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136 HISTORY OF THE VA CONFERENCE, E.U.B. CHURCH—D.F. GLOVIER
HOVERMALE:—Ulsie Perkins Hovermale
was born August 15, 1893, near Berkeley
Springs, W. Va. He attended Shenandoah
College, Otterbein College and earned the
Divinity degree from Bonebrake Theological
Seminary in 1924.
In 1918 he married Jennie Viola Thompson,
and they had two daughters, Ann Jeanette and
Ruth Lenore.
He joined the Virginia Conference in 1921
and with Mrs. Hovermale was ordained in
1924. He was elected secretary of the
Conference that year and served until elected
Superintendent in 1930. Prior to this, he
served at Tom’s Brook, Roanoke and Dayton. He was also interim supply
pastor at First Church, Martinsburg, for four months, in addition to his
duties as Superintendent.
In 1937, Lebanon Valley College conferred on him the Doctor of
Divinity degree, and in 1938 a similar honor was bestowed by Otterbein
College.
He succeeded Dr. Weidler as General Secretary of the Department of
Home Missions and Church Erection. At the uniting General Conference in
1946, he was elected first Executive Secretary of the newly-formed
Division of Home Missions and Church Extension, which official
relationship he sustained until his death in 1960 in Sarasota, Florida. He
was buried there in Manasota Memorial Park.
POOL:—Rev. Grover Marion Pool was born near Mt. Storm, West
Virginia, November 21, 1885, where he lived on a farm until 1910. He then
moved to Kitzmiller, Maryland, where he worked as a weighman at coal
mines, taught school, was a Justice of the Peace, and preached. Here he
lived with his mother and sister. Rev. Pool began his ministry in the
Methodist Church, as a local minister, being licensed in 1916. He came to
the United Brethren Church by transfer in 1929, and was assigned to the
Bayard Charge. He received his Annual Conference License in 1931 and
was ordained in 1935. He spent the year 1935-1936 at United Seminary. He
served Bayard, Antioch, and Toms Brook Charges. He and his wife were
residents at Quincy Home, 1954-1956. In 1956 he was assigned to Bayard
Charge for the third time, where following nine months of serious illness he
departed this life on October 26, 1961. Memorial services were held
Monday, October 30th from the Bayard Church. Interment was in the
I.O.O.F Cemetery, Nethken Hill, Elk Garden, W. Va. Rev. Pool was
HOVERMALE:—Ulsie Perkins Hovermale
was born August 15, 1893, near Berkeley
Springs, W. Va. He attended Shenandoah
College, Otterbein College and earned the
Divinity degree from Bonebrake Theological
Seminary in 1924.
In 1918 he married Jennie Viola Thompson,
and they had two daughters, Ann Jeanette and
Ruth Lenore.
He joined the Virginia Conference in 1921
and with Mrs. Hovermale was ordained in
1924. He was elected secretary of the
Conference that year and served until elected
Superintendent in 1930. Prior to this, he
served at Tom’s Brook, Roanoke and Dayton. He was also interim supply
pastor at First Church, Martinsburg, for four months, in addition to his
duties as Superintendent.
In 1937, Lebanon Valley College conferred on him the Doctor of
Divinity degree, and in 1938 a similar honor was bestowed by Otterbein
College.
He succeeded Dr. Weidler as General Secretary of the Department of
Home Missions and Church Erection. At the uniting General Conference in
1946, he was elected first Executive Secretary of the newly-formed
Division of Home Missions and Church Extension, which official
relationship he sustained until his death in 1960 in Sarasota, Florida. He
was buried there in Manasota Memorial Park.
POOL:—Rev. Grover Marion Pool was born near Mt. Storm, West
Virginia, November 21, 1885, where he lived on a farm until 1910. He then
moved to Kitzmiller, Maryland, where he worked as a weighman at coal
mines, taught school, was a Justice of the Peace, and preached. Here he
lived with his mother and sister. Rev. Pool began his ministry in the
Methodist Church, as a local minister, being licensed in 1916. He came to
the United Brethren Church by transfer in 1929, and was assigned to the
Bayard Charge. He received his Annual Conference License in 1931 and
was ordained in 1935. He spent the year 1935-1936 at United Seminary. He
served Bayard, Antioch, and Toms Brook Charges. He and his wife were
residents at Quincy Home, 1954-1956. In 1956 he was assigned to Bayard
Charge for the third time, where following nine months of serious illness he
departed this life on October 26, 1961. Memorial services were held
Monday, October 30th from the Bayard Church. Interment was in the
I.O.O.F Cemetery, Nethken Hill, Elk Garden, W. Va. Rev. Pool was
