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Central' s Ministers
List of Ministers
Rev. D.F. Seyster 1894-8/1897 Rev. D.W. Deweese 1897-3/1901 Rev. R.E. Thomas 1901-7/1905 Rev. M.J. Obrine 1905-7/1907 Rev. S.V. Williams 8/1907-4/26/1909 Rev. A.O. Kuhn 1910 Rev. W.O. Livingston 1911-1912 Rev. A.G. Tharp 1/12/1913-? Rev. R.E. Ragsdale 11/12/1913-1918 Rev. J.E. Foster 6/1918-7/30/1921 Rev. C.J. Robertson 9/11/1921-4/1/1923 Rev. J.P. Givens 4/9/1923-? Rev. R.S. Rains 10/1925-9/19/1927 Rev. P.E. Roll 1/1928-6/1928 Rev. C.J. Sharp (interim) Rev. J.F. Norman 11/1928-6/1941 Rev. L.W. Chamberlain 9/1941-8/1944 Rev. A.L. Huff (interim) Rev. R.L. Harrell 5/1945-11/27/1949 Rev. H. Hungerford (interim) Rev. W. Harold Edds 5/1/1950-1/20/1958 Dr. B.H. Bruner (interim) 2/1/1958-8/31/1958 Rev. John L. Suttenfield, Jr. 9/21/1958-1/5/1960 Rev. W. Harold Edds 2/3/1960-1962 Rev. John R. "Jack" Canady 8/6/1962-10/30/1974 Dr. Morris H. Pullin (interim) 11/1/19741/31/1975 Rev. Howard W. Ditrick 3/1/1975-9/30/1993 Rev. Frank L. Hoss (interim, then called)
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Rev. Paula Comper (interim) 11/1999-9/18/2000 Rev. Frank Garton (interim) 2/2001-5/6/2001 Rev. Richard L. Sagarsee 5/18/2001- 2007 Rev. Frank Garton (interim) 2007-2010 Rev. Robert P. Bushey, Jr. 2010-present Rev. Kelly J. Youngblood 2019-present
Ministers of Christian Education
Betty Puckett 7/1/1964-8/21/1966 Rev. Dixie Webb Miller 7/1/1967-7/1968 Rev. Mary Hulda Allen 1/1969-6/1974
Timothys and Phoebes of the congregation
Recommended for Ministry by Central
Brian Nowitski 9/15/1997 (Candidate) Elaine Giermak 1/6/1998 (Ordination)
Ordinations and Commissionings at Central
Rev. Leonard F. Vanderwater, 7/31/1921 Rev. Marvin Silliman, 2/12/1967 Rev. Robert P. Bushey, Jr. 7/20/1997 Rev. Kelly J. Youngblood (commissioned) 11/10/2019 Rev. Eleanor Ditrick (commissioned) 10/28/1984
Other ministers associated with Central
Rev. Leah Grubbs Fiers was a minister ordained in Iroqois, IL in 1895 who was a member of Central who occassionally preached.
Rev. Dan Horton is a member of the congregation who works for hospice as a chaplain.
Background image: stoll made by Vickie Bushey for the commissioning of Kelly J. Youngblood, 11/10/2019
