Mission History

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Multi-generational families (2010)

Multi-Generational Missionary Families in the Churches of Christ in the US


Definitions:

"Missionary" means one who lived for a year or longer on a mission field

"Generation" means one who has moved to a mission field as an adult missionary


The information is included twice here, the first with a link to Sheets, and the other for easier reading on a phone.

Missionary Generations


Two Generation Missionary Families



Adair

Truitt & Kay

Nigeria

1973-1975


Scott & Sharla Reynolds

Brazil

1998-2007





Bixler

Orville D. & Anna Belle

Japan

1919-68


Dean & Barbara Bixler

Japan

1964-74





Bost

Bryan & Jacqueline

Brazil

1975-present


Sidney & Barbara Leite

Brazil

1998-2008





Boyd

Don & Rita

South Africa/Zambia

?-2010


Brian & Sondra Davis

South Africa/Zambia

-present





Brittell

Jesse & Augusta

Zambia

1946-1966


Elaine Brittell

Zambia

1946-1982


Lester & Joyce Brittell

Zambia

1953-1966


Orville & Augusta Brittell

Zambia

1938-1966


Gladys Clarke

Zambia

1946-??,1981-2





Broaddus

Emmett & Margaret

China

1927-?


David & Mary Laurene Broaddus

sensitive country






Broom

Wendel & Betty

Nigeria/Siberia

1955-60/?


Catherine Broom

Papua New Guinea

1978-80





Bryan

Bill & Cheryl

South Africa

1974-87


Neale & Dalissa Bryan

Thailand

2007-2010





Cannon

Joe & RosaBelle/Betty

Okinawa/Papua New Guinea

1947-1983


Dave & Debbie Hogan

Singapore

1985-present


Robin & Cyndi Cannon

Okinawa

1989-2001





Caskey

Guy & Jessie Lee

South Africa/Tanzania/Jamaica

1949-56/1957-60/70-?


David & Lavern Caskey

Tanzania

1962-?





Carpenter

Bob & Donna

Brazil

1981-91


Cris Carpenter

Brazil

2007 -present





Carrell

Bill (William) & Norma

Japan

1950-?


Steve & Debbie Carrell

Japan

1979-present





Coles

Reg & Ruth

Papua New Guinea

1973-?


Andy & Cathrine Scott

Papua New Guinea

1973-?





Cox

Monte & Beth

Kenya

1982-92


Andrew & Sarah Frazier

Tanzania

2010-present


Joel & Becky Cox

sensitive country

2010-present





Dutton

Allen & Marie Dutton

Brazil

1961-2001


Allen & Robin Dutton, Jr.

Brazil

-present





Echols

Eldred & Jane

Zambia/Tanzania/South Africa

1944-1978,92-96


Clay & Cherry Hart

South Africa

1985-2003





Ford

Art & Ruby

Papua New Guinea

1977-1987


Craig & Jeri Ford

Papua New Guinea

2006-2012





Frank

H.B. & Laverne Frank

England/France

1959-65/70-83,87-91


Stan & Lindy Frank

England/Zimbabwe/England

77/78-86,90-95/96-01


Dwane & Molly Perry

Germany

2002-07





Gilliam

Doyle & Louise

Malawi/Zimbabwe

1957-77


Steve Gilliam

Malawi/South Africa

10 years


Mark & Ellen Abshier

Brazil

6 years


Allen & Laura Close

Canada

13 years





Granberg

Stan & Gena

Kenya

1983-1993


Danny & Katie Reese

Portugal / Angola

2010-present





Greek

Steve & Claudia

Kenya

1984-?


Travis & Lauren Trull

Tanzania

2010-present





Hartman

Kent & Nancy

Australia

1983-2000


Adam & Heidi

New Zealand

2006-2008


Hayli Hartman

Ghana/Korea

2005/2008-2010





Hendrix

Arlin & Judy/Pamela

France

1975-present


Rick & Karen Love

Zambia

-present





Hensley

Gwen & Gayle

Austria

1961-85


Larry & Hollye Conway

Kenya

1986-present





Henton

Glen & Henton

Argentina

1980-1991; 2002-2007


Eric & Erika Henton

Argentina

2001-2006





Henry

Calvin & Linda

Costa Rica/Colombia/Honduras

1977-83,92-96/84-87/96-2003

Henry

Trey & Morgan Henry

sensitive country

? 7 years





Hooper

Mark & Debbie

India

1985-1990


Kyle & Rebecca Hooper

sensitive country

2005-07, 09-10


Michael & Kristen Bowen

sensitive country

2009-10





Huffard

Evertt & Elsie

Jordan/Israel/Lebanon

1963-70


Evertt & Ileene Huffard

Lebanon



Darrell & Elaine Denman

Israel






Huffard

Elvis & Emily

Nigeria/Sierra Leone

1953-55/1965-66


Henry & Jane Huffard

Nigeria

1983-91


Don & Joyce Harrison

Nigeria

1964-66


Jerry & Sue Harvill

Scotland

1969-74


Jerry & Kathy Cox

Canada/Nigeria

1980-86/86-92





Joliff

Bobby & Virginia

Japan

1958-?


Daniel & Allison Joliff

Kenya

1988-95





Judd

James & Dene Judd

Malawi/Zimbabwe/Malawi

1957-82+


Randy & Marty Judd

Zimbabwe/Malawi

77-?/93 to present





Kee

Windle & Barbara Kee

Cameroon

1967-9,74-92?


Paul & Janet Kee

Cameroon

1976-present





Krumrei

Jim & Ruth

Netherlands

1963 -present


Phil & Susan Krumrei

Netherlands

-present





Langston

Milton & Judy

Lesotho

1974-1982


Robert & Marie Ledbetter

Brazil

2005-present


Abe & Kristi Langston

Estonia

2004-2006


Sister and family

Benin/Togo/Rwanda

1998-2017





Lock

Dave & Elizabeth Lock

Papua New Guinea

1974-1985


Dave & Karen Lock

Papua New Guinea



Michael Lock

Papua New Guinea



Larry & Lois Voyles

Papua New Guinea






Lyon

Joe & Doris

Zimbabwe

1956-65,69-76,78-92


Dick & Sharon Boyd

Tanzania/Zimbabwe/Kenya

1966/1969-74/86-91





Marcum

Kent & Sharla

Ecuador

1988-present


Joshua & Julie Marcum

Bolivia/Ecuador

2006-present


Justin & Jauna Reeger

Ecuador

2007-present


Erik & Jenny Reyes

Bolivia

2007-present





McDonough

Bill & Barbara/Marie-Clare

Germany/Cambodia/sensitive country

1965-85,2003-present


Phil & Rebecca Jackson

Romania

1993-2002





Meeks

Stephen & Donna

Kenya

1982-92


Caleb & Kristina Meeks

Tanzania

2010-present





Merritt

Dow & Alice/Helen Pearl

Zambia

1927-1976


Ken & Iris Elder

Zambia

1949-67+?


Roy & Kathi Merritt

Zambia

1968 -present


Georgia Merritt Estes

Bangladesh/Zambia

1974-1976





Mitchell

Loy & Donna/Debbie

Zimbabwe

1954-62/64-76/85-97


Stan & Marge Mitchell

Zimbabwe

1981-1989


Bobby & Nancy Wheat

Zimbabwe

1981-1984/1992-1996





Norton

Howard & Jane

Brazil/Honduras

1961-77/2009-present


Allen & Laurie Diles

Czech Republic

1993-2003





Ogle

Ted & Martha

Kenya

1965-7?, 8?-2010


Laura Ogle

Papua New Guinea

1978-80





Palmer

Roy & Jaxie

Germany/Zimbabwe/Tanzania

1947-55/57-60,62-64,68-78,90-92


Phillip & Elaine

Kenya/Tanzania

1979-81,86-87/90-94





Perkins

Johnny & Zoe

Colombia

? 5 years


Zane & Tamara Perkins

Chile

2001-present





Phillips

Marvin & Dot

Perth, Australia

1962-1970


Mark & Amy Phillips

Perth, Australia

2000 - 2003





Robison

Paul & Melinda Robison

Italy

198?-1999?


Titus & Angie Robison

Italy

2009-10





Rodriguez

Dan & Jeanette

Mexico/sensitive country

1985-1994/2010 -2011


Marcus & Julia Rodriguez

sensitive country

2003 -2012


Martin & Erin Rodriguez

sensitive country

2003-2011





Shackelford

Don & Joyce

Italy

8years


Tony & Lucy Console

Italy

1976-81,1986-present


Justin & Sarah Morgan

preparing for Bolivia or Peru



Robbie & Mona Shackelford

Italy

1990-present


Shawn & Donna Daggett

Italy

1986-1996


Seth & Daggett

preparing for Dominican Republic



Jeremy & Daggett

preparing for Bolivia or Peru



Kenneth & Tanja Shackelford

Tibet-China

2007-2010





Shelburne

G.B. &

Malawi



Ian & Danetta Shelburne

Uganda

1996-?





Shero

Mike & Judy Shero

Uganda

2001-2005


Phillip & Laura Shero

Uganda

1998-present





Shewmaker

JC & Joyce

Zambia/Rhodesia

1939-1967/1967-1977


Sam & Nancy Shewmaker

Zambia/Kenya/Rawanda

1967-??-present


Jerry & Claudia

Zambia



Stan & Jo Ann Shewmaker

Zambia

1960-65,67-72





Short

Edward & Sharon

Taiwan

1967-83


Genci & Alethea Gurabardhi

Romania/Albania

1992-93


Lewis & Tammy Short

Italy/Tanzania

1995-7;1999-2011




2015-present

Short

William & Delia

Zambia/Zimbabwe

1921-60/1960-80


Foy & Margaret Short

Zambia/Zimbabwe

1947-48/1949-94


Henry & Beth Ewing

Zimbabwe/Namibia/Tanzania

1951-68/88-94


Sybil Short Fudge Dewhirst

Zimbabwe

1976-1980


Paul & Janis Fudge

Zimbabwe

1975-1979





Smith

Bruce & Beth

Guatemala/Malawi

-present


Jeremy & Martha Smith

Mozambique

-present





Stephens

Larry & Diane

Kenya

1977-99


Rusty & Laura Campbell

Japan/Portugal/Ecuador

1999-2002;05-06/10-present


Josh & Julie Markum

Bolivia/Ecuador

2006-present





Tate

Van and Jean

Kenya

1965-76


Eddie & Ann Neal

Romania

1993-95?





Thiesen

John & Ann

Malawi

1969-91


Mark & Era Thiesen

Ukraine/Malawi

1997 /20??-2011


Henry & Pamela Thiesen

Malawi

1981-83





Thompson

Carl & Willadean

Ethiopia

1960-66


Carladean Thompson

Kenya

1977-79,84-2006





Trull

Rick & Miranda

Kenya/Uganda

1983-1994


Travis & Lauren Trull

Tanzania

2010-2015





?

?



Walker

Wimon & Linda Walker

Argentina/Botswana/






White

Charles & Pam

France

1976-present


Jeff & Tia Brauer

Italy

2006-present





Wilks

Lendal & Peggy Wilks

Malawi

1964-72,77-2005


Kelvin & Karen Wilks

Malawi

1988-90





Woodroof

Jim & Louine

New Zealand

1965-70


David & Debbie Woodroof

Italy

2008-present





Three Generation Missionary Families








Chesshir

Haskell and Enid

Korea

1954-86

Allen

Sid & Jenetta Allen

Korea

1966-1980


David & Michelle Allen

Thailand

1994-present


Laura Allen

Thailand

2000-07


Steve & Samantha Allen

Thailand

1991-07





Brazle

Clinton & Faye/Delma

Canada



Mark & Jill

Belgium

1977-93


Luk & Holly Brazle

Belgium

2003-present


Caleb & Kristina Meeks

Tanzania

2010-present





Edwards

Earl & Gwendolyn

Italy

1960-1976


Terry & Kim Edwards

Italy/Greece

1984-90,93-97/2001-03


Brandon & Kristen Edwards

sensitive country/Italy

2005-07/07-09





Fox

Harry Robert & Pauline Fox

Japan

1920-35/1945-


Harry Robert, Jr & Geraldine Fox

Japan

1947-58


Logan Fox

Japan

1945-?





French

Parker & Joyce

Pakistan

1971-1973


David & Lorie French

Kenya/Zambia

1982-1984; 2004-present


Kerin French

Zambia

2004-present





Geer

Carter & Ruth

Tanzania/Kenya

/1984-87

Allison

Fielden & Janet Allison

Uganda/Kenya/Tanzania/Swaziland

1972/72-2006/06-09/09-present


Jeremy & Martha Smith

Mozambique

2003-present


Chris & Casey Allison

Cambodia

-present





Guild

Claude & Sammie Guild

Australia

1967-1973


Sonny & Eunice Guild

Kenya

1970-1979


Eric & Susan Guild

Tanzania

2000-present


Theron Guild

Honduras/sensitive country

2005-06/2008-09





Hardin

Dan & Joyce

Korea

1958-1974


Terra Brimberry

Chile

1981-1983


Lynn & Mara Ashley

American Samoa

1993-present


David & Danna Willis

American Samoa

2007-present


Gary & Danielle Roberts

American Samoa

2006-2009





Henderson

Parker & Donna

Thailand/Trinidad & Tabago

1958-79/1980-2011


Larry & Pam Henderson

Thailand

1975-1999


Tim & Rebecca Talley

Kenya/Tanzania

1984-2007/2007-present


Bryan & Libby Harrison

sensitive country



Mike & Pricilla Jones

Thailand

1991-1995


Tim & Mary Henderson

Trinidad & Tabago/Aruba

2006-2010/2010-present





Hobby

Alvin & Georgia

Zambia

1938-61,1968-82


Dennis & Anita Mitchell

Zambia

1967-70,71-82


*Tim & Anessa Westbrook

Hungary



*Anessa is the daughter of Ken & Ann; the granddaughter of Alvin & Georgia







Hogan

Gordon & Jane

Pakistan/Singapore

1961-68/68-93


Dave & Debbie Hogan

Singapore

1985-present


Mike & Beth James

Greece

2010-present


* Bobby & Candace Garner

Uganda

2008-present


*Bobby is the son of Ron & Julie; the grandson of Gordon and Jane







Paden

Harold & Bettye/Sally

Italy

1949-66/73-83,85-88?


Hop & Marty Paden

Italy/Nicaraugua/CostaRica/Dominican Republic

1971-77.81/82-83/86-96


Zane & Tamara Perkins

Chile

2001-present


Nathan Paden

Mexico

2004-10


Ron & Janine Morgan

Brazil/England/Germany

present





Scotts

George & Ottis

Zambia/South Africa

1927-42,1942-56


Dow & Helen Pearl Merritt

Zambia

1927-1976,83


Roy & Kathi Merritt

Zambia

1968-present


Georgia Merritt Estes

Bangladesh/Zambia

1974-1976





Williams

James & Alice




Lesley & Loopie Williams

Papua New Guinea

1982-84,88-94, 2001-2010


Zachrey Williams

Mexico

2008-2010


Gary Williams

Ukraine


















Four Generation Missionary Families








Reese

Alva & Margaret

Zambia

1929-1956


Boyd & Sibyl Reese

Zambia/Zimbabwe

1941-48/1949-52


Robert & Mari-Etta Reese

Zimbabwe

1981-2002


John & Beth Reese

Zimbabwe, South Africa

1976-1991,94-95


Marcus & Diane Reese

Papua New Guinea

2001-present


Lewis & Tammy Short

Italy/ Tanzania


2000-2011








2016-present













Danny & Katie Reese

Portugal / Angola

2010-present


David & Jenna Reese

Tanzania

2013-2016









Siblings as Missionary Families








Allison

Jeremy & Martha Smith

Mozambique

2003-present


Chris & Casey Allison

Cambodia






Brazle

Mark & Jill Brazle

Belgium

1977-93


Paul & Carol Brazle

Italy/Belgium

??-present


Mike & Gail Brazle

India

1971


Pete & Jeanine Brazle

Italy/Honduras

199?





Brazle

Luk & Holly Brazle

Belgium

2003-present


Caleb & Kristina Meeks

Tanzania

2010-present





Brewer

Don & Joyce Shackelford

Italy



Frank & Sue Buck

Italy

1968-1980





Brittell

Elaine Brittell

Zambia

1946-82


Lester Brittell

Zambia

1953-1966


Orville & Augusta Brittell

Zambia

1938-1966


Gladys Clarke

Zambia

1946-??





Cannon

Dave & Debbie Hogan

Singapore

1985-present


Robin & Cyndi Cannon

Okinawa

1989-2001





Duke

Brett & Johnna Raymond

Uganda/Rawanda

1994-??/2010-present


Louisa Duke

Zambia

??-2009





Fox

Harry Robert & Pauline Fox, Sr.

Japan

1920-35/1945-


Herman & Sarah Fox

Japan

1920-?





Gilliam

Steve Gilliam

Malawi/South Africa



Mark & Ellen Abshier

Brazil

6


Allen & Laura Close

Canada

13





Granberg

Stan & Gena Granberg

Kenya

1983-1993


Keith & Lisa Williams

Kenya

1990-1995





Hardin

Terra Brimberry

Chile

1981-1983


Lynn & Mara Ashley

American Samoa

1993-present


David & Danna Willis

American Samoa

2007-present





Hartman

Kent & Nancy Hartman

Australia

1983-2000


Dale & Sheila Hartman

Australia

1981-1990





Henderson

Larry & Pam Henderson

Thailand

1975-99


Tim & Rebecca Talley

Kenya/Tanzania

1984-present


Mike & Pricilla Jones

Thailand

1991-95


Tim & Mary Henderson

Trinidad & Tabago/Aruba

2006-present





Huffard

Evertt & Elsie Huffard

Jordan

1963-70


Elvis & Emily Huffard

Nigeria/Sierra Leone

1953-55/1965-66


Eugene & Evelyn Perry

Canada/Zambia/Canada

1950-73/74-83/84-present





Huffard

Evertt & Ileene Huffard

Lebanon



Darrell & Elaine Denman

Israel






Huffard

Henry & Jane Huffard

Nigeria

1983-91


Don & Joyce Harrison

Nigeria

1964-66


Jerry & Sue Harvill

Scotland

1969-74


Jerry & Kathy Cox

Canada/Nigeria

1980-86/86-92





Klein

Ken & Debbie Klein

Nigeria

198?-2002


Terry & Kim Edwards

Italy/Greece

1984-90,93-97/2001-03





Langston

Robert & Marie Ledbetter

Brazil

2005-present


Abe & Kristi Langston

Estonia

2004-2006


Sister and family

Benin/Togo/Rwanda

1998-2017





Lock

Dave & Karen Lock

Papua New Guinea



Michael Lock

Papua New Guinea



Larry & Lois Voyles

Papua New Guinea






Marcum

Joshua & Julie Marcum

Bolivia

2006-present


Justin & Jauna Reeger

Ecuador

2007-present


Erik & Jenny Reyes

Bolivia

2007-present





Merritt

Ken & Iris Elder

Zambia

1949-67+?


Roy & Kathi Merritt

Zambia

1968-present


Georgia Merritt Estes

Bangladesh/Zambia

1974-1976





Mitchell

Loy & Donna/Debra

Zimbabwe

1954-62/64-76/85-97


Dennis & Anita Mitchell

Zambia

1967-70,71-82


Reece & Jacquie Mitchell

Argentina

1973-1999 Jacquie still there.





Mitchell

Stan & Marge Mitchell

Zimbabwe

1981-1989


Bobby & Nancy Wheat

Zimbabwe

1981-1984/1992-1996





Paden

Cline & Jo Paden

Italy/Denmark

1949-55/57-59


Harold & Bettye/Sally

Italy

1949-66,??


Gerald & Bobbie Paden

Italy

1953-71


Harry Robert, Jr & Geraldine Fox

Japan

1947-58





Paden

Hop & Marti Paden

Italy/Nicaraugua/CostaRica/Dominican Republic

1971-77.81/82-83/86-96


Ron & Janine Morgan

Brazil/England/Germany






Paden

Zane & Tamara Perkins

Chili

2001-present

Paden

Nathan Paden

Mexico

2004-10





Reese

George & Ottis Scott

Zambia/South Africa

1927-42,1942-56


Alva & Margaret Reese

Zambia

1929-1956





Reese

Robert & Mari-Etta Reese

Zimbabwe

1981-2002


John & Beth Reese

Zimbabwe/South Africa

1976-1978/1998-91,94-95





Reese

Marcus & Diane Reese

Papua New Guinea

2001-present


Lewis & Tammy Short

Italy

2000-2011


Danny & Katie Reese

Portugal /Angola

2010-present


David & Jenna Reese

Tanzania

2013-present





Reynolds

Scott & Sharla Reynolds

Brazil

1998-2007


Kevin & Debra Reynolds

Brazil

1998-present





Rodriguez

Marcus & Julia Rodriguez

sensitive country

2003-2012


Martin & Erin Rodriguez

sensitive country

2003-2011





Shackelford

Tony & Lucy Console

Italy

1976-81,1986-present


Robbie & Mona Shackelford

Italy

1990-present


Shawn & Donna Daggett

Italy

1986-96


Kenneth & Tanja Shackelford

Tibet-China

2007-10





Shewmaker

Sam & Nancy Shewmaker

Zambia/Kenya/Rawanda

1967-


Jerry & Claudia

Zambia



Stan & Jo Ann Shewmaker

Zambia

1960-65,67-72





Shorts

Genci & Alethea Gurabardhi

Romania/Albania

1992-1993


Lewis & Tammy Short

Italy

1995-7;1999-present





Stephens

Josh & Julie Marcum

Bolivia/Ecuador

2006-present


Rusty & Laura Campbell

Japan/Portugal/Ecuador

1999-2002;05-06/10-present





Tarbet

Dave & Jana Jenkins

Uganda/Rawanda

1993-2012


Greg & Debra Carr

Uganda

1993-98