ROBERT & CAROLYN HUDSON SEMINARY SCH
OLARSHIP
On October 14, 2008, Bob Hudson was a special guest at the Holston Foundation’s fall board meeting in Alcoa. It came as quite a
surprise to Bob when, at the end of the meeting, he was presented a framed resolution honoring his many years of service to the
Foundation and the Conference. An announcement followed that in addition to the resolution, the Board had created T
HE ROBERT B.
AND
CAROLYN E. HUDSON SEMINARY SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT with an initial grant of $25,000. This fund will annually provide a
$1,000 scholarship to a seminary student from the Holston Conference who intends to return to Holston to serve as a pastor. Bob spent
30 years serving as a Holston pastor before coming to the Foundation in 1987 as Executive Director. Bob and Carolyn’s example of
living the Christian faith through their gifts of time, talent, treasure, presence, and faithful service have contributed significantly to the
Foundation’s growth and success through the years.
ALLEN & PAULINE LINDAMOOD MEMORIAL MINISTERIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
The Lindamood’s began their time together late in life. Pauline was 65 and Allen was 63 when they married in 1978. She was a widow
and he had never been married before. They shared 25 years together in Allen’s boyhood home on the banks of the South Fork of the
Holston River at Boone Reservoir. According to Richard Minnick, Pauline’s son, Allen was a quiet and gentle man. Pauline was lively
and much more outspoken. They were highly devoted to the Enterprise United Methodist Church and to the Enterprise community.
They loved living on their farm and sitting on the front porch of their farmhouse. Allen was said to have driven more miles on his
farm tractor than in his farm truck. Allen’s will left a bequest of approximately $220,000 to establish T
HE ALLEN B. LINDAMOOD AND
PAULINE M. LINDAMOOD MEMORIAL MINISTERIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND to annually award one or more scholarships to students, which
will lead them to appointment as an ordained minister in the Holston Conference of The United Methodist Church.
Iliff School of Theology - Colorado
Methodist Theology School - Ohio
Perkins School of Theology - Texas
Saint Paul School of Theology- Kansas
United Theological Seminary - Ohio
Wesley Theological Seminary - Washington, D.C.
SMART SEMINARY SCHOLARSHIP
Created by the donors to support seminary students preparing to serve as pastors in the Holston Conference and attending a United
Methodist Seminary (listed below):
Boston University School of Theology - Massachusetts
Claremont School of Theology - California
Drew Theological Seminary - New Jersey
Duke Divinity School - North Carolina
Emory University / Candler School of Theology - Georgia
Garret Evangelical Theological Seminary- Illinois
CLAUDE D. & MARTHA SUE QUILLEN SEMINARY SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT
Claude Dexter Quillen and Martha Sue Hawn were married on April 5, 1953. Claude and Sue served 23 churches during their
ministry. Claude was diagnosed with a brain tumor, and died in 1991.
Sue Quillen described Claude this way: “He was one who could bring laughter to your soul and love to your heart.”
In Claude’s official memoir in the 1991 Journal of the Holston Annual Conference, he was remembered as quoting his teacher, Dr.
Aaron Rapking, Hiwassee College, “When I look backward, it looks good. When I look forward, it looks good. Either way there is
nothing to regret.” Claude and Sue served our Conference and our Lord faithfully through the years with no regret.
• Donor’s preference is that scholarship recipients must be enrolled at either Emory or Duke University. If no qualified candidates
exist from either of these schools, then the Selection Committee may select candidates from other Methodist affiliated seminaries.
• Students selected may be in any year of seminary and scholarships may be renewable as long as the candidate is in good standing
with the school.
• All recipients must commit to serving in the Holston Annual Conference for a minimum of five years, or agree to fully reimburse
the scholarship fund as a condition of their acceptance, unless released from such requirements by the Holston Conference.
• If for any reason funds are not awarded or are returned, the funds may be re-awarded to another recipient or rolled over into the
endowment principal or rolled over to be awarded the next year at the discretion of the Selection Committee.