Roanoke Rapids Herald

Rev. Herbert Is New Pastor Of First Methodist

The Rev. James Furman Herbert, close friend of the late Rev. John Edwards, has been appointed to fill the pulpit of the First Methodist Church of Roanoke Rapids. The Reverend Mr. Herbert preached his first sermon in the church Sunday morning.

The new minister comes to Roanoke Rapids from the pastorate of St. James Methodist Church in Brooklyn, N. Y., where he was pastor for the past year.

He has been on leave of absence from the North Carolina Methodist Conference for two and half years, pursuing studies in Sociology at Columbia University and New York University.

While there he served churches in Jersey City and Brooklyn.

Mr. Herbert is a graduate of Wofford College in Spartanburg. S. C.., and the Garrett Biblical Institute of Northwestern University. He is the son of the late Walter I. Herbert, pastor and Presiding Elder in the South Carolina Conference for 48 years. His grandfather, T. G. Herbert, was also a pastor and Presiding Elder in that Conference for many years.

Mr. Herbert's family will come to Roanoke Rapids July 1. The family consists of Mrs. Herbert

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and the following children: Constance Kennison, a senior at Converse College, Spartanburg, S. C.; David Furman, who is graduating this month from St. Bernard's School for Boys in Gladstone, N. J.; Walter Frederick, age 13, a student in the New York public schools; and Anne Elizabeth, age 5.