Rev. Georgia DuBose, Priest

Georgia Caldwell DuBose, baptized and confirmed in the Diocese of Chicago by Bishop Gerald Burrill, came to Jefferson County, West Virginia in 1976. She is the mother of Kendra and John Henry Dale. After her second marriage to retired diplomat Robert DuBose, she came to St. John's Episcopal Church in Harpers Ferry in 1998. A former press secretary in Washington D.C. and journalist in Virginia and West Virginia, she was ordained through the Diocese of West Virginia's innovative pastoral training program, Equipping the Saints (a cooperative venture with Bexley Hall Seminary) in 2006. She is an experienced retreat leader, who has led retreats at Rolling Ridge Ecumenical Retreat Center. She is one of the founders of the Harpers Ferry Ecumenical Association. She is in her second term as convenor of the South Jefferson County Ministerial Association, and serves on the board of Jefferson County Community Ministries, the fund-raising committee for Eastern Panhandle Free Clinic, and as a volunteer for Good Shepherd Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers. She loves West Virginia, St. John's, and living in Harpers Ferry with her dear husband, who assists her in many ways in her ministry.