Who's Who at Shannon Hills Bible Chapel, NC

Shannon Hills Bible Chapel, Greensboro, Guilford, NC (OB) 1940-current

Correspondents

• Lester Wilson 1939-1941+
• Harold G. Mackay 1943-1946+
• Charles Richard Andrews +1947, 1949+ (1923-2016)
• Wiley Berry Andrews, Sr. +1948-1950+ (1885-1969)
• Bill Anderson +1960+

Elders

• Bill Anderson +1960+
• Charles Richard Andrews +1947, 1949+ (1923-2016)
• Wiley Berry Andrews, Sr. 1940-1969 (1885-1969)
• Bill Brown 1943
• Ernest Gross 1941-1942+
• Harold G. Mackay 1943-1946+
• Lester Wilson 1939-1940+

Commendations

• Lola Edna Elmore Monnik 1953-2006 (1925-2006)

Early Families

Anderson family

• Bill Anderson +1960+

Andrews family

James L. Andrews was a ship carpenter by trade, then a house carpenter, known as a "fine and conscientious workman". He enlisted in the Sixth NC Regt. in 1861 and served as a Confederate throughout the Civil War. Wiley relocated from Fayetteville to Greensboro in 1910, a retired painting contractor and interior decorator, who served at SHBC as a head usher for several years, and an elder. The wedding of Wiley & Ina was in the home of Mr. & Mrs. J.A. McDonald, officiated by R.G. Kendrick, pastor of the Forest Avenue Baptist Church, whose location was the first meeting place of SHBC.

• Wiley Berry Andrews, Sr. 1940-1969 (b. 1885 Fayetteville, NC - d. 1969 G'boro, NC), son of James L. Andrews (b. 1834 Chatham Co., NC - d. 1913 Fayetteville, NC) & Mary Elizabeth Straughn Andrews (b. 1850 Guilford Co., NC - d. 1925 G'boro, NC).
• Ina Gertrude Williams Andrews 1940-1969+ (b. 1895 Columbia, Randolph, NC; m. 1913 Guilford Co., NC; d. 1985 Siler City, Chatham, NC), daughter of Charles "Charlie" Columbus Williams (b. 1869 Iredell, NC - d. 1939 G'boro, NC) & Nancy L. Jennings Williams (b. 1877 Randolph Co., NC - d. 1963 Pleasant Garden, Guilford, NC).
  • Mary Ella Andrews Gerringer 1940+ (b. 1919 Morehead, NC - d. 2009). Husband (1942 @ Guilford Co., NC): Linley William Gerringer, Jr. +1979 (b. Rockingham Co., NC - d. 1979 G'boro, NC), son of Mary Oliver Gerringer. Charles Crawford & J. Eddie Schartz officiated Linley's memorial at SHBC. He was an engineer at Carolina Steel, and a member of the Industrial Management Club and the Board of Directors at Mountain Top Youth Camp. He was a deacon, trustee, SS teacher and a member of the building committee at SHBC. He was a WWII vet, and retired National Guard.
    • Karen Gerringer
    • Mary Hollyce Gerringer
    • Linley W. Gerringer III
    • Thomas Oliver Gerringer - Chicago, IL
  • Thelma Louise Andrews Wofford (b. 1916 Guilford Co., NC - d. 2007). Husband (1936 @ Forest Ave. Baptist, G'boro, NC): Robert "Bump" Herman Wofford (b. 1912 Rowan Co., NC - d. 2013 Kernersville, Forsyth, NC), son of James Emanuel Wofford (b. 1874 Healing Springs, Davidson, NC - d. 1941 G'boro, NC) & Euzelia Belle Feezor Wofford (b. 1874 Cotton Grove, Davidson, NC - d. 1965 Lexington, Davidson, NC). Robert & Thelma were longtime members of Parkway Gospel Chapel in Winston-Salem. Robert retired after 33.5 years at RJR, and was the athletic director for Pop Warner Little League.
  • Nancy Jane Andrews Cochran (b. 1931 G'boro, NC - d. ) - Atlanta, GA. Husband (1957 @ Guilford, NC): David King Cochran (b. 1930 G'boro, NC - d. 1997 Atlanta, GA), son of Jacob S. Cochran & Charlie King Cochran. David was a Navy WWII vet, and a deacon at Milner Baptist. He was a retired regional construction manager of the United Tech Otis Elevator Corp..
  • William "Bill" Parker Andrews 1940+ (b. 1921 G'boro, NC - d. 2009 Raleigh, NC). Bill attended Southwestern Baptist Theo. Seminary in Fort Worth, TX, Univ. of Richmond and Harvard. While at SWBS, he pastored Shiloh Baptist in Dawson, TX. He and Connie served as independent missionaries 1950-1987 in Chile, and served on staff at Providence Baptist in Charlotte, NC. Wife: Constance "Connie" May Andrews (b. 1925 Wenham, MA).
  • Clarence Howard Andrews (b. 1925 G'boro, NC - d. 1973 San Antonio, TX. Wife (1947 @ Bexar, TX): Lucille E. Castro Bonoan-Andrews (b. 1925 TX).
  • Wiley Berry Andrews, Jr. (1918-2007 G'boro, NC). Wife (1941 @ G'boro, NC): Helen Brockton Wilson Andrews (b. 1923 Guilford Co., NC - d. 2023 Greensboro, NC), daughter of Edward Cleveland Clee Wilson (b. 1888 Raleigh, NC - d. 1926 G'boro, NC) & Grace Alilene Hiatt Wilson (b. 1892 Morehead, Guilford, NC; m. 1911 G'boro, NC; d. 1958 G'boro, NC). In 1911, Edward Wilson was a "popular employee of the Southern railway".
  • Charles "Richard" Andrews, Sr. 1940-1947+ (1923-2016 G'boro, NC). Wife: Julia Horner Andrews (b. 1924 Guilford Co., NC - d. 2005 NC), daughter of William Sampson Horner (b. 1884 Moore Co., NC - d. 1952 G'boro, NC) & Jessie Ethel Davis Horner (b. 1888 Troy, Montgomery or Shuffield, Moore, NC - d. 1972 G'boro, NC).
  • Dale Thomas Andrews 1940-1945+ (b. 1927 Greensboro, NC - d. 2008 Jamestown, Guilford, NC). Wife (1950): Betty Hobbs Andrews. Dale served in the Army during WWII. In 1968, he was on the Board of Directors for the Greensboro YMCA, and 1969-1976 vice-pres. of operations for Mayberry Ice Cream Shoppes. His last year at Mayberry, he was the president of the National Ice Cream Retailers Assoc., and chosen as their "man of the year" in 1986. He was vice-pres. of national sales at Alamance Foods from 1976-2002, then retired to serve the Lord more with his family at Gate City Baptist Church in Jamestown.

Apple family

• Harvey "Sonny" Apple 1959-current
• Pat Apple 1959-current

Batts family

• Larry Batts 1984-1994

Brown family

Bill Brown moved to Greensboro in Jan. 1943 and remained until about August, when he moved to Asheville, as per LOI 1946-7.

• William "Bill" Brown 1943

Crawford family

• Charles Crawford +1985-1989+

Elmore family

• Greensboro News and Record 2006-2-5: Greensboro: "Lola Edna Monnik, 80, died Feb. 2, 2006 at the Pittsboro Christian Village in Pittsboro. A funeral service for Edna will be held at 3pm today at Shannon Hills Bible Chapel with Mark Shelley and Charles Crawford officiating. Mrs. Monnik will be laid to rest next to her beloved husband, Bastiaan Stephanus Monnik at Gethsemane UMC cemetery.

Born in Brown Summit the daughter of the late Charles and Mabel Elmore, Edna was a graduate of Monticello High School, followed by business college. She then worked with Burlington Mills and McCollum Oil Co. [in Randleman]. Following that, Edna attended nursing school in Augusta, Ga. She then answered her Lord's calling as a missionary to the Zulus in South Africa commended by Shannon Hills Bible Chapel. In passing from this life to her Heavenly reward, Edna leaves behind her sons, Stephen of Slidell, La.; David of Durban, South Africa; and Karl of Melbourne, Australia; eight grandchildren; and her brothers and sisters, Jim Elmore of San Antonio, Texas, Frances Corry of Gaffney, S.C., Richard Elmore of Geneva, Fla., Peggy Cates & Gladys Moore of Greensboro, Max Elmore of Gibsonville, and Jean Horner of Raleigh... Memorial contributions may be made to the Benevolent Fund of Pittsboro Christian Village... or to the Christian Missions in Many Lands.

• Know Your Missionaries 1972, Everyday Publications: "Bastian (sic) Monnik was born in Holland, and emigrated to South Africa with his parents. He grew up in that country and came to know the Lord early in life. He was commended to the work by an assembly in South Africa in 1957. Mrs. Edna Monnik was born in North Carolina and saved in 1946. She had some business training and after graduating as a nurse, had three years of nursing experience in addition to a year at Emmaus Bible School. She was commended on Nov. 1, 1953, primarily by her home assembly at Forest Avenue Tabernacle, Greensboro, NC. She went out to the field the following year and was married to Mr. Monnik in South Africa in 1958."

• Charles Roscoe Elmore (b. 1876 NC - d. 1959 Guilford Co., NC).
• Mabel Lee Elmore (b. 1893 Guilford Co., NC - d. 1951 Forsyth Co., NC), daughter of Asbury Berry Lee (b. 1864 Caswell Co., NC - d. 1953 Greensboro, NC) & Amanda Ellen Lee (1870-1936 Guilford Co., NC).
  • Charles Roscoe Elmore, Jr. (1911-1977). Wife: Dixie Hearn Elmore (1920-2009), daughter of William Frank Hearn (b. 1895 Montgomery Co., NC - d. 1969 Salisbury, Rowan, NC) & Ethel Perdue Hearn (1899-1980).
  • Max Oliver Elmore (b. 1930 Browns Summit, NC - d. 2019 Gibsonville, Guilford, NC). Wife (1953 @ Guilford Co., NC): Betty Carol Andrews Elmore (b. 1934 Washington, Guilford, NC), daughter of Homer Franklin Andrews (d. 1967 Gibsonville, NC).
  • Elizabeth Elmore Johnson (1913-2001). Husband: James Herman Johnson (1912-1993). James served in the Army during WWII.
  • Jim Wyatt Elmore (b. 1914 Monroe, Guilford, NC - d. 2009 San Antonio, TX). MSGT in the USAF @ WWII & Korea. Wife: Margie Louise Hay Elmore (b. 1921 TX - d. 1999 San Antonio, TX), daughter of Walter Allen Hay (b. 1887 Atascosa Co., TX - d. 1966 San Antonio, Bexar, TX) & Lurella Corie Rudwick Hay (b. 1900 Galveston, TX - d. 1966 San Antonio, TX).
  • Frances Ellen Elmore Corry (b. 1915 Browns Summit, NC - d. 2011 Gaffney, Cherokee, SC). Husband: David Stanhope Corry (1919-2002 Gaffney, SC), son of Nott Stanhope Corry (b. 1878 SC - d. 1924 Asheville, Buncombe, NC) & Rachel Amos Blanton Corry (b. 1878 SC - d. 1970 Gaffney, SC).
  • Lola Edna Elmore Monnik +1953-2006 (b. 1925 Browns Summit, NC - d. 2006 Pittsboro, NC). Husband: Bastiaan Stephanus Monnik (b. 1920 Bloemendaal, Netherlands - d. 2004 Pittsboro, NC).
    • David Herman Monnik (1961-2009 Durban, South Africa).
  • Peggy Evelyn Elmore Cates (1929-2016 G'boro, NC). Husband: Paul Hamilton Cates, Sr. (b. 1925 Guilford Co., NC - d. 1986 G'boro, NC), son of John Henry Cates (b. 1887 Orange Co., NC - d. 1944 G'boro, NC) & Minnie Roxie James Cates (1893-1970). Paul served as T. Sgt in the Army during WWII.
  • Gladys Evangeline Elmore Moore (b. 1932 Browns Summit, Guilford, NC - d. 2007 G'boro, NC). David Edward Moore (b. 1930 Shelby, Cleveland, NC - d. 2022 Newport, Carteret, NC), son of Jesse David Moore (1905-1970) & Lois Carswell Moore (1904-1972), who died in G'boro.
  • Jean Elmore Horner (b. 1933 Browns Summit, NC - d. 2015 Bailey, Nash, NC). Husband: Jerry Leo Horner, Sr. (b. 1932 Nash Co., NC - d. 1995 NC), son of Paul Harrell Horner (b. 1903 Nash Co., NC - d. 1967 Raleigh, NC) & Naomi Gertrude Horner

Gross family

• Ernest Gross 1941+

Mackay family

• Harold Mackay 1943-1984

Redling family

• Jim Redling

Schwartz family

• J. Eddie Schwartz 1968-1984

Wilson family

• Lester Wilson 1939-1941+