Necrology, Archive 2017
2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed,
we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Rev. Jeremias Baisako, superannuated preacher in Namibia Annual Conference |
Angela H. Smith, wife of Presiding Elder, Dr. William Smith, Marion District-Northeast SC Annual Conference |
Randy Shelton Wilson, nephew of Gwendolyn Brown, Central SC Conference President of MSWAWO+PK’s |
Rev. Kenneth Burnett, pastor of Bethel AME Church in Williamsport, Pennsylvania |
Daisy Banks Gray, the sister of (3) 12th Episcopal District pastors, Revs. Larry, Rev. Lessly and Rev. Andrew Banks |
Rev. Hugh Bennett, a retired preacher in the Oklahoma State Annual Conference |
Rev. Willie James Moses, retired pastor, East TN Conference, 13th Episcopal District |
Rev. Veola McGowan, retired minister, 12th Episcopal District |
Andrew L. Hughes, the father of Rev. Anthony Hughes, pastor of Bethel Memorial AME Church, San Diego, CA. |
Rev. John C. Justice, a former pastor in the New Jersey Annual Conference |
David McCune, the brother of Rev. Ron McCune, pastor at Bethel AMEC, Bloomfield, CT, New England Conference |
Dr. Edward W. Robinson, Jr., the uncle of the late State Rep. David P. Richardson, Jr. |
Rev. Elizabeth A. Walton, Local Elder, New Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church, Delano, CA, 102 years old |
Anna Roberts Lodge, mother of Augusta GA Conference YPD Director Mrs. Terri Lodge Kelly, 6th Episcopal District |
Rev. Gabriel S. Hardeman, former pastor in Atlanta, Georgia; Singer-songwriter best known for co-writing R&B |
Claudia Myers, the mother of Rev. D. Albert Turk, pastor at Emanuel A.M.E. Church, NY Conference, Manhattan District |
Eugene Davis, the brother of Rev. Ruby Lowe, pastor Mt. Pisgah AMEC in Atlantic Beach and Rev. Mary F. Davis (11th) |
James Purvis Shipman, father-in-law of Presiding Elder Larry S. Hinton, Great North District, NC Conference, 2nd |
Carolyn J. Burgess, the widow of the late Rev. Braxton V. Burgess, WMS Life Member & former Episcopal WMS President, 4th |
Reverend Richard L. Corpening, pastor of St Stephen AME Church, Liberty, NC, 2nd Episcopal District |
Marion Tyson, widow of Rev. Dr. Albert Tyson Jr., mother of P.E. Albert Tyson, III, (4th) & Rev. Margaret Tyson, pastor (3rd) |
Katie Theola Mitchell, mother of Rev. Vincent Floyd Mitchell, Presiding Elder of the North District-South Conference, 11th |
Marilyn Auguste, the mother of Rev. Cheryl Auguste, who serves the ministerial staff at Bridge Street AMEC in Brooklyn, NY |
Rev. Arnold T. Evans, the pastor of First AME Church in Sharon Hill, PA (Philadelphia Conference, West/Mainline District |
Rev. Ronald Woods of Perris, CA. Rev, who retired last year as pastor of Quinn AME Church, Moreno Valley, CA. |
Deacon Edward Wright, the father of Rev. E. Jean Bonds, pastor at Mt. Zion AMEC, Riverton, NJ (New Jersey Conference |
Deacon Ulysis Wooten, father of Mrs. Patricia Jones, father in law of Rev. Melvin Jones, pastor at Trinity Church in Cinnaminson, NJ |
Joy Morgan, the wife of Rev. George Morgan, Sr., Pastor of Allen Chapel AME Church, Rockdale, Texas |
Wesley Sams, husband of Rev. Gloria Cash-Sams, pastor of Wesley Chapel AME Church-Clute, Texas |
William "Mike" Lee, the brother of Rev. Mae H. Smith, Pastor of Mt. Olive AME Church, Mineral Wells, Texas |
Rev. Niklaas Christians, superannuated Presiding Elder of the Namibia Annual Conference |
Mother Anna De Bruyn, mother of the Rev. Elliot De Bruyn of Ming Chapel, Saldanha, Cape Annual Conference |
Karl Martin, beloved steward and trustee of Ebenezer Chapel Retreat, 15th Episcopal District |
Henderson S. Davis, Jr., son of Dr. Henderson S. Davis, former Historiographer of the African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Johnnie Mae Ferrill, the sister of the Reverend Truman (Rev. Bettie) Tolefree, pastor of Bethel AME Church, Bigelow, AR |
Brother Kimberly Pendleton, the son of the Rev. MacArthur Pendleton, pastor of Bethel AME Church, Shelbyville, KY |
Rev. Peola Scott, ministerial staff member at St. Philip Monumental AME Church, Savannah, GA, |
James Edith, the father of the Reverend Mattie Riley (Frank) Hayes, pastor of St. Luke AME Church, St. Augustine, FL. |
Gertrude E. Wilkie, the mother of Patricia Norris - daughter in law of Bishop and Mrs. Richard F. Norris and wife of Richard F. Norris, II |
David Jacobs, 2nd youngest brother of the "Jacobs Clan": Rev. Anthony Jacobs, Rev. Daniel Jacobs and Mrs. Elaine Sauls, 15th |
Wilma Sayles, daughter of the late Rev. Wlliam Marshall Jacks, Presiding Elder, Los Angeles District, Southern California Conference |
Deacon Nathaniel James, the father of Charmaine Alexander, Financial Secretary for CONN-M-SWAWO, Plus PKs |
Cynthia Dawson-Williams, the sister of Rev. Angelo S. Dawson, pastor at Bethel AMEC, Springfield, MA (New England Conference |
Mother Juanita Wright, the mother of Dr Canise Bean, First Lady of the historic St Paul AME Church Columbus, OH |
David L. Wiley, the brother of the Rev. Kary Williams, Jr., pastor of Payne Chapel AfME Church in Duquesne, PA |
Mrs. Debra Verrett, sister of Rev. Gayle Davis-Culp, pastor of Holy Trinity AME Church, Long Beach, CA. |
Anne M. White, the mother of the Rev. Dr. Carey G. Anderson, Pastor of 1st AME Church Seattle, Washington |
Joyce Brock Cal, mother of the Rev. Reginald Brock, pastor of St. Matthew A.M.E. Church, Nashville TN |
Rev. Hans Petersen, a seasoned Local Elder at the St Marks AME Church, Gibeon, RSA, 15th District |
Joan White, sister-in-law of Rev. Mae H. Smith, Pastor of Mt. Olive AME Church-Mineral Wells, Texas |
Thomas Reown, Sr., the brother of Rev. Oliver Reown, pastor of Baker Chapel AME Church-Big Springs, Texas |
Mrs. Laura Wallace, the sister-in-law of Evangelist Tina Wallace-Ray, members of St. James AME Church-Fort Worth, TX |
Sylvia Askins Bynum, sister of Mrs. Delorse A. Lewis & sister-in-law of Dr. Richard A. Lewis, Treasurer/CFO AME Finance Dept. |
Charles B. Jackson, the father of Bishop Reginald Jackson, Presiding Prelate, 20th Episcopal District, Ecumenical Officer, Chair SAC |
Mr. Frederick Patterson, Jr., the brother of Rev. Dr. Charlotte Sydnor, Pastor & brother-in-law of Editor Calvin Sydnor III |
Reverend Terrance A. McClay of the Fourth Episcopal District |
Doris Regina Lancaster Dandridge, the mother of Rev. Dr. John Dandridge, pastor of St. Paul Agnew AMEC Pulaski, Tennessee |
Darren Lee Ross, the brother of Rev. Dr. Eraina M. Ross-Aseme, Pastor Cain Grant AME Kansas City, Missouri |
Vestoria Lyle Keesee, the aunt of the Rev. Robert E. Keesee, Presiding Elder, North Nashville District-TN |
Kimley E. Jackson, the daughter of The Rev. David Walker, Pastor of the Greater St. James AME Church in Thomson, GA. |
Johnnie Mae Sweat, the mother-in-law of Rev. B. Kaye Perkins Sweat, pastor of McGavock Chapel AMEC, Charlotte, TN |
Grace Nonceba Tsimane, the wife of the Presiding Elder, Rev. AN Tsimane, Soweto, RSA |
Meshack Mokhatsi, the brother to Rev. MJ Mokhatsi, Lebaleng, Makwasie, RSA |
Mrs. Cynthia Carter, wife of Richard R. Carter, Jr. (pastor) in the 9th Episcopal District |
Rev. Sello William Mashishi, the Pastor of Molepo AME Church, Ga-Molepo, Limpopo Province, RSA |
Brenda J. Hayden nee Raynor, the sister of PE, Rev. Betty Furbert-Woolridge, East-West District, Bermuda Annual Conference |
Frederick D. Coleman III, nephew of Dr. Jamye Coleman Williams, retired General Officer |
Bobby Lee Hicks, the brother of Sister Denise Cox, First Lady of Bethel A.M.E. Church, Oxnard, California |
Marie A. Jackson, wife of Rev. Leonard Jackson, currently the associate minister at First AME Church, Las Vegas |
Charlene Mills, the wife of Rev. Anthony Mills, 8th Episcopal District |
Mother Betty Jean Ransom, wife of former General Officer, Rev. McCoy Ransom |
Rev. Barbara Harmon, a retired minister of the Washington Annual Conference |
Rev. Ethel Bennett, Presiding Elder (retired), North Mississippi Conference, 8th Episcopal District |
LaShunda Rundles, 2008 World Champion of Public Speaking, sister of Evangelist Sonya Rundles, 10th Episcopal District |
Mrs. Zoretta Marshall, the mother of Mrs. Gwendolyn Latham, 1st lady, Mary's Chapel AME Church, Fayetteville, TN |
Eugene Arrington, son of Rev. Annie C. Watson, a retired pastor on staff at Bethel AME Church San Diego, CA |
Rev. Tanya Holmes, an AMEC Itinerant Deacon on staff at Tanner Chapel A.M.E. Church, Phoenix, AZ. |
Dr. Henrietta S. Attles, the wife of Rev. LeRoy Attles, retired pastor from the First Episcopal District |
Earl A. Prioleau, Jr., the husband of Rev. Delores A.B. Prioleau, former pastor, Washington Conference, 2nd Episcopal District |
Bryan L. Cinder Washington, son of Presiding Elder Lloyd Washington, Jr., Alexandria-Thibodaux District-Central-North Louisiana |
Rev. Earl Robertson a retired Itinerant Elder, East Conference, 11th Episcopal District |
Floyd Johnson, the grandfather of Rev. Dr. Micheal A. Smith, Pastor of St. Andrews AME Church-Detroit, MI |
Rev. Malcolm Steele, a retired pastor in the 1st Episcopal District, having pastored in the Delaware and New Jersey Conferences |
Rev. Willie Walter Griffin, Sr. a minister in the 11th Episcopal District, Florida Conference serving several AME Churches |
Gloria D. Spears, wife of the Rev. Herbert Spears, pastor of Green Chapel AME Church Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
The mother of Mrs. Betty Braziel, wife of the Rev. Eddie Braziel, pastor of St. Andrews AME Church, Gulf Port, MS |
Geneva Thomas, minister's widow in the Central North Louisiana Conference, 8th Episcopal District. |
Presiding Elder (retired) Marcus H. Elliott, Jr., 12th Episcopal District, who served as PE in four districts |
Minnie E.R. Alston, the wife of the Rev. William Hance Alston, a retired pastor in South Carolina, and ret. Mayor, Awendaw, SC |
Elizabeth LaDuna Dubose, the mother of Rev. Martha A. Lang, pastor of Mt. Tabor A.M.E. Church, Philadelphia District, 1st |
Perry Curtis Harvey, Jr., brother-in-law of Rev. Jimmie B. Keel, Presiding Elder, South District - East Conference, 11th |
Rev. James Mwila, North West Zambia Annual Conferenc, 17th Episcopal District |
Rev. Muyambo Chimba, North West Zambia Annual Conference, 17th Episcopal District |
Lic. Nelson Mpasa, North West Zambia Annual Conference, 17th Episcopal District |
Lic. Kasongo Lumbwe, North West Zambia Annual Conference, 17th Episcopal District |
Lic. Morgan Chipasha, North West Zambia Annual Conference, 17th Episcopal District |
Bro. Lazarous Mungo, North West Zambia Annual Conference,17th Episcopal District |
Bro. Musondo Chinyangwha, North West Zambia Annual Conference, 17th Episcopal District |
Samuel Webster Druid, brother of Presiding Elder Richard T. Druid, Atlantic City District of the New Jersey Annual Conference |
Jim Willis, the brother of Rev. George S. Willis, III, retired 10th Episcopal District Itinerant Elder, member Baker Chapel, Ft. Worth |
YPD'ers, Brother Henry Gunda, 17th Episcopal District, killed in the tragic auto crash |
Evelyn Bentley, the sister-in-law of the Reverend C.E. Jenkins (retired), 11th Episcopal District. |
Rev. Isaac Irving, Superannuated Itinerant Elder of the Western North Carolina Conference, 2nd Episcopal District |
Elizabeth A. Hairston Fortune, the wife of the late Presiding Elder Walter F. Fortune, and the mother of Licentiate Ann Gamble |
Rev. Dredford Shuler, Pastor of Webster Chapel AME Church-Gonzalez, Texas, Southwest Texas |
Rev. Sylvia R. Turner Wilkerson, lifetime member and Associate Pastor of First A.M.E. Church, Gary, Indiana |
Constance Hughes, the Mother of Mrs. Beverly H. Postell, first lady and Orlando District Consultant |
Carter Bland, the brother of Presiding Elder Evelyn G. Dunn, Southern District - North Carolina Annual Conference |
Annie Guinn, the mother of the Rev. Gregory E. Guinn, pastor of Ward Chapel A.M.E. Church, Prescott, Arkansas |
Rev. Charles Watkins, a retired pastor from the New York Annual Conference |
lfred Kunda Mugala, the eldest Brother of the Rev. Paul M. Mugala, Sr., 17th Episcopal District |
Gloria D. Spears, wife of Rev. Herbert L. Spears is Pastor of the Greater Greene Chapel A.M.E. Church of Baton Rouge, La |
Rev. John Chambers, ret. Pastor, New Jersey Annual Conference, he pastored Bethel AMEC in Metuchen, NJ |
Rev. Roland Baker, Sr. pastor of Oak Grove African Methodist Episcopal Church in Kentwood, Louisiana |
Mollie White, grandmother of past Connectional YPD President, Reginald Cleaver, Jr., |
Rev. James R. DeFoe, husband of Deborah DeFoe and Pastor at Bethel A.M.E. Church in Monrovia, California |
Rev. Michael D. Washington, pastor of Emmanuel AMEC, Hartly, Delaware (Delaware Conference, Wilmington District) |
Rev. Deborah Green, the sister of Rev. Gervine Bell, pastor of Mt. Zion AMEC, Voorhees, NJ |
Rev. Columbus Muse, Sr., ret. Presiding Elder of the Greater New Orleans - Greensburg District in the Louisiana Conference |
Mother Sarah J. Gordon, former 15th Episcopal District WMS President, Life Member WMS, spouse of late PE Arthur J. Gordon |
Reverend Willie Ashbury DuBois, a retired minister in the Little Rock / Jonesboro District, Arkansas Annual Conference |
Jodi L. Wade, the husband of Sister Betty Wade (Ward Chapel A.M.E. Church, Pine Bluff, Arkansas) |
Rev. Michael L. Barta, Pastor of Murph Emmanuel AME Church in North Highlands, California |
Rev. Edwin Singletary, retired pastor serveding nearly 30 years in the New Jersey and Philadelphia Conferences of the 1st |
Clara E. Mitchell, the wife of retired pastor from the New York Conference, Rev. Jacovas Mitchell. Sis. Mitchell |
Jessie Lee Britt Frazier the aunt of Mrs. Mary H. Collins of New Orleans, LA, widow of the late Presiding Elder Clarence Collins |
Annette Jones, CONN-M-SWAWO, Plus P.K.'s Legislative Advocate, General Conference 2000; Connectional Lay leader |
Lepang Mamogwa, mother of Rev. Otlotleng E. Mamogwa, Pastor of EM Makhuvha AME Church, Venda, Limpopo Province, RSA |
Deacon Edwin, trapped in burning home in NJ, father of 1st lady Debra Bradley, Bethlehem AME, Burlington, NJ |
Deaconess Charlene Jordan, trapped in burning home in NJ, mother of 1st lady Debra Bradley, Bethlehem AME, Burlington, NJ |
Bobby Samuels, the father of Rev. Melanie Samuels-Black, pastor of Ward's Chapel AME Church, Scottsville, KY |
Ben Mokote, the caretaker of the Episcopal Residence of the 18th Episcopal District |
Dorothy Cleveland, the sister of Reverend Gloria Houser, Pastor of St. James AME Church, Inverness, Florida |
Eddie Brown, father of Rev. Erma Raymond, pastor of Bethel AME Church, Dalton, GA, Atlanta North Georgia Annual Conference |
Lillian Staten Dumas, the mother of Rev. Coleman Dumas III, Pastor of St. Mary's AMEC, Griffin Georgia District, 6th |
Eva Philander, mother of Rev. Johan Philander, cape Conference,15th Episcopal District |
Dr. Ricky Spain, the 19th Editor of The Christian Recorder, African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Francois Murat, Sr., father of Reverend Francois Murat, Jr., Pastor of Bethel AMEC, Cabaret, Haiti |
Reverend Tyrone Wheeler, the pastor of Allen Temple AME Church, Brooksville, Florida |
Rev. W.T. Washington, ret., spouse of former 12th Episcopal District M-SWAWO, President, Mrs. Piccola Washington |
Rev. Reynold L. Miller, Sr., Retired Pastor, and father of the Reverend Byron (Mrs.) Miller, 12th District |
Thomas Gipson, Sr., father of Rev. Thomas Gipson, Jr, New Bethel AMEC Stuggart, AR |
Hazel Dean Eldridge Mockabee, the aunt of Mr. Darwin K. Eldridge, Financial Secretary for the Connectional Lay Organization |
Rev. Elliott J. Hobbs, the pastor of St. Paul AMEC in Rockville Center, NY (NY Conference, Jamaica/Long Island District |
Rosetta Matthews, a member of the Macon Conference M-SWAWO and the wife of retired Pastor, Rev. Willie Matthews |
Rebecca Frazier Cooper, the mother of Gwendolyn C. Brown, immediate past president Central Conference, 7th |
Attorney Christopher C. Mercer, a General Counsel of the A.M.E. Church |
Grenville L. Williams, the father of the Rev. Roger L. D. Williams, pastor of Mount Zion AME Church, Hastings, FL. |
Henrietta Stitt, the oldest sister of Presiding Elder James H. Giles, Crossett District, East Arkansas Conference |
Vinita Mitchell of Oklahoma City, OK, the aunt of Mrs. Fredia A. Hanley-Johnson, President of Conn-M-SWAWO Plus PK's. |
Bro. Darryl Duncan, the husband of Rev. Portia Williams-Duncan, Pastor of St. Peter Memorial AMEC, Arlington, Texas |
Dwight A. Hardwick, the grandson of Licentiate Regina Dykes, supply pastor of New Life AMEC in Pittsburgh, PA. |
Fabienne Johns Williams, the daughter of the late Rev. Clarence B. Johns, Jr. , pastor in the 1st Episcopal District |
Dorothy Blake, the widow of the late Presiding Elder J.B. Blake, West Palm Beach District, South Conference, 11th Episcopal District |
Mrs. Betty Jean Malvo; mother of Bishop Sarah F. Davis, Presiding Prelate, 16th Episcopal District |
Deacon Roy E. Ford, Sr., the father of Mrs. Kemnesia Ford Hobbs, 1st Vice President, 6th Episcopal District WMS |
Vernice Clear Eubanks, the mother of Mrs. Mary Dickerson and the mother in law of Dr. Dennis C. Dickerson, Retired General Officer |
Fred Bukson, Sr., the husband of Rev. Sharon Buckson, Pastor of Mt. Tabor AME Church in Keysville, GA |
Robert Donnell Battle, the brother of Rev. Shelton T. Miles and Rev. Milton O. Battle, WNC Conference, 2nd District |
Rosie H. Thompson, the mother of the Rev. Dr. Taylor T. Thompson, Pastor, St. Paul A.M.E. Church, Columbus, OH |
Ruby Fuller, the sister of Sister Shirley Sheares; minister's widow, and a WMS leader from the Western North Carolina Conference |
Harriet Elizabeth Hines Stukes, the aunt of Rev. Camelia Pierson Eaves, pastor at Union Bethel AME Church-Cary, NC |
Mae Bell Browner, the mother of Sis. Alline B. Crew, the first lady of Ebenezer AME Church in Greensboro, Georgia |
Rev. Beluah Lewis, a retired minister in the Oklahoma State Annual Conference, 12th Episcopal District |
Wilhelmina McNeil, the Sister of Presiding Elder Larry S. Hinton, Northern District of the North Carolina Conference, 2nd |
Jesse Hill, Jr., former chief executive of Atlanta Life Insurance Company, civil rights supporter & member of Big Bethel AME Church |
Thelma D. Cheatham, the mother of Sister Brenda Jones, 1st lady, Union Community AME Church, Jacksonville, Fl |
Rev. George S. Willis, III, Superannuated Pastor in the Northwest Texas Conference |
Rev. Leonard Alfred, pastor of Shorter Chapel AMEC Giddings, TX, Southwest Texas Annual Conference-Austin Capital District |
Gregory Scott Thomas, Jr., the son of Reverends Gregory and Michelle Thomas, Sr., Quinn Chapel AME, Cleveland, Ohio |
Idella McCurtis, sister of Mrs. Jimmie Lee Jackson, President of the North Ohio Conference Lay Organization. |
Gylnis Lorenzo, sister in law of the Rev. Sydney Gordon, pastor of St James AME Church in Athlone, Cape Town, RSA |
Bro. Jeffrey Anfield, the brother of Pastor Sharon Buckson, a Pastor on the Augusta-Athens District, 6th Episcopal District |
Isaiah Scott, the brother of 1st Lady Irma Scott Gantt/ the Rev. Lawrence Gantt, New Bethel AME Church, Port St. Joe, FL |
James E. Taylor, Jr. , the son of Presiding Elder J.E. Taylor of the West Savannah District, the Georgia Conference |
Cornelius Norman Taylor, father of Bishop Sarah F. Davis, Presiding Prelate, 16th Episcopal District |
Rev. George Jones, Sr., of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a retired pastor of three Churches in the 1st Episcopal District |
WMS life member, Lily Mai Thomas Boyd of Nashville, TN, widow of the late Rev. Jesse Boyd, a former pastor of Lee Chapel |
Rev. Anthony P. Booker, the pastor of Disney AME Church in Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia Conference, Philadelphia District |
Rev. David J. Sparrow who served numerous congregations during his fifty years of Ministry in the 2nd Episcopal District |
Reuben W. Ford, Sr., the father of Rev. Reuben Ford, Jr., pastor of First A.M.E. by the Sea, Santa Monica, California |
Bernice Yount, WMS Life Member of the Western North Carolina Conference |
Benjamin Lloyd, the father of the Rev. Larry Dixon, pastor of Mt. Teman AME Church in Elizabeth, NJ, New Jersey Conference |
Lola Lindsey, mother of former Episcopal Supervisor Theora Lindsey Byrd, the widow of the late Bishop Vernon Randolph Byrd |
Lola Lindsay, the grandmother of Rev. Vernon R. Byrd, Jr., a member of the Judicial Council of the AME Church |
Shervett Daughtry, the brother of the Rev. L. R. Daughtry, pastor of Campbell's Chapel AME Church in Carrollton, Virginia. |
Viola Harris, the great-grandmother of The Rev. Helen Johnson-Robinson, Pastor of Bethel AME Church in Monticello, FL |
Tanya Lawrence, sister of 1st lady Tamara Gibson/Rev. Dr. Kyle Gidson, pastor of Metropolitan AMEC, Miami, FL |
Lillie Mae Ebong, sibling of Rev. Eloyce A. Cartwright, staff member of Hunter Memorial AMEC, Suitland, MD |
Hattie E. Jackson, the widow of former General Officer, Dr. H. Ralph Jackson, Director, Department of Minimum Salary AMEC |
Loretta Rushing, the mother of the Reverend Myrtle Floyd, pastor of Delano Community AME Church, Delano/Earlimart, CA |
Brian Jacobs Khan, father of Rev. Clive Pillay, pastor of St John African Methodist Episcopal Church, Kensington |
Rebecca Houston, the mother of Rev. Juanita Houston-Brown, assoc. minister, St. James/St. Philip AME Church, Harlem, NY |
Rev. Cecil Napier, a retired pastor in the Kentucky Annual Conference, 13th Episcopal District |
Frank Gilyard, Sr., the Immediate past Historiographer, Connectional Lay Organization |
Mary A. Jackson, the sister of Gloria S. Bruce, widow of the late Y. B. Bruce, former General Officer and Presiding Elder |
Sharon Mills, the wife of Rev. Latham Mills, 6th Episcopal District |
Florence “Bee” Bell-Sconiers, sister of Presiding Elder David Reddick, Dothan-Eufaula District, Southeast Alabama Conference |
George L. Hobson, the father of Rev. Everett Hobson, Sr., pastor of Quinn Chapel AME Church - Lexington KY |
Mother Rachel Berends, mother of Rev. Lauan C. Berends, pastor of Allen Temple AMEC, Cape Conference, 15th District |
Helen L. Turner, widow of Rev. Thomas A. Turner, II, ret. AME Pastor, St. Spruce Street AME Church, 4th Episcopal District |
Mother Wilhelmenia P. Conyers, great-grandmother of Rev. Rodrecus Johnson, Jr., pastor of St. James AMEC, Pittsburgh, PA |
Betsy Parks, widow of Rev. H. L. Parks, Sr. (former Pastor of St. Paul AMEC, Greater St. James AMEC and St. John AMEC |
Tessie P. Hill, the widow of the late Rev. H. Solomon Hill. Mrs. Hill was a member of Washington Chapel AME Church |
Sister Myra L. Matlock, Sister of Rev. Dr. Sherryl Matlock, 10th Episcopal District |
Rev. Harold L. Rutherford, retired Presiding Elder of the Manhattan District, NY Conference, 1st District |
Myra Lynne Matlock, younger sister of Rev. Dr. Sherryl Matlock, Pastor, "Historic" Allen Chapel AMEC, Fort Worth, Texas |
Minnie Baker, mother of The Rev. Linnell Baker, Jr., pastor of Carey Temple AME Church of Chicago, IL |
Elease S. McKinney the sister of Rev. Clinton Stancil, Senior Pastor of Allen Chapel AME Church, Kansas City, MO |
Thelma B. Hearst, the Mother of the Rev. Dr. Stanley Hearst, Sr., Pastor of Bethel AMEC, Moorestown, NJ |
L. Alyce Ingram, mother of Rev. David E. Reddick, Presiding Elder, Dothan-Eufaula District, Southeast Alabama Conference |
Willie Lee Lamar Bivens, the mother of the Reverend Albert Bivens, Jr., Pastor of Bethel AMEC in Bellville, Florida |
Gloria Jackson, mother of Rev. Dr. Benjamin N. Thomas, Sr. Senior Pastor of Historic Tanner Chapel AMEC Phoenix, Arizona |
Rev. Benjamin Booker, Presiding Elder Emeritus, 13th Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church |
The Rev. William Thomas Vaughn, Former Pastor in the North Texas Conference, March |
Ethel Battle Megginson, Mother of Dr. Ethel Bayley-Scruggs, 10th Episcopal District |
Aaron Berry, Brother of Rev. Ruth Phillips, 10th District |
Sidney Thompson, Brother of Rev. Mae Smith, 10th Episcopal District |
Gloria Callian Dentham, a ret. educator and the widow of the Rev. J. T. Dentham, a former pastor in the West TN Conference |
Samuel Reddick, the father of Rev. Serena Lofton, the Pastor of Shocco AMEC, Spring Hope, North Carolina |
Sister Gloria Gail Groover, sister of Rev. Gregory G. Groover, pastor of the Historic Charles Street AME Church, Boston, MA |
The Honorable Moses C. McClendon, the uncle of Supervisor Phyllis N. Green (12th Episcopal District) |
Benjamin P. Mitchell, father of Rev. Anthony Mitchell, Sr., pastor of Union Chapel AME Church, Newark, NJ |
Mokgaetji Meriam Ncube, the mother of Rev. Alex Rametse Ncube, Pastor of Aganang AME Church, Polokwane, 19th District |
Rev. David Bowles, Jr. Superannuated pastor, Eighth Episcopal District, African Methodist Episcopal Church. |
Aaron Berry, brother of Rev. Ruth Phillips, Pastor of Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church, Huntsville, Texas. |
Sidney Thompson, brother of Rev. Mae Smith, Pastor of Mt. Olive A.M.E. Church, Mineral Wells, Texas |
William Thomas "Papa Vaughn" Vaughn Sr., father of Rev. William Thomas Vaughn Jr., 10th Episcopal District |
Rosalyn Annette Hughes McCandless, wife of Rev. Daniel D. McCandless, Sr., a Superannuate pastor, Tennessee Conference |
Rev. Mabel Hall, (102 years of age), one of the first women ordained as an Elder in the AME Church in South Carolina |
Christopher Frazier, grandson of Rev. Wallace and Mrs. Merilyn Gunn, the pastor of St. James AME Church, Covington KY |
Queen Esther Brown, mother of Sister Harriet Brown Birk, Episcopal District WMS President |
Juanita O. Garnett, mother-in-law of Presiding Elder Gary McCants of the South District, Illinois Conference |
Maggie Lou Russ, the mother of the Rev. Phillip Russ IV, pastor of Hurst Chapel AME Church, Pensacola, FL |
Ethel Copeland, the mother of Rev. Chris Copeland, Associate Minister, Ward Chapel AME Church, Memphis, TN |
Hattie Pierce, the mother of Mrs. Wilma Miller, 1st lady of Sulphur Spring AME Church, Cunningham, TN |
David C. (D.C.) Easley, the last uncle of the Rev. Dr. William W. Easley, Jr., pastor of Shorter Chapel AME Church, Franklin, TN |
Rev. Amiel "Henry" Delafield an Itinerant Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, serving in the 5th & 10th |
Theresa Phillips, the mother of Rev. Bea Smith/ Rev. Alvin Smith, pastor of St. John AMEC Pine Bluff, AR |
James "Jay" Edward Conyers, the father of Rev. Harold Conyers, pastor of Heyward AME Church, Gaston S.C |
Rev. Teresa Thomas, pastor of Allen Temple AMEC, Marion, Indiana |
Lawrence C. Hilgrove Dill, brother of Rev. Howard H. J. Dill, pastor of Allen Temple AME Church, Church-Sandys, Bermuda |
Louise Jordan, the aunt of Ms. Billie Irving, the administrative asst. to the General Secretary/CIO of the AME Church |
Pauline Hunter Young (100 ) the mother of Rev. Dr. Charles E. Young, pastor of Union Station AME Church, Sumter, SC |
Francine Beavers Brunson, former AME Church General Board member and former Connectional Lay Officer |
Fannie Hawthorne, the mother of Rev. Betty Gulley, pastor of Green Hill A.M.E. Church, Blevins, AR |
Rev. Eugene E. Mobley, Sr., whose active ministry spanned 32 years pastoring in the East Conference, 11th Episcopal District |
Minnie Washington Williams, the mother of Rev. Idola Batson, pastor of Mt. Calvary AME Church, Concord, Delaware |
Rev. Lamont W. Harmon, retired Pastor of the Delaware Annual Conference, Dover District |
Raymond B. Scharf, the son of Rev. Martha Daniels, a member of Christ our Redeemer AME Church, Irvine CA |
Eddie James Kitchen, Jr., the nephew of Rev. Johnny R. Watson, pastor of Bethel A. M. E. Church, Knoxville, TN |
Jeffrey White, the brother-in-law of the Rev. Johnny R. Watson, pastor of Bethel A. M. E. Church, Knoxville, TN |
James Bailey, Jr.,the brother of Rev. Robert L. Bailey, Superannuate of the East Tennessee Conference, 13th |
Robert Pettis, spouse of Angela T. Pettis, member of the Revision Committee 2012 General Conference - 4th District |
Towsend Harris, the mother of Rev. Dr. Lanel D. Guyton, pastor of St. Matthew AMEC, Orange, NJ |
Marva Paris, first lady of St. Paul AME Church, Louisville, Kentucky and Life Member of the WMS (Rev. Kenneth Paris) |
Rev. Tommie L. Walker, a Local Elder serving at Metropolitan A.M.E. Church in Harlem, New York (New York Conference) |
Pearl Ling, the mother of the Rev. Barbara L. Terry, Pastor of Saint Matthew AME Church, Allendale, SC. |
Wilbur Buchanan, the brother of Reverend Dr. Morris A. Buchanan, retired pastor, California Conference, 5th District |
Wardell Meadough, brother of Rev. Odell Meadough, member of the ministerial Staff of Holly Grove AMEC, North Little Rock |
Thomas Askins, the brother of Delorse Lewis/brother-in-law of Dr. Richard Allen Lewis, Treasurer/CFO AMEC |
Karen P. Jackson, the sister of Rev. Dietra C. Bell, pastor of Bethel AMEC in Brooklyn, NY (New York Conference) |
Wanda Wood, wife of the Rev. Douglas O. Wood and first lady of St. Mary AME Church, Greenville SC |
Isabella Boyer, mother of Rev. Belindia E. Boyer, pastor of Hebron AMEC, Linwood, Pa. |
Presiding Elder Cornelius E. Jenkins, Retired Presiding Elder in the 11th Episcopal District |
Antjuan Wallace, son of Rev. Carl and Ella Wallace, pastor and 1stt lady of Allen Chapel AMEC, Wabasso, FL. |
Dustin Kelly Henning, nephew of Bishop & Mrs. C. Garnet Henning |
Edward Edgerton, the brother of Rev. Cleo Brenda Freeman, 3rd Episcopal District |
Lois Bernadine Murray, the wife of Dr. Cecil Murray, ret. pastor of 1st AMEC, Los Angeles & sister of Bishop Philip R. Cousin |
Ella Elois Dewberry, Former NE Texas WMS President- Grant Chapel AMEC-Palestine, July –2013 |
Rev. Jeremiah Mokhele Mokhatsi Sr. pastor in the West Conference, 19th Episcopal District. |
Darrell Alphonso Goode, the brother of Rev. Robert L. Goode (Vera), Pastor of Springdale AMEC, Burlington, NC |
Bobby L. Topps, spouse of Rev. Leoda Topps, the 8th Episcopal District President of Women In Ministry |
Mpho Meriam Moremi, the Daughter to the late Rev. SZ Moremi, PE., 19th Episcopal District |
Rev. Brian H. Thomas, pastor of Wrights AME Church, Elkton, Maryland, the husband of Rev. Dawn Thomas |
Joan Elaine Roberts, mother of Rev. Karen L. Washington, pastor of Elizabeth AME Church in Bear, Delaware |
Theodore R. Speight, grandfather of Rev. Allan Robinson, pastor of Bethel AME Church in Bayshore, New York |
Rev. Benetia Tekosky Johnson, an Itinerant Elder and associate minister at Bethel AMEC in Copiague, NY |
Jessie M. Franklin, the grandmother who raised and nurtured Keith Coston, Jr., 1st District YPD President |
Ret. Chief Master Sergeant Louis James Allen, the uncle of Bishop Samuel Lawrence Green, Sr., Presiding Prelate, 12th |
Ollie Mack, the uncle of Rev. Dr. Micheal A. Smith, Pastor of Mayo AME Church, Matteson, IL |
Bernard Moultrie, brother of 1st lady Lynda Mitchell/Rev. Anthony Mitchell, Sr., pastor of Union Chapel AMEC, Newark, NJ |
Reverend Bene Bowen, a retired pastor, of the 8th Episcopal District |
Willean Wooden Bonner, former officer Conn-M-Swawo, 7th Episcopal District President |
Beulah Mae Vassar, mother of Rev. (Judge) John McClarty, associate pastor of Warren Chapel AMEC, Chattanooga, TN |
Vermell McCauley Temoney, the mother of Rev. Herbert L. Temoney, Pastor of St. Luke AME Church, Charleston, SC, |
Reverend Amos T. Chester, a retired pastor, of the 4th Episcopal District |
Caleb Booker Jr., the brother of Rev. Robbie Slaughter, Ret. Itinerant Elder, ministerial staff at Wesley Chapel Fort Worth, TX |