Margaret Skeens Browning This is Me

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   Published on: 6/28/2006   Last Visited: 8/7/2006

   The Rev. Browning was a native of Charleston, W.Va., the son of the late Albert and Margaret Skeens Browning.
   
   A veteran of World War II, he joined the U. S. Marines in 1942 and served in the South Pacific from 1943-44. He participated in the Treasury-Bougainville Operation, Bismark Archipelago Operation and the Consolidation of Northern Solomon Islands.
   
   Upon completion of his tour of duty with the Marine Corps, he returned to West Virginia to continue his education at Morris Harvey College, from which he graduated in 1953. He then moved to Burlington and attended Duke University Divinity School, during which time he served as a student pastor of Shiloh, Camp Springs, Bethel and Mt. Vernon Methodist churches.
   
   Upon graduation and receiving a Master of Divinity degree and a BD degree, he was appointed to serve as the first full-time minister of the Wrightsville Beach Methodist Church.
   
   He also served as a reserve chaplain for the U.S. Navy.
   
   During his career, he also served a number of other United Methodist churches, including Trinity in Fairmont Trinity in Wilmington; Long Memorial in Roxboro; Trinty in Jacksonville and First UMC in Morehead City.
   
   He was active in conference leadership roles and serving on various boards, and he devoted eight years chairing the Commission on Evangelism.
   
   In 1975, the Rev. Browning was appointed administrator for the United Methodist Retirement Homes in New Jersey and continued in that capacity uniitl his retirement in 1998.