Timeline

William N. Shirey June 1981-December 1983 Wife: Gloria Lorraine Tunnell Shirey Daughters: Gloria Laurette Shirey Abbott, Gayle Lorraine Shirey Chapman A.A. Lon Morris College 1939 B.A. Southwestern University 1950 M.T. Perkins School of Theology 1954

Frank Lowell Turner, Jr.
June 1980-June 1981
Wife: Blanche Hooks Turner ???
Children: Dr. Ralph James ???, Rev. Saby Frank ???
B.A. McMurry College, Abilene, Texas
B.D. Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University

Homer R. Kluck
January 1978-June 1980
Wife: Virginia Ann Hailey Kluck
Daughter: Margi Kluck
B.A. Texas Weslyan College
B.D. Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University

E. Frank Leach
January 1973-January 1978
Wife: Barbara Ann Layland Leach
Children: Deborah Dawn Leach, David Douglas Leach, Deanna Darlene Leach, Dennis DeWayne Leach
B.A. Texas Weslyan College 1953
B.D. Perkins School of Theology 1956
M.A. Texas Christian University 1963

Elden Douglas Trasater, Jr.
June 1969-January 1973
Wife: Jean Hunter Trasater
Children: Elden Douglas Trasater III, Jeffrey Lynn Trasater, Diana Eileen Trasater
B.A. North Texas State University 1948
M.B.A. North Texas State University 1954
M.D. Southern Methodist University 1953

Carl Poe Mehaffey, Jr.
June 1959-June 1969
Wife: Jacqueline Howell Mehaffey
Daughters: Judy Ann Mehaffey Richmond, Patricia Key Mehaffey Sherman
B.S. Texas Christian University 1946
B.D Brite College of the Bible 1958

April 23, 1968 The United Methodist Church was created when Bishop Reuben H. Mueller, representing The Evangelical United Brethren Church, and Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke of The Methodist Church joined hands at the constituting General Conference in Dallas, Texas.

1965 The educational building was enlarged to accommodate the growing congregation

February 1960 The church purchased its first parsonage at 3012 Conejos Drive

December 18, 1960 First service held at the church building at 2820 Laredo Drive; 267 persons were in attendance

Sunday, June 19, 1960 Groundbreaking for the new church building at 2820 Laredo Drive commenced

September 1959 The church began meeting at Waverly Park Elementary School

June 12, 1959 Bishop William C. Martin appointed the Reverend Carl P. Mehaffy, Jr. with the challenge to survey the community and to inform the residents a new Methodist church was forming on June 12, 1959; the church met at the home of the Mehaffy’s