Grace Ministers
1868-2008
1868 Fletcher Smith
1869 William Bowman
1870-1872 George T. Harmon
1873 Olin Lowry Durant
1874 Robert Walter Barber
1875 John Q. Stockman
1876-1877 William H. Ariail
1878-1879 Joseph England
1880 Silas P.H. Elwell and James Walter Daniel
1881-1882 Silas P.H. Elwell
1883-1884 William Harlee Kirton
1885-1886 James Conade Davis
1887-1889 John Fletcher Anderson
1890 Augustine Washington Walker
1891 Benjamin Olander Berry
1892-1893 George Robert Shaffer
1894 Olin Lowry Durant - second appointment
1895-1896 William Marion Harden
1897-1898 James Smiley Porter
1899-1900 Richard Robert Dagnall
1901-1904 Olympia McKelvy Abney
1905 Rufus Franklin Bryant
1906 Daniel Durbin Jones
1907-1908 Nicholas Grady Ballenger
1909 James Carson Yongue (J.P. Patton served out year)
1910-1912 George Franklin Kirby
1913-1915 Lemuel Edgar Wiggins
1916-1919 Edward Tolan Hodges
1920 Hamlin Etheredge
1921 James Clark Diggs
1922-1923 Wesley Blane Justus
1924-1926 Thaddeus Carlisle Cannon
1927-1928 James Ervin Mahaffey
1929 Edward Whitefield Mason
1930-1933 Larkin Augustus Carter
1934-1935 Stannie Hart Booth
1936-1937 Norman Austin Page (George E. King supplied)
1938-1942 Bernard S. Drennan
1943-1945 John G. Hipp
1945 Dr. C.C. Norton (supplied)
1945-1949 Hawley B. Lynn
1949-1954 M. Evans Boozer
1954-1958 Joel E. Cannon
1959-1962 Harry R. Mays
1962 Roscoe B. Garris
1963-1966 Joe W. Giles
1966-1971 George D. Fields, Jr.
1971-1974 S. Rufus Glenn
1974 Murray Yarborough
1975-1977 Bill Williams
1977-1981 William H. Smith
1981-1986 William K. Coble
1986-1990 Lee Cothran, Jr.
1990-1997 Morris C. Thompson
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1997-2001 Rev. Bobbie R. Ethridge, Minister of Christian Education
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1997-1999 Hilton Johnson
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1999-2004 Steve A. Patterson, Jr.
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2004-present A. Stephen Holler, Jr.
Sissy, Steve, and Carrie Beth Holler
Retired Ministers at Grace
Grace Methodist has been blessed with several ministers that have returned to the area and joined our church family. They (and their wives) continue to share their talents and minister to us in their retirement.
Rev. Tom Holroyd and Malinda
Rev. Dale Harward and Lucy
Rev. Pete Millwood(deceased) and Katherine
Rev. Edgar Grant (Louise)- both deceased
Dr. Edward Giles(deceased) and Betty
Rev. Evans Boozer(deceased) and Eleanor
New Pastor
Joe D. Durham received the call to enter the ministry in 2005. He now pastors 2 churches in the Easley area, with his wife Brenda. Both have been a vital part of Grace and the ADVIM program in years past.
