THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, December 10, 1995 TAG: 9512100021
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B7 EDITION: FINAL
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The Rev. W. Allen Wentz Jr., 70, of 23374 Delaware Road, died Dec. 8, 1995.
Rev. Wentz was born in Rockingham, N.C., and was the son of the late Walter A. Sr. and Carolyn Hillbrath Wentz. He was a Navy veteran of World War II, having served in the Pacific theater. He was a graduate of Elon College and the Duke University Divinity School. Rev. Wentz was a member of the Hunterdale Ruritan Club. Rev. Wentz had retired as a United Methodist Church minister after 40 years of service with the North Carolina Annual Conference. He pastored at South Camden, 1952; Belhaven, 1954; Wrightsboro, 1958; Wendell, 1961; Leasburg-Salem, 1967; Murfreesboro, 1971; Fuquay-Varina, 1976; coordinator of the children ministries and camping on the conference staff, 1980; Raleigh Trinity, 1984; and Mount Gilhead First, 1989. He retired in 1992 and moved to Franklin where he continued to be a supply pastor for churches in North Carolina and Virginia.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley Joyner Wentz; a daughter, Verna Carol Wentz of Raleigh, N.C.; two sons, Matthew Allen Wentz of Cary, N.C., and Douglas Karl Wentz of Raleigh; two sisters, Virginia W. West of Rockingham, N.C., and Elizabeth W. McDougald of Hamilton, Ala.; a brother, Henry H. Wentz of Raleigh. Rev. Wentz was predeceased by a sister, Josephine W. Estes. Other survivors include two grandchildren, Jenny Hair of Chapel Hill, N.C., and Richard Hair of Cary.
The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday in the Murfreesboro United Methodist Church, by the Rev. Charles Hutchinson, the Rev. Dr. Bill Presnell, and the Rev. Margaret Saunders. The burial will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin. The family will receive friends at Wright Funeral Home, Franklin, from 7 to 8 p.m. today and request that memorials be made to the Commission of Outdoor and Camping Ministries of the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 10955, Raleigh, N.C. 27605. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, 1995, in the Trinity United Methodist Church, Raleigh.
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