Holston Conference has been blessed with many noble spirits, certainly with those who have presided over parsonages. Somehow they have felt the inner urgings, not only of the tides that flow through the parsonage, but also of those which surge through the congregation, and in this exhibiting consecration, inspiration, and […]
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Mrs. Irene BLAIR NEFF was born at Jonesboro, Tenn., in 1849. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. BLAIR. Her mother died when she was a small child and she spent the greater part of her girlhood in the home of her sister, who was the wife […]
Sarah Jane, daughter of Jackson and Martha GRUBB, was born March 3, 1870, and in the early morning of October 16th, 1938 in the home of her daughter, Mrs. E.L. PAISLEY, of Mouth of Wilson, Virginia, passed away into life Eternal. Mrs. HASH was converted […]
Mrs. J. M. EMERT, beloved wife of the late Rev. J. M. EMERT, born March 27, 1866, passed in holy triumph to her heavenly home July 25, 1940. She is lovingly remembered by a host of friends in Holston Conference where her husband gave many years to the work of […]
Mrs. Adelia BATES DICKEY died in Los Angeles, California, January 12th, 1940. She was the widow of the Rev. John P. DICKEY, who was “admitted into the Holston Conference” in 1871, and spent the greater part of his life in preaching and teaching. Mrs. DICKEY was born August 8th, 1856, […]
Mrs. Sallie STOUT BOGLE, daughter of Allan and Sallie WRIGHT LINK STOUT, one of a family of eleven children, was born at Limestone, Tennessee. Her father’s home was the home of the Methodist itinerant and his famiy [sic]. It was in this way that she knew so well of our […]
Mrs. Nancy Virginia TROY, daughter of Michael and Mahaley BLACK, was born in Ashe County, N.C., February 25, 1868. In her early life her parents migrated to Grayson County, Virginia, where she grew to maturity. Her youthful convictions led her to the altar of the Church where she came to […]
Holston Conference has been blessed with many noble spirits, certainly with those who have presided over parsonages. Somehow they have felt the inner urgings, not only of the tides that flow through the parsonage, but also of those which surge through the congregation, and in this exhibiting consecration, inspiration, and […]
Mrs. Irene BLAIR NEFF was born at Jonesboro, Tenn., in 1849. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. BLAIR. Her mother died when she was a small child and she spent the greater part of her girlhood in the home of her sister, who was the wife […]
Sarah Jane, daughter of Jackson and Martha GRUBB, was born March 3, 1870, and in the early morning of October 16th, 1938 in the home of her daughter, Mrs. E.L. PAISLEY, of Mouth of Wilson, Virginia, passed away into life Eternal. Mrs. HASH was converted in early life, and united […]
Mrs. J. M. EMERT, beloved wife of the late Rev. J. M. EMERT, born March 27, 1866, passed in holy triumph to her heavenly home July 25, 1940. She is lovingly remembered by a host of friends in Holston Conference where her husband gave many years to the work of […]
Mrs. Adelia BATES DICKEY died in Los Angeles, California, January 12th, 1940. She was the widow of the Rev. John P. DICKEY, who was “admitted into the Holston Conference” in 1871, and spent the greater part of his life in preaching and teaching. Mrs. DICKEY was born August 8th, 1856, […]
Death came to Mrs. Sarah Anne Reneau CLENDENNEN April 17, 1940 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert OGLE, Knoxville, Tennessee. She was the wife of the late Rev. George W. CLENDENNEN who for many years was a beloved and honored minister in the Methodist Church, having been admitted […]
Rev. Ivan L. Cox was born in Wise County, Virginia, April 22, 1878. He was married to Miss Nora Almeda Elliott, November 13, 1903. They were the parents of seven children, six of whom are still living, three sons and three daughters. Brother Cox grew up in the Christian faith […]
Charles Gideon Hounshell, son of Peter W. Hounshell and Rhoda Tarter Hounshell, was born on the Hounshell farm near Rural Retreat Wythe County, Virginia, on January 12, 1874. At the Rural Retreat school Mr. Hounshell began his educational career, continued through Emory and Henry College, finishing at Vanderbilt University, and […]
Reverend Francis Preston Sanders, son of Abraham and Mary Cox Sanders, was born in Campbell County, Tennessee, on April 24th, 1874. He was married to Miss Sallie Mae Parrott on January 14th, 1897. To this union was born nine children, namely, Charles H., Knoxville, Tennessee; Mrs. Earl Reed, Maryville, Tennessee; […]
John Worth Browning was born in Statesville, N.C., on Jan. 24, 1857. He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W.C. Huddleston, in Cleveland, Tenn. Nov., 21, 1939 at the age of 82 years 10 months. He was buried at Maryville, Tenn. He received his college training at Rutherford […]
The Reverend James M. Osborne, a native of North Carolina, was born October 18, 1852, and died in Graysville, Tenn., November 16, 1939. On august 4, 1875, he married Martha E. Brown, who survives him to mourn his passing. To this union were born two children, a son who died […]
On Sunday afternoon, October 15, 1939 the beautiful spirit of our beloved friend, and the wife of our faithful pastor, Rev. W. L. HART, slipped away to be with Jesus. Mrs. Hart was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 17, 1892, and was the daughter of the late R. L. […]
Minnie McGhee PAXTON was born at Wise, Va., Nov. 5, 1872. Her father, Rev. Frank P. McGHEE, was a Methodist preacher from whom she inherited a love for her church. She was married to Rev. John Moore PAXTON, at Morristown, Tenn., by Dr. R. N. Rice, Oct. 5, 1892, and, […]