Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church

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MISS ANNA JARVIS FOUNDER OF MOTHERSt DAY HER MOTHER HOME A ND BIRTHP LACE OF ANNA JARVIS, WEBSTER, W. VA FACTS CONCERNING MOTHER'S DAY On May 10, 1908, a Mother's Day service was held in this Church, at the request of the founder, Miss Anna Jarvis. Mr. L. L. Loar, the Sunday School Superintendent, ar- ranged the program, and it was celebrated in memory of Mrs. Anna Reeves Jarvis, the honored mother, who served as a teacher in the Primary department for over twenty ANDREWS METHODISTEPISCOPAL CHURCH GRAFTON, W. VA. усars. On this same date, in the Church service which followed, the pastor, Rev. Mr. Harry C. Howard, D.D., preached the Mother's Day sermon. It was at the General Conference, which convened at Minneapolis, Minnesota, in July, 1912, that Judge Robin- son, a delegate from this Church, introduced a resolution recognizing Miss Anna Jarvis as the founder of Mother's Day, and the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day in the Church Later in 1914 Congress authorized the President to des- ignate the second Sunday of each May as Mother's Day, and since then it has spread to all corners of the earth fother-Church of Mothers Day. Pirst Motherst-Day Service, Мay 10, 1908. Pounder-Miss Anna Jarvis. 6e 638

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