ECW-NC
Episcopal Church Women in NC
Author: ECW-NC
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b. 1924 by Ann Victoria Harris Bustard, Christ Episcopal Church, New Bern, NC, 2016 Elizabeth Marssdorf Jones, one of the Crown Jewels of Christ Church, was born in 1924 in New York. Beth’s parents saw to it that their five children attended the Episcopal Church from birth. As a young girl, Beth became a choir…
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b. 1932 by the Archives Committee of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Winston-Salem, NC, 2016 Shortly before moving to Winston-Salem in 1966, Pat and Hal Brown met with Dudley Calhoun, rector of St. Paul’s in Winston-Salem. After meeting with him and the St. Paul’s staff, they were sure they had found their new church home. The…
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April 2, 1823 – March 7, 1908 by David Curtis Skaggs, Christ Episcopal Church, New Bern, NC, 2016 Ann Margaret Donnell was born in New Bern to Judge John Robert Donnell and Margaret Spaight Donnell. Governor Richard Dobbs Spaight was her grandfather, and her brother, Richard Spaight Donnell, was a United States Congressman. Few individuals…
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b. 1932 by the Archives Committee of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Winston-Salem, NC, 2016 Helen Ann Lerian is a cradle Episcopalian who grew up at St. Timothy’s parish in Catonsville, Maryland. She was very active with the Church during her early years. In 1956 she married Dudley Humphrey, from Wilmington, North Carolina. They moved to…
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1803 – 1864 by Charles K. (Ken) McCotter, Jr., Christ Episcopal Church, New Bern, NC, 2016 Arete Sitgreaves Ellis was the daughter of Maj. George Ellis and Amaryllis Sitgreaves Ellis, who were married in Craven County, NC, in 1792. George represented New Bern in the 1800 and 1801 House of Commons, and Amaryllis was the…
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b. April 3, 1933 by Richard Moore, St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, Winston-Salem, NC, 2016 Mary Louise spent her early Episcopal life in the Diocese of Washington, first at St John’s, Mt. Ranier, from age nine to thirteen, and then at Grace Church, Silver Spring, through high school and college. At St. John’s she set up…
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September 30, 1896 – April 24, 1978 by Ellen C. Weig, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Wilmington, NC Miss Annie, as she was fondly known, was a beloved member of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church and the Hillsborough community. In 1977, a “News of Orange Sketch” highlighted her life. She graduated in 1916 from St. Mary’s School…
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b. May 9, 1934 by Archives Committee, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Winston-Salem, NC, 2016 A cradle Episcopalian hailing from St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Jackson, Mississippi, Nancy has been a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church since she and her first husband Robert L. Neill moved to Winston-Salem. Through the years her activities at St. Paul’s have…
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b. 1959 by the Landscape Committee of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Winston-Salem, NC, 2016 Janice joined St. Paul’s with her husband, Charles, and her daughter, Mary. A licensed landscape architect, Janice was quickly recruited by the Landscape Committee, and, after three years, became Chair of the Committee. Under her leadership, a number of projects were…
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b. August 2, 1935 by Charles K. (Ken) McCotter, Jr., Christ Episcopal Church, New Bern, NC, 2016 Few women have had a more diverse and important leadership role in Christ Church, New Bern, than Elizabeth Ward. Elizabeth was born in High Point, North Carolina, where she was brought up in the Methodist Church and attended…