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Conf., is in Section II.A (below). Their son, Rev. Joshua Temple Jarrell, is a pastor at New Beginnings Church
of God in Meadville, Pa. [Lycoming 2013]
JAY: Carroll Edward Jay was born Apr. 21, 1921, at Clarksburg, W.Va. He
attended Roosevelt-Wilson High School, from which he graduated in 1939. He
attended Marshall University, Huntington, W.Va., for one year on an athletic
scholarship; married Dolores Skidmore of Clarksburg; entered the Army for
active service in World War II in Oct. 1943. In 1953 he enrolled as a freshman
at Shenandoah College (Class of 1956). He completed his college work at
Madison College, Harrisonburg, Va., and graduated with a B.S. in 1957. He
joined Va. Conf. in 1958 and was ordained in 1959. In 1964 he was pastor of
Berkeley-Morgan Charge, while also serving as Principal of an Elementary School in Morgan County, W.Va.
Rev. Jay has served Mt. Horeb Circuit, 1954-58, Massanutten, 1961-62; and Berkeley-Morgan Circuit, 1962-
66, in the Conference. His memoir is provided in Section II.A (below). [Glovier 1965, p. 275, which provided
the picture on the left; see also pp. 92, 258, 259]
JAY: Clarence Jay served Massanutten Circuit, 1960-61 (same as Carroll E. Jay?).
JAY: Harry Wilbur Jay was born in Clarksburg, W.Va., Nov. 17, 1919, a son of the late
Harry W. and Cora Belle Batson Jay. His family moved to Nutter’s Fort, W.Va., where he spent
his boyhood and early adult life. He attended the public schools of that community, graduating
from Roosevelt Wilson High School in 1937. Harry Wilbur Jay was married to Iwanda Mae Pettit
on Aug. 16, 1942, and has one daughter, Deborah Ann. He served in the U.S. Army Dec. 24,
1941, through Dec. 7, 1945. He served in the Anti-Aircraft Artillery and then was transferred to
100th Infantry Division, attaining the rank of Technical Sergeant, serving as Platoon Leader. He
served in the European Theater of Operation and was wounded in action in France. He was
converted at the age of 29 at a prayer service being held at the Christian and Missionary
Alliance Church of Nutter’s Fort. In May 1951, he answered the Lord’s call to the active ministry. He attended
the Nyack Missionary College of Nyack, New York. He has served the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
of Addison, New York, during Jan. 1955 to Sep. 1956. In Sep. 1956, he came to our Va. Conf., transferring
his membership and has served faithfully in the following charges: Berkeley-Morgan, 1956-58; Massanutten,
1958-59; Blairton-Greensburg, 1959-67; and Berkeley Springs Station, 1967-69. Rev. Jay retired from the
Baltimore-Washington Conference in 1991. [Glovier 1965, p. 294-295, which provided the picture; see also
pp. 86, 190, 259]
JENNINGS: P. J. Jennings reported for Sherando FM Mission (later, Grottoes). He served Moorefield
Circuit, 1897-98, and Blue Ridge Circuit, 1898-1899. [Glovier 1965, p. 41]
JONES: George M. Jones became a member of Conference in 1897. His name was referred back to his
quarterly conference in 1904, he having failed to pass the prescribed course of reading. [Funkhouser 1921,
p. 140; see also pp. 128, 294, 296-298] and [Glovier 1965, p. 90]
JONES: Gilbert (Buddy) Russell Jones, Jr., son of Gilbert Jones, Sr., and Dorothy Marie
Wheat Jones, was born in Martinsburg, W.Va., Jan. 11, 1946. He was always faithful in St.
Luke’s Church, and very early in life he made his decision for the gospel ministry. He has been
a leader in the youth work of the local church and district. He is in the second year at Shepherd
College where he is an honor student. Early in 1964 he was assigned to be student pastor at
the Willow Chapel Church on the Wardensville Charge. He has since served Wardensville, 1964-
68, together with Lacey Springs, 1965-66, and Westernport, 1966-67. [Glovier 1965, p. 302,
which provided the picture; see also pp. 253, 297] He is listed as a probationary EUB elder in 1968, serving
the Wardensville Charge (Winchester District). However, he apparently did not join the UMC, since he is not
listed in the 1969 or 1982 UMC Conference Minutes.
JONES: Hearl Jones, Jr. (b. June 29, 1928; d. June 22, 2024), served Churchville Circuit, 1968-69. He
conducted a funeral service for John Austin in Ridgedale, W.Va., in Apr. 1985. He was not listed in the 1985
or 1990 UMC General Minutes, suggesting he was no longer connected with the UMC. His last church White
Rock Community Church of Monumental, W.Va. He conducted a funeral service for Beulah Jones in Fairmont,
W.Va., in Mar. 2000. Rev. Hearl Jones, Jr. was living in Monumental (Fairmont) when he died in 2001 at age
73. His obituary is provided in Section II.A (below).
JONES: Henry Jones became a member of Conference in 1839; perhaps lived on Holcomb place near
Melrose, Va. He served Jackson Mission, 1839-41. A Rev. Henry Jones (1802-1877) of Monongalia Co.,
W.Va., married May Lough (1808-78). [Funkhouser 1921, p. 139]
JONES: Henry Jones (1836-1889) was recommended for the ministry in Va. Conf. by the Quarterly
Conference of East Virginia Mission, and he was received into the Conference at Keedysville, Md., in
Feb. 1875. He served Elkton, Front Royal and Dayton charges, and for a time served as agent for
Shenandoah Institute. On account of failing health, he retired from the active work and returned to his home
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Conf., is in Section II.A (below). Their son, Rev. Joshua Temple Jarrell, is a pastor at New Beginnings Church
of God in Meadville, Pa. [Lycoming 2013]
JAY: Carroll Edward Jay was born Apr. 21, 1921, at Clarksburg, W.Va. He
attended Roosevelt-Wilson High School, from which he graduated in 1939. He
attended Marshall University, Huntington, W.Va., for one year on an athletic
scholarship; married Dolores Skidmore of Clarksburg; entered the Army for
active service in World War II in Oct. 1943. In 1953 he enrolled as a freshman
at Shenandoah College (Class of 1956). He completed his college work at
Madison College, Harrisonburg, Va., and graduated with a B.S. in 1957. He
joined Va. Conf. in 1958 and was ordained in 1959. In 1964 he was pastor of
Berkeley-Morgan Charge, while also serving as Principal of an Elementary School in Morgan County, W.Va.
Rev. Jay has served Mt. Horeb Circuit, 1954-58, Massanutten, 1961-62; and Berkeley-Morgan Circuit, 1962-
66, in the Conference. His memoir is provided in Section II.A (below). [Glovier 1965, p. 275, which provided
the picture on the left; see also pp. 92, 258, 259]
JAY: Clarence Jay served Massanutten Circuit, 1960-61 (same as Carroll E. Jay?).
JAY: Harry Wilbur Jay was born in Clarksburg, W.Va., Nov. 17, 1919, a son of the late
Harry W. and Cora Belle Batson Jay. His family moved to Nutter’s Fort, W.Va., where he spent
his boyhood and early adult life. He attended the public schools of that community, graduating
from Roosevelt Wilson High School in 1937. Harry Wilbur Jay was married to Iwanda Mae Pettit
on Aug. 16, 1942, and has one daughter, Deborah Ann. He served in the U.S. Army Dec. 24,
1941, through Dec. 7, 1945. He served in the Anti-Aircraft Artillery and then was transferred to
100th Infantry Division, attaining the rank of Technical Sergeant, serving as Platoon Leader. He
served in the European Theater of Operation and was wounded in action in France. He was
converted at the age of 29 at a prayer service being held at the Christian and Missionary
Alliance Church of Nutter’s Fort. In May 1951, he answered the Lord’s call to the active ministry. He attended
the Nyack Missionary College of Nyack, New York. He has served the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
of Addison, New York, during Jan. 1955 to Sep. 1956. In Sep. 1956, he came to our Va. Conf., transferring
his membership and has served faithfully in the following charges: Berkeley-Morgan, 1956-58; Massanutten,
1958-59; Blairton-Greensburg, 1959-67; and Berkeley Springs Station, 1967-69. Rev. Jay retired from the
Baltimore-Washington Conference in 1991. [Glovier 1965, p. 294-295, which provided the picture; see also
pp. 86, 190, 259]
JENNINGS: P. J. Jennings reported for Sherando FM Mission (later, Grottoes). He served Moorefield
Circuit, 1897-98, and Blue Ridge Circuit, 1898-1899. [Glovier 1965, p. 41]
JONES: George M. Jones became a member of Conference in 1897. His name was referred back to his
quarterly conference in 1904, he having failed to pass the prescribed course of reading. [Funkhouser 1921,
p. 140; see also pp. 128, 294, 296-298] and [Glovier 1965, p. 90]
JONES: Gilbert (Buddy) Russell Jones, Jr., son of Gilbert Jones, Sr., and Dorothy Marie
Wheat Jones, was born in Martinsburg, W.Va., Jan. 11, 1946. He was always faithful in St.
Luke’s Church, and very early in life he made his decision for the gospel ministry. He has been
a leader in the youth work of the local church and district. He is in the second year at Shepherd
College where he is an honor student. Early in 1964 he was assigned to be student pastor at
the Willow Chapel Church on the Wardensville Charge. He has since served Wardensville, 1964-
68, together with Lacey Springs, 1965-66, and Westernport, 1966-67. [Glovier 1965, p. 302,
which provided the picture; see also pp. 253, 297] He is listed as a probationary EUB elder in 1968, serving
the Wardensville Charge (Winchester District). However, he apparently did not join the UMC, since he is not
listed in the 1969 or 1982 UMC Conference Minutes.
JONES: Hearl Jones, Jr. (b. June 29, 1928; d. June 22, 2024), served Churchville Circuit, 1968-69. He
conducted a funeral service for John Austin in Ridgedale, W.Va., in Apr. 1985. He was not listed in the 1985
or 1990 UMC General Minutes, suggesting he was no longer connected with the UMC. His last church White
Rock Community Church of Monumental, W.Va. He conducted a funeral service for Beulah Jones in Fairmont,
W.Va., in Mar. 2000. Rev. Hearl Jones, Jr. was living in Monumental (Fairmont) when he died in 2001 at age
73. His obituary is provided in Section II.A (below).
JONES: Henry Jones became a member of Conference in 1839; perhaps lived on Holcomb place near
Melrose, Va. He served Jackson Mission, 1839-41. A Rev. Henry Jones (1802-1877) of Monongalia Co.,
W.Va., married May Lough (1808-78). [Funkhouser 1921, p. 139]
JONES: Henry Jones (1836-1889) was recommended for the ministry in Va. Conf. by the Quarterly
Conference of East Virginia Mission, and he was received into the Conference at Keedysville, Md., in
Feb. 1875. He served Elkton, Front Royal and Dayton charges, and for a time served as agent for
Shenandoah Institute. On account of failing health, he retired from the active work and returned to his home
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