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Interior of a Sunday school room in Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton where Mrs. Anna Reeves Jarvis, mother of Anna Jarvis (Mother's Day Founder) taught primary school children.

1. Andrew's Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday School Room, Grafton, W. Va.

View of the front of Andrew's Methodist Episcopal Church, now the International Mother's Day Shrine, in Grafton, West Virginia.

2. Andrew's Methodist Episcopal Church, Grafton, W. Va.

International Mother's Day Shrine.

3. Andrew's Methodist Episcopal Church, Grafton, W. Va.

Church members broadcast over radio station WVVW at Andrew's Methodist Episcopal Church (the International Mother's Day Shrine) in Grafton, West Virginia.

4. Andrew's Methodist Episcopal Church Radio Show, Grafton, W. Va.

The interior of Andrew's Methodist Episcopal Church in Grafton, West Virginia.

5. Alter in Andrew's Methodist Episcopal Church, Grafton, W. Va.

The interior of Andrew's Methodist Episcopal Church (the International Mother's Day Shrine) in Grafton, West Virginia on East Main Street.

6. Andrew's Methodist Episcopal Church, Grafton, W. Va.

Now the International Mothers Day Shrine.

7. Andrew's Methodist Episcopal Church, Grafton, W. Va.

8. Mother's Day Church, Grafton, W. Va.

9. Mother's Day Church, Grafton, W. Va.

At the time of the first celebration of Mother's Day. Was also first president of the Jarvis Memorial Class.

10. C.V. Miller, Assistant Superintendent of Andrews Methodist Sunday School

He preached the first Mother's Day Methodist Sermon in Andrews Methodist Church. He chose as his text John 19 chapter, 26-27 verses. "Woman, behold thy son, and to the Disciple, behold thy Mother."

11. Rev. Harry C. Howard, Grafton, W. Va.

During the first Mother's Day service held there in 1908, led the plans for establishing the annual memorial to Motherhood. He gave of his time and money to perfect the hallowed observance at Grafton. Mr. Loar, a successful merchant at Clarksburg, a Central West Virginia town near Grafton, died in 1938.

12. L. L. Loar, Superintendent of the Sunday school of Andrews Methodist Episcopal church, Grafton, W. Va.