From Ascended Saints book at Christ's Lutheran Church, Stanley, NC
Woodrow (Cloninger) descended from a founder of this congregation, Miles Abernethy. He was raised in a Lutheran church in a neighboring community. He married a daughter of this congregation, Lela Lewis, whom he met at a county-wide Luther League meeting. Woodrow moved his membership to this church and was very active for a number of years. For a number of years he led the Sunday school opening in the old church. During World War II he served in the army. Some years ago, he had surgery to remove a cancerous growth from the colon. One week later, a blockage developed and additional surgery was required. The surgery was extremely difficult. One of the operating room nurses later told him that she nad never seen a man die as many times as he had during the operation. He survived, went back to work, and lived another twenty-five years. While still a fairly young man, Woodrow slowly began to lose his vision. Eventually, he became blind following the footsteps of his father, John, who had earlier lost his sight. On Sundays, you could still find Woodrow in church as always. Woodrow Cloninger was an inspiration to his fellow members.
Woodrow (Cloninger) descended from a founder of this congregation, Miles Abernethy. He was raised in a Lutheran church in a neighboring community. He married a daughter of this congregation, Lela Lewis, whom he met at a county-wide Luther League meeting. Woodrow moved his membership to this church and was very active for a number of years. For a number of years he led the Sunday school opening in the old church. During World War II he served in the army. Some years ago, he had surgery to remove a cancerous growth from the colon. One week later, a blockage developed and additional surgery was required. The surgery was extremely difficult. One of the operating room nurses later told him that she nad never seen a man die as many times as he had during the operation. He survived, went back to work, and lived another twenty-five years. While still a fairly young man, Woodrow slowly began to lose his vision. Eventually, he became blind following the footsteps of his father, John, who had earlier lost his sight. On Sundays, you could still find Woodrow in church as always. Woodrow Cloninger was an inspiration to his fellow members.
From Ascended Saints book at Christ's Lutheran Church, Stanley, NC
Woodrow (Cloninger) descended from a founder of this congregation, Miles Abernethy. He was raised in a Lutheran church in a neighboring community. He married a daughter of this congregation, Lela Lewis, whom he met at a county-wide Luther League meeting. Woodrow moved his membership to this church and was very active for a number of years. For a number of years he led the Sunday school opening in the old church. During World War II he served in the army. Some years ago, he had surgery to remove a cancerous growth from the colon. One week later, a blockage developed and additional surgery was required. The surgery was extremely difficult. One of the operating room nurses later told him that she nad never seen a man die as many times as he had during the operation. He survived, went back to work, and lived another twenty-five years. While still a fairly young man, Woodrow slowly began to lose his vision. Eventually, he became blind following the footsteps of his father, John, who had earlier lost his sight. On Sundays, you could still find Woodrow in church as always. Woodrow Cloninger was an inspiration to his fellow members.
Woodrow (Cloninger) descended from a founder of this congregation, Miles Abernethy. He was raised in a Lutheran church in a neighboring community. He married a daughter of this congregation, Lela Lewis, whom he met at a county-wide Luther League meeting. Woodrow moved his membership to this church and was very active for a number of years. For a number of years he led the Sunday school opening in the old church. During World War II he served in the army. Some years ago, he had surgery to remove a cancerous growth from the colon. One week later, a blockage developed and additional surgery was required. The surgery was extremely difficult. One of the operating room nurses later told him that she nad never seen a man die as many times as he had during the operation. He survived, went back to work, and lived another twenty-five years. While still a fairly young man, Woodrow slowly began to lose his vision. Eventually, he became blind following the footsteps of his father, John, who had earlier lost his sight. On Sundays, you could still find Woodrow in church as always. Woodrow Cloninger was an inspiration to his fellow members.
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