FALL 2010
THE WEST ViRGiniA UniTED METHODiST •
www.wvumc.org WE REMEMBER
Rev. Steve Rhodes’ father, Ker- mit Rhodes, died May 5.
Rev. Keith Leap’s (FE-R) twin brother, Karl, passed away May 5. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to Keith & Sha- ron at 74 Roland Park Drive, Huntington, WV 25705.
Rev. Lester Grove (FE-R) died Friday, May 7.
Norman Brown, Rev. Ron Brown’s (AM) father, passed away Tuesday, May 11. He was 85. Cards may be sent to Ron and Beverley at 2370 US Highway 19, North, Jane Lew, WV 26378.
Rev. Dr. Clair Jarvis (FE-R), died Tursday, May 13. His wife of 71 years, Elsie, died Tuesday, May 11. Cards may be sent to their daughter, Rev. Dr. Patri- cia Jarvis (FE-R), at 219 Ashby Ave., Charleston, WV 25314. Clair and Elsie’s granddaugh- ter, Rev. Clare Sulgit-Horn, is also a full elder in the West Virginia Conference.
Earl “Sonny” Goodolf, broth- er of Rev. Joanne Granofsky, pastor of the Albright Charge, died May 20.
Jane Burnett, mother of Rev. John Foy, died Sunday May 23, Pentecost Sunday. Rev. Foy is the pastor of the Aurora Charge, Potomac Highlands District. Jane was 93.
Neva T. Patterson, widow of Rev. Winfield Patterson died on June 5. Neva was 100 years, 7 months and 5 days old at the time of her death. She is sur- vived by her son, Joseph Patter- son, 120 Woodland Drive, York PA 17403, and her daughter, Mary Joan Schenck, 131 Sunset Drive, Sayville, NY 11782.
Betty Briggs of Orville, Ohio passed away June 9. She is the sister of Rev. Karen Stinespring, of the Ellenboro Charge, wife of Rev. Casey Stinespring, (FE-R) and Judy Deem, wife of Rev. Danny Deem (FE-R). Condolences may be sent to Karen at P.
O. Box 186, Ellenboro, WV 26346 and to Judy at 2904 26th Street, Parkersburg, WV 26104.
Linda Simms, wife of Rev. Ken Simms of Follansbee UMC, died Tursday, June 17. Condolences may be sent to Ken at 179 Tartan Ave., Fol- lansbee, WV 26037.
Rev. Neal Precht’s father, Har- old E. Precht, passed away June 22. Neal is the pastor of the St. George Charge.
Rondal Browning (FE-R) died Wednesday, June 30. Ex- pressions of sympathy may be shared with Rondal’s wife, Carol, at PO Box 705 Mason, WV 25260.
Billy Cornell (AM-R) passed away June 30. Condolences may be sent to Rev. Cornell’s wife, Mary at 310 Panther Branch Road, Ashford, WV 25009-9474.
Rev. Marvan Frame (FE-R) passed away Monday, July 5. Condolences may be sent to his wife, Mary Elizabeth at Two 34th Street, Charleston, WV 25304.
H. Randolph (Randy) Kidd (FE-R) died on Monday aſter- noon, July 5. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to Ka- tie Kidd at 118 Bayside Drive, Huntington, WV 25705.
Rev. Frank Brotherton died Saturday, July 10. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to Gracie “Jean” Brotherton, 2944 Fourth Avenue, Hun- tington, WV 25702.
Virginia Ayers Jarrett, 93, mother of Rev. Joseph Jarrett (FE-R) and mother-in-law of Rev. Sue Jarrett (FE-R), died peacefully Sunday, July 18. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to Joe and Sue at 2317 Washington Avenue, St. Al- bans, WV 25177.
Rev. Margaret “Peig” Schmitz (FE-R) passed away July 21.
SEPTEMBER 2010
10–12 United Methodist Men 102nd Gathering
12 Christian Education Sunday - Offering 18 Sexual Ethics Training for Clergy 19 Rural Life Sunday - Awareness 25 Develop Tippers to Tithers 27 Are You A Church Planter? 28–30 Pastor’s School OCTOBER 2010
1–2 Covenant Council 3 World Communion Sunday - Offering 5 GlenWood Park Board of Trustees
7 Order of Elders Coordinating Committee Meeting, Order of Elders Day Apart
8–9 Spring Heights Retreat - Te Incarna- tion Tradition
10 Children’s Sabbath Sunday - Awareness, Undie Sunday
Anna Marie Hinerman, mother of Jennifer Plyburn, passed away Wednesday, July 21. Jennifer is the wife of Jim Plyburn, Wayne UMC. Con- dolences may be sent to Jim & Jennifer at PO Box 246, Wayne, WV 25570.
Mother of Rev. Richard Hogg, (Burlington United Family Services), Ann Hogg, former- ly of Warwood, WV, passed away July 22.
Mr. Alvin Russell, assigned supply pastor of Logan Me- morial UMC in Parkersburg, passed away early Saturday, July 24.
Sue Beam, mother of Brenda Grant and mother-in-law of Ed Grant, Midland South District Superintendent, died Saturday July 31, 2010.
Rev. David Cartwright’s fa- ther, Victor Cartwright, died Sunday, August 1. Condo- lences may be sent to David and family at 15 Willoughby Avenue, Huntington, WV 25705 or prchrdave@comcast. net.
Rev. Bill Haynes’ father, Wil- liam M. Haynes, Sr., died Sun- day, August 1. Condolences may be sent to Bill and fam- ily at 2610 Washington Blvd, Huntington, WV 25705 or
prchr84@rapidcable.com
Mrs. Golden “Gokie” Kee- ly, mother of Tom Keely (FE-R) and mother-in-law of K Almond (FE-R) of Buck- hannon passed away August 4. In lieu of flowers, dona- tions may be sent to Hospice Care, 1606 Kanawha Blvd., W. Charleston, WV 25302. Con-
dolences may be sent to Tom Keely and K Almond: 30 W. Victoria Drive, Buckhannon, WV 26201.
Rev. Allen Ridenour’s (FE- R) father-in-law, Woodfield “Chuck” Cox, died Monday night, August 16, at Rose- wood Center in Grafton, WV. Rev. Ridenour is mar- ried to Mr. Cox’s daughter, Rita. Condolences may be sent to Allen and Rita at 150 Millwood Road, Redisville, NC 27320.
Rev. John Tenney (FE-R) died early Saturday morning, Au- gust 21, at his home. He is survived by his wife Darlene and their two sons, Stephen and Scott. Cards may be sent to Mrs. Darlene Tenney, 907 30th Street, Apt. 5, Parkers- burg WV 26104.
5 CALEnDAR
14–15 Bishop’s Convocation on the Black Church
17 Laity Sunday - Awareness
22–23 United Methodist Women Annual Meeting
24 Ministry Exploration Sunday - awareness 26 Leadership Roundtable NOVEMBER 2010
4 Conference Board of Pensions 7 Day of Remembrance Sunday - Offering
12–13 Campus Ministry Fall Retreat for College Students
14 Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Sun- day
16 Conference Finance and Administration
19–21 Fall Workshop 28 United Methodist Student Day - offering Full calendar online at
wvumc.org/calendar
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