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Episcopal Church Women in NC
Category: By Word & Example
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December 17, 1932 – December 17, 2000 by Debbie McCarthy, Church of the Holy Family, Chapel Hill, 2012 Margaret McLeod Herrington: a beautiful Southern woman whose grace-filled spirit, gentleness and elegant charm were coupled with a core of remarkable strength, resilience and resolve. Born in Chesterfield, SC, to John and Eva McLeod, Margaret earned a…
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b. December 14, 1923 by William Horsley, St. Thomas, Reidsville, 2011 Marian was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, but grew up in Florida. She graduated from Florida State University in 1945 with a degree in accounting. She taught at FSU for a year when the university became co-ed. She attended graduate school at the University…
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August 16, 1916 – June 18, 2010 by Shara Partin, Church of the Holy Comforter, Burlington, 2010 My friend was born and reared in Eufaula, Alabama. She graduated from Agnes Scott College in Decatur, GA, attended UNC Law School and got her LLB from the University of Alabama in 1941. Luckily for us, she married…
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April 25, 1897 – November 6, 1994 by Eva Morriss, Saint Timothy’s Church, Wilson, 2011 “Life is exciting. There’s a new adventure every day,” declared Florence T. Stratton Morrill, who moved to Wilson, North Carolina, in 1925. Florence was very active at Saint Timothy’s, Wilson, where she taught Sunday school for an extended period and…
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1839 – 1911 by Ellen C. Weig, Saint Matthew’s Church, Hillsborough, 2010 Baptized Eliza Adam Jones, Miss Lizzie was the daughter of Mary Cameron Jones and Hillsborough physician Halcott Pride Jones. Both parents were from genteel families of longstanding Episcopal faith. Miss Lizzie attended the Burwell School from 1848-1852. It was a progressive education at…