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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. 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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At its convention in November of 2014, the ECW of the Diocese of NC voted to make human trafficking a ministry focus for the 2015-2018 triennium. The ECW of St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in Pittsboro, with the help of the parish’s Health and Environment Committee, is beginning to address this global scourge by helping to…
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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…
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b. 1920 by Carolyn Townsend, St. Bartholomew’s Church, Pittsboro, 2014 At the age of eight Moleta Waddell became a member of St. James’ Chapel, the African American mission in Pittsboro. Her parents, Minnie and Charlie Waddell, had seven children, including Mildred, Moleta, Ruth, and two boys who died of diphtheria. Moleta attended Horton School in…
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July 21, 1865 – December 20, 1936 Based on an article by George Huntley III, Senior at Beaufort High School, 1960; submitted by Mamré Marsh Wilson, Historiographer, Diocese of East Carolina, 2013 Mary Anna Davis – later known by her chosen name, Nannie Pasteur Davis, or affectionately called “Aunt Nannie” – was baptized in 1865…
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Dear ECW Branch Treasurers or Presidents/Liaisons, It’s budget time again. The Diocesan ECW Budget for the year beginning January 1, 2015 will be presented at the ECW Annual Meeting at St. Mary’s Church, High Point, on November 7-8, 2014. Prior to that time, the ECW Board needs to hear from you concerning the amount of…
