The Rev. Anne O. Weatherholt grew up in eastern Kentucky in the college town of Berea. She attended Berea College then transferred and graduated from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. Anne enrolled in the Virginia Theological Seminary and graduated in 1978 with a Master’s in Divinity. She was ordained as an Episcopal Deacon in the Diocese of Lexington, May 1978, and served as a college chaplain, first at the University of Kentucky, then for four years at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland, where she was ordained as the second woman Episcopal Priest in the Diocese, February 3, 1980.

Anne married the Rev. F. Allan Weatherholt, Rector of St. Thomas’ Parish, in December 1980 and moved to Hancock, Maryland where she currently resides. In 1983, Anne became the Assistant at All Saints’ Parish in Frederick and in 1993, was called to St. Marks, Lappans, just south of Hagerstown, Maryland, where she served as Rector until her retirement, June 2019.

Anne is the fourth Episcopal Priest in five generations in her family, and her older son, a church organist, is married to an Episcopal Priest in the Diocese of Maryland. Her younger son and his wife are both High School teachers and she has one grandson.

During her active ministry, Anne served on many community non-profit boards and on the Standing Committee, Grants Committee, Diocesan Council, and as Secretary of Convention in the Diocese of Maryland. She continues to serve as a clergy mentor and leads workshops for clergy and lay leaders on the issue of the Recognition and Response to Domestic Violence. In 2008, she published a book, “Breaking the Silence, the Church Responds to Domestic Violence,” and currently serves on the Family Violence Council of the State of Maryland, appointed by the Governor. Anne’s writings and poetry have been published by Forward Movement, and she enjoys music, reading, sewing, and walking along the C&O canal with her dog, Sammi.