tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.comments2023-10-18T03:26:28.771-04:00Historic WanderingsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger216125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-62449536176242183432023-10-08T14:00:48.064-04:002023-10-08T14:00:48.064-04:00Hi, Paula! What are the directions to find the chu...Hi, Paula! What are the directions to find the church? I'd love to see it! EllenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-85010730890899123552023-08-03T01:37:54.610-04:002023-08-03T01:37:54.610-04:00I was, my mame is Sujit Naik, I was in Mes Twedell...I was, my mame is Sujit Naik, I was in Mes Twedell's class. I got picked and went to it's Elementary in DC at WJLAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-15937343837179660012023-07-08T11:10:40.328-04:002023-07-08T11:10:40.328-04:00do this structures still stand?do this structures still stand?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-7322383003278044022023-02-16T21:08:53.799-05:002023-02-16T21:08:53.799-05:00I understand there is a Christmas service in this ...I understand there is a Christmas service in this lovely old church. How do I get information or tickets to attend? My 90 year old cousin lives on Kent Island and has always wanted to attend. Thank you for any information you can provide. <br />Blessings<br />Trace.roes51@gmail.com Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-38958838559877246242023-01-09T15:27:16.706-05:002023-01-09T15:27:16.706-05:00My family members was buried in that cemetery. I a...My family members was buried in that cemetery. I also heard that they had housing built over the cemetery.Carolyn Windearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-75650545544823805002023-01-09T15:24:06.373-05:002023-01-09T15:24:06.373-05:00My great grandparents and our family attend that c...My great grandparents and our family attend that church. I have family members that are buried in that cemetery. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-12043787379255244612022-11-26T20:47:40.808-05:002022-11-26T20:47:40.808-05:00i lived in the rectory with the great Donald Seato...i lived in the rectory with the great Donald Seaton as a child in the 1960's. he started the day school and integrated the playgroundAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-59112801622562786002022-11-26T20:45:29.168-05:002022-11-26T20:45:29.168-05:00i lived in the rectory as a child with the great R...i lived in the rectory as a child with the great Rev. Donald Seaton in the 1960's. he started the day school and integrated the playgroundAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-81356151477577198882022-11-22T19:09:49.884-05:002022-11-22T19:09:49.884-05:00Yep, the Covington Preachers Yep, the Covington Preachers Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-37373238807508999942022-08-15T11:06:48.606-04:002022-08-15T11:06:48.606-04:00Just wanted to post an update that this church is ...Just wanted to post an update that this church is still in the care and custody of "Old Starr Church INC" which is a family trust of the descendants of Eddie Covington who was a preacher here (and at several other small QAC churches) in the early 1900's. My grandmother (Dolly Taylor 94) remembers being brought here by horse and buggy each week for her Dad (my great-grandfather) to preach.<br /><br />As mentioned above, in the 1960's when the congregation (white) at Old Starr Church had dwindled, and the other congregation (black) in Starr had lost their church house (used to be on Neighbors road), the congregants of Old Starr Church gave custody over so they could still have a place to worship. When their congregation (black) dwindled in the 1990's, the members of the prior Old Starr Church congregation (mostly of the Covington family) purchased back the property both from the black congregation as well as the Methodist council (there is a great story here about a last minute finding of the deed from the 1800's at the QAC courthouse to facilitate this) and in 1997 the church was repaired and refurbished.<br /><br />It now hosts 3 services throughout the year:<br /><br />First Sunday in August is a family reunion of the Reed/Covington families (this date may change in future years)<br /><br />First Sunday in October is an Old Starr Church Homecoming service which is open to the community and especially those (few remaining) members who attended here in the early 1900's.<br /><br />First Sunday in December is a candle-lit (with some electric light : ) Christmas Caroling service in the evening. This service is open to the public and is followed (as are all 3 services) by a potluck dinner in the church hall behind the main building.<br /><br />www.oldstarrchurch.com has just been purchased and will hopefully be populated (at some point) with the history of the church and other information.Taylor Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15478543095988909957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-24653278166046534172022-05-22T11:01:55.695-04:002022-05-22T11:01:55.695-04:00Hey Lance, I had the same question. I actually dro...Hey Lance, I had the same question. I actually drove down there to see the church. Wanted to see it again for nostalgia. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-72979522683601967052022-05-22T10:58:37.071-04:002022-05-22T10:58:37.071-04:00Thank you so much Maddy Mcoy. Thank you so much Maddy Mcoy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-30001875877023629632021-12-22T15:23:12.783-05:002021-12-22T15:23:12.783-05:00Here's the latest map: https://www.google.com/...Here's the latest map: https://www.google.com/maps/place/2813+Annandale+Rd,+Falls+Church,+VA+22042/@38.8768717,-77.1740147,3a,75y,114.68h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sw3IyU-wuZGa23bO5yS2_tA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3Dw3IyU-wuZGa23bO5yS2_tA%26cb_client%3Dsearch.gws-prod.gps%26w%3D86%26h%3D86%26yaw%3D114.676506%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192!4m8!1m2!2m1!1s3rd+baptist+church+falls+church!3m4!1s0x89b7b4be5d52e45b:0xf7709cbf97960157!8m2!3d38.8767514!4d-77.1736909Anthony Carr, Realtorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241999407770147362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-80935275325389772752021-12-16T11:34:36.449-05:002021-12-16T11:34:36.449-05:00I would like to know about this church....pass by ...I would like to know about this church....pass by it often on Annandale Rd and wonder what happened in this space and who Rev John Desper was. Also why it is abandoned.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14352358729591651098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-14201752210549718582021-08-27T17:22:46.296-04:002021-08-27T17:22:46.296-04:00I attended Westmore for 2nd grade,Mrs. Berry ('...I attended Westmore for 2nd grade,Mrs. Berry ('57-58), 3rd grade, Mrs.Scammahorn ('58-59), and Mrs.McCrory ('59-60) for 4th grade. We lived in Warren Woods. As a military "brat" we moved often and left in the summer of 1960.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-91293964397974502422021-08-11T20:56:49.488-04:002021-08-11T20:56:49.488-04:00The Richard Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church was ...The Richard Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church was a Black congregation. The Starr Methodist Episcopal Church was a white congregation. 2 entirely separate churches since about 1845 when the M.E. General Conference separated its Black members from its white members in a sort of "church within the Church. The white church closed in the 1960s; the Black church (which never had a deed for the land on which their church was built across the street, had their church building taken away from them at about that time. So the white church (Old Starr MEC) trustees let the Black church (Richard Asbury MEC) members worship in their church building. in the late 1980s the Black Richard Asbury UMC closed, too & the Old Starr Church building was purchased by an elected private Board of Trustees from the United Methodist Annual Conference. PROBABLY whatever extant Starr MEC records exist in 2021 are at the Wye Mills United Methodist Church or copies may be at the Peninsula-Delaware Annual Conference Archives at Barratt's Chapel, Frederica, Delaware. I have no real idea where they Black Methodist records are after 35+/- years---perhaps in Centreville, Md because Richard Asbury MEC was once part of the Centreville-Cordova ME Charge appointment.Arthur Daniel Leibyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16083817978585249931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-28303412525788000772021-08-09T14:07:21.224-04:002021-08-09T14:07:21.224-04:00I was at Westmore during those exact years, 1st-4t...I was at Westmore during those exact years, 1st-4th grades… lived on Maple St. in Ardmore… teachers were Ms. Batts, Mrs. McLaughlin, Mrs. Echols, and Mrs. Kreible… transferred to Green Acres for 5-6th grades… after high school, WT Woodson, class of 1970, lived at Waples Trailer Park from 1973-79… Brenda Beazleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03381245533615345036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-65977937028348552162021-08-01T15:52:12.697-04:002021-08-01T15:52:12.697-04:00Do you know what happened to the records of this c...Do you know what happened to the records of this church? My greatgrandparents, David Carter and Mary L Harris, were married in this church in 1891.Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05494258428372680456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-45060812954639372882021-07-22T17:24:38.430-04:002021-07-22T17:24:38.430-04:00Went here for only one year (2nd grade) in the ear...Went here for only one year (2nd grade) in the early 1990s, during the Gulf War. I also had the infamous Ms. Barrett. "PARK IT OR I'LL SPARK IT!" "MISS (redacted), if you were in Driving Miss Daisy, you would have been driving Miss Daisy CRAZY!" Without a doubt the most colorful teacher or professor I would ever have in my life.<br /><br />I moved on to Oak View as my family moved onward and upward and then went to W.T. Woodson, but this school always stuck out in my mind as a halcyon moment in time. After going around the world, I'm back in Nova, but still shocked to see this part of my childhood gone. RIP Westmore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-32565656706036687672021-07-17T09:03:31.369-04:002021-07-17T09:03:31.369-04:00Still interested in the Rikers in Charleston?
Tho...Still interested in the Rikers in Charleston?<br /><br />Thom HiersScott Stefflerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08496999199891317923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-79469965194138667842021-07-17T01:12:31.937-04:002021-07-17T01:12:31.937-04:00The history of these people is indeed phenomenal....The history of these people is indeed phenomenal. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-53546575534683581822021-07-17T01:10:41.735-04:002021-07-17T01:10:41.735-04:00Time is everything, I pray none of us miss it'...Time is everything, I pray none of us miss it's blessing, it's enveloping us in It's phenomena. The history of theses people, our people is awesome. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-40747160885307917472021-06-30T07:24:19.174-04:002021-06-30T07:24:19.174-04:00Church records indicate that worship services were...Church records indicate that worship services were held on Sarah Gibson's land as early as 1880. The Gibson Grove Church was the meeting place and the center of the community.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18184592407116296204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-39874145364279163332021-05-17T15:50:43.363-04:002021-05-17T15:50:43.363-04:002813 Annandale Rd., Falls Church, VA2813 Annandale Rd., Falls Church, VAMaddy McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14077943825757153870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-60477192887208300112021-05-16T16:31:00.767-04:002021-05-16T16:31:00.767-04:00I would like to know the exact located: address of...I would like to know the exact located: address of this church. My grandfather was the pastors ther.Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03908720140794494217noreply@blogger.com