansard’s-Pleasant Grove), 5/1/06-6/30/11; Maynardville Parish (Pleasant Grove) 7/1/11.
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RAY, JAMES DARRELL(1998¬1998) Riverside-Wilbur Memorial, 7/1/92¬6/30/98; Riverside, 7/1/98¬6/30/00; Keywood, North Circuit, 7/1/00¬6/30/01; Rich Valley-Washington Chapel, 7/1/01¬6/30/04; Incapacity Leave, 7/1/04-6/30/14; Retired, 7/1/14.
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THOMPSON, JOHN DANIEL (2010) Mt. Zion-Seahorn’s Chapel, 7/1/03-6/30/17; Retired, 7/1/17 VAUGHN, MICHAEL A. (PL, AM-2017) Embreeville, 7/1/08-6/30/12; Telford, Associate, 7/1/12-6/30/13; Telford, 7/1/13-6/30/14; TelfordMcCarty `Circuit, 7/1/14-9/6/14; Telford, 9/7/14-6/30/19; Telford-Asbury,7/1/19 WARREN, ANNETTE MARIE (PL, 1993, AM,2012 ) Mount Tabor, 7/1/93-6/30/97; Dayton, Mt. Olive, 7/1/97-6/30/12; Cedar Bluff, 7/1/126/30/19; Cedar Bluff-Clearview, 7/1/19. WATKINS, DONALD G. (PM, 1999¬FL, 2008 AM 2011) Old Union, 7/1/95¬6/30/97; South Bristol, 7/1/97-6/30/01; Shady Grove-Charles Wesley, 7/1/01¬6/30/05; New Life, 7/1/05¬6/30/07; St. Paul East, 7/1/07-6/30/11; Strawberry Plains 7/1/11-1/15/13; Riverside-Wilbur, 1/15/136/30/14; Riverview Circuit, 7/1/14-6/30/18; Sevierville Parish, 7/1/18. WHITE, LAWRENCE LYLE (2003) Tranquility, 7/1/91¬8/31/92; Union Chapel, 9/1/92¬6/30/93; Chestuee-Sugar Creek, 7/1/93¬6/30/96; Ducktown-Crofts Chapel, 7/1/96¬6/30/98; Sneedville Circuit, 7/1/98¬6/30/02; Mt. Hebron, 7/1/02¬6/30/04; Jacksboro-Caryville, 7/1/04¬6/30/08; Big Spring-Valley Head, 7/1/08-6/30/13; White Oak,7/1/13-6/30/15; Holly Avenue, 7/1/15. WHITLOW, AUBREY LESLIE, SR. (1989¬1989) Grace Circuit, 7/1/84¬6/30/90; Marion, Grace, 7/1/90¬6/30/96; Rich Creek-Powell Mountain, 7/1/96¬6/30/98; Rich Creek, 7/1/98¬6/30/08; Retired, 7/1/08; First (Rich Creek), 9/1/14-6/30/15; Holly Avenue, 7/1/15-6/30/17; Medical Leave, 7/1/17 WILLIAMS, DARYL K (1981¬¬1978) Gate City Circuit, 1959; Nickelsville Circuit, 6/13/60-6/2/62; East Stone Gap-Legion Memorial, 6/3/62¬6/1/63; Meadow-Booth, 6/2/63¬6/6/64; New River Circuit, 5/28/66¬6/9/71; Blue Ridge Circuit, 6/10/71¬6/15/78; Chilhowie-Tate’s Chapel, 6/16/78-6/30/82; West Galax, 7/1/82¬6/30/86; Tazewell, Mt. Zion, 7/1/86¬6/30/92; Trenton, 7/1/92¬6/30/94; Retired, 7/1/94. WILLIAMS, ESTEL FONCE II (2008¬2008) Limestone Cove, 7/1/89¬6/30/02; Edgefield, 7/1/02-6/30/12; Carter County Parish, 7/1/126/30/17; Edgefield, 7/1/17
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BASTIAN, ENGELBERT (PL) Moores Gap, 7/1/04-6/30/13; Retired, 7/1/13. BATES, PHILLIP F. (PL) Andover Outreach, Appalachian Prayer Fellowship, 7/1/05-6/30/08; Appalachian Prayer Fellowship¬ Trinity (Wise) ,Associate, 7/1/08-6/30/12; Trinity (Wise)/Appalachian Prayer Fellowship, 7/1/12. BEAMER, MARTHA M. (FL Changed to PL 2010) Cherokee Circuit, 7/1/07; Retired, 7/1/16 BEAN, CHRISTINE W. (RL) Edwards Chapel, 7/1/97¬6/30/04; Retired, 7/1/04. BEELER, JACOB (PL) Thompson’s Chapel, 7/1/08-6/30/13; Retired, 7/1/13; Thompson’s Chapel, 7/1/13. BEGLEY, RICK V. (PL) Smith’s Chapel, 7/1/17 BELOTE, MISSY –(PL-2019) First Broad Street-Community, Minister of Lay Development, 3-1-19. BERIA, BERT E. (PL) Vine Gove, 7/1/08-6/30/14; South Cleveland, 7/1/14. BISHOP, BENNY JON (FL) Logan’s Chapel, 6/17/73¬6/14/75; Hermon, 6/15/75¬6/14/78; In School, 6/15/78¬6/11/80; Tazewell, 6/12/80¬6/17/81; Chatham Hill, 6/18/81¬6/30/83; Wallace-Wyndale, 7/1/83¬6/30/85; Incapacity Leave, 7/1/85-6/30/11; Retired 7/1/11. BLAZER, PHYLLIS (PL, 2012) Cosby Circuit-Caton’s Grove, 7/1/12 BOLEN, RAY (PL) Grahams Forge, 7/1/99-6/30/13; Retired, 7/1/13; Graham’s Forge, 7/1/13. BORAGINE, ROBERT (RL) Fudges Chapel, 7/1/90¬6/30/91; Persia, 7/1/91¬6/30/99; Retired, 7/1/99.
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BARTLEY, GREGORY KEITH (PL) Sequatchie Cluster, Havrons Chapel, 7/1/03¬6/30/06; Mount Crest, 7/1/06¬6/30/09;Approved, not appointed, 7/1/09-6/30/19; Mount Crest, 7/1/19.
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BOSTICK, GREGORY D. (PL) Pellissippi, 2/1/00¬6/30/01; Mt. Hermon, 7/1/03.
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BOWERS, RICHARD D. (PL, 2003) Jearoldstown-Union Temple, 7/1/03-6/30/11 Graysburg Parish 7/1/11-6/30/12; Jearoldstown-Union Temple, 7/1/12. BOYD, WILLIAM R. (FL) St. Clair, 7/1/03¬6/30/04; Evensville-St. Clair, 7/1/04¬6/30/09; Retired, 7/1/09; Evensville-St. Clair, 7/1/09. BRADDY, CAROLYN MORTON (RL) Pleasant Hill, 7/1/83¬6/30/85; Oak Grove-Ten Mile, 7/1/85-1/31/92; Meigs Parish, Associate, 7/1/98¬6/30/00; Red Hill, 7/1/00¬6/30/06; Retirement, 7/1/06; Red Hill, 7/1/06. BRADLEY, DANIEL L. (PL, 2012) Round Bottom, 7/1/12-6/30/17; Bishop Circuit, 7/1/17 BREEDING, G. WILLIAM (PL, 2014) Carvosso, 7/1/14. BRICKEY, WILLIAM (PL-2016) Madisonville Circuit (Associate), 7/1/16-4/30/17; Madisonville Circuit, 5/1/17. BRIDGE, NELSON WAYNE (RL) Retired. BROCK, J. MICHELLE (FL-2016) Belfast-Midway, 7/1/16 BROMBERG, WAYNE A. (PL-2014) Sneedville Circuit, 7/1/14-6/30/17; First (Bulls Gap), 7/1/17 BURGESS, J.W. (PL) Pleasant Grove, 7/1/06. BURNETT, GREG Fries Circuit, 7/1/18 BURNS, ANTHONY R., (PL-2014) McDonald, 7/1/14-6/30/15; Oliver Springs Parish, 7/1/15-6/30/16; Midtown Valley, 7/1/16 BURNS, LEAH (PL) Haven Chapel/Asbury, 7/1/06-6/30/12; Approved not Appointed; Church Street Associate, 1/1/13-6/30/13; Approved but not Appointed, 7/1/13; Second (Knoxville), 7/1/16. BUTLER, STEPHEN H. (PL) West Market Street, 7/1/09. CAMPBELL, JERRY L. (PL 2012) Cosby Circuit-Pleasant Valley, 7/1/2012. CARNES, RICHARD K. (PL) Axley’s Chapel, 7/1/04. CASTILLO, DANIEL (PL) La Casa Del Alfarero, 7/1/09-6/30/13; St. John (MA), Associate, 7/1/13-6/30/19; Bookwalter, Associate, Hispanic Ministries, 7/1/19. CHAMBERS, ROGER DARRELL (PL, 2003) Clinch Valley Circuit, 7/1/03¬6/30/05; Beth Car-Watkins Chapel, 7/1/05. CHAPMAN, DARREN (PL-2015) Williamson Chapel, 7/1/15 CHEETHAM, WILLIAM J. (PL, 2004) Glendale, 7/1/04-6/30/13; Burchfield, Bogart’s Chapel, Lawson Chapel, 7/1/13 CHESNEY, M. KATHERINE (PL) Miller’s Chapel, 7/1/17 CLARK, EVAN M (PL) Ewing Circuit, 7/1/16. CLARK, JERRY W. (RL) Pleasant Hill, 1/1/82¬6/30/98; Retired, 6/30/98. CLARK, NORMAN WAYNE (FL) Ewing Circuit, 6/11/03-6/30/16; Retired, 7/1/16. CLINE. MARY E (PL) Brooks (Associate), 7/1/16. CLOUD, ROBERT K. (PL) Hales Chapel-Alleys Chapel, 7/1/96¬6/30/01; Alley’s Chapel, 7/1/01-6/30/18; Retired, 7/1/18 CLOWER, DINA (FL-2016) Woodlawn-Shiloh, 7/1/16 COLDIRON, MATTHEW (PL-2016) Union Grove (Blount), 7/1/16 COGBURN, MARTA M. (PL, 2006) Newport, First, Associate, 7/1/06-6/30/13; Retired, 7/1/13; Jubilee Project-Executive Director, 11/1/13; Retired, 7/1/14. COLLIER, CARL E. (FL) Pleasant Hill, 7/1/91¬6/30/93; Sunbright, 7/1/93¬6/30/97; Claiborne Cluster, 7/1/97¬6/30/01; Walland, 7/1/016/30/10; Chestnut Grove-Ebenezer 7/1/10. COLLIER, REBECCA (PL) Seymour, Bethel, 7/1/08-6/30/11.
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COOK, H. WAYNE (FL, 2006) Lookout Mountain, 7/1/06¬6/30/08; Sand Mountain, 7/1/08-6/30/11; Rising Fawn-Sand Mountain 7/1/116/30/16; Wildwood-Sand Mountain, 7/1/16-6/30/18; McFarland, 7/1/18.
CORNETT, L. DIANA (FL, 2006) New Market Circuit, 7/1/06-3/30/16; Medical Leave, 4/1/16. COULTER, DAVID (PL) Middle Creek, 7/1/16-5/14/17; Kodak (Associate), 5/15/17-6/30/17; Retired, 7/1/19 COUNTISS, JACOB W. McDonald, 7/1/18 CRABTREE, GAYLE L. (PL, 2012) Riceville-Piney Grove, 7/1/12-6/30/13; Mars Hill-Piney Grove, 7/1/13-6/30/18; Piney Grove, 7/1/18. CRABTREE, JASON G. (PL, 2006) Appalachia, 7/1/06-1/26/15; Approved but not Appointed, 1/27/15 CRUM, GARY E (PL, 2012), Russell Circuit, 7/1/12-6/30/16; Lebanon Memorial, Associate, 7/1/16; Retired, 7/1/17 CROCKETT, JOSEPH THOMAS (PL) Carlock-Pleasant Grove, 7/1/96¬6/30/05; Wesleyanna-Pleasant Grove, 7/1/05¬6/30/09; Retired, 7/1/09; Riceville-Piney Grove 9/1/10. CUNNINGHAM, EDWIN EARL, JR. (PL) Bethel, 7/1/97-6/30/15; Retired, 7/1/15 DALTON, H. ROY (PL, 2004) St. Clair-Talley’s Chapel, 7/1/04-6/30/11; Bybee 7/1/11; Retired7/1/13 DANIEL, BRYAN E. (PL) Associate, Ridgedale, 7/1786-6/30/88; Associate, St. John (CH), 7/1/89-6/30/90; Approved Not Appointed; Discontinued, 1997; Reinstated, 2010; Sardis (CH) 7/1/10. DAVIDSON, HUBERT DENVER (PL) Dotson Chapel, 7/1/92¬7/31/94; Mount Pleasant, 8/1/94¬6/30/99; Mooresburg-Beeler’s Chapel, 7/1/99. DAVIS, GREGORY P. (PL) Valley View, 7/1/08¬6/30/09; Pleasant Grove-Valley View, 7/1/09-6/30/19; Baileyton Circuit, 7/1/19 DAVIS, JOE (FL) Oakdale-Woods Chapel, 7/1/07. DAVIS-GINES, JACQUELINE (PL) St. John, Youth Pastor, 7/1/16. DEEL, ROGER VON (PL) McClure, 7/1/09-3/28/16; Approved but Not Appointed. DEHART, CHARLES C. (FL) Grace-Mt. Pleasant, 1/1/00¬6/30/03; Midway Memorial-Prospect, 7/1/03¬6/30/04; Elk Creek Circuit, 7/1/04¬6/30/06; Hardin’s Chapel-Mosheim Central, 7/1/06-6/30/09; Retired, 7/1/09. DIMOND, FRED ESTLE (PL) Associate, Fudges Chapel-Mt. Zion, 7/1/92¬6/30/96; Midway, 7/1/96-6/30/99; Kleppers Chapel-Persia, 7/1/99¬6/30/03; Otes-Persia, 7/1/03¬6/30/06; Otes, 7/1/06-6/30/12, Approved not Appointed, 1/28/12; Rogersville Parish, Associate, 7/1/1212/31/12; Ebbing and Flowing Springs (Rogersville Parish), 1/1/13-6/30/17; Ebbing and Flowing Springs (KI), 7/1/17-6/30/19; Ebbing and Flowing Springs-Kincaid, 7/1/19. DINGMAN, GERALD L.(PL-2019) Bethel-East Knox, 7/1/17 DIXON, GLEASANNA A. JOHNSON (FL, PL 2011) Glenwood-Bishop’s Chapel, 7/1/97¬6/30/02; New Hope-Mt. Airy (PL), 7/1/02¬8/1/02; New Hope-Mt. Airy (SP), 8/1/02¬6/30/04; Fairview-Sidney, 7/1/04-6/30/08; Max Meadows Circuit, 7/1/08-6/30/11; Spring Valley Circuit 7/1/11-6/30/13; Lead Mines-Spring Valley Circuit, 7/1/13-6/30/16; Elk Creek Circuit, 7/1/16 DOCKERY, DANNY RAY (PL 2004) Rye Cove, 7/1/04-6/30/18; Retired, 7/1/18. DUNCAN, MICHAEL (FL) Belspring-Parrott, 7/1/06. DUNCAN, RONNIE G. (FL) Eggleston Circuit, 6/1/07-6/30/09; Approved Not Appointed, 7/1/09; (PL) Crab Orchard-South Coeburn, 9/1/09-6/30/13; Mountain City Circuit (AB), 7/1/13-6/30/14; Keywood Charge, 7/1/14-11/30/14; Medical Leave, 12/1/14. DUNCAN, WESTLEY A., (PL) Grange Hall-Lebanon, 7/1/00; Logan’s Chapel, 7/1/06-6/30/14; Morrison’s Chapel, 7/1/14-6/30/17 DUNFORD, BOBBIE J. (FL) Jonesville Parish, 1/11/00-6/30/04; Riverview Circuit, 7/1/04-6/30/12; Grundy, 7/1/12-6/30/13; Fries Circuit, 7/1/13-6/30/18; Retired, 7/1/18-6/30/19; Cedar Springs Circuit, 7/1/19. DUNN, JOHN EDWARD (PL, 2004) Maynardville Parish (Miller’s Chapel), 7/1/05¬6/30/09; Approved, not appointed, 7/1/09-6/30/13; Clinch Valley Circuit (MO), 7/1/13-6/30/15; Clinch Valley Circuit, 7/1/15
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COOK, ROBERT EUGENE, SR. (RL) Mosheim Circuit, 7/1/86¬6/30/89; Mount Pisgah, 7/1/89-6/30/93; Greystone Circuit, 7/1/93¬6/30/95; Power Valley Circuit, 7/1/95¬6/30/97; Keywood, North Circuit, 7/1/97¬6/30/00; Christ First, 7/1/00¬6/30/01; Retired, 7/1/01; Greeneville, Wesley’s Chapel, 7/1/03¬6/30/05.
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EDWARDS, HOWARD L. (RL) North Tazewell-Mt. Zion, 7/1/03¬6/30/06; Retired, 7/1/06. ELSWICK, EMMANUEL L. (PL-2016) Associate, Main Street (TA), 7/1/16
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EMMERT, PAUL RANDALL (PL) Chuckey, 10/1/01¬6/30/09; Chuckey-Rheatown, 7/1/09-6/30/19; Fairview (TR), 7/1/19. EVANS, STEPHEN M. (FL) Dutch Valley, 7/1/96¬6/30/98; Trentville, 7/1/98¬6/30/09; Beulah, 7/1/09-6/30/16; Fincastle, 7/1/16 EWING, WILLIAM B. (PL) Spivey, 7/1/93; Retired 7/1/11; Spivey. FARMER, BARBARA (PL) Pleasant View, 7/1/09-6/30/16; Retired, 7/1/16. FAULKNER, WILLIAM “BILL” (PL, 2012) Tellico Plains Circuit, Associate, 7/1/12-6/30/17; Philadelphia, 7/1/17-6/30/19; Retired, 7/1/19. FEARS, ANTHONY (PL) Hurst, 7/1/08-6/30/11; Approved but not Appointed’ 7/1/11 FLETCHER, GREGORY S. (PL) Fudges Chapel, 7/1/02¬6/30/06; Persia, 7/1/06; Pleasant Hill 7/1/11-6/30/12; Persia-Pleasant Hill, 7/1/126/30/14; Valley Center (Valley Parish), 7/1/14-6/30/16; Holly Springs, 7/1/16-6/30/18; Amis Chapel-Fudges Chapel, 7/1/18 FLEENOR, TERRY D. (LM; PL 2019) Chalybeate Springs-Okolona (KI), 7/1/17 FOWLER, CATHYE (PL, 2005) Baileyton Circuit, 7/1/06¬6/30/09; New Victory, 7/1/09-6/30/13; New Victory-Mayberry Community, 7/1/13. FOWLER, ROY E., JR. (FL, RL-2013) Greystone Circuit, 1/1/99¬6/30/02;Afton¬Stone Dam, 7/1/02-6/30/07; Amis Chapel-Elm Springs, 7/1/07-6/30/12; Smith’s Chapel and Morrison Chapel, 7/1/12-6/30/13; Retired, 7/1/13; Smith’s Chapel (BS) and Morrison Chapel (KI), 7/1/13; Clear Springs-Albright-Liberty Hill (JO) 7/1/14-6/30/19; Chuckey Circuit,7/1/19 FOX, MARY ELIZABETH (RL) Cosby Circuit, 7/1/93¬6/30/02; Retired, 7/1/02. FRALEY, C. LEON (FL) Burks, 7/1/09-6/30/11; Burks Associate, Pastor of Discipleship 7/1/11-6/30/12; Retired, 7/1/12. FRANKLIN, SHERRI F. (PL) McCampbells, 7/1/10-6/30/13; Hills Union-McCampbell’s, 7/1/13 FRANKLIN, VIVIAN S. (PL, 2006) Milburnton, 7/1/06-6/30/19; Retired, 7/1/19. FRYE, CURTIS H. (PL-2014) Bethany, 7/1/14-6/30/15; Benham’s Circuit (AB), 7/1/15 FRYE, CYNTHIA R. (PL-2015) Bethany, 7/1/15-6/30/17; Weaver (AB), 7/1/17 FRYE, PRENTISS MAX, II (PL-2015), Hunt’s Chapel-Whittenburg, 7/1/15-6/30/18; Hunt’s Chapel-Whittenburg-Rehobeth, 7/1/18. FURCHES, BETTY M. (FL) Johnson City, First, Associate, 7/1/99¬6/30/06; First Farragut, Associate, 7/1/06¬6/30/09; Buckner MemorialChaplain, Hiwassee College, 7/1/09-6/30/12; Friendsville, 7/1/12. GARGIS, JOHN J (PL-2012, FL-2015) Lincoln Park, 7/1/12-6/30/15; Fountain City (KN) Associate, 7/1/15-6/30/19; Concord, Associate, Hardin Valley,7/1/19 GARRISON, LYNN M (FL) Eggleston Circuit, 7/1/13. GARRETT, DANIEL LEE (PL) Lebanon Circuit, 2/7/17 GEITNER, JANET M. (PL, 2006) McDonald, 7/1/06. GIBBS, DAVID O., JR. (PL) Mt. Hope-Antioch, 7/1/02. GIBSON, David A. (PL), Bethel (BS), 7/1/13-6/30/16; St. Charles-Robbins Chapel, 7/1/16. GILLESPIE, KENNETH G. (RL) Dailey’s Chapel, 7/1/98-6/30/00; Riverside-Dailey’s Chapel, 7/1/00-6/30/11; Retired 7/1/11; Cedar Springs Circuit 7/1/11 GORRELL, ALAN L. (PL) Bethel, 7/1/98-6/30/08; Approved, not appointed, 7/1/08 GRAVES, JOHN M (PL) Paperville-Sinking Springs,7/1/16. GUIDER, JIMMY (PL) Browder-Forkner, 7/1/96¬6/30/00; Browder, 7/1/00-6/30/09; Approved, not appointed, 7/1/09 GUTHRIE, JAMES LEWIS (RL) Rockwood, Trinity, 1961¬1965; Unassigned, 1966¬1968; Reed-Cook-Burkett Chapel 1969-1971; Mt. Olive-Mt. Tabor-Reed 1972¬1974; Martin Chapel-Rising Sun, 1974-1976; Martin Chapel-Haven Chapel-Rising Sun-Asbury, 1976-1979;
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New Century-Cowan Chapel-Haven Chapel-Asbury, last half of 1979; New Century-Cowan’s Chapel, 1980¬9/30/04; Retired, 7/1/04; Cowan Chapel, 10/1/04. GUTIERREZ, SAMUEL (FL, 2004) Prince of Peace-East Lake, Associate, 7/1/04.
HALL, CRAIG S. (FL) Sneedville Circuit, 7/1/07-6/30/09; Approved, not appointed, 7/1/09 HALL, MATTHEW (PL) Appalachian Trail-Chaplain, 7/1/17-6/30/18; Maryville, First, Celebrate Recovery, 7/1/18. HAMMONS, R. NEAL (FL-2015), Bishop Circuit, 7/1/15-6/30/17; Ceres Circuit, 7/1/17 HARMON, JIMMY ROBERT (PL) Glenwood-Bishop’s Chapel, 7/1/03¬6/30/05; Bishop’s Chapel, 7/1/05-6/30/14; Retired, 7/1/14 HARTLEY, JAMES (PL-2011, FL-2015) Madisonville Circuit 7/1/11-6/30/13; Union Grove (Blount), 7/1/13-6/30/15; Sevierville Parish, 7/1/15-6/30/18; Retired, 7/1/18. HARTMAN, BROOKE H., (FL-2017) Associate, Powell UMC (KN), 1/11/17-6/30/19; Powell, Associate, 7/1/19. HASH, ZACHARY T. (PL 2019) Pisgah-Pleasant Hill, 7/1/17 HAWTHORNE, CAROLINE E. (PL, 2012), Hunt Memorial, 7/1/12-6/30/17; St. Luke-Hunt Memorial (AB), 7/1/17 HECK, CHARLES H. (PL) Mt. Carmel (Mosheim), 7/1/06-1/1/13; Mt. Carmel (Mosheim)/St. Clair/Talley’s Chapel, 1/1/13-6/30/14; PersiaPleasant Hill (Rogersville Parish) 7/1/14-6/30/16; Retired, 7/1/16. HENSLEY, DARRELL DEAN (PL) Marble Point, 7/1/95¬6/30/97; McClure’s Chapel-Speaks Chapel, 7/1/97¬6/30/99; McClure’s ChapelSmyth Chapel-Speaks Chapel, 7/1/99¬6/30/00; Smyth Chapel, 7/1/00¬6/30/05; Smyth Chapel-Gilbert’s Memorial, 7/1/05¬6/30/06; Smyth Chapel, 7/1/06-6/30/19; Retired, 7/1/19. HERNANDEZ, JAVIER (FL) Door of Heaven, 7/1/06. HERNANDEZ-LOPEZ, ELIZABETH (PL-2015) Door of Heaven-Associate, 7/1/15 HESS, CARLOS (FL/PL-2011) Pocahontas-Christ First, 7/1/04-6/30/17; Riverside-Wilbur, 7/1/17 HESSLER, MARY H (PL-2015) West Galax, 6/12/13-6/30/18 HICKS, STEVEN (PL, 2012) Binfield, Associate 7/1/12-6/30/13; Binfield, 7/1/13-10/31/15; Approved not Appointed, 11/1/15 HINGERS, KIMBERLY (PL 2019) A. Cokesbury (JC), 7/1/16 HITECHEW, JOHN LAWSON (PL) Vincent, 7/1/97 (Name change to Mayberry Community, 1/1/06)-6/30/08; Approved, not appointed, 7/1/08 HODGES, TIM E.(PL, 2014), Elm Tree Parish (KI) Associate-St. Luke, 10/1/14-6/30/15; Elm Tree Parish Associate (KI), 7/1/15-6/30/18; St. Luke (AP), 7/1/18. HOKAJ, LEE ARTHUR (RL) Riceville-Piney Grove, 7/1/96¬6/30/97; Bright Hope Circuit, 7/1/97¬6/30/00; Sevierville Circuit, 7/1/00¬6/30/01; Binfield, 7/1/01¬6/30/02; Retired, 7/1/02. HORN, JIMMY LEE (PL) Wrights Valley-Tip Top 5/1/10-6/30/16; Retired, 7/1/16 HOUSTON, LEE (PL 2011) Grant-Flat Ridge Circuit 9/13/09-12/31/09; Atkins Memorial 7/1/10. HOWARD, ROBERT NEAL-(PL) Lee Circuit, 7/1/00¬6/30/06; Powell Valley Cooperative Parish (Bethel-McClure’s Chapel), 7/1/066/30/13; McClure’s Chapel, 7/1/13. HUFFER, TERRY (PL) Forrest Avenue, 7/1/09-6/30/16; Big Spring, 7/1/16. HUFFINE, MARK C. (PL 2019) St. Mark, (8 Years); Hermon, 07/01/18-6/30/19; Clintwood, 7/1/19 HULL, LEROY MORIE III (PL, 2004) Three Springs, 7/1/04-6/30/15; Legion Memorial (BI), 7/1/15-12/31/18; State Street, Associate (CM), 1/1/19. HUMBRED, JASON S (PL) Tellico Plains Circuit, Associate, 7/1/13-6/30/14; Goodfield Circuit, 7/1/14-9/30/14; St. Paul’s-Carlock, 10/1/146/30/15; Etowah, St. Paul’s-Carolck, 7/1/15
LOCAL PASTOR
HALE, LINDA S. (PL) Little Walker Circuit, 7/1/13.
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HOUSTON, LEE H. (PL) Galax Circuit, 7/1/13. INGRAM, H. Daniel, Jr. (PL) Midway-Macedonia (TA) 7/1/13.
LOCAL PASTOR
INMAN, BRIAN – Peck’s Memorial, 10/1/18 JACKSON, CEDRIC D. (PL) Asbury (Clinton), 7/1/17 JACKSON, J. LOGAN (FL) Holly Avenue-Randolph, 7/1/17 JAMES, JOSHUA W. (PL) Martel, 7/1/17-3/11/18; Approved Not Appointed, 3/12/18 JAMES, TERRYL Washington Hills, 7/1/18 JOHNSON, JACK CLAYTON (RL) Clinch Circuit, 7/1/87¬6/30/91; Tazewell Circuit, Associate (Dailey’s Chapel), 7/1/91-6/30/93; Dailey’s Chapel, 7/1/93¬6/30/94; Mt. Pleasant, 7/1/96¬6/30/99; Mt. Pleasant-Steelesburg, 7/1/99 JOHNSON, JANICE B. (PL) Boyd Chapel (MO), 7/1/2010-12/31/14; Approved not Appointed, 1/1/15. JOHNSON, WILLIAM R., JR. (PL-2016) Hale’s Chapel-Kathleen Memorial, 7/1/16 JONES, CARL VINCENT (RL) Rogersville Parish, 7/1/82¬6/30/83; Retired, 7/1/83. JONES, PAUL PRESTON (RL) New Hope-Mt. Airy, 1987-1989; Glenwood-Bishop’s Chapel, 1990¬1991; Retired, 1994 JUSTICE, JOHN J. (FL, 2006) Oliver Springs Parish, 7/1/06-6/30/13; Retired, 7/1/13; Moore’s Gap, 7/1/13. JUSTUS, RAY (PL) Mt. Hermon, 7/1/05. KELLER, JUDY, (PL-2016) Harrogate-Mountain View, 7/1/16 KILBOURNE, CHARLES FRANKLIN (RL) Hiltons-Nottingham, 7/1/75¬1979; Depew’s Chapel, 1980¬6/30/89; Clouds Bend, 7/1/89¬6/30/99; Kingsport, Community, 7/1/99¬6/30/02; Retired, 7/1/02; Community, 7/1/02 KILLOUGH, DEBORAH W. (COLLINS) (FL, PL) Cherokee Circuit, 7/1/02¬6/30/04; Lebanon Circuit, 7/1/04¬06/30/06; Grange HallLebanon, 7/1/06-12/31/11; Approved not Appointed, 1/1/12; Austin Springs, 3/12/12-6/30/12; Dryden-Seminary, 7/1/12-6/30/15; Three BellsHorton’s Chapel, 7/1/15-8/31/15; Retired, 9/1/15. KING, ELIZABETH S. (PL) Lead Mines Circuit, 7/1/08-6/30/11; Carter Street-Mt. Airy 7/1/11-6/30/19; Radford Circuit, 7/1/19. KING, MICHAEL T. (PL) Sequatchie Cluster (Pleasant Grove), 7/1/13-6/30/16; Rising Fawn (CH), 7/1/16-6/30/17; Rising FawnMorganville-Slygo Valley, 7/1/17-6/30/17; Havron’s-Whitwell-Morganville-Slygo Circuit, 7/1/18. KITCHENS, WILLIE D., JR (PL-2015) Bethlehem-Wiley, 7/1/15 KLAIBER, RAYMOND (FL, 2003) Falls Mills-Midway, 7/1/03¬6/30/08; Midway-Macedonia, 7/1/086/30/12; Retired, 7/1/12. KRAUSS, VINCENT K. (FL, 2003) Rural Retreat Circuit, 7/1/03¬6/30/06; Grace, 7/1/06¬6/30/07; Clear Springs-Pleasant Grove, 7/1/07¬6/30/09; Dryden-Seminary, 7/1/09-6/30/12; Keywood Charge, 6/30/12-6/30/14; Coeburn, 7/1/14-6/30/15; Ceres Circuit, 7/1/156/30/17; Valley Forge, 7/1/17-6/30/18: Baileyton Circuit,7/1/18-6/30/19; Claiborne Cluster, 7/1/19. KYEK, ROBIN (PL) Andersonville-Mt. Pleasant, 1/1/18 LANE, BARRY R. (PL) Ebbing & Flowing Springs-Kincaid, 7/1/99¬6/30/01; Chalybeate Springs-Okolona, 7/1/01¬6/30/04;Approved, not appointed, 7/1/04; Fall Branch, 7/1/09. LANKFORD, DARRELL (PL) Vestal (SM), 1/1/18-2/24/18; Retirement, 2/25/18; Carpenters, 1/1/19-6/30/19. LANTZ, RANDY (PL) Fudges Chapel, 7/1/07-6/30/08; Crossroads, 7/1/08. LAWSON, RANDY (PL) Browder, 7/1/13-6/30/14; Fenders, 7/1/14-6/30/17; Fenders-Browder, 7/1/17-6/30/19; Philadelphia-Fenders,7/1/19. LAY, BARBARA (PL) Sevierville Parish, Associate, 7/1/00-6/30/09; Approved, not appointed, 7/1/09. LEA, ANTHOINY D (FL) Director, Camp Wesley Woods, 1/1/18 LEE, ANNA MAYNARD, (FL), Associate, Cokesbury (KN), 11/15/15-12/31/15; Executive Pastor, Cokesbury (KN) 1/1/16 LEE, JENIFER (PL) Savannah, 7/1/17
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LILES, CHARLES DORSEY (RL) Asbury Chapel, 7/1/99¬6/30/03, Retired, 7/1/03. Deceased, 10/13/18. LINDY, CHARLES MAX (PL) Harmon’s Valley, 7/1/09-6/30/14; Retired, 7/1/14 LOPEZ, WARRICK EDNA (PL-2014) Gatlinburg-First (Associate), 7/1/14
LUTON, KENNETH L (PL) Maynardville Parish, 7/1/09-6/30/15; Grigsby Chapel, 7/1/15-6/30/18: Retired,7/1/18. LYTTON, KENNETH E. (PL) Telford, 7/1/99¬6/30/07; Boones Creek, 7/1/07. MALCOLM, MELISSA (PL), Morrison Chapel,7/1/17-6/30/18: Cedar Grove-Ebenezer, 7/1/18. MANESS, RONNIE C.-(2000¬–2000¬; PL, 2006) Rutledge Circuit, 7/1/97¬6/30/02; Leave of Absence, 7/1/02¬1/31/06; Clinch Valley Circuit, 2/1/06. MANNING, JANET (FL, 2005) First Broad Street, 7/1/05. MARSHALL, BETTY SUE (PL) Sugar Run Circuit, 7/1/01. MARSHALL, DARLENE J. (FL) Thornsprings-Wesley Memorial, 7/1/97-6/30/05; Morgan’s Chapel-Rockford, 7/1/05-6/30/12; Floyd Circuit, 7/1/12-6/30/19; Bland Circuit, 7/1/19. MAYS, JOHN ROBERT (RL) Mayes Chapel, 7/1/88¬6/30/92; Millers Chapel, 7/1/92¬6/30/95; Bells Campground, 7/1/95¬6/30/97; Retired, 7/1/97. Deceased, 4/6/19. McCREADY, ARNOLD STEPHEN (PL) Damascus Circuit, 6/12/76¬6/14/79; Lebanon Chilhowie, 6/15/79¬6/14/84; Discontinued, 6/15/84¬6/30/85; Chilhowie Lebanon, 7/1/85¬6/30/89; Wesley Circuit, 7/1/89¬6/30/08;Approved not appointed, 7/1/08 – 2/14/17; Brumley Gap – Greendale, 2/15/17-6/30/17; Brumley Gap-Greendale (AB), 7/1/17 McDONALD, CLYDE H. (RL) Holston Conference Treasurer and Statistician, 7/1/05¬1/31/07; Retired, 2/1/07. McKEE, J. RICHARD (PL) Bethel, 7/1/09-6/30/10; Bethel-Cross, 7/1/10-6/30/11; Approved not Appointed; Chalybeate Springs-Okalona, 3/1/12 (Part of Valley Parish 2013)-6/30/14; Kingsport District Academy (Director), 7/1/14-6/30/17; Retired, 71/17 McLAUGHLIN, LISA K. (PL, 2006) Powell Valley Cooperative Parish (Russell Chapel), 7/1/06-6/30/11; Bowling-Campground 7/1/11; Jonesville Parish 7/1/11. McLEAN, MARGARET (PL-2004) Fall Branch, 7/1/06-6/30/07; Approved, not appointed, 7/1/07 MEADE, MARKA. (PL) Gatlinburg, First-Huskey’s Grove, 7/1/08 MEHAFFY, CARL (PL) Derby, 7/1/09-6/12/12; Retired, 613/12 MENCER, BARKLEY (PL) Morgan, Scott, Roane Parish (Associate), 7/1/16-6/30/17; Woods Chapel, 7/1/17-6/30/19; Woods-ChapelChevront, 3/4/19-6/30/19; Oliver Springs Parish,7/1/19. MESSER, F. THOMAS (Tommy) (PL) Holston GAP Parish, Associate, 7/1/12-6/30/17; Wauhatchie, (CH), 7/1/17 MILHORN, DENNIS (PL, 2004) Rheatown, 7/1/04¬6/30/07; Roan Mountain, 7/1/07-6/30/13; Roan Mountain-Rockhold, 7/1/13-6/30/15; Rockhold-Enterprise (JC), 7/1/15 MILLER, DIXIE J. (PL, 2003) Bales Chapel, 7/1/03-6/30/14; St. Clair-Talley’s Chapel, 7/1/14-6/30/15; Retired, 7/1/15-6/30/18; Romeo-St. Clair-Talley’s Chapel, 7/1/18. MILLER, MARK A. (FL) Fairlawn-Bethel, 7/1/17 MILLER, ROY VAN (PL) McCampbell, 7/1/89¬6/30/90; High Point (Fowler’s Grove), 7/1/90-6/30/94; Fowler-Glendale, 7/1/94¬10/15/02; Approved, but not appointed, 10/16/02; Dandridge, Wesley’s Chapel, 7/1/04 MILLER, SHIRLEY (PL) Lead Mines Circuit 7/1/11-6/12/13 MINCEY, CORA ROSE TYLER (RL) Chevront-Swan Pond, 8/19/84¬6/30/88; Holston Chapel, 7/1/88¬12/31/89; Vestal, 1/1/90¬6/30/97; Union Grove/Blount, 7/1/97¬8/30/00; Coeburn-Tacoma, 9/1/00¬6/30/03; Chestnut Grove-Ebenezer, 7/1/03¬12/30/05; Retired, 12/31/05.
LOCAL PASTOR
LOPEZ, SUSANA (PL- 2012, FL-2018) Sevierville, First Associate, El Ministerio del Espirito Santo, 7/1/12-2/28/18; El Ministerio del Agua Viva and Rios de Agua Viva, 3/1/18.
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MONROE, WAYNE T. (FL) Floyd Circuit (Interim), 5/6/90¬6/23/90; Little Walker Circuit 6/24/90-6/25/94; Staffordsville Circuit, 6/26/94¬6/27/98; Narrows, First, 6/28/98¬6/30/08; Grace Circuit, 7/1/08-6/30/11; Retired 7/1/11; Looney’s Chapel, 3/1/12-6/30/12. Deceased, 12/23/18.
LOCAL PASTOR
MOORE, DOUGLAS (PL-2014) Sevierville Circuit (Associate) 7/1/14. MOORE, JOSEPH D. (PL) Whiteside, 7/1/00¬6/30/03; Sequatchie Cluster, Wesley-Lou’s Chapel, 7/1/03 MORIE, JACKIE LEROY, JR. (PL, 2004) Del Rio Circuit, 7/1/04¬6/30/06; Cosby Circuit, 7/1/06. MULLENS, JAMES ROY (PL) Mt. Zion, 7/1/93-6/30/12; Retired, 7/1/12. MUNCIE, CINDY W (FL) Elm Springs-McFerrin (KI), 8/1/15 MUSE, PATRICIA D. (FL-7/1/14) Munsey (Associate), 7/1/14. MYERS, MARIEL (FL) Fairgarden Circuit, 7/1/02¬6/30/06; Retired, 7/1/06. NEEDHAM, J CRAIG (PL-2015), Mt. Carmel, 7/1/15 NEESE, VICTORIA L. (FL) Roan Mountain, 7/1/96¬6/30/98; Discontinued, 7/1/98¬9/30/98; Roan Mountain, 10/1/98¬6/30/99; Island Creek-Mountain Plains, 7/1/99¬6/30/08; Spring Valley Circuit, 7/1/08-6/30/11; Grace Circuit 7/1/11-6/30/14; Medical Leave, 7/1/14-6/30/19; Retired, 7/1/19. NETTLEMAN, DANNY (FL 2019;) Fairview-Sidney, 7/1/17-6/30/19; Bridle Creek Circuit, 7/1/19. NICHOLSON, TRUMAN LEROY-(RL) High Point Cluster, 1990¬1993; Glendale, 7/1/93¬6/30/94; Dandridge Cluster/McCampbell, 7/1/94¬6/30/04; Retired, 7/1/04; McCampbell, 7/1/04¬6/30/06 NUTT, AMY SUZANNE (FL, 2006) Ooltewah, Associate, 7/1/06-6/30/12; Burks Associate, Pastor of Discipleship, 7/1/12-6/30/15; White Oak, 7/1/15 O’QUINN, LEON B. (PL-2004, FL-2015) Hales Chapel-Kathleen Memorial, 7/1/04-6/30/12; Ceres Circuit, 7/1/12-6/30/15; Coeburn, 7/1/156/30/19; North Tazewell-Mt. Zion, 7/1/19. ORCHARD, BRYAN C. (PL-2014) Gray-Associate, 7/1/14-6/30/15; St. Paul, 7/1/15 PARUNAK, HEIDI (FL) KARM (KN)-Chaplain, 7/1/17-6/30/18: Moore’s Gap,7/1/18-6/30/19; Moore’s Gap and Wesley Foundation, UTK, Assistant to the Director, 1/1/19. PATTERSON, GLENN C., Jr. Abingdon, Associate, 7/1/18 PATTERSON, J. Steve (PL-2014) Three Springs, 7/1/14-6/30/18; Three Springs-Virginia Ave, 7/1/18. PAXTON, CYNTHIA A. (FL), Greystone Circuit, 7/1/12-6/30/17; Fairview-McCarty (JC), 7/1/17-6/30/19; Panther Springs, 7/1/19. PERDUE, GARY E. “PETE” (PL, 2006) Coeburn, 11/15/05-6/30/10; St Charles-Robbins Chapel, 7/1/10-6/30/16; Retired, 7/1/16. PERKINS, WILLIAM RAY (RL) Bascom-Willis Chapel, 7/1/85¬6/30/86; Little Wilson, 7/1/86-6/30/88; Withdrawn, 7/1/88¬12/31/88; Green Valley, 1/1/89¬6/30/93; Ingram Village, 7/1/93-6/30/97; Cedar Springs Circuit, 7/1/97¬6/30/01; Newbern-Mountain View, 7/1/01¬6/30/03; Retired, 7/1/03; Little Walker Circuit, 7/1/04-3/1/12. PETERSON, KENNETH, J. (LM; PL 2019) Clouds Bend (KI) 7/1/09 PETERSON, TIMOTHY D. (PL) Mt. Vernon, 7/102¬6/30/05; Harmon’s Valley-Mt. Vernon, 7/1/05¬6/30/06; Harmon’s Valley, 7/1/06¬6/30/09; Approved, not appointed, 7/1/09; Weems Chapel-Mt. Sinai, 7/1/16 PETITT, WILLA “JANE” (PL) Vine Grove/Mt. Olive-St. Clair, 7/1/16. POISTER, WILLIAM C. (RL) Nottingham-Smith’s Chapel, 7/1/96¬6/30/97; Baileyton Circuit, 7/1/97¬6/30/98;Apison, 7/1/98¬6/30/01; Pleasant Grove, 7/1/01¬6/30/02; Sale Creek, 7/1/02-6/30/04; Retired. POOLE, BRENDA A. (FL) Lake City-Dutch Valley, 7/1/01-6/30/06; Approved-not appointed, 7/1/06-6/30/09; Chevron-Swan Pond 7/1/096/30/15; Retired, 7/1/15 POORE, DAVID (PL) Arcadia 7/1/11-6/30/19; McFerrin, 7/1/19. PORTER, BILLY RHEA (FL) Ewing Circuit, 6/12/80¬6/30/83; Morrison Chapel, 7/1/83¬6/30/86; Amis Chapel, 7/1/86¬6/30/88; Discontinued, 7/1/88¬2/28/99; Nottingham-Mendota, 3/1/99-12/30/16; Retired, 12/31/16
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POWELL, CHARLES (FL) Associate, First Farragut, 1/1/18 POWELL, Rebecca Jane (PL) East Tennessee Children’s Hospital-Chaplain, 7/1/17 PROSS, STEVEN (PL) Middle Creek, 7/1/09.
RADER, DAVID M. (FL) Liberty Hill, 7/1/02¬6/30/05; Wallace-Wyndale, 7/1/05-6/30/08; Mayberry Community, 7/1/08. RADER, WAYNE E. (RL) Sugar Run Circuit, 9/1/99¬6/30/01; Hales Chapel-Smith’s Chapel, 7/1/01¬6/30/04; Jonesville Parish, 7/1/04¬6/30/06; Retired, 7/1/06; Jonesville Parish, 7/1/06-6/30/09. RAGAN, CRYSTAL – First Sweetwater, Associate Pastor, 2/6/19. RAPER, ALTA C.- (FL) Pittman Center Circuit, 7/1/01-6/30/13; Retired, 7/1/13. RATLEDGE, JOSEPH Hiwassee College, Chaplain, 7/1/18-6/30/19; Tasso-Charleston, 7/1/19. REED, VIVIAN (PL) Mt. Sinai, 12/15/06¬6/30/09; Mt. Sinai-Weem’s Chapel, 7/1/09-6/30/14; Mt. Carmel, Mosheim, 7/1/14-6/30/16; Wesley’s Chapel (Greeneville)-Mt. Carmel (Mosheim), 7/1/16-2/28/17; Wesley’s Chapel (Greeneville), 3/1/17. REDMOND, JOHN J. (PL-2014) Czech and Slovak Republics (English Speaking UMC), 7/1/14 – 1/1/19; Approved-Not Appointed 1/1/19 REPASS, JOHN R. (PL) Round Bottom, 7/1/07-6/30/12; Dailey’s Chapel, 7/1/12. RICHARDSON, JAY B. (PL) Hansard Chapel, 7/1/16 RIMMER, WILLIAM C. (FL) Marble City (PL), 7/1/01¬2/29/04; Claiborne Cluster (FL), 3/1/04¬6/30/09; Baileyton Circuit, 7/1/09-6/30/18; George Street-Grant, 7/1/18. ROBERTS, ANTHONY WAYNE (PL, 2012) Bethel-French Broad, 7/1/12-1/27/19; Approved Not Appointed, 1/28/16. ROBERTS, C. MICHAEL (PL) Grace (Associate), 7/1/99¬6/30/00; Payne’s Chapel, 7/1/00-6/30/19; Retired, 7/1/19. ROBERTS, CHAD E., (PL) Trentville, 7/1/17 ROBERTS, LUTHER W. (PL-2005, RL-2015) Chilhowie, Lebanon, 7/1/05-6/30/11; Wallace-Wyndale 7/1/11-6/30/15; Retired, 7/1/15. ROGERS, REX G. (PL) Sevierville Circuit, 7/1/06-6/30/07; Middlesettlements, 7/1/07-6/30/11; Immanuel 7/1/11-6/30/17; First (Alcoa)Associate, 7/1/17-6/30/19; Williamson Chapel,7/1/19 ROSE, DAVID (PL-2012) Derby-Exeter, 7/1/12-6/30/15; Appalachia-Derby-Exeter (BI); 7/1/15 ROZAR, LINDA W. (PL) Creech’s Chapel, 7/1/02-6/30/10; Cherokee Circuit 7/1/10-6/30/11; Wesley’s Chapel (Greenville0-Mt. Vernon 7/1/11-6/30/13; Wesley’s Chapel (Greeneville), 7/1/13-6/30/15; Mt. Wesley (JC), 7/1/15-6/30/19; Mt. Wesley-Wmbreeville, 7/1/19 RUSSELL, JOSHUA K. (PL) Valley Parish, (Director of Student Ministries), Valley Center (Pastor) 7/1/13-1/16/14; Ross CampgroundCameron (Valley Parish), 7/1/14-7/31/15; Approved but not appointed, 8/1/15. SANDEFUR, CATHERINE L. (PL) Ebenezer, 7/1/09; Retired, 7/1/17 SANKS, VAN GENE (FL) Lynnwood, 7/1/91¬6/30/00; Emerald Avenue, Associate (Virginia Avenue Ministries), 8/1/00-6/30/16; Retired, 7/1/16. SARVER, BARRY K. (FL) Albright, 7/1/97¬9/30/00; Pikeville, 10/1/00¬6/30/03; Independence, First, 7/1/03¬6/30/08; Copperhill, First, 7/1/08-6/30/11; Coeburn 7/1/11-6/30/14; Retired, 7/1/14. SCOTT, JAMES W., Jr. (PL) Cripple Creek Circuit 7/1/11-6/30/14; East Tazewell Circuit, 7/1/14 SEIBER, BONNIE (PL) Oliver Springs Parish, 7/1/17-6/30/18: Retired,7/1/18; Woods Chapel, 7/1/19 SELLARS, SHERRY SEAY (PL) Dandridge, Wesley’s Chapel, 7/1/10. SHAVER, ALVIN O. (FL, 2006) Mountain View, 7/1/06; New Salem 7/1/11-6/30/13; Bungalo, 74/1/13-6/30/15; Buckner Memorial (MA), 7/1/15-6/30/17; Retired, 7/1/17
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PURSER, JAMES HENRY (PL-93, PL-09) Mountain View-New Providence, Associate, 7/1/93¬6/30/09; Mountain View-New Providence, 7/1/09-6/30/13; Retired, 7/1/13.
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SHELTON, REGINA (FL, 2004) Arcadia, 7/1/04-6/30/05; Old Union-McFerrin, 7/1/05-4/1/11; McFerrin 4/1/11-6/30/12; McFerrin-Elm Springs, 7/1/12-7/31/15; Medical Leave, 8/1/15-6/30/18; Shades of Grace, Associate, 7/1/18-6/30/19; Arcadia-Hermon, 7/1/19
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SHELTON, WILLIAM “BILL” (FL, 2004) Immanuel, 7/1/04¬6/30/05; (FL) Alcoa, First, 7/1/05-6/30/18; Bethel, Amherst, 7/1/18. SHIPLEY, CHARLES (PL, 2012) Edward’s Chapel, 7/1/12. SHIRLEY, BETTY A. (PL) Fowlers Grove, 7/1/02¬6/30/04;Approved, not appointed, 7/1/04-8/14/05; Ext. Ministry, Rutledge Baptist, 8/15/05¬6/30/07; Mary’s Chapel-Russellville, 7/1/07 1/14/13; Mary’s Chapel, 1/15/13-1/31/14; Retired, 2/1/14. SHUPE, RANDALL (PL) Smith’s Chapel, 7/1/09-6/30/12; Bethel, 7/1/12-6/30/19; Holly Springs-Bethel, 7/1/19. SHUPE, WILLIAM (FL) Atkins Memorial, 7/1/98¬6/30/04; Grant-Flat Ridge Circuit, 7/1/04-6/30/06; Elk Creek Circuit, 7/1/06-6/30/14; Max Meadows Circuit, 7/1/14-6/30/16; Max Meadows Circuit, 7/1/16-6/30/19; Retired, 7/1/19. SILVERS, DOUGLAS (FL) Welch’s Chapel-Stephen’s Chapel, 7/1/09 SIMMONS, NICKIE (PL) Sevierville Parish (Associate), 7/1/16 SMELLEY, CHARLES H., JR. (PL) Mt. Moriah Parish (Randolph), 7/1/13-6/30/17; Hurst (SS), 7/1/17. SMITH, DEWEY L. Martel, 7/1/18 SMITH, JOHN LEONARD (PL) Clinch Circuit, 7/1/79¬6/30/86; Carvosso, 7/1/86-6/30/813; Retired, 6/30/13. SOMERS, MICHAEL (FL) Beech Grove 6/30/09-6/3011(as OF); Beech Grove 6/30/11-6/30/16; Romeo, 7/1/16-6/30/18: Fairhaven, 7/1/186/30/19; Retired, 7/1/19. SON, GWANG¬HEE (PL) Cokesbury, Associate, Korean Congregation, 7/1/03-6/30/08; Approved, not appointed, 7/1/08 SPIERS, MELISSA Payne’s Chapel, 7/1/18 STARNES, GROVER (PL) Okolona-Chalybeate Springs, 7/1/97¬6/30/01; Arcadia, 7/1/05-6/30/11; Holly Springs 7/1/11-6/30/16; Adams Chapel-Hulls Chapel, 7/1/16. STURM, MELINDA S (PL-2014) Limestone Cove, 7/1/15-6/30/16; Cherokee Circuit, 7/1/16 STUART, WILLIAM (PL) Whiteside, 7/1/06. SUTHERLAND, PAMELA L (PL, 2012) First (Hillsville), Pastor of Volunteer Ministries, 7/1/12-6/30/14; First (Hillsville) Associate, 7/1/146/30/15; Pearisburg Circuit, 7/1/15-6/30/19; Wabash Circuit, Co-Pastor, 7/1/19. SUTTON, ROBERT L (PL-2011, FL-2015) Sevierville Parish, Associate 7/1/11-6/30/15; Pittman Center Circuit, 7/1/15 TAYLOR, PATSY KEITH (RL) Greene County Cluster (Antioch-Weems), 7/1/97-6/30/99; West Greene Circuit,7/1/99¬6/30/02;Approved, not appointed, 7/1/02¬6/30/03; Retired, 7/1/03. TEFFETELLER, JOHN (PL-2014) Morgan, Scott, Roane Parish (Associate), Mt. Hermon, 7/1/14-6/30/15; Miller’s Chapel, Union (OA), 7/1/15-6/30/16; Pleasant Grove, Union, 7/1/16 TEMPLETON, G. STEPHEN (PL, 2005) Hales Chapel-Smith’s Chapel, 7/1/05¬6/30/08; Hales Chapel, 7/1/08 THACKER, DARRELL B. (PL) Coleman’s Chapel, 7/1/98. THAYER, DONALD C. (PL-1990, RL-2015) Abingdon, Mountain View, 7/1/90-6/30/15; Retired, 7/1/15. THOMAS, D. LEE (PL, 2006) Fries, 7/1/06-6/30/13; Atkins Memorial-Fries Station, 7/1/13. THORNTON, WILLIAM L (PL-2015), Signal Crest Associate, 7/1/15 TILLER, JOHN A. (RL) Marble City, 7/1/91¬6/30/00; Retired, 7/1/00; Bell’s Campground, 2/1/05¬6/30/07; Deceased, 2/24/19. TIPTON, PATRICIA (PL-2015) Kincaid (KI), 7/1/15-6/30/17; Meadowview, 8/1/17-06/30/18; Old Union, 07/01/18. TITCOMBE, JAMES (PL) Bethel (Knox) ¬Grigsby Chapel, 7/1/97-6/30/08; Grigsby Chapel, 7/1/08-6/30/12; Retired, 3/2/12 TRACY, LAURA A (PL-2015) Grace (JC), 7/1/15 TREXLER, FRANK “BUZZ” (PL) Pellissippi, 7/1/01¬1/28/02; Approved but not appointed, 1/28/02¬3/30/02; Green Meadow, 4/1/02
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TROBAUGH, Vic (PL) Otes, 7/1/16. TUTU, BOTROUS (PL) Green Meadow-Associate (Springs of Living Waters), 7/1/16 TYE, GARY OTIS (PL) Irwin’s Chapel, 8/1/01-6/30/13; Retired, 7/1/13; Irwin’s Chapel, 7/1/13.
VICKERY, ROYCE (PL) Pleasant Grove, 7/1/08. VINCENT, BRUCE E., SR. (PL) Athens Parish, 7/1/00. WADDEY, WALTER O. (RL) Jonesville Parish, 1996; Campground, 7/1/97¬12/31/99; Mount Hebron, 1/1/00¬6/30/02; Retired, 7/1/02; Glendale, 10/16/02¬6/30/03 WADDLE, DONNA R. (PL) Ottway, 7/1/01¬6/30/09; Ottway-Wesley’s Chapel, 7/1/09-6/30/11; Ottway 7/1/11-6/30/16; Asbury-Limestone 7/1/16-6/30/19; Limestone,7/1/19 WALLER, MICHAELA. (PL) Lead Mines Circuit, 7/1/02¬6/30/08; Fairview-Sidney, 7/1/08. WARD, FLOYD E. (PL) Dodson Creek-Edgewood, 7/1/03-6/30/12; Dodson Creek-Edgewood (Rogersville Parish), 7/1/12-6/30/17; Dodson Creek-Edgewood7/1/17 WEATHERLY, CHARLES H. (PL) Mt. Sinai-Weems Chapel, 7/1/03¬6/30/04; Pleasant Hill-Weems Chapel, 7/1/04¬6/30/09; Pleasant Hill, 7/1/09-6/30/13; Embreeville, 7/1/13--6/30/19; Retired, 7/1/19. WEBB, MIKE (LM; PL 2019) Elm Springs, 7/1/18 WELLS, JOHN (PL) Austin Springs, 7/1/16. WELLS, SARAH C. (PL-2004, FL-2015) Taylor Memorial, 7/1/04-6/30/15; Fairview/McCarty (JC), 7/1/15 WENDER, CHARLES M. (PL, 2006) Zion, 7/1/06. WEST, CHRIS (PL-2015) First-Newport (Associate), 7/1/15 WHALEY, L. DAVID (PL-2015) Graysville-New Bethel (CL), 7/1/15-6/30/16; Benton, 7/1/16WHEELER, REBECCA (PL-2012; FL-2015) Grant-Flat Ridge Circuit, 7/1/12-6/30/15; Aldersgate-Jordan’s Chapel, 7/1/15 WHITTEN, THOMAS J. JR. (PL, 2012) Buchanan Parish, 7/1/12. WHITTENBARGER, RENNY WADE (PL) Chilcutt-Moores Chapel, 7/1/95¬6/30/03; Ducktown-Crofts Chapel, 7/1/03-6/30/12; Discontinued, 7/1/12; Reinstated, 7/1/14 Ducktown-Crofts Chapel, 7/1/14. WILLIAMS, W. CHARLES, (PL) Del Rio Circuit, 7/1/09 WILLS, MARK E. (PL) Carter’s Valley Circuit, 7/11/00 WILSON, DONALD (PL, 2012) Galax Circuit, 7/1/12. WIMBERLY, L. KNOX (FL, PL 2013) Asbury Chapel, 1/1/09-6/30/13; Midtown Valley, 7/1/13-6/30/16; Auburn, 7/1/16 WITTEN, THOMAS J. JR. (PL) Buchanan Parish, 7/1/07; Retired, 7/1/14 WOMACK, MARK S. (RL) Payne’s Chapel, 7/1/83¬6/30/84; Clifton Hills, 7/1/84¬6/30/93; Retired, 7/1/93. WOODS, BRENDA G. HOLLOWAY (FL) Cherokee Circuit, 7/1/98-6/30/02; Sneedville Circuit, 7/1/02-6/30/05; Mascot-Hopewell, 7/1/056/30/13; Sequatchie Cluster (Looney’s Creek-Sulphur Springs), 7/1/13 WOODY, CAROL (PL) Kincaid, 7/1/12. WORGAN, TIMOTHY P. (FL) Fries, 7/1/99-6/30/05; Cripple Creek Circuit, 7/1/05. YEATTS, ERNEST S., JR. (PL) Chatham Hill Circuit, 7/1/00. YONCE, JUDY (PL, 2005) Mt. Olivet-Trinity, 7/1/00. YORK, TIM L (PL) Clapps Chapel, Associate 4/24/11-6/30/13; Vestal, 7/1/13-6/30/15; Lynnwood, 7/1/15
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VAUGHT, GARY (PL) West Galax 7/1/11.
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(This section was added in the 2019 Journal and reflects those pastors that were discontinued in the 2019 Business of the Annual Conference. New names will be added each year dependent upon actions of District Committees on Ordained Ministry.) BLUE, KEVIN M (PL-2015) Vestal, 7/1/15-12/30/17; Approved Not Appointed, 12/31/17; Discontinued, 5/22/19 BROWN, VALERIE – Discontinued, 1/1/12 DAWN, CHARLES C. (FL, 2006) Lake City-Dutch Valley, 7/1/06-6/30/11; Approved not Appointed, 7/1/12; Discontinued 5/22/19. DENTON, D. JEANNE (PL) Lebanon (Chilhowie) 7/1/11-6/30/13; Lebanon (Chilhowee)-Mt. Olivet (Preaching Station, 7/1/17); Discontinued, 1/22/19. DIEHL, JAMES W. (PL) Havron’s Chapel, 7/1/08-6/30/14; Havron’s Chapel-First (Whitwell) Circuit, 7/1/14-6/30/17; First (Whitwell)Havron’s Chapel, 7/1/17-2/25/18; Approved But Not Appointed, 2/26/18; Discontinued, 2/29/18. HILL, REX A. (PL) Limestone Cove, 4/1/07-6/30/11; Enterprise-St. Paul 7/1/11-6/30/15; Austin Springs (JC), 7/1/15-06/30/18; Holly Springs, 07/01/18—11/30/18.; Discontinued, 2/22/19. HULTS, ROBERT (PL) Old Union 7/1/11-6/30/12; Amis Chapel-Old Union, 7/1/12. Discontinued, 2/22/19 JOHNSON, CHARLES B. (PL) Camp Ground, 7/1/99. Discontinued, 10/24/18 JONES, SYLVIA D. (PL) Looney’s Chapel, 7/1/03. Discontinued, 1/22/19. PENDERGRASS WILLIAM R. (PL-2014) St. Andrews (Knoxville), 7/1/14; Discontinued, 5/22/19 PRATER, THOMAS – Discontinued, 1/26/19. TAYLOR, JOHN W. (PL) Smith’s Chapel, 7/1/16-6/30/17; Flatwoods, 7/1/17; Discontinued, 5/12/18 WALDEN, JOHN (PL) Bethany, 7/1/10. Discontinued, 1/22/19 WILLIAMSON, BRIAN W. (PL, 2005) Riceville-Piney Grove, 7/1/05¬6/30/07; Approved, not appointed, 7/1/07¬6/30/09; Mount Crest, 7/1/09; Discontinued, 6/30/19
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DIXON, HAROLD – Graysville – New Bethel, 8/5/18 KIDD, CAROLYN Cedar Hill, Max Meadows Asst., 7/1/18 MORGAN, WILLIAM STACY – Chestnut Hill, 7/1/19 PERKINS, PAUL – Lead Mines Circuit, 7/1/16-7/31/18 SORRELL, D. LYNN (LM) Cross (KI), 7/1/17 WALKER, CATHY – Hardin’s Chapel, 7/1/1/19
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GRUBB, HARRY Franklin Street, 7/1/18 HARDING, BENJAMIN C. – Coeburn, 7/1/17 HAMMONS, DELISA –Max Meadows Circuit, 7/1/11 HOLT, CLAY D – Morrison Chapel, 7/15/18. HOLT, JERRY R. Midway (12 Years) HOOSIER, DANNY – Graham’s Forge, 7/1/19. KING, DONN – Lincoln Park, 7/1/19. KEMPFER, CHARLES – Fairveiw-Sidney, Associate Pastor, 7/1/19 LAFOLLETTE, KATHY – Dutch Valley (Preaching Station), 10/4/18 LAMBERT, BRADLEY McClure, 7/1/17 LAUGHLIN, MARK Hermon-Pleasant Hill, 7/1/18 LUPER, MARTHA – Lead Mines Circuit, 8/1/18. LYTTLE, JAMES D. Clinch Circuit (10 Years) McPHERSON, TRACY E. Station Creek-Speaks Chapel (17 Years) MADDOX, CHARLES STEVEN – Legion Memorial, 1/1/19-6/30/19. MILLICAN, CHARLES E. – Chevront-Swan Pond, 1/1/12-6/30/16; Chevront, 7/1/16-2/28/19 MONTGOMERY, SCOTT –Piney Grove (SM) and Magnolia Avenue (TV), 7/1/19 NUNN, JACOB –Wabash Circuit, Associate, 7/1/19. REYNOLDS, STEPHEN – Pleasant Grove-Valley View-Milburnton, 7/1/19 RYMAN, STEVEN M. First (Pocahontas)-Christ, 7/1/17 RUTHERFORD, TYLER Greystone Circuit, 7/1/18 SELLS, DWIGHT A. Grant-Flat Ridge Circuit, (5 Years) STUCKEY, JOSHUA – Mars Hill, 7/1/19.
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BLACK, KAREN (OE) (Christian Methodist Episcopal AC) – Randolph Avenue, 7/1/16 BOATWRIGHT, MEGAN (OE) (South Carolina AC) –Christ, Associate, 7/1/17 BOYCE, LOREN (OE) (Mountain Sky AC) – Rogersville, First, 7/1/19. COTHRAN, SHERRY (OE) (Tennessee AC) – St. Marks, Associate (SS), 7/1/18-4/30/19; St. Marks, Pastor, 5/1/19.
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DZOBO, SAMUEL (OE) (Zimbabwe East AC) – Rutledge –Mary’s Chapel, 7/1/19 HEUSTESS, KATHY (OE) (South Carolina AC) –Director Holston Center for Well Being, 7/1/18. HEUSTESS, WILLIAM F. (OE) (South Carolina AC) – Rutherford Memorial, 7/1/18 SHARP, DONNA(OE) – Fairview-Sidney, 7/1/19 TKACH, ROD J. (OE) (Dakotas AC) – Richlands, First, 7/1/19
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BAILEY, SEAN (OF) (Freewill Baptist) –Three Bells – Horton’s Chapel, 7/1/16. BALLARD, RICHARD S. (OF) (Church of God) – Green County Parish, 7/1/15 BOND, KERRY L. (OF) (Baptist) –Sneedville Circuit, 7/1/17 BROWN, RICHARD L. (OF) (Cumberland Presbyterian) – Stanley, 7/1/18 CAMPBELL, TOM (OF) (Baptist) – Midtown Valley, 7/1/19 CARTER, RANDY D. (OF) (Freewill Baptist) – Pound, 7/1/2017 CLARK, WILLIAM S. (OF) (Christian) –Tellico Plains Circuit, 7/1/06 COOK, JOEL A. (OF) (Baptist) –Marvin’s Chapel, 7/1/17 DONLEY, EDWARD (OF) –Pleasant Hill, Roane, 7/1/18 DUNN, RODNEY LORENTZ (OF) (Church of God) – Mountain View, 7/1/19. HANCOCK, STEVEN (OF) (Baptist) – Macedonia (TV), 7/1/19 HAWKINS, MERRILL M., Jr. (OF) (Baptist) – Mt Pleasant-Talbott, 7/1/04 KEIR, SEROUNIAN (OF) (Free Methodist Church) – Fairview—Sidney, Associate, 7/1/19 KELLY, PATRICK (OF) (Cumberland Presbyterian) –Sulphur Springs—Castlewood, 7/1/18 KENNY, PETER (OF) (Baptist) –Haven Chapel, 7/1/16 KRAMER, JEREMY L. (OF) (Church of Nazarene) – Ross Campground-Cameron, 7/1/19 LESTER, MICHAEL S. (OF) (Baptist) –Munsey Memorial, Associate 7/1/17 MELTON, RODNEY (OF) (Baptist) –Thompson Chapel, 7/1/19 MILLER, COREY D. (OF) (Baptist) –Calhoun – Spring Creek, 7/1/15 NIDIFFER, BRENT L. (OF) (Christian) – Valley Forge – Roane Mountain, 7/1/18 PAGE, JERRY (OF) (Baptist) – Sevierville Circuit, 7/1/02-6/30/05; Middle Creek UMC, 7/1/05-6/30/10; First UMC, Alcoa Assoc., 7/1/106/30/15; Peck’s Memorial UMC, 7/1/15-9/30/18; Retired, 10/1/18. PALMER, DAN L. (OF) (Missionary Church, Inc.) –Love’s Memorial, 7/1/15 PURSCELL, KENNETH (OF) (Disciples of Christ) – Crab Orchard, 7/1/16. ROUSE, CHRIS (OF) (Church of God) – Cleveland, Wesley Memorial, Associate, 7/1/16. SHORTRIDGE, DANNY (OF) (Southern Baptist) – Mechanicsburg Circuit, 7/1/14. SMITH, ANDREW C. (OF) (Baptist) –Boyd Chapel, 7/1/14 SOUTHERLAND, R. MICHAEL (OF) (American Christian Church) – Clinch Valley Circuit, 7/1/18 STANTON, TOM (OF) (Baptist) – Liberty Hill-Russellville, 7/1/19
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ANDREWS, MICHAEL R. (OF) (Southern Baptist) – Broadford Circuit, 8/1/18.
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TREADWAY, MIKE (OF) (Church of God) – Mountain View, 7/1/15
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Administrative Review Committee ...................170 Advance, Report ...................................................198 African American Task Force Organization ........................................................21 Report ................................................................192 Appointment Cabinet ..............................................11 Appointments, Ministerial ....................................124 Archives and History, Commission on Organization ........................................................28 Report ................................................................186 Asbury, Inc. Organization ........................................................15
Bishops with Special Relationship to Holston.....17 Budget 2020, Proposed .........................................215 Business of the Annual Conference ........................91
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Discipleship Team Organization ........................................................21 Report ................................................................191 District Boards and Committees .............................31 District Superintendents Offices ..................................................................11 Report ................................................................284
Emory & Henry College Campus Ministry Report ...................................235 President ..............................................................15 President’s Report ..............................................235 Episcopacy, Conference Committee on ..................28 Report ................................................................187 Episcopal Residence Committee.............................28 Equitable Compensation, Commission on Organization ........................................................27 Report/Statistics .................................................191 Extended Cabinet ....................................................19
Cabinet Organization ........................................................19 Report ................................................................284 Camp Directors .......................................................14 Camp and Retreat Ministries Board Organization ........................................................23 Report ................................................................206 Campus Ministers ...................................................14 Candler School of Theology, Report.....................268 Children’s Ministry Team Organization..................22 Churches of Excellence, Report ............................203 Clergy Directory ...................................................355 Clergy Support Team ..............................................12 Communications Advisory Council Organization ........................................................19 Report ................................................................186 Congregational Development, Committee on.........19 Connectional Ministries Team ................................13 Correction to Journal Form ...................................533
Daily Proceedings................................................35 Delegates to General & SEJ Conferences ...............16 Directories Agencies ...............................Outside - Back Cover Clergy ................................................................355 Laity ...................................................................411 Surviving Spouses .............................................407
Finance & Administration, Council on Organization ........................................................26 Recommendations and Guidelines ....................210 Report ................................................................212 Financial Services Team .........................................15 Five Star Churches, Report ...................................231 Foundation, Holding Company.............................260 Foundation, Holston Conference Executive Director ...............................................15 Organization ........................................................32 Report ................................................................260
Health Insurance Guidelines .............................245 Higher Education & Campus Ministry, Board of Organization ........................................................20 Report ................................................................235 Hispanic/Latino Leadership Team Organization ....25 Historical Sessions of the Holston Annual Conference .........................................................352 Hiwassee College President’s Report ..............................................263 Holston Center for Wellbeing Supervisory Committee ...........................................................26 Report ................................................................241
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Holston Home for Children President / CEO ...................................................16 Report ..................................................................84
Lay Ministry, Board of Organization ........................................................20 Report ................................................................239 Lake Junaluska, Assembly Report ..........................38 Laity, Directory .....................................................411
Religion & Race Ministry Organization ........................................................24 Resolutions ........................................................209 Resolutions, Previous............................................530 Retirees Reflections ..............................................428 Roll of Remembrance ...........................................287 Roll of the Dead ....................................................323 Rules and Order, Committee on Organization ........................................................28 Report ................................................................165
chedule / Agenda for Annual Conference ..........35 Memoirs ...........................................................289 S Secretary to the Bishop ...........................................10 Minimum Salary Levels 2020...............................189 Ministerial Appointments......................................124 Missions Ministry Team Organization ........................................................21 Report ................................................................193
Native American Ministries, Organization ..........22 Nominations, Committee on ...................................29 Nurture Ministry Team Organization ......................22
Small Membership Congregational Team...............25 Standing Rules Procedures .........................................................172 Structure & Organization ...................................167 Statistical Tables ...................................................525 Stewardship Ministry Team Organization ........................................................24 Report ................................................................202 Strength for the Journey Team Organization ........................................................24 Report ................................................................209 Surviving Spouses, Directory ...............................407
Ordained Ministry, Board of Organization ........................................................25 Report ................................................................240 Outreach / Advocacy Ministry Team Organization ........................................................23 Reports ...............................................................208
Pastoral Records Associate Members............................................504 Certified Lay Ministers under Assignment ........520 Full Connection .................................................458 Local Pastors......................................................508 Other Fellowship / Other Methodist under Assignment ..523 Provisional Members .........................................502 Supply Pastors under Assignment .....................521 Pensions, Board of Organization ........................................................26 Report / Guidelines ............................................245 Personnel Resources Organization ........................................................27 Report ................................................................259 Petitions & Resolutions, Committee on ..................27
Tennessee Wesleyan University President ..............................................................16 President’s Report ..............................................269 Treasurer’s Report.................................................212 Trustees, Board of Organization ........................................................27 Report ................................................................259
United Methodist Men Organization ........................................................29 United Methodist Women Organization ........................................................29 Report ................................................................240
Wesley Foundations Board of Directors ...............................................32 Directors ..............................................................14
XIV. Reports ...............................................................236 Witness Ministry Team Organization ........................................................24 Report ................................................................203
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oung Adult Ministries Team Organization........23 Youth Ministries, Conference Council on Organization ........................................................22 Report ................................................................207
PHOTOGRAPHS Associate Members, Class of 2019........................8 Bishop Mary Virginia Taylor .................................5 Cabinet, Appointment, 2019-2020.........................6 Cabinet, Extended, 2019-2020 ..............................6 Licensed Local Pastors, Class of 2019 ..................8 Ordinands, Class of 2019.......................................7 Provisional Elders, Class of 2019 ..........................7
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C H C UMC :................................. Y ...................P Asbury Centers, Inc ...........................................................................................................2015...................... 350 Holston United Methodist Home for Children ..................................................................2002...................... 272 Holston United Methodist Home for Children (re-print) ..................................................2009...................... 306 Disciple Bible Outreach Ministries of Virginia, Inc .........................................................2011...................... 323 Disciple Bible Outreach Ministries of Tennessee, Inc. .....................................................2011...................... 327 P : .......................................................................................................................... Y ...................P Church Development, Strategy for ....................................................................................1994...................... 237 Conference Related Agencies and Institutions ..................................................................2002...................... 268 Ministerial Sexual Ethics Policy........................................................................................1998...................... 222 Parsonage Policy and Guidelines ......................................................................................1997...................... 239 Parsonage Policy and Guidelines, Revised .......................................................................2006...................... 294 Sexual Ethics for Ministry Professionals ..........................................................................2019...................... 242 Sexual Misconduct in Clergy Professional Relationship ..................................................1994...................... 251 Retired Clergy Service Records, Resume Listing .............................................................1996...................... 287 Vacation Guidelines ...........................................................................................................1994...................... 268 Vacation Guidelines (Re-print)..........................................................................................2007...................... 276 Vacation Policy for Holston Conference ...........................................................................2017...................... 396 R : .................................................................................................................. Y ...................P Annual Accessibilities Audits and Plan for Accessibility .................................................2013...................... 368 Banning Nuclear Bomb Testing ........................................................................................1998...................... 250 Black Church and Community Worker, Recruitment and Employment ..........................1994...................... 274 Board of Trustees, Authority to sell CCOM Office Property, Parsonage.........................1997...................... 249 Board of Trustees, Authority to sell Bailey Property ........................................................2002...................... 283 Builders Club .....................................................................................................................1995...................... 249 Buttram’s Chapel, Resolution to Discontinue ...................................................................1999...................... 324 Cabinet ...............................................................................................................................1998...................... 249 Campus Ministry, Supporting ............................................................................................1994...................... 275 Change Number of Districts to Twelve .............................................................................1998...................... 250 Child and Youth Abuse Prevention Policy........................................................................2004...................... 306 Cloning...............................................................................................................................1997...................... 249 Commendation of the US Senate for Resolution of Apology in regard to Anti-Lynching Laws ...2005...................... 332 Commission on Archives and History, Record Retention Policy .....................................1995...................... 247 Commission on Archives and History, Sulphur Springs Campground.............................1996...................... 289 Commission on Archives and History, Historic Site Designation, Thomis Amis House...... 2014...................... 218 Commission on Archives and History, Historic Site Designation, Ebenezer UMC / Cemetery and Henry Earnest Fort/House ............................................................................................................2014...................... 220 Conscience and Commitment ............................................................................................1999...................... 329 Consideration of Childcare ................................................................................................2015...................... 384 Convocation on Racism .....................................................................................................1994...................... 276 Cross-Racial Understanding ..............................................................................................1994...................... 275 Domestic Violence .............................................................................................................2007...................... 277 Family Ministries, Task Force on ......................................................................................2003...................... 284 Global AIDS Fund Support ...............................................................................................2006...................... 312 Gun Safety .........................................................................................................................1998...................... 251 Hate Crimes .......................................................................................................................1999...................... 328 Health and Wholeness Ministry Support ...........................................................................2006...................... 313
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Y ...................P Historical Methodist Shrines Preservation ........................................................................2006...................... 311 Holston Conciliation Service .............................................................................................2000...................... 273 Holston Conference Colleges, Inc. ....................................................................................1999...................... 326 Housing Allowance for Ministers......................................................................................2002...................... 285 Housing Allowance, Task Force on ..................................................................................2003...................... 283 Imagine No Malaria ...........................................................................................................2012...................... 345 Imagine No Malaria to Extend This Campaign.................................................................2013...................... 368 Inclusion of Young Adults, Support of .............................................................................2007...................... 282 Increasing the Young Adult Age Range, Support of ........................................................2007...................... 282 Just Representation to General & Jurisdictional ...............................................................2011...................... 333 Less Than Full-Time Ministerial Pension Plan (MPP) Years of Credit for Retirement and Less than FullTime Years Credit under MPP and Clergy Retirement Security Program (CRSP) for Health and Life Insurance Credit .................................................................................................................2013...................... 266 Limited Service Churches, Establishment .........................................................................2006...................... 310 Local Church Histories ......................................................................................................1998...................... 251 Marital Separations and Divorce of Clergy .......................................................................1998...................... 252 Marriage, Affirming Laws Defending ...............................................................................2006...................... 315 Mental Illness Awareness ..................................................................................................2006...................... 312 Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge ..........................................................................1996...................... 290 Missions Among Muslims .................................................................................................2003...................... 283 Moratorium on Uranium Mining in Virginia ....................................................................2011...................... 331 Native Americans, Support for ..........................................................................................1994...................... 276 Ordination, Role of Laity in the Service of .......................................................................1994...................... 276 Organ and Tissue Donor Sunday .......................................................................................2003...................... 283 Partners in Crisis ................................................................................................................1999...................... 328 Pension Study Committee..................................................................................................1997...................... 250 Promoting Local Food Self-Sufficiency ............................................................................2008...................... 305 Property, Abandonment and Discontinuance ....................................................................2001...................... 288 Property, Abandonment and Discontinuance ....................................................................2002...................... 286 Property, Abandonment and Discontinuance ....................................................................2003...................... 285 Property, Abandonment and Discontinuance ....................................................................2004...................... 307 Property, Abandonment and Discontinuance ....................................................................2005...................... 334 Property, Abandonment and Discontinuance ....................................................................2006...................... 316 Property, Abandonment and Discontinuance ....................................................................2007...................... 284 Property, Abandonment and Discontinuance ....................................................................2008...................... 307 Property, Abandonment and Discontinuance ....................................................................2009...................... 308 Property, Resolution to Declare as Abandoned and Authorize Sale of ............................1999...................... 325 Property, Resolution for Transfer ......................................................................................2005...................... 337 Property, Resolution Landmarking within Bounds of Holston Conference .....................2010...................... 306 Reaffirming the Sacraments ..............................................................................................2017...................... 399 Reduce the Abuse of Clergy by Laypersons .....................................................................2015...................... 379 Regarding Parsonages, New Buildings, and Renovation Projects ....................................2008...................... 306 Rental/Housing Allowance for Retired or Disabled Ministers .........................................2002...................... 284 Rental/Housing Allowance for Retired or Disabled Ministers .........................................2003...................... 264 Rental/Housing Allowance for Retired or Disabled Ministers .........................................2004...................... 267 Rental/Housing Allowance for Retired or Disabled Ministers .........................................2005...................... 274 Rental/Housing Allowance for Retired or Disabled Ministers .........................................2006...................... 239 Rental/Housing Allowance for Retired or Disabled Ministers .........................................2007...................... 227 Rental/Housing Allowance for Retired or Disabled Ministers .........................................2008...................... 244 Rental/Housing Allowance for Retired or Disabled Ministers .........................................2009...................... 245 Rental/Housing Allowance for Retired or Disabled Ministers .........................................2010...................... 305
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R : ............................................................................................ Y ...................P Rental/Housing Allowance for Retired or Disabled Ministers .........................................2012...................... 346 Resolution Submission Deadline .......................................................................................1998...................... 252 Role of District Superintendents........................................................................................2004...................... 305 Role of District Superintendents, Revised.........................................................................2005...................... 329 Roll of the Dead .................................................................................................................1998...................... 252 Social Costs Versus Social Benefits of Tennessee State Lottery......................................2007...................... 281 Steelesburg UMC, Rescind Resolution to Discontinue.....................................................1999...................... 324 TennCare Disenrollment ....................................................................................................2005...................... 333 Tennessee State Lottery .....................................................................................................1996...................... 291 Tennessee State Lottery .....................................................................................................2001...................... 286 Unity Among UMC in Holston Conference during American Civil War Sesquicentennial .... 2011...................... 335 Welcoming the Migrant .....................................................................................................2017...................... 397 Wesleyan Theology, In Support of Historic ......................................................................1994...................... 277 Withdraw from The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, Calling on The UMC to .....2007...................... 283 Youth Sunday ....................................................................................................................2006...................... 315 E
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