Local Methodists announce new pastor appointments

The Rev. Mary Virginia Taylor is the superintendent of the United Methodist Church's Cleveland District and was recently elected a bishop from the denomination's Holston Conference. Taylor is the first woman to be elected from the conference and will serve in South Carolina.
The Rev. Mary Virginia Taylor is the superintendent of the United Methodist Church's Cleveland District and was recently elected a bishop from the denomination's Holston Conference. Taylor is the first woman to be elected from the conference and will serve in South Carolina.

The Rev. Mary Virginia Taylor, bishop of the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church, fixed appointments today for the 887 churches in the conference, which stretches from Southwestern Virginia to North Georgia.

The appointments in the Chattanooga and Cleveland districts of the conference where a change was made for the next year are:

CHATTANOOGA DISTRICT

* Bethlehem-Wiley: Willie D. Kitchens Jr.

* Burks (associate): Karolyn "Kristi" Banes

* Christ (youth minister): Drew McCallie

* Dunlap: Natalie B. Smart

* First-Centenary (associate): William L. Lauderback

* First-Centenary (associate): Barry Kidwell

* First-Centenary (counseling): Michael Reynolds

* First, Whitwell: James W. Diehl

* Grace-Fairview: A. Braxton Cotton

* Havron's Chapel: J.N. Howard

* Holly Avenue: L. Lyle White

* Holston Gap Parish (co-pastor): Debra P. Dickerson

* Jones Memorial: Eric B. Rieger

* McFarland: A. Virginia "Ginger" Isom

* McKendree: Joseph W. Manis

* St. John: H. Carlton Blackburn III

* St. Luke-St. Marks: Evelyn B. Harris

* Signal Crest (associate): William L. Thornton

* Signal Mountain: Caleb Pitkin

* Wesley-Memorial: Clair Travis Sauer

* White Oak: Amy S. Nutt

CLEVELAND DISTRICT

* District Superintendent: Elihugh J. Kilgore Jr.

* Allen Memorial: Charla L. Sherbakoff

* Benton-Chestuee: John W. Oldham

* Calhoun-Big Spring: Corey D. Miller

* Chilcutt: Kenneth L. Scoggins

* Ducktown-Croft Chapel: To be supplied

* Goodfield Circuit: Andrew C. Lay

* Graysville-New Bethel: L. David Whaley

* Keith Memorial: David W. Graybeal

* McDonald: Mark A. Barber

* Mount Olive-Vine Grove: Willa "Jane" Petitt

* St. Clair: Willa "Jane" Petitt

* St. Paul's-Carlock: Jason S. Humberd

* Tasso-Charleston: Sean G. Hayden

* Wesley Memorial, Etowah: Wayne D. Hickman

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