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working for ordination. He served Cedar Grove Circuit near Harrisonburg, 1962-63, and since then has been
pastor of the Franklin Charge, 1963-67. He then served Cumberland Calvary, 1967-69. In 2002 he was living
in Winston-Salem, N.C. Cynthia and Lawrence were living in Mount Jackson, Va., in 2012, when she was
listed as a retired associate member of the Virginia Annual Conference. [Glovier 1965, pp. 86, 259, 293,
which provided the picture; VAC 2012, p. 33]
FULK: Dr. Floyd Luther Fulk, Conference Superintendent during
1945-1968, was the son of Abram and Lena Neff Fulk, born on
Nov. 15, 1911 near Fulk’s Run, Rockingham County, Va. During a
revival meeting in the Mt. Carmel Church, on the Broadway Circuit,
he was converted at the age of 12. He was educated at Broadway
High School, Shenandoah (Class of 1933) and Bridgewater Colleges,
and Bonebrake (United) Seminary. He graduated from Bridgewater
College with a B.D. degree, and in 1952 he was awarded the degree
of Doctor of Divinity by Lebanon Valley College, in recognition of his
outstanding achievement in the office of Conference Superintendent. Rev. Fulk was married to Miss Marie
Olinger (b. Ar. 12, 1916; d. Dec. 27, 2004) on May 14, 1938, and they are the parents of three children—
George Newton, Robert Garfield, and Joyce Marie. He joined the conference in 1934, and was ordained at the
Annual Conference held in Winchester in 1937 by Bishop G. D. Batdorf. At this same conference he was
assigned to the Church at Dayton, Va., where he served from Sep. 1937 to Sep. 1939. His second pastorate
was at Elkton, Va. In 1946 he was elected Superintendent of the Conference. At the time, there was no place
for him to live. Since Singers Glen was waiting for Howard Lee Fulk to finish his course at Bonebrake
Theological Seminary, and Rev. Floyd had been sent to the First U.B. Church of Roanoke, the empty
parsonage provided a temporary home for the Floyd Fulk family. The day they moved in, their son George
took his first steps making the day a doubly memorable event. Rev. Fulk, with the help of Rev. Forrest Racey,
filled the pulpits at Singers Glen and Cherry Grove until the first of Dec. when Howard L. Fulk arrived fresh
from seminary. Rev. Floyd Fulk and his family then moved into the newly purchased district parsonage in
Broadway, Va. He went on to serve as Conference Superintendent for 24 years, a notable distinction since the
post required yearly election, until the merger of the EUBs and Methodists in 1970, at which time he was
elected as Superintendent in the Eastern Shore area of Virginia. This office automatically terminated in 1973
under terms of the merger. Since then, he has served as minister of the Aldersgate UMC in Hampton, Va. In
the fiscal year of 1959-60 Dr. Floyd L Fulk served as Governor of District 24-C, Virginia Association of Lions
Clubs. He is distinguished by having the longest term of office of any active Superintendent in the U.B.
Denomination—he was elected Superintendent at the Annual Conference of 1946 and served continuously for
19 years. Rev. Fulk is well remembered for his interesting sermons enlivened by a sprinkling of humorous
stories. His Grandmother Neff lived at Turleytown and was converted at old Salem, giving him historical ties
to Singers Glen church tradition. Rev. Fulk died July 5, 1996; he had been faithfully serving Marvin Chapel
near Martinsburg until 3 weeks before his death. He had an inoperable melanoma in the spine. Marie Olinger
Fulk died Dec. 27, 2004. His memoir, as well as his wife’s, is provided in Section II.A (below). [MacAllister
1976, pp. 105-106, which provided the picture on the left]; see also [Glovier 1965, pp. 11 (which provided
the picture in the middle), 65, 85, 86, 91, 129, 131, 143, 144, 150, 167, 170, 173-175, 182, 184, 186, 207,
209-210, 220, 224, 226, 228-230, 236, 239, 245, 250, 253, 257, 259, 272, 317, 335, 337, 339, 341]
FULK: Howard Lee Fulk, son of William Lee and
Clara Pearl Seckman Fulk, was born Mar. 20, 1920 at
Pikeside, W.Va. He attended schools in Berkeley
Springs and graduated from Martinsburg High School
and Shenandoah College (Class of 1942). He
received his A.B. Degree from Otterbein College. He
married Ellen Virginia Stouffer of Hagerstown, Md.,
May 28, 1944—she was the daughter of Joseph P.
and Maggie S. Kinnamon Stouffer of Hagerstown,
Md., had attended public school in Washington County, Md., and received a Bachelor of Music Education
degree from Shenandoah Conservatory of Music. The Fulks both entered United Theological Seminary and
graduated with Masters of Divinity in May 1947. They have two daughters, JoEllen Marie (Shenandoah
College, Class of 1969) and Wilda Catherine. During his second year at Shenandoah, he pastored Pleasant
Grove Church on Verona Charge; Friendship Church near Martinsburg, summer 1942; and Winchester Circuit
during summer 1943. While at seminary he was assistant pastor at First Church in Dayton, Ohio. He began
his first full-time pastorate at Singers Glen, Dec. 1, 1946 (having completed his work at the seminary early in
the year due to the accelerated program during World War II.) He served at Singers Glen until Sep. 28, 1952,
when he was transferred to St. Luke’s Church in Martinsburg. He served as Conference secretary of
evangelism from 1951 to 1963. Mrs. Fulk has held numerous offices in the women’s missionary groups on the
local, state, and national levels. She has frequently contributed articles to World Evangel. The Fulk children
Biographical Sketches 49
working for ordination. He served Cedar Grove Circuit near Harrisonburg, 1962-63, and since then has been
pastor of the Franklin Charge, 1963-67. He then served Cumberland Calvary, 1967-69. In 2002 he was living
in Winston-Salem, N.C. Cynthia and Lawrence were living in Mount Jackson, Va., in 2012, when she was
listed as a retired associate member of the Virginia Annual Conference. [Glovier 1965, pp. 86, 259, 293,
which provided the picture; VAC 2012, p. 33]
FULK: Dr. Floyd Luther Fulk, Conference Superintendent during
1945-1968, was the son of Abram and Lena Neff Fulk, born on
Nov. 15, 1911 near Fulk’s Run, Rockingham County, Va. During a
revival meeting in the Mt. Carmel Church, on the Broadway Circuit,
he was converted at the age of 12. He was educated at Broadway
High School, Shenandoah (Class of 1933) and Bridgewater Colleges,
and Bonebrake (United) Seminary. He graduated from Bridgewater
College with a B.D. degree, and in 1952 he was awarded the degree
of Doctor of Divinity by Lebanon Valley College, in recognition of his
outstanding achievement in the office of Conference Superintendent. Rev. Fulk was married to Miss Marie
Olinger (b. Ar. 12, 1916; d. Dec. 27, 2004) on May 14, 1938, and they are the parents of three children—
George Newton, Robert Garfield, and Joyce Marie. He joined the conference in 1934, and was ordained at the
Annual Conference held in Winchester in 1937 by Bishop G. D. Batdorf. At this same conference he was
assigned to the Church at Dayton, Va., where he served from Sep. 1937 to Sep. 1939. His second pastorate
was at Elkton, Va. In 1946 he was elected Superintendent of the Conference. At the time, there was no place
for him to live. Since Singers Glen was waiting for Howard Lee Fulk to finish his course at Bonebrake
Theological Seminary, and Rev. Floyd had been sent to the First U.B. Church of Roanoke, the empty
parsonage provided a temporary home for the Floyd Fulk family. The day they moved in, their son George
took his first steps making the day a doubly memorable event. Rev. Fulk, with the help of Rev. Forrest Racey,
filled the pulpits at Singers Glen and Cherry Grove until the first of Dec. when Howard L. Fulk arrived fresh
from seminary. Rev. Floyd Fulk and his family then moved into the newly purchased district parsonage in
Broadway, Va. He went on to serve as Conference Superintendent for 24 years, a notable distinction since the
post required yearly election, until the merger of the EUBs and Methodists in 1970, at which time he was
elected as Superintendent in the Eastern Shore area of Virginia. This office automatically terminated in 1973
under terms of the merger. Since then, he has served as minister of the Aldersgate UMC in Hampton, Va. In
the fiscal year of 1959-60 Dr. Floyd L Fulk served as Governor of District 24-C, Virginia Association of Lions
Clubs. He is distinguished by having the longest term of office of any active Superintendent in the U.B.
Denomination—he was elected Superintendent at the Annual Conference of 1946 and served continuously for
19 years. Rev. Fulk is well remembered for his interesting sermons enlivened by a sprinkling of humorous
stories. His Grandmother Neff lived at Turleytown and was converted at old Salem, giving him historical ties
to Singers Glen church tradition. Rev. Fulk died July 5, 1996; he had been faithfully serving Marvin Chapel
near Martinsburg until 3 weeks before his death. He had an inoperable melanoma in the spine. Marie Olinger
Fulk died Dec. 27, 2004. His memoir, as well as his wife’s, is provided in Section II.A (below). [MacAllister
1976, pp. 105-106, which provided the picture on the left]; see also [Glovier 1965, pp. 11 (which provided
the picture in the middle), 65, 85, 86, 91, 129, 131, 143, 144, 150, 167, 170, 173-175, 182, 184, 186, 207,
209-210, 220, 224, 226, 228-230, 236, 239, 245, 250, 253, 257, 259, 272, 317, 335, 337, 339, 341]
FULK: Howard Lee Fulk, son of William Lee and
Clara Pearl Seckman Fulk, was born Mar. 20, 1920 at
Pikeside, W.Va. He attended schools in Berkeley
Springs and graduated from Martinsburg High School
and Shenandoah College (Class of 1942). He
received his A.B. Degree from Otterbein College. He
married Ellen Virginia Stouffer of Hagerstown, Md.,
May 28, 1944—she was the daughter of Joseph P.
and Maggie S. Kinnamon Stouffer of Hagerstown,
Md., had attended public school in Washington County, Md., and received a Bachelor of Music Education
degree from Shenandoah Conservatory of Music. The Fulks both entered United Theological Seminary and
graduated with Masters of Divinity in May 1947. They have two daughters, JoEllen Marie (Shenandoah
College, Class of 1969) and Wilda Catherine. During his second year at Shenandoah, he pastored Pleasant
Grove Church on Verona Charge; Friendship Church near Martinsburg, summer 1942; and Winchester Circuit
during summer 1943. While at seminary he was assistant pastor at First Church in Dayton, Ohio. He began
his first full-time pastorate at Singers Glen, Dec. 1, 1946 (having completed his work at the seminary early in
the year due to the accelerated program during World War II.) He served at Singers Glen until Sep. 28, 1952,
when he was transferred to St. Luke’s Church in Martinsburg. He served as Conference secretary of
evangelism from 1951 to 1963. Mrs. Fulk has held numerous offices in the women’s missionary groups on the
local, state, and national levels. She has frequently contributed articles to World Evangel. The Fulk children
Biographical Sketches 49
