A Little Bit Regarding Our Church History.....
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Ministers who have served Arbor Dale through the years
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| 1903 - 1911 |
Sunday School Only |
| 1911 - 1923 |
The Reverend Edgar Tufts |
| 1924 - 1929 |
The Reverend F. H. Spence |
| 1931 - 1940 |
The Reverend Marion J. Murray |
| 1941 - 1946 |
The Reverend Thompson B. Southall |
| 1947 - 1951 |
The Reverend Dr. Lacy L. Moffett (Interim Supply)
The Reverend Howard B. Foran (interim Supply) |
| 1952 - 1964 |
The Reverend Daniel R. Thomas |
| 1964 - 1966 |
The Reverend Dr. Walter Keys (Stated Supply)
The Reverend Philip O. Evaul (stated Supply) |
| 1966 - 1979 |
The Reverend James N. Murray |
| 1980 |
The Reverend Ragland Fletcher (Interim Supply) |
| 1980 -1985 |
The Reverend Richard G. McGarry |
| 1985 - 1987 |
Occasional Supplies Including: Phil Evaul, Jr., Roy D. Krege, William B. Farthing, The Reverend E. O'dell Smith |
| 1987 - 1989 |
The Reverend E. O'dell Smith (Stated Supply) |
| 1989 - 1999 |
The Reverend E. O'dell Smith |
| 1999 - 2001 |
Occasional Supplies Including: The Reverend Joseph "Bud" Howell, The Reverend Susan Rice, and The Reverend Kathy Campbell |
| 2002 |
The Reverend Shelly Wilson (Stated Supply) |
| March 24, 2002 - November 2007 |
The Reverend Kenneth C. Chivers |
| November 2007 - March 2008 |
Interim Pastor Dr. Bob Lowrey |
| March 2008 - Present |
The Reverend Tee Gatewood |
| Arbor Dale Presbyterian Church began in the Year of Our Lord 1903... |
| with the organization of a Sunday School class which met once a month in a school house located on the lower edge of Bald Mountain on the old road between Banner Elk and Montezuma. Miss Fannie K. Taylor, a teacher at Lees-McRae Institute, and Preston Proffit, an Institute student, led in the organization and were later joined by the Reverend Edgar Tufts, President of the Institute and Pastor of the Banner Elk Presbyterian Church. Having no musical instrument, Mr. Lafayette (Fate) Ramsey became the song leader. Mr. Issac (Ike) Greer assisted by furnishing a horse and buggy for Miss Taylor and others who came from a distance. Feeling like the organization needed a name, Miss Taylor began to refer to the work as the Arbor Dale Sunday School.
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A Brief Biography for Tee Gatewood I was baptized into the family of faith as an infant. Like many people I was nourished in the church and grew into my Christian identity as a teenager. During those years of self analysis and discovery I tasted God’s goodness at home and at my home church, First Presbyterian in Americus Ga. I was also blessed through the Chrysalis movement and through this experience got in touch with my family’s deeper theological roots in the Wesleyan tradition. My Christian identity continued to develop throughout college and was then tested as I transitioned into being an adult. In this period of crisis and self-criticism I began to hear the gospel of grace and encounter the risen Jesus through the clear preaching of the word, through the sacraments and through faithful friends. |
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