Woman’s Society of Christian Service and Woman’s Missionary Society

Mrs. Birdie Vandigriff Moore - January 22, 1880 to October 21, 1969
One of the 39 charter members of Haygood Memorial Church
First President of Woman's Missionary Society at Haygood - elected September 13, 1926
Committee Leadership: Mrs. Moore served alongside Mrs. W.F. Shell on the church's historical and organizational committees. Their collaborative work was instrumental in formalizing the congregation's records during the church's transition in the 1920s and early 1930s.
Organizational Work: She was a prominent member of the Women's Missionary Society and the Ladies' Aid Society, groups that Mrs. Shell noted were responsible for the church's early financial stability and community presence in the Morningside area.
Legacy of Service: Mrs. Moore is remembered for her "stubborn guarding" of the church's beginnings, ensuring that the mission work established in 1911 was not extinguished during the years of "discouragement" before the permanent sanctuary was built.

Mrs. E. N. Good
Secretary - Atlanta District
Woman’s Missionary Society 1933

Circa 1945 - We believe this picture to be taken at Camp Glisson, which was formed in part by Haygood members and many of them had cabins there

Reverend W. M. Barnett was assigned to Haygood in 1936 as its pastor and he served until November, 1939. He 'was a good pastor and looked well after his flock. He was always full of enthusiasm in his work as minister and as pastor. His sermons were earnestly and enthusiastically delivered and were full of religious substance. His wife rendered much help in the church and also as a member of the choir. - Birdie V. Moore

Ms. Dorothy Rogers Tilly - June 30, 1883 to Match 16, 1970
Dorothy Rogers Tilly (Mrs. M.E. Tilly) was a prominent Methodist civil rights activist known for her work in the Methodist Church and for advocating for interracial cooperation, often corresponding with Eleanor Roosevelt on issues of justice, including during the period when rilly served on the President's Committee on Civil Rights.
Mrs. Tilly held many positions in Women's Missionary Society, which eventually became United Methodist Women.

It is stated in the Directory of Haygood Memorial Church, dated 1937, page 3, that "EVERY WOMAN OF HAYGOOD MEMORIAL CHURCH IS A MEMBER OF THE MISSIONARY SOCIETY." - Birdie V. Moore

Chairmen, Woman’s Missionary Society 1933

1930 - Birthday cake for the King - Harvest Day
Everyone inited to bring a penny for every year of their age to help missions

Woman’s Missionary Society became Woman’s Society of Christian Service in 1940 on National Charter Day.

Reverend B. Frank Pim was a young man, able, enthusiastic, and untiring in the work of the church. He could fill any place in the church. If a pianist was needed, he could serve. If electric lights were to be installed in the Sunday school room, he could and did do it. The young people were very fond of him as well as the older ones. He had a smile that reached entirely across his face and he wore it practically all of the time that he was awake. - Birdie V. Moore