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==Good family==
* David B. Good '''+1968-1988+'''
==Leonard family==
John & Avril were members of First Baptist Church of Canonsburg from 1924-1962, when they joined [[Browns Hill Bible Chapel|Beechwood Bible Chapel]].
* Lt. Col. John Reihner Leonard (b. 1899 South Washington, PA - d. 1964 Canonsburg, PA), son of Frank Leonard (b. 1867 East Brady / Brady's Bend, Clarion, PA - d. 1953 Wendel, Westmoreland, PA) & Rose Reihner Leonard (b. 1867 Pgh., PA - d. 1943 Washington, PA). As per his https://www.newspapers.com/image/53750477 obit], John was employed with the Continental Can Co., Standard Tin Plate Co., and as a purchasing agent for the Canonsburg Steel Co. In 1935, he founded the Universal Oil and Gas Co., distributing petroleum for the Pure Oil Co. of the Republic of the Congo, then Cities Service Oil Co. until 1945 as an area distributor for Atlantic Refining Co. He served during WWII in the U.S. Army as a bomb recon "instructor at major troop installations in the southern states" He was discharged from active duty in Jan. 1946, and from the reserve in 1954 with the rank of Lt. Col. John had two sisters: Mary Leonard Saint & Mrs. Everett Seal.
* Avril Haines Leonard '''1963-1985?''' (b. 1902 London, [[England]] - d. 1989 Milwaukee, [[Wisconsin|WI]]), daughter of Ernest George Haines (b. 1871 London, Eng. - d. 1961 Canonsburg, PA) & Alice Elizabeth Bush Haines (b. 1872 London, Eng. - d. 1954 Canonsburg, PA). Avril had two sisters: Mary Haines (b. 1906 London, Eng. - d. 1922 Canonsburg, PA) & Freda Haines Bates (b. 1906 London, Eng. - d. 1996 Dayton, Webster, [[Iowa|IA]]). Avril was voted by some as most likely to become a deaconess, if St. Clair had those.
** Virginia "Ginny" Leonard Michon-Moldenhauer
** Betsy J. Leonard Armerding. Husband: Carl Edwin Armerding.
** Paul E. Leonard
** Mary Lou Leonard Engle (b. 1930 Canonsburg, PA - d. 2003 Abilene, Dickinson, KS). Husband: [[Kenneth Ercil Engle]] (1924-2009 Abilene, KS)
*** [https://www.facebook.com/DougEngle Doug Engle] (b. 1976 Abilene, KS)
==Munro family==
Since 2006, as per his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hay_Munro wiki], John has been the senior pastor of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary_Church_(Charlotte) Calvary Church], the largest church in [[North Carolina#Charlotte|Charlotte]], [[North Carolina|NC]], co-founded in 1939 by William Franklin "Frank" Graham (1888-1962), father of evangelist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Graham Billy Graham] (1918-2018). Prior to his arrival at CC, and subsequent to his tenure at TBC, John pastored [https://www.gracechapel.ca/ Grace Chapel] in Halifax, [[Nova Scotia]] 1992-1996, and [https://calvarybible.org/ Calvary Bible Church] in Kalamazoo, [[Michigan|MI]].
He currently hosts an internationally syndicated daily & weekly 25-minute radio program known as ''[https://theverdict.org/ The Verdict]'', and has been a regular columnist for [https://decisionmagazine.com/ Decision] magazine, and has spoken frequently at the [https://thecove.org/ Billy Graham Training Center]. Also see John's [https://www.facebook.com/johnhmunro FB].
* Dr. John Hay Munro '''1985-1992''' (b. 1948 Rosyth, Fife, [[Scotland]]), son of Thomas Munro & Ruth Munro. John is a graduate of the [https://www.ed.ac.uk/ University of Edinburgh] (LL.B.) and [[Dallas Theological Seminary]] (Th.M. & D.Min). * Gudny Ingolfsdottir Gunnarsson Munro '''1985-1992''' ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroe_Islands Faroe Islands]). See [https://theverdict.org/avizandum-a-golden-anniversary/] for an article on their 50th anniversary.
==Patch family==
* [[Daniel Patch]] '''+1965-1971+''' (b. 1927 Homewood, Pgh., Beaver, PA - d. 2003 Pgh., PA), son of Arthur Patch (b. 1898 Perivolia, Arcadia, Greece) & Margaret Gulla Patch (b. 1897 Austria - d. 1955 McKeesport, PA).
* Regina Mae Phillips Patch '''+1965-1971+''' (b. 1928 Clairton, PA), daughter of Daniel Phillips & Narine Barrickman Phillips.
** Daniel Patch, Jr.
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