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at East Point, Rockingham County, Va., where he spent the remaining portion of his life. He
died at East Point Aug. 23, 1889, aged nearly 53 years. He entered Conference in 1875, was
ordained in 1878, and labored the following charges: Swift Run, 1874-75; Madison, 1875-79;
Page Valley, 1879-81; Port Republic, 1881-82; Front Royal, 1882-83; and Dayton, 1885-87;
and was for a while (1884-85) Conference Agent for Shenandoah Institute. He was a man of
strong convictions, and would make no compromise with what he looked upon as evil. The
picture is from [Glovier 1965, p. 69], taken in 1886. His memoir, as well as his wife’s, is
provided in Section II.A (below). [Funkhouser 1921, pp. 140, 173; see also pp. 1, 128, 158,
193, 200-201, 294, 296-297, 305-308] and [Glovier 1965, pp. 88-89, 94, 105, 243]; see also
entries for “H. Jones” in [Funkhouser 1921, pp. 248-249, 273-288]
JONES: William Otterbein Jones was born in Madison County, Va., in 1874, and was educated at Lebanon
Valley College and Shenandoah Institute (Class of 1895). He was licensed in 1894 and joined the Conference
in 1895. He graduated from Union Biblical (Bonebrake Theological) Seminary, Class of 1902. His early fields
were Berkeley Springs Circuit, 1895-96; Prince William Mission, 1896-97; and Churchville Circuit, 1898-99.
He was granted an open transfer in 1903 and then “served in the Nebraska Conference.” [Funkhouser 1921,
pp. 140, 173; see also pp. 128, 173, 218, 293, 296-297, 299] and [Glovier 1965, p. 90]
JORDAN: Garland Wayne Jordan was born Apr. 2, 1917, in
Fountain Run, Kentucky, the son of Calvin D. Jordan and the late Mrs.
Georgia Belle Carver. He was converted Apr. 16, 1944, in the First
Baptist Church of San Francisco, California. He is a graduate of the
Baptist Bible Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and has the A.B.
Degree from California Baptist Theological Seminary (College
Division), Covina, California. He has also taken graduate work at the
Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary and at Evangelical Theological
Seminary, Naperville, Illinois. He was married on Aug. 10, 1940, to
Zella Marie Estelle. Their marriage was blessed by the birth of four children: Melvin Lee, Georgia Marie,
Garland Wayne Jr. (deceased), and Jerry Samuel. He has served as pastor of Scottsburg Circuit (Indiana
South), 1956; Morocco-Mr. Zion Circuit (Indiana North), 1957-1958; Woodbury-Woodland Circuit (Michigan
Conference, Old Constitution), 1961-1963; and Beech Park Church (Michigan Conference O.C.), 1963-1964.
He was ordained by Bishop Clyde Meadows in Aug. 1961 in the Old Constitution Church, and he was received
as an ordained elder into Va. Conf. in Aug. 1964. He served Westernport Circuit, 1964-66, and Fairfax Circuit,
1966-69. In 1985, 1990, and 1995 he was listed as a retired elder in the Va. Conf. Wayne died on July 15,
1999, after an extended illness. His memoir is provided in Section II.A (below). [Glovier 1965, p. 276, which
provided the picture in the middle; see also pp. 86, 92, 258, 259]
JORDAN: Jerry Samuel Jordan, a Ministerial Student, served as Assistant Pastor of Sleepy Hollow Charge,
under Rev. Garland Wayne Jordan (his father), 1967-68. J. S. Jordan previously served Mountain Valley
Circuit, 1966-67. A Rev. Jerry Jordan was listed as a ministry mentor in Colorado in June 2009. There is no
Jerry or J. W. Jordan in the 1968, 1969 or 1985 UMC General Minutes.
JORDAN: Joseph Jordan became a member of Conference in 1811 and licensed to exhort. He attended
Conference until 1818. [Funkhouser 1921, p. 140; see also pp. 124, 228-229, 231] and [Glovier 1965, p. 87]
JUDY: Daniel L. Judy was a quarterly conference licentiate who helped organize congregations (initially,
classes) for Hopeville (1929) and Scott’s Ridge (1928) U.B. Churches on the Petersburg District. These
churches had been abandoned by 1965. [Glovier 1965, pp. 216, 220] He was born at Upper Tract, W.Va.,
April 5, 1886. In 1910, he came to Petersburg and moved to Lahmansville in 1923. Under the faithful
ministry of the late Rev. S. L. Baugher, he was converted in 1925 and after a struggle of many years
standing, he yielded up his life to the work of the ministry to which he had felt called for many years. In
1928, he received quarterly license from Superintendent J. H. Brunk. He had been an apt and faithful student
of Miss Ida Judy, a peerless teacher of the Bible, during 1930-32 and has served the people of Scott's Ridge
and Hopeville vicinities and other places as opportunities offered. In 1932 he expected to further qualify
himself for the holy calling as rapidly as circumstances will admit. [Hiser 1932, p. 31]
JUDY: Ida MaBelle Judy, “daughter of Joel and Ellen Judy, was born near Petersburg,
W.Va., June 19, 1873. She was educated at Fairmont Normal School, Shenandoah Collegiate
Institute” (1898-1900), and Bridgewater College, receiving her degree from the latter
institution. She was also a graduate of the Moody Bible Institute. Miss Judy was “converted
in 1895, licensed in 1899, joined Conference 1900, and was ordained an elder in 1901. She
served pastorates at Franklin, 1900-02; Westernport and Midland Circuit, 1904-07;
Westernport Circuit, 1907-09; Dayton, 1915-16; Bayard, 1927-28; and Petersburg, 1928-32.
For 14 years she was a member of the faculty at Shenandoah. She was the author of several
books. Following retirement from active service in the Conference, she became a social
worker in her home town. Miss Judy died Jan. 8, 1952, at age 79 in Petersburg and was buried in the
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at East Point, Rockingham County, Va., where he spent the remaining portion of his life. He
died at East Point Aug. 23, 1889, aged nearly 53 years. He entered Conference in 1875, was
ordained in 1878, and labored the following charges: Swift Run, 1874-75; Madison, 1875-79;
Page Valley, 1879-81; Port Republic, 1881-82; Front Royal, 1882-83; and Dayton, 1885-87;
and was for a while (1884-85) Conference Agent for Shenandoah Institute. He was a man of
strong convictions, and would make no compromise with what he looked upon as evil. The
picture is from [Glovier 1965, p. 69], taken in 1886. His memoir, as well as his wife’s, is
provided in Section II.A (below). [Funkhouser 1921, pp. 140, 173; see also pp. 1, 128, 158,
193, 200-201, 294, 296-297, 305-308] and [Glovier 1965, pp. 88-89, 94, 105, 243]; see also
entries for “H. Jones” in [Funkhouser 1921, pp. 248-249, 273-288]
JONES: William Otterbein Jones was born in Madison County, Va., in 1874, and was educated at Lebanon
Valley College and Shenandoah Institute (Class of 1895). He was licensed in 1894 and joined the Conference
in 1895. He graduated from Union Biblical (Bonebrake Theological) Seminary, Class of 1902. His early fields
were Berkeley Springs Circuit, 1895-96; Prince William Mission, 1896-97; and Churchville Circuit, 1898-99.
He was granted an open transfer in 1903 and then “served in the Nebraska Conference.” [Funkhouser 1921,
pp. 140, 173; see also pp. 128, 173, 218, 293, 296-297, 299] and [Glovier 1965, p. 90]
JORDAN: Garland Wayne Jordan was born Apr. 2, 1917, in
Fountain Run, Kentucky, the son of Calvin D. Jordan and the late Mrs.
Georgia Belle Carver. He was converted Apr. 16, 1944, in the First
Baptist Church of San Francisco, California. He is a graduate of the
Baptist Bible Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and has the A.B.
Degree from California Baptist Theological Seminary (College
Division), Covina, California. He has also taken graduate work at the
Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary and at Evangelical Theological
Seminary, Naperville, Illinois. He was married on Aug. 10, 1940, to
Zella Marie Estelle. Their marriage was blessed by the birth of four children: Melvin Lee, Georgia Marie,
Garland Wayne Jr. (deceased), and Jerry Samuel. He has served as pastor of Scottsburg Circuit (Indiana
South), 1956; Morocco-Mr. Zion Circuit (Indiana North), 1957-1958; Woodbury-Woodland Circuit (Michigan
Conference, Old Constitution), 1961-1963; and Beech Park Church (Michigan Conference O.C.), 1963-1964.
He was ordained by Bishop Clyde Meadows in Aug. 1961 in the Old Constitution Church, and he was received
as an ordained elder into Va. Conf. in Aug. 1964. He served Westernport Circuit, 1964-66, and Fairfax Circuit,
1966-69. In 1985, 1990, and 1995 he was listed as a retired elder in the Va. Conf. Wayne died on July 15,
1999, after an extended illness. His memoir is provided in Section II.A (below). [Glovier 1965, p. 276, which
provided the picture in the middle; see also pp. 86, 92, 258, 259]
JORDAN: Jerry Samuel Jordan, a Ministerial Student, served as Assistant Pastor of Sleepy Hollow Charge,
under Rev. Garland Wayne Jordan (his father), 1967-68. J. S. Jordan previously served Mountain Valley
Circuit, 1966-67. A Rev. Jerry Jordan was listed as a ministry mentor in Colorado in June 2009. There is no
Jerry or J. W. Jordan in the 1968, 1969 or 1985 UMC General Minutes.
JORDAN: Joseph Jordan became a member of Conference in 1811 and licensed to exhort. He attended
Conference until 1818. [Funkhouser 1921, p. 140; see also pp. 124, 228-229, 231] and [Glovier 1965, p. 87]
JUDY: Daniel L. Judy was a quarterly conference licentiate who helped organize congregations (initially,
classes) for Hopeville (1929) and Scott’s Ridge (1928) U.B. Churches on the Petersburg District. These
churches had been abandoned by 1965. [Glovier 1965, pp. 216, 220] He was born at Upper Tract, W.Va.,
April 5, 1886. In 1910, he came to Petersburg and moved to Lahmansville in 1923. Under the faithful
ministry of the late Rev. S. L. Baugher, he was converted in 1925 and after a struggle of many years
standing, he yielded up his life to the work of the ministry to which he had felt called for many years. In
1928, he received quarterly license from Superintendent J. H. Brunk. He had been an apt and faithful student
of Miss Ida Judy, a peerless teacher of the Bible, during 1930-32 and has served the people of Scott's Ridge
and Hopeville vicinities and other places as opportunities offered. In 1932 he expected to further qualify
himself for the holy calling as rapidly as circumstances will admit. [Hiser 1932, p. 31]
JUDY: Ida MaBelle Judy, “daughter of Joel and Ellen Judy, was born near Petersburg,
W.Va., June 19, 1873. She was educated at Fairmont Normal School, Shenandoah Collegiate
Institute” (1898-1900), and Bridgewater College, receiving her degree from the latter
institution. She was also a graduate of the Moody Bible Institute. Miss Judy was “converted
in 1895, licensed in 1899, joined Conference 1900, and was ordained an elder in 1901. She
served pastorates at Franklin, 1900-02; Westernport and Midland Circuit, 1904-07;
Westernport Circuit, 1907-09; Dayton, 1915-16; Bayard, 1927-28; and Petersburg, 1928-32.
For 14 years she was a member of the faculty at Shenandoah. She was the author of several
books. Following retirement from active service in the Conference, she became a social
worker in her home town. Miss Judy died Jan. 8, 1952, at age 79 in Petersburg and was buried in the
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