Bio – Ransom, Wayne Fletcher

Ransom-Rev Wayne Fletcher
Photo by Howard Hiner

Born: July 29, 1909 (Charleston, WV)

Died: January 9, 2001 (Huntington, WV)


Education:

  • Poca High School (1931)
  • B.S. West Virginia Wesleyan College (1938)
  • Boston University (1941)
  • Did further graduate work at West Virginia University
  • Honorary Doctor of Divinity from West Virginia Wesleyan College (1952)

Occupation:

  • 1930 Licensed to preach
  • 1931 Approved as supply
  • 1931-1934 Red House
  • 1934-1938 Frenchton
  • 1936 Probationary member of the conference
  • 1938-1941 Exeter, NH
  • 1941-1945 Holden Community
  • 1945-1949 Charleston, Central
  • 1949-1952 Buckhannon, First
  • 1952-1957 Beckley District Superintendent
  • 1957-1961 Moundsville
  • 1961-1967 Huntington, Beverly Hills
  • 1967-1969 Clendenin
  • 1969-1975 Instructor at West Virginia University
  • 1974 Retired, and served as associate at Huntington, Johnson Memorial (1976-1981)

Where they lived: Beckley, WV, Moundsville, Huntington, Clendenin, Morgantown


Years Served: 1953-1971


Committees:

  • Buildings and Grounds 1955-1960
  • Policy and Planning 1957-1959
  • Public Relations and Nominations 1959-1960
  • Religion 1954-1959

Sources:

  • Catalog: 1954 through 1969-1970
  • Members of the West Virginia Conference, 1976
  • Travelers on the Long Road, Volume 2, pages 100-101
  • West Virginia Conference Journal, 2001

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