Reverend James Stuart HEPLER, Sr.

1920 - 2010  (90 years)

• Name	James Stuart HEPLER  [1]
  Prefix	Reverend
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	19 Apr 1920	Thomasville, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  HIST	at death- he had additional grandchildren- Amy Beth Hepler, Mathew M. Hepler, Eric Hatchell, Jessica Hatchell, Jonathan Hepler, F. Byron Hepler, and Cathy Hepler (Joe) Wells- who are their parents- especially Eric & Jessica Hatchell? jkh J. Stuart Hepler   |   Visit Guest Book BENNETTSVILLE - Rev. J. Stuart Hepler, 90, died Tuesday, June 29, 2010 . A Service of Death and Resurrection will be at 2 p.m. Friday, July 2 at First United Methodist Church. Interment will follow in the family plot in Roselawn Cemetery, McColl. Visitation will be Thursday, 6-8 p.m. at Burroughs Cooper Kiser Funeral Home, Bennettsville. Rev. Hepler was born in Thomasville, NC, on April 19, 1920, the son of the late Early Henderson and Martha Susan 'Mattie' Hanner Hepler. He had graduated from the Fair Grove High School near Thomasville in 1938, and entered Mars Hill College in 1940, transferring after one year to Furman University. His Furman studies were interrupted by World War II, as he entered the U.S. Army in January 1943 at Camp Croft. He served three years in the European theatre, participating in the battles of Ardennes and Rhineland. Upon the completion of his army service, he returned to Furman University from which he graduated in 1948. He then attended Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY, graduating in 1952. While there he met his life partner, the former Anne Elizabeth Roberts of Columbia, SC. They were married on July 2, 1950, in Park Street Baptist Church, Columbia, and celebrated over 55 years of marriage together before her death on May 19, 2006. Stuart is being interred beside Anne on their 60th wedding anniversary. All of Rev. Hepler's pastorates were in South Carolina: Welsh neck Baptist Church, Society Hill; Beulah Baptist Church, Horrell Hill; Mount Pisgah Baptist Church near Jefferson; Sand Hill Baptist Church near Varnville; Gum Branch Baptist Church near Hartsville; and the First Baptist Church, McColl, where he retired in 1982 after 14 years as pastor of that church. He continued serving as interim pastor for other churches, including Brownsville Baptist Church near Blenheim. He was raised in the Methodist church, of which his mother was a member, and the Baptist church, of which his father was a member. He made his profession of faith, received his call to preach, and preached his first sermon in the Methodist church. He was baptized, ordained, and served his ministry in the Baptist Church. He was a member of First United Methodist Church, Bennettsville. Surviving are three sons, Rev. James S. (Beth) Hepler, Jr. of Bennettsville, Robert E. (Janine) Hepler of Laurinburg, NC, and Frank B. Hepler, Sr. of McColl; eight grandchildren, James S. 'Jamie' Hepler III, Amy Beth Hepler, Mathew M. Hepler, Eric Hatchell, Jessica Hatchell, Jonathan Hepler, F. Byron Hepler, and Cathy Hepler (Joe) Wells; and a sister, Hannah Hepler Watford of Thomasville. He was preceded in death by a sister, Hope Hepler, In 1944, and a brother, Earl H. Hepler, Jr. on May 12, 2010. Memorials my be made to First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 456, Bennettsville, SC 29512. Burroughs Cooper Kiser Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Published in The State on July 1, 2010  [1]
  HIST	at death- he had additional grandchildren- Amy Beth Hepler, Mathew M. Hepler, Eric Hatchell, Jessica Hatchell, Jonathan Hepler, F. Byron Hepler, and Cathy Hepler (Joe) Wells- who are their parents- especially Eric & Jessica Hatchell? jkh J. Stuart Hepler   |   Visit Guest Book BENNETTSVILLE - Rev. J. Stuart Hepler, 90, died Tuesday, June 29, 2010 . A Service of Death and Resurrection will be at 2 p.m. Friday, July 2 at First United Methodist Church. Interment will follow in the family plot in Roselawn Cemetery, McColl. Visitation will be Thursday, 6-8 p.m. at Burroughs Cooper Kiser Funeral Home, Bennettsville. Rev. Hepler was born in Thomasville, NC, on April 19, 1920, the son of the late Early Henderson and Martha Susan 'Mattie' Hanner Hepler. He had graduated from the Fair Grove High School near Thomasville in 1938, and entered Mars Hill College in 1940, transferring after one year to Furman University. His Furman studies were interrupted by World War II, as he entered the U.S. Army in January 1943 at Camp Croft. He served three years in the European theatre, participating in the battles of Ardennes and Rhineland. Upon the completion of his army service, he returned to Furman University from which he graduated in 1948. He then attended Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY, graduating in 1952. While there he met his life partner, the former Anne Elizabeth Roberts of Columbia, SC. They were married on July 2, 1950, in Park Street Baptist Church, Columbia, and celebrated over 55 years of marriage together before her death on May 19, 2006. Stuart is being interred beside Anne on their 60th wedding anniversary. All of Rev. Hepler's pastorates were in South Carolina: Welsh neck Baptist Church, Society Hill; Beulah Baptist Church, Horrell Hill; Mount Pisgah Baptist Church near Jefferson; Sand Hill Baptist Church near Varnville; Gum Branch Baptist Church near Hartsville; and the First Baptist Church, McColl, where he retired in 1982 after 14 years as pastor of that church. He continued serving as interim pastor for other churches, including Brownsville Baptist Church near Blenheim. He was raised in the Methodist church, of which his mother was a member, and the Baptist church, of which his father was a member. He made his profession of faith, received his call to preach, and preached his first sermon in the Methodist church. He was baptized, ordained, and served his ministry in the Baptist Church. He was a member of First United Methodist Church, Bennettsville. Surviving are three sons, Rev. James S. (Beth) Hepler, Jr. of Bennettsville, Robert E. (Janine) Hepler of Laurinburg, NC, and Frank B. Hepler, Sr. of McColl; eight grandchildren, James S. 'Jamie' Hepler III, Amy Beth Hepler, Mathew M. Hepler, Eric Hatchell, Jessica Hatchell, Jonathan Hepler, F. Byron Hepler, and Cathy Hepler (Joe) Wells; and a sister, Hannah Hepler Watford of Thomasville. He was preceded in death by a sister, Hope Hepler, In 1944, and a brother, Earl H. Hepler, Jr. on May 12, 2010. Memorials my be made to First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 456, Bennettsville, SC 29512. Burroughs Cooper Kiser Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Published in The State on July 1, 2010
  MILI	His Furman studies were interrupted by World War II, as he entered the U.S. Army in January 1943 at Camp Croft. He served three years in the European theatre, participating in the battles of Ardennes and Rhineland. Upon the completion of his army service, he returned to Furman University from which he graduated in 1948.  [1]
  MILI	His Furman studies were interrupted by World War II, as he entered the U.S. Army in January 1943 at Camp Croft. He served three years in the European theatre, participating in the battles of Ardennes and Rhineland. Upon the completion of his army service, he returned to Furman University from which he graduated in 1948.
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  _UID	ED359B5D9D5547DAABBD7E5EFF5A9F1D8643
  Death	29 Jun 2010
  Burial	2 Jul 2010	Roselawn Cemetery, McColl, South Carolina   [1]
  	Burroughs Cooper Kiser Funeral Home, Bennettsville, South Carolina Burroughs Cooper Kiser Funeral Home, Bennettsville, South Carolina
  Person ID	I256687	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2010

  
  

  Father	Early Henderson HEPLER   d. Bef 29 Jun 2010
  Mother	Martha Susan “Mattie” HANNER   d. Bef 29 Jun 2010
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  Family ID	F173093	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne Elizabeth ROBERTS   d. 19 May 2006
  Marriage	2 Jul 1950	Park Street Baptist Church, Columbia, South Carolina   [1]
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  Children	1. Reverend James Stuart HEPLER, Jr.   2. Robert E. HEPLER   3. Frank B. HEPLER, Sr.
  Family ID	F173092	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2010

  
  

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