W. MARKET ST. METHODIST CHURCH MEMBERS WHO SERVED IN WW II
West Market Street Methodist Church sent 298 of its finest people to war during World War II. The Church Bulletin dated Sunday, June 2, 1946, listed their names.
Edgar Newton Allen, Edgar Leonidas Alston, Jr. Charles William Andrew, Jr., James Fletcher Andrew, John William Andrews, Jr., Roy Hanes Armfield, Jr., Bernard Fields Aydelette, James Harold Aydelette, Richard Casper Aydelette, David Sharpe Barber, Bernice Barbour, W. L. Beamon, Jr., Lewis Calvin Beard, Robert Winston Bell, Charles David Benbow, III, Kyle Cannon Benbow, Earl Ray Betts, Robert A. Bishop, Jr., James Norman Black, Jr., Thomas Sidney Blackwood, Jack Stanley Blue, Jr., Willian Eugen Blue, Roy Murray Booth, Malcolm Matheson Boren, Hargrove Bowles, Jr., Richard Kelly Bowles, Joseph Henry Boyles, Jr., Richard Franklin Boyles, Wm. Lambeth Brinkley, Jr., Edgar D. Broadhurst, Jr., John Thomas Buie, Roger Jackson Burton, Dr. John Cole Burwell, Jr., Joseph T. Carruthers, Jr., Arlindo Sanders Cate, Charles Childrey, Richard Marshall Clegg, John William Cline, Wayne Allen Cline, Joffre Lanning Cole, William Fisher Corbett, Leonard George Corby, Gordon Edmund Cory, John T. Council, Jr., Mary Frances Cox, James Braxton Craven, Jr., Charles Franklin Crews, Jr., Macon Rice Crocker, Henry Winston Davis, Jr., John Kent Davis, John Lorraine Davis, Jr., Richard Edwards Davis, William Highes Davis, William Ralph Deaton, Jr., Alexander Guy Demetrelis, Manuel Gus Demtetrelis, Joel Powell Dimmette, John Hunter Ellington, Jr., W. B. Evans, Edward Lee Faulconer, John Edward Faulkner, Jr., James Roland Fleming, John Edmond Fondren, Robert Willoughby Fondren, C. C. Fordham, Jr., Jefferson Barnes Fordham, William Walter Gainey, Jr., Samuel Orden Goode, Jr., William Thomas Graham, Joseph Edmund Guill, Frederick Earl Harllee, Jr., Victor F. Harllee, Charles Milton Harris, Edward Warren Hartsook, Herbert L. Hartsook, Russell Thomas Hatchett, Ralph Cleo Henderson, Burke Mann Herndon, Edward M. Hicks, Jr., James Robert Hill, Charles A. Hines, Jr., John William Hoggard, Otis Lewis Holland, Jr., William Manly Holland, Woodrow Wilson Holland, Duncan Waldo Holt, Jr., Lee Bascom Hornaday, Jr., Frances Marion Houston, James Lawrence Hutton, Jr., William Bell Hutton, John Perry Hyams, Charles Henry Ireland, III, Eugenia Isler, J. K. Iksely, Jr., Earl Frank Johnson, Glenn Wilson Johnson, Samuel Frank Johnson, Jr., Charles Rogers Keesee, Junius Clyde Kelly, Jr., Harry B. Kendrick, George Kennerly, John Franklin Kernoodle, Jr., George T. King, Jr., Horace Robinson Kornegay, Ryan Glenn Kornegay, Joseph Dixon R. Koury, Edgar Downs Landreth, Jr., Chan Munger Lane, Radford Lewis, James Baxter Linder, John Lee Linder, Jr., Paul C. Lindley, Jr., Turner Van Lindley, Charles Long, Jr., James A. Lybrand, III, Burt Cameron MacKenzie, Edward Marcus Marsh, Frank Alexander Masters, Quince Edwar Mathis, Thomas L. Matlock, Jr., Joseph E. McDowell, John Julian McLean, Norman Adison McLeod, Addison Woolen McNairy, John Vickory McNairy, Dr. Jesse Fred Merritt,
James William Miles, Dr. Charles R. Mills, Charles S. Mills, Jr., John Hill Neal, Joseph Watson Noah, Lawrence R. Noah, Jr., John R. Nowlin, William Thomas Oliver, Harry Irving O’Neal, Helen Felder Ortiz, George William Paschal, James Robert Patterson, Jr., Richard Pierce Payne, Guy Berryman Phillips, Jr., Melvin Murry Philos, Edwin L. Poindexter, Samuel Folger Poole, Richard Franklin Quate, Dr. John F. Register, Booker Edward Rhudy, Jr., Harold Clingman Rhudy, Frank Clegg Richardson, Charles M. Rives, Jr., Edwin Earle Rives, Frank H. Robertson, Zalph L. Rochells, Hardy Stetson Root, James N. Ross, Phillip M. Russell, John Robert Sancton, Elsie Ruth Sanford, David Waring Sewell, Dwight Edward Shafer, Robert H. Shepherd, Pogue T. Sherrill, Margaret Grantham Sherry, Sidney T. Sherwin, Esther Lenora Shuping, Thomas Edgar Sikes, Jr., Benjamin lee Smith, Jr., Billy Bryan Smith, Charles Robert Smoak, Sheldon R, Smoak, Jr., Charles D. Snipes, James H. Sparger, Richard Lee Spencer, James Ernest Starmer, James Westbrook Sykes, Joseph Edward Tatum, Louis H. Thacker, Julius Graham Thomas, Jr., Lloyd Goodwin Thompson, Jr., Gregg Trosper, William Lee Trotter, Jr., Harry N. Varner, Jr., Dewitt T. Vaughn, Jr., Marvin W. Vick, Earl D. Warren, Jr., Allen H. Watkins, James Bartlett Webster, Jr., Dr. Calude T. Whittington, Dr. Perry B. Whitington, Jr., George H. Wilkins, John D. Williams, Jr., Mary C. Williams, Robert Jackson Wimbish, Georege Michael Wood, Henry S. Wooton, Jr., George A. Yelverton, John Norma Young, Allen Ziglar, Norman Ziglar, Melville H. Zollicoffer.
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The following members of the Church are listed as: “Those Who Still Serve In the Armed Forces:”
Charles Gray Armfield, Arthur Charles Baxter, Robert Edward Baxter, John L. Benbow, Margaret G. Bledsoe, Gurney Simpson Boren, III, Wm. Paul Clement Brewer, George H. Brown, Jr., Wilfred C. Carr, Jr., Walter M. Clark, Carney Bynum Clegg, Jr., Winfred Theodore Coe, Cirinne Cook, Walter Dillard, III, William Blanton Donald, Jr., Joseph M. Fentress, Lewis Blake Fentress, G. Pate Forehand, Jr., Warren Todd Gentry, Clifford L. Goodman, Jr., Joseph Palmer Gorrell, Thomas I. Grantham, Jr., Henry G. Hatchett,
James T. Hauser, Ernest Illman, S. Harrison Isler, Jr., Robert M. Kelly, Marvin L. Kornegay, O. Wallace Lane, Robert Craven Leonard, John Thomas Lindley, Edward B. Mabry, Samuel Theodore Oliver, Arthur B. Pearce, Jr., Wade Wiley Phillips, Claibourne Poindexter, James Max Rollins, Jr., W. J. Rowe, Robert Hall Sanford, Virginia Sanford, James Paul Scurlock, H. B. Sewell, Jr., Charles LeRoy Shuping, Jr., Hampton Shuping, Eugene Taft Smith, Ralph F. Spaulding, E, Hardin Srtickland, G. W. Vick, Jr., Elliott O. Watson, John C. Watson, Jr., C. B. Way, Jr., Robert Carlton White, Elizabeth Prosser Wilson, Dr. Carl B. Wolfe, Dr. William H. Womble, Jr., Paul Leslie Wyrick, Clyde C. Yancey.
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The following members of the Church are listed as: “Still In Service Or Status Unknown:”
William D. Bartlett, Jr., Robert M. Bennett, James W. Black, Kenneth Black, Phillip A. Jeffreys, Prosser Jeffreys, Jr., Andrew J. Coley, III, Jack M. Harding Kiffin R. Hayes, Ralph D. Houck, John E. Hollowell, Z. V. Johnston, Charles E. Lasher, T. Edward Langston, Jr., Walter S. Lee, Jeannette Martinson, Vernon L. Patterson, Holmes E. Penn, Jr., Roscoe Purser, Rufus W. Reynolds, Arthur Rood, Jr., Miles Glenn Scott, Stuart W. Sechrest, George Andrew Smedburg, William W. Smedburg, George Stephenson, Fred Carlyle Whiteheart.
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Source was a Greensboro News & Record article dated Sunday, September 21, 2008. Link is no longer valid.
