Clergy Historical Data for Olivet Church 1867 - 1869.................. Reverend J.J. Largent - the first minister at Solomon's UMC 1870 - 1872 ................. Reverend Ezekiel Richardson, Rev. L.M. Gardner 1873 ................. ...........Reverend C. A. Hartsock, Rev. J. D. Still 1874 ................. ...........Reverend G.F. Dorsey, Rev. T.J. Cross 1875 - 1876 ................. Reverend E.O. Eldridge No Date................. ......Reverend A.J. Gill - Preached Dedication of Olivet Chapel in May 1885 1877 - 1878 ................. Reverend Harry Boggs No Date ................. .....Reverend Joseph P. Wilson No Date ................. .....Reverend Osbern Belt No Date ................. .....Reverend W.H. Dell 1879 - 1881 ................. Reverend T.E. Peters 1882 - 1883 ................. Reverend H. H. Westwood 1884-1885 ................... Reverend J.F.F. Gray (First Minister of Olivet) 1886 ................. ...........Reverend G.W. Rush | photo | 1887 ................. ...........Reverend John Seiber 1888 ................. ...........Reverend H.W. Jones 1889 - 1890 ................. Reverend G.W. Cecil | photo of his wife | 1891 - 1892 ................. Reverend William Anthony | photo | .. | photo with family | 1893 ................. ...........Reverend J.H. Petts | photo | 1894 - 1896 ................. Reverend R.S. Barnes | photo | 1897 ................. ...........Reverend R.S. Wilson 1898 - 1899 ................. Reverend W.D. Beall 1900 - 1904 ................. Reverend V.A. Lonier 1905 - 1906 ................. Reverend B.W. Meeks | photo | 1907 - 1908 ................. Reverend J. I. Winger 1909 - 1910 ................. Reverend A.E. Spielman 1911 - 1913 ................. Reverend Ulysses S. A. Heavener | photo | ................. ....(laid plans for the construction of current church, built in 1912) 1914 ................. ............Reverend Parrish No Date ................. .....Reverend Justice 19??-1920 ................... Reverend J. A. Grose 1921 - 1923 ................. Reverend W. W. Costin 1924 - 1926 ................. Reverend W.A. Ledford 1927 - 1929 ................. Reverend C.A. Sadofsky 1929 - 1933 ................. Reverend W. Gibbs McKenney 1935 - 1937 ................. Reverend Bert Constance 1938 - 1939 ................. Reverend Douglass Chandler 1939 - 1942 ................. Reverend Harold R. McClay 1943 - 1947 ................. Reverend Paul Hicks Groseclose | photo | 1948 - 1949 ................. Reverend T. Ward Kemp 1950 - 1951 ................. Reverend William Brashears | photo | 1952 - 1954 ................. Reverend C. Winfield Hall | photo | 1955 - 1958................ . Reverend William Arthur Winfree 1958 - 1961 ................. Reverend Lyle E. Harper 1962 - 1964 ................. Reverend Richard E. Nowers 1965 - 1968 ................. Reverend William H. Bice 1969 - 1974 ................. Reverend Richard Roper 1974- 1980 .................. Reverend John Williams 1980 - 1985 ................. Reverend Susan Azud-Thomas 1985 - 1989 ................. Reverend William Balderson 1989 - 1994 ................. Reverend Robert Shefner 1994 - 1997 ................. Reverend Kenneth Bowen 1997 - 1999 ................. Reverend Lillian Geib 1999 - 2008 ................. Reverend Sue Shorb-Sterling 2008 - present............... Reverend Faith F. Lewis