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Earl Baughman
Contributions from Ed Jones in the March, 2008 St. Georgian Earl is a native of Seymour Indiana and graduated from Purdue University with a degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering. He has been retired since 2007, and in his professional life he focused on US Navy Combat Systems. During his career, he spent ten years … Read more
Edgar M. Young (1876-1944)
Edgar Young was junior warden, senior warden and member of the Vestry from the 1922 to the time of his death in 1944. He served on the property committee, was an auditor of books and was a treasurer even longer (29 years). He also is noted for keeping the “pew books” of who had ownership … Read more
Mary Faulkner (1919-2008)
“I believe that God is love. We need to become one world of people who care for each other in our different ways. You can’t lose when you try to love people” – 2002 Oral history In her oral memoirs to Tomi Reneau, Mary remarked “When I was coming along in my year at the … Read more
Getting Started in St. George's History - 6 essential resources
Selections from several categories of our history.
McGuire served all 3 churches over the course of 45 years. He is probably the most influential of all our rectors in all phases of ministry from preaching, teaching, and outreach. Trip Wiggins, our archivist, wrote this for a Sunday school class and has been teaching classes for years
6. Tom Faulkner confronts the Vestry on race
Faulkner served St. George's for 30 years from 1946-1976. During these years racial policies were paramount, especially 1954, in the year of Brown vs. Board of Education, Faulkner was challenged by the Vestry on the role of Blacks in our service. He was able to move St. George's toward racial justice that other rectors would further
