DR. EUGENE NORFLEET GARDNER
THE DURHAM SUN - 05-13-1968, P.13
FORMER BAPTIST CONVENTION RECORDING SECRETARY DIES
HENDERSON, N.C. (AP) - The Rev. Dr. E. Norfleet Gardner, 73, retired Baptist minister and for many years recording secretary of the Baptist State Convention, died in a Henderson hospital Sunday night following an illness of several weeks.
He underwent surgery in Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem last month and later suffered a stroke.
He was statistical secretary of the Southern Baptist Convention at the time of his death.
The Rev. Dr. Gardner was a native of Franklin, Va. He was educated at the University of Richmond, the Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, Ky., and the University of Chicago.
His first pastorate was in Pendleton and Como. Later he became pastor at the Baptist Children's Home in Thomasville. From there he went to the First Baptist Church of Dunn for seven years, transferring to the Henderson First Baptist Church, where he served 13 years.
On leaving Henderson he served the First Baptist Church in Laurinburg seven years, then retired and established his home in Henderson.
Twice he was interim editor of Charity and Children, official publication of the children's home. He was president of three Rotary clubs where he served as pastor. He was author of several books.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mattie Macon Gardner; two daughters, Mrs. Robert H. Hathaway of Richmond, Va., and Mrs. Joe Leon Wilson, who with her husband is a missionary to Thailand; one step-daughter, Mrs. Arthur h. Jackson of Hartford. Conn.; one step-son, L. Norman White of New York City; eight grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. W.H. Pierce of Whitestone, Va.
Funeral services will be conducted at the First Baptist Church in Henderson at 11 a.m. Tuesday by the pastor, Dr. W.W. Leathers, Jr., assisted by the Rev. Boyce Brooks of Boone and the Rev. Maurice Grissom of Lynchburg, Va. The body will be carried to Franklin, Va., for graveside services and burial at 4 p.m. Tuesday.
Contributor: Southampton Co.,Va.Hist.Soc. (47284464)
THE DURHAM SUN - 05-13-1968, P.13
FORMER BAPTIST CONVENTION RECORDING SECRETARY DIES
HENDERSON, N.C. (AP) - The Rev. Dr. E. Norfleet Gardner, 73, retired Baptist minister and for many years recording secretary of the Baptist State Convention, died in a Henderson hospital Sunday night following an illness of several weeks.
He underwent surgery in Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem last month and later suffered a stroke.
He was statistical secretary of the Southern Baptist Convention at the time of his death.
The Rev. Dr. Gardner was a native of Franklin, Va. He was educated at the University of Richmond, the Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, Ky., and the University of Chicago.
His first pastorate was in Pendleton and Como. Later he became pastor at the Baptist Children's Home in Thomasville. From there he went to the First Baptist Church of Dunn for seven years, transferring to the Henderson First Baptist Church, where he served 13 years.
On leaving Henderson he served the First Baptist Church in Laurinburg seven years, then retired and established his home in Henderson.
Twice he was interim editor of Charity and Children, official publication of the children's home. He was president of three Rotary clubs where he served as pastor. He was author of several books.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mattie Macon Gardner; two daughters, Mrs. Robert H. Hathaway of Richmond, Va., and Mrs. Joe Leon Wilson, who with her husband is a missionary to Thailand; one step-daughter, Mrs. Arthur h. Jackson of Hartford. Conn.; one step-son, L. Norman White of New York City; eight grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. W.H. Pierce of Whitestone, Va.
Funeral services will be conducted at the First Baptist Church in Henderson at 11 a.m. Tuesday by the pastor, Dr. W.W. Leathers, Jr., assisted by the Rev. Boyce Brooks of Boone and the Rev. Maurice Grissom of Lynchburg, Va. The body will be carried to Franklin, Va., for graveside services and burial at 4 p.m. Tuesday.
Contributor: Southampton Co.,Va.Hist.Soc. (47284464)
DR. EUGENE NORFLEET GARDNER
THE DURHAM SUN - 05-13-1968, P.13
FORMER BAPTIST CONVENTION RECORDING SECRETARY DIES
HENDERSON, N.C. (AP) - The Rev. Dr. E. Norfleet Gardner, 73, retired Baptist minister and for many years recording secretary of the Baptist State Convention, died in a Henderson hospital Sunday night following an illness of several weeks.
He underwent surgery in Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem last month and later suffered a stroke.
He was statistical secretary of the Southern Baptist Convention at the time of his death.
The Rev. Dr. Gardner was a native of Franklin, Va. He was educated at the University of Richmond, the Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, Ky., and the University of Chicago.
His first pastorate was in Pendleton and Como. Later he became pastor at the Baptist Children's Home in Thomasville. From there he went to the First Baptist Church of Dunn for seven years, transferring to the Henderson First Baptist Church, where he served 13 years.
On leaving Henderson he served the First Baptist Church in Laurinburg seven years, then retired and established his home in Henderson.
Twice he was interim editor of Charity and Children, official publication of the children's home. He was president of three Rotary clubs where he served as pastor. He was author of several books.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mattie Macon Gardner; two daughters, Mrs. Robert H. Hathaway of Richmond, Va., and Mrs. Joe Leon Wilson, who with her husband is a missionary to Thailand; one step-daughter, Mrs. Arthur h. Jackson of Hartford. Conn.; one step-son, L. Norman White of New York City; eight grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. W.H. Pierce of Whitestone, Va.
Funeral services will be conducted at the First Baptist Church in Henderson at 11 a.m. Tuesday by the pastor, Dr. W.W. Leathers, Jr., assisted by the Rev. Boyce Brooks of Boone and the Rev. Maurice Grissom of Lynchburg, Va. The body will be carried to Franklin, Va., for graveside services and burial at 4 p.m. Tuesday.
Contributor: Southampton Co.,Va.Hist.Soc. (47284464)
THE DURHAM SUN - 05-13-1968, P.13
FORMER BAPTIST CONVENTION RECORDING SECRETARY DIES
HENDERSON, N.C. (AP) - The Rev. Dr. E. Norfleet Gardner, 73, retired Baptist minister and for many years recording secretary of the Baptist State Convention, died in a Henderson hospital Sunday night following an illness of several weeks.
He underwent surgery in Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem last month and later suffered a stroke.
He was statistical secretary of the Southern Baptist Convention at the time of his death.
The Rev. Dr. Gardner was a native of Franklin, Va. He was educated at the University of Richmond, the Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, Ky., and the University of Chicago.
His first pastorate was in Pendleton and Como. Later he became pastor at the Baptist Children's Home in Thomasville. From there he went to the First Baptist Church of Dunn for seven years, transferring to the Henderson First Baptist Church, where he served 13 years.
On leaving Henderson he served the First Baptist Church in Laurinburg seven years, then retired and established his home in Henderson.
Twice he was interim editor of Charity and Children, official publication of the children's home. He was president of three Rotary clubs where he served as pastor. He was author of several books.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mattie Macon Gardner; two daughters, Mrs. Robert H. Hathaway of Richmond, Va., and Mrs. Joe Leon Wilson, who with her husband is a missionary to Thailand; one step-daughter, Mrs. Arthur h. Jackson of Hartford. Conn.; one step-son, L. Norman White of New York City; eight grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. W.H. Pierce of Whitestone, Va.
Funeral services will be conducted at the First Baptist Church in Henderson at 11 a.m. Tuesday by the pastor, Dr. W.W. Leathers, Jr., assisted by the Rev. Boyce Brooks of Boone and the Rev. Maurice Grissom of Lynchburg, Va. The body will be carried to Franklin, Va., for graveside services and burial at 4 p.m. Tuesday.
Contributor: Southampton Co.,Va.Hist.Soc. (47284464)
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