Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameRev. Weldon Thomas MADREN 
143, herbert Millard Madren obituary,3, Mrs. Mary Madren Moser,3, Joseph Daniel Madren,3, The Rev. Weldon Thomas Madren,255,269,386,3, Leonard D. “Pete” Smith,256, Luther Edward Smith
143, herbert Millard Madren obituary,3, Mrs. Mary Madren Moser,3, Joseph Daniel Madren,3, The Rev. Weldon Thomas Madren,255,269,386,3, Leonard D. “Pete” Smith,256, Luther Edward SmithBirthJan 19, 1922, Alamance County, North Carolina3, The Rev. Weldon Thomas Madren,269,386
DeathSep 4, 2005, Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina3, The Rev. Weldon Thomas Madren
BurialNew Gilead Reformed Church, Old Salisbury-Concord Road, Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina3, The Rev. Weldon Thomas Madren,255
OccupationOrdained Minister3, The Rev. Weldon Thomas Madren
EducationElon 1943, Duke Divinity 19473, The Rev. Weldon Thomas Madren
FatherWilliam Taylor MADREN (1880-1944)
MotherLena Pearl WAYNICK (1883-1950)
Spouses
1Mildred Virginia ROSS 2, Margarette Olevia Ross Lassiter,3, The Rev. Weldon Thomas Madren,255,269,386,3, Leonard D. “Pete” Smith,3, Mildred Ross Madren,3, Richard Daniel “Dan” Smith,256, Luther Edward Smith
2, Margarette Olevia Ross Lassiter,3, The Rev. Weldon Thomas Madren,255,269,386,3, Leonard D. “Pete” Smith,3, Mildred Ross Madren,3, Richard Daniel “Dan” Smith,256, Luther Edward SmithBirthOct 21, 1922, Alamance County, North Carolina269,386,3, Mildred Ross Madren
DeathOct 20, 2015, Brunswick County, North Carolina3, Mildred Ross Madren
BurialNew Gilead Reformed Church, Old Salisbury-Concord Road, Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina3, Mildred Ross Madren
FatherJames Samuel Dewey ROSS (1900-1923)
MotherMary Magdalena BECKOM (1901-1990)
Marriageabt 19423, The Rev. Weldon Thomas Madren
Obituary Online notes for Rev. Weldon Thomas MADREN
9/7/2005
The Rev. Weldon Thomas Madren
CONCORD — The Rev. Weldon Thomas Madren , 83, of 2325 Twilight Drive, passed away at Heritage of Town Center Sunday evening, Sept. 4, 2005.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at New Gilead United Church of Christ, where Rev. Madren will lie in state 30 minutes prior to the funeral. The Rev. Larry Bolick, and the Rev. Mark Andes will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends Thursday at Wilkinson Funeral Home from 6 to 8 p.m., and will be at the home the remaining times.
Rev. Madren was born to William Taylor and Lena Waynick Madren in Alamance County, on Jan. 19, 1922. He graduated from Elon College in 1943 and Duke Divinity School in 1947. He was licensed in 1941 at Happy Home United Church of Christ. He served Pleasant Ridge United Church of Christ in Guilford County and several Christian churches in Randolph County as a student pastor. He was ordained in 1943 at Third Avenue Congregational Church in Danville, Va. During his active ministry he served Christian churches in Randolph County, N.C. and Halifax County, Va., Happy Home UCC in Ruffin, Bethlehem UCC near Winston-Salem, and New Gilead UCC in Concord. At New Gilead, Rev. Madren served from 1976 to 1986.
He retired in 1986 and was honored as pastor emeritus of New Gilead in 1987. Since retiring he has served as interim pastor for Rodgers Park UCC in Kannapolis, Bethel UCC in Mount Pleasant, and Boger UCC in Concord on two occasions. He also served 13 years as an Associate Chaplain for Cabarrus Memorial Hospital.
He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Mildred Ross Madren ; daughters, Nancy Westbrook of Chesapeake, Va., and Gail Hedgecock of Whiteville; sons, Tommy Madren of Tappahannock, Va., Amos Madren of Fairfax Station, Va., and Dale Madren of Raleigh; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Nazareth Childrens Home, P.O. Box 1438, Rockwell, N.C. 28138.
Wilkinson Funeral Home is serving the Madren family.
Condolences may be left at www.wilkinsonfuneralhome.com 3, The Rev. Weldon Thomas Madren
The Rev. Weldon Thomas Madren
CONCORD — The Rev. Weldon Thomas Madren , 83, of 2325 Twilight Drive, passed away at Heritage of Town Center Sunday evening, Sept. 4, 2005.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at New Gilead United Church of Christ, where Rev. Madren will lie in state 30 minutes prior to the funeral. The Rev. Larry Bolick, and the Rev. Mark Andes will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends Thursday at Wilkinson Funeral Home from 6 to 8 p.m., and will be at the home the remaining times.
Rev. Madren was born to William Taylor and Lena Waynick Madren in Alamance County, on Jan. 19, 1922. He graduated from Elon College in 1943 and Duke Divinity School in 1947. He was licensed in 1941 at Happy Home United Church of Christ. He served Pleasant Ridge United Church of Christ in Guilford County and several Christian churches in Randolph County as a student pastor. He was ordained in 1943 at Third Avenue Congregational Church in Danville, Va. During his active ministry he served Christian churches in Randolph County, N.C. and Halifax County, Va., Happy Home UCC in Ruffin, Bethlehem UCC near Winston-Salem, and New Gilead UCC in Concord. At New Gilead, Rev. Madren served from 1976 to 1986.
He retired in 1986 and was honored as pastor emeritus of New Gilead in 1987. Since retiring he has served as interim pastor for Rodgers Park UCC in Kannapolis, Bethel UCC in Mount Pleasant, and Boger UCC in Concord on two occasions. He also served 13 years as an Associate Chaplain for Cabarrus Memorial Hospital.
He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Mildred Ross Madren ; daughters, Nancy Westbrook of Chesapeake, Va., and Gail Hedgecock of Whiteville; sons, Tommy Madren of Tappahannock, Va., Amos Madren of Fairfax Station, Va., and Dale Madren of Raleigh; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Nazareth Childrens Home, P.O. Box 1438, Rockwell, N.C. 28138.
Wilkinson Funeral Home is serving the Madren family.
Condolences may be left at www.wilkinsonfuneralhome.com 3, The Rev. Weldon Thomas Madren