Chronology of J. Brooks Shuping

Timeline of Jefferson Brooks Shuping

Accomplishments of Jefferson Brooks Shuping
Written by Jeff Shuping, Jr., 10/31/03

He was in the Toastmasters club (don’t have dates)
He graduated from Greensboro Senior High School in 1945
He graduated from the UNC Chapel Hill in 1949
He was a lifelong member of the Kappa Alpha Order Fraternity beginning in UNC-Chapel Hill
Active Member of the Whiteville Methodist Church from about 1958 to 1983
Active Member of the Grace united Methodist Church from 1983 to 2001
President of his Sunday School Class in the Methodist Church (years?, Whiteville?)
Did taxes for a number of years through the Grace United Methodist Church for the elderly
Elected to the Whiteville Methodist Church Board of Stewards
Usher and collections with the Whiteville United Methodist Church
Member of the Columbus County Pool Board
Member of Civitan from 1959 to 2001
Member of the Whiteville Civitan Club from 1959 to 1983
Employed as a credit manager by GMAC in 1949 and worked for 40 years retiring in 1990
Honorary member of the Wilmington Civitan Club from 1983 to 2001
Chairman of Fruit Cake Sales for the Whiteville Civitan Club for 2 years
Cook for Pancake suppers held at Whiteville High School for a number of years (Civitan?)
Financial Chairman of Boy Scouts of America in Whiteville, Middle District, Cape Fear Area
Was involved in the Whiteville Boy Scouts for a number of years from about 1960 to 1975
Participated in the Whiteville Troop 513 Boy Scout hike across NC in 1967
Participated in numerous camping trips with #513 and the Cape Fear Area Council
He received the Silver Beaver Award in 1969, one of the highest awards in adult scouting.
Dad, Bobbie Shuping and Margaret Shuping donated the papers of his father C.L. Shuping
To East Carolina University in 1988
Participated in the research of the Shuping genealogy for a book Ross Shuping wrote in 1993
Secretary of Investment Club Mom and dad started with 5 other couples through the Grace
United Methodist Church for about 10 to 15 years that is still in existence
Tour directors with mom for the Wilmington Belamy Mansion on Market Street for about 7
years
Had his picture taken by Candid Camera when he was about 15 years old
Helper for mom’s art classes on cruise ships for years leaving from the port in Wilmington
Took a Dale Carnegie Class early in his career which greatly helped him
Had one of the lowest repossession rates in NC in Whiteville and Wilmington in his career with
GMAC
Took and Passed the Real Estate Exam in Whiteville and got his license in about 1974
YoYo championship in Greensboro, date & newspaper
Dad told me he ran track in High School and had a record for running a mile in under 5
minutes
Purchased a lot at Lake Waccamaw, later moved and old Cyprus frame house to this lot which
became a center for work and fun for the family
Purchased houses in Charlotte, Salisbury, Whiteville, Wilmington, and last Porters Neck,
Wilmington
Dad married Mary Baldwin in 1950 and had 5 children, Jeff, George, Kemp, John and
Maryanna, and 2 grandchildren
Dad saved a girl from drowning once that panicked when the ocean rip tide took her out to sea