Obituary for Rev. R. Graham Nahouse Rev. Richard Graham Nahouse, 80, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, Friday, August 31, 2018, at his home in China Grove.
He is at Home with his Lord and Savior. He was a loving father, husband, brother, son, grandfather and host father to many exchange students. A memorial service is scheduled for 6:00 pm Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Landis.
Rev. Dr. Jarrod Lanning, Pastor Joe Tallent, Pastor Ed Harper, Rev. Dr. Pierson Shaw and Rev.
T.C. Plexico will officiate. The family will receive friends from 4:30 to 5:45 pm Tuesday at the church. Pastor Nahouse was born May 22, 1938 in Passaic, NJ.
He was a son of the late Richard Arthur Nahouse and Ottie Robinson Nahouse. Rev. Nahouse received a scholarship to acquire his B.A. from the University of Richmond in 1959, in 1962 he received his B.D. from the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake forest followed by his theology certification in 1964 from the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, SC.
He was ordained to Lutheran Ministry June 26, 1964 in Rocky Mount. He served on many committees with the ELCA North Carolina Synod, including the executive board from 1983 to 1988 and chair of the nominating committee from 1998 to 1999. In 2002 he retired from Trinity Lutheran Church in Landis.
Formerly during his career, Pastor Nahouse had served at Jonesboro Heights Baptist Church in Sanford, NC; Tar Landing Baptist Church in Jacksonville, NC; Nazareth Lutheran Church in Rural Hall, NC; Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Greenville, NC; and exchange pastor for Christus Kirche in Syke, Germany. In the Coastal NC Synod, he was secretary from 1979 to 1986 and dean from 1968 to 1991. From 1961 to 1991, he was campus contact pastor at East Carolina University.
He also served on the parish education, campus ministry and ecumenical affairs community. He was a member of the Greenville Rotary Club from 1976 to 1991 and the Lions Club in Landis from 1991 to 1993. A member of the Greenville Transit Commission from 1986 to 1991, he was chairman from 1989 to 1991.
He served on the Greenville Long Range Planning Commission from 1988 to 1990. He also served as vice-pastor at various churches and helped establish Grace Lutheran Church in Little Washington, NC. In retirement, he served as interim pastor for several local Lutheran Churches throughout the area.
Pastor Nahouce also enjoyed playing piano, singing, reading, and being with all of God’s children. Pastor Nahouse is survived by his wife, Nancy Fritts Nahouse; a son, Graham R. Nahouse of Landis; two daughters, Elizabeth R. Nahouse and Mary K. Nahouse of China Grove; a granddaughter Brianna E. Sossoman; and extended family, Kirsten Grabe-Soetebier, Johannes Rascher, Lucy Dusing, Arne Wende and Henrike Lehnguth, all of Germany. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Trinity Lutheran Church Building Fund, 108 West Rice Street, Landis, NC 28088, Mt.
Moriah Lutheran Church Building Fund, 750 Mt. Moriah Church Road, China Grove, NC 28023 or to North Carolina Synod-ELCA, 1988 Lutheran Synod Drive, Salisbury, NC 28144. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Rev.
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