Allen & Pauline Lindamood

A Lasting Legacy for the Future
Allen Lindamood was
well known as a hard
working cattleman and
farmer and was a
longtime member of Enterprise
United Methodist Church in Piney
Flats, Tennessee. He passed away
on February 11, 2005, just eleven
days short of his 90th birthday. His
wife, Pauline McKamey Minnick
Lindamood, a native of Bluff City
passed away the previous year on
February 21, 2004 at age 91.
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.
Pauline's first husband, Glen Minnick, died in
1964. They had two sons, Glen and Richard. The
Minnick's lived in Bristol, where they were active
members of Anderson Street United Methodist
Church. Pauline became a member of the
Women's Society of Christian Service, taught
Sunday school and sang in the choir. After Glen's
passing, she attended Bristol Commercial College
and served as church secretary at Anderson Street
United Methodist Church for many years. She
joined Enterprise United Methodist Church soon
after her marriage to Allen on July 28, 1978.
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.
Their hospitality extended to their
families and friends who would
stop by for short visits. They loved
living on their farm and managed to
maintain a very simple and
uncomplicated lifestyle. Allen was
said to have driven more miles on
his farm tractor than in his farm
truck. Later in life, they both
enjoyed sitting on the porch of their
farmhouse watching the cattle
grazing in the fields and their farm
cats playing in the yard.
The United Methodist Church provided a great
deal of inspiration and comfort to Pauline and
Allen during their entire lives. They wanted
to leave a lasting legacy that would help others
less fortunate and help provide for the future of
the United Methodist Churches of the Holston
Conference.
Allen's will left a bequest of approximately
$220,000 to establish THE 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 United Methodist Church. The Lindamood's
gift is a direct investment in the future ministry of
the Holston Conference and will assist the
Conference in filling the great need to educate and
attract future ministers. This scholarship will be
administered in the Foundation through the Board
of Ordained Ministry and the Director of Clergy
Services. It is expected that this endowment will
provide $8,000 - $10,000 annually in perpetuity.
We thank God for their generosity.
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