Mr. Fulton White, the brother of Sister Brenda A. Merrill, Office Manager and Secretary to the Bishop for the First Episcopal District AME Church

Mary Lee Herod Jones, the wife of the Reverend Columbus Jones, retired Itinerant Elder, Tennessee Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Sister Bobbie J. Owens, WMS Hall of Fame Member and spouse of Retired Itinerant Elder, Reverend Artis Lee Owens, Sr, Twelfth Episcopal District

Mr. Kenneth Ray Brown, the brother of the Rev. Randy Brown, pastor of Ebenezer AME Church, Nashville, TN and brother-in-law of Mrs. Virginia Brown, President 13th Episcopal District M-SWAWO plus PK's.

The Reverend Albert Lee Hezekiah Hyche, Presiding Elder of the South Birmingham-Huntsville-Bessemer District and the husband of Atty. Ida Tyree Hyche, International Editor, The Missionary Magazine of the Women's Missionary Society

Mrs. Ernest Ferdinand, mother of the Reverend Marcson Despas, Pastor of Bethel AME Church in Cabaret, Haiti; the Reverend Casimir Ferdinand, former Pastor of Bethel AME Church, and the Reverend Sauveur Bristol, former AME Pastor; Sixteenth Episcopal District

Sis. Margaret Leaks Simmons, devoted wife of the Reverend Robert Simmons, Sr., Pastor of Mt. Zion AME Church, Hernando, Florida, Eleventh Episcopal District

Mr. Dennis E. Laffoon, Sr., father of The Reverend Dennis Laffoon, Jr., the pastor of Bethel AME Church, Saginaw, Michigan, Fourth Episcopal District

Mrs. Ruth Dill, the wife of Mr. Howard L. T. Dill, mother of Presiding Elder Howard Dill and the mother-in-law of Rev. Dr. Emilygail Dill, Bermuda Conference, First Episcopal District. Mrs. Dill was a member of Vernon Temple A.M.E. Church in Bermuda

The Reverend Frederick L. Fields, an Itinerant Elder, in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Eighth Episcopal District., last serving as pastor of St. Paul A.M.E. Church in New Orleans, LA

Mrs. Jennie Louise Witherspoon Lemons, a member of St. John AME Church, Nashville, Tennessee and the daughter of the Reverend Lee Daniel Witherspoon, a former Director of the AME Church Pension Department

The Reverend Dr. E. E. Coates, age 96, Pastor Emeritus of the historic Wesley Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Houston, Texas where he served for 37 years from 1965-2002, Tenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Victor Goodman, Pastor of Wayman Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbia, Tennessee, Thirteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Louis Sidney Parham, Pastor of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, Indiana, Fourth Episcopal District

Sister Nyanda Dutch-Malik, wife of the Reverend Tsaka Dutch-Malik, members of Union Bethel AMEC Church Brandywine, MD, who worked beside her husband in the Community Outreach and Street Ministries, the Disability Ministry and the Food Pantry, Second Episcopal District

Mrs. Bernice Johnson, sister of the Reverend Beverly Cofield, Third Episcopal District Music Ministry Director/MCAM Chair and Minister of Music for St. Paul AME Church, Cleveland, Ohio

Retired Presiding Elder Henry R. Griffin, Jr., who presided with grace and integrity from 1998-2000 over Quincy/Monticello District; 2000-2004 Gadsden County District and 2004-2005 Quincy District in the Florida Conference before retiring in 2005, Eleventh Episcopal District

Mother Helen C. Gray, the mother of the Reverend Madonna Gray, Pastor of Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, Third Episcopal District

Sister Cleta Jane Tolbert, wife of the Reverend I. V. Tolbert, retired former pastor of Emmanuel AME Church in San Antonio, Texas, Tenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Lea Etta East, the mother of Rev. Etta East Anderson, pastor of St. Paul AME Church, Rockwall Texax, Tenth Episcopal District

Mr. Du'Juan Mandell Dowdy, son of Dr. Janie Dowdy-Dandridge, Connectional AME WIM Herstiographer and Pastor of Brown Chapel AME Church Union City, TN and Dr. John Dandridge, Pastor of Quinn Chapel AME Church Paris, TN, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Reverend Leslie T. Pezi, retired Emeritus Presiding Elder and a former pastor in the Worchester District, Cape Conference of the Fifteenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Emma Johnson, the sister of the Rev. Dr. Marshall Hobbs, Sr., Ret. Presiding Elder, Paul Quinn District, Tenth District

Reverend Gaylyn Harris Skeets Wilson, the Sister-in-Law of Reverend Melvin E. Wilson, Pastor of Saint Matthew AME Church, Orange, NJ, First Episcopal District

Trent Kendall, the nephew; youngest son of the late brother of the Reverend Dr. Jessica Kendall Ingram, Episcopal Supervisor of the First Episcopal District

The Reverend Harry Leonard Dawkins Sr, the husband of Mrs. Clatties Hill Dawkins, was the Senior Pastor of New Bethel AME Church, Jacksonville, FL. He had served the AMEC with distinction with more than 49 years of pastoral ministry in the Eleventh Episcopal District

Mrs. Marcella A. Waltz, the grandmother of the Reverend James C. Simmons, pastor of Baber A.M.E. Church in Rochester, NY, First Episcopal District

Mrs. Janice Elizabeth Burns Jacobs, member of Saint Paul A. M. E. Church - Ocala, FL., Eleventh Episcopal District, the sister of former Connectional Lay Organization President, Mr. Jesse L. Burns, Jr.

Jeffrey Hanibal Montaque, nephew of Rev. Dr. Barbara Simmons, Pastor of Bethel AME Church Plymouth, MA; and the cousin of Rev. Darryl Malden, Pastor of Bethel AME Church. Fall River, MA, First Episcopal District

The Reverend W. Damone Johnson, Sr., 69, pastor of Greater St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, Orlando, Florida, Nurturing” North Orlando District, Eleventh Episcopal District; he had pastored several churches in the Central Annual Conference

Presiding Elder Henry John Legolie, 104-years of age; one month and a few days short of his 105th birthday; receiving his last appointment in 2004 at the age of 91, officially retiring from the Fifteenth Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church in 2005

The Reverend John K. Holiday, a retired presiding elder in the Eighth Episcopal District, African Methodist Episcopal Church; the husband of Mrs. Leonia Holiday, last serving as presiding elder of the Central New Orleans-Bogalusa District in the Louisiana Annual Conference

The Reverend Marlette Tramain Ford Gilbert, 67, retired itinerant elder from the Eleventh Episcopal District who pastored in the

Sixth Episcopal District and returned to Orlando, FL upon her retirement to be closer to family joining the ministerial staff at Mt. Zion AME Church-Oakland, FL

Keith D. Hill, Brother of Dr. Kenneth H. Hill, Retired General Officer and Pastor of Shorter Chapel AME Church, Franklin, Tennessee

Reverend Melvin Coleman, Retired Pastor and husband of the Reverend Rosalyn G. Coleman, Presiding Elder, Columbia District, Columbia Annual Conference, Seventh Episcopal District

Sister Alice Yvonne Griffin Thompson, the Aunt of The Reverend Dr. Elvin J. Parker III, Pastor of Hurst Chapel AMEC, Riviera Beach, Florida, Eleventh Episcopal District

Deacon Clifton Joseph Gay, Jr., of Lexington, Kentucky, the Father of The Reverend Sherry (William) Gay Green, Pastor of Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church in Manchester, Kentucky, Kentucky Annual Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Brother Kenneth L. White, husband of the Reverend Natasha Burley-White, Associate Minister at Asbury Chapel A.M.E. Church, Louisville, Kentucky, the Reverend Wallace L. Gunn, Sr., Pastor, Kentucky Annual Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Percy Thornton, Local Elder of the West Tennessee Conference and Ministerial Staff member of Avery Chapel A.M.E. Church, Memphis, TN, the Reverend Lula Martin Sanderson, Pastor, West Tennessee Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Elizabeth M. Scott, retired Itinerant Elder, serving in the Pittsburgh and Ohio Conferences; three times pursued the office of Bishop in the AME Church; the mother of the Reverend Edward A. Scott, pastor, Allen Chapel AMEC in Staunton, VA/mother-in-law of Pastor Andrea Cornett-Scott, Christ Our Redeemer AMEC Staunton, VA

Mr. James E. Lyons, Sr. of Cameron, NC, the father of Dr. Steven L. Lyons, Pastor of Mt. Zion AME Church, Hillsborough, NC and the father-in-law of Sister Nikki W. Lyons, First Lady of Mt. Zion and the Western North Carolina Conference Branch WMS President

Ms. Virginia Singletary Powell, great-aunt of the Reverend Garland F. Pierce, Executive Director, AME Church Department of Christian Education

Ms. Martha Tulu Ndawo Qokela, Mother of Presiding Elder Qokela, Presiding Elder of the Potchefstroom District, Nineteenth Episcopal District AME Church

Ms. Emma Jean Howard, the mother of Sister Gwen Bivens and mother in law of the Rev. Albert Bivens, Jr. pastor, Greater New Bethel AME Church, Live Oak, Florida, Eleventh Episcopal District

Mr. Alvin Daniels, the brother of Bishop David Rwhynica Daniels, Jr., the 124th Elected and Consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and Presiding Prelate of the Fifteenth Episcopal District

Ms. Gail Bell, sister of the Reverend Artis Fletcher, Pastor of Mt Holly Circuit - New Union AME Church, Stephens, Arkansas & Union AME Church, Mt Holly, Arkansas, and sister-in-law of Dr. Sharon Fletcher, Twelfth Episcopal District AMEC

The Reverend Derrick M. Farmer, Sr., age 40, of Tabor City, North Carolina, Southern District, North Carolina Conference, 2nd Episcopal District

Mr. Charlie Goldsby, the father of the Reverend Allison Howell (Reverend Daryell), pastor of St. Phillip A.M.E. Church, Magnolia, Arkansas, Twelfth Episcopal District

The Reverend Artis Lee Owens, Sr., retired Itinerant Elder in the East Arkansas Conference, 12th Episcopal District

Mr. Simon Potlaki Thebe, the father of the Reverend Beatrice Motokoa, pastor of Agnes Ball Temple AME Church in Maseru, Lesotho, Eighteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Odell Meadough, Supernumerary of the Arkansas Conference, Twelfth Episcopal District

Mr. Romulus Bernard Sims, brother of Reverend Marcus Sims, Pastor of White Oak AME Church and brother-in-law of Mrs. Penny Sims, First Lady of White Oak AME Church, Eufaula, Alabama, Ninth Episcopal District.

Retired Presiding Elder, Rev. J. Bernard Wilder of the Eastern District of the Western North Carolina Annual Conference, Second Episcopal District

Sister Frances Tunnell, aunt of Reverend Jerome Morris, pastor of Siloam A.M.E. Church, Lincoln, Delaware, First Episcopal District

The Reverend Dr. Robert Louis Jefferies, Retired Itinerant Elder, Tenth Episcopal District

Sister Annette Fears Dumas, spouse of Rev. Charles W. Dumas Sr., pastor of St. Luke AME Church in Forsyth, GA and mother of Rev. Charles W. Dumas Jr., pastor of Townsley Chapel AME Church, Savannah, GA, Sixth Episcopal District

The Reverend Donald Spiller, Local Elder, St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, Milton, Pennsylvania, Third Episcopal District

Mrs. Mattie B. Snyder, the mother of the Reverend Dale Snyder, Pastor of St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church in Erie, Pennsylvania and Mrs. Yolanda Byrd Snyder, Corresponding Secretary, Connectional MCAM

Bro. William J. “Bill” Long, Jr., the brother of the Reverend A. J. Holman, Sr., pastor of Bethel A. M. E. Church, Chattanooga,Tennessee, Thirteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Caleb Ngoma, Presiding Elder, Retired, Lusaka North District, South East Zambia Annual Conference, Seventeenth Episcopal District, who served as the General Administrator to Nine Bishops

The Reverend Samuel L. Dennis, the Pastor of Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church, Kingstree District, Palmetto Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the AME Church

Angela C. Miller, the mother of Reverend Aisha C. Johnson, Pastor of LaPlata AME Church, LaPlata, MD, Second Episcopal District

Mrs. Gladys Lee Ross Nettles, mother of Rev. Gregory C. Nettles (Gladys), pastor of Bethel AMEC, Camden, AR, Twelfth Episcopal District AMEC and Rev. Nicholas E. Nettles, (Wanquita) Associate Minister, First Baptist MB Church Little Rock, AR

The Reverend Carrie Nobles, Itinerant Elder of the New York Annual Conference, First Episcopal District

The Reverend James R. Glover, Jr., Retired Presiding Elder in the Seventh Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Sister Gussie Lee Ferguson, the devoted Mother of Rev. David L. Ferguson, the Pastor of First AME Church, Orlando, FL, Orlando District, Eleventh Episcopal District

Mrs. Earthalee Rogers, the mother of Mrs. Dorothy Hayward, the mother in-law of Rev. Keith Heyward, First Lady and Pastor of Bethel AME Church, Copiague, NY, First Episcopal District

Mrs. Velma A. Magee, 102 years of age, a member of Payne Memorial A.M.E. Church, New Orleans, Louisiana and the grandmother of the Reverend Shelton Myers, Pastor of St. James AME Church in Hammond, Louisiana, Eighth Episcopal District

The Reverend George Champion, Jr., 50, of Brookhaven, GA, son of the late Dr. George Champion, Sr., Retired General Officer, African Methodist Episcopal Church

The Reverend Clarence Reynolds, a retired Presiding Elder in the West Arkansas Annual Conference, Twelfth Episcopal District

The Reverend Patricia Carter, Twelfth Episcopal District AME Church minister whose services were held at Historic Vernon A.M.E. Church

Rev. Ozzie Bolero Edwards of First Bethel AME Church, New York, Ny, First Episcopal District

Sis. Gussie Faye Lott, sister of the Reverend Dr. Helen C. Burton, Pastor of St. Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church, Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, Third Episcopal District

Former Episcopal Supervisor, Mrs. Geraldine S. Murph, widow of the Right Reverend Henry Wendell Murph, 86th Elected and Consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

The Reverend M. S. "Karl" Colquitt, Retired Presiding Elder of the Central District of the Southwest Georgia Annual Conference, Sixth Episcopal District

Brother Marquis Richburg, the son of Reverend Bernard Richburg, an Itinerant Elder in the Seventh Episcopal District

Ms. Lela Walker Barrow, the aunt of Sister Nikki Walker Lyons, First Lady of Mt. Zion AME Church, Hillsborough, NC and President of the WNC Conference WMS, spouse of Dr. Steven L. Lyons, Pastor of Mt Zion AME Church

The Reverend Simon Arthur Perkins, Jr., retired Itinerant Elder who served in both the Fourth and the Third Episcopal Districts; pastorate in the Third District included St. Paul, Akron, Ohio, Greater Allen, Dayton and Allen Temple, Cincinnati, Ohio

Sister Earnestine O. Dixson, mother of Reverend Eleanor Dixson-Hobbs, Itinerant Elder in the New York Annual Conference, First Episcopal District

Zachary Morris, the son of the Reverend Sylvia Morris, former pastor of Bethel AME Church, Mt. Union, PA and current Chaplain at the State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, PA

The Reverend William David Lewis, Jr., Local Elder and Supply Pastor of St. James AME Church, Cadiz, Ohio, Third Episcopal District

Sis. Kimberly Benton, the sister of Reverend Joe Benton, the Pastor of St. Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church in Opelika, Alabama and the aunt of Miss Roberta Benton, Connectional Assistant Recording Secretary of the AME Church YPD

Bro. Douglas Spencer, the uncle of the Reverend Joe Benton, the Pastor of St. Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church in Opelika, Alabama and uncle of Miss Roberta Benton, Connectional Assistant Recording Secretary of the AME Church YPD

Reverend Pauline Frances Wilson, local Elder at Greater Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church, Clarksville, TN and served as a supply pastor in the Tennessee Annual Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Shirley Vaughn Collins the mother of Mrs. Sheila Williams and the mother-in-law of the Reverend Troy A. Williams, Pastor of Payne Memorial AME Church in New Orleans, Louisiana, Eighth Episcopal District

Mrs. Doris Elmore Jackson, the grandmother of the Reverend Dr. Lorenzo Neal, Pastor of New Bethel AME Church in Jackson, Mississippi, Eighth Episcopal District

**The Right Reverend McKinley Young, the 109th Elected and Consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Senior Bishop and Presiding Prelate, Third Episcopal District

The Most Reverend David Craig Wallace, the brother of Reverend Jeaninne D. Wallace, Pastor of Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, Manhattan District of the New York Annual Conference, First Episcopal District

Marquis Don'te Williams, the grandson of the Reverend & Mrs. Chestine Sims, pastor and 1st lady of Union AM.E. Church, Little Rock, AR, Twelfth Episcopal District

Coach Kenneth Carter, the father of the Rev. Kennetta Carter, Pastor of Roberts Mount Pisgah A.M.E. Church, Suwannee-North District, East Annual Conference of the Eleventh Episcopal District

Mrs. Gloria H. Parker, the wife of the late Rev. Lawrence A. Parker, Sr – who served churches in the 1st and 5th Episcopal Districts, a WMS Life Member, relocating to Louisville, KY becoming an active member of Quinn Chapel Louisville, KY, 13th District

Reverend Dawid Moses, Presiding Elder of the Montagu District in the Cape Annual Conference, Fifteenth Episcopal District

Sister Sharon Danita Betts Thomas, the mother of Reverend Paul J. Thomas, Pastor of A.M.E. Union Church, Philadelphia District of the Philadelphia Annual Conference, First Episcopal District

The Reverend Frank Griffin, who served the Church for more than 53 years of pastoral ministry in the 11th Episcopal District, the father of the Reverend Leo Griffin, pastor of Wesley AME Church in Houston, Texas, 10th Episcopal District

Mrs. Elsie Douglas Weir, 95, of Broadhurst Kent, England, maternal aunt of Mrs. Vivienne L. Anderson, Episcopal Supervisor retired

Mr. Henry Ray Hudson, brother of Reverend Dr. David B. Rhone Jr., Presiding Elder of The Atlanta South District of the Atlanta North Georgia Conference, Sixth Episcopal District and the son of retired pastor, Reverend David B. Rhone Sr.

Mrs. Eleanor Worthy, the mother of the Reverend Richard H. Worthy, Presiding Elder, Wilmington District of the Delaware Annual Conference, First Episcopal District

Mr. Benjamin Roosevelt Booker, Jr., the son of The Late Presiding Elder Benjamin R. Booker, Sr. of the 13th Episcopal District, the brother and brother in law of Rev. Dr. Spencer Lamar Booker and Lady Gail G. Booker, Fifth Episcopal District

Mr. John Emerson, father of Mrs. Jackie Weary (Rev. Willie Weary, pastor of Peters Chapel, Muskogee, OK) and grandfather of Johnathan Weary, the Nominating Committee Chair for the Connectional YPD

Mrs. Gracie K. Young, the mother of the Reverend Birdie Parker and the mother-in-law of the Reverend Joseph Parker, Pastor of Turner Chapel AME Church in Greenwood, Mississippi, Eighth Episcopal District

Mrs. Elizabeth Fletcher Frazier, the mother of the Reverend Artis Fletcher (Dr. Sharon Fletcher), pastor of the Mt. Holly Circuit, West Arkansas Annual Conference, Twelfth Episcopal District

Rev. Scottie Swinney, pastor of St. Philip AME Church, Savannah, GA, Sixth Episcopal District

Mr. Bernard Monteiro. grandfather of Rev. Dr. Lanel D. Guyton, Presiding Elder of the Brooklyn/West Chester District, NY Annual Conference and Rev. M. Lloyd (Malcolm) Guyton, pastor of St. Paul AME Church, Philadelphia Annual Conference, 1st District

Mrs. Mozelle Williams Myers, the spouse of Retired Presiding Elder Samuel L. Myers, Seventh Episcopal District

Mrs. Annie M. Huckaby, the mother of Dr. Roberta Hill, wife of General Officer Retired, Dr. Kenneth Hill

Mrs. Marlene Wilson, paternal grandmother of the Reverend Jermaine L Wilson, (Reverend Duwanna K. Wilson) pastor of Saint John AME Church in Frankfort, Kentucky, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Patricia "Pat" Nettles-Allen, the sister of Rev. Gregory C. Nettles, pastor of Bethel, Camden and 12th Episcopal District Sons of Allen Coordinator, and sister-in-law to Gladys F. Nettles, WAC MSWAWO+Pk’s president

Mrs. Mineola Gardner Moss, the mother of the Rev. Fred Moss, pastor of Payne Chapel A.M.E. Church, Sherman TX, and mother- in-law of Lady Monica Moss of the North Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Mr. Oscar M. Smith, father of Dr. Jan Clayton, father-in-law of Rev. Kevin Clayton, Sr., Pastor of Greater St. John AME, Tulsa, OK, Twelfth Episcopal District

Mr. Gordon Ruffin, son of The Reverend Cheryl Ruffin, Pastor of St. Paul AME Church, Pittsburgh, PA, Third Episcopal District

Mr. David F. Richards Jr., father of Rev. David Richards III, pastor of New Hope AME Church, Atlanta, GA, Sixth Episcopal District

The Reverend Gary Michael Hearst, I, Retired Itinerant Elder, Third Episcopal District

Mrs. Minerva Olivia Green, faithful member of Mt. Olive AME Church-Orlando, sister of Bishop Samuel L. Green, Sr, sister-in-law of Supervisor Phyllis Green, mother of Rev. Marcus R. Green, mother-in-law, sibling to Ret. Master Serg. Paul Green and the Reverend Drs. Henry, John and David Green and a beloved grandmother

Mrs. Rose M. Woody, age 82, the Aunt of Rev. Troy I. Thomas and in-law to Rev. Dr. Maxine L. Thomas, Pastor and Assistant Pastor of Quinn Chapel AME Church in Louisville, KY, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mr. Eugene Davis, Jr., brother of Supervisor Christy Davis Jackson, Esq. and brother in law of Bishop Reginald T. Jackson, Presiding Prelate, Sixth Episcopal District, President, Council of Bishops

Presiding Elder Gregory L. Edmond, Presiding Elder of the Northern District of the North Carolina Conference, Second Episcopal District and a member of the General Board of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mother Earnestine Paskel Broughton, the mother of Presiding Elder Kent J. Broughton of the Camden - El Dorado District, West Arkansas Annual Conference

Mrs. Lee Dora Wilkes Berry, the mother of the Reverend Sherman Berry, pastor of Union Chapel AME Church in Kentwood, Louisiana, Eighth Episcopal District and the mother-in-law of the Reverend Velma Berry

Presiding Elder Emeritus Edward C. Wilson, Baltimore Conference, Second Episcopal District

Mrs. Alhelmina Cole LaMondue, mother of the Rev. John E. Cager III, Pastor of Ward AME Church, Los Angeles, CA, Mother-In- Love of Mrs. Kinette K. Cager, Connectional Conn-M-Swawo+PK's Financial Secretary, Fifth Episcopal District

Sister Cynthia A. Wiggins, sister of Reverend Lasagne Smith, Pastor of Greater Saint Paul AME Church in Scottsboro, Al and Matthews Chapel in Stevenson, Al, and sister-in-law of Reverend Jerry W. Smith, Pastor of Bailey Springs AME Church in Florence, Al, Ninth Episcopal District

Mrs. Deborah A. Avie, the sister of Rev. Robert Green, pastor of Jones AME Praise & Worship Center, Houston, TX in the Texas Annual Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Lettie Mae Ferguson, the mother of Rev. Arthur Ferguson, pastor of St. Paul A.M.E. Church, West Columbia TX in the Texas Annual Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Brother Clifton L. Washington II, the spouse of Mrs. Eddie Mae Williams Washington, daughter of the late Presiding Elder E. D. Williams and Mrs. Nettie Gray Williams, Eighth Episcopal District

Mrs. Barbara "BJ" H. Wells, Former First Lady of Flipper Temple AME Church, Atlanta, GA, Sixth Episcopal District

Mrs. Barbara Mosby, the Mother of Dr. Nita Mosby Tyler and the Mother-In-Love of the Reverend Dr. Timothy E. Tyler, the Pastor of Shorter Community African Methodist Episcopal Church in Denver, Colorado and the son of Bishop Carolyn Tyler Guidry, Retired

Mr. James L. Williams, a former Connectional and Eleventh Episcopal District Lay Organization President, recognized as President Emeritus at both the Connectional and Episcopal levels of the Lay Organization

Mr. Keith A. London, the brother of the Reverend Wanda London, Pastor of Payne Memoria AME Church, Jessup, Maryland, Second Episcopal District

Rev. Victoria G. Wlue, of the Eliza Turner Memorial AME Church in Monrovia, Liberia, Fourteenth Episcopal District

Rev. Tarkolo A. Miller, Pastor of the Mt. Ashton AME Church, Camp Palmas District, Liberia Annual Conference, Fourteenth Episcopal District

Rev. Frank Satchel, a retired pastor in the Eleventh Episcopal District.

Glenn W. West, husband of Licentiate Deia N. West, son-in-Law of Rev. Dr. Cecelia Williams, Supply Pastor, Greater Bethel – 3rd

Sis. Andrea Demarest the daughter of Rev. James Franklin, Pastor Mt. Pisgah AME Church, Webster Florida, Orlando District -Central Conference, Eleventh Episcopal District

Mrs. Joyce Day is the sister of the late Dr. Joseph Lee Joiner, (Secretary-Treasurer, Pension Department), Retired General Officer, African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mr. Charles E. Harris, oldest member of Olive Light AME Church and father of Licentiate Charlene Harris of Smackover, AR, Twelfth Episcopal District

Albert D. Ray, Jr, the brother of the Reverend Robert A. Ray, pastor of Wayman AME Church, Frederick, Maryland, Second Episcopal District

Ms. Patricia Moye, the niece of Rev. Mary Newton of the Washington Conference, Second Episcopal District

**The Right Reverend Frederick Hilborn Talbot, Ninetieth Elected and Consecrated Bishop, African Methodist Episcopal Church, husband of Dr. Sylvia Ross Talbot, Episcopal Supervisor Retired

Sister Sandra Jenkins, the mother of Rev. Erica Bennett, Associate Minister, LaPlata AME Church, Washington Conference, 2nd Episcopal District

Sharone A. Lee, the sister of Reverend Darryl Lee, Pastor of Mt. Nebo (Hollywood) AME Church, Edisto District, South Carolina Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District

Sister Massilee Anderson, the sister of Reverend Warren David Anderson, Pastor of Greater Bethel AME Church, Brundidge, Alabama and sister-in-law of Mrs. Claudia Anderson, 1st Vice President of the M-SWAWO+PK’s, Ninth Episcopal District

Mrs. Annie Lee Magee, the mother of Reverend Mary M. Lucas and mother-in-law of the Reverend Larry Lucas, Sr., Pastor and First Lady of Leonard Chapel AME Church, Independence, Louisiana, Eighth Episcopal District

Mrs. Billye Joyce Wright, the wife of Retired Presiding Elder E. L. Wright, II. of the Greater Dallas District of the North Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Georgia M. Raglin (93 years of age), mother of Mr. Mark Raglin, spouse of the Reverend Stephanie M. Raglin, pastor of Embry Chapel A.M.E. Church, Elizabethtown, KY, Thirteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Kenneth Wayne Kelley, Itinerant Elder and former pastor in the Third Episcopal District, the husband of The Reverend Stephanie Ransom Kelley, former pastor in the Third District and the great granddaughter of Bishop Reveredy C. Ransom

Sis. Joanne M. Gross, the mother of the Reverend Stephanie M. Atkins, Pastor of Elevation Chapel AME Church of the Baltimore Conference, Second Episcopal District

Rev. James Coaxum, Jr, retired Itinerate Elder in the Seventh Episcopal District and the father of Rev. Dr. James Coaxum, III, pastor of St. James AME Church in Atlantic City, New Jersey, First Episcopal District

The Reverend Joetta Davis, Local Elder at Warren AME Church, Toledo, Ohio and wife of Mr. Samuel Davis, Third Episcopal District

Mr. Spencer R. Fairley, brother of The Reverend Thomas Fant, pastor of Park Place AME Church, Homestead, PA, Third Episcopal District

The Reverend Nancy Marita Williams Charley, the daughter of the late Rev. A. Lewis Williams, Former Editor of The Christian Recorder, sister-in-law of Mrs. Delores Kennedy-Williams, Fifth Connectional President of the Women’s Missionary Society.

The Reverend Albertha Merriman, local lder and associate minister at St. Paul AME Church, Cambridge, MA, Reverend Ellis I. Washington, Pastor, First Episcopal District

Mr. Willie A. Gholston, Sr, a stalwart, longtime layperson in the Fourth Episcopal District, husband of Mrs. Pearla Gholston, the father of Rev. Willie A. Gholston, Jr, pastor of First Community AMEC Grand Rapids and Rev. Precious Gholston

Mrs. Blanchie Mosbey Dobson, the daughter of the late Rev. Lee Edgar Mosbey, a Pastor and Presiding Elder in the Thirteenth Episcopal District and the late Mrs. Ruby Harris Mosbey, a past Tennessee Conference WMS President and Episcopal District YPD Director

Reverend Gloria Maddox, the sister of Rev. Fred Blackwell of the East Tennessee Conference, 13th Episcopal District AME Church and was a faithful Pastor in the 13th Episcopal District over 22 years

The Reverend William F. Dancy, Retired Pastor, Fifth Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mrs. Ruthie Biggs, the mother of Sister Charolett B. Martin (Presiding Elder Randolph W Martin, Sr, of the Hot Springs-Arkadelphia District, West Arkansas Annual Conference, Twelfth Episcopal District

Mrs. Paulette Bailey Burris, the sister of the Rev. Cedric J. Bailey Sr., Pastor of Saint Luke AME Church, Erin, TN, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mr. William "Bill" Ford, Jr., last living uncle of District Consultant Beverly H. Postell (Presiding Elder Henry), North Orlando District, Central Conference, Eleventh Episcopal District

Reverend Denise Rogers, human rights activist, Fifth Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mr. William C. Collins, Jr., the father of Reverend Keith Lawrence Collins, Pastor of Allen Chapel, Ravenna, Ohio, Third District

Sis. Bettye D. Bryant, Eleventh Episcopal District Women's Missionary Society President

The Reverend John H. Burns, II, pastor of First AME Church (FAME) of Farmington Hills, Michigan, Fourth Episcopal District

Dr. Julia Wade, wife of Dr. James M. Wade, Executive Director, Department of Church Growth and Development, African Methodist Episcopal Church.

The Reverend Mary Dawson Myrick, a retired Itinerant Elder in the AMEC and member of the Florida Annual Conference in the Eleventh Episcopal District

Mr. Frederick Bell, the brother of the Rev. Larry J. Bell, pastor of Vernon Chapel-Detroit, Michigan, President of the SE Ministerial AME Alliance and member of the General Board representing the 4th Episcopal District AMEC

Elder Vernon Ogilvie, brother of the Rev. Dr. Trent Ogilvie, Pastor of Bethel Chapel AME Church, Columbia, TN and the brother-in-law of Rev. Sharon Ogilvie of Wayman Chapel AME Church, Columbia, TN, Thirteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Dr. Waymon T. Dixon, an Itinerant Elder in the AMEC and member of the South Annual Conference in the Eleventh Episcopal District.

Sister Cordelia Bennett, widow of The Reverend Hugh Bennett, and mother of Harriet Bennett-Cooper (James); she was a renowned musician, Educator and former 12th Episcopal District YPD Director

Lishara Janae Mosby, the niece of Reverend Anna E. Mosby, Senior Pastor, St. Jude AME Church and President of the Second Episcopal District Women in Ministry (WIM)                                        

Sister Cordelia Bennett, widow of The Reverend Hugh Bennett, and mother of Harriet Bennett-Cooper (James). Sister Bennett, a renowned musician, Educator and former 12th Episcopal District YPD Director 

Reverend Donald McAllister, the brother of Bishop Julius H. McAllister, Sr., and the brother-in-law of Mother Joan M. McAllister, Presiding Prelate and Episcopal Supervisor Eighth Episcopal District AME Church

Sister Eleanor Hill, widow of former Presiding Elder Rev. Dr. James Hill, Sr., Dover District of the Delaware Annual Conference and the mother of Rev. James Hill, Jr. the pastor of Dickerson Chapel A.M.E. Church, Millsboro Delaware, First Episcopal District

Reverend Gilbert Mulenga Masongo, Senior Pastor in Charge of Ebenezer Cathedral AME Church of the Lusaka East District of the South East Zambia Annual Conference(SEZAC), Seventeenth Episcopal District

Sis. Margaret F. Johnson Thompson, the devoted grandmother of Rev. Octavius L. Smith, Pastor of Allen Chapel AME Church, Sanford, Florida, Eleventh Episcopal District

Rev. Demetrius Donyell Warren, the son of Rev. John E. Warren, retired and former pastor of Bethel Salter A.M.E. Church, Cleburne TX in the Northwest Texas Annual Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Brother Arthur Richards, Sr., brother of  Mr. Harry J. Richards, the Director of Operations for the Finance Department of the Connectional AME Church

Mr. Willie McKinley Boone, the brother of Reverend Tony D. Boone, Pastor of St. Mark AME Church, Virginia Beach, VA and the brother-in-love of Reverend Melodie Boone, Assistant Pastor of St. Mark, Second Episcopal District

Missy Taylor, the daughter of Reverend Leo Taylor, Pastor of Breazeale AME Church in Camden, Alabama, Ninth Episcopal District

Mr. Wayne Randolph Fitch, husband of thirty-five years of the Reverend Rae Fitch, Administrative Assistant to President-Dean John Frank Green at Turner Theological Seminary and serves as an associate minister at Poplar Hill AME Church, Sixth Episcopal District

Mr. James A. Mullins, the father of Rev. Dr. Chinita Richardson, Senior Pastor of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Virginia Annual Conference, Second Episcopal District

Brother Derick Dexter Huggins, the brother of Rev. Dawn Harris, Pastor of Mt. Olive AME Church, Trilby, Florida, Eleventh Episcopal District

Dr. Leah Gaskin Fitchue, first female President of Payne Theological Seminary, Wilberforce, Ohio

Reverend Albert D. Tyson III, Presiding Elder of the North District of the Chicago Annual Conference, Fourth Episcopal District and President of the  Connectional Presiding Elders' Council of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

The Reverend I.V. Tolbert, a retired pastor and Chaplain Colonel, USAF (Retired) of the San Antonio District in the Southwest Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Candace Denise Gray, pastor of Union Bethel AME Church, Cecilton, Maryland and the wife of Reverend Dr. William A. Gray III, retired pastor, Baltimore District, Baltimore Conference, Second Episcopal District

Reverend Joe Thomas Southhall, Sr., Pastor of St. Phillip AME Church, Nashville, TN, Nashville District, Tennessee Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Janie Mae Neal, mother of Rev. Nathaniel Neal, Presiding Elder of the Savannah Central District of the Georgia Conference, Sixth Episcopal District

Mrs. Gwendolyn Delois Redding Thornton, mother of Reverend Brandon Thornton, Pastor of Saint Paul AME Church, Hurtsboro, Alabama, Ninth Episcopal District

Mr. Robert Earl Jackson, son of Reverend James E. Jackson, Pastor of Greater Mount Calvary Beloit AME Church, Marion Junction, Alabama, Ninth Episcopal District

Mr. Eugene Stephens, the brother of Reverend Larry Story, pastor of St. Luke AME Church, New Orleans, Louisiana, Eighth Episcopal District

Bro. Bernard Young, brother of Mrs. Alfreda Brooks, 1st Vice-President of the Sixth Episcopal District Lay Organization, Sixth Episcopal District

Reverend Pedro Abel Machaieie, Eighteenth Episcopal District Retired Presiding Elder who served in two Presiding Elder Districts in the Mozambique Annual Conference and was the husband of Reverend Maria Esperança Sitoe Machaieie

Rev. Gregory Watson, Sr., who faithfully served churches as pastor in the Northwest and North Texas Conference until his health failed, then becoming a member of Bethel A.M.E. Church - Dallas, Texas, Tenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Dorothy Marie Simons of Bermuda, the beloved grandmother of the Reverend Trevor E. Woolridge, Pastor, Bethel AME Church, Mobile, Alabama, Ninth Episcopal District

Deacon Caleb Harper, the brother of Rev. Remus Harper, Jr., Presiding Elder, Kingstree District, Palmetto Conference, Seventh Episcopal District

Deacon Filmore William Hart, the father of Reverend Jocelyn Hart Lovelace, Presiding Elder, Boston Hartford District, New England Annual Conference, First Episcopal District

Retired Presiding Elder, Rev. Kenneth Brown, of the Susan Brooks AME Church in Monrovia, Liberia, serving both the Bassa and the Tombo Districts of the Fourteenth Episcopal District during his active ministry

Ms. Christine Ann Castro, sister of the Reverend Pedro A. Castro, Jr., Pastor of Grant A.M.E. Church, Boston, MA and was the daughter of the Reverends Pedro A. and Clara Castro of Buffalo, NY, First Episcopal District

Mrs. Barbara I. Cooper, the mother of Reverend Julian LaRosa Cooper, pastor of St. James AME Church, Manalapan, NJ , First Episcopal District

Deacon Leslie Cheatem, brother of Mrs. Hattie Cheatem Huggins and brother-in-law of Retired Presiding Elder Willis Huggins, Sr., Ninth Episcopal District

Kyle Vincent Young, first cousin of the Reverend Alvelyn Sanders Swafford, pastor of St. James AME Church, Avondale/Birmingham, AL, Ninth Episcopal District

The Rev. Dr. Themba Mpikayise Abram Mbambo, Presiding Elder of Khunwana District and Pastor of Bethel A.M.E Church, Mogale City in the Johannesburg District-West Conference, Nineteenth Episcopal District

Deaconess Ivy Messam, the mother of Rev. Dr. Carol Brown-Clarke, pastor of Shiloh AME Church, Jamaica Conference, Sixteenth Episcopal District; the mother of seven daughters and one son and president of the Emmanuel AMEC Women’s Missionary Society

Mrs. Thelma Ruth Butler, mother of the Reverend Ammie L. Davis, Pastor of Zion Chapel AME Church, Hattiesburg, MS, in the Eighth Episcopal District and the Connectional First Vice President of AME WIM and the Executive Liaison for the Endorsed AME Chaplains

Tasha Nichole Benson, granddaughter of Rev. Frances E. Benson, retired Itinerant Elder of the Delaware Annual Conference and the niece of Mrs. Trina Walker, Director of Christian Education of the Delaware Annual Conference, First Episcopal District

Mr. Horace James, the father of Rev. Dr. Lisa Williamson, M.D. Pastor of Calvary Fellowship A.M.E. Church of the New York Annual Conference, Second Episcopal District

Mr. Willie J. Ricks, brother of Presiding Elder Ella Mae Samuels, (retired) originally of the 6th Episcopal District and the Augusta Georgia Annual Conference where she retired from the Augusta-Athens District, currently she is residing in the 2nd Episcopal District where she is a member of St. Paul AME Church, Raleigh, North Carolina 

Sis. Gwendolyn Massey Jones-Gordon, the sister of the Rev. Frank Massey, Pastor of St. Paul AME Church, Winter Garden, Florida, Eleventh Episcopal District

Mrs. Cornelia A. Miller, the mother of Rev. Jacqueline G. Capers, Pastor of Disney-Nichols AMEC, Philadelphia Conference and sister-in-law of Rev. Yvonne Perry of Greater Mount Olive, Philadelphia and aunt of Rev. Vanessa Perry and Bro. Robert Perry, New Jersey Conference, First Episcopal District

Sis. Joyce Williams, mother of Rev. Portia Williams Duncan, Pastor of St. Peter Memorial AME Church, Arlington, Texas in the Northwest Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Sis. Brenda Muse Fisher, the sister of Presiding Elder Mittie C. Muse, Sr., Presiding Elder of the Tyler District in the North Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Doris Thomas Hill, the sister of Reverend Anthony L. Thomas, Pastor of St. Phillip AME Church, Nashville, Tennessee, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Reverend James C Stewart, Jr., retired Pastor of the Philadelphia Annual Conference, First Episcopal District; pastorage included: Bethel AME Church, Marietta PA, St. Paul AME Church, Oberlin, PA, and Bethel AME Church, Greencastle, PA of the Harrisburg District

Sister Roberta Jewel Jones the sister of Rev. Paul Sherrell, Pastor of Trotter Chapel AME Church, Prospect, Tennessee of the Thirteenth Episcopal District, and she was a member of Trotter Chapel AME Church

Deacon Lue Wilbert Seats, father of Connectional Officer Ora L. Seats Easley, International Administrator, Clergy Family Information Center, African Methodist Episcopal Church, and father-in-law of the Reverend Dr. William W. Easley, Jr,  Presiding Elder, Louisville District, Kentucky Conference

Dr. McDonald Williams, a lifelong educator with over forty-five years of experience teaching English at the university level and husband of Dr. Jayme Coleman Williams, First Female General Officer, African Methodist Episcopal Church and the grandfather of Attorney Douglass P. Selby, AME Church General Counsel

Bro. Tracy Dwayne Fields, the brother of Rev. Jack D. Fields, Sr. Pastor of Visitors Chapel A.M.E. Church, El Paso, Texas in the Northwest Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Sister Vermell Jones Richardson, the mother of Reverend Cynthia Jones-McDaniel, Montgomery Selma District, Alabama River Region Conference 

Reverend Clive Pillay, pastor in the Cape Conference, Fifteenth Episcopal District, former bereavement reporter to the AME-Clergy Family Information Center and was the Credentialed Field Reporter for the 21st Editor, AME Church Christian Recorder

Mr. Clifton Brown, father of the Reverend Lanette Frazier, pastor of St. Peters AME Church, McGhee, Arkansas., Twelfth Episcopal District

Mr. Floyd Harris, the brother of Reverend Horace Charles and brother-in-law of Sister Jo Charles, Twelfth Episcopal District and a long-time member of Bethel A.M.E. Church, Ann Arbor, MI

Mr. William Sparrow, the brother of Rev. Clifton Sparrow, Pastor of Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, Baltimore, MD, Baltimore Conference, Second Episcopal District

Brother Sterling Jennings, the brother of Mrs. Mildred Wright, the First Lady of Grace AME Church, Catonsville, MD and Mrs. Maltonia Purviance, an outstanding member of Trinity AME Church - Baltimore, MD, Second Episcopal District

Reverend Wanda Ryan, Superannuated Clergy in the Bluegrass District, Kentucky Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mother Bontle Dephney Thipe, wife of the Reverend Thipe in the West Annual Conference, Nineteenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Loretta Silas Redding, the mother of Mrs. Maria Pearson Cole, wife of Reverend Victor Cole, pastor of Mount Zion AME Church, Jacksonville, FL, Eleventh Episcopal District

Lt. Jerry L. Andrews, Sr., the son of Mrs. Doris Reynolds, former Sixth Episcopal District President of M-SWAWO, Plus P.K.s and the widow of Rev. J.C. Reynolds, Atlanta North Georgia Annual Conference, Sixth Episcopal District Pastor

Reverend Annie M. Couch, age 92, a Life Member of the Women’s Missionary Society and a Local Elder at Ebenezer AME Church, Nashville, Tennessee, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Reverend Wanda Ryan, Superannuated Clergy in the Bluegrass District, Lexington Annual Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District; last two pastorates, Saint Andrew AME Church in Winchester, KY and Davis Chapel AME Church in Somerset, KY

Deaconess Mildred Hubbard, the mother of Ms. Marundo Hubbard, the Eighth Episcopal District YPD Director and Mr. DeAudre Hubbard

GSGT Ernest T. Fields, Jr., the brother of Mrs. Claudia Anderson, First Lady of Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church and 1^st Vice President of the 9^th Episcopal District M-SWAWO+PK’s

Zoeii Ada Wright, the granddaughter of Reverends Jerry W. Smith and Lasagne Smith, Pastors in the Northwest Alabama Conference, Ninth Episcopal District

Mrs. Naomi Francis, the wife of the late Presiding Elder Reverend Curtis H. Francis, former Presiding Elder of the Camden-Trenton District, First Episcopal District

Reverend Charles A. Dennis, retired Itinerant Elder of the Delaware Annual Conference, First Episcopal District

Sister Nealie Leach Ruff, the widow of the late Rev. Charles Ruff and the former first lady of Bethel AME Church, Meadville and Bethel AME Church, New Castle, Pennsylvania, Third Episcopal District

Sister Bobbye Jean Blackwell, the wife of the late Rev. Marcus Blackwell, Twelfth Episcopal District

Mrs. Alice Henderson, the grandmother of Oklahoma State M-SWAWO + PK's President, Mrs. Stephanie Crawford (Rev. D. Lavel Crawford of Avery Chapel, OKC, Twelfth Episcopal District

Ms. Ella Louise Cherry, the mother of Rev. Paulette C. White Co-pastor of Bethel A. M. E. Church, Hearne, Texas, Tenth Episcopal District

The Reverend W.G. Treadwell, Presiding Elder Retired, Ninth Episcopal District, father of Ms. Ametta Lorene Reaves, Connectional Director of Lay Activities of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and father of Mrs. Emma Willis, Mr. Willie Gray Treadwell, Jr., and Mr. Willam Lee Treadwell

Presiding Elder Willen Simon Hanse, Namibia Annual Conference and a member of the Publications Commission of the General Board of the African Methodist Episcopal Church representing the Fifteenth Episcopal District

 Reverend Robert Lee Ned, retired pastor in the Fifth Episcopal District who served congregations throughout Southern California and San Francisco as well as in Portland, Oregon; Kansas City, Missouri; and Tucson, Arizona

Reverend Larry Thompson, Sr., retired pastor of the First Episcopal District, Philadelphia Annual Conference

Mrs. Martha Huggins, Former First Lady of the Soaring South District of the Michigan Annual Conference, Fourth Episcopal District and wife of Presiding Elder Harold C. Huggins, Retired 

Mr. Brandon K. King, the son of the Reverend Richard King, esteemed and faithful Pastor of St. James AME Church, Eustis, FL, Eleventh Episcopal District

Reverend Kanice D. Johns, Itinerant Elder, First Episcopal District, pastor of Bethel AME Church, Bryn Mawr, PA, of  the Philadelphia Annual Conference

The Reverend Barbara Barbour, ordained elder of the Western North Carolina Conference, Second Episcopal District an ardent supporter of WIM serving as Herstoriographer (SED),

Sis. Floree Tolefree, the sister-in-law of Reverends Truman & Bettie Tolefree, and the widow of the late Deacon Joel Rex Tolefree, Twelfth Episcopal District

Mr. Jonathan Earl Peck, Son of Former Connectional President of the Women’s Missionary Society, Dr. Dorothy Adams Peck

Chanda Michelle Irick, daughter of Mrs. Claudia Knight and the sister of Bro. Earl Knight III, Director of Music for the First Episcopal District Lay Organization and the Connectional Lay Organization

Jasper Robert Anderson, Jr., the brother of Dr. E. Gail Anderson Holness, Senior Pastor, Christ Our Redeemer AME Church (DC), Washington Conference, Second Episcopal District and the Uncle of Rev. Ali Holness-Roland

Elder Harold B. Hayes, Sr., father of Reverend Dr. Harold B. Hayes, Jr., pastor of Real Power A.M.E. Church, formerly known as Hunter Memorial A.M.E Church, Washington Annual Conference, Second Episcopal District

Mrs. Linda Robinson, former Connectional Officer (Treasurer) of the Women’s Missionary Society of the AME, WMS Life Member, a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., widow of the late Reverend James Robinson, Washington Conference, Second Episcopal District

Dennis George Byfield, last  living sibling of Supervisor Ainsley M. Byfield, and brother of Bishop E. Anne Henning Byfield of the Sixteenth Episcopal District, A.M.E. Church

Minister Hermon Ricks of Wasco, California, the eldest brother of Retired Presiding Elder Ella Mae Samuels, who retired in the Sixth Episcopal District, the Augusta August Conference and relocated to the Second Episcopal District

Ms. Wanda Frey Simpson, the youngest sister of Reverend Nathan Frey, pastor of St. Peter AME Church, Nashville, Tennessee; and sister in law, Reverend Lillian Frey, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Reverend Vivian Gary, Mother of Connectional Lay Organization President, Valerie Gary Bell and Sister of Immediate Past President, International Women's Missionary Society, Dr. Shirley Cason Reed

Mr. Richard Irvin, Sr., the father of Supervisor Rev. Carolyn Elizabeth Irvin Brailsford and the father-in-love of Bishop Ronnie Elijah Brailsford, Sr., Episcopal Leadership-Team, Twentieth Episcopal District

Mrs. Edwina Griffin, the Aunt of Reverend Linda Brown Saffore, Pastor of First AME Church, Pegram, TN, Thirteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Robert O. Bailey, retired Presiding Elder of the Harrisburg District, Philadelphia Annual Conference, First Episcopal District

Sister Mildrede H. Cox, 104, widow of the late Reverend John Morris Cox, a former Presiding Elder in the Baltimore Conference of the Second Episcopal District and she was a Life Member of the Women’s Missionary Society and a former Episcopal District WMS Treasurer

The Reverend Herbert E. L. Patterson, Supernumerary Itinerant Elder, last pastorate was Turner Monumental AME Church, Wakamam, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, Guyana, Sixteenth Episcopal District

Bro. Curlan Cruickshank, husband of Rev. Lisa Blake Williams, the pastor of Hickman AME Church, Grenada, Sixteenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Edna Lucille Simon, the mother of Rev. Lucille Holder, pastor of Smith Chapel AME Church, Guyana and mother-in-law to Robert Holder, Guyana-Suriname Conference Lay Organization, Sixteenth Episcopal District

Mr. T. H. Massey, father of the Reverend Belinda (Brother Charles) Slater, pastor of St. Paul A.M.E. Church, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Twelfth Episcopal District

Bro. Otha Lee Latham, the brother of Rev. Ernest Latham, Pastor of Campbell Chapel AME Church, Pulaski Tennessee, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Ardetta Y. Harrington, 68, the sister of Rev. Dr. Robert A. Strode, pastor of Historic St. Paul AME Church, Lexington, KY, Thirteenth Episcopal District and sister in love of First Lady Shelby G. Strode

John Robert Davis, the brother to Rev. Lois Wilkinson, Pastor (Shorter AME Church, Morton, Pa.), Phyllis Ruffin (South Area WMS Chairperson), Arlene D. Roberts (1^st District WMS, 1st District Recording Sec), and Elizabeth Smith (Life Member WMS)

Sis. Dorothy Vann, the mother of Rev. D’Otta Davis and mother-in-law of Rev. James A. Davis, Sr., Pastor of Bethel AME Church, Church Hill, Maryland

Reverend Dr. Jonathan Jerome Baker, Former AME Church Judicial Council member an Retired Itinerant Elder, in the Palmetto Annual Conference, Seventh Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mr. Lorenzo Clark, brother of Presiding Elder Johnnie Bryant, Mobile District AME Church; the brother-in-law of Mrs. Johnnita Bryant, 9^th Episcopal District M-SWAWO+PK’s President and First Lady of the Mobile District, Ninth Episcopal District

Mr. Roosevelt Kimbrough, father of Evangelist (Chaplain) Amanda Grooms, First Lady of Bethel AME Church and the father-in-law of Reverend Jesse Grooms, Pastor, Bethel AME Church, Phenix City, Alabama, Ninth Episcopal District

Sister Ruby Smith, the mother of Rev. Carolyn Smith, former pastor of St. James AME Church Airport in Hammond, La., Louisiana Annual Conference, Eighth Episcopal District

Mr. Willie Beattie, the brother of Rev. Dr. Janie Dowdy-Dandridge, Connectional AME WIM  Herstiographer and pastor of Brown Chapel AME Church, Union City, TN and brother-in-law of Dr. John Dandridge, pastor of Quinn Chapel Paris, TN

Mrs. Ruth Akins, the widow of Presiding Elder C. C. Akins, former President of the Presiding Elders' Council for the 12th Episcopal District, former WMS President for the East-Northeast Arkansas Annual Conference and a Life Member in the Women's Missionary Society

Sister Margaret Juanita Burton, Life member of the Women’s Missionary Society, mother of Rev. Zina Thompkins who serves as the supply pastor to Bethel AME Church, Millville, NJ and widow of the late Rev. Horace E. Burton who served throughout the First Episcopal District

Bro. Terry Strickland, the husband of Rev. Betty Farmer-Strickland, the Second Episcopal District 1st Vice President of Women in Ministry (WIM)

Ms. Marilyn Jean Thomas, sister of the Rev. Eric Dickerson, Associate Minister at St. James AME Church, Nashville, and sister-in-law of Mrs. Marie Dickerson, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Presiding Elder, Rev. Margaret Fadehan of the Fourteenth Episcopal District, President of the Board of Directors of the Nigeria Annual Conference, former President of the Women in Ministry of the Fourteenth Episcopal District, and a member of the General Board of the Connectional AME Church

Mother Mmamogomotsi Yvonne Messiah, the wife of the Rev. Paul Joseph Messiah and sister-in-law of the Rt. Rev. Wilfred Jacobus Messiah and Supervisor Carol Isabella Messiah

Mr. Richard White, the brother of Rev. Dr. Quentin J. White of the North Ohio Annual Conference, Third Episcopal District, presently employed by Ashland Theological Seminary as Director of Certificate Programs in Cleveland, OH and a former Presiding Elder in the Virginia Conference, Second Episcopal District

Mrs. Paralee Brooks Jones, mother of Dr. Patricia Jones Penn, former Connectional Officer of the Women's Missionary Society (Promotion and Missionary Director 1999 - 2007)

Brother Ronnie Stafford Owens, staff personnel “Driver” for the Finance Department in the Washington, DC Office for over 19 years under Dr. Richard Allen Lewis, Sr., Treasurer/CFO

Rev. Joseph C. Robinson, Sr., (retired Itinerant Elder, New Jersey Conference) husband of Sister Lizzie Robinson, WMS Life Member and father of Jonathan, Rev. Joseph, Jr. and Rev. Jason Robinson, First Episcopal District

Mrs. Gelora D. Wilson, mother of Mrs. Yuolanda Murray, North Ohio Conference MSWAWO President and mother-in-law of Rev. James Murray, past pastor of Greater Avery A.M.E. Church, Third Episcopal District

Mr. Matthew Smith, the brother of Reverend Jerry W. Smith, Pastor of Bailey Springs AME Church, Saint Florian, Alabama, and the brother-in-law of Reverend Lasagne Smith, Pastor of Greater Saint Paul AME Church and Matthews Chapel AME Church, Ninth Episcopal District

The Reverend Gregory L. McCollins, pastor of Galilee African Methodist Episcopal Church of Memphis, Tennessee of the West Tennessee Annual Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Presiding Elder, Emeritus, Irwin Wendell (I.W.) Knight, Sr., of the Virginia Conference, Second Episcopal District who also served as the District Accountant for many years, the husband of the Reverend Martha Knight

The Reverend Ricardo Bright, retired Itinerant Elder of the East Annual Conference, 11^th Episcopal District, AME Church

Sister Bertha Mae Moore, Sister of Presiding Elder Ernest L. Montague, Sr., Baltimore Conference Second Episcopal District, sister-in-law to Mrs. Irene P. Montague; great Aunt to Rev. Brandon L. Montague.

The Rev. Dr. Lemora Dobbs, Sixth Episcopal District

 The Rev. Dr. Gloria Jean, (Smith) Clark (age 59), pastor of Allen Chapel AME Church, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Fourth Episcopal District

Sister Eula Belle Douglas, the dear Mother of Rev. Dr. Falecia D. Williams, Pastor of Hurst Chapel AME Church, Orlando, Florida, Eleventh Episcopal District

Andy Cleo Lewter, III, the nephew of Bishop Frank Madison Reid, III and Episcopal Supervisor Marlaa Meshon Hall Reid, Third Episcopal District Leadership Team, and the son of Bishop Reid's sister Vanessa Reid Lewter and brother-in-love, Bishop Andy Cleo Lewter, Jr.

Mr. Lester McKenly Langston, III, age 37, of Windsor Mill, MD, the son of the Rev. C. Michelle Langston, Pastor of Mt Pisgah AME Church, Columbia, Md, Second Episcopal District

Mrs. Shemeka Quickley, the spouse of Mr. William Quickley II, and the daughter-in-love of Reverend Dr. William Quickley I and 1^st Lady Mrs. Adrienne Evans Quickley, Tenth Episcopal District

Rev. Dr. Homer Littlefield McCall who served the congregation of St. John AME Church for 41 years and was an Instructor and Chaplain at Alabama A&M University; a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Ninth Episcopal District

Robert Elton Uzzel, the son of Rev. Robert and Debra Uzzel, Pastor and First Lady of Bethel A.M.E. Church - Corsicana in the Northwest Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Retired Residing Elder Louis Toney, who served as presiding elder of the Milwaukee District-Chicago Conference, Fourth Episcopal District for several years, after which he was appointed to the North District where he served until he retired in 2011 

Mrs. Callie O. Harper, Widow of the late Presiding Elder, Rev. Dr. T. E Harper, beloved mother, Former Connectional WMS Officer, WMS Life Member, Retired Educator, member of the NJ Education Association (NJEA), National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), World Federation of Methodist Women (WFMW) and NAACP Life member

Ms. Alice Gayle Garrett Magee, the sister of Mrs. Brenda G. Hurst, 8th Episcopal District WMS President, past Connectional Officer of Conn-M-SWAWO Plus PK’s and sister-in-love of the Reverend Mack Hurst (retired pastor); also,  the aunt of Rev. Dr. Aimee Hurst Anderson and the aunt in-love of Judge Derek H. Anderson

Mr. Van Roosevelt Smith, age 62, the brother of Presiding Elder James (Renee) Smith, members of Saint John AME Church, Frankfort, KY where the Reverend Jermaine L Wilson is the pastor, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Juanita (Reynolds) Jones, the beloved mother of Dr. Susan Jones Leath, Episcopal Supervisor of the Thirteenth Episcopal District, mother-in-law of Bishop Jeffrey N. Leath, Presiding Prelate

The Reverend Lula Marie Martin Sanderson, age 38, an itinerant Elder in the West Tennessee Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District; daughter of Presiding Elder Linda Thomas Martin, South-Memphis District, West Tennessee Conference, Thirteeth Episcopal District and the Reverend Elmer S. Martin, Pastor of Greater Allen AME Church, Dayton, Ohio, Third Episcopal District

Mrs. Marie Belvedere Washington Phillips, the mother of Bro. Jerryl Payne, First Gentleman and mother in law of Presiding Elder Brenda Payne, South Houston District-Texas Conference, Tenth Episcopal District

Ms. Alice Gayle Garrett Magee, the sister of Mrs. Brenda G. Hurst, 8th Episcopal District WMS President, past Connectional Officer of Conn-M-SWAWO Plus PK’s and sister-in-love of the Reverend Mack Hurst (retired pastor), aunt of Rev. Dr. Aimee Hurst Anderson and aunt in-love of Judicial Council Member Judge Derek H. Anderson

Mr. Eric Henderson, the son of Mr. Granville and Evangelist Elizabeth Henderson, who serves on the Ministerial Staff at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Tarentum, Pennsylvania and is the Praise and Worship Leader for the Allegheny-Scranton District of the Pittsburgh-West Virginia Annual Conference, Third Episcopal District

Rev. Avaurn S. Staplesan, ordained itinerant elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, pastored churches in Logan, Bluefield, Madison, Beckley and Raleigh (47 years) and Faith Chapel, West Virginia, 3rd Episcopal District AME Church

Retired Army SFC Paul Edward Oglesby Sr., age 79, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, father and father-in-law of Mrs. Fran and Reverend Alfonso Allen, Third Episcopal District

Mr. William Arkansas, the son of the Reverend Percy Spencer, Pastor of Craig Chapel A.M.E. Church in Salvisa, Kentucky and the spouse of the Reverend Louise Spencer, Pastor of Wayman Chapel A.M.E.Church, Barbourville, Kentucky, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Rev. Alcott Alda Germany, former Presiding Elder of the Canadian Conference, Fourth Episcopal District

Mrs. Bertha Stowe, age 95, of Clarksville, TN, mother of the Reverend James Howard Stowe, retired Itinerant Elder in the Kentucky Conference, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mr. Van Roosevelt Smith, age 62, the brother of Presiding Elder James (Renee) Smith, members of Saint John AME Church, Frankfort, KY, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Mrs. Julia Brumfield Vappie, the sister of the Rev. Dr. Robert Brumfield, Presiding Elder of the South District, Chicago Conference, Fourth Episcopal District

Mrs. Enisha L. Roberson and Cannon A. Roberson, the daughter and grandson of Bro. Eddie and Rev. Linda Henry, Associate Minister at Payne Chapel A.M.E. Church in the Tenth Episcopal District

Mr. Eric Henderson, the son of Mr. Granville and Evangelist Elizabeth Henderson, who serves on the Ministerial Staff at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Tarentum, Pennsylvania, Third Episcopal District

The Reverend J. Jamila Parham of Timonium, Maryland, who transitioned on Saturday, December 7, 2019, Second Episcopal District

Rev. J. Jamila Parham, Baltimore Conference, Second Episcopal District

Mrs. Aurelia Eloise Perry LeBlanc, mother of Rev. Dr. Chinita Richardson, Pastor of Bethel AME Church Harrisonburg, VA, Virginia Annual Conference, Second Episcopal District

Mr. Cleveland Oliver, father of Mrs. Janice Reff and father-in-law of retired Presiding Elder Alphonse Reff, Chicago Conference, Fourth Episcopal District

Rev. Alcott Alda Germany, former Presiding Elder of the Canadian Conference, Fourth Episcopal District

Mr. Cleveland Oliver, father of Mrs. Janice Reff and father-in-law of retired Presiding Elder Alphonse Reff, Chicago Conference, Fourth Episcopal District

Mr. Larry Kimbrough, husband of Sis. Carolyn Walker Kimbro, Connectional Secretary of the CLEDC Lay Organization, members of the Third Episcopal District

Mrs. Robbie D. Brice, widow of the late Rev. Charles Brice, Sr. of Louisville, KY, active in the life of the church, Sunday School Superintendent of Youngs Chapel, Louisville, WMS, Assistant Church School Superintendent, Louisville District-KY Conference and served as a former President of the (West Kentucky Conference) M-SWAWO+PK'S

Mr. Christopher G. Allen, age 33, son of the Reverend Angela Finney, pastor of Mt. Nebo A.M.E. Church, College Station, AR, Twelfth Episcopal District

Mr. Edwin R. York, the brother of the Reverend Dr. Katurah York Cooper, Pastor of Empowerment Temple AME Church of the Central Liberia Annual Conference-Fourteenth Episcopal District

Sister Deniece Elizabeth Gray, the daughter of Rev. Joan Gray, retired Itinerant Elder and member of Bethel A.M.E. Church, Bristol, PA; Sis. Deniece Gray was a member of Bethlehem A.M.E. Church, Burlington, NJ., First Episcopal District

Brother Jeremiah Grant, Sr., the father of First Lady Donna Grant-Love and the father-in-law of the Reverend Kenneth D. Love, Pastor, St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Thirteenth Episcopal District

Brother Corry L. Johnson, the son of Reverend Samuel L. Johnson, Pastor, Greater Emmanuel AME Church, Moncks Corner, SC, Mt. Pleasant District, Palmetto Annual Conference, Seventh Episcopal District

Sister Hazel E. J. Harkness, the Mother of Reverend Richard Harkness, Pastor, Olive Branch AME Church, Mt. Pleasant, SC, Mt. Pleasant District, Palmetto Annual Conference, Seventh Episcopal District

Reverend Dr. James Melvin Proctor, Presiding Elder, Retired, a former pastor active in ecumenical and cross-cultures endeavors

Former Presiding Elder, Rev. Dr. Thomas E. Liggins, beloved husband of Mrs. LaDonna Liggins,  General Board Member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mrs. Betty Wade, the mother of the Reverend Chestine (Debra) Sims, pastor of Union AM.E. Church, Little Rock, Arkansas, Twelfth Episcopal District

Ms. Annette Boone, daughter of Reverend Allan Boyer and sister of Rev. Dr. Charles F. Boyer of the Camden-Trenton District, New Jersey Annual Conference, First Episcopal District