Clergy Appointments
2003-2004

 

Brownsville District

Superintendent - Cecil L. Bellew

 

Alamo First-Center Ext. Min. ...............  C. Randy Jetton

Archer’s Chapel-Murry’s Chapel ......Donald K. Barnett

Bells First-Cypress .............................. Terry A. Presson

Bolivar First ................................... Timothy M. Carpenter

Bradford .......................................................... Gene Rollins

Brazil-Eaton-Gibson Wells ......................Daymond Duck

Brownsville Circuit .......................................... Brian Riley

Brownsville First ................................ Stanley L. Waldon

Dyer First-Union Ext. Min. ............... David G. Atkinson

Edith-Melville-Bethesda ............................. Tom Perkins

Faith-Mt. Pleasant ................................ Billy R. Morphis

Follis Chapel-Oak Grove ...................... L. David Morris

Friendship-Elizaheth ..................... Franklin L. Gardner

Gates Circuit ................................... Clarence E. Hare Jr.

Gibson-Moore’s Chapel Ext.  ...............  Jerry L. Hassell

Grace-New Shiloh..................... William M. Vaughan Jr.

Grand Junction-LaGrange-Holmes .............Bob W. Rose

Grier’s Chapel-Poplar Grove ............... Wayne P. Holmes

Griffin’s-Antioch-Chestnut Hill ......... Steven B. Fonville

Halls-Lebanon Ext. Min. ...................... James S. Griffith

Humboldt First - Gadsden Ext. ................. J. Larry Riley

Marvin’s Chapel - Union Grove ....... W. Arnold Roberts

Maury City-Floyd’s Chapel ................ Joseph A. Walker

Medina First ........................................ Hiram L. Harrison

Middleton-Reaves-Powell’s Chapel ....... Robert L. Cole

Midgett’s Chapel-Hudson Grove-Grace Chapel

                                                            ........... Jimmy Carter

Milan First .............................................. J. Steven Cavitt

Mt. Zion............................................... Thomas A. Bullock

Ripley Circuit ........................................ Wendell G. Smith

Ripley First .............................................. James O. Alford

Rutherford - Salem ......................... Thomas R. Spellings

Salem-Walnut Grove - Lessenberry .... Mary W. Mitchell

Silerton Circuit ......................................... Jerry L. Wilson

St. Paul - New Hope ............................ Larry D. Humbert

Stanton- Dancyville- Spring Hill .......... Walter Meadows

Trenton -Olive Branch Ext. .......... Dan. R. Weathersbee

Trinity - Curve ..................................... J. Nelson Roberts

Whiteville - Mt. Pleasant Ext. Min. ...... Larry E. Finger

 

Dyersburg District

Superintendent - mickey R. Carpenter

 

Antioch - Rives ............................................ Fred Thomas

Cayce - Fulton Co. Parish ............... Monta Ann Bledsoe

Center - Rehoboth .................................., Daniel K. Tilly

Chapel Hill - Harris ........................... Jim Willis Peyton

Dresden First - Mt. Pleasant Ext. ............ W. Glenn Hill

Dyersburg:

Dyersburg First .........................................Phillip A. Cook

Dyersburg First Assoc. .................................K. Wade Cox

Ross - Hughlett Charge ................... Russell M. Morrow

East Dyersburg - Nebo Ext. ................ Earl T. Dickerson

Finley ...................................................... A. Ralph Gunter

Fowlkes - Sorrel’s Chapel-Palestine .......... Walt A. Asher

Freeman’s Chapel-Travis Chapel ....

                                                      ....Charles Terry English

Fulton First ........................................... Charles L. Parker

Gleason First-New Valley Ext. ....... Marshall L.  Jeffers

Greenfield-Brock’s-Mt. Hermon ............ Randy E. Stacy

Grove Hill - Olivet ................................... Dale V. Mathis

Hickman First -Beech Grove Ext. ...........Steven L. Elder

Hornbeak - Mt. Manuel ................... James M. Calhoun

Kenton - Union Grove Ext. ................ Joseph L. Skelton

Martin:

Martin Area West Parish.........Katrina Roseanne Fields

Martin First ......................................... J. Larry Kendrick

Martin First Associate Minister/

            Martin  Interfaith Center .... William A. Mulroy

McCabe-Greers Chpl-Wesley Chpl... Robert P. Gardner

Millsfield Parish ..................................... Robert P. Craig

Mt. Zion-Rush Creek Ext. ................. V. Eugene Nichols

Newbern-Church Grove Ext. ........... W. Thomas Jowers

Oak Hill-Pisgah-Ralston.................... Judith F. Wolfgang

Obion-Cobbs Chapel and

            Obion Chapel Ext. ........... James G. Wolfgang Sr.

Ridgely-Cunningham Ext. ................. W. Dean Emerson

Sharon ................................................. Harold M. Stricker

South Fulton-Palestine Extd. ................... H B Fields Jr.

Tiptonville-Crockett Chapel Ext. ..... Edward E. Endsley

Trimble-Mt. Carmel Ext. Min. .......... Donald E. Bowers

Troy-Sanders Chapel Ext. .................... Judd A. Mowrey

Union City:

Union City First .................................... Andrew L. Henry

Pleasant Valley-Shady Grove Ext. ............ Aaron Dowdy

 

Jackson District

Superintendent - Benjamin F. Boone Jr.

 

Adamsville Circuit ........................................ Glen F. Scott

Adamsville First-Crump Ext. ........... Steven J. Callicoatt

Bath Springs Circuit ....................................... Fred Doty

Beech Bluff Parish ................................... John W. Archer

Big Springs-Montezuma ....................... Howard Russom

Browns ...................................................... Ken L. Stewart

Buena Vista-Sulphur Springs ....... A. Zolon Clayton Jr.

Center Ridge ................................. Russell N. Gallimore

Concord-Mt. Carmel-Mt. Lebanon ......... Gary R. Drum

Corinth-Liberty ........................................ Mark Kennedy

Decaturville First.................................. Steven L. Douglas

Ebenezer-Oak Grove (Henderson) ........ Mark McCaslin

Enville-Holly Springs ..................................... Tony Moss

Harris Grove-Potts Chapel ...................... David Carefoot

Henderson First-Trinity ........................ J. Randy Cooper

Jackson:

Aldersgate .................................... Charlotte H. Mansfield

Bemis ...............................................................Gary Morse

East Trinity ............................................Dennis Renshaw

Forest Heights .................................. Susan Mann Sharpe

Grace ............................................................ Tim P. Atkins

Jackson First ........................................... Paul W. Clayton

Jackson First Associate ........................ David Weatherly

Lambuth Memorial ................................. Gail W. Gaddie

Malesus ................................................. .L. Ray Chandler

Northside .......................................... Donald G. Thrasher

St. Andrew ............................................... O. Drew Brewer

Wesley Chapel ................................................ John Glaze

Keys Chapel - Mt. Pleasant ......... Sharon L. Karamoko

Lebanon-Union Grove .......................... Robert H. Jetton

Lester’s Chapel ................................ Joseph R. Thornton

Lexington First ....................................Stanley McDaniel

Maggie Jones-Finger ...................................Keith Brown

Milledgeville-Morris Chapel ................. Jimmy E. Dyer

Nebo-New Hope ....................................... George L. Reed

New Bethel-New Life ............................ Ocie Wallace Jr.

New Bethel-Shady Grove ....................... A. Neal Hinson

Oakfield-Mt. Carmel ............................ Cynthia Friddle

Oak Grove (Madison Co.) ...................... John B. Clarke

Parsons First-Yellow Springs Ext. ...... Durwood Worley

Pickwick-Pisgah ............................ James Richard Haley

Pinson-Bear Creek ................................... Roger Henson

Providence-Andrews Chapel ..................... David Worley

Saltillo-Lebanon ....................................... Tommy Phillips

Sardis-Mt. Nebo ....................................... Irene Chandler

Scotts Hill................................................. Billy G. Allegood

Selmer First ........................................... Michael Pilcher

Stantonville-Shiloh-New Hope ...... Danny M. Adkisson

 

Memphis-ASbury District

Superintendent - John A. Holt

 

Alexander’s Chapel-Pleasant Grove

                                     ............................. Jerome Scales Jr.

Atoka .......................................... Richard Lee Hackleman

Bartlett ................................................ David P. Comperry

Bartlett Executive Minister ...................... David C. Lewis

Bartlett Associate ......................... Donald H. Van Voorhis

Bolton-Gratitude ........................................... T. J. Wesley

Charleston-Tabernacle ........................ John T. Campbell

Christ ....................................... William R. Bouknight III

Christ Dir. Congregational Care ............ Fred C. Morton

Christ Associate ...................................... Richard H. Flick

Christ Associate ..................................... Dorothea Dudley

Christ Associate .................................. C. Andrew Rambo

Christ Associate ..................................... Linda K. Gabriel

Clopton-Macedonia ........................ Harry F. Mathewson

Covington First ..................................... Kevin R. Conrad

Ellendale ................................................ Michael S. Morris

Elm Grove-Pisgah .............................. John Keith Wright

Embury ................................................. Helen C. Knepper

Everett Memorial

    /Dir. Metro Office Urban Min. ....... John Jeffrey Irwin

Frayser Heights ..................................... Billy Joe Jackson

Friendship ......................................... Harold Q. Evans Sr.

Garland-New Salem .......................... Granvil M. Morgan

Good Samaritan ............................ Anthony E. Anderson

Good Shepherd ........................................ Billy Joe Harris

Grimes Memorial.................................. Joe E. Piercey Jr.

Hampton Memorial ............................. T. Judson Dunlap

Heartsong ................................................ W. Steven Stone

Highland Heights ............................... Emily S. Matheny

Holy Community ...................................... Freddie Moore

Hyde Park ............................................. Connie J. Waters

Jackson Avenue ....................................... Glen E. Vaughn

Millington First ...................................... Kenneth Uselton

Mullins .............................................. Stephen C. Shapard

Mullins Associate.................................Timothy T. Prather

Munford ............................................... Richard W. Clark

Mt. Vernon/U.T. Campus Min........ Virginia Jones Finzel

Pleasant Ridge ........................................... W. Ray Gentry

Poplar Grove ............................................ Edgar L. White

Quito-Campground ................................. Larry B. Jarvis

Raleigh .................................................... W. Roger Joseph

Randolph-Hopewell .......................... C. Michael Roberts

Scenic Hills ................................................... Brett C. Blair

Schoolfield ................................................. William E. Tate

St. Paul ................................................. William P. Mullins

St. Paul Associate ...................................... Mary H. Stone

St. Stephen ..................................................Kim A. Kulow

St. Timothy .............................................. Katrina R. Bell

Temple-Kerrville ...................................Richard H. Cook

Trinity ................................................ John R. Bonson Sr.

 

Memphis-McKendree District

Superintendent - R. Mark Matheny

 

Aldersgate ........................................... Larry N. Woodruff

Antioch-Macon ....................................... Barry E. Bryant

Arlington-Gallaway .................... Debra A. Christiansen

Asbury .....................................................David B. Russell

Burdette Chapel-SE Memphis Min. ... Jerome Scales Sr.

Calvary-Longview ......................................... Esther Gant

Capleville ............................................ Edward W. Walton

Centenary ......................................... Herbert L. Lester Jr.

Centenary Associate .............................. Autura Hampton

Collierville ......................................... Harry D. Durbin Sr.

Collierville Associate .................. Sandra L. Leatherwood

Colonial Park ..................................... Bradley W. Gabriel

Colonial Park Associate ............................. Michael Pence

Covenant ............................................. Mark Wayne Irvin

Covenant Associate........................................ Emily Burch

CrossRoads ........................................Charles H. Pittman

Eads-Chambers Chapel ............ James R. Debardeleben

Emmanuel ............................................... J. Barry Henson

Emmanuel Associate ................................ B. Justin Allen

Faith-Oakland ...................................... Robert D. Martin

Galloway ............................................. Linda A. McLargin

Germantown ........................................... Rick B. Kirchoff

Germantown Associate ........................... J. Daniel Camp

Germantown Associate ......................Thomas E. Cary Jr.

Golden .................................................... M. Gene Rhodes

Grace .......................................................  Martin McCain

Grace Associate/Senior Ministries ..... Jimmy Gillespie

Lafferty Circuit/Fayette Ministries ...................

                                                Barbara Blackmon-Fortune

Lamar Mission ................................... Robert L. Clark Jr.

Longstreet ............................................... C. Paul McAdoo

Mason-Braden ........................................ James E. Stubbs

Memphis First ..................................... Martha B. Wagley

Moscow-Rossville ..................................... John E. Meeks

New Bethel .......................................... Robert Strickland

Oakhaven ................................................. Samuel L. Pace

Parks Chapel ..................................... Gordon Henderson

Piperton ......................................... Thomas R. Wilson Jr.

Somerville ................................................. Steve Mischke

Somerville Associate............................... Diane Harrison

St. John’s ........................................ Jonathan L. Jeffords

St. John’s Assoc./Health Ministries  ..... G. Scott Morris

St. Luke’s .................................................. W. Kent Bailey

St. Luke’s Associate ........................... Jolinne Balentine

St. Mark’s ..................................................... Ronnie Ward

St. Matthew’s ..................................Judy Phillips Piercey

Underwood ....................................................  Roger Penn

Union Avenue ............................. Richard L. Pinkston Jr.

Warren ................................................... Lonnie Royal Sr.

Wesleyan Hills ........................................... W. Larry Tubb

Whitehaven ............................................... Steve L. Atkins

Williston ................................................... Jim McKinney

 

Paducah District

Superintendent - Jerry Jeffords

 

Arlington-Milburn ................................ Donald F. Carver

Bandana-Oscar .................................... Robert McKinney

Bardwell-Corinth .................................... Marita Burkeen

Benton First .......................................... William H. Fisher

Bethlehem-Water Valley-Wesley ....................... Jamie Lee

Brewers ............................................... Richard K. Dowdy

Briensburg-Mt. Carmel ............................... Frank Bratt

Calvert City ...................................... William M. Franklin

Church Grove-Union Ridge .................... Paul I. Scheirer

Clinton First/Hickman County Parish

                      .............. Schuyler “Sky” Lowe-McCracken

Clinton First/Hickman Parish Assoc. .............. Allan Paul

Dexter-Hardin-Olive .................................. Gary W. Elrod

Kevil-New Liberty ................................... James D. Roper

Lovelaceville-Owens Chapel ...................... Vida McClure

Lynnville-Poyner’s Chapel .................... J. Michael Elliott

Maple Spring ............................................... Kenny Locke

Massac ........................................................Merle Thomas

Mayfield:

Calvary ..................................................... Joel D. Jackson

Christ........................................................ Hugh Barksdale

Mayfield First ............................................. Barry N. Scott

Pleasant Grove (Graves)............................. Ben W.  Butler

Spence Chapel ................................... William H. Lawson

Trinity-McKendree (Graves) ................. Eugene Burkeen

McKendree (McCracken) ........................Jimmy Darnell

Mt. Pleasant .............................................John Dickerson

Oak Level .......................................................... Joe Thorn

Oakland-Palma ............................................. John W. Lee

Paducah:

Arcadia .................................................. David M. Garrett

Broadway ............................................... Richard P. Smith

Concord .................................................. Phillip McClure

Fountain Avenue ........................................ Dan M. Leslie

Lebanon ......................................................... Fred French

Lone Oak ....................................................... Rick C. Dye

Northside ........................................................ Joe W. Beal

St. Luke Aldersgate/Paducah-McCracken Co.

            Mission Society .................... H. Gregory Waldrop

Reidland ................................................. Richard Carruth

Trinity ....................................................... Ronald G. Peck

Palestine ................................................ Thomas M. Yoder

Pleasant Grove (Marshall Co.) ................Joseph A. Reed

Pleasant Hill Parish ..................................Eddie Bromley

Pryorsburg-Mt. Olive ................... Ronnie Cunningham

Salem................................................ ....Roger Burkholder

Sedalia-Burnett’s Chapel-St. Paul’s .... ..Barry Roberts

Symsonia ................................................ Calvin K. Clark

 

Paris District

Superintendent - James C. Cooper

 

Atwood-Shiloh ..........................................Jack Dickerson

Baker’s Chapel-McRae’s ............................. Max Rogers

Bethel-Brooks .......................................Deborah S. Webb

Bethesda-Lebanon ........................................... Patty King

Big Sandy .................................................... Bennie Akers

Blooming Grove-Community Grove-Seminary

                                          ............................... Keith Pence

Bruceton First-New Hope Ext. .......... Steven Whitworth

Camden First .......................................Walter H. German

Carter’s Chapel-Liberty All ......... Joseph A. Walker Sr.

Coldwater-Lynn Grove ................................. Tim Palmer

Cole’s Campground-Independence-

                Temple Hill................................. David Stewart

Cottage Grove Charge ...................................... E. L. Call

Cowell’s Chapel-Shiloh .......................... Eulas R. Greer

Eva-Flatwoods ..................................... Johnnie B. Arnold

Hazel-Mason’s Chapel ..........................Stephen L. Webb

Hebron-Hollow Rock ............................ Robert W. White

Henry-Palestine ............................................J. Allen Truell

Hickory Flat-Lebanon-Pleasant Hill ........ John Holcomb

Holladay-Palestine ............................  M. Ladd Williams

Huntingdon Circuit ............................ H. Wayne Holmes

Huntingdon First ..................................Paul H. Mullikin

Johnson’s Chapel .........................................Jerry Shaver

Kirksey-Goshen.........................................Mark Earheart

Liberty (Carroll)-Chapel Hill ................... Richard Welch

Liberty (Benton)-Post Oak ................ Tommie I. Martin

Martin’s Chapel-Good Shepherd ........... Michael Blake

McKenzie First ............................... Harrell A. Nation Jr.

McLemoresville-Trezevant .................. James E. Bittner

Murray First............................................. Larry J. Daniel

North Camden Circuit ............................... Donna Jones

Palestine-Russell’s Chapel .................. David Allbritton

Paris:

Covenant-New Hope .........................James D. Hamilton

Paris Circuit ...................................William D. Copeland

Paris First ............................................... Joseph A. Geary

Trinity -Antioch ...................................... Glenn A. Elliott

Pleasant Hill-Poplar Grove .......................... Tim Pafford

Puryear-Buchanan ................... C. Edward Montgomery

South Pleasant Grove ............................... Scott A. Alford

 

Extension Ministries

Under Paragraph 335

 

Brownsville District

 

Assoc. Vice Chancellor, Student Life,

                Vanderbilt U. ................... Stephen A. Caldwell

President, Hannah’s Hope............... Joy S. Weathersbee

 

Dyersburg District

 

Dir., Reelfoot Rural Ministries ..................... Dale Mills

Program Min. Assoc.

      (Hispanic/Inclusive Min.)..............Liana Perez-Felix

 

Jackson District

 

Coordinator, Program Ministries......... Roger A. Hopson

PMT Ministry Associate .................... Joseph E. Moseley

PMT Ministry Associate............... Deborah C. Suddarth

Professor, Lambuth University ........ Gene L. Davenport

Assis. Prof., Historical Theology,

Garrett Evangelical Seminary ......... L. Edward Phillips

Professor, Lambuth University.................. Cindy Wesley

Chaplain, Dean of Enrollment/Financial Aid,

     Lambuth University .............. Joseph R. Thornton III

Pastoral Counselor,

     Frances Roy and Associates ............ Ed Frank Jeffrey

Shackelford Sunrise Grief Program ... Don H. Lawrence

 

Memphis Asbury District

 

Dean, School of Servant Leadership/GBGM

                                    ................. William M. Vaughan III

Chaplain, Methodist Healthcare ........... R. Craig Jordan

Dir. Worship & Missions, Asbury Seminary, 

                         FL Conference................. James L. Loftin

Harber & Associates................................. Jerry L. Harber

Dir., Samaritan Center ..................... J. Ronald Johnson

Co-Director, School of Servant Leadership

                                                    ...........Bradley A. Thomas

 

Memphis McKendree District

 

Director, Wesley Foundation,

      U. of Memphis ................. TroyAnn Earl Poulopoulos

Director, Pastoral Staffing,

     Wesley Sr. Ministries .......................... Donald W. Park

Cal Turner Jr. Chair Wesleyan Studies,

      Vanderbilt Divinity School ........... M. Douglas Meeks

Director, Pastoral Care and Education,

     Wesley Senior Ministries ................. Dennis P. Neenan

Counselor, Methodist Healthcare .............. Myra Bennett

Chaplain, Methodist Healthcare .. William E. Torkell Sr.

Chair, U. M. Studies,

     Memphis Theological Seminary......... Barry E. Bryant

Staff Chaplain, VA Medical Center .............. Alan B. Bell

S. W. AL Mental Health Center............ Albert Clay Kelly

Samaritan Counseling Center .......... Lenn Harris Milam

Director, Pastoral Ministries,

     Bethany Village Center ................ James B. Browning

Lakeshore Mental Health Facility.... Rose Anne Briotte

 

Paducah District

 

Paducah McCracken Co. Mission Society/St. Luke                  

                                Aldersgate ......... H. Gregory Waldrop

Chaplain, Swan Creek Retirement Center

                                           ........... William W. Barnard Jr.

 

Paris District

 

Wesley Foundation, Murray State

                                           ...................... Brent Porterfield

Hinton Rural Life Center................................. Rick King

Lakeshore Administrator....................... Gary D. Lawson

Prof., Union College, Barbourville, KY

                                               ...................... Russell Sisson

 

 

Outside the Annual Conference

Pleasant View, Tennessee Conference

                                                   ........... Charles L. Walker

Algood, TN Conference ..................... C. Vance Johnson

 

 

Leave of Absence

 

Under Paragraph 352.a

Voluntary Leave, Brownsville District

                                                               ..... Steven Spitzer

Voluntary Leave, Asbury Distrist .......... Paula K. Ferris

Voluntary Leave, McKendree ......... William D. Marler

Voluntary Leave, Paducah District ... Donnie R. Harden

 

Under Paragraph 352.b

Involuntary Leave, Brownsville  ... Charles R. Burns Jr.

 

Under Paragraph 353.1

Family Leave, Brownsville

                                     .................. Susan Allsop-Atkinson

Family Leave, Brownsville .................... Phillip L. Jones

Family Leave, Asbury .................... Melinda Young Britt

Family Leave, McKendree........ Vincent A. Ciaramitaro

Family Leave, McKendree ........Julia Holmes McKenna

 

Under Paragraph 355

Incapacity Leave, Asbury ............. Patricia A. Clendenen

Incapacity Leave, Asbury............................... Terry Pence

Incapacity Leave, Paducah.................. Lynn H. Humston

Incapacity Leave, Paducah ............................ David Mall

Incapacity Leave, Dyersburg ................. Richard Denton

Incapacity Leave, Brownsville ................... John P. Snow

Incapacity Leave, Jackson........................ David Shettles

Incapacity Leave, Asbury............................. Wesley Fears

 

 

Full Connection Deacons

 

Jackson District

 

Youth Minister, Northside.................... Chad Kingsbury

 

Memphis ASbury District

 

New Hope Christian Academy and Trinity

                         ................... Mary Leslie Dawson-Ramsey

Pastoral Care Staff, Christ, Memphis 

                                             ............. Deborah Mathewson

Christ UMC, Dir., Adult Ministries

                                                    ........... Patrick D. Whaley

Bartlett Minister of Music........... Andrew L. Leblanc Jr.

 

Memphis McKendree District

 

Collierville Minister of Music ............... Mark G. Locke

Colonial Park, Director Spiritual Formation..

                              .....................................Scottie Brafford

Emmanuel Minister of Music .................. Kevin Presley

 

Paducah District

 

Broadway Minister of Music .................. Robert R. Fejes

 

Outside Annual Conference

 

Minister of Music, Christ Church, Franklin, TN

                           ...........................M. Anne Burnette Hook

GBGM Training Office, Mission Personnel   

                                            ....................Kathleen Masters

Assoc. Min., University Church, Chapel Hill... John Varden

 

Probationary Deacons

 

Brentwood Youth Min. Nashville ............. Dietrich Kirk

Bartlett Min. of Children     ............. Sandra E. LeBlanc

Metro Office Urban Ministries/

Associate Director for Worker Justice Ministries & Everett UMC                           

                                                         .............. Rebekah Jordan