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Episcopal Church Women in NC
Category: By Word & Example
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August 10, 1813 – July 21, 1903 by Ellen Chesley Weig, St. Matthew’s Church, Hillsborough, NC, 2015 Mary Curtis was a clergyman’s wife. Some of her letters, written at the end of the Civil War, were the focus of St. Matthew’s participation in Hillsborough’s sesquicentennial celebration of the end of the war. Hillsborough was the…
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b. May 12, 1947 by Lucy Couch Payne Paynter, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Winston-Salem, NC, 2016 After retiring from 31 years as an educator (teacher and administrator), Kay transferred that same passion for service and ministry to the many outreach opportunities at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem, NC. There she was drawn in by…
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b. February 14, 1933 by Sara Elizabeth Harding Palmer, Assistant to the Rector, Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church, High Point, 2015 Ruth Purser has been a great blessing to me since I arrived at Saint Mary’s. She unhesitatingly and immediately offered me her warm and wonderful hospitality, including overnight stays when I needed to work late.…
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b. September 22, 1946 by Barbara Kay Kelly Morgan, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Winston-Salem, NC, 2015 In the history of every church there are individuals who embody the soul of the church. Lucy Paynter is one of these people. From the time that Lucy and her husband moved to Winston-Salem in 1969, she has worshiped,…
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January 19, 1895 – July 12, 1990 by Ann Birmingham Head, Columbiana, Alabama, 2015 Known lovingly as “Mimp” to family and friends, Mildred Birmingham was born in Waltham, Massachusetts, to Claude Gilbert and Marjorie Anne England Milham. The poor health of a daughter led Claude to leave his dental practice in 1910 and move the…
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b. October 3, 1917 by Barbara Sue Oglesby Nicholl, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Erwin, 2015 Dr. William Adair and his young wife, Lucy, moved to Erwin, North Carolina, in 1941, when Dr. Adair entered family medical practice there. This was good news for St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Erwin, because the couple soon became fully…
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b. July 28, 1921 by Ellen Chesley Weig, St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Hillsborough, 2015 Scott Evans Hughes is a Southern lady of great faith. She is an Episcopal Church woman who has devoted herself to addressing issues important to women and to making the world a better place for all of us. Scott’s methodology for…
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b. May 14, 1941 by Sara Elizabeth Harding Palmer, Assistant to the Rector, Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church, High Point, 2014 Judy Boggs is one of the most faithful, committed, and caring parishioners I know. She was born on Long Island, New York, on May 14th, 1941. She married her husband Jim Boggs in 1962 at…
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March 8, 1915 – December 18, 2013 by Patricia McCarthy, St. Bartholomew’s Church, Pittsboro, 2015 Evelyn Anne O’Brien married Woodson Lea Powell III in 1934. In 1937/38 they returned to his hometown of Pittsboro, North Carolina. At this time Evelyn became an Episcopalian, joining St. Bartholomew’s as one of the youngest members. Shortly afterwards she…
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b. July 3, 1944 by Allison Rankin, Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Wilmington, 2015 Some people start a book club or a community watch program. Judith Beckett starts a church. This isn’t a project for the faint of heart. But Judith welcomed the challenge, and with the support and guidance of fellow Episcopalians and the Episcopal…