![]() Following ordination, he served in the Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church until his retirement in 1995. He received a probationer’s license to the ministry from the former Evangelical United Brethen Church in 1950 and was ordained an elder in 1958. In 1958, he graduated from United Theological University in Dayton, Ohio. After attending the public schools of Cumberland, Maryland, he graduated in 1952 from Shenandoah University and in 1954 from James Madison University. He was born June 5, 1932, in Cumberland, Maryland, oldest son of Charles and Clatha Pfeiffer. You may give in the following ways: Online at, toll-free telephone call: 1-88, or by check made out to Global Ministries/UMCOR with “Advance #901670-Hawaii” written on the memo line and mailed to UMC Global Ministries/UMCOR, GPO, P.O. Instead of giving flowers in Thelma’s memory, please donate to the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR – Hawaii), where 100 % of the money you give will help current victims of the Maui wildfires for much needed emergency aid and with their reconstruction. Interment will take place at a later date in Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham, Alabama. Visitation with friends and family will follow the service at the funeral home. Morriss & Son Chapel in Petersburg, on Monday, August 21, 2023, at 2:00 PM, with the Reverend Joseph T. She also worked for TCI in Birmingham, Alabama Farm Bureau, The University of Alabama, Bessemer Junior College, and US Steel before becoming a federal employee in 1971.Ī Witness to the Resurrection will be held at J.T. A retired civil service employee, Thelma transferred jobs multiple times for the sake of her husband’s ministry through the United Methodist Church. She was an active member of Powderly Baptist Church until she followed her husband into the Methodist Church to support his call to preach. She graduated from Jones Valley High School in 1948. Thelma grew up on Dowel Ave in Powderly, which is today in the City of Birmingham, Alabama. Anne Garrett, of Church Road, Virginia, who became Thelma’s best friend and confidant. There are just too many friends to mention, except for Mrs. O’Quinn, in Harrisonburg, Virginia, Payne C. Dorothy McNeer O’Quinn, of Ashland, Virginia, along with their three sons, Reverend Blair C. Surviving family members are her son, The Reverend Dr. Her husband, the Reverend Gene Brown O’Quinn and oldest son, Robert E. Thelma was the last surviving of her three siblings, Joyce McCarty Kirkley, Ernest McCarty, Jr., and Thomas McCarty. Thelma was born to her parents, Ernest L. Thelma Irene McCarty O’Quinn was born May 15, 1930, at Ishkooda Mining Camp which was on Shannon Mountain near Birmingham, Alabama. Later in life she constructed and gave away over 300 beaded angels as signs of appreciation and encouragement to women around her. She was an active churchgoer, award-winning knitter, orchid grower, maker of Christmas decorations, and she made thousands of Chrismons for churches and personal use. ![]() Persons who encountered Thelma often commented on her regal appearance, positive attitude, self-effacing demeanor, and good listener. Thelma Irene McCarty O’Quinn was a resident of the Hermitage in Richmond, Virginia, where she passed gently and gracefully on August 18th, 2023. In a world too short of good people, we lost one of the nicest women one could know. Interment of ashes will be at Elmwood Chapel, Birmingham, Alabama on September 2 at 11:00 am (central time) with Graveside Service at Elmwood Cemetery. We are saddened to report the death of Mrs. ![]()
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