History

A facility dedicated to providing round-the-clock care for residents with chronic medical conditions opens.

Capacity is expanded to 75 residents. The first nurses’ station was established. There are four full-time staff on site, with medical assistance provided by the Quitman hospital and volunteers supplementing…

A second residence opens for 14 new residents.

Private gifts retired the debt on the Quitman home and the Director’s residence. Annual gifts were dedicated to the subsidizing residents who could not afford the $75 monthly cost of…

The Presbyterian Home opened with three residents each of whom had been recommended by churches. Rev. McElroy was named director while continuing to serve as pastor of First Presbyterian Church…

Rev. McElroy presented the need for a senior care facility to Presbytery, which later accepted a committee recommendation of a Presbyterian Home for the Useful.

Anna Corrine Hubert (72) asked her pastor, Rev. Frank H. McElroy Sr. “Does the church have a place to care for older members who don’t want to become a burden…