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November 22, 1992

The Williford Methodist Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The rectangular, single-story wood-frame building is an excellent example of a vernacular interpretation of Gothic Revival style. Supported on a fieldstone foundation, the building has a total of twelve Gothic-style windows. Each side has four windows, one in the back and three in the front. The front door is bordered by a window on each side. Above the double entrance doors is a lancet window. The roof supports a small pyramid belfry. The interior of the building includes a beaded board ceiling, a raised pulpit, a raised choir platform, and two classrooms.

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Eugene John Weibel

Eugene John Weibel was ordained as a priest in the Benedictine order on August 15, 1876. A native of Switzerland, Weibel is best known for his almost thirty years of service in northeast Arkansas, during which he helped to establish churches, convents, schools, and St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro (Craighead County). He was instrumental in so many church activities that he has been called the Catholic “Apostle to northeastern Arkansas.” By 1922, he had returned to Europe, where he died in 1934.

 

Eugene John Weibel was ordained as a priest in the Benedictine order on August 15, 1876. A native of Switzerland, Weibel is best known for his almost thirty years of service in northeast Arkansas, during which he helped to establish churches, convents, schools, and St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro (Craighead County). He was instrumental in so many church activities that he has been called the Catholic “Apostle to northeastern Arkansas.” By 1922, he had returned to Europe, where he died in 1934.

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