The Reverend Joseph Darby, prominent South Carolina pastor and civil rights activist

The Reverend Dr. Betty Hanna Witherspoon of San Bernardino, California, Fifth Episcopal District AME Church

The Reverend Joan M Taylor, pastor of Greater Harvest AME Church, Hesperia, California, Fifth Episcopal District AME Church

Sister Mildred Sherrod of Columbus, Georgia, the mother of Presiding Elder Frederick Sherrod and Consultant Michelle Sherrod of the Dothan-Eufaula District of the “Solid” Southeast Alabama Annual Conference, Ninth Episcopal District

Mr. Earnest Childs, the father of Mrs. Twanna Scott, the father-in-law of Elder Derrick Scott, Presiding Elder of the Camden/Trenton District in the New Jersey Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District

Brother John Lee Hook, age 91, the brother-in-law, of Bishop Harry Lee Seawright, Presiding Prelate of the Thirteenth Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mr. John Beaman, Sr., eldest brother of Bishop Silvester Scott Beaman, Presiding Prelate of the Twelfth Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church

Presiding Retired Elder Samuel Moses Davis II, served in pastoral assignments throughout Middle Tennessee and in Chattanooga, Tennessee until he was assigned Presiding Elder of the South Nashville District and later the North Nashville District of the Tennessee Conference of the Thirteenth Episcopal District

The Reverend Philip R. Johns Jr, the cousin of Bishop Philip Robert Cousin, a Superannuated Itinerant Elder of the South Annual Conference of the Eleventh Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mr. Ronald Harrison, the father of Lahquisha Harrison Gilbert and Tarik Asim Harrison, children of Chaplain Glenda Jennings Harrison, CHC, USN, Retired, Second Episcopal District

Mr. John Elijah Briggs, the brother of Bishop Ronnie E.  Brailsford Sr, Presiding Prelate of the 10th Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church