Michael E. Perdue

Diligent public servant with proven track record in coordinating state and local government and historical programs effectively. Successfully led multiple projects from inception to completion, ensuring alignment with goals. Demonstrated expertise in team participation and problem-solving to promote civic awareness and unity.

• Historical Society of North Carolina Member, 2011-Present; Secretary, 2016-Present
• Mayodan Moravian Church Mayodan, North Carolina Member 2005-Present, Assistant Archivist, Substitute Organist
• Museum and Archives of Rockingham County (formerly Rockingham County Historical Society) Wentworth, North Carolina Member, 1975-; Board Member, 1979-2003; Corresponding Secretary, Editor of Newsletter, Honorary Lifetime Member
• Rockingham Community College Wentworth, North Carolina Past Member, Historical Collections Advisory Board
• Town of Wentworth, North Carolina Wentworth, North Carolina Past Alternate member of Planning and Zoning Board
• Wentworth United Methodist Church Wentworth, North Carolina Member 1977-2005, Trustee; Organist, 1977-2004, Chairman of the Administrative Board, Chairman of Church Building and Restoration Committee, 1979-2004. Led the successful financing and restoration of the area's oldest Methodist edifice while a teenager.
• Western North Carolina Conference, United Methodist Church Former member, Conference Commission on Archives and History and Conference Historian. First lay member to ever hold the office of Historian.

Carter, Robert W., and Michael Perdue. The Antebellum and Civil War Letters of the George D. Boyd Family. Wentworth, NC: Rockingham County Historical Society, 1997. Print.

Gomez, Mary E., and Michael Perdue. Death Notices from Reidsville, NC Newspapers, 1876-1907. Wentworth, NC: [s.n.], 2009. Print.

Perdue, Michael. Center United Methodist Church: a History. Greensboro, NC, 1998. Print.

Perdue, Michael. History of Bethlehem United Methodist Church, 1835-1988. Danville, Virginia: Danville Printing Company, 1988. Print.

Perdue, Michael. “Methodists” Religious Traditions of North Carolina: Histories, Tenets and Leaders, edited by W. Glenn Jonas, Jr., McFarland & Company, Publishers; Jefferson, NC, 2018, 175-199. Print.

Perdue, Michael Eric. The Rise and Development of Methodism in Rockingham County, North Carolina: from Asbury to the Unification of 1939. Thesis (M.A.) University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1991. Print.

Perdue, Michael. Ruffin's Methodist Heritage, 1867-1989: 122 Years of Continuous Christian Service. Ruffin, NC: Ruffin United Methodist Church, 1989. Print.