Role of Pastors
Virginia Conference
The
John Pleasants Bible printed in 1814, now in the possession of the E.
O. Young family, list the Circuit Riders during the last 10 years of
Virginia Conference. They are as follows:
1827- Bell and Goodman
1828- Dye and Winbourn
1829- Hooks
1830- Speck and Weatherly
1831- Compton and Holmes
1832- Reid and Alford
1833- Gregory and Anderson
1834- Weatherly and Carr
1835- Compton and Daubd
1836- Pell and Grey
1837- Odaub and Law
1838- William E. Pell-Compton
1839- Philip Anderson and Thomas R. Brame-Supernumerary
The
Reverend John Young, the local preacher, served during these pioneer
years and while the Tar River Circuit , including Plank Chapel, was in
the Virginia Conference. The personal diary of Rev. Young states that
he preached 25 consecutive Christmas Day sermons at Plank Chapel. Thus
the dates of Rev. Young's Christmas sermons would be from 1811 through
1836.(Source of information for above-Plank Chapel History by Mrs. T.L.
Fuller and Mrs. J.S. Rowland)
1836-1836 William Pell Supernumerary Thomas R. Brame
1838-1839 Phillip Anderson " John Brame
1839-1840 Joseph Goodman " Phillip W. Archer
1840-1841 Daniel Culbreth "
1841-1843 Robert Maynard "
1843-1844 Sydney D. Bumpass " Rufus T. Heflin
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH
1844-1846 J.W. Lewis Supernumerary Rufus T. Heflin
1846-1847 Alford Norman " J.M. Fulton
1847-1848 Thomas S. Campbell " James S. Nickolson
1848-1850 Archibald C. Allen " J.M. Sharp
1850-1852 Numa F. Reid " P.H. Joyner
1852-1857 No Conference records. Listed locally Cartex, J.H. Wheeler, Smoot and Schell
1857-1858 William M. Jordan " Robert C. Maynard
1858-1860 Joseph B. Martin " James Reid
1860-1861 W.H. Barnes " Robert C. Maynard
1861-1863 Thomas P. Ricard " Robert C. Maynard
1863-1864 J.H. Wheeler " William Harris
1864-1865 No Record
1865-1866 J.H. Wheeler
1866-1867 J.P. Simpson
1867-1871 Paul J. Carraway
1871-1874 H.H. Gibbons
1874-1878 Richard S. Webb
1878-1882 William H. Moore
1882-1883 R.G. Barrett and J.P. Finlayson
1883-1884 J.T. Gibbs
1884-1888 J.J. Renn
1888-1891 G.W. Fisher
1891-1893 B.B. Culbreth
1893-1895 F.B. McCall
1895-1898 Kenneth D. Holmes
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH
1898-1900 B.C. Allred
1900-1902 R.H. Broom
1902-1906 Allison L. Ormond
1906-1908 H.G. Stamey
1908-1912 G.W. Starling
1912-1914 C.R. Canipe
1914-1918 J.A. Lee
1918-1920 George B. Perry
1920-1921 W.L. Loy
1921-1923 W.J. Watson
1923-1927 J.C. Williams
1927-1929 K.F. Duvall
1929-1933 R.E. Pittman
1933-1937 B.O. Merritt
THE METHODIST CHURCH
[1939 merger reunited the North and South of the Methodist Episcopal Church which became the "Methodist Church"]
1937-1939 J.A. Martin
1939-1941 J.A. Martin
1941-1943 E.D. Dodd
1943-1947 R.G.L. Edwards
1947-1951 N.P. Edens
1951-1954 B.T. Hurley
1954-1955 T.H. House
1955-1959 Aaron G. Tyson
1959-1961 Charles E. Owens
1961-1966 R.J. Rudd
THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
[1968 a merger with the Evangelical United Brethren to become the "United Methodist Church"]
1966-1970 Gordon E. Allen Jr.
1970-1973 A.L. Reynolds
1973-1975 C.L. Warren1975-1980 James A. Williams
1980-1986 Henry Lee
1986-1988 Mike Elliott
1988-1992 Mike Weber
1992-1997 Thomas Hollis
1997-2002 William "Bud" Budzinski
2002 through August 2003 Kris Meyer
2003-September 1 through
2003 -September 27 Berry Barbour-Interim
2003-September 28 through June 20, 2010 Carol Dean
2010 -June 27 Dr. Carolyn Roy
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