Richard Woolfolk Fox III

Gretna Christian Church 100th Anniversary

Minister:  Dwight Mays

111 Leftwich Street
Gretna, Virginia
Mailing Address: Post Office Box 644 Gretna, Virginia 24557

Richard Woolfolk Fox III was the minister for Gretna Christian Church from 1955 to 1962.  He was the son of R. W. Fox II and Elizabeth Temple Fleet.  Reverend Fox was born on April 10, 1889 in King William County, Virginia.

He attended College at Lynchburg College, College of the Bible, Ministry of Pennsylvania.  He began his ministry in 1912.

Reverend Fox died on January 11, 1968.  He is buried near his family at the Corinth Christian Church in King William County, Virginia.

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Gretna Christian Church

Atha Bailey

Linda Dalton


I will be taking a week hiatus to regroup to research new material for this blog site.  I will be returning after July 4th.  

June 7, 1992 at Gretna Christian Church

Gretna Christian Church 100th Anniversary

Minister:  Dwight Mays

111 Leftwich Street
Gretna, Virginia
Mailing Address: Post Office Box 644 Gretna, Virginia 24557

June 7, 1992 was Pentecost Sunday.  The Minister at that time was the Reverend Clifton C. McCoy.  The music directors were Mrs. Linda Dalton and Mrs. Eliza Hines.

Invocation was by Joe Kinsley which was followed by announcements by Reverend McCoy.
Stacy Meadows was honored as a graduate of Gretna High School.

Deacons serving on that day were Floyd Schlauch, Dick Lassiter, Tommy Crawley and Dalton Harris.

Meditation by Kenneth Dalton
Prayer of Thanksgiving for bread by Harold Bailey
Prayer of Thanksgiving for Cup by Jeff Abbott

Offertory Prayer was given by Floyd Schlauch.
The Scripture for that day was Acts 2:1-13
¹ When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. ² Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. ³ They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. ⁴ All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues^[a] as the Spirit enabled them.

 ⁵ Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. ⁶ When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. ⁷ Utterly amazed, they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? ⁸ Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? ⁹ Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,^[b] 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome ¹¹ (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” ¹² Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”

 ¹³ Some, however, made fun of them and said, “They have had too much wine.”

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+2%3A1-13&version

The Reverend McCoy's sermon was "That Sudden Sound From Heaven".

Announcements:

C.W.F. Meeting   June 15; Annual Picnic - June 27

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Disciples of Christ Historical Society 

Gretna Christian Church

Atha Bailey

Linda Dalton

Some pictures from the 2001 Church Directory

Gretna Christian Church 100th Anniversary

Minister:  Dwight Mays

111 Leftwich Street
Gretna, Virginia
Mailing Address: Post Office Box 644 Gretna, Virginia 24557

Mark E. Poole  photos
Disciples of Christ Historical Society 

Gretna Christian Church

Atha Bailey

Linda Dalton

Christmas At Gretna Christian Church

Gretna Christian Church 100th Anniversary

Minister:  Dwight Mays

111 Leftwich Street
Gretna, Virginia
Mailing Address: Post Office Box 644 Gretna, Virginia 24557

Today I am posting two cards that were sent by Reverend Richard Woolfolk Fox, III while he was a minister at Gretna Christian Church.  Reverend Fox was the minister for Gretna Christian from 1955 to 1962.

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Linda Dalton

Christmas at Gretna Christian Church

Gretna Christian Church 100th Anniversary

Minister:  Dwight Mays

111 Leftwich Street
Gretna, Virginia
Mailing Address: Post Office Box 644 Gretna, Virginia 24557

CHRISTMAS IN JUNE

SOME OF THE WONDERFUL CHILDREN OF GRETNA CHRISTIAN

How silently, how silently the wondrous Gifts is givn'!

So God imparts to human hearts

The Blessings of His Heaven

No ear may hear His coming;

But in this world of sin,

Where meek souls will receive Him still,

The dear Christ enters in.

Joseph:  Kevin Dalton

Mary:  Leslie Dalton

Man Kneeling:  Kenneth Dalton

Little girl:  Leslie Dalton

And of course Santa is Santa

Christmas Play in 1978.  The little blonde girl is Lisa Dellis.  I do not know the names of the other young actors.

Actors in this Christmas Play are from left to right

Tim Meadows

Mark Wells

Kevin Dalton

Woody Dellis

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Linda Dalton

The Reverend Billy Weeks Photograph

Gretna Christian Church 100th Anniversary

Minister:  Dwight Mays

111 Leftwich Street
Gretna, Virginia
Mailing Address: Post Office Box 644 Gretna, Virginia 24557

In three blogs I have posted information about the Reverend William Weeks. I posted a blog on April 7, May 19 and May 20th of this year.  I had promised to post a picture of Reverend Weeks and today I am posting that picture.

The Reverend William P. Weeks, Jr.

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Gretna Christian Church

Atha Bailey

Linda Dalton

Remember, if you would like to have a picture posted on the blog, please contact me and I will be glad to do so.

More pictures from the Past

Gretna Christian Church 100th Anniversary

Minister:  Dwight Mays

111 Leftwich Street
Gretna, Virginia
Mailing Address: Post Office Box 644 Gretna, Virginia 24557

Pictured above is Eric Dalton, Linda Dalton and Joe Kinsley.  Dalton Harris and Clark Hedrick are standing by the tree.  Kenneth Dalton is walking down the sidewalk.

Shirley Owen, Ethel Shields, Minnie Hedrick and Nell Bolling are in the kitchen in the educational building.

In the food line at the 1983 Homecoming is Tommy Crawley, Ruth Shelton, Pete Shelton, Ivalee Dalton, Kevin Dalton and Happy Bobbitt.  

Mark E. Poole  photos
Disciples of Christ Historical Society 

Gretna Christian Church

Atha Bailey

Linda Dalton