

The church moved to its current location on Hwy 64 in 1981.Ī capacity crowd showed up for picnic fare, including some of Ellie’s recipes. They met in one another’s homes, then in the Masonic Hall, until they built a small concrete block church on Myers Chapel Road near the high school in 1959. The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Hayesville was begun by four couples: Ellie and Monroe Wilson, Dorothy and Rufus Vick, Ruth and Quentin Moore, and Evan and James Ledford. On May 19 Good Shepherd Episcopal Church celebrated its Founders Day on what would have been Eleanor Lambert Wilson’s 100th Birthday. Good Shepherd Honors Founder Ellie Wilson


Good Shepherd Sunday School “reunion” 60 years later: Sarah Atwood (daughter of former member), Tommy Ledford, Becky Ledford Van Gorder, Florence Wilson Atwood, Pam Roberts Owenby, Danny Wilson, Pat Roberts Payne.
