Mr. Edward Cole, father of Reverend Helen Crosby, pastor of Quinn Chapel AME Church, Lexington, Mississippi, Eighth Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mrs. Frankie Mae Collier, the mother and mother-in-law of Brother Alfred and Rev. Dr. Anese Collier, Trustee Pro Tem and Pastor of Miller Chapel AME Christ Centered Ministries; she was a pillar in her family, the church, and community, Fourth Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church

Sis. Bwalya Shula Musa, Miss Area 1 YPD'ER,  the daughter to Reverend Dr. Charles Musa, Seventeenth Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church

The Rev. Dr. Steven Allen Jackson, a Retired Itinerant Elder from the Pittsburgh/West Virginia Conference, Third Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church

The Reverend Maggie J. Patterson,(Retired) an Itinerant Elder and former Pastor of Wesley Chapel AME Church in Grenada MS, Eighth Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church

Sis. Doris Mae Pinkney Lewis, the mother of the Reverend Richelle Lewis-Castine, Pastor, Zion Chapel AME Church, Patterson, LA, Central North Louisiana Conference and the Reverend Kecia A. Lewis, Itinerant Elder, Louisiana Annual Conference, Eighth Episcopal District, and the grandmother of the Reverend Ritney A. Castine, Pastor, Mt. Pisgah AME Church Jersey City, NJ, First Episcopal District

The Rev. Dr. Dudley Trotman, an Itinerant Elder and Pastor of Allen Temple AME Church in Barbados, Sixteenth Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mrs. Gloria Lee Grant Horne, mother of the Rev. Dr. George G. Hartsfield Sr. (Rev. Dr. Cynthia), pastor of New Fountain Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Jacksonville, FL, Eleventh Episcopal District

The Reverend Carolyn Johnson, Itinerant Elder and former pastor in the Eighth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Sister Leatrice Jones, the mother of The Reverend Charles F. Flowers (Bettie), the pastor of Friendship AME Church Chattahoochee, FL, Florida Conference of the Eleventh Episcopal District

Mrs. Mildred Smith, the mother of Reverend Dr. Stanley G. Smith, Presiding Elder of the Philadelphia District, of the Philadelphia Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mrs. Emma Jewel Stevens, the mother of Reverend Dr. Pamela Rivera, Presiding Elder of the Austin Capital District, Southwest Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Mrs. M. Faye Moore, the sister of Reverend Dr. Deborah McCaffity, pastor of St. George African Methodist Episcopal Church in Lewis, Delaware in the First Episcopal District

Mrs. Clara Barbara, the wife of retired General Officer, Dr. Johnny Barbour Jr., former President/Publisher of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday School Union

The Reverend Robert C. Sherrod, Sr., age 47, a lifelong member of Quinn Chapel AME Church, Louisville, Kentucky, elected and ordained a Deacon in the AME Church in 2022, he was the pastor of Ward Chapel AME in Scottsville, Kentucky and had been a supply pastor of Waymen Chapel AME in Georgetown Kentucky, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Ms. Shenika Weaver, the daughter of Bro. John Weaver who is the husband of Reverend Elizabeth Shaw-Weaver, Associate Minister at Providence AME Church, Memphis, Tennessee, West Tennessee Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Sister Gertrude Long White, mother of Rev. Dovie Lewis, pastor of Pleasant Grove AME Church, Marianna, FL, Eleventh Episcopal District

Presiding Elder T. W. Adair (Retired), the former Presiding Elder for the Magnolia District of the West Arkansas Conference of the Twelfth Episcopal District

The Reverend Mari Darrough served as an Itinerant Deacon in the Greater Dallas District, serving as Pastor (supply) at Evening Chapel AME Church and then as the appointed Pastor of Greater Allen Temple AME Church both in Grand Prairie, Texas, Tenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Susie Johnson Harris, retired Itinerant Elder in the Central Annual Conference of the Eleventh Episcopal District, the beloved aunt of Bishop Marvin C. Zanders, II, Presiding Prelate of the 16th Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and the Reverend Dr. Ronald Slaughter, Pastor of St. James AMEC, Newark, New Jersey, in the First Episcopal District

Reverend Fred Raggs, Retired Itinerant Elder of the Eighth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Ms. Andrea Willis, the daughter of the Reverends Andrew and Natalie Willis, Arkansas Annual Conference, and the niece of Presiding Elder and Reverend Tyrone and Ina Kaye Broomfield, Twelfth Episcopal District

Dr. Dolly Desselle Adams, Retired Supervisor, widow of Bishop John Hurst Adams, the 87th Elected and Consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church;  Dr. Adams was a mentor to many pastors and their spouses;  she was an Educator who served four years as National President of The Links, Inc., and The Links Foundation, Inc., and she served five years as National President of the Black Women’s Agenda, Inc. among her civic and social circles

Mr. Earnest White, beloved son-in-law of The Reverend Willie Bell Coleman-Smith, retired Itinerate Elder in the Central Annual Conference who serves on the ministerial staff of St. Mark AME Church, Orlando, Florida, Eleventh Episcopal District

The Reverend Joe Louis Gay, Sr, a Retired Itinerate Elder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church who served in the Orlando Conference (now known as Central) and West Coast Annual Conferences, the beloved husband of Roslyn Hammond Gay; father of Consultant Kathryn Thompson (Presiding Elder Jimmy Thompson of the Lively Lakeland District); Minister Joe L. Gay, Jr. (Donna); Reverend Gregory V. Gay, Sr. (Lashunda), Pastor of Mt. Olive AME Church, Tampa, Florida, and Disaster Relief Coordinator for the 11^th Episcopal District, Angela Scarbrough (DuShun)

Mr. Eddie Bill Tyler, Jr.,  father of Reverend Mark Kelly Tyler, Ph.D., pastor of Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Philadelphia Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District

Mrs. Virgie Coleman Hughes, mother of Brother Howard Hughes and the mother-in-law of Reverend Orsella Hughes, pastor of Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Hartford, Ct., New England Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Presiding Elder (Emeritus) Merrell Johnson, who retired from the Northwest Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District, the husband of Sis. Ruby Johnson, a charter member of Conn-M-SWAWO+PK’s of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mr. Ewart Harrison Joell (age 97), the stepfather of Presiding Elder Lucinda Burgess, pastor of Richard Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church, London UK; the European Annual Conference of the 16th Episcopal District

Mr. James Edward Rivers, the brother of The Right Reverend Michael L. Mitchell, Presiding Prelate, Twelfth Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church

Sister Ruth Bell Rhone, the wife of the late Rev. Dr. David Rhone, Sr. and the mother of the Rev. Dr. David B Rhone, Jr., Presiding Elder of the South Atlanta District of the Sixth Episcopal District; she was First Lady to many AME congregations in the West Florida Conference for over 45 years and was a long-standing member of the Women’s Missionary Society and the Minister’s Spouses Alliance of the Eleventh Episcopal District

Elder Willie Kenlaw, Jr, the father of the Reverend William Kenlaw III, pastor of Oak Street AME Church Baltimore, Maryland, Second Episcopal District

Retired Presiding Elder Ernest A. Rouse, Sr., who served faithfully as a Pastor and Presiding Elder in the Ninth Episcopal District for 45 years, 30 years as a pastor and 15 years as Presiding Elder of the Mobile District; he also served as 1st vice chairman and chief interrogator of the Episcopal Committee

Mrs. Edith Chandler Kennedy, the mother of our former District Consultant, Sister Deborah Davis, and mother-in-law of Retired Presiding Elder James H. Davis of the Miraculous Marianna Presiding Elder District of the Ninth Episcopal District

Mrs. Juliana Lorett Mayes, age 64, the beloved wife of Dr. Terence L. Mayes Sr., the Pastor of St. Paul AME Church, Chattanooga, TN, Thirteenth Episcopal District; mother of three including Reverend Terence Mayes Jr, pastor of Gates Chapel AME Church, Crossett, Arkansas; a grandmother; sister-in-law of Dr. Keith Mayes, Pastor of Vernon Chapel, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and she was president of the East Tennessee Conference M-SWAWO Plus PK’s

Sister Lurena Muse, widow of the late Reverend Columbus Muse, life member of the Women's Missionary Society of the AME Church and former President of the Louisiana Annual Conference Women's Missionary Society of the Eighth Episcopal District

Sis. Mary Louise Jenkins, age 72, the daughter of the deceased Reverend Charles Edward Jenkins, Sr., and Mrs. Lula Mae Reynolds Jenkins, long-time pastor and first lady in the Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Dorris Young, the mother of Reverend Courtney Martin, Pastor of Johnson Chapel A.M.E. Church, Fort Worth, TX in the Northwest Texas Conference of the Tenth Episcopal District

Dr. Virginia Mae Manning, (age 90), the beloved wife of Rev. George A. Manning, Retired Presiding Elder, Washington Conference, Second Episcopal District, who alongside Presiding Elder George Manning, for many years led the Potomac District of the Washington Conference with love and dedication

Ms. Vanessa Leonard, the sister of the Reverend Irvin Leonard, Pastor of St. Paul AME Church in Tuscumbia, Alabama and New Bethel AME Church, Sheffield, Alabama, Ninth Episcopal District

Mrs. Earline Stanford Lewis, a member of Hopewell AME Church, St. Florian, Alabama. Mrs. Lewis is the mother of the Reverend Sandra E. Cole, Pastor of Mt. Zion AME Church in Rhodesville, Alabama, and the aunt of the Reverend Michael E. Stanford, Pastor of Hopewell AME Church, St. Florian, Alabama and Nichols Chapel AME Church in Florence, Alabama, Ninth Episcopal District

Mrs. Theola Blount Pompey, widow of Reverend Franklin Pompey, and grandmother of Reverend S. Gerrard Lindsey, Pastor of Mt. Zion AME Church (On the Glade), Havana, Florida, Eleventh Episcopal District

Sister Mary Haynes Collins, a member of Zion Chapel AME Church, Sun, LA, the widow of former Presiding Elder Rev. Clarence Collins, 8^th Episcopal District; a Life Member of the Women's Missionary Society, functioning on all levels in leadership roles as committee chair and president; a member of CONN-M-SWAWO Plus PK’S at all levels, and the Lay Organization

The Reverend Clinton J. Hall, Jr., an Itinerant Elder in the AME Church, his last pastoral assignment was New Hope AME Church (St. George) African Methodist Episcopal Church, Charleston District, South Carolina Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the AME Church.

Sis. Willie B. Perry Hampton, the beloved Mother of Sis. Barbara P Hampton and Mother-in-Love of Rev. Dennis J Hampton, Pastor of Bethel AME Church, Claremore, OK, Twelfth Episcopal District

Mrs. Mary Ann Dansby, the sister of The Reverend Shirley Renix, pastor of New Bethel A.M.E. Church, Waldo, Arkansas, and The Reverend Ruthie Murphy, pastor of Good Hope AME Church, Chidester, Arkansas; she was married to Brother Clifton Dansby, the brother of The Reverend Curtis Dansby, a superannuated minister in the West Arkansas Conference

Mr. James M. Detherage, the father of Reverend Kimberly L. Detherage, Esq., pastor of Saint Mark A.M.E Church, New York, New York Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District

Ms. Connie Brooks, the sister of Reverend Dr. Deborah Brooks, pastor of Saint Mark A.M.E. Church, Cranford, New Jesey, New Jersey Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District

Ms. Shirley D. Jacobs, the sister of The Reverend Cathy Jacobs, Pastor of St. John A.M.E. Church, Monticello, KY, Lexington District - Kentucky Conference of the Thirteenth Episcopal District

Ms. Larrenda Gail Dunn, beloved daughter of The Reverend Evelyn G. Dunn, Presiding Elder, Brother Larry Dunn, Southern District of the North Carolina Conference, Second Episcopal District

Mrs. Annie B. King, the sister of Evelyn Frost, a Past President of WAC Womens Missionary Society and Past President of the Arkansas Conference M-SWAWO + PK, and sister-n-love of Reverend Charles Frost Sr., Retired Pastor in Arkansas Conference, Twelfth Episcopal District

Mrs. Wardean Nichols Henry, elder daughter of the late Bishop Decatur Ward Nichols, the 59^th Elected and Consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Church, and the late Episcopal Supervisor Kay Bailey Nichols

Reverend O. Jerome Green, Esq., President of Shorter College and Member of the Judicial Council was an ordained itinerant elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and a licensed attorney with over 25 years of experience in litigation and transactions involving business, education, politics, church law matters, and economic development

Mother Gladys Cora McGee Sparrow, pastor’s widow, member of the WMS, Lay Org. and  Episcopal District and Conference M-SWAWO + PK’S, and the beloved mother of the Reverend Dr. Cassandra A. Sparrow, pastor in Suffolk, Virginia, Second Episcopal District

The Reverend Cecil "Chip" L. Murray, age 94, a civil rights icon and spiritual leader, a beacon of hope and transformation not just for the congregation of the First African Methodist Episcopal Los Angeles, but for the wider community and beyond; and he was the brother-in-law of Bishop Phillip R. Cousin, Sr.

Brother Samuel David (Pop) McCoppin the brother of Reverend Sandra Smith, Pastor of Mt. Vernon (Laurens) AME Church in the Greenville District, Piedmont Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the AME Church

Little-Miss Demarriah Dior Calloway, 2 years old, the great-granddaughter of The Revered Willie and Sis Jackie Weary (superannuated minister and WMS member of the Eastern District, Oklahoma State Annual Conference

The Reverend Ogopoleng George Tlhomelang, 63 years of age, a devoted pastor in the Nineteenth Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church, survived by four children, Mamosa, Puleng, Nombulelo, and Katlego

Brother James Walter Stokes, Jr., the husband of Pastor Sheiler Stokes, and 1st Gentleman of Bethel AME Church-Jeffersonville, Indiana, Fourth Episcopal District

The Reverend Tommy Dorsey served in several capacities throughout Camden/Prattville and the Camden Districts in the Southwest Alabama Annual Conference of the Ninth Episcopal District, and through out the state of Alabama

Bishop Frederick Calhoun James, (102 years of age), the Ninety-Third Elected and Consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the Founder and First Elected Consultant/Director of Social Action of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and the oldest living Bishop in Methodism in the USA

Sis. Minnie L. Walker, the sister of the Reverend David Walker, recently retired pastor in the Augusta Georgia Annual Conference of the Sixth Episcopal District

Presiding Elder James Similo Nkumbi, age 67 years, an Itinerant Elder for 44 years, serving as President of the Presiding Elder Council of the 15^th Episcopal District and had served as a ministerial delegate to several General Conferences

Bro. Archie L. Cooley, Jr., the father of Reverend Tracye Monagan, Pastor of First Allen AME Church, Laurel, MS, Eighth Episcopal District

The Mr. Newstell Dowdell, Jr., the father of Reverend Chris (Reverend Joseph) Walker, Pastor of St. Paul AME Church - East Lake, Birmingham in the Northwest Alabama Conference, and Reverend Sheila (Reverend Roosevelt) Williams, Pastors of St. John AME Church, Montgomery in the Alabama River Region Conference of the Ninth Episcopal District

Mrs. Jeanette J. Dyson, a member of Campbell AME Church Southeast D.C. and the mother of Reverend Dr. Diane Coles of the Washington Conference, Second Episcopal District

Mr. Tony Lee Turner, the brother of Mrs. Saundra Lucas-Field, AME Church General Board Member, and Secretary of the Commission on Social Action, Twelfth Episcopal District

The Reverend Fredrick D. Parker, Retired, served faithfully in the Ninth Episcopal District in the old North Alabama Annual Conference, West Alabama Annual Conference and Northwest Alabama Annual Conference, he is also the brother of the Reverend T. W. Parker

Mr. Robert Nathanie Brown, Sr., father of Rev. Robert Brown, Jr., pastor of Bethel AME Church- Chestertown, MD and the uncle of Rev. Monigue Upshur Davis, pastor of Mt. Olive AME Church, Worton, MD and Holy Trinity AME Church, Rock Hall, MD, Second Episcopal District

Sister Katrina Clarissa Rawls Hernandez, a beloved educator and counselor, sister of The Rev. Ron Rawls, Jr., and Sister-In-Law of The Honorable Meshon Rawls, Senior Pastor, and First Lady of the Greater Bethel AME Church in Gainesville Florida, Eleventh Episcopal District

The Reverend Michael Todd Scroggins, loving husband, father, son, brother, and friend, served as Pastor of Moody Chapel AME Church, Little Rock, Arkansas of the Twelfth Episcopal District, previous pastoral assignments; Allen Chapel, Atkins, Arkansas; Mt. Pleasant, Monticello, Arkansas; and Bethel, Arkansas

Mr. Steven Williams, the loving husband to the Rev. Lesia Williams, Pastor of Quinn Chapel AME Church – Marion, Ohio, Third Episcopal District

Mrs. Lisa Ortiz, Esq., the sister of Reverend Laverne McClellan Trent, pastor of St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District

Sister Rosemary Clarke, the mother of Reverend Pauline A. Glenn, associate minister at Israel AME Church, Western New York Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District

Dr. Jerome V. Harris, Retired General Officer, Executive Director of the AME Church Department of Retirement Services

Bro. Charles Ray Bishop, Sr., the husband of Sis. Dawn D. Bishop, father of Mrs. DeShannon O. Richburg, and brother-in-law of Reverend Dr. Pamela Rivera, Presiding Elder of the Austin Capital District, Southwest Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Lucile Luckie Gatlin Mushatt, the mother of Reverend Dr. Sandra Gatlin Whitley, pastor of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, New Bedford, MA, New England Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District

Mrs. Beatrice Jasper, the grandmother of The Reverend Brandon Sims, Sr., pastor of Greater St. John A.M.E. Church, Tulsa, OK, Twelfth Episcopal District

Bro. Morris (Bud) Womack, brother of Reverend Floyd Womack, Pastor of St. Peter AME Church, New Roads, LA and St. Mary AME Church, Addis, LA, Eighth Episcopal District

Mr. Lee Roy Young, age 79, the brother of Reverend Thann Young, pastor of Hemingway Temple AME Church in Northwest Washington, DC and the brother-in-law of Reverend Margaret Farr Young, the associate pastor, Second Episcopal District

Brother Robert Earl Davis the brother of Reverend Larry Davis, Retired Itinerant Elder and Reverend Emanuel Davis, Pastor of New Bethel (Bishopville) African Methodist Episcopal Church in the Sumter District, Northeast Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the AME Church.

Brother Lewis Roosevelt Damon the brother of Reverend D. Pennie Damon, Pastor of Mt. Calvary (Hartsville) African Methodist Episcopal Church in the Sumter District, Northeast Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the AME Church

Mr. Larry Ducre, father of Sis. Marlice Sander, wife of Reverend Dr. Keith Sanders, Pastor of Union Bethel AME Church, New Orleans, LA, Eighth Episcopal District

The late Reverend Rufus Lloyd, Retired Pastor in the Southeast Alabama Conference, Ninth Episcopal District

Brother Sam Johnson the spouse of Reverend L. Vanessa Johnson, Pastor of St. Stephen (Hardeeville) African Methodist Episcopal Church in the Beaufort District, South Carolina Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District

Mrs. Navry Maxine Tyler Rand, the sister-in-love of Bishop Caroyln Tyler Guidry, the 122nd elected and consecrated Bishop of the AME Church

Mrs. Dorothy Jackson Fugh, a lifelong member of New Tyler A.M.E. Church, Memphis, TN, the mother of Gwendolyn Fugh Dillihunt, and the late Rita Fugh Powell, the grandmother of Dr. Monica L. Dillihunt, AME Connectional WMS Historiographer and Statistician, and aunt of Bishop Clement W. Fugh and Supervisor Alexis Fugh

Brother Edgar Childs, Jr.  Brother Childs is the father of 1^st Lady Gwen Hayes, Father-in-Law to Rev. Burney H. Hayes, Pastor of Greater Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church, Arcadia, FL and grandfather to Ezekiel Hayes, Eleventh Episcopal District

Mrs. Anna Brown, active in the WMS, Lay and served as Steward Emeritus at Ralph Avenue AMEC and the mother of Therese’ Ann Baker, AME WMS Connectional Recording Secretary, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Rev. Dr. Randall Lee Webster, husband of Mrs. Betsey Piper Webster and the Senior Pastor of Bethel Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Columbia; Tennessee; the District Coordinator of the 13th Episcopal District Sons of Allen and served as the Recording Secretary for the Connectional Sons of Allen, and was a civic organization leader

Mrs. Tracy Wood-Robinson, 54, of Quincy, Fl, the wife of the Reverend Kevin Robinson, pastor of Union Chapel AME Church, Quincy, FL, and the mother of son, Kevin Robinson, Jr., Eleventh Episcopal District 

Mrs. Constance Smith, mother of Mrs. Bertha Thomas, she attended and served at Quinn Chapel AME Church, Ironton, Ohio for almost a century, where she served as president of the Daughters of Allen, president of the Missionary Board, member of the Stewardess Board and as a steward to the pastor, Third Episcopal District

Mrs. Dolores Mason Jennings Morton a lifelong member of Campbell AME Church of Southeast Washington DC, the Mother of The Reverend Glenda Jennings Harrison Retired Commander USN Chaplain at U.S. Navy

Sister NyKeba Jakirah Mack the daughter of Reverend Deirdre Howard, Pastor of St. John (Bishopville) African Methodist Episcopal Church, Sumter District, Northeast Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the AME Church

Reverend Abraham Temoney Sr., a retired Itinerant Elder, spouse of Sister Agnes Temoney, the father of Rev. Abraham Temoney, Jr., (LaTasha) Pastor of St. Luke (Johnsonville) AMEC Church, Florence-Dillon District, the brother of Presiding Elder Herbert Temoney (Kimberly), Santee District, the brother of Rev. Archie Temoney, Sr. (Henrietta), Pastor of Mill Branch (Pamplico) AME, Seventh Episcopal District

Mrs. Georgia Bland Braswell Gleese, the widow of Presiding Elder James Gleese III of the West Tennessee Annual Conference of the 13^th Episcopal District

Sis. Levester A. Campbell, mother or Rev. Lemarcus T. Campbell, Pastor of Greater Edwards Chapel AME Church, Palmer, Texas

Mrs. Yolanda Denson, the wife of Rev. Herbert Denson, serving on both the Greater Dallas District and the Tyler District and the mother of Rev. Torrey Denson who serves on the Tyler District in the North Texas Conference

Mr. Raleigh J. Blake, 91, the father of Bonnie Blake Anderson and the father-in-law of the Reverend Grandville Anderson, Pastor of Greater St. Paul AME Church, Florence, Alabama in the Northwest Alabama Annual Conference of the Ninth Episcopal District 

The Reverend Dr. Daniela Small-Bailey and her son, Brother Sidanii Bell, pastor of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Passaic, of the New Jersey Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District

Sister Rosa Frances Browning, the wife of the late Reverend Willie Browning, she served as Consultant of the Philadelphia District under the leadership of Presiding Elder Jocelyn Hart Lovelace, served as Philadelphia Conference Branch WMS President, and was a Life Member of the Women’s Missionary Society

Mrs. Gail Louise Gillespie, the mother of Kinette K. Cager, CONN-M-SWAWO Financial Secretary, and the mother-in-law of Presiding Elder John E. Cager, Midwest North District, Midwest Annual Conference, Fifth Episcopal District  

“MaDear” Roxey Anna Walton Booker, the mother of Reverend Dr Spencer Booke, Pastor of St Paul AME Church, St. Louis of the Missouri Conference, Fifth Episcopal District

Mother Bertha Mae Griswold James, the beloved mother of Rev. Dr. Cassondra L. Gordon, Pastor of St. Paul AME Church of the Quincy-Monticello District, Eleventh Episcopal District, and beloved mother-in-love of Elder Bobby Gordon

Sister Violivette Knight the sister of Reverend Jerome McCray, Pastor of Unionville (Sumter) African Methodist Episcopal Church in the Sumter District, Northeast Annual of the Seventh Episcopal District of the AME Church

Brother William H. McCray, the brother of Reverend Jerome McCray, Pastor of Unionville (Sumter) African Methodist Episcopal Church in the Sumter District, Northeast Annual of the Seventh Episcopal District of the AME Church

The Reverend Dr. Charles Maceo Holsey, Jr, the Pastor of Oak Grove AME Church in Florence, Alabama in the Northwest Alabama Annual Conference of the Ninth Episcopal District 

The Reverend Dr. Walter B. Johnson Jr., who previously served as the Senior Pastor of the historic Greater Institutional African Methodist Episcopal Church of Chicago in the Fourth Episcopal District

Mr. Rodney Moody, the father of The Rev. Rodney R. Moody (Kim), Senior Pastor of The Ebenezer AME Church, Kansas City, MO, Fifth Episcopal District

Bro. Charles Hill, the husband of the Reverend Vonciel Jones Hill, Esq., pastor at Mt. Zion AME Church, Italy, TX, Paul Quinn District of the Northwest Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Dr. Joseph Turner, the beloved husband of Mrs. Mabel Turner of 49 years, the son of Rev. Thomas and Mother Helen Turner, a member of Wilberforce University Board of Trustees, and Payne Theological Board of Trustees

Mrs. Virginia Ann Giles Charles, the sister of Presiding Elder James Giles and Consultant Monica Swan-Giles), a resident of Gurdon Arkansas, Twelfth Episcopal District

The Reverend Louis Swafford, brother of Reverend Nettie Ranel, pastor of Mary Springhill AME Church, Shreveport, Louisiana and pastor of Old Morning Star Baptist Church, Colfax, LA, Eighth Episcopal District

The Reverend Willie Lee Benson, Sr., retired pastor in the Eighth Episcopal District and father of Reverend Velvet Benson-Early, Eighth Episcopal District

The Reverend Robert L. Goode Sr., a retired pastor in the North Carolina Conference of the 2nd Episcopal District, his ministry tenure was in the Virginia, Western North Carolina, and North Carolina Conferences, and he was the the spouse of Mrs. Vera Martin Goode

Mr. Willie Earl Wilson, the father of The Reverend Shalane Jenkins, Pastor of Gates Chapel AME Church in Crossett, Arkansas and Bethel AME Church Fountain Hill, Circuit, Twelfth Episcopal District

Mother Lillie Mae Wormack, wife of the late Presiding Elder Reverend Richard W. Wormack, Presiding Elder of the Fort Myers District, Tampa Florida Conference, of the Eleventh Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mrs. Thelma Louise Kirby Wharton, mother of Dr. Joan L. Wharton, pastor of Hemingway Temple AME Church in the Second Episcopal District

Mr. Vincent Clark, the husband of Mrs. Alisha Clark of Kankakee, Illinois and the brother-in-law of the Reverend Everett S. Hobson, Sr., Pastor of Martin Chapel AME Church in Clarksville, Tennessee, Tennessee Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Deaconess Marie H. Sims.  Deaconess Sims is the mother of Rev. Dr. Hope Sims Sutton, pastor of Marietta Capel AME Church, Marietta, GA., and the mother in love of Rev. Bernard Sutton, pastor of Gray's Chapel AME Church, Adairsville, GA, Sixth Episcopal District

Mr. Earnest Fields, Sr.  , the brother of the Reverend Marcellus (Brenda) Fields, pastor of Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church, Oklahoma City, OK, Twelfth Episcopal District

Mrs. Helen Eliza Spivey, the mother of Sister Marian Spivey Sudler, Executive Administrative Assistant to Episcopal Supervisor Phyllis N. Green, First Episcopal District

The Reverend A. Offord Carmichael, Jr., a retired itinerate elder in the Second Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church; husband of Mrs. Janice Lynette Trice Carmichael of Graham, NC; father of Candace Lynette Carmichael of Upper Marlboro, MD, and Anthony William Carmichael of Durham, NC

The Reverend William R. Jennings, the husband of Evangelist Pearl Brown Jennings of Nashville, Tennessee, and a Superannuated Itinerant Elder of Lee Chapel AME Church, Nashville, Tennessee, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Audra Michelle Dean, wife of Mr. Frank Dean, the brother of Rev. Dr. Lanel D. Guyton, Presiding Elder of the Brooklyn/Westchester District of the New York Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District

Mrs. Virgia L. Seward Mills, the mother of the Rev. Tracey Mills, pastor of New Bethel AME Church, White Springs, FL, and the Rev. Dr. Macey Mills, both serving on the Suwanne-North District in the East Annual Conference of the 11th Episcopal District

Itinerant Elder, the Reverend Willie L McLaurin, was serving as an associate staff minister at the St. Andrew AME Church, where the Rev. Dr. Helen D. Jackson serves as Senior Pastor, former he served congregations in St. Augustine, Live Oak, Starke, and MacClenny, FL, Eleventh Episcopal District

Mrs. Gloria Jean Simmons Corbin, the former first lady of St. Paul AMEC in North Charleston, South Carolina where the love of her life for over 54 years, the Reverend Clyde James Corbin, served as the pastor until retirement; a proud member of the MSWAWO + PK’s and Women’s Missionary Society of both the Palmetto South Carolina and South Carolina Annual Conferences of the Seventh Episcopal District, the proud mother of two daughters and one son, Tylaunda Aliza Corbin of Charleston, South Carolina, Rev. Clyde James Corbin, II (spouse, Dr. Angela B. Corbin) of Cumming, Georgia and Deronda Corbin Washington (spouse, Reverend Jarrett Britton Washington) of North Charleston, South Carolina

Bishop Robert Vaughn Webster (1933-2024) 110th Elected and Consecrated of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in  1992 at the General Conference held in Orlando, Florida

Mrs. Aileen Fort, the sister of Rev. Dr. Ruben D. Braziel of the Texas Conference (Houston, TX), Rev. Debra Braziel-Milton of the Northwest Texas Conference (Killeen, TX), and the aunt of Bro. Ruben Braziel II-President Texas Conference Lay, Tenth Episcopal District Organization

Retired Episcopal Supervisor Rev. Dr. Cecilia Williams Bryant, devoted wife of the Right Reverend John R. Bryant, retired Bishop of the A.M.E. Church, loving mother of son, Dr. Jamal H. Bryant, the founder and pastor of Empowerment Temple A.M.E. Baltimore, Maryland and currently pastors New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Rev. Dr. Thema Bryant Davis, Ph.D., the youngest child who is a psychologist and minister to women

Mr. Morris Stoner Jr. of Simpsonville, Kentucky, beloved uncle of the Rev. Dr. Stephanie M. Raglin, Connectional Treasurer of the Women In Ministry of the AME Church and Connectional Marshall of the AME Church, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Juliette White, the mother of the Reverend Tashara S. Void, staff member of the A.M.E. Christian Recorder, and paster of Campbell’s Chapel AME Church, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Second Episcopal District

The Right Reverend Elizabeth Anne Henning Byfield the 135th Elected and Consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church 

The Reverend Carl Greene (March 25, 1958 ~ October 5, 2024), pastor of Mt. Olive AME Church – Pine Apple and Wayman Chapel AME Church – Hybart in the Camden District of the Southwest Alabama Annual Conference of the Ninth Episcopal District

Colonel Vann Lester McCloud, Sr., the brother of Bishop E. Earl McCloud, Jr., the 127th Elected and Consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mr. Ketchel Hines Strauss Jr., the husband of Mrs. Patricia Strauss, the son of the late Rev. and Mrs. Ketchel H. Strauss Sr; the brother-in-law to the Rev. Dr. Stephanie M. Raglin, Connectional AMEC Marshal and pastor of Historic Saint Paul AMEC, the brother-in-law to Sis Mary Raglin, KY Conference DMC Commissioner, and uncle to Sis Maya Gudger, KY Conference YPD President of the Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Carolyn Joyce Anderson, widow of Reverend Carroll Gene Anderson, a Life Member of the Women's Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and a dedicated member of CONN-M-SWAWO+PKs

Bro. Joshua John Robert Williams, President of the 9th Episcopal District Young People’s and Children’s Division of the Women's Missionary Society, the son of Ms. Robinese Turner Willams and Mr. John Williams, the grandson of Bro. Robert and Sis. Ruth Turner, Bro. Robert Turner, President of the 9th Episcopal District Lay Organization and Co-Coordinator of the 9th Episcopal District Sons of Allen, and the nephew of Reverend Dr. Robert Richard Allen Turner, Pastor of Empowerment Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church in Baltimore, MD, in the Second Episcopal District

Mr. Charles Leroy Sembly, father of Presiding Elder Charles T. Sembly and father in love of Mrs. Pamala Sembly, The Capital District, Washington Conference of the Second Episcopal District

The Reverend Willie R. Washington Sr., a retired itinerant elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, husband of Sister Rutha Washington, president of the Mississippi Conference Clergy Family Organization (MSWAWO + PK’S) of the Eighth Episcopal District

Judge Warren Hope Dawson, Judicial Council Member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church 2016-2024

Mrs. Kay Francis Cooper, sunrise August 1, 1934 – sunset November 5, 2024, the mother of Presiding Elder Karla Cooper of the Midwest Conference of the Fifth Episcopal District

The Reverend Dr. Perry Brewster, the brother of Presiding Elder Angela Brewster of the Monticello-Warren District, East Arkansas Annual Conference, 12th Episcopal District

Mr. David T. Roberts husband of Reverend Roslyn Roberts, Itinerant Elder at Hemingway Memorial AME Church, District Heights - Maryland, Washington Conference of the Second Episcopal District

The Reverend Glenn Smiley, Sr.  (January 22, 1961 – October 31, 2024), pastor of Saddler’s Chapel AME Church, Bessemer in the South Birmingham-Huntsville-Bessemer District of the Northwest Alabama Annual Conference in the Ninth Episcopal District

The Reverend Chestine Sims, Jr., the recent pastor of St. John A.M.E. Church in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and the spouse of Sister Debra Sims, an East Arkansas Conference M-SWAWO+PKs officer, Twelfth Episcopal District

Mrs. Mattie G. Dixon, affectionately known as Gwen, the mother of the Reverend Dr. Yvette Tisdale, Itinerant Elder of the Tennessee Conference, Allen Dixon and Gerald Dixon; she was a Life Member of the Women’s Missionary Society and a member of Lee Chapel AME Church, Nashville, Tennessee, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Gladys Henderson Hunter, the mother of Presiding Elder Bruce W. Hunter, Presiding Elder of the South Birmingham-Huntsville-Bessemer District of the Northwest Alabama Annual Conference – Ninth Episcopal District

Mr. Cori Swafford, the oldest son of Presiding Elder Raymond B. Swafford, Presiding Elder of the Tuskegee District of the Northeast Alabama Annual Conference, and he is the father of Ms. Khia Swafford, a past President of the Northwest Alabama Annual Conference Young People’s and Children’s Division of the Women’s Missionary Society – both in the Ninth Episcopal District

Dr. Bettye J. Allen, 102, former connectional WMS Officer was a beacon of inspiration and leadership, connectionally she served as the first chair of Research and Status of Black Women, PME Director and Editor of the Missionary Magazine; she was a life member of the WMS and a prolific writer and had served diligently in the Fourth Episcopal District