Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameRuth Ellen Parker 
Birth1 Jan 1875
Death18 Feb 1953
BurialStony Hill UMC Cemetery, Stanly County, NC
FatherJeremiah Monroe “Jerry” Parker (1846-1928)
MotherRachel Catherine Shaver (1841-1916)
Spouses
Birth24 Dec 1878
Death14 Jul 1958
BurialStony Hill UMC Cemetery, Stanly County, NC
FatherJohn Isaac Kirk (1855-1929)
MotherRhonda Frances Kirk (1857-1882)
ChildrenRhoda Agatha
Baxter Gentry (1903-1988)
Dera Kathleen (1904-1993)
Peanie Pauline (1907-1927)
Minnie “Gelia” (1909-1996)
Marvin Young (1914-1989)
Notes for Ruth Ellen Parker
History of Stony Hill United Methodist Women
In the year 1937 The Rev. G.L. Wilkinson, pastor of Stony Hill Church, organized The Ladies Missionary Society. The charter members were as follows: Mrs. Ellen Parker Kirk, deceased, Miss Dera Kirk, Mrs. Gelia Kirk Talbert, Mrs. Nora Misenheimer Redwine, deceased, Mrs. Ardelia Stoker Cranford, deceased, Mrs. Lucille Cranford Mullinix, deceased, Mrs. G.L. Wilkinson, deceased, Mrs. Virginia Hinson Stoker, Mrs. Jane Stoker Mullinix, deceased, and Mrs. Mary Frank Crowell Shaver, deceased. Stony Hill at this time was in the Salisbury District which would become the Albemarle District in 1959.
Above is the first paragraph of a history which concludes: This is the history of the United Methodist Women of Stony Hill United Methodist Church as of January 16, 1992 as told to Sally Stoker by charter member Virginia Stoker.
In the year 1937 The Rev. G.L. Wilkinson, pastor of Stony Hill Church, organized The Ladies Missionary Society. The charter members were as follows: Mrs. Ellen Parker Kirk, deceased, Miss Dera Kirk, Mrs. Gelia Kirk Talbert, Mrs. Nora Misenheimer Redwine, deceased, Mrs. Ardelia Stoker Cranford, deceased, Mrs. Lucille Cranford Mullinix, deceased, Mrs. G.L. Wilkinson, deceased, Mrs. Virginia Hinson Stoker, Mrs. Jane Stoker Mullinix, deceased, and Mrs. Mary Frank Crowell Shaver, deceased. Stony Hill at this time was in the Salisbury District which would become the Albemarle District in 1959.
Above is the first paragraph of a history which concludes: This is the history of the United Methodist Women of Stony Hill United Methodist Church as of January 16, 1992 as told to Sally Stoker by charter member Virginia Stoker.